Template:Did you know nominations/J.E. Rhoads & Sons
- 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) 06:47, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
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J.E. Rhoads & Sons edit
... that during the War of 1812, American Civil War, World War I, and World War II, J.E. Rhoads & Sons refused to service military contracts, as its owners were Quakers?
- ALT 1
... that, until it closed in 2009, J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest, continually-operating company in the history of the United States?
- ALT 2 ... that, until it closed in 2009, J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest, continually-operating company in the history of the United States, having been in business for more than three centuries?
- ALT 1
Created/expanded by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 00:28, 1 February 2018 (UTC).
New and long enough, all non-lead ¶ have inline citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content for the main hook and the alt is interesting and both are verified with citations to reliable sources in the article, QPQ done. I prefer ALT1, as the hook is simpler, and the company's history as the longest, continually-operating company in the U.S. may generate more page views compared to detailed content about several wars, military contracts and Quakers. North America1000 08:13, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this. While I like ALT0, I agree with Northamerica1000 that ALT1 will probably draw more interest. But wouldn't it be more hooky to say how many years it was in business, or at least "more than three centuries"? Yoninah (talk) 00:44, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- Agree, Yoninah, that's a great point. I've added a new Alt hook. Chetsford (talk) 07:06, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
- Good to go for ALT2 per my review above. Furthermore, here is a reliable source verifying that the company was established in 1702. Struck the other hooks per the discussion above. North America1000 11:43, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
