Template:Did you know nominations/John Henry Dunn
- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
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John Henry Dunn
- * ... that John Henry Dunn, Receiver General of Upper Canada, did not live to see his son Alexander Roberts Dunn become the first Canadian to earn the Victoria Cross, in the Charge of the Light Brigade? "Dunn, John Henry", Dictionary of Canadian Biography; "Lady Green", Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 138.
- ALT1:* ... that in the violent Toronto parliamentary election in 1841, Reform candidate John Henry Dunn was shot at from an Orange Lodge, and another man was killed, which Charles Dickens later wrote about? Source: "Dunn, John Henry", Dictionary of Canadian Biography; Charles Dickens, American Notes, chapter XV.
- ALT2:* ... that John Henry Dunn resigned from the Executive Council of Upper Canada only three weeks after his appointment , throwing away a post he had sought for 16 years, on a matter of political principle? Source: "Dunn, John Henry", Dictionary of Canadian Biography; John Ralston Saul, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin (Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2010), p.56.
5x expanded by Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk). Self-nominated at 02:59, 10 September 2021 (UTC).
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- Adequate sourcing:
- No. Several paragraphs unsourced. There is even a Citation needed template on the page! - Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Overall: 
This review is for ALT2, which is the most interesting IMO (ALT1 is too cluncky and refers to a totally unrelated person). Some issues with unsourced paragraphs. Heavily reliance on 1 source, but I can live with that... P 1 9 9 ✉ 15:35, 10 September 2021 (UTC)<
- I've merged one sentence with the following paragraph, with a cite at the end which applies to the entire paragraph.
- I have added cites to the unreferenced paragraphs - thanks for pointing that out.
- For the "cite needed" - it seems relatively minor, and this is not a Good Article candidate. However, I have deleted the reference to those two settlements, and that eliminates the "cite needed".
- I appreciate that the article relies heavily on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, but that is a very reputable source. I've not found any other easily accessible article on Dunn himself and his early career, but find that he is cited in a number of other books and articles, once he started getting involved in politics. His 20+ years in the government of Upper Canada means that he was a significant figure. Plus the fact that he won Toronto for Reform in the 1841 election, which is supported by more than just the DCB, as is his subsequent role in the 1st Parliament.
- I had tried to add the picture from the article in the "image" field, but something went wrong and it got lost in the nomination. If this is approved for DYK, would the image be worth including? File:John Henry Dunn.jpg
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk • contribs) 18:08, September 10, 2021 (UTC)
All issues resolved. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 16:31, 11 September 2021 (UTC)