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
SL93 (
talk) 00:51, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
... that John Custis's marriage was strained to where he would sometimes communicate to his wife through their enslaved servants? Source: Forman, Henry Chandlee (1975). The Virginia Eastern Shore and its British Origins: History, Gardens & Antiquities. Eastern Shore Publishers' Associates. ASIN B0006CMBNG. Page 57
ALT1: ... that John Custis, a slaveowner, petitioned the
Governor of Virginia to
manumit a slave? Source: Wiencek, Henry (2003). An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-1-4668-5659-2. Page 73
Article was brought to GA-status, and nominated for DYK on due time. Iti is neutral and sourced througout. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no essential text similarities. I find the ALT1-hook interesting, but suggest a more clear one as follows: "... that slave owner John Custis petitioned the
Governor of Virginia to
manumit a slave child, he fathered?". You can recommend it as ALT2 if you like. The hook is well-formatted. Its length is within limit. For the hook fact's accuracy, I AGF since the source is offline.QPQ was done. Good to go.
CeeGee 10:18, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
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
SL93 (
talk) 00:51, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
... that John Custis's marriage was strained to where he would sometimes communicate to his wife through their enslaved servants? Source: Forman, Henry Chandlee (1975). The Virginia Eastern Shore and its British Origins: History, Gardens & Antiquities. Eastern Shore Publishers' Associates. ASIN B0006CMBNG. Page 57
ALT1: ... that John Custis, a slaveowner, petitioned the
Governor of Virginia to
manumit a slave? Source: Wiencek, Henry (2003). An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-1-4668-5659-2. Page 73
Article was brought to GA-status, and nominated for DYK on due time. Iti is neutral and sourced througout. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no essential text similarities. I find the ALT1-hook interesting, but suggest a more clear one as follows: "... that slave owner John Custis petitioned the
Governor of Virginia to
manumit a slave child, he fathered?". You can recommend it as ALT2 if you like. The hook is well-formatted. Its length is within limit. For the hook fact's accuracy, I AGF since the source is offline.QPQ was done. Good to go.
CeeGee 10:18, 11 December 2022 (UTC)