Talk:Charles William Warner

A fact from Charles William Warner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Charles William Warner, the attorney general of Trinidad between 1845 and 1870, was one of the most powerful men in the colony and often considered "the real governor"?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:35, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Charles William Warner, who was Attorney General of Trinidad between 1845 and 1870, was one of the most powerful men in the colony, and was often considered "the real governor"? Source: "Charles Warner (1805-1887) was for at least 25 years the most powerful and influential man next to the Governors of Trinidad. During the governorships of Charles Eliot and Robert Keate from the middle 1850s to the middle 1860s, his influence was so great that many people regarded him as the real Governor of the Colony [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Derasar, Rajasthan

Created by Guettarda (talk). Self-nominated at 22:48, 5 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Comments by Tbhotch

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: A long-enough article that was moved to mainspace. I couldn't find issues and I assume good faith on the online sources. QPQ done. The hook is suitable for the main page. Good to go. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:42, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Guettarda, Tbhotch, and Theleekycauldron: I'm reopening this per issues raised at discussion on WT:DYK. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 19:59, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Anything else I need to do here Amakuru? Guettarda (talk) 15:52, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Guettarda: - thanks, that looks great, my concerns are addressed. Re-approving on that basis (and based on previous review done by Tbhotch). Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Guettarda (talk) 16:56, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P6

Date of death

HapHaxion, I noticed that you added a date of death for Warner. I was wondering what your source is for this. Thanks. Guettarda (talk) 16:41, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Guettarda: Hi; my sources are (for February 26) his gravestone (image here) and (for February 28) The Peerage. HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 18:48, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@HapHaxion Thank you! Guettarda (talk) 19:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]