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Did you know... that William Mackinder was a deep-sea fisherman and millworker before entering British politics, where he advocated for worker's rights?
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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:38, 9 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
... that William Mackinder was a deep-sea fisherman and trade unionist before becoming a British politician? Source: "Mill boy to M.P. Death of Mr William Mackinder". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 1930-09-08. His varied occupations since that early start have included woolcomber, spinner, deep sea fisherman, trade union official, Parliamentarian, and novelist.; "Death of versatile labour M.P.". Western Daily Press. Yeovil, England. 1930-09-08. Since then he has been woolcomber [sic], spinner, deep sea fisherman, Trade Union official, Parliamentarian and novelist.; "Mr W Mackinder, M.P., Dead". The Daily Telegraph. 1930-09-08. At first he was engaged in the meat trade, then he became a deep-sea fisherman, and afterwards was a woolcomber.;
ALT1: ... that William Mackinder was a deep-sea fisherman and millworker before entering British politics, where he advocated for worker's rights? Source: see above, plus these William Mackinder (1924-03-04). "National minimum wage". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 170. House of Commons. col. 1295–1341.; "Holidays with pay. Labour Members' Bill". The Daily Telegraph. 1925-05-20.
Comment: It's been a little while since I did one of these nominations so I'm open to feedback! I've included quotes from the three sources I have for the hook, but all require some level of registration or subscription to access. Please let me know if I can be helpful providing access to them.
Created by Lear's Fool (talk). Self-nominated at 11:55, 16 July 2021 (UTC).Reply
Overall: Article is new enough, long and no copyvio. Mackinder sounds like a very interesting man! Assuming good faith on sources which are paywalled or print. The hook is very interesting, and I'm also proposing ALT1 based on sources used in the article. The only issue is it looks like qpq might be necessary if you have had more than 5 DYK nominations. Other than that, This is good to go! BuySomeApples (talk) 21:27, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for that! I prefer your hook. I didn't realise about the QPQ so I'll take a look at the review queue as soon as I can. -- Lear'sFool 11:13, 2 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Article is new enough, long and no copyvio. Mackinder sounds like a very interesting man! Assuming good faith on sources which are paywalled or print. The hook is very interesting, and I'm also proposing ALT1 based on sources used in the article.