Talk:William F. Matthews

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Did you know... that in 1976, William F. Matthews became the first bookbinder to receive the Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute?

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 18:20, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1976, William F. Matthews was the first bookbinder to receive the Insignia Award of London's City and Guilds Institute? Source: Matthews, William F." in Michael F. Saurez & H. R. Woudhuysen (Eds.) (2010) The Oxford Companion to the Book. Vol. 2 D-Z. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 919. ISBN 9780198606536
- Reviewed: Poison Book Project

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 22:36, 23 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/William F. Matthews (died 1977); 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: 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: - Not done
Overall: @Philafrenzy: Good article. AGF on offline sources. Waiting on QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:15, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing @Onegreatjoke:...QPQ added. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:43, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:08, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]