A fact from Carl Cotton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chicago, which aims to improve all articles or pages related to Chicago or the Chicago metropolitan area.ChicagoWikipedia:WikiProject ChicagoTemplate:WikiProject ChicagoChicago articles
Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
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.
... that Carl Cotton was the first black taxidermist to work at the Field Museum of Natural History after being hired in 1947? Source: "Carl Cotton (1918–1971) was a taxidermist, artist, and exhibition preparator who worked at the Field Museum from 1947 until his death in 1971. He is the Field Museum’s first African American taxidermist, maybe even Chicago’s first professional one." ("Finding Carl Cotton" - Field Museum of Natural History)
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and well sourced. Earwig did not pick up any copyvio. The hook is interesting and cited. qpq has been provided so this looks good to go! BuySomeApples (talk) 04:40, 9 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
In 1967 I obtained a frozem coho salmao for Carl Cotton. He mada a plaster cast of the fish and applied plastic and paints to the cast to recreate the colors and textures of the animal. When I asked him the next day about the fish, he said: "Very tastey."
Article is new enough, long enough and well sourced. Earwig did not pick up any copyvio. The hook is interesting and cited. qpq has been provided so this looks good to go! BuySomeApples (talk) 04:40, 9 August 2021 (UTC)