Talk:Sifting and winnowing

A fact from Sifting and winnowing appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 December 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the University of Wisconsin–Madison has a tradition of encouraging "that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found"?

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chronology error; 1848 vs.1890s[edit]

There appears to be an error in the dating of the quotation as 1848. Professor Ely was not born until 1854! (from his biography link) Also his photograph is clearly not of an adult professor in 1848. Much other material indicates that the trial must have been in the 1890s, not the '40s.

jbpowers (Jim Powers) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbpowers (talk • contribs) 13:01, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the source and you're right about the typo—the report was in 1894. Fixed czar ♔ 15:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]