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![]() | A fact from John Cowans appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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[edit]- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:54, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith described John Cowans (pictured) as "the best Quartermaster since Moses"? Source: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,751323,00.htmlhttps://www.nwemail.co.uk/features/nostalgia/16447553.praise-for-cumbrian-who-kept-the-troops-supplied/
5x expanded by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:15, 4 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/John Cowans; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Article was expanded 5x in 7 days; article is long enough and is adequately references with no evidence of plagiarism or content issues; used Earwig to test selected sources; hook is appropriate length and reference is good; QPQ was done; photo is Public Domain.--Orygun (talk) 08:19, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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