Talk:Francis Augustus Silva

A fact from Francis Augustus Silva appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Francis Augustus Silva was promoted to captain in the American Civil War and later dishonorably discharged by mistake?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Yoninah (talk) 20:30, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Francis Augustus Silva

... that while landscape painter Francis Augustus Silva (pictured) was a Civil War captain, he was mistakenly dishonorably discharged and later rejoined the army as a hospital steward? Source: "He was quickly appointed to the rank of Captain, but, owing to illness and a misunderstanding with his superior officer, he was accused of desertion and was dishonorably discharged in 1862. Three years later, the circumstances of the incident were resolved, and Silva rejoined the army as a hospital steward" (American Paradise: the World of the Hudson river School)
- ALT1:... that landscape painter Francis Augustus Silva (pictured) started out as a sign painter in New York, also painting landscape and historical scenes on stagecoaches? Source: "After trying his hand at several occupations, Silva became a sign-painter's apprentice, advancing rapidly in the trade and also practicing the art of embellishing the wooden panels of stage coaches and other vehicles with landscape and historical subjects." (American Paradise: the World of the Hudson river School)

Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Western Front demarcation stones, Did you know nominations/Vardøger
Comment: Translated from Spanish, then expanded.

Created by Slashme (talk). Self-nominated at 12:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I have struck the second QPQ because (1) only one QPQ is needed for this nomination, and (2) it is not a full review. Yoninah (talk) 21:10, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Fixed! --Slashme (talk) 09:23, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Slashme: thanks, but a QPQ is one review for one nomination. Please save the 3 reviews you did for 3 other nominations that you will submit. Yoninah (talk) 10:18, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]