Template:Did you know nominations/Old Nassau

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The result was: promoted by Ashwin147 (talk) 11:27, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Old Nassau

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• ... that the lyrics of the refrain of Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" were changed in 1987 to assuage sexism concerns at the formerly all-male and evolving co-educational institution?

• Reviewed: 7th of 9 QPQs for Template:Did you know nominations/Ashtabharya et. al.

Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nominated at 01:28, 18 May 2013 (UTC).

• (ALT1) ... that Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" was originally sung to the melody of "Auld Lang Syne"?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:34, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

• (ALT2) ... that the music for Princeton University's alma mater "Old Nassau" was composed on demand in one afternoon?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:34, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

• All three hook suggestions are appropriately referenced to reliable online sources in the article. The length and date both check out fine, and checks reveal no evidence of copyvio or close paraphrasing. Harrias ^talk 15:29, 31 May 2013 (UTC)