Talk:William Beck (Wisconsin politician)

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A fact from William Beck (Wisconsin politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William Beck emigrated to the US from Germany, became a policeman at 19, was wounded by a Native American tribe, and was shipwrecked before becoming Milwaukee's first police chief?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Beck (Wisconsin politician).

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Sohom Datta talk 03:49, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that William Beck was a gold miner, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and the first chief of the Milwaukee Police Department?

Source:
- Gold miner and chief of the MPD: Wellauer-Lenius, Maralyn (February 2008). Milwaukee Police Department. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 13–14. ISBN 9780738551722.
- Wisconsin State Assembly: Cannon, Peter (September 1999). "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848-1999". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shipping discourse

Created by Queen of Hearts (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Queen of Hearts ^talk 03:54, 4 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hello @Queen of Hearts:, I will be picking this up as my first ever DYK review! Let's see how it goes. Pretzelles (talk) 15:59, 6 July 2024 (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:

Article seems succinct and sweet. The nom sneaks in at seven days since creation, so good job on the timing! Have done a little change and it would be good to have more info on his history before moving to Wisconsin, but it's good for DYK right now. Pretzelles (talk) 16:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]