Talk:Carl Smith (canoeing)

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A fact from Carl Smith (canoeing) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carl Smith (canoeing).

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Carmen, canoe designed by Smith in 1882

... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885? Source: Source (in Swedish)
- ALT1: ... that Carl Smith has been called the "father of Swedish canoe sporting"? Source: Most easily accessible here (in Swedish)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Smith (moneylender)

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 142 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I verified that both ALT0 and ALT1 are sourced in the article. The image in ALT0 is verified as having been released under CC BY 4.0 and would be a good image for the lead image slot. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi @Yakikaki: just a quick note - please could you provide attribution in the body of the article as to who said the "father of Swedish canoe sporting" line? This is generally required by WP:INTEXT, so readers can make a judgement about the significance of the claim. FYI I've also switched this to be the picture hook in Queue 5 so using the alternative hook instead, but it would be good to resolve the above anyway. Cheers and thanks for writing this article. — Amakuru (talk) 21:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Amakuru: Thanks for spotting this and altering me, and apologies for the late reply - I was at a retreat and didn't have access to the internet for some days. I looked at this one more time, and after some reflection re-phrased it. I hope it is OK like this? Probably it was not the best hook proposal to start with. The origins of the sobriquet seems a bit vague and in any case whoever coined it is probably more or less unknown. So thanks again for getting me to look and think again, and for going with the ALT instead! Best, Yakikaki (talk) 20:00, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yakikaki: thanks for that. Looks good. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 00:17, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]