Talk:Anne Makemie Holden

A fact from Anne Makemie Holden appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Anne Makemie Holden bequeathed land to her male relatives so that they could vote?

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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 SL93 (talk) 16:14, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Anne Makemie Holden bequeathed land to her male relatives so that they could vote?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Saxelby

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 19:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Kingoflettuce, review follows: article created 16 October and is (just) over minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what appear to be reliable sources; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting and mentioned in the article, happy to AGF on the offline source; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me, my only comment would be that perhaps a location and/or date might be mentioned in the hook to help place the subject but I'll leave that up to you - Dumelow (talk) 10:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality[edit]

Some mention of her nationality is needed in the lead. 109.152.244.77 (talk) 09:40, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's my concern as well. Where is she from, and why is she notable? That should be immediately apparent in the lead. Being a clergyman's daughter doesn't make her notable. Maybe move up the very last paragraph about being recognised by the state of Virgineia? but why was she so recognised? There were lots of contemporary supporters of the American Revolution; what makes her particuarly notable? I didn't get that from the article. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:10, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just one more note: when I started reading the article, I thought it was about an Englishwoman; it was only as I kept reading that I realised she was an American, and a supporter of the Revolution. More clarity is needed in the lead. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 21:33, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]