Template:Did you know nominations/Mihran Mesrobian
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 00:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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Mihran Mesrobian[edit]
... that though architect Mihran Mesrobian (pictured) lost fifteen members of his family during the Armenian Genocide, he went on to build many historically listed buildings?
5x expanded by EtienneDolet (talk). Self nominated at 07:58, 13 November 2014 (UTC).
- Sorry to be mean, but this is one of these hooks like, "Footballer X was born in City Y but ate apples in City Z." It's kind of an anticlimax. EEng (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that architect Mihran Mesrobian (pictured), designer of many historically listed buildings in the United States, lost fifteen members of his family during the Armenian Genocide?
- I agree, I've added ALT1. Étienne Dolet (talk) 00:31, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
All checks out, 5x expansion, well written and clearly referenced with no obvious copyvios. GTG with ALT1. Jack1956 (talk) 13:37, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
This is about as interesting as saying that someone living in the U.S. lost relatives in the Holocaust back in Europe. How about:- ALT2: ... that Armenian-American architect Mihran Mesrobian (pictured) renovated palaces in the Ottoman Empire and designed hotels in Washington, D.C.? Yoninah (talk) 23:03, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
OK then, GTG with ALT2 Jack1956 (talk) 23:53, 16 November 2014 (UTC)