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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:43, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Mark Smith (actor, born 1887)

  • ... that Mark Smith was a fourth generation American actor who performed in 70 theaters in New York City and acted in more than 2,000 radio programs?
  • Source: Johnson Briscoe (March 1910). "The Younger Generation: Mark Smith". The Green Book Magazine: 629.- fourth generation actor (discusses careers of great-grandfather, grandfather, and father)
    70 theaters and more than 2,000 radio pragrams (says more than 2,000 in text inside article)- "MARK SMITH, ACTOR AND RADIO ARTIST: Appeared in 70 Theatres Here, and 2000 programs on Air". The New York Times. May 10, 1944. p. 19.
Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 96 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 01:09, 2 December 2024 (UTC).

  • Article is new enough (created 11/30), long enough (> 7,000 characters of narrative text) and well written/sourced. Earwig check turns up no issues. Hook is interesting, sourced, and short enough. Double QPQ requirement is satisfied. Cbl62 (talk) 23:24, 2 December 2024 (UTC)