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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) 23:16, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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Gessner Harrison

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Gessner Harrison
Gessner Harrison
  • ... that when Gessner Harrison (pictured) was a student at the University of Virginia he declined Thomas Jefferson's invitation to Sunday dinner at Monticello, saying it would be a violation of the Sabbath?[1]

Improved to Good Article status by Hoppyh (talk). Self-nominated at 16:10, 8 February 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A recent GA article that was promoted to that rating less than a week ago, good citations, no copyright violations, very interesting hook, sourced, and no plagiarism. Good job and interesting find. @Hoppyh: Jon698 (talk) 3:14, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

  • Thanks@Jon698:—if it makes it, maybe queue it up on a Sunday? Hoppyh (talk) 16:49, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
  • @Hoppyh: That's really unlikely to occur at this stage unless this gets promoted sooner than later. However, it's not really up to Jon698 whether that happens.
    Btw, you are exempt from the QPQ requirements since this is your first DYK nomination. Your first five are free, but it would help the volunteers out if you mentioned you're exempt in the future for your next four. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:25, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
  • As the article currently has an "encyclopedic tone" template—something that was unfortunately missed during its GA review—it should not be promoted to the main page until the issues have been taken care of. Reopening the nomination page while work is ongoing; I hope that Nikkimaria, who noted the issue, will let us know here when it has been fully addressed to her satisfaction. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:33, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
  • As I have indicated on the article’s talk page, I have done all I think I should do to increase the desired tone while preserving accurate use of sources. Having finished my own effort, I recommend the DYK nom be withdrawn, as the issue apparently will not be resolved in the foreseeable future. I do apologize for the premature nom. Hoppyh (talk) 12:55, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
  • @BlueMoonset: The tag has been removed by the editor who placed it, and the DYK Nom can be reinitiated if desired. Hoppyh (talk) 12:00, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Restoring the tick per Jon698's original review and Nikkimaria's removal of the "encyclopedic tone" template she had placed on the article. Noting request for a Sunday run here, in case it's possible for the promoter to honor; it would be nice to place it in the lead slot again, as it had been slotted there before it was pulled. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:22, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Gessner Harrison". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved Feb 8, 2020.
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