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A fact from Hermann Collitz appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Woodrow Wilson, Hermann Collitz, and Carey Thomas all taught at Bryn Mawr College before becoming presidents? Source: Collitz, K (1930) pg. 4,6 "Among his early colleagues [at Bryn Mawr] were Carey Thomas (Professor of English and Dean), Woodrow Wilson (Professor of History),...he was elected the first president of this society [the LSA] for 1925" Jaschik (2017) "Bryn Mawr College announced how it would deal with the legacy of M. Carey Thomas, who was its president from 1894 to 1922." Scolforo (2021) "At the request of Bryn Mawr College’s president, Kimberly Wright Cassidy, the Pennsylvania history agency removed a marker from the edge of campus that noted President Woodrow Wilson had briefly taught there."
Overall: That review was pleasantly straightforward, and also informative. Very nice text expansion, balanced and reasonable, cited quite well. No earwig issues. Just one thing then - the rules for citation of the hook fact(s) are quite specific, and are not yet met. I don't think it will be a problem, but the hook fact(s) must appear in the article, and be cited "no later than the end of the sentence" - so Bryn Mawr for the subject needs a repeat cite, and I think that the points re. Thomas and Wilson need to be mentioned (and cited) in-article. I will be standing by. The ALT is mildly interesting but not maybe so exceptional - I know several bilingual kids who have also studied three further languages in school. SeoR (talk) 00:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@SeoR: I was surprised because I remember adding that in, so I looked and the relevant text seems to have been removed between the nomination and your review. I added it back with a note that the page of Collitz's biography cited in that sentence explicitly states that they were colleagues (the same page quoted above). How to proceed is up to you, but I'd suggest waiting a few days to make sure it's stable before moving forward. — Wug·a·po·des19:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That review was pleasantly straightforward, and also informative. Very nice text expansion, balanced and reasonable, cited quite well. No earwig issues. Just one thing then - the rules for citation of the hook fact(s) are quite specific, and are not yet met. I don't think it will be a problem, but the hook fact(s) must appear in the article, and be cited "no later than the end of the sentence" - so Bryn Mawr for the subject needs a repeat cite, and I think that the points re. Thomas and Wilson need to be mentioned (and cited) in-article. I will be standing by. The ALT is mildly interesting but not maybe so exceptional - I know several bilingual kids who have also studied three further languages in school. SeoR (talk) 00:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)