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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29  talk 17:04, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Qalaherriaq

Portrait of Qalaherriaq, early 1850s.

• ... that Qalaherriaq, an Inuit interpreter from northern Greenland, described England's weather as "dreadful"? Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/1369801X.2023.2169626 pg. 994
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Guang yi ji

Created by Generalissima ( talk). Self-nominated at 19:57, 11 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Qalaherriaq; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. The hook is cited, but I wonder if there are more interesting things to draw on? Maybe his connection to the Franklin exhibtion? Or the drawings he made. Also, I would love to see the portrait, or one of the other images added to the nomination - they are wonderful. The other thing I wondered, was whether you think it might be worth shifting some of the content about how his life was interpreted and recorded in a "Historiography" section or similar? I really enjoyed reading the article, thank you for starting it with such detail. Lajmmoore ( talk)

• @ Generalissima: - I forgot to tag you in the review! Lajmmoore ( talk) 11:41, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
  • @ Lajmmoore: Fair enough on a historiography section; that would be a good thing to add on. Hmmm... How about this

    ALT1: ...that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq (pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time?

(source: https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cart-2021-0012 pp. 247–248. ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Generalissima ( talk • contribs)

• Y support ALT1 (I still think a historiography section would be really good - and would help the GA nomination) Lajmmoore ( talk) 08:12, 16 January 2024 (UTC)