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Did you know... that Donn Piatt (pictured) threw his math teacher out of the window?

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Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:07, 11 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Donn Piatt

... that Donn Piatt (pictured) threw his math teacher out the window? Source: pp 47–58 "He then attended the Athenaeum … for three years, when a difficulty with the faculty, that resulted in his pitching the professor of mathematics out of a window, precluded the possibility of his attending longer."
- ALT1: ... that Donn Piatt (pictured) had a post office at his house? Source: "Soon after the first inauguration of President Cleveland, a post-office was established at Colonel Piatt's house, and himself appointed postmaster ..."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
- Comment: Image is PD from the Library of Congress. Source is a near-contemporary book-length bio, which I hope is OK.

Created by AleatoryPonderings (talk). Self-nominated at 03:04, 4 January 2022 (UTC).Reply

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Overall, the article is new enough, long enough, and plagiarism free. Both hooks are interesting and cited. The image is clear, relevant, and free of copyright issues. Overall, I see no reason not to approve this DYK submission. JJonahJackalope (talk) 13:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Promoting the main hook, with the image, to Prep 3. Cannot tell how great it is going to be! – 16:07, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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