- 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 PFHLai (talk) 03:34, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
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Rufus P. Turner
edit- ... that Rufus P. Turner, who created some of the first transistor radios, became an English professor at age 52?
- Reviewed: V603 Aquilae
5x expanded by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self nominated at 22:09, 3 January 2014 (UTC).
- I created this nomination within the 5-day span, but forgot to transclude the template. Oops. I think the guy is absolutely fascinating but if anyone could suggest a better hook I'd be grateful. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:49, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
DYK check doesn't think it's a 5x expansion. Prior to expansion, it was 661 characters. After, it's 3574 characters, which is 5.4x. I think DYK check doesn't agree because of this IP edit, which I wouldn't count for content. Article is well sourced. Hook issue - the article says he was born in 1907 and became an English professor in 1960. The source backs up the 1960 fact. We can revise the hook to say age 53 if you wish. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:00, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, I nominated it based on the before-after of my edits. The age is my mistake; do note that it would be 52 not 53 because he was born just before the end of the year and was thus 52 years old for about 98% of 1960. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:03, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
