Template:Did you know nominations/James A. Merriman

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 03:09, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

James A. Merriman

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Portrait of J. A. Merriman, physician and newspaper publisher

To T:DYK/P2

... that James A. Merriman (pictured) was the first African American physician to practice medicine in Portland, and perhaps the first in the state of Oregon?
- ALT1: ... that James A. Merriman (pictured) was the only Black graduate from Rush Medical College in 1902 and the first African American physician to practice medicine in Portland? Source: https://kmun.org/podcast/the-register-august-06-2021/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Killing of Jay Abatan

Created by Skvader (talk). Nominated by Paul2520 (talk) at 18:03, 1 March 2022 (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:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and looks well sourced. Both hooks are interesting and are cited. Normally a podcast wouldn't be a great source but it seems solid and the info is corroborated by the newspapers cited in the article. The photo is in the public domain, clear and in the article. No copyvio on Earwig and the qpq is done. BuySomeApples (talk) 20:47, 2 March 2022 (UTC)