Talk:George Jenkins (public servant)

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A fact from George Jenkins (public servant) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that George Jenkins (pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/George Henry Jenkins.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Jenkins in 1901

... that George Jenkins (pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"? Source: Both quoted in https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jenkins-sir-george-henry-28235
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nadezhda Stasova
- Comment: Mainly nominating because of the striking facial hair.

Created by ITBF (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

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ITBF (talk) 11:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Length, date, hook, image, qpq, close paraphrase checks out. --Soman (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ITBF and Soman: there's close paraphrasing in this article which should be resolved before promotion.--Laun chba ller 15:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm looking at the Earwig tool. There is the wording " which was widely seen as a promotion" which could be too close paraphrase, but otherwise seems ok. --Soman (talk) 16:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was also thinking "1887, Jenkins married Caroline Kent" and "He died in Colombo on 18 July 1911".--Laun chba ller 16:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Launchballer what specific sentences do you have an issue with - most of those flagged are direct quotes or titles? ITBF (talk) 03:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]