Template:Did you know nominations/Blair Colony

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 22:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Blair Colony

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... that while recruiting for the Blair Colony, Betty Blair reportedly convinced potential settlers there were no flies in South Dakota?

Source: Hascall, Randy (June 1, 2003). "The Last Descendant". Argus Leader. Rural Pierre. p. 4A. Retrieved July 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

ALT1: ... that Blair Colony was once one of the highest concentrations of African Americans in South Dakota? Source: Hascall, Randy (June 1, 2003). "The Last Descendant". Argus Leader. Rural Pierre. p. 4A. Retrieved July 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Diamond Lake, Illinois
Comment: ALT0 is also supported by two other sources, Andrews 2014 and Koehler 2023 (timestamp 6:45).

Moved to mainspace by TCMemoire (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

– T C Memoire 18:13, 29 July 2024 (UTC).

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:16, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Looks good. Nice work. Prefer ALT0. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:30, 13 August 2024 (UTC)