Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney Cumbers

Sydney Cumbers

 * ... that Sydney Cumbers amassed the world's largest collection of historic ships' figureheads (pictured)?
 * ALT1:... that Long John Silver gave William Wilberforce and Sir Lancelot to a museum in 1953?
 * Comment: I am sure someone more creative than me can improve on the alternative hook

Created/expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self nom at 08:44, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Shirley Reilly - Dumelow (talk) 09:07, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT 2: ... that Sydney Cumbers was nicknamed "Long John Silver" because he wore an eyepatch to conceal his missing eye that he lost when he was a child?
 * Created Alt 2 for you. --George Ho (talk) 23:21, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article is big enough, but not new enough, created on 5th April, and expanded roughly 2 times in the week before nomination . However the prep areas always seem to be short of articles, and this is a good one.  I like the original hook best so far.  This original hook is interesting, in the article cited and two references confirm it. The picture is free However a different crop of the picture may make a clearer DYK image. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:36, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reviewing. Note that the article was created in my userspace and was only moved to mainspace on 27 May (this is allowed per rule F3).  Sorry, I usually mention this when I nom them but forgot in this case.  Feel free to crop the image as necessary - Dumelow (talk) 11:13, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Sorry about that One second check I spotted the move. In that case good to go. with a green tick Symbol confirmed.svg