Template:Did you know nominations/George Spencer (New Haven)
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 02:34, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
George Spencer (New Haven)[edit]
- ... that George Spencer became the first white man to be executed in Connecticut because he looked like a stillborn, deformed piglet?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Beáta Siti
- Comment: I think it qualifies as quite a catchy hook! violet/riga [talk] 21:46, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
Created/expanded by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 21:46, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that George Spencer was executed in Connecticut because he looked like a deformed piglet?
- Suggest this captures the very catchy bit and avoids the implication in the original hook that lots of others were executed for this reason and poor George was the first Victuallers (talk) 08:15, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
- I see what you're saying. Perhaps an alternative wording would be:
- ALT2: ... that the first white man to be executed in Connecticut was George Spencer, who was hanged because of his close resemblance to a stillborn, deformed piglet?
- violet/riga [talk] 16:52, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
ALT1 or ALT2 are good to go. Adequate expansion within the allotted time. Appropriately referenced article. Hooks supported. No evidence of plagarism from the sources available on Google Books (although the first reference was behind a pay wall and unavailable for me to check, and some pages in the books used were similarly unavailable). Love the hook! Rlendog (talk) 20:04, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
- I see what you're saying. Perhaps an alternative wording would be:
