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A fact from Nancy Brown (columnist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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ALT1: ... that advice columnist Nancy Brown crowdfunded the reforestation of a clearcut during the Great Depression? Source: "Over the course of the 1930s, they funded the reforestation of burned-out parts of the Michigan State Forests, dedicating 560 acres in honor of Nancy Brown." Newspaper Confessions: A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age, p. 138.
Overall: @Gobonobo: Alright, the nomination looks mostly alright, as the criteria are satisfied and the QPQ review has been completed. My only doubt is about the source you've used, as it's an article from The Detroit News (the newspaper Brown worked for) and, as such, might not be considered as totally independent from the subject... Also, I think it could be useful to add a few pipe-links to the hook (at least for "clearcut" and "Great Depression"), as well as the year the campaign was started in. Still a good job, though! Oltrepier (talk) 10:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Oltrepier I've added wikilinks to the hook as you suggested. I think people generally know when the Great Depression was, so I didn't mention the year. I hesitated to use the Detroit News source at first as a non-independent source. As the level of detail there was far beyond the other sources I have access to, I decided it was better to include it. I think given that we're talking about a career that ended 80 years ago and an article that is otherwise a quality source, that we can safely use the source in the article for concrete facts without compromising our NPOV. I've added another source that verifies the reforestation project to the ALT1 hook and to the article. gobonobo+c16:04, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]