Talk:William Whaley

A fact from William Whaley appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William Whaley advised William Earle to "purchase all the elephants teeth you possible can"?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:25, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that William Whaley wrote to William Earle and said "purchase all the elephants teeth you possible can"?

Source: Reference number 4 says "We would have your purchase all the elephants teeth you possible can, at all events"

Note: The spelling mistake is faithfully reproduced, and as a quote shouldn't be changed.

QPQ= Template:Did you know nominations/Mini scule

- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by Desertarun (talk). Self-nominated at 12:48, 23 September 2021 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Classic hook in a powerful series of articles. No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:22, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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