Template:Did you know nominations/L. Whitney Watkins

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The result was: promoted by DimensionalFusion talk 12:59, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

L. Whitney Watkins

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• ... that L. Whitney Watkins was given the Bull Moose Party's nomination in the 1912 Michigan gubernatorial election despite his own opposition?

• Source: "Third Party Is Born; T.R. Electors Named". Detroit Free Press. July 20, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

"L. Whitney Watkins Is Progressives' Choice For The Governorship". Jackson Citizen Patriot. July 22, 1912. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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  • Comment: Will provide two QPQ soon. BTW I think I messed up the date for the expansion of the article. Should it have been listed as June 11 rather than June 6?

5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 99 past nominations.

Jon698 (talk) 18:37, 11 June 2025 (UTC).

• @Jon698: New enough (expansion began June 6), long enough (6400 B, expanded from 800 B), well-sourced (mostly local newspapers, which seem fine), neutral. However, I see a small copyvio issue: your phrasing of At the time of his death he was treasurer of the Michigan Insurance Company. is very similar to the source's phrasing of ...was treasurer of the Michigan Insurance Co. of Detroit at the time of his death. Otherwise looks good. Hook interesting and verified in source. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 03:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: Changed sentence to "When Whitney died he was treasurer of the Michigan Insurance Company." Jon698 (talk) 03:45, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

• Good to go. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 04:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)