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A fact from Laura Bergt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo-kissing Vice President Spiro Agnew(pictured)?
@SusunW: First, the source says he was a companion for her last 4 years, which means either she died in 1986 or would mean since 1980, more or less, not 1982, the math doesn't work. Second, unless we have another source mentioning him, I'd consider leaving him out, since we are not clear on his importance. Who was he? A medical caregiver, a romantic companion, just a neighbor who regularly dropped by for scones? --GRuban (talk) 14:34, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo kissingSpiro Agnew? Source: P 93 "In early 1971, at the National Congress of American Indians convention in Kansas City, Fairbanks Eskimo Laura Bergt taught Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew how to kiss Eskimo-Style. This caused one Native leader to jest that each of the kisses was worth a million acres – a reference to the then pending land claims fight." p 2 last 2 columns "Southeast-Alaska Native leader Roger Lang said Alaska Natives gained 10-million acres each time she rubbed noses in the land claims effort."
good work. Correct inline citations and interesting hook which checks out. The only small issue I have is that the hook is much clearer than the sentence in the article. I suggest in the article that you use a quote. Borbridge, watching her, remarked that, "each one of those kisses was worth a million acres". Just a suggestion. The image is clear enough and PD. The article is neutral is is long enough an new enough. Bruxton (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for the review Bruxton, I've made the change per your suggestion. I'd really, really, really like the article to have the photo slot. GRuban worked really hard to get me that photo! SusunW (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
good work. Correct inline citations and interesting hook which checks out. The only small issue I have is that the hook is much clearer than the sentence in the article. I suggest in the article that you use a quote. Borbridge, watching her, remarked that, "each one of those kisses was worth a million acres". Just a suggestion. The image is clear enough and PD. The article is neutral is is long enough an new enough. Bruxton (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2022 (UTC)