Template:Did you know nominations/Herta Feely
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 12:54, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Herta Feely[edit]
- ... that after co-founding Safe Kids Worldwide, Herta Feely became an award-winning writer?
Created/expanded by GRuban (talk). Self nom at 03:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
date and length fine, well sourced. The hook is acceptable, but a bit on the general side. Perhaps you want to name a specific title (they are interesting) and a specific award (they are notable)? You know best what to choose. I will watch. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
- ... that after co-founding Safe Kids Worldwide, Herta Feely became an award-winning writer for her unpublished novel, The Trials of Serra Blue?
- I admit I'm going more for the "unexpected combination" hook. Maybe it's just me, but I don't usually expect people who found notable advocacy organizations to become novelists. I expect them to stay advocates, go into politics, community service, that sort of thing. --GRuban (talk) 21:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think, it's still combination, but tells me more about "novel" and the kind of title she chose. Award-winning could be a local club's award for a poem, nothing serious. But the ALT reads a bit as if she wrote just that one novel. What do you think of
- ALT2: ... that after co-founding Safe Kids Worldwide, Herta Feely became a writer who earned awards like a First Novel Fellowship for The Trials of Serra Blue? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:07, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think, it's still combination, but tells me more about "novel" and the kind of title she chose. Award-winning could be a local club's award for a poem, nothing serious. But the ALT reads a bit as if she wrote just that one novel. What do you think of
- I admit I'm going more for the "unexpected combination" hook. Maybe it's just me, but I don't usually expect people who found notable advocacy organizations to become novelists. I expect them to stay advocates, go into politics, community service, that sort of thing. --GRuban (talk) 21:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)