Template:Did you know nominations/Florence Violet McKenzie

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 03:26, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Florence Violet McKenzie

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• ... that Florence Violet McKenzie, Australia's first female electrical engineer, taught thousands of sailors Morse code for free?

• Comment: Greatly expanded, based on CC-by-SA content from Dictionary of Sydney

Created/expanded by Wittylama (talk). Self nom at 12:51, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

• Reviewed Unthink, Nextdoor

• A long detailed article on this female pioneer. 5x expansion, date and hook reference are fine. I did not check for close paraphrasing because the article cites 42 different sources and states "This Wikipedia article is substantially built upon the essay "McKenzie, Violet" in the Dictionary of Sydney". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't personally care for the expression "for free". I would prefer:

• ALT1 ... that Florence Violet McKenzie, Australia's first female electrical engineer, taught Morse code to thousands of sailors free of charge?