Template:Did you know nominations/John Knibb

John Knibb
Created/expanded by Motacilla (talk). Nominated by Carabinieri (talk) at 21:59, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that the clockmaker John Knibb was "a man of so little understanding that he was never known to laugh"?


 * Symbol question.svg Date and size are fine. The article's lead needs expansion, currently it lacks any claim of notability. I'd however strongly suggest a different hook; this one is not very interesting (at least to me), and more worrisome, it's more than half composed of a quote. Could we try to expand it, and/or remove the quote? If the nominator disagrees, I'd suggest a second reviewer opinion's here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 21:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I do disagree to some extent. While the article lead is short, maybe too short, I don't think that's a big issue. Articles with much more serious problems are featured on DYK on a regular basis. I think the article's notability is demonstrated pretty clearly by the significance he had for the clock industry at the time as well as by the fact that, apparently, five books that deal with him in part have been written. As to the hook, I agree that it's pretty average, but certainly not worse than several I've seen used recently. I just used this quote because it's an insult that might be thought of as funny. Other than that, I couldn't really find an interesting hook. I wouldn't be offended if this nomination was passed over on that account, though I don't think it's worse than a lot of the stuff that does get passed.--Carabinieri (talk) 21:40, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT1... that the bailiff John Knibb also built the turret clock for St John's College, Oxford?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article date, size and formatting are fine. ALT1 is cited in the article and supported by offline reference taken AGF. -- Esemono (talk) 03:58, 25 April 2012 (UTC)