Template:Did you know nominations/Nicodemus, Kansas

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The result was: rejected by —♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 16:45, 27 April 2013 (UTC).
neglected article

Nicodemus, Kansas

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... that Nicodemus, Kansas was founded in 1877 and became the first all-African American community located on the Great Plains?

Comment: US Education Program, course Education Program:Boston College/History of the American West (2013 Q1)

5x expanded by Cataldoc (talk). Nominated by GabrielF (talk) at 21:18, 10 April 2013 (UTC).

Long enough, and verified to be 5x expanded (from 651 to 8355 characters). The hook is boring IMO. and the "became the first all-African American community located on the Great Plains" doesn't seem to be supported by the article.—Chris!_c/t 01:50, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

For the past 15 days, neither the article expander nor the nominator (who is an active editor) have done anything to the article or made comments here related to the claim that the hook isn't supported by the article. Indeed, the article states that "The goal was to establish the first all-black settlement on the Great Plains." It never says if this goal was actually accomplished. Also, it is unclear if that statement is unreferenced or if the subsequent citation (<ref name="Promised Land on the Solomon">{{cite book|last=United States. National Park Service. Rocky Mountain Regional Office|title=Promised land on the Solomon: Black settlement at Nicodemus, Kansas|year=1986|publisher=U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region|page=2}}</ref>) covers it. After a cursory review of a non-OCR version of

"the document" (PDF). (19.7 MB), I only find find that the group that established the town was "the first trust association that would attempt to develop a town on the Middle Border for an all-black population." This is unfortunately not the same as being the first all African American community on the Great Plains. - tucoxn\^talk 20:49, 25 April 2013 (UTC)