Template:Did you know nominations/Howard B. Meek


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 17:06, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Howard B. Meek

 * ... that Howard B. Meek was the founder and first dean of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration?
 * Source 1 - Howard B. Meek, the founder and first dean of the School of Hotel Administration.
 * Source 2 - The late Howard B. Meek, first dean of the School of Hotel Administration ...
 * Source 3 - ...Dean Howard B. Meek, founder of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration...


 * ALT1:... that Howard B. Meek was the founder and first dean of the first school established for the training of hotel managers at college level?
 * ALT2:... that Howard B. Meek was the founder and dean of the first college that trained professional hotel managers?
 * Source The school of Hotel Administration at Cornell University has the distinction of being the first school established for the training of hotel managers at the college level. It was founded in 1922 with Howard B. Meek as professor in charge.
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cheese spread

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk) and 7&6=thirteen (talk). Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 18:28, 17 August 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg the article is long enough, is neutral, contains no close paraphrasing or copyvio (2%), the hook is neutral, short enough, interesting (for history people), is properly sourced with an inline source citation, the article itself is adequately sourced and written in adequate English. QPQ provided. Elisa.rolle (talk) 12:32, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The hook isn't very hooky ("Did you know that X is Y?"). Perhaps you could find some other interesting information about him, other than being called "the father of the Cornell Hotel School". I'm a bit stumped in the hook-writing department here; the article is very bare bones. I added some "citation needed" tags; the Societies and Memberships section should also be put into prose. Yoninah (talk) 20:28, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose ALT1 --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:11, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Withdraw my original hook, as I wish to go with ALT1.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:39, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, but ALT1 quotes the source verbatim. Yoninah (talk) 20:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Propose ALT2.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:58, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK, thanks. I added a link to the hook. ALT2 hook ref verified and cited inline. Citations have been added and Memberships section has been put into prose with refs. Rest of review per Elisa.rolle. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:28, 20 August 2017 (UTC)