Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Harold Brunvand


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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 11:14, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Jan Harold Brunvand

 * ... that Jan Harold Brunvand (pictured) has been called folklore's Carl Sagan for his work on urban legends?
 * ALT1:... that folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand (pictured) describes urban legends as the "kissing cousins of myths, fairy tales and rumors"?

5x expanded by SojoQ (talk). Self nominated at 10:14, 31 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Length and history verified; references accepted in good faith. Disclosure: I had a short exchange of letters with Brunvand myself concerning one urban legend back in the early 1990s; I do not think this creates any conflict of interest as far as me reviewing this goes. Rewrote original hook to tighten, describe Brunvand's profession more clearly and linked to urban legend (if anything in these hooks should be linked, it's that); although I prefer ALT1 because quotes by someone are always more relevant than quotes about someone. Daniel Case (talk) 18:15, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip on writing hooks. It sounds like ALT1 is the stronger of the two for the reason you stated. SojoQ (talk) 23:05, 7 February 2015 (UTC)