Template:Did you know nominations/Baxter Langley


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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 13:50, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Baxter Langley

 * ... that Baxter Langley, who stood for the UK Parliament alongside William Gladstone, was later sentenced to hard labour? Sources: "Baxter Langley and Swindlehurst were given eighteen months' hard labour"; "Early on platform was Mr Baxter Langley, who loses no opportunity of showing by his presence that if there be any want of union between his party and the Premier's, the bashfulness is none of his. Although the amalgamation of the two interests is not officially avowed it is evident that they are working in unison...", "Mr Gladstone at Deptford", Manchester Guardian, 3 February 1874
 * Reviewed: Second Party Congress of the Communist Party of India

Created by Warofdreams (talk). Self-nominated at 17:41, 17 November 2016 (UTC).


 * ✅ New enough (created & nominated on 17 November), long enough (3756 characters), and article is within policy.
 * ✅ Hook is short enough, interesting, and sourced inline. AGF on the offline source.
 * ✅ QPQ done.
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Overall, this nomination passes (with AGF on offline source for hook), congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:45, 19 November 2016 (UTC)