Talk:Allen French

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 18:05, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Allen French was so invested in his studies that he would even use a dictionary or encyclopedia during meals? Source: It has been said that so eager was he to become efficient in grammar that he and his family often referred to the dictionary or the encyclopedia during mealtimes.
  • ALT1: ... that historian Allen French once volunteered as a police officer during a labor strike? Source: He trained at the Plattsburg Camp and was a sergeant of the State Guard, and during the police strike in 1921 acted as policeman.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Coral Shaw
  • Comment: Part of my WP:26FOR26 project for USA 250.

5x expanded by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 122 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 01:40, 4 January 2026 (UTC).

• General eligibility:
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Policy compliance:

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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: A model DYK nom. I cannot spot any issues with the hook or article. Good to go. Either hook would work with me but I find ALT0 to be more interesting. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 16:00, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

• w/r/t ALT0, "it has been said" in 70-year-old journal articles usually means "we have no idea if this is true but we heard it"; i don't think that info is resting on an RS, so, striking the hook. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:38, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for having a look at this, in that case ALT1 would be preferable. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 16:31, 30 January 2026 (UTC)