Talk:Hermann Marx

A fact from Hermann Marx appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that banker Hermann Marx and his firm underwrote the share issue that led to the "pepper scandal" of 1934?

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The following 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:11, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Hermann Marx rose from stockbroker's clerk to be a partner in one of London's leading merchant banks and a noted bibliophile? Source: please see article
- ALT1... that in 1934, banker Hermann Marx and Cull & Company structured and underwrote the share issue that led to the "pepper scandal"?
- Reviewed: Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 02:13, 27 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@Philafrenzy Good article. The article is cited, new enough, and its hook is interesting. I would have preferred if you put the citations for your hooks in the nomination rather than just telling me that they're in the article so that I don't have to scavenge for them.

Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:42, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]