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A fact from Tracy R. Norris appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Tracy R. Norris, the first female commander of the Texas Military Department, has masters degrees from Florida State University, the University of Texas, and the United States Army War College?

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Thank you User:Maliepa and User:EdwardUK for your assistance with the image in the information box. I was unable to properly format the material and so very much appreciate your efforts.Hu Nhu (talk) 15:03, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:16, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Major General Tracy R. Norris

... that Tracy R. Norris (pictured), the first female commander of the Texas Military Department, was twice deployed to Iraq? Source: Jonathon Tilove, Austin-American Statesman, https://www.statesman.com/news/20181203/maj-gen-tracy-norris-becomes-1st-woman-to-command-texas-military-department
- ALT1:... that Tracy R. Norris (pictured), the first female commander of the Texas Military Department, has masters degrees from Florida State University, the University of Texas, and the United States Army War College? Source: Jonathon Tilove, Austin-American Statesman, https://www.statesman.com/news/20181203/maj-gen-tracy-norris-becomes-1st-woman-to-command-texas-military-department

Created by Hu Nhu (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 9 May 2020 (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:

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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Overall: (1) ALT1 preferred to main hook, although both are okay. These days nearly everybody has done two tours of Iraq or Afghanistan. (2) I'm skeptical believe the licence on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:42, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the image after the attribution problems I caused. So sorry,Hu Nhu (talk) 23:35, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Hawkeye7 I have used an image on Wikimedia Commons that is properly attributed. You may access it HERE. Thank you for your kind attention.Hu Nhu (talk) 16:20, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image approved. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:42, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]