Template:Did you know nominations/Matooskie

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 03:27, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Matooskie

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Matooskie, a Chipewyan First Nations woman and "country wife" of John George McTavish.

• ... that the 1830 abandonment of Chipewyan Indigenous woman Matooskie (pictured) by John McTavish, her Scottish husband, was eventually settled with a dowry payment of £200? Source: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mckenzie_nancy_8E.html
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  • Comment: I think this is a good enough hook - if anyone has a better one or has issues with this, please let me know. QPQ not needed as this is my second nom.

Created by GnocchiFan (talk). Self-nominated at 15:36, 14 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Matooskie; 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: The link to John George McTavish strikes me as an easter egg link, so consider a slight adjustment. Other than that, I'd be happy to approve this. Grnrchst (talk) 14:08, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Grnrchst: That's fair enough, I'm very happy to go ahead with adjustments to the hook as suggested. – GnocchiFan (talk) 17:14, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Grnrchst: I've made the edits now, as well as minor rewording which I think makes it clearer. Thoughts? – GnocchiFan (talk) 00:02, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

• Approved Looks great, thanks! --Grnrchst (talk) 08:09, 17 December 2023 (UTC)