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A fact from William Cuming (Royal Navy officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William Cuming missed the Battle of Trafalgar because he had to take Robert Calder back to England for a court-martial?

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Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that William Cuming was court-martialled for "unofficer-like" behaviour?~~ Source:Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9781848327795. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
- ALT1:... that William Cuming missed the Battle of Trafalgar because he had to take Robert Calder back to England for a court-martial? Source:Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9781848327795. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
- ALT2:... ~~that William Cuming had charges brought against him by his first lieutenant?~~ Source:Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9781848327795. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Katrin Lea Tag

Created by Ykraps (talk). Self-nominated at 09:09, 10 October 2020 (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:

I have struck ALTs 0 and 2 as I found them uninteresting. ALT1 looks fine, so I am verifying that. Gatoclass (talk) 11:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]