Template:Did you know nominations/Mariano Gagnon


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Mariano Gagnon

 * ... that Mariano Gagnon was a Franciscan friar who organized airlifts to help refugees escape the Shining Path? Source: "In desperation, Gagnon organized 20 rescue missions by air to fly the Indians out of the area..."  p. 161
 * ALT1:... that Mariano Gagnon dropped salt and Christmas presents to indigenous people from an airplane while their mission was being attacked by the Shining Path? Source: "On Dec. 26, Mariano flew over an area near the mission, and saw a group of natives. They made signals telling him not to land, that there was great danger. He dropped them salt and Christmas presents."
 * Reviewed: This would be 5th DYK credit, so last without QPQ.
 * Comment: Preference for ALT0 expressed on talk page. I think ALT1 is slighly more interesting, but ALT0 has the advantage of clarity, so I don't have a strong preference.

Created by Waymaneddy (talk), CaroleHenson (talk), and TonyBallioni (talk). Nominated by TonyBallioni (talk) at 19:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Interesting life, covered in detail on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I made minor copy-edits, please feel free to revert when I went wrong. - Hook: I prefer ALT0, to the point! The other is also good, but "mission" is ambiguous without context, - would need a link. - Article: I never heard of studying religion. Theology? There's a longish quote at the end of Early life ... which seems not to end where the quotation marks are. Please clarify, and every quote needs a ref right after it. - How do you feel about an infobox? - Almost there! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:40, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, ! added the quote at the end of early life, so I'll defer to her on fixing that. I've removed religion all together. It was a minor seminary (secondary school), so the phrasing of a specific course of study is a bit odd. I'd be fine with an infobox at some point, but I don't think it would be useful now. We don't really have specific dates on anything yet, just years, and lack a free image of him. Neither one of those is killer, but combined I don't think it would make a good infobox. The US obituary should be out soon, so hopefully then we can get specific dates. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, The quotation marks are around the part that is a direct quote - the rest is paraphrased from the article.–CaroleHenson (talk) 15:21, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * and, I've added a direct cite to the end of the quotes and updated the paraphrase to make it feel less like a direct quote. I think this addresses all the issues. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Thanks, my brain is fuzzy today and I wasn't quick on the uptake.–CaroleHenson (talk) 15:28, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg thank you, both! Original hook preferred, the other would still need a link. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I think we're all fine with ALT0. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:43, 7 May 2017 (UTC)