Talk:William Miller Beardshear

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Did you know... that William Miller Beardshear (pictured) was known as the "father of Iowa State College", now known as Iowa State University?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 20:53, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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William Miller Beardshear

... that William Miller Beardshear (pictured) was known as the "father of Iowa State College", now known as Iowa State University? Source: http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=20
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/House Bill 5414

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:47, 6 November 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: Interesting, sourced, new, free picture, article meets the prose length at 2,700+. ~~The only problem I see is that the DYK you've done for QPQ (House Bill 5414) passed in June 2022 and was approved in July 2022. Please verify the QPQ problem.~~ Harobouri ^{T • C (he/him)} 12:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Harobouri: I'm not sure I understand the problem with the QPQ – could you elaborate? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 12:12, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What is the issue? SL93 (talk) 12:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron:, @SL93: Oops, I did not read thoroughly. I'm very sorry, I'm accepting this DYK. -- Harobouri ^{T • C (he/him)} 12:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]