Template:Did you know nominations/Fordyce Academy


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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:27, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Fordyce Academy

 * ... that George Smith left money to establish a school for poor children named Smith? Source: Reports from Commissioners, Volume 29 (1868), pp. 324—325 [quoted in footnote]
 * ALT1:... that a number of Swedes took advantage of their right to be educated at Fordyce Academy in Scotland under the terms of the "Smith Bounty"? Source: Alexander Allan Cormack, Susan Carnegie, 1744-1821: Her Life of Service (1966), p. 152 [quoted in footnote]
 * Reviewed: Gavin Robinson (model agent)

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 04:46, 15 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article is new and long enough. It is neutral, and cites sources inline. Moderate rate similarities reported by "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" are quotes or are negligible. No copyvio issues. The source (ref #5) gives the birth year of George Smith as 1737, and not as 1727 as stated in the article. The typo needs to be corrected in the article. I prefer the original hook. It is neutral, well-formatted and interesting. Its length is within limit. Hook fact is cited inline, however, the source is offline for me, for which I AGF. QPQ was done. Good to go after the a.m. correction. CeeGee 10:13, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, . One of the printed sources (ref #3) gives Smith's year of birth as 1727, I didn't notice that conflict in the listed building text. I've taken out the "(1727—1790)" and made it just that he died in 1790. I also prefer the first hook. Moonraker (talk) 13:11, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * That solves the problem. Everything is fine now. CeeGee 16:05, 21 April 2018 (UTC)