Talk:Michael O'Sullivan (politician)

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A fact from Michael O'Sullivan (politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1819 Michael O'Sullivan, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, fought a duel in Montreal with William Caldwell over a proposal to create the Montreal General Hospital?

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Did you know nomination

Detailed discussion of DYK nomination: March 2023

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 Cielquiparle (talk) 13:02, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1819, Michael O'Sullivan, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, fought a duel in Montreal with Dr William Caldwell, over the proposal to create the Montreal General Hospital? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: "O'Sullivan, Michael" http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/o_sullivan_michael_7E.html
- ALT1: ... that Michael O'Sullivan may have supported the construction of Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal to prevent the construction of a cathedral for the first Bishop of Montreal, Jean-Jacques Lartigue? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: "O'Sullivan, Michael" http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/o_sullivan_michael_7E.html
- ALT2: ... that Michael O'Sullivan's letter to the Montreal Gazette in November, 1813, attributed the victory in the Battle of the Chateauguay to Canadians, disputing claims by British officers for the credit? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: "O'Sullivan, Michael" http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/o_sullivan_michael_7E.html
- ALT3: ... that in 1813, Michael O'Sullivan wrote an eye-witness account of the Battle of the Chateauguay, asserting that the victory was due to Lt Col de Salaberry's leadership, and not any British officers? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: "O'Sullivan, Michael" http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/o_sullivan_michael_7E.html
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- Comment: I think this is the fifth article I've submitted, so QPQ will start with the next one.

Created by Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk). Self-nominated at 01:56, 5 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Michael O'Sullivan (politician); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:30, 5 March 2023 (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: None required.

Overall: New enough, long enough, neutral and sourced. Doesn't seem to be a copyvio. Hooks are cited and interesting (my favorite is the first one). No QPQ needed. This looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 23:50, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]