Template:Did you know nominations/Walter A. Groves

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 18:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Walter A. Groves

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Groves in 1957

• ... that Walter A. Groves (pictured) taught his first class at Centre College the morning after arriving at the school for the first time? Source: Groves interview (1983), part 1, page 3: "So a week after we landed in New York, we landed in Danville, Kentucky. I think it was about October 1, 1940, and we were put up by Dr. and Mrs. McLeod in their home. This was a Sunday evening, and on Monday morning at eight o'clock he had me in my first class here. So that began my career at Centre."
  • ALT1: ... that Walter A. Groves (pictured) received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country's invasion? Source: Groves interview (1983), part 1, page 3
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Snow Society

Created by PCN02WPS (talk). Self-nominated at 19:44, 30 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Walter A. Groves; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• This isn't a full review, but I'm wondering if a stronger hook can be found. The hook presented here seems like a fairly common work-life happening. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 22:03, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

• The ALT1 hook is much more "interesting" (per an actual DYK requirement). I did a typo fix. Maybe it should say who invaded Iran without the reader having to hover over or click the link. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 19:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

• New enough, easily long enough, and well sourced. QPQ done. Earwig found no copying that I consider significant. ALT0 is not interesting, but ALT1 is. After a minor edit repeating a footnote from a later position, the hook sentence in the article is properly sourced. Good to go with ALT1. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)