Talk:William Henry Ellis (businessman)

A fact from William Henry Ellis (businessman) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William Henry Ellis spearheaded a plan to colonize Black Americans in Mexico in the late 19th century?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 18:44, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the late 19th century William Henry Ellis spearheaded a plan to colonize Black Americans in Mexico? Source: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ellis-william-henry

Reviewed: on it

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

age and size ok, hook itneresting - and faithful to source. waiting for QPQ, then will be good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:25, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Casliber, qpq'd Template:Did you know nominations/Dictyota implexa (1/2) Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 02:47, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

aaaalllrighty then...good to go! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:59, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A more complex plan[edit]

According to this source, the plan for Ethiopia was even more complex, and Ellis did his best to be a protagonist: https://www.williamhellis.com/ethiopia. I think it should be rewritten (somehow). Theklan (talk) 17:08, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]