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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:40, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Alfred Sully

Alfred Sully
Alfred Sully
  • Source: From September 1856 through May 1857, while serving at Fort Pierre, he met and, by Sioux tribal custom, married a young French-Yankton girl of the Yankton Sioux tribe. (Deloria - page 44)
  • ALT1: ... that U.S. Army Colonel Alfred Sully (pictured) ordered the severed heads of the native Americans responsible for killing one of his officers placed on stakes? Source: In response to the killing of his topographical engineer, Captain John Feilner, on June 28, 1864, Sully ordered the severed heads of the native Americans responsible placed on stakes overlooking the Missouri River as a warning. (Doane Robinson Collection and Schusky page 52)
  • Reviewed: Henry Bubb
Improved to Good Article status by Dwkaminski (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

Dwkaminski (talk) 16:05, 28 August 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks mostly good; however, the sentence From September 1856 through May 1857, while serving at Fort Pierre, he met and, by Sioux tribal custom, married a young French-Yankton girl of the Yankton Sioux tribe. needs to have a direct citation as its the DYK hook. Also, do you think you could provide for me a quote for what part of the book verifies it? (seems I've missed it) – a QPQ also needs to be done. When approved, my preference is for ALT0. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:26, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

  • I added Deloria pp 29-30 for that line and it is also referenced in the descendant section with mention of his wife and daughter (ref to Deloria page 35)
@Dwkaminski: Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible, as the nomination may be closed without further warning if one is not provided. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:38, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: I've hopefully addressed your concerns above and added my qpq. Thank you! Dwkaminski (talk) 15:24, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

  • AGF on the hook source, since it seems Google Books doesn't allow me to read that part. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:38, 6 September 2024 (UTC)