Template:Did you know nominations/William Harrison Anderson

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 00:55, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

William Harrison Anderson

  • ... that American missionary William Harrison Anderson staked a claim to land for the Rusangu Mission by carving a message on a tree trunk? "Anderson, following the local custom, claimed 5,000 acres (about 2,025 hectares) of farmland by tearing the bark off a tree and writing an inscription on the trunk." from: McChesney, Andrew. "Borehole Helps Change Zambia Forever". Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
    • ALT1:... that American missionary William Harrison Anderson founded both the Solusi and Rusangu Missions in Southern Africa? ""He went to Africa in 1895 to establish the first permanent mission of the Seventh-Day Adventists in Africa, and established the Solusi mission, near Bulawayo" from Shavit, David (1989). The United States in Africa – A Historical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood press. p. 10. ISBN 0-313-25887-2. and "Anderson got to work on setting up the mission station, later known as the Rusangu Mission" from McChesney, Andrew. "Borehole Helps Change Zambia Forever". Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
    • ALT2:... that William Harrison Anderson founded the first Seventh-day Adventist mission in Africa?""He went to Africa in 1895 to establish the first permanent mission of the Seventh-Day Adventists in Africa, and established the Solusi mission, near Bulawayo" from Shavit, David (1989). The United States in Africa – A Historical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood press. p. 10. ISBN 0-313-25887-2.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC).

  • Article length of ~5000 characters is alright for a new article. Age at 1 day is fine. No copyvio or plagiarism concerns. Reliable sources are used. Neutrally written. All three hooks check alright for being sourced properly. I like the original hook ALT0. QPQ has been done. Article is Good To Go.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)