Talk:Schloemer (automobile)

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A fact from Schloemer (automobile) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Schloemer automobile (pictured), once described by the The Milwaukee Journal as "America's first practical horseless carriage", is now considered to just have been the first car running in Milwaukee?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 23:23, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Fay Cusick with the Schloemer automobile in 1921

... that in 1948, The Milwaukee Journal declared the Schloemer automobile (pictured) to be "America's first practical horseless carriage"? Source: The Milwaukee Journal
- ALT1: ... that in 1995, the Wisconsin State Journal stated that the Schloemer automobile (pictured) was "believed to be the oldest gas car in America"? Source: Wisconsin State Journal
- ALT2: ... that the Schloemer automobile (pictured) was possibly the first automobile to feature a muffler? Source: Wisconsin Society of Automotive Historians
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cactus fries
- Comment: Claims of the historic importance of the Schloemer automobile have diminished over time.

Created by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 11:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Schloemer (automobile); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - ?
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Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Michael Barera: Good article. I just have to ask, what makes the Wisconsin Society of Automotive Historians a reliable source? Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:16, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They are an affiliate of both the Society of Automotive Historians and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Michael Barera (talk) 17:14, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If we're using that as justification then we could consider this reliable. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:37, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]