Template:Did you know nominations/McConnell Island


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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 11:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

McConnell Island

 * ... that American chemical weapons researcher and oceanographer Thomas Gordon Thompson sold his stamp collection to pay for his private island?

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self nominated at 06:00, 17 January 2015 (UTC).


 * I don't find any of the words stamp, sell, sold, private or island (in the appropriate context) in the article at all. What's going on? EEng (talk) 06:54, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you're having trouble. The seventh sentence is: Thompson financed the purchase of the island through the sale of his valuable stamp collection and later built a home on it from native stone and driftwood. Maybe you need to refresh your browser? LavaBaron (talk) 06:59, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Here's why . Fixed, and a CE for the hook. (I'll leave the review to others.) EEng (talk) 07:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Um, okay ... LavaBaron (talk) 07:15, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Creation date is OK. Hook is cited, and its length is ok. References are ok (AGF on the only one offline), and I don`t see any paraphrasing issue. No QPQ required. The only problem is that the article is too short: 1210 characters according to DYK Check. In order to pass, some expansion is needed. Alex2006 (talk) 09:39, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Alex2006, I've just expanded it so I think it should be 1500+ now. LavaBaron (talk) 14:29, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svgt...we are at 1458 chars now. Still a little expansion, please. :-) Alex2006 (talk) 14:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Alex2006, I miscounted. It should be fixed now. LavaBaron (talk) 00:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Now it is too long :-) GTG! Alex2006 (talk) 09:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)