Talk:Windham William Sadler
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
 | A fact from Windham William Sadler appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:19, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
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A depiction of Sadler in a balloon, 1814
- ... that Windham William Sadler (pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817? Source: See below
- ALT1: ... that Windham William Sadler (pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after his father had failed to achieve the same feat? Source: "The race to be the first to cross the Irish Sea by hot air balloon would turn out to be a family affair. After James Sadler’s high-profile attempt failed in October 1812, the baton was taken up by his 20-year-old aeronaut son, Windham Sadler, in 1817 ... Having completed the first flight across the Irish Sea in 1817, Windham Sadler was unfortunately killed in a ballooning accident in 1824" from: Edwards, Elizabeth. "The First Irish Sea Balloon Crossing". Ports, Past and Present. University College Cork, Aberystwyth University, Wexford County Council & University of Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Leonard Kriegel
Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:21, 12 October 2022 (UTC).
New article that was created on 12 October 2022 is 3,971 characters long and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 88 characters long (ALT1 is 153); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Ref 6 (verifying the main hook and ALT1) is a reliable source. Image is free and in the public domain. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:11, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
