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A fact from Edward McClaren appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Edward McClaren was one of only three black doctors in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1950?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward McClaren.

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Edward McClaren was one of only three black doctors in Greenville, South Carolina in 1950? ^[1]
- ALT1:... that there were only three black doctors in legally segregated Greenville, SC in 1950?

Created by Mr Ernie (talk). Self-nominated at 18:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Would be a good opportunity to highlight some relatively unknown but impactful people during Black History Month. Mr Ernie (talk) 20:25, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Atkinson, Macon. "Black people needed a hospital in Greenville during Jim Crow, so this doctor built his own". Greenville News. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

Mr Ernie I'd love to see this subject on the main page, but the prose size is only 990 characters, DYK requires a minimum of 1500. The hook is also not cited in the article - I appreciate that it's all from the one source, but the sentence needs to be directly cited. I just checked on Google, and found some more mentions of the subject from the Greenville News (eg this) - would you be willing to expand the article a bit and add some more citations? GirthSummit _(blether) 11:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Girth Summit thanks for the help! I will add prose and additional sources to the article this weekend. I couldn't believe the story myself when I first heard about it, and I think sharing it with the readers of the project would be a great way to link content with Black History Month. Mr Ernie (talk) 22:23, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cool - feel free to ping me when you're done and I'll re-review it. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 13:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Girth Summit just checking back in with you. I've expanded the text of the article and added additional sources. Would you mind taking another look and seeing if this is something worthy of DYK? Thanks again! Mr Ernie (talk) 21:48, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Ernie this is almost there, there are still a couple of unsourced assertions though (unreferenced sentences at the ends of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4, and paragraph 5 is completely unsourced. I imagine this all comes from the existing refs - would you mind just adding a few more citations to those refs to make it clear where each bit of information is coming from? If you're not sure how to use 'ref name', just add the whole citation and I'll be happy to tidy it up. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 13:24, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bother. Re-ping Mr Ernie GirthSummit _(blether) 13:25, 22 February 2021 (UTC) [reply]

Girth Summit I've had a go at adding additional cites and attempted to learn how to use ref name. I hope I didn't make a mess of it! Mr Ernie (talk) 02:27, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much improved, I think this is now good to go. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 18:52, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Just to confirm: new enough, long enough after expansion, well-cited throughout to respectable sources which support the hook, which is itself sourced within the article. Free of copyvio as far as I can detect, no images to worry about licenses for. GirthSummit _(blether) 18:55, 23 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

[1] Atkinson, Macon. "Black people needed a hospital in Greenville during Jim Crow, so this doctor built his own". Greenville News. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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