Template:Did you know nominations/W.R. van Hoëvell

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 23:30, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

W.R. van Hoëvell

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... that Dutch clergyman W.R. van Hoëvell (1812-1879), after being forced to resign his post in Batavia, became a radical and eloquent spokesman against Dutch colonialism and slavery in the East and West Indies?

Created/expanded by Drmies (talk). Self nom at 18:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I forgot to mention something: I started this article, and at some point discovered it was already there. I merged the two with this edit, where you can also see the difference between the two versions. I'm still working on the article, but when I counted, a bunch of edits ago, I was below 5x expansion. However, I believe the difference between the non-neutral and unverified older version and mine are big enough to overcome that, if I'm not at 5x yet. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:39, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
It's certainly big enough now. This might be a GA before it gets to be a DYK. Drmies (talk) 23:25, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

excellent! Dutch sources AGF, suggest slightly different

ALT1: ... that Dutch clergyman W.R. van Hoëvell, after being forced to resign his post in Batavia in 1848, became a radical and eloquent spokesman against Dutch colonialism and slavery in the East and West Indies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerda Arendt (talk • contribs) 13:02, 15 December 2011 (UTC)