Template:Did you know nominations/Gladys Quander Tancil
- 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 Bruxton (talk) 16:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
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Gladys Quander Tancil
- ... that Gladys Quander Tancil interpreted the lives of her enslaved ancestors at George Washington's Mount Vernon for over twenty years? Source: "Mount Vernon's Other Legacy". Washington City Paper. 1995-08-25. Retrieved 2023-07-08. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/296758/mount-vernons-other-legacy/
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Created by SomeoneDreaming (talk). Self-nominated at 01:07, 12 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gladys Quander Tancil; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| QPQ: None required. |
Overall: 
It's just long enough to fulfill the length requirement (1851 characters). WP:EARWIG shows no copyright problems. The article itself seems to be neutral. But I'm not sure that the short description is neutral: concerning the history of Mount Vernon in general, was she really a "prominent figure"? For example, the article Mount Vernon does not mention her. My suggestion would be to reduce the short description to "Historical interpreter at Mount Vernon". Strictly speaking, the source does not verify the claim "for over twenty years" since, when the article was written, it was exactly 20 years. However, the Washington post article could easily be added as a source to confirm this claim. QPQ is not required since this is the first nomination.
As a side note: I'm not sure that this article fulfills WP:Notability. The Washington post article mentioned above is about her so I assume it should be fine. But I'm not an expert on this issue and WP:Notability is not a DYK condition. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:10, 14 July 2023 (UTC)