Talk:Thomas M. Owen

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:26, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Thomas M. Owen

... that Thomas M. Owen (pictured) founded the Alabama Dept of History, the first such agency in the U.S. to become a distinct department of a state government? Source: 1 Laws governing the Department of Archives and History, pp. 9-10 2 Encyclopedia of Alabama

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Murtaja Qureiris
Comment: Text and citation for hook is located in the Career section

Created by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 3 August 2019 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Thomas M. Owen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas M. Owen founded the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the first such agency in the U.S. to become a distinct department of a state government?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2019/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas M. Owen.

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