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A fact from Ben Haith appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that on the Juneteenth flag, designed by Ben Haith to celebrate freedom and the end of slavery in the United States, the nova (pictured) represents a new beginning for all?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Haith.

Did you know nomination

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 Evrik (talk) 05:30, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that an activist with the nickname Boston Ben is the founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation? Source: In 1997, activist Ben Haith, also known as “Boston Ben” and the founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ouigi Theodore
- Comment: If approved we could hold for special occasion June 19th. (Juneteenth).

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 02:37, 2 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I withdraw the nomination. I do not think it has any interest here. Bruxton (talk) 23:03, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bruxton: It is not a lack of interest; it is a severe backlog. I will review this page. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:55, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact is dry but checks out, and hooks about more interesting items might be a bit undue (especially the gay foster home controversy). Needed to do some copyediting. Approve for June 19 — consider possibly integrating a "designed by Ben Haith" into the approved Juneteenth flag hook, which might be a vast improvement over this hook? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:55, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Bruxton: I would emphatically recommend that you take sammi's suggestion and run this as a double hook :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 18:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  @Theleekycauldron: I have never done a multiple. I would be grateful if you could help me with it. I am ok with it. Bruxton (talk) 04:33, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No formal procedure to it at this point; I've left a note on the other nomination, and am going to tell the promoter here to read the note left at Template:Did you know nominations/Juneteenth flag. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 04:48, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changed "Pro-LGBT" to more factual subhead

The subhead formerly titled "Pro-LGBT activism" actually described Haith's opposition to LGBT rights. I read the cited news articles and it was very clear that Haith did not engage in "Pro-LGBT activism" in 1985 -- rather, he opposed the rights of gay men to become foster parents. I changed the subhead in the article to accord with the facts. It might seem unexpected, but the man who designed (and copyrighted) the Juneteenth flag was not progressive with respect to sexual equality for gays and lesbians. This does not make him a bad person per se, because his objections may be religious in nature, or founded in personal experience, but it does indicate that a person who can be progressive in one area may not be progressive in all areas. The attempt to falsely re-cast Haith as having been pro-LGBT in 1985 was misguided. Catherineyronwode (talk) 03:05, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]