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A fact from Alois Wyrsch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alois Wyrsch, the first member of colour of the Swiss parliament, was born to a mercenary in the Dutch Indies in 1825?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alois Wyrsch.

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:03, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Alois Wyrsch also known as Louis Wyrsch

... that Alois Wyrsch (pictured), the first Member of the Swiss Parliament of color, was born in Borneo as the son of a mercenary in the Dutch Indies in 1825? Source: https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/2022/03/alois-wyrsch-nationalrat-of-color/ Switzerland Borneo and the Dutch Indies: Towards a new Imperial History of Europe, c.1770–1850* Bernhard C. Schär, p.17
- Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Maria Moscisca (in progress)

Created by Paradise Chronicle (talk). Self-nominated at 04:13, 3 March 2022 (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: Interesting hook. QPQ not done. I'm not sure about and the native Johanna van den Berg maybe something like and Johanna van den Berg, who was Bornean. Also I think 180'000$ should be $180,000 unless there's a very good reason for this format. Guettarda (talk) 22:33, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also "also known as Louis Wyrsch" is mentioned in the lead, but not in the body, and lacks a source. Guettarda (talk) 22:34, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Pinging Paradise Chronicle. Guettarda (talk) 22:35, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestions Guettarda. On the name: See in Professional Career, there it was mentioned ...like his father and sourced with the Swiss National Museum.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 07:12, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Modified ALT0 to T:DYK/P3 without image