Template:Did you know nominations/Ronald Read (philanthropist)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Ronald Read (philanthropist)

 * ... that Ronald Read, whose last job was working 17 years as a J. C. Penney janitor, donated US$1.2 million to his local library and $4.8 million to the hospital where he died?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sikandar Begum

Created/expanded by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 10:49, 7 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting life, on many sources, no copyvio obvious. Lovely summary in the lead! I am no friend of "shot" in the first image caption ;) - better give us a year. In article and hook, please clarify that we speak about US$. How do you feel about an infobox? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review and the comment about the "lovely summary in the lead", ! According to https://www.today.com/news/secret-millionaire-vermont-janitor-bequeaths-fortune-hospital-library-t1201, here is the caption they have for the photo "(AP Photo/Estate of Ronald Read) Courtesy of Fitts, Olson & Giddi". To prevent the "shot" wording :) I changed it to "Undated photo of Ronald Read". I tried to look for the photo's date but everything online leaves it undated. I modified the article and hook to use "US$" and added an Infobox person to the article. That is a generic infobox, so feel free to change it to something more specific. Cunard (talk) 09:44, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for all this! The photo doesn't need any caption, if we can't add to the name of the person. "shot" is just too sloppy and ambiguous ;) - I use infobox person for all people, - it's the template with the best maintenance, and the best - neutral white background! - appearance, and if more specific parameters are needed, others can be embedded, but no need here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:03, 13 April 2019 (UTC)