Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Badlam
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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Stephen Badlam
... that after leaving the military, Major Stephen Badlam became famed for his cabinetry?Source: Swan, Mabel Munson (May 1954). "General Stephan Badlam - cabinet and lookingglass maker". Antiques. 65 (5): 380–383. https://archive.org/details/sim_magazine-antiques_1954-05_65_5
Created by Generalissima (talk). Self-nominated at 21:09, 25 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Stephen Badlam; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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- You don't mention any copyvio check at Template:Did you know nominations/Margarita Ortega (magonist). Did you do one?
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@Generalissima: Two pretty small things. Otherwise they're good, although the interestingness is marginal. I would say that simultaneously being a cabinetmaker, justice of the peace, and militia general is more interesting. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|she) 02:30, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, also, the Codman cite is a 403 for me. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|she) 02:46, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tamzin: So sorry, forgot to get back to this until now! Yes, I did do a copyvio check on Ortega, apologies for not noting that in the review. I removed the first efn because it appears to just be the one source that says it, and the rest agree on Milton. Added citations to the other EFN. As for a better hook, you're right on that one. How's this;
ALT1: ... that Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and brigadier-general in addition to his primary trade of building cabinets?Source: Bjorke, Ethel Hall (1957). The Cabinetmakers of America. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 35 https://archive.org/details/cabinetmakersofa0000unse/
- Generalissima (talk) 03:44, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Generalissima: Maybe tighten up that prose a little, just that the cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam? -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|she) 21:22, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tamzin: Good idea.
- ALT1a...that the cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and brigadier-general?
- Generalissima (talk) 22:51, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- Works for me!
for ALT1a (renumbered for clarity). -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|she) 00:05, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Tamzin: Good idea.
- @Tamzin: So sorry, forgot to get back to this until now! Yes, I did do a copyvio check on Ortega, apologies for not noting that in the review. I removed the first efn because it appears to just be the one source that says it, and the rest agree on Milton. Added citations to the other EFN. As for a better hook, you're right on that one. How's this;
