Template:Did you know nominations/Barzillai J. Chambers

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 20:02, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Barzillai J. Chambers

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• ... that Barzillai J. Chambers (pictured) was the Greenback Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1880, but a fall from a train left him unable to participate in the campaign?

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5x expanded by Coemgenus (talk). Self nominated at 21:50, 3 January 2014 (UTC).

• Comment - Don't have access to the 1879 article B. J. Chambers and the Greenback Party Split so cannot verify this information. However a more pressing issue is that the hook is not clear enough. I would recommend a rewrite of the hook to make it clear what is meant by his participation in the campaign. Something like:

• ALT1 ... that Barzillai J. Chambers (pictured), the Greenback Party's 1880 nominee for Vice President of the United States, was not active during the campaign after he was injured falling from a train? EagerToddler39 (talk) 22:40, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
• QPQ  done
  • The alt hook looks good to me. An improvement on my effort, I think. --Coemgenus (talk) 23:33, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
  • I'd be glad to e-mail you the relevant pages from the article, too, if you need to verify it. --Coemgenus (talk) 23:36, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

• - 5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough and well-referenced. Copyvio check shows no issues. No issues with External links AGF on hook source. Article long enough. Inline citation used consistently. Good to go with ALT1. EagerToddler39 (talk) 00:44, 7 January 2014 (UTC)