Talk:William W. Jefferis

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A fact from William W. Jefferis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that two railroad boxcars were needed to ship William W. Jefferis's vast mineral collection to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 04:54, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when shipped to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the vast mineral collection of William W. Jefferis filled two railroad boxcars? Source: "William W. Jefferis". Pennsylvania Conservation Heritage Project. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2022-12-20. https://paconservationheritage.org/stories/william-w-jefferis/
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- Comment: Earwig shows a high percentage of similarity, but this is due to quotes, place names, and such that cannot be rephrased.

Created by Topshelver (talk). Self-nominated at 14:35, 21 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: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Topshelver: Good article. Article is sourced, hook is interesting, and the QPQ is done. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, not quite – needing two boxcars (per source) isn't the same as filling two boxcars. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron: Thanks for the hook correction. I corrected the article to reflect the reference and we can correct the hook in the same manner "needed" not filled. I can promote if you can release the objection. Bruxton (talk) 19:42, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT1: ... that when shipped to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the vast mineral collection of William W. Jefferis needed two railroad boxcars?
- Thanks, Bruxton! This one's on me, though :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 04:52, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]