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A fact from William O. Raymond appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William O. Raymond's 1905 Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John probably recorded the first known Black man in future New Brunswick?

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 23:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that historian William O. Raymond's 1905 writing Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John recorded what is likely the first known Black man in what is now New Brunswick? Source: Spray, W. A (1972). The Blacks in New Brunswick (PDF). Brunswick Press. p. 13. , Raymond, W. O. (William Odber) (1905). Glimpses of the past. History of the river St. John, A.D. 1604-1784. St. John, N.B. p. 52. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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- Comment: For context, Raymond's Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John mentions a Black man, previously having been taken by the French, being taken to Boston by Benjamin Church during the 1696 Siege of Fort Nashwaak. Raymond described the man as being "probably the first of his race to set foot within the borders of New Brunswick," which has been accepted & referenced in W. A. Spray's 1972 book documenting black history in the province as well as articles such as this one: https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/the-battle-of-fort-nashwaak?blogcategory=1600s+and+Before

Created by B3251 (talk).

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B3251 (talk) 21:49, 28 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review. Alex2006 (talk) 09:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Cited: - ?
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QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article's creation date and length are ok. No plagiarism has been detected, AGF assumed on sources behind a paywall. The hook is cited and interesting. No picture in the hook, no QPQ required. I have only two remarks: about the hook, you have to add "probably" to the sentence, since the author was not sure whether he was the first black in the region. Moreover, could you please add the denomination of the church to whom he belonged? Thanks! Alex2006 (talk) 10:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alessandro57, The paywalled source (newspapers.com) can be accessed through the Wikipedia proxy in WP:LIB. Otherwise, I made the necessary changes to the hook & article. As for the denomination of the church, I could not find it when making searches on newspapers.com, archive.org, and Canadiana. This book having the "Anglican" tag could be assumed that it is Anglican, but otherwise you may not be able to say for sure. I hope this addresses your concerns! Thanks, B3251 (talk) 20:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo B3251, and thanks for addressing my concerns! About the denomination, I did some research, and thanks to this website we can be sure that he was anglican. Good to go!

Alex2006 (talk) 11:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) B3251 (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]