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A fact from John Ernest Adamson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the son of an engine fitter from England became Director of Education in part of modern-day South Africa for almost twenty years?
Latest comment: 9 months ago6 comments3 people in discussion
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.
... that the son of an engine fitter from England became Director of Education in part of modern day South Africa for almost twenty years? Source: Kallaway, Peter (6 January 2011). "Adamson, Sir John Ernest". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
@Llewee: Long enough, new enough. No maintenance templates found, no neutrality problems found. All refs offline or paywalled, happy to AGF. However, the hook needs a citation at the end of the sentence (and really, those paragraphs are far too long anyway). In addition, "(See:1923 Birthday Honours and 1924 Birthday Honours)" looks a bit like you're citing Wikipedia, which isn't allowed.--Launchballer12:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for reviewing my nomination. The content of that sentence is mentioned in the next source. I just included the see also as additional information. I will give the article a tidy up in a moment. Llewee (talk) 12:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply