Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert Leeds


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The result was: rejected by Fuebaey (talk) 12:35, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Herbert Leeds

 * ... that the Myopia Hunt Club golf course, designed by Herbert Leeds in 1894, was so difficult that in the 1901 U.S. Open not a single professional was able to break 80 in any round?



Created by Michael W. Parker (talk). Self nominated at 13:39, 1 July 2015 (UTC).


 * A couple of minor queries; firstly the source states that "R.M. Appleton laid out nine holes", so it looks like Leeds may not have designed the entire course? Also, some of the wording is extremely close to that used by the source, especially:
 * Source: "four-foot-tall mounds, dozens of seemingly bottomless bunkers, lightning-fast putting surfaces, blind shots, substantial carries, deep declivities, gnarly rough, plateaued greens, and a pond and paddock to avoid"
 * Article: "four-foot-tall mounds, dozens of seemingly bottomless bunkers, lightning-fast greens, blind shots, substantial carries, deep declivities, gnarly and punishing rough, and plateaued greens"
 * The bit about Willie Anderson is also very close.
 * Number  5  7  18:45, 1 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Unfortunately, ♥Golf, I don't see how this can qualify for DYK at the present time. The expansion of the article began on May 21 and ended on May 25, which means that the nomination needed to made by May 28. The nomination wasn't made until over a month later, on July 1. The article is currently 2093 prose characters, which means a 5x expansion from July 1 would need to be 10465 prose characters, which seems completely out of reach. The other possibility is to improve the article further and nominate it as a Good Article; if it is then approved for listing, nominating for DYK within seven days of the approval is the only other way for it to qualify. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:40, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking at it! It did fix the issues pointed out above, which doesn't really help as far as DYK qualifications. I don't see any way to expand it 5x. --♥Golf (talk) 08:32, 27 July 2015 (UTC)