- 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) 08:39, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
John Mercer Johnson
![John Mercer Johnson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/John_Mercer_Johnson.jpeg/110px-John_Mercer_Johnson.jpeg)
John Mercer Johnson
- ... that John Mercer Johnson (pictured), a Father of Canadian Confederation, entertained the public and members of the London Conference of 1866 with poetry readings and ice skating performances? Source: "he is referred to as one of the Fathers of Confederation." [1] "One of the great stories about Johnson was at the London Conference. While there he dazzled the public and the members with his poetry presentations and his dazzling ice skating performances."
- ALT1:... that John Mercer Johnson (pictured) was one of eleven Fathers of Canadian Confederation to attend all three conferences that led to the creation of Canada? Source: "Pourtant, seulement onze individus sont présents à chacune de ces trois conférences initiales. Ce sont...John Mercer Johnson et Samuel L. Tully du Nouveau-Brunswick" [2]
5x expanded by Z1720 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:50, 22 May 2021 (UTC).
New enough and large enough expansion. QPQ present. Both sources for ALT0 check out (including the ProQuest source to which I have access). The French seems to check out in ALT1. No textual issues. Good to go for July 1. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:50, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: Would you mind checking the image as well, please? I want the promoter to know it's been checked so that there aren't any delays. Much thanks! – Reidgreg (talk) 21:07, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Reidgreg: Oops. The image is PD. The link on the Commons description goes to a 404, but an archived version shows "© Public Domain - Source: Library and Archives Canada, C 061911". Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:11, 29 May 2021 (UTC)