Talk:Law of 4 February 1794

A fact from Law of 4 February 1794 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that while France abolished slavery in 1794, Napoleon reinstated it in 1802?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 13:55, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the first law abolishing slavery in French colonies passed unopposed after a delegate exclaimed that a long debate would dishonor the National Convention? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that while France first abolished slavery in 1794, it was reinstated in 1802? Source: [2]

Reviewed: N/A (only second DYK)

Created by Vahurzpu (talk). Self-nominated at 04:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Long enough, created within a week of nomination, passes Earwig's detector with flying colors, and the second hook is acceptable, although I propose a bit of modification to it. (All the sources are offline, so WP:AGF.) The first hook is inaccurate: it should read "long debate", according to the article. Also, the second sentence in the Enactment section isn't sourced (and possibly the first should be too). Other than that, it looks good to go.
ALT1a: " ... that while France abolished slavery in 1794, Napoleon reinstated it in 1802? Clarityfiend (talk) 04:58, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Clarityfiend: I amended ALT0 (another one of the sources had a very similar quote without that modifier) and clarified the sourcing in the Enactment section. I agree ALT1a is better than ALT1; no preference on that vs. ALT0. Vahurzpu (talk) 05:27, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Remaining issues have been addressed. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]