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A fact from J. Lewis Crozer Library appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 September 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the J. Lewis Crozer Library was the third library established in Pennsylvania?
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QPQ: - Not done Overall: Aside from the qpq, everything seems fine. Once the qpq is completed the article should meet eligibility criteria.
Graearms (
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19:18, 26 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Perhaps the qualifier "public" before library would reduce your concern. Definitely agree that Library Company of Philadelphia and Darby Free Library were first. I would not think the University of Penn library is public. Please change the statement if you feel the source you link to above is stronger.
Dwkaminski (
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17:33, 8 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Coming in late on this. I replied on the talk page first. Looks like what's done is done. However... Perhaps the qualifier "public" before library would have reduced concern. Definitely agree that Library Company of Philadelphia and Darby Free Library were first. I would not think the University of Penn library is public.
Dwkaminski (
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17:42, 8 September 2023 (UTC)reply
That would not have improved anything, as nobody seems to have found a decent source for the claim "third public library in Pennsylvania" either. Ideally, this should come from a neutral scholarly source about libraries in Pennsylvania, but it certainly should not come from the library's parent organisation (and they just claim the disproved "third library"; turning that into "third public library" would be
WP:OR). —
Kusma (
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21:06, 8 September 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Kusma: I removed the third library claim and altered it to "one of the earliest libraries established" supported by the Flint reference. I also removed the dubious tag.
Dwkaminski (
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13:10, 10 September 2023 (UTC)reply