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Albert, Alfred and Chris Schlechten

 * ... that Albert, Alfred and Chris Schlechten were members of a family noted for their photography of Montana, notably the Bozeman, Montana area and Yellowstone National Park?


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 * Length, format, content rules – Symbol confirmed.svg Hook is okay but I strongly suggest using ALT1 instead. Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
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 * Image suitability, if applicable – Symbol confirmed.svg I took the liberty of adding a 1905 photo to the article and this DYK submission because an article like this is really enhanced with a pic. Gamaliel (talk) 19:34, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It was a gem, but it IS copyrighted by the Museum of the Rockies, so I don't think we can use it here (darn!). BUT:  I think we might be able to still use it in the article with a fair use rationale.   Montanabw (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

I suggest a tighter wording for the hook: ... that Albert, Alfred and Chris Schlechten were a family noted for their photography of the Bozeman, Montana area and Yellowstone National Park? and an alternate fun hook: ... that photographer Chris Schlechten was expelled from Montana State College for creating a spoof annual which replaced a photo of the basketball team with a row of Butterfinger candy bars? Gamaliel (talk) 19:18, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ALT hooks, if proposed –

ALT 2, version 2: ... that photographer Chris Schlechten was briefly expelled from Montana State College for helping create a spoof annual which included the basketball team portrayed as a row of Butterfinger candy bars? Montanabw (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Either is fine with me. However, I made a couple suggested edits to the "fun" hook to clarify the nuance (the ENTIRE annual had spoof photos throughout!). Whichever is preferred is fine with me!   Montanabw (talk) 20:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Good call, my sentence didn't make it clear that the whole thing was a spoof. Gamaliel (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Mine just made it 219 characters, so chopped, and put your original back in for comparison. Montanabw (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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 * Length – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:15, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Vintage – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sourcing (V, RS, BLP) – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Neutrality – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Plagiarism/close paraphrasing – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * copyvio (files) – Symbol confirmed.svg Gamaliel (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
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Comments/discussion:


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Prose isn't perfect and it would be best if the author made another editing pass today. I corrected a few items and it looks sufficient.  I wish there were more sources, but this is a pretty obscure topic and I doubt we'll be able to dig up any more without a Wikipedian in Residence at the Museum of the Rockies.  But it's a great topic and there's enough to work with for a short article, and the yearbook incident provides enough color to keep things interesting.  Gamaliel (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the comments and pass-through. Not too bad for something I whipped up in about 30 minutes... will do another run-through, but sources are a challenge.  To me the Yellowstone stuff is particularly fascinating, given the transportation challenges of taking an 11 x 14 field camera into Yellowstone at the turn of the century.  ;-)    Montanabw (talk) 20:04, 10 August 2011 (UTC)