Talk:John William Kiser
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A fact from John William Kiser appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that John William Kiser arrived in Chicago poor, and became a multimillionaire by making bicycles? Source: 1
Created by Bruxton (talk) and Paloappie (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 17:32, 27 December 2021 (UTC).
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Overall: Nice work, Bruxton! Interesting article & I think everything looks good. paul2520 💬 20:33, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
- @Paul2520 and Bruxton: I'm not sure this checks out—the source says he died with $8m, but it also lists a bunch of other executive jobs that would have made him said butt-tons of money. Is there a source that specifically says he made his fortune in the bicycle business (including putting him over the $999,999 mark)? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 23:59, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: I see. this may be a better hook:
- ATL0a ... that John William Kiser arrived in Chicago poor, and became wealthy making bicycles and horseshoes? Source: 1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruxton (talk • contribs) 00:16, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- Pinging theleekycauldron (the first ping wouldn't have gone through since the sig was absent) to check to see whether ALT0a solves the issue raised above. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:27, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'm not convinced just yet—the source doesn't say that he founded the horseshoe company, or that the bicycle craze was responsible for his wealth. How about
- ALT0b: ... that John William Kiser, who arrived in Chicago "practically penniless", took advantage of the "bicycle craze" in forming the Monarch Bicycle company? same source theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 03:53, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: I am ok with that hook.Bruxton (talk) 03:31, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
- New reviewer needed to check ALT0b. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:53, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'm not convinced just yet—the source doesn't say that he founded the horseshoe company, or that the bicycle craze was responsible for his wealth. How about
- Pinging theleekycauldron (the first ping wouldn't have gone through since the sig was absent) to check to see whether ALT0a solves the issue raised above. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:27, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
- ATL0a ... that John William Kiser arrived in Chicago poor, and became wealthy making bicycles and horseshoes? Source: 1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruxton (talk • contribs) 00:16, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: I see. this may be a better hook:
Promoting ALT0b to Prep 5, with (pictured) – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)