Template:Did you know nominations/Williamsburg Bray School
- 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 Cielquiparle (talk) 14:32, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
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Williamsburg Bray School
The Williamsburg Bray School being moved, 10 February 2023
... that a William & Mary professor interested in poetry rediscovered the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children" (pictured)?Source: Heim, Joe. "At William & Mary, a school for free and enslaved Black children is rediscovered". Washington Post. Kale, Wilford (10 February 2023). "How an English professor's search for poetry led to the discovery of the Bray School". The Virginia Gazette. Williamsburg, VA: Daily Press. Retrieved 13 February 2023.- ALT1: ... that the Williamsburg Bray School (pictured)–the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children"–was moved a second time in February 2023? Source: Associated Press (11 February 2023). "Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in the country moved to Virginia museum". NBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ALT2: ... that the Williamsburg Bray School (pictured) was opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion in what is now the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children"? Source: Wolfe, Brendan (7 September 2021). "Associates of Dr. Bray". Encyclopedia Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Humanities. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Soheila Sokhanvari
- Comment: I wasn't precisely sure where to insert the parenthetical "(pictured)" in each hook, so I encourage suggestions on alternative locations should the image be promoted with a hook.
5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Williamsburg Bray School; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
- would like some rewording.
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@Pbritti: Good expansion but earwig does seem to show some slight similarities to one of the sources. It isn't major but I would like some rewording to better reduce the percentage. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:44, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: I know this is annoying but Earwig has been 504ing for me not matter what I do for the last couple days. Could you send the offending phrase for me to correct? ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:48, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Note: Earwig is working for me now, so I'll go through and work to reduce the percentage (most seem to be false positives on names of entities like "Associates of Dr. Bray" and "military science department", so anticipate me only lowering it to ~15%.) ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: Ok, I have tried to knock down the percentage a bit but the overlap remains high due to organizational and personal names. If you think there are any remaining suspect phrases, please let me know; I'll happy rework them. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:23, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
Doesn't look like a problem anymore. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:16, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- Note: Following a private, off-wiki message from the individual described in the first hook, he informed me that he was not in fact motivated by poetry in his search for 19th-century Williamsburg. Out of an abundance of caution, I have struck this first hook and offer the two ALTs as already approved. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
