- The following discussion 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 04:46, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Henry Dircks
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that Henry Dircks created a better quality of ghost than those before him?
- QPQ: Edgar Morales Pérez
- Comment: Dircks' birthday is 26 August so it would be nice if it could appear on the Main Page on that date. violet/riga [talk] 12:23, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Created/expanded by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 12:23, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Everything checks out but the hook, which is a bit of a clunker, grammatically. Perhaps "invented a better ghost" would work. It would be nice if Pepper's ghost can be worked in the hook as well, and/or the idea that Pepper would have stolen Dircks's ghost. Drmies (talk) 03:05, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
- Well grammatically it's fine, albeit slightly dated in tone. Alternatives include:
ALT1 ... that Henry Dircks used his improved ghost to dispel the myths of others?- ALT2 ... that Henry Dircks created a ghost to prove that others could not?
ALT3 ... that Henry Dircks believed his ghost to be a triumph of enlightenment over superstition?
- One of those should work, if not the initial suggestion. violet/riga [talk] 09:34, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I don't believe it's fine--"quality of" with a noun that would ordinarily take an article is clunky. But that's beside the point. I like ALT2 best--in fact, I like it a lot. OK, I really like it a lot. I hope you get lots of hits. Drmies (talk) 14:54, 21 August 2012 (UTC)- DYK volunteer, please note the editor's request to put this up on the subject's birthday, Aug 26. Drmies (talk) 14:55, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
