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A fact from Dethloff Willrodt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Dethloff Willrodt fought for the Union army on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, having previously been a soldier in the Confederate army?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 22:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Dethloff Willrodt fought for the Union army on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, having previously been a soldier in the Confederate army?

Source: Johnson, Francis White (1916). A History of Texas and Texans (PDF). Vol. IV. The American Historical Society. pp. 1634–1635 – via Legislative Reference Library of Texas.

ALT1: ... that after being captured before being involved in any battle during the American Civil War, Dethloff Willrodt accepted an offer to join the Union army and later fought in several? Source: Johnson, Francis White (1916). A History of Texas and Texans (PDF). Vol. IV. The American Historical Society. pp. 1634–1635 – via Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
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Created by Aquabluetesla (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Aquabluetesla (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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@Aquabluetesla: charlotte ^👸🎄 00:44, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Postbellum

User:Aquabluetesla and I disagree on whether "postbellum" should be italicized per MOS:FOREIGNITALICS. I submit that "postbellum" is merely unusual, not foreign. Indeed, Wiktionary lists it only English (not even Latin!). The OED believes that its use in English dates to 1841, well long enough to become naturalized. And Merriam-Webster has had it since 1874.

Because MOS:FOREIGNITALICS states "As a rule of thumb, do not italicize words that appear in multiple major English dictionaries," I believe the evidence above suffices to remove the italicization. Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 17:29, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with this assessment. Well done. Aquabluetesla (talk) 20:10, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]