Template:Did you know nominations/William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 15:20, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896 edit
- ... that when William Jennings Bryan (pictured) ran for president in 1896, he sometimes had to carry his own bags from the train station to the hotel?
- Reviewed: Sex Life of Robots
- Comment: Hook from second paragraph of "Whistle-stop tour". Article moved into mainspace on April 7.
Created/expanded by Wehwalt (talk). Self nom at 12:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Excellent article! I am not as impressed with the hook, as saying too little about his qualities. First suggestion, open for more:
- ALT1: ... that to run for president in 1896, William Jennings Bryan (pictured) traveled to 27 of the 45 states and gave some 600 speeches on a whistle-stop tour? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
- No objection to the alt, I've changed one word.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
both fine, whatever fits a prep set better, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- No objection to the alt, I've changed one word.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that to run for president in 1896, William Jennings Bryan (pictured) traveled to 27 of the 45 states and gave some 600 speeches on a whistle-stop tour? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
