Talk:Harold Willens

A fact from Harold Willens appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that U.S. Marine Corps captain Harold Willens returned four samurai swords to Japan after 27 years?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 22:27, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Jewish-American activist Harold Willens was unable to reach Ronald Reagan until he found that his daughter Michele was friends with Reagan's daughter Patti? Source: Washington Post. "At Daughter's Request, The President Hears Out a Peace Activist"
- ALT1:... that U.S. Marine Corps Captain Harold Willens returned four samurai swords to Japan after 27 years? Source: The Nation. "A Daughter's Memory"

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Comment. Redirect created August 13, article created August 17.

Created by Binksternet (talk). Self-nominated at 17:03, 17 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life, well narrated on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I approve both hooks, - my preference being the ALT, but wondering if we could abbreviate to U.S. and somehow mention "heal wounds of war"? - I would like to know about the mother(s) of his children, and think it might be worth mentioning that his daughter wrote a memoir. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:33, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your review. I abbreviated United States. Regarding the suggested addition of more ideas in the hooks, I like to have very short, incomplete hooks so that the reader is curious for more. Binksternet (talk) 14:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understand, and accept. Just that I would be more curious about peace than just swords. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]