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A fact from Mauatua appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mauatua married the Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and ensured women on Pitcairn were given the vote?

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

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Tapa cloth is not woven

Sources referenced in the article and WP elsewhere consistently describe Tapa cloth as MADE or BEATEN, but never WOVEN. Weaving interlaces two sets of perpendicular fibers. Tapa, in contrast, begins as a sheet of bark that is beaten to become extremely thin, wide, and long. Various sheets are then beaten together in a wet process to create larger pieces, similar to Felt. Justaxn (talk) 02:53, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Justaxn, my misunderstanding. Thanks for leaving a message - I'll go and track down where I've used the incorrect terminology. Best Lajmmoore (talk) 09:49, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:14, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the oldest woman who went to Pitcairn with the Bounty mutineers was Mauatua? Source: [https://historymatters.sydney.edu.au/2017/05/the-women-of-pitcairn-and-their-descendants/ here - search for "oldest"
- ALT1: ... that Mauatua married the Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and ensured women on Pitcairn were given the vote? Source: After the Bounty:A Sailor's Account of the Mutiny, and Life in the South Seas - search for "vote"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jean Walton
Comment: from the Women in Red Oceania contest

Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 13:43, 29 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough. Article complies with major content policies and is very solidly sourced, no copyvio issues detected. QPQ done. I find ALT1 more interesting and have edited to make it more succinct, feel free to revert if this isn't felt to be an improvement. I was able to verify the hook through the source given and it is also present in the article with an inline citation. I must note that whilst the person relating this fact is a distant relative and this possibly raises a COI issue at face value, I would expect an extensive degree of the bloodlines mixing after a given number of generations in a tiny tiny community like Pitcairn, so in all likelihood there isn't a plausible reason for this author to exaggerate the role of this particular person. I wonder if adding the year of this event (1838) would make the hook even more interesting. Regardless of the small print though, this is good to go. Thank you very much for a well-written article, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. --GGT (talk) 02:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 to T:DYK/P4