Template:Did you know nominations/Dandy Dick Whittington
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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 11:35, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
Dandy Dick Whittington[edit]
- ... that in Dandy Dick Whittington, Dick is a circus rider who goes to Siam to secure love and fortune?
Created/expanded by Jack1956 (talk), Ssilvers (talk). Nominated by Jack1956 (talk) at 19:40, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
New enough, long enough. Accepted a couple of offline references in good faith. I have to note that the article could probably do with a few more citations in the second paragraph in the lead as there are several sentences which need references, so I don't feel able to tick it off just yet. Mabalu (talk) 02:53, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
- I have added another citation to that paragraph in the article; much of that content is taken from The Sketch 6 March 1895 pg 276 (see here for an image of the page for verification [1]). I could add a reference to every sentence from The Sketch but that would look cumbersome. Jack1956 (talk) 09:20, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
- Looks good - I can't view the new sources but accept them in good faith. One query - who thought Wright's impression of Lonnen was as good as the original? That does need a citation or clarification, as otherwise, it begs a "who did?" tag.
