Talk:Joseph Buh

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 13:43, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

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Msgr. Joseph Buh

• ... that Joseph Buh, the first Catholic priest to hold religious services in White Earth, was called Meshi-dong or 'Long beard' by the Ojibwe?

• Source: Nickname: Coleman, Bernard; LaBud, Verona (1972). Masinaigans-The Little Book: A Biography of Monsignor Joseph F. Buh, Slovenian Missionary in America, 1864-1922. Saint Paul, MN: North Central Publishing Company. p. 238. To [the Indians] Buh was affectionately called Meshi-dong (the Beard, the Long Beard, or the Bearded One).; Religious services at White Earth: "Father Buh Receives the Insignia of Monseignor Extended by Leo XIII". Duluth Evening Herald. 27 December 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2025.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alberic II of Spoleto
  • Comment: This is, technically, a "first" hook that would require extraordinary sourcing, but the rather unextraordinary nature of the "first" and historical context would have me personally believe the source provided is sufficient.

Moved to mainspace by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 22:58, 21 July 2025 (UTC).

Interesting life, on good sources, offline source accepted AGF. The hook works for me, but I wonder if his Slovac origin wasn't more interesting than the "first" thing. Want to try, Darth Stabro? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

The image is licenses and adds life to it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda Arendt! So would you propose something like:

ALT1 ... that Joseph Buh, a Slovak Catholic missionary priest in Minnesota, was called Meshi-dong or 'Long beard' by the Ojibwe?

? ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 17:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

I like that better, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:29, 29 July 2025 (UTC)