Talk:Sylvia Bloom
 | A fact from Sylvia Bloom appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 Bruxton talk 03:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- ... that secret millionaire Sylvia Bloom retired at 96 from the secretary job she held for 67 years and left US$8.2 million for scholarships for needy students upon her death? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/nyregion/secretary-fortune-donates.html
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5x expanded by Yamfri (talk). Self-nominated at 04:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sylvia Bloom; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Article is neutral, free from copyvio, suitably referenced, and meets the required length—5x expanded on 12 December, the same day as this nomination. The hook is succinct, neutral, interesting, and reliably sourced—per the talk page, there is slightly differing information about Bloom's age of her retirement, but NYT is reliable enough for this hook. User is exempt from QPQ. This is good to go! A fascinating article that I had actually once considered writing myself—thanks for your hard work. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:40, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
- Rhain, thanks for this. Yamfri /ˈjæm.friː/ (talk) 02:28, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
Dates of birth, retirement, and death
editLooking for help! There are uncertainties and inconsistencies with dates of Bloom's life. The known to me sources: (1) do not state Bloom's date of birth; (2) provide year (2016) but not exact date of her death; (3) a photo in CBC source has exact date of her hire 24-Feb-1947, while her niece claims in the same article hire year was 1948; (4) all sources state she served 67 years until retirement, which places the calculated date of her retirement in 2014 or 2015, while CBC claims she retired in 2016; (5) her age at death is given as 96 by NYT but 97 by Readers Digest; (6) her age at retirement is given as 96 by Forward but 97 by HenryStreet. Yamfri /ˈjæm.friː/ (talk) 17:01, 12 December 2023 (UTC)