Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas J. Bray

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The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 17:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Thomas J. Bray

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... that Thomas J. Bray, an iron and steel magnate, died while getting ready to testify before Congress?Source:"Thomas J. Bray dies in his office", The New York Times, p. 23, 12 December 1933
- ALT1:... that Thomas J. Bray wanted to canalize the local rivers? Source: Id.
- ALT2:... that iron and steel magnate Thomas J. Bray wanted to canalize the local rivers?
- ALT3:... that iron and steel magnate Thomas J. Bray wanted to canalize the Beaver, Mahoning and Shenango rivers?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ollagüe
Comment: There is was a pending AFD, which ~~will be resolved soon.~~ was closed as Keep Per the closer: "The result was keep. With the support of the original nominator, the consensus is to keep. (non-admin closure)". 5x expanded by 7&6=thirteen (talk) and Andrew Davidson (talk). Nominated by 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:12, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi 7&6=thirteen. There's no citation for the second paragraph of "early life and education". Also the article is a bit jumbled up: his death is mentioned towards the start of the "career" section and then again in the "death and legacy" section; I would suggest it sits better in the later section. For the hooks it seems strange to describe them as "local" rivers with no geographic context, maybe "Pennsylvanian rivers" is better? I don't think the statement "He was an influencer amongst the industrial leaders of the Mahoning River steel industry" in the lead is supported in the article. I don't quite make it a 5x expansion either (I count an increase from 778 to 3778 characters). Great save from AFD though so would be good to feature this in DYK - Dumelow (talk) 06:54, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

User:Dumelow Expanded article beyond 5X, added the missing citation to paragraph 2, added ALT 3. Got rid of "influencer". Thanks for the review. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:39, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Good stuff 7&6=thirteen. AGF on hook sourcing, which I presume is in the NYT article (I couldn't see Bray mentioned in the JSTOR article). I've struck the "local rivers" hooks, otherwise all good - Dumelow (talk) 13:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)