Talk:Samuel Green (printer)

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A fact from Samuel Green (printer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Samuel Green printed the Eliot Indian Bible, the first Bible printed in British America, in 1663?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Green (printer).

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Samuel Green, in 1663, printed the Eliot Indian Bible the first bible printed in America? Source: Byington, 1899, p. 251; Adams, 1847, p. 241; Humphreys, 1913, p. 23
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Great Bear (roller coaster)
- Comment: Statement and sources supporting hook are found in the 4th paragraph in the 'Printing Career' section.
  I made some edits on Oct. 21, but commenced the 5x expansion on Nov. 1

5x expanded by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 18:57, 1 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
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Other problems:

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:

Well sourced to academic sources, very well written article about an important figure. No Swan So Fine (talk) 10:06, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]