Talk:Godfrey Hattenbach

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The result was: promoted by Amakuru talk 14:41, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Godfrey Hattenbach is said to be the father of Sioux City, Iowa's Jewish community?

• Source: Quinlan, John (May 23, 2004). "Making an impression". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved March 13, 2025. - Above left is a portrait of Godfrey Hattenbach, regarded as the "father" of Sioux City's Jewish community, and at right is Edwin R. Kirk, self-proclaimed "king of the Jews."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alex Garfin
  • Comment: I did what I could with pre-internet sources.

Created by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 431 past nominations.

SL93 (talk) 00:01, 14 March 2025 (UTC).

• Article new and just long enough. Took some squinting but the hook factoid is verified in the newspaper. Referencing is adequate. Earwig flags at 0% - I assume it didn't compare with the offline newspaper but I will AGF that there is no copyvio. QPQ is done, so good to go. Juxlos (talk) 04:00, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

@DYK admins: Just seeing if this can be promoted if everything checks out. It's the second oldest, and I have been the main one building preps. I have no issue with that, except for hooks that I nominate and review staying unpromoted for longer. SL93 (talk) 23:58, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

I think the article should say who said it, and I wouldn't put "father" in quotation marks. Also, {{DYK admins}} should only be used for emergencies, and there are several other prepbuilders.--Launchballer 00:33, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Launchballer I call that nonsense about there being several other prep builders. They would be filling preps if they were prep builders. Take a look at the preps and queues and tell me where the several prep builders are. SL93 (talk) 00:41, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYK promotions, nine users have promoted hooks in the last month.--Launchballer 00:43, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh, wow. Nine users in a month that barely ever promote hooks... SL93 (talk) 00:45, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@SL93: I'll be happy to promote this, but do you mind if we drop the "Iowa" from the hook and just have "that Godfrey Hattenbach is said to be the father of Sioux City's Jewish community?" - it looks kind of awkward as is, normally there would be an offsetting comma after Iowa per MOS:GEOCOMMA, but the apostrophe doesn't allow that. And this is really the main Sioux City anyway.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:54, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Amakuru That's fine. SL93 (talk) 13:43, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Promoted To Prep 3.  — Amakuru (talk) 14:41, 13 April 2025 (UTC)