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- Nominator(s): Dugan Murphy (talk) 21:39, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
A man and a woman enslaved in the United States find an opportunity during the War of 1812 to escape their home country and settle down as free people in rural Nova Scotia. Half a century later, their son travels to the American South as a US Navy sailor in the war to end slavery. His grave went unmarked until 2010 when he was honored with a Civil War-era military funeral service. This is one of those instances where you go on vacation, read a historical marker, look to Wikipedia for more information, then end up overhauling the article. I have 7 successful FA nominations so far, plus two FLs. This is my first using non-American English, so I would especially appreciate if anyone can find me misusing Canadian English. Thank you in advance for reading through the article and commenting on the nomination! Dugan Murphy (talk) 21:39, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
Image review
- File:BenJacksonNovaScotiaCivilWarVetCrop.png/File:BenJacksonNovaScotiaCivilWarVet.jpg need a US tag
- {{PD-1996}} added since Canadian copyright law would place it in the public domain as of 1990 (75 years past the 1905 date of creation). Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- When was this first published? Nikkimaria (talk) 23:53, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: The earliest publication I can find is the 2010 newspaper article cited in the article. Your question has prompted me to check on the image's original creation date and, according to the record at the archive that holds the photo, it was created in 1903. For that reason, I have changed the US copyright tag again, this time to {{PD-US-unpublished}}.
- When was this first published? Nikkimaria (talk) 23:53, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- {{PD-1996}} added since Canadian copyright law would place it in the public domain as of 1990 (75 years past the 1905 date of creation). Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- File:Harper's_weekly_(1864)_(14784619962)_Crop.jpg: is a more specific tag available?
- {{PD-US-expired}} added given the 19th-century publication date. Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- File:Gun_deck_USS_Richmond_LOC_4a14697v_Crop.jpg: why is this believed to be a work of the federal government? It's credited to what appears to be a private company. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- That's a good point. I changed the tag to {{PD-US-unpublished}} since the photographer is unknown but the work was created before 1904. Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
@Nikkimaria: Thank you for the review! I believe the image issues are fully addressed. Dugan Murphy (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2024 (UTC)