Template:Did you know nominations/James Larratt Battersby


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:16, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

James Larratt Battersby, James Johnson Battersby, Battersby Hats

 * ... that William John Battersby was a director of Battersby Hats, his son was the last survivor to be rescued from RMS Lusitania, and his grandson (pictured) believed that Adolf Hitler was Christ returned?


 * Comment: Open to alternative phrasing suggestions, particularly from article creators.
 * Thanks for this. I had not thought of linking them in one DYK. You have spotted that we lack a good free pic at present. I will put my thinking cap (hat?) on. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's a pic. Not great quality but quite striking and displays well at small size. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:41, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's a pic. Not great quality but quite striking and displays well at small size. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:41, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Edwardx (talk). Nominated by Delusion23 (talk) at 21:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC).


 * William John Battersby Symbol possible vote.svg New enough but currently too short for DYK, classified as stub, and displays a maintenance template. The one-sentence paragraphs are an eyesore (one of them is currently unreferenced) but might disappear anyway during the necessary expansion of the article.
 * James Johnson Battersby Symbol question.svg New enough, just large enough for DYK, but the paragraph on the RMS Lusitania appears in William John Battersby, too. One of the articles would thus have to be expanded in a way that they are both at 1,500 characters even if the duplication is counted only once. The one-paragraph sections should be merged; I suggest "Early life and career" and "Personal life". The article is classified as stub.
 * James Larratt Battersby Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, well-referenced. AGF on the many offline and paywalled references.
 * Battersby Hats Symbol question.svg New enough but currently slightly too short for DYK. Two short unreferenced paragraphs should be merged with others and/or supplied with a reference.
 * Overall: Symbol question.svg The hook is referenced, short, and interesting, the picture is in the public domain and suitable for display at 100x100 pixels. I did not do the plagiarism check yet; will wait for the requested expansion of the two articles that are too short. I added the "(pictured)" to the hook. Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 09:00, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I don't think we intended to go to DYK with the others, only Larratt Battersby, so we will need to work on them as you suggest. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:54, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem, take your time. By the way, I'll be out for the weekend without Internet access, so please be patient with me, too :) Cheers, Pgallert (talk) 17:19, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg It has been nearly three weeks and no work has been done on any of the articles in that time. Philafrenzy, Edwardx, this nomination needs to be given your prompt attention, or we could simply go with James Larratt Battersby as a single nomination with the other three unbolded (in which case the check for close paraphrasing would still need to be done). Please let us know your plans. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:19, 8 December 2015 (UTC)


 * I have fixed the hat company. I suggest that we drop the grandfather as I don't think that can be expanded to meet DYK criteria. I will work on James Johnson Battersby. That leaves:
 * Alt1 ...that James Battersby (pictured) of Battersby Hats believed that Adolf Hitler was Christ returned despite his father being on the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat? Philafrenzy (talk) 00:24, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Just managed to fit it into the character count. Philafrenzy (talk) 01:04, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I have expanded James Johnson Battersby so this should all be good to go assuming the Alt is OK. Philafrenzy (talk) 13:03, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Pinging Pgallert to complete the review. I've struck the original hook, removed William from the template and section headers, and added credits for Battersby Hats. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:08, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * James Larratt Battersby: New enough, long enough, well-referenced. AGF on the many offline and paywalled references. I checked some of the few available sources and found that the original has been sufficiently paraphrased.
 * Battersby Hats: Now long enough and sufficiently referenced. Plagiarism check turned up nothing. I reassessed it as Start article, a requirement of DYK.
 * James Johnson Battersby: With the removal of the fourth article from the hook, my duplication concern above no longer applies. The main references are behind a paywall. I reassessed it as Start and implemented my suggestion to merge several sections.
 * ALT1 Symbol voting keep.svg All articles in own prose, sufficiently referenced, neutral, and long enough for DYK. The hook is referenced, short, and interesting, the picture is in the public domain and suitable for display at 100x100 pixels. AGF on sources that are offline or behind a paywall. --Pgallert (talk) 08:10, 11 December 2015 (UTC)