Template:Did you know nominations/William Brooks Close (colonist)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

William Brooks Close

William Brooks Close
William Brooks Close
  • ... that British businessman William Brooks Close (pictured) and his two brothers started a colony in Iowa while owning at times almost 40,000 acres of the best soil in the United States?

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:56, 11 December 2020 (UTC).

  • Animalparty uploaded a nice public domain image. I just added it now for consideration with the hook. SL93 (talk) 22:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Date and expansion fine. AGF on book source. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing, picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:57, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Note to promoter - I'm fine if this is promoted without an image. I'm aware of how many black and white images are added to DYKs. SL93 (talk) 19:24, 2 January 2021 (UTC)