A fact from Bill Pinkney (sailor) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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.
... that Bill Pinkney was the first African American to sail around the world solo via the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn? Source: "Bill Pinkney chronicled his solo sail around the world as the first African American to do it the hard way — around the great Southern Capes — in his 1992 video diary and documentary." (PBS Newshour)
QPQ: - Not done Overall: I've gone in and made a few amends to the article, hope that's okay. Seems like an interesting guy! Article is long enough (2294 characters), nominated just in time (created 25 August, nominated 1 September), well-sourced, no copyvio issues detected via Earwig. Hook cited, in-line, and is interesting. Needs a QPQ but otherwise this seems good to go. @Schwede66:, going to use this as my QPQ for Louise Potiki Bryant, if you wouldn't mind also giving a once-over to check I haven't missed anything. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 09:11, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've had a look and all seems in order, Chocmilk03. Well done. Schwede66 09:37, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for the improvements! I nearly forgot about nominating the article for DYK, so I nominated a bit before it felt complete so it would be within the time limit. Thriley (talk) 05:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just did my QPQ. Thriley (talk) 07:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Not done
I've gone in and made a few amends to the article, hope that's okay. Seems like an interesting guy! Article is long enough (2294 characters), nominated just in time (created 25 August, nominated 1 September), well-sourced, no copyvio issues detected via Earwig. Hook cited, in-line, and is interesting. Needs a QPQ but otherwise this seems good to go. @Schwede66:, going to use this as my QPQ for Louise Potiki Bryant, if you wouldn't mind also giving a once-over to check I haven't missed anything. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 09:11, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
Sweet! Good to go. Chocmilk03 (talk) 07:14, 3 September 2021 (UTC)