Talk:Thomas Jeremiah

A fact from Thomas Jeremiah appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas Jeremiah, a slaveowner, was executed for inciting a slave insurrection?

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Did you know nomination

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 Z1720 (talk) 14:49, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the likely richest black man in North America was executed for insurrection?~~ Source: "Thomas Jeremiah was probably, in 1775, the richest man of African descent in British North America."[1]
- ALT1: ... that Thomas Jeremiah was executed for instigating a slave insurrection despite being a slaveowner himself? Source: "Thomas Jeremiah was, despite conviction as an instigator of a slave insurrection, no slave, but an owner of slaves himself."[2]
  - ALT1a: ... that Thomas Jeremiah, a slaveowner, was executed for inciting a slave insurrection?
- ALT2: ... that Thomas Jeremiah has become a representative for the state of blacks in the American Revolution? Source: "...Jeremiah is a representative of the restive black population--free and enslaved--that sought its own liberty during the Revolution." [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277
- Comment: Please feel free to suggest other hooks. If this DYK is approved, consider posting it on 18 August, the anniversary of the subject's execution.

Created by AjaxSmack (talk). Self-nominated at 04:35, 16 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I added ALT1a, to make it clear that the execution is the unexpected twist and not his status as a slaveowner. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:36, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- I like it better than any of mine; thanks. — AjaxSmack 20:47, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Long enough, new enough, neutral, and well referenced. Approving ALT1 or ALT1a which are interesting and cited. AGF for close paraphrasing and source verification. The supplied QPQ review is from 2020 but doesn't appear to have been claimed before. 97198 (talk) 11:23, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "AGF for close paraphrasing"? I can try to address it. — AjaxSmack 14:29, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Assume good faith", because I can't access the majority of sources and therefore can't check. Nothing you need to worry about. 97198 (talk) 07:36, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I figured out the AGF, but was wondering about the "close paraphrasing". — AjaxSmack 16:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]