Talk:Relocation of the United States Government to Trenton

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Did you know... that in 1799, the federal government of the United States was evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey due to an outbreak of yellow fever?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:02, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that, in 1799, the federal government of the United States evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey due to a yellow fever epidemic?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hundred Years' War (1345–1347)

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 03:36, 19 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Fantastic topic, we're good to go! I would suggest a couple of alts just to tweak the language, but what you've got is fine. Excellent work! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:39, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0a: ... that the federal government of the United States evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey in 1799 due to an outbreak of yellow fever?
ALT0b: ... that the federal government of the United States evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey in 1799?
ALT0c: ... that the federal government of the United States evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey due to an outbreak of yellow fever?

I'm sort of playing around with how much information we want to give, and whether we should give the whole story or just part of it to tease. Open to workshopping. Also, I messed with the last few words due to MOS:SEAOFBLUE.

Thanks! I prefer any of the alts (a, b or c) to the original hook. Chetsford (talk) 09:05, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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