Talk:Viktor Holt
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Rewrite of the opening paragraph
The opening sentence describes Viktor Holt as a factory worker of Ostrabruck. That is what the civil register says, word for word. I have no objection to the fact, only to the sentence, which reads like the register. Could someone give it a line of prose? — KarinBrenn (talk) 11:34, 9 May 2024 (VMT)
Support a light copyedit. Please do not add adjectives; the last attempt added “distinguished” and it took a month to remove. — jannik.rusk (talk) 22:03, 11 May 2024 (VMT)
I have rewritten the sentence. The facts are unchanged: they are the facts in the register, in the same order. — TDorn83 (talk) 17:32, 13 May 2024 (VMT)
Looks good. Marking this resolved. — Ursula_of_Hollstadt (talk) 12:01, 15 May 2024 (VMT)
The date in the lead
Could we settle a date format for this article? At present it gives the day in some places and the year alone in others. — larer1991 (talk) 16:51, 4 August 2024 (VMT)
Day, month, year, in words, as the record gives it. The Manual of Style is clear on this. — KarinBrenn (talk) 11:20, 7 August 2024 (VMT)
Fine. For the avoidance of doubt, nobody is proposing to change the date. — jannik.rusk (talk) 22:49, 10 August 2024 (VMT)
Citation to the Herald
The Herald report of 5 August 1989 is the only reference for the history section. It is a good report, but it is the report of the paper of record, and the paper of record reports what it is given. — Lea_of_Weinwick (talk) 21:08, 30 October 2024 (VMT)
The Herald is the paper of record. That is what “of record” means. — larer1991 (talk) 16:37, 3 November 2024 (VMT)
@larer1991 Understood. I have added the full issue as a second reference, which is the same source at greater length. — KarinBrenn (talk) 11:06, 7 November 2024 (VMT)
Fine. Nothing more to do here. — jannik.rusk (talk) 22:35, 11 November 2024 (VMT)
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