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A fact from John Wells (Royal Navy officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Royal Navy officer John Wells managed to escape the Nore mutiny through a gun port in his ship, returning later to accept the mutineers' surrender?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:38, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Royal Navy officer Sir John Wells managed to escape the Nore mutiny through a gun port in his ship, returning later to accept the mutineers' surrender?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zhang Shangwu

Created by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by A. C. Santacruz (talk) at 20:58, 12 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi A. C. Santacruz, review follows: article created 9 September, exceeds minimum length and is well written; article is cited inline throughout to reliable, largely offline, sources; no overly close paraphrasing from the online sources and I am more than happy to AGF on the offline ones; hook is interesting and mentioned in the article, happy to AGF that the sources cited back-up the hook; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me, another excellent Pickersgill-Cunliffe Royal Navy bio. My only comment might be to drop the "Sir", as he wasn't a knight at the time of the mutiny - Dumelow (talk) 06:21, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair comment on the "Sir", removing it accordingly below:

ALT1: ... that Royal Navy officer John Wells managed to escape the Nore mutiny through a gun port in his ship, returning later to accept the mutineers' surrender?

Thanks for the review, and completely agree on your praise of Pickersgill-Cunliffe, DumelowA. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 08:01, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 to T:DYK/P7