Template:Did you know nominations/Neal Dow


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:00, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Neal Dow

 * ... that while mayor of Portland, Neal Dow (pictured) ordered state militia troops to fire upon people protesting his prohibition law?



Improved to Good Article status by Coemgenus (talk). Self-nominated at 14:58, 11 August 2016 (UTC).


 * Comment This looks good to me, length good, timeframe good, reference accepted in good faith. All parts of the hook are inline cited, the image is public domain and looks good at the size. Though I did think the most interesting part of all of that was that the protest started because Dow technically violated his own prohibition law and wasn't held accountable. Waiting for QPQ to tick. (I think I have to wait for that, right?)


 * Sorry, forgot to add the QPQ! It's Template:Did you know nominations/Acarichthys heckelii. --Coemgenus (talk) 19:31, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg No problem! Cool, cool. Everything appears totally cool. ~Cheers, Ten  Ton  Parasol  19:38, 11 August 2016 (UTC)