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A fact from Velma Whitman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Velma Whitman had "one of the largest and most elaborate wardrobes" for a vaudeville performer thanks to her collection of designer-made English and French gowns?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Velma Whitman.

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Auctioned photo of her here. FloridaArmy (talk) 18:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Announcement of her performance in something FloridaArmy (talk) 17:59, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An okay photo of her. Silver seren^C 02:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another photo Silver seren^C 01:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another. Silver seren^C 00:11, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A potentially better version of the above? Silver seren^C 00:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Velma Whitman formed her own vaudeville company named Whitman's Comedians and featured a 20 member live orchestra during her performances? Source: The Vendome Theater - The Fort Worth Record and Register
- ALT1: ... that Velma Whitman had "one of the largest and most elaborate wardrobes" for a vaudeville performer thanks to her collection of designer-made English and French gowns? Source: Whitman's Comedians - The Waxahachie Daily Light
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Myanmar Photo Archive
- Comment: Article was moved from draftspace to mainspace with this edit

Created by Silver seren (talk) and FloridaArmy (talk). Nominated by Silver seren (talk) at 05:10, 24 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Velma Whitman; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Looks good! Very nicely written article, good job expanding it to where it is now. I definitely prefer ALT1 as a hook, I think that stands out to me as more interesting. Grnrchst (talk) 10:25, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]