Template:Did you know nominations/Jimmy Greene


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:42, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Jimmy Greene

 * ... that Jimmy Greene (pictured), a jazz saxophonist, whose six year-old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, is nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category?



Created by The Cross Bearer (talk). Self-nominated at 04:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC).


 * Reviewed/QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Nestorian Church (Famagusta)
 * Not a review I find the hook as stated quite odd. Can I suggest that we do not mention his daughters death? Victuallers (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)


 * ALT1: ... that Jimmy Greene (pictured), a jazz saxophonist has been nominated for a Grammy Award for the Best Jazz Instrumental Album?
 * ..or


 * ALT2: ... that the album that Jimmy Greene (pictured) wrote in tribute to his murdered daughter has been nominated for a Grammy Award?
 * I like your second hook the best, where many of the sources and reviews specifically cite the daughter death with regards to this album and its contents. I would change "wrote" to "created was".The Cross Bearer (talk) 04:38, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Whatever you all want to do with regards to the timing of this articles appearance on the mainpage is others' decision to make. If others' think it best to wait, then by all means let it happen at the most pertinent time.The Cross Bearer (talk) 13:56, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought it would be safe to ask rather than move the nomination. Donnie Park (talk) 16:15, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Donnie Park, since the nominator is fine with it and the nomination has been approved, please feel free to move it to the special occasion section. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Good call on the waiting, and thanks for asking.The Cross Bearer (talk) 06:06, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Good call on the waiting, and thanks for asking.The Cross Bearer (talk) 06:06, 11 January 2016 (UTC)