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Did you know... that in 1850, about a quarter of the post offices of the Swiss Post were located in taverns?
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ALT1: ... that the Universal Postal Union elected the Swiss Post as the best post for the 5th consecutive year in 2021? Source: as above
ALT2... that a St.Bernard was in service for the Swiss Post?Source: Die Hundepost von Adelboden: Der brave Bernhardiner war 1950 ein star im bekannten Ferienort / p.265 Die Post in der Schweiz, Ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre, Arthur Wyss.
ALT3... that in 1850 about 25% of the post offices of the Swiss Post were located in taverns?Source:Bemerkenswert ist, dass sich noch im Jahre 1850 fast ein viertel der Postbüros ... in Gasthäusern befand. p.247 Die Post in der Schweiz, Ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre, Arthur Wyss
ALT4...that the Swiss Post prohibited post offices in taverns, as the vicinity of wine and post offices lead to conflicts? Source:Bemerkenswert ist, dass sich noch im Jahre 1850 fast ein viertel der Postbüros ... in Gasthäusern befand. Da die Nachbarschaft von Postschalter und Weinausschank immer wieder zu Problemen führte, musste die Eidgenössische Post die feuchtfröhliche Verbindung schliesslich verbieten. p.247 Die Post in der Schweiz, Ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre, Arthur Wyss
ALT5...that during World War II the Swiss Post maintained a mail exchange with New York and London using seaplanes to cross the Atlantic Ocean?Source:Der Zweite Weltkrieg Unterbrach jäh den Weiterausbau des Luftverkehrs...Die Swissair musste ihre ihr Streckennetz massiv einschränken und im August 1944 ihre letzte Linie aufgeben. Trotzdem gelang es der Schweizer Post weiterhin Luftpostsendungen mit London und New York (via Lissabon) über die dort verkehrenden Luftbootkurse auszutauschen. p.275 Die Post in der Schweiz, Ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre, Arthur Wyss
ALTs 2-5 are interesting, but not well accessible. As a back up there are 5! consecutive! times the best post, which I hope is good enough. Other hook suggestions are welcome.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 23:59, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: An interesting article on an ostensibly dry subject. For the Wyss-sourced material, I've Assumed Good Faith, as the source is a printed source. Some of the translations from the German used in that source may be less than ideal (eg "The first airmail was delivered mainly as a performance ..." ("demonstration" might be a more appropriate translation than "performance")), but I can't copyedit the translations as I don't have the printed source. The longer paragraphs in the article were sufficiently long as to be a bit daunting, so I have copyedited the article to break them up into smaller chunks. I've also made some very minor other amendments. As for the hooks: I think ALT3 is the best. My second favourite is ALT5. I've made minor amendments to both. The others are a bit ho hum. For example, as a non-Swiss who admires Swiss efficiency, I am not in the least surprised by the main hook and ALT1 (and therefore those two are not very interesting), and ALT2 is so cliched as to be similarly not very interesting. Bahnfrend (talk) 13:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
An interesting article on an ostensibly dry subject. For the Wyss-sourced material, I've Assumed Good Faith, as the source is a printed source. Some of the translations from the German used in that source may be less than ideal (eg "The first airmail was delivered mainly as a performance ..." ("demonstration" might be a more appropriate translation than "performance")), but I can't copyedit the translations as I don't have the printed source. The longer paragraphs in the article were sufficiently long as to be a bit daunting, so I have copyedited the article to break them up into smaller chunks. I've also made some very minor other amendments. As for the hooks: I think ALT3 is the best. My second favourite is ALT5. I've made minor amendments to both. The others are a bit ho hum. For example, as a non-Swiss who admires Swiss efficiency, I am not in the least surprised by the main hook and ALT1 (and therefore those two are not very interesting), and ALT2 is so cliched as to be similarly not very interesting. Bahnfrend (talk) 13:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
