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Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower
... that a blood riot led to a Mennonite tower (pictured)? From The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812 to 1919, pg 200: "Sergeant-Major Granville P. Blood of the 118th Battalion argued in self defence after leading a riot in Berlin, Ontario."; and [1]: "The tower was built in 1926 due to the efforts of W. H. Breithaupt, looking to commemorate the German-Pennsylvania Mennonites" and "Briethaupt was trying to just re-jig our history a little tiny bit because of all the troubles we went through in World War One."- ALT1:
... that a blood riot led to a pioneer erection? From The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812 to 1919, pg 200: "Sergeant-Major Granville P. Blood of the 118th Battalion argued in self defence after leading a riot in Berlin, Ontario."; and [2]: "The tower was built in 1926 due to the efforts of W. H. Breithaupt, looking to commemorate the German-Pennsylvania Mennonites" and "Briethaupt was trying to just re-jig our history a little tiny bit because of all the troubles we went through in World War One." - ALT2:... that a blood riot about a name led to a Mennonite tower (pictured)? From The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812 to 1919, pg 200: "Sergeant-Major Granville P. Blood of the 118th Battalion argued in self defence after leading a riot in Berlin, Ontario."; and [3]: "The tower was built in 1926 due to the efforts of W. H. Breithaupt, looking to commemorate the German-Pennsylvania Mennonites" and "Briethaupt was trying to just re-jig our history a little tiny bit because of all the troubles we went through in World War One."
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- Reviewed: John Hughes (neuroscientist) (see my DYK tracker)
- Comment: Reserve for April Fool's Day
Created by Mindmatrix (talk). Self-nominated at 18:46, 2 February 2017 (UTC).
- 16px all hooks check out, personally I like ALT2. Also, length, date, copvio, refs, etc all check out. These would be good for quirky or lead with photo. HalfGig talk 23:19, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
- I still don't think the hook is up to scratch as an April Fools hook and I'm struggling to come up with an alternative, but here's one possibility:
- ALT3: ... that history was rejigged at the location pictured in 1926? Gatoclass (talk) 12:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
- ALT4: ... that history was rejigged at Kitchener, Canada, in 1926? Gatoclass (talk) 04:27, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
- I reviewed the new ALTs and they're fine. However, I don't think they're interesting, much less April Foolsy. What do you think about:
- ALT5: ... that in 1926 a Mennonite tower (pictured) was built in the German capital of Canada?
- ALT6: ... that ten years after the city of Berlin changed its name to Kitchener, a Mennonite tower (pictured) was built there? Yoninah (talk) 20:02, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
- 16px Approving ALT5 as being possible for use on April Fool's Day, the hook facts being cited inline. Other parts of the review as per HalfGig. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:42, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
