Talk:Dover Eight

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A fact from Dover Eight appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that two of the men in the Dover Eight were going to join the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown but ultimately backed out?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dover Eight.

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Did you know nomination

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 Desertarun (talk) 07:51, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that two of the men in the Dover Eight group were going to fight in the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown? Source: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5496/007900/007980/html/007980bio.html

Comment: First nomination.

Created by HeartGlow30797 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

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@HeartGlow30797: This is an absolutely amazing article you have made. It was thrilling to read and just filled to the brim with interesting information. I see nothing preventing this from becoming a DYK. You should be proud of this article. Jon698 (talk) 15:45, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]