Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Langdon

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The result was: promoted by —♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 21:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Richard Langdon

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• ... that 18th century organist Richard Langdon held the positions of master of the choristers and organist full-time at Exeter Cathedral, a position that had not been combined for over 150 years?
• ALT1 .. that 18th century organist Richard Langdon held the positions of master of the choristers and organist at Exeter Cathedral, a position that had not been combined for over 100 years?
  • ALT2 ... that 18th century organist Richard Langdon held the positions of master of the choristers and organist at Exeter Cathedral, positions that had not been combined for over a century100 years?

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• Comment: The position was briefly combined in 1661 and this is notified in the article. This is why I used the term "full-time". The source I used seemed to deem that the period in 1661 was "brief" and not worth counting.

Created by AtticTapestry (talk). Nominated by Jolly Janner (talk) at 04:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC).

• @AtticTapestry: @Jolly Janner: "Full-time" is an assumption that I'm not sure is justified by the sources. 1661 to 1762 is a full century though, so why not just use that number instead? Gamaliel (talk) 23:20, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you, Gamaliel. That is a valid criticism and I have slightly tweaked the original hook and proposed it as an alternative. Jolly Ω Janner 04:55, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Jolly Janner. I tweaked your new hook a bit. I think this is ready to go if you are okay with ALT2. Gamaliel (talk) 18:34, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Fine by me. I just wanted to avoid the word century twice in one sentence. I'm sure it'll get edited in the prep/queue if needed. Thanks. Jolly Ω Janner 04:59, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Oops, I hadn't noticed that! Changing it back. Gamaliel (talk) 05:36, 11 March 2016 (UTC)