Template:Did you know nominations/History of East Texas State Teachers College


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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 19:02, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

History of East Texas State Teachers College

 * ... that East Texas State Teachers College president James G. Gee declared Sam Rayburn (pictured), the congressman and college alumnus, "my personal enemy", during a faculty meeting?


 * ALT1:... that despite East Texas State Teachers College president James G. Gee actively opposing his reelection bid, Sam Rayburn (pictured) helped his alma mater obtain an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit?
 * Reviewed: Manika Batra

Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 03:06, 22 August 2016 (UTC).

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 * &#x2713; The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 164 characters
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 195 characters
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 * The image of Mr. Sam is of excellent quality. I have done a human check and confirm the findings of the bot. I also checked for copyvio with Labs Duplication Detector.  What Earwig shows as a small chance of copyvio is actually the repetition of the school's name and that of its professional association.


 * ALT2 ... that US congressman Sam Rayburn (pictured) helped his alma mater East Texas State Teachers College obtain an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, in spite of a feud with its president James G. Gee ?


 * This article passes review as is. The hooks are sourced with an entire section on the feud, and two separate sources cited at the end of the sentence where it mentions the AF ROTC unit. And I like the above hooks, but would like to offer the above variation on the wording. — Maile (talk) 23:14, 26 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Maile! I like the ALT2 hook, but it may be potentially confusing because the school was named East Texas Normal College when Rayburn graduated from it. Just a minor observation. I think both the first hook choice and ALT1 would also work well, but I'll leave the final choice of hook up to you. Thanks again for your review, especially considering the length and detail of this article. Your hard work is much appreciated! Michael Barera (talk) 01:14, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


 * For the promoter: note on nominator's comments in above paragraph referring to the school's different names. See the navbox at the bottom of the article. has (so far) written four separate articles on the history of what is now Texas A&M University–Commerce. The school has operated under separate names in its history.  Each of the four articles extensively covers a specific historical period of the university under its specific official name at that time. — Maile  (talk) 13:59, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Everything passes. Promoter's choice on which hook to use. — Maile (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2016 (UTC)