Talk:John Knight (slave trader)
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:07, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
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... that John Knight owned a ship called Fanny?
- Source: From Here with Voyage ID=90534, says "Vessel name: Fanny. Vessel owner: Knight, John".
- Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Method of moments (electromagnetics)
- ALT1 ... that the slave trader John Knight transported over 26,000 Africans to the Americas?
- Source no.6 in the article says "Knight, he was a major Liverpool slave trader with an interest in 111 voyages over thirty years (1744-74) that delivered over 26,000 Africans to America"
- ALT1 ... that the slave trader John Knight transported over 26,000 Africans to the Americas?
Created by Desertarun (talk). Self-nominated at 08:21, 3 September 2021 (UTC).
I'm really not keen on a double entente hook for an article on a notorious slave trader (and I suspect that 'fanny' didn't have this connotation at the time - the creep probably named the ship after his wife or another significant woman in his life). I'd suggest a hook focused on his slaving activities, perhaps noting the huge numbers of voyages and slaves he was responsible for. Nick-D (talk) 23:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Nick-D: Hi, I've added ALT1 and struck ALT0. Desertarun (talk) 07:09, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Desertarun: That looks good - thanks. I'll review below:
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Overall: 
This is good to go. Nice work with the article and the revised hook. I've spot checked the references I can access, and they support the text and there are no issues with close paraphrasing (Earwig returns a 0% likelihood of violations!). The article is also new enough, and is of a generally good quality. Nick-D (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2021 (UTC)