Talk:George Jenkins (public servant)
Latest comment: 3 months ago by AirshipJungleman29 in topic Did you know nomination
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![]() | A fact from George Jenkins (public servant) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that George Jenkins (pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"? Source: Both quoted in https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jenkins-sir-george-henry-28235
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nadezhda Stasova
- Comment: Mainly nominating because of the striking facial hair.
Created by ITBF (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.ITBF (talk) 11:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC).
- Length, date, hook, image, qpq, close paraphrase checks out. --Soman (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- @ITBF and Soman: there's close paraphrasing in this article which should be resolved before promotion.--Launchballer 15:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'm looking at the Earwig tool. There is the wording " which was widely seen as a promotion" which could be too close paraphrase, but otherwise seems ok. --Soman (talk) 16:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
- I was also thinking "1887, Jenkins married Caroline Kent" and "He died in Colombo on 18 July 1911".--Launchballer 16:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
- User:Launchballer what specific sentences do you have an issue with - most of those flagged are direct quotes or titles? ITBF (talk) 03:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- I was also thinking "1887, Jenkins married Caroline Kent" and "He died in Colombo on 18 July 1911".--Launchballer 16:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)