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A fact from Laura F. Edwards appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that historian Laura F. Edwards attended a music school that she said "actually diverted [her] away from music"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Laura F. Edwards.

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 19:13, 18 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that Laura F. Edwards was originally a high school oboist before becoming a historian? Source: Returning to ORHS for her senior year, Laura did continue playing the oboe both in the ORHS Orchestra and the Oak Ridge Symphony
- ALT1: ... that Laura F. Edwards became a historian after setting up an independent study with a teacher while in high school? Source: For the second semester of her senior year, Laura reported, “I talked Mr. Shedd into doing an independent study with me on modern European intellectual history. We went though the key thinkers in the cannon as well as key schools of thought which involved not just political thinkers, but also music, art, and architecture. I recall the Existentialists with particular clarity. The transition from Classical to Romantic actually figures into lectures I do in my legal history course, as does the transition to Modernism. ... Mr. Shedd saved me, by grounding me and making the future I hoped to inhabit seem possible. I will always be thankful for that.”
- ALT2: ... that Laura F. Edwards went from oboist to historian after setting up an independent study with a teacher while in high school? Source: ALT0 + ALT1
- ALT3: ... that Laura F. Edwards attended a music school she said "actually diverted [her] away from music"? Source: When I was in high school, I played oboe and intended to be a professional musician. My determination was such that I managed to find my way from East Tennessee to Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, which actually diverted me away from music: I took an AP history course and fell in love with the subject.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hitler's Favourite Royal

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 164 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 02:40, 14 July 2026 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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QPQ: Done.

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Moved to mainspace on 13 July and nominated on 14 July. Article is neutral and well-sourced, and Earwig only picks up the names of various books and awards and such. No issues with the article or any of the hooks. Personally I think ALT0 and ALT3 are the most interesting as the others may explain too much, but that's up to the promoters discretion. Hsnkn (talk) 23:41, 20 July 2026 (UTC)Reply