Template:Did you know nominations/DeForest Porter

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 17:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

DeForest Porter

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• ... that after assuming his post on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Judge DeForest Porter (pictured) was surprised to learn area temperatures reached 114 °F (46 °C)?

• ALT1:... that after the 15th Arizona Territorial Legislature moved the territorial capital to his city, Phoenix Mayor DeForest Porter (pictured) gave each member of the session a new silk hat?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Port of Ploče

Created/expanded by Allen3 (talk). Self nom at 13:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

• Hook: Prefer ALT1 (more interesting). Cited, AGF on offline reference.

Article: Long enough, new enough. AGF on paraphrasing as the sources are almost all offline. Referencing has been done very thoroughly. Review has been done.

Summary: Good to go; I prefer ALT1. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:32, 17 October 2011 (UTC)