Template:Did you know nominations/R. W. Symonds


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

R. W. Symonds

 * ... that Robert Symonds, expert in old English furniture, claimed that his girlfriend thrust a pair of curling tongs in his ear?
 * ALT1:... that Robert Symonds was described as "the pre-eminent 20th century scholar and authority on English furniture"?
 * Reviewed: Banksia alliacea

Created by Philafrenzy (talk). Self-nominated at 21:10, 5 June 2017 (UTC).


 * QPQ done. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:02, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article new enough, long enough, fully referenced. QPQ done. Hook and text verified against online sources. Picture in the article could be used to make it more interesting. I suggest using the OG hook.  Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 22:35, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Returned from prep for further work per discussion at WT:DYK. Yoninah (talk) 23:49, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that Robert Symonds, an acknowledged expert in old English furniture, was less successful with women, one of whom thrust a pair of curling tongs in his ear? Yoninah (talk) 23:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I like it but have to point out that he was a young man at the time and didn't write his first book until after all this had happened. Also it's an unproven claim. ALT3: ... that Robert Symonds, expert in old English furniture, tried to expose the methods of the fakers? Philafrenzy (talk) 10:00, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT4: ... that architect and expert in old English furniture Robert Symonds never acknowledged his son John, the literary executor of the satanist Aleister Crowley? Philafrenzy (talk) 11:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT5: ... that Robert Symonds, expert in old English furniture, attempted to restore the reputation of the horologist Thomas Tompion? Philafrenzy (talk) 11:05, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I wish I would have happened on this discussion when it was still at WT:DYK. I honestly think the first (pulled) hook is the best. It's just so weird. Second choice maybe to the Satanism one. IronGargoyle (talk) 22:21, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't see why it can't be reinstated as long as it goes in the last slot which is traditionally reserved for the weird. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree with above. This is just weird to remove a hook for that reason. BabbaQ (talk) 07:13, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Consensus is for reinstatement of the original hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)