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A fact from Sigismund Mohr appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 January 2023 (
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Did you know... that Sigismund Mohr(pictured) lit the first electric street lamps in
Quebec City to a crowd of 20,000 spectators?
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The result was: promoted by
Bruxton (
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Created by
Ploni (
talk). Self-nominated at 04:15, 19 December 2022 (UTC).reply
Great work here. There are no problems. Both hooks are fine, and are properly established in the article. If the photo is used, the white border should be cropped.
Arbitrarily0(
talk) 11:46, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Also, while both hooks are fine, the first hook seems most interesting.
Arbitrarily0(
talk) 11:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review! I've gone ahead cropped the image. Ploni💬 12:56, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Sigismund Mohr appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 January 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Sigismund Mohr(pictured) lit the first electric street lamps in
Quebec City to a crowd of 20,000 spectators?
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
Bruxton (
talk) 02:34, 31 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Created by
Ploni (
talk). Self-nominated at 04:15, 19 December 2022 (UTC).reply
Great work here. There are no problems. Both hooks are fine, and are properly established in the article. If the photo is used, the white border should be cropped.
Arbitrarily0(
talk) 11:46, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Also, while both hooks are fine, the first hook seems most interesting.
Arbitrarily0(
talk) 11:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review! I've gone ahead cropped the image. Ploni💬 12:56, 19 December 2022 (UTC)reply