Talk:William Nauns Ricks

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Did you know... that poet William Nauns Ricks wrote an ode to Charles Young, the first African-American colonel in the United States Army?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:17, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Ricks c. 1919

... that a poem by William Nauns Ricks (pictured) was included in the "largest book of poetry in the world", exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair? "Poems by Ricks are included in the largest book of poetry in the world" (article title: "Noted Poet Visits L.A.); "The largest book of poetry in the world ... was exhibited"
- ALT1:... that an ode by William Nauns Ricks (pictured) was delivered to Charles Young, the first African-American colonel in the United States Army? Article titled "To Charles Young" (left-hand page, on the left side, in the middle)

Reviewed: I believe I am exempt.
Comment: I'm not sure how good the image looks at a small size, so feel free to junk it if you think it'd be better without.

Created by AleatoryPonderings (talk). Self-nominated at 22:38, 6 July 2020 (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: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Approve ALT1, it's more interesting. Seven Pandas (talk) 17:43, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]