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A fact from Engine Company 21 (Chicago) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 March 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when the
fireman's pole was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy—until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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The result was: promoted by
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 18:47, 18 February 2021 (UTC)reply
... that when the
fireman's pole(use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought they were crazy ... until 21 started being the first to arrive at fires? Source:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/invention-firemans-pole-180975206/ "When Kenyon installed his pole in 1878, other firefighters in the city thought the idea was crazy—until they saw that Company 21 was now often the first to arrive on scene. "
Comment: Actual article reviewed was Rawiri Waititi
Created by
Valereee (
talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC).reply
ALT1 ... that when the
fireman's pole(use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy ... until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and I have added ALT1 as an alternative. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)reply
More politically-correct nonsense
The capitalization of the adjective "black" smacks of racism by implying that (lower case) "white" is inferior. Wikipedia is supposed to be NPV, ergo this sort of blatant politically-correct text is inappropriate and insulting to whites.
Wikipedia uses the terminology that the best reliable sources use. Most of the most-reliable sources are capitalizing Black. Some are also starting to capitalize white. When most are capitalizing white, Wikipedia will start capitalizing white. Wikipedia doesn't really care whether the reason reliable sources are capitalizing Black is political correctness. Your argument is with them.
—valereee (
talk) 00:55, 6 March 2021 (UTC)reply
AJ Arnold was a African American Fire Fighter you can find him a in newspaper at the Memphis Firefighter Museum .
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A fact from Engine Company 21 (Chicago) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 March 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when the
fireman's pole was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy—until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 18:47, 18 February 2021 (UTC)reply
... that when the
fireman's pole(use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought they were crazy ... until 21 started being the first to arrive at fires? Source:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/invention-firemans-pole-180975206/ "When Kenyon installed his pole in 1878, other firefighters in the city thought the idea was crazy—until they saw that Company 21 was now often the first to arrive on scene. "
Comment: Actual article reviewed was Rawiri Waititi
Created by
Valereee (
talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC).reply
ALT1 ... that when the
fireman's pole(use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy ... until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and I have added ALT1 as an alternative. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)reply
More politically-correct nonsense
The capitalization of the adjective "black" smacks of racism by implying that (lower case) "white" is inferior. Wikipedia is supposed to be NPV, ergo this sort of blatant politically-correct text is inappropriate and insulting to whites.
Wikipedia uses the terminology that the best reliable sources use. Most of the most-reliable sources are capitalizing Black. Some are also starting to capitalize white. When most are capitalizing white, Wikipedia will start capitalizing white. Wikipedia doesn't really care whether the reason reliable sources are capitalizing Black is political correctness. Your argument is with them.
—valereee (
talk) 00:55, 6 March 2021 (UTC)reply
AJ Arnold was a African American Fire Fighter you can find him a in newspaper at the Memphis Firefighter Museum .