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Baruch Korff

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• ... that despite watching the murder of his mother as a child, Baruch Korff went on to become "Nixon's Rabbi" who spoke with the "fire of an Old Testament Prophet"?

Created/expanded by Alexislynn(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 17:57, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

• I have added a wikilink to the hook, as required and a DYKmake credit for the other article author / expander, Amgisseman. @Alexislynn(BYU): if you object, please comment. Also proposing ALTs which are copy-edits:

• (ALT1): ... that after witnessing his mother's murder as a child, Baruch Korff became "Nixon's Rabbi" and spoke with the "fire of an Old Testament Prophet"?

Reviewing now. EdChem (talk) 13:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

• 5x expansion confirmed, and new enough
• Well-referenced.
• Earwig result (23.7%) due mostly to direct quotes which are in quotation marks and attributed, so no copyvio issue noted.
• No QPQ required - though the QPQ check finds five previous credits, two of them are for the same article. This is thus the 5th and final QPQ-free nomination.
• The sentence in the article which refers to Korff's mother's murder is not cited, it needs a direct citation.
• The 73 generations statement is not directly supported by the source (which says unbroken line back to 11th century, but not how many generations, but would make for a more interesting (IMO) hook:

Thank you for the input! I have added a direct citation to the sentence in the article referring to the murder of Korff's mother. The 73 generations statement actually is directly supported by the source, it is found in hte 7th paragraph of the article.Alexislynn(BYU) (talk) 20:45, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

• (ALT2): ... "Nixon's Rabbi", Baruch Korff, was part of an unbroken line of rabbis that went back 73 generations?

• That he was Nixon's Rabbi is well supported, as is the old testament quote, in the NYT piece but again the direct citation on the sentence (required by DYK) is missing.
• Some copy-editing and added wikilinking would be good, though nothing that I would see as prevent accepting this nomination.
• A few things to address, mostly referencing on hook sentences, but this is getting there. I find ALT2 most interesting, but having proposed it, someone else will have to sign off on the nomination once changes are made. EdChem (talk) 14:17, 1 July 2016 (UTC)