Template:Did you know nominations/Leech collector

Leech collector
Created/expanded by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 14:25, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that collecting leeches is like writing poetry?
 * ALT1: ... that leech collectors are like poets?
 * ALT2: ... that renowned poet William Wordsworth was inspired by a leech collector?


 * I'm not really comfortable with the original and ALT1 hooks. Although they are eye-catching, the fact that one poet made a comparison between leech collecting and poetry doesn't mean it's a fact that they are similar. ALT2 doesn't have this concern and is still attention-grabbing. r ʨ anaɢ (talk) 14:47, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Age, length, sources, neutrality are fine. No copyvio or plagiarism. Squeezes by on close paraphrasing. Agree with Rjanag in preferring ALT2. Yomangani talk 14:54, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You owe a review of course, but I'm not taking the tick back now. Yomangani talk 15:08, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I now owe two reviews and at least a few doffs of the cap. violet/riga [talk] 15:16, 2 September 2011 (UTC)


 * ALT3: ... that William Wordsworth compared writing poetry to collecting leeches?
 * ALT4: ... that William Wordsworth's Resolution and Independence was inspired by a leech collector?
 * ALT5: ... that William Wordsworth's Resolution and Independence compared writing poetry to collecting leeches?
 * ALT6: ... that William Wordsworth's Resolution and Independence compared poets to leech collectors?
 * ALT7: ... that the majority of leech collectors were Scottish women?
 * ALT8: ... that leech collectors stood in bogs and waited for leeches to bite them?


 * violet/riga [talk] 15:40, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I still prefer ALT2. It's hooky and accurate without giving too much away. Yomangani talk 15:55, 2 September 2011 (UTC)