Talk:Johan Zulch de Villiers

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A fact from Johan Zulch de Villiers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Johan Zulch de Villiers was the first mayor of Johannesburg until Johannesburg's surrender during the Second Boer War?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that before Johan Zulch de Villiers became the first mayor of Johannesburg, he was the private secretary to President Johannes Brand?Source (page 40)
- ALT1:... that Johan Zulch de Villiers was the first mayor of Johannesburg until Johannesburg's surrender during the Second Boer War? Source (page 102)

Reviewed: Bayswater railway station, Perth

Created by Sahaib3005 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:28, 3 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Getting started on this review here shortly. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 18:14, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article meets newness criteria. Falls marginally short on the length criteria. DYK check tool says the article is at 1497 characters, while the reviewing guide requires 1500 characters and that the article not be tagged a stub. DYK check however does not flag the article. Would request the editor to see if some marginal expansion can be attempted. Happy to hear the editor's view in case there are issues with any expansion. Assuming WP:AGF on some of the offline sources. Copyvio indicator shows green. QPQ done. The hooks are cited. The original hook is good to go. The second hook, however, needs some minor additions to the citation. Specifically, it needs a source for the date 31 May 1900 to be tied to the Boer war, which I think should be easy to source and add. Handing this review back to the editor and will pick it up once minor edits are done. Ktin (talk) 18:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ktin:, sorry for the late reply. I have added a reference to The Victorians at War, 1815-1914 An Encyclopedia of British Military History pg 202, a source which ties the date 31 May 1900 to the Second Boer War and I have expanded the article slightly. Sahaib3005 (talk) 20:00, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. Marking this as approved. Ktin (talk) 02:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 to T:DYK/P7