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A fact from María Chiquinquirá appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that María Chiquinquirá was allowed to remain free until a court heard her case, but since it never did she died a free woman?

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

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:37, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that María Chiquinquirá is a hero in Ecuador, because in 1794 she went to court to argue that she was not a slave – and she won? Source: Maria’s legal battles for freedom started in May 1794. She presented her case to the local court stating that even though she was a slave...
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shanti Devi (social worker)
- Comment: Unusually no image of this Ecuadorian hero. She was one of those Women in Red but now she has an article. Please resist tweeking when its in the queues. You have your chance now to improve the hook and the article. Have a go!

Created by Victuallers (talk). Self-nominated at 23:34, 18 June 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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This article looks great! It's a very interesting biography and the sourcing, length, newness is all good. The hook is cited and interesting. IMO this one's ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 03:25, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The hook was pulled per Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Queue 1: María Chiquinquirá. SL93 (talk) 21:52, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest:

ALT1 ... that María Chiquinquirá was allowed to remain free until a court heard her case, but since it never did she died a free woman?

E Eng 14:43, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 is now cited and verified, so this can go forward again. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 04:07, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]