Template:Did you know nominations/William Lyon Mackenzie

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The result was: promoted by TJMSmith (talk) 22:09, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

William Lyon Mackenzie

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William Lyon Mackenzie

• ... that William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured) was the first mayor of Toronto? Source: "Mackenzie was chosen Toronto’s first mayor by his fellow councillors."[1]
  • ALT1:... that William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured) was the rebel leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion? Source: "Finally Mackenzie said he would take full charge himself and the others agreed." [2]
  • ALT2:... that William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured) placed a copy of his newspaper in the memorial to Isaac Brock but Lieutenant-Governor Peregrine Maitland ordered its removal? Sourced to [3] page 18.
  • ALT3:... that US president Martin Van Buren pardoned William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured)? Source: "Van Buren, motivated perhaps by what had become politically expedient, remitted the balance of Mackenzie's sentence" [4]
  • ALT4:... that William Kilbourn described the writing of William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured) as "a three-volume Victorian novel"? Source: "it had all the pace of a three-volume Victorian novel"? [5]
  • ALT5:... that in December 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie (pictured) proclaimed the State of Upper Canada on Navy Island, with himself appointed as chairman? Source: "Mackenzie had spent December 13 and 14 preparing a proclamation announcing the formation of a provisional government for the State of Upper Canada, with himself as chairman" [6]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest R. Fatland

Improved to Good Article status by Z1720 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:16, 9 March 2021 (UTC).

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: Done.

Overall: Approved ALT0. Appeared on main page as an "On this date" very recently, don't think that poses problems though, although we might wish not to promote this immediately. The QPQ is technically a few minutes before the nomination, but I don't think that poses problems either. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 01:56, 13 March 2021 (UTC)