Template:Did you know nominations/William Beck (Wisconsin politician)

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

William Beck (Wisconsin politician)

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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?

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  • 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).

• 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)

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)