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DYK for John Jardine Paterson
 | On 12 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Jardine Paterson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Scotsman John Jardine Paterson was President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce in 1966? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry
| On 12 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Scotsman John Jardine Paterson was President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce in 1966? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
DYK for Papal conclave, 1740
| On 12 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Papal conclave, 1740, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Conclave of 1740 elected Benedict XIV after he advised them "If you wish to elect a saint, choose Gotti; a statesman, Aldrovandi; an honest man, me"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- Please be cautious about the attribution of such statements. Given that the conclaves are secret, a quote attributed to him in a dictionary (a tertiary source), does not have very great credibility, particularly as that dictionary does not state the source it drew upon for that quote. 216.239.89.116 (talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- You may prefer the Catholic Encyclopedia? Moonraker2 (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2011 (UTC)