Template:Did you know nominations/Howard Sims


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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 12:30, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Howard Sims

 * ... that Sandman Sims tap-danced losing contestants off the Apollo Theater stage from the 1950s to the year 2000?


 * Reviewed: The verse of Wilayah
 * Comment: I think it would be good to run this DYK on January 24, which was Sims's birthday.

5x expanded by GrammarFascist (talk). Self-nominated at 23:52, 5 September 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Length, reference and history verified (wow! What a bit of stub fluffing!). All we need is the hook fact cited in the intro where it first appears and we can run this. Daniel Case (talk) 21:32, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't see that the article states that Sims, who was a tapper, actually danced them off the stage. It mentions the props he used and the costumes he wore, but not that he tap-danced them off. Can you please tell me where that is stated and cited? Many thanks. Also, I'm afraid this can't be held until January 24; there's a limit of six weeks holding for special occasion requests. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:45, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, BlueMoonset, that was a great catch that I overlooked for, I suspect, the same reason most of the articles said Sims "ushered" or "escorted" or "chased" losing contestants offstage instead of "danced" — the 'everybody knows' sense people familiar with Sims's executioner role seem to have about his having done it while dancing. After checking about a dozen I was starting to be afraid that indeed none of the sources might have mentioned him dancing them off. But I did finally find where one of the sources already cited clarified that he did dance them off, and added the citation to the lead. I also added a quote parameter to the citation to make it easier for readers to find the relevant sentence in the longish article. About the date this DYK would run, I hadn't known they couldn't be delayed so long, but I don't mind it running sooner than Sims's birthday at all. That idea was just an afterthought to the nomination. Thanks for your attention to detail! — GrammarFascist  contribs talk 23:43, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I'm good with this now. Daniel Case (talk) 03:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC)