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
Amkgp (
talk) 06:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
... that in 1887 “noted controversialist” Mary Aldis(depicted) tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon? Source: "Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, has appealed to the City Council to stop the performances of Delo, the woman fired from a cannon at the City Hall."Otago Daily Times 22 Jan 1887, via
PapersPast "Information was received by the mail of the death of Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, late of Auckland. She was a noted controversialist, and an opponent of the CD. Act"
Christchurch Star, 12 August 1897
Comment: Article moved from user space 10 January (NZ time).
Created by
DrThneed (
talk). Self-nominated at 03:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
(not a review) Welcome to DYK,
DrThneed. I bolded and linked the subject for you, now at
Mary Aldis (science writer). It also needs the hooks connected by some (pictured) to the image.
Mandarax, move-miracle please? --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 06:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. A QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are directly cited and the promoter can choose the hook.
SL93 (
talk) 02:29, 3 February 2021 (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
Amkgp (
talk) 06:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
... that in 1887 “noted controversialist” Mary Aldis(depicted) tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon? Source: "Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, has appealed to the City Council to stop the performances of Delo, the woman fired from a cannon at the City Hall."Otago Daily Times 22 Jan 1887, via
PapersPast "Information was received by the mail of the death of Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, late of Auckland. She was a noted controversialist, and an opponent of the CD. Act"
Christchurch Star, 12 August 1897
Comment: Article moved from user space 10 January (NZ time).
Created by
DrThneed (
talk). Self-nominated at 03:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
(not a review) Welcome to DYK,
DrThneed. I bolded and linked the subject for you, now at
Mary Aldis (science writer). It also needs the hooks connected by some (pictured) to the image.
Mandarax, move-miracle please? --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 06:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. A QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are directly cited and the promoter can choose the hook.
SL93 (
talk) 02:29, 3 February 2021 (UTC)