Talk:Margaret Donahue

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A fact from Margaret Donahue appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Margaret Donahue was the first female executive in Major League Baseball?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Donahue.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 05:19, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Donahue in 1927

... that Margaret Donahue (pictured) came up with the idea of selling season tickets? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-female-cubs-exec-changed/140496164/
- ALT1: ... that Margaret Donahue (pictured) was the first female executive in Major League Baseball? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-obituary-for-margaret-do/129789213/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Sadler

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 05:51, 8 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Margaret Donahue; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:50, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Fascinating subject. Everything looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:36, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]