Talk:Regina Purtell

Did you know nomination

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 Bruxton (talk) 14:07, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

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Photo courtesy of Robert L. Rauch, a relative of Sr. Purtell.

• ... that Regina Purtell (pictured) took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her The Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War? Source:
  • ALT1: ... that later when, as the new president, Roosevelt had to undergo a painful leg operation at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, he asked them to send Regina Purtell (pictured) to personally attend to him? Source:
  • ALT2: ... that Regina Purtell (pictured) once cared for a member of John Philip Sousa's band, known for its military marches, and that afterward Sousa sent the entire group to serenade her at the hospital in person? Source:
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  • Comment: There is more, but I didn't want to add too many hooks. She nursed sons of the Rough Riders through the global pandemic of Spanish flu, and she received Louisiana's first full military funeral for a nun, with gun salutes, and Spanish-American war veterans, doctors, and nurses in attendance.

Improved to Good Article status by Fortunaa (talk). Self-nominated at 23:14, 20 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Regina Purtell; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Fortunaa: Good article. AGF on the sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:35, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

We could have some WP:SEAOFBLUE concerns with ALT0 but I will promote it and if it is an issue it will be brought up at DYKtalk. Bruxton (talk) 14:04, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

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