Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Leibert

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 15:39, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Richard Leibert

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• ... that famed Radio City Music Hall organist Richard Leibert eloped twice with the daughter of a U.S. congressman? source: Washington Evening Star, December 7, 1926

• Reviewed: Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit

Created by JGHowes (talk). Self-nominated at 16:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC).

• JGHowes. Hook is interesting and verified. Waiting on QPQ. I'd probably drop 'famed' in the hook because it doesn't add anything imo, but precedent suggests there's nothing actually wrong with it. Article is generally reasonably well written, neutral, and sourced, but I'm not seeing several items reflected in the provided sources, including: his birth date, first playing at Loew's Palace Theater in Washington, D.C., in 1925, He attended college at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and studied organ at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. Leibert started a touring dance band, reflected in the source provided in the article-- though that could be me not reading it correctly.
  I've taken the liberty of adding newspapers.com clippings to some of the sources I spotchecked-- recommend adding others, if you have the ability. There are a couple phrase matches between sourcing and article (" was a favorite of President Calvin Coolidge, who invited him to play the" and "Wurlitzer pipe organ, the largest Wurlitzer theater organ in the world") that I'd suggest mixing up to avoid closely matching the source. My spotcheck reveals no major copyvio/close paraphrasing concerns. Cheers, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

@Eddie891: Thanks for the review comments and suggestions. I've revamped the "Early years" section since you first looked at it. QPQ now done.  JGHowes  ^talk 18:27, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

JGHowes: Looks much better! I'm still struggling to find his exact date of birth in the sourcing, could you help me out? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:36, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

The only specific birthdate I could find is this (not cited in the article). The NY Times obit says he died at age 73 in 1976. Btw, I've added some Newspaper.com clippings.  JGHowes  ^talk 19:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

JGHowes, I've found and added a reliable source listing his birth date (Discogs is not reliable per WP:RSP). good to go now. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:33, 24 January 2021 (UTC)