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A fact from Penn v Lord Baltimore appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the decision in Penn v Lord Baltimore (1750) helped end the 85 year dispute over the Pennsylvania-Maryland border?

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The result was: promoted by Amakuru (talk) 20:08, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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William Penn

... that the decision in Penn v Lord Baltimore (1750) helped end the 85 year dispute over the Pennsylvania-Maryland border?
- ALT1:... that the decision in Penn v Lord Baltimore (1750) involved conflicting colonial land grants of five different English monarchs over 136 years?

Created by Legis (talk). Self-nominated at 15:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Legis: Date and length fine. I prefer the original but I can't see an inline citation for the 85 years claim. QPQ not needed as this is the nominator's fourth nomination. No close paraphrasing. I wouldn't reccommend using the picture of Lord Hardwicke as he isn't even mentioned in the hook, the one of Penn would be more appropriate. Ping me when that's done and I'll have another look. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The C of E: Many thanks; have now made those changes. I put the hook in the intro (last sentence) plus new citation in support. --Legis (talk - contribs) 21:47, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hook is now sourced inline and the picture of Penn is public domain. With the rest of the review as above, this is good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:24, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Large unsourced sections, per WT:DYK. Vanamonde (Talk) 19:04, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Problem solved. --evrik ^(talk) 03:37, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik: there are still paragraphs with no citations at all. I'll mark them for you. Yoninah (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Legis: I got it down to two. --evrik ^(talk) 22:16, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have done the last bits. --Legis (talk - contribs) 08:41, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanamonde93: --evrik ^(talk) 13:24, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
New reviewer needed to make sure the article meets the various DYK criteria. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:50, 9 August 2020 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nominated on day of creation, long enough, all paragraphs referenced, hook verified with inline citation, no QPQ needed. Modussiccandi (talk) 18:41, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Art: portrait

I find it out of order to have an engraving of fat, old William Penn on the top of the sidebar for this article. Nothing in the article refers to Wm. Penn, who as a good Quaker would not have joined in such litigation but have resolved the conflict as amicably as possible. The article is about the conflict that resulted some years after Friend Penn's death involving the intractability of his son and further heirs. Why don't you find a portrait of Springett Penn or whichever Penn was absentee landlord/governor of Pennsylvania at the time the controversy was settled? ~dpablo, seattle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:9200:B330:8529:5804:81FB:7D20 (talk) 23:01, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

viz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Penn#/media/File:Thomas_Penn_by_Arthur_Devis_(1712-1787).jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:9200:B330:8529:5804:81FB:7D20 (talk) 23:13, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]