Template:Did you know nominations/Vernon Andy Anderson

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:13, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Vernon Andy Anderson

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... that American missionary Vernon Andy Anderson noted that those accused of witchcraft in the Belgian Congo were likely to be women over 55 and subject to murder by vigilantes? "Notes that accused witches may be killed by vigilantes, and that many accused witches are women over the age of 55." (Google Books)
- ALT1:... that American missionary Vernon Andy Anderson helped revise an early Tshiluba-English dictionary? "Another project to engage his scholarly interest in the Baluba was the revision of an early Tshiluba-English dictionary." (North Western University)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Papworth (plasterer)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:03, 18 January 2020 (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: New enough (article began to be written on 26 December, but it was only moved to the mainspace today) and long enough. Well-written with neutral language and well-sourced. Seems to be free of plagiarism - although Earwig's Copyvio Detector stands at 25.9%, that is mostly due to long proper nouns, eg. American Presbyterian Congo Mission, interim General Secretary of the Congo Protestant Council etc. Both hooks cited and checked, I prefer the original hook but both are OK.

One minor spelling mistake should be corrected: In the "Return to the United States" section the book by Ethel Taylor Wharton is stated to be called Led in Triump - this should be Led in Triumph.

Apart from that, I think it's good to go. Well done! Xwejnusgozo (talk) 15:16, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Xwejnusgozo. Good spot on the typo, which I have fixed - Dumelow (talk) 19:08, 18 January 2020 (UTC)