A fact from William Dorsey Swann appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 February 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that William Dorsey Swann was the first American on record who pursued legal and political action to defend the LGBTQ community's right to gather?
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Since the previous discussion about the alleged photograph of William Dorsey Swann has been archived, I'm posting this newer Talk Page message for future editors as it seems to be a perennial issue. Per GKoskovich's earlier insightful comment, The Nation published a January 31, 2020, article about William Dorsey Swann which featured a photograph of performers Charles Gregory and Jack Brown. Many people incorrectly assumed Swann was in that photograph, but neither of those persons are Swann. — Flask (talk) 23:37, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for correcting this and my apologies for perpetuating the problem. The trouble is the photos of Jack Brown are both in the Commons Category and in the Wikidata listing not to mention a whole host of other Wikipedia pages in English and other languages. I will work on correcting these in the next couple of days if someone else doesn't get to it first.Myotus (talk) 03:59, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
