Talk:James Edwin Baum

A fact from James Edwin Baum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that journalist James Edwin Baum hunted big game in Africa for the Field Museum of Natural History?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:16, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that journalist James Edwin Baum hunted big game in Africa for the Field Museum of Natural History? "Baum joined the expedition as a big-game hunter, killing specimens of mammals for African dioramas in the Field Museum" from: Troelstra, Anne S. (2017). Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives. BRILL. p. 56. ISBN 978-90-04-34378-8.
- ALT1:... that journalist James Edwin Baum ran away from his Lincoln, Nebraska home at the age of 14 and freighthopped to Wyoming? "he ran away from home when he was 14 years old, and rode freight trains to Wyoming where he worked as a wrangler" from: Troelstra, Anne S. (2017). Bibliography of Natural History Travel Narratives. BRILL. p. 56. ISBN 978-90-04-34378-8.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eva Asderaki

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article created on May 7, 2020.Y
I like the first hook, a journalist hunting big game for a museum is something that definitely caught my eye.Y
Character count checks, properly cited.Y
Reviewer did QPQ.Y
Good to go.GDuwen (talk) 09:47, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]