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A fact from Robert Spencer Finkbine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Robert Spencer Finkbine spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the Iowa State Capitol?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Spencer Finkbine.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 22:45, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Robert Spencer Finkbine spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the Iowa State Capitol? Source: Shank, Wesley I. (1999). Iowa's Historic Architects. University of Iowa Press.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael S. Farbman

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:13, 29 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Straight to the point and neutral. It would help if you could incorporate some online sources, in addition to the offline ones, as copies of Iowa's Historic Architects is hard to come by. Would it be possible to advance alternatives hooks? I suggest: "Robert Spencer Finkbine was the superintendent of construction at the Iowa State Capitol for 13 consecutive years." el.ziade (talkallam) 15:03, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]