Template:Did you know nominations/Postage stamps and postal history of the Pitcairn Islands
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:03, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Pitcairn Islands
One of the first stamps from the Pitcairn Islands
- ... that a decline in the sale of stamps from the Pitcairn Islands (example pictured) led to the territory's bankruptcy? Source: "As stamp collecting declined, however, Pitcairn’s income dropped, and the island went bankrupt in 2004"
- ALT1:... that for many decades the government of the Pitcairn Islands was funded by the sale of the territory's stamps (example pictured)? Source: "For six decades, the mainstay of the Pitcairn economy was stamps"
- ALT2:... that during the 1970s, sales of stamps from the Pitcairn Islands (example pictured) made up two-thirds of Pitcairn government revenue? Source: [1]
- ALT3:... that the sale of stamps from the Pitcairn Islands funded the construction of a new school and the hiring of the territory's first professional teacher? Source: "So popular were they ... that ... the community was able to build a new school and, for the first time, hire a professional teacher"
- ALT4:... that one of the stamps from the Pitcairn Islands was described as "cartographically the worst stamp ever perpetrated" by Sir Stamp? Source: pg.196
- ALT5:... that Henry Evans Maude was sent to the Pitcairn Islands to bring "those twin blessings of civilization, a legal code and ... postage stamps"? Source: "In July 1940 he was dispatched to Pitcairn by the High Commissioner to bring "the islanders those twin blessings of civilization, a legal code[,] and ... postage stamps."", pg. 31
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2021 EFL League One play-off Final
- Comment: No preference between Alts, they're variations on the same interesting fact. Further variations welcome.
5x expanded by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Self-nominated at 15:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC).
- I shall review this. I note it's not a new article, but a 5x expansion, and I've tweaked the code accordingly. Schwede66 05:42, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
- Nice work! I've done a few minor tweaks myself (revert anything you aren't happy with). As outlined above, it's a long enough expansion. Suitably referenced and neutral. Earwig's Copyvio Detector is happy. ALT0 is definitely the most exciting hook; it's a superb hook fact that is suitably referenced (note that I haven't checked the other hooks). QPQ done. Image of the stamp is suitably licensed. Good to go. Schwede66 06:51, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
