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Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907), also known as "Wildfire", was a sculptor of African-American and Native American heritage. Born free from slavery, Lewis spent her childhood in Upstate New York and New Jersey before moving to Boston in 1864 to pursue her career as a sculptor. After training with marble-bust specialist Edward Augustus Brackett, Lewis opened her own studio later in 1864. In 1866, she moved to Rome, Italy, citing "opportunities for art culture" and finding "a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color" as reasons for the move. She went on to spend most of her adult career there. Her largest and most significant work was a marble sculpture weighing more than 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) showing the death of Cleopatra, which was created for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. This albumen print of Lewis was produced in around 1870 by the German-American photographer Henry Rocher.Photograph credit: Henry Rocher; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Hello John, Here's the citation: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svea_Welander Bliv kvar hos mig, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Svensk Musik. translation: Stay with me, text: Henry Lyte. Stockholm: Swedish Music

T. E. Meeks (talk) 21:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I've cited the Swedish web page (rather than Swedish Wikipedia) as the citation for that information and moved it down into the "Abide with me" section of the Lyte article. John Foxe (talk) 22:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I changed the Svea Welander article mention from "Stay with Me" to "Abide with Me" - glad you pointed this out. I should have realized it myself! T. E. Meeks (talk) 11:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 9 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, Gerda. John Foxe (talk) 16:13, 9 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I came across this article in the new pages queue and found it interesting so I was scrolling through it. I took a look at the sources; Ref. 1 which is a link to the National Register of Historic Places website shows the building name as "Earle Town House" and not Wyche Pavilion. Is it an alternate name for the building? --Ashleyyoursmile! 18:05, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yikes. I'll have to change that. Thanks for catching it. John Foxe (talk) 18:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi John Foxe, thanks for correcting the reference. I've reviewed the article. Since it is new enough and interesting, would you like to nominate it at the WP:DYK? I have a hook in mind, in case you are interested. Ashleyyoursmile! 18:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I'd be glad to nominate it, but if you have the hook--and more experience along those lines--maybe you should nominate it. John Foxe (talk) 22:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have nominated the article at the DYK. You can find the entry here. Thank you for your work on the article. Ashleyyoursmile! 05:55, 12 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks so much! John Foxe (talk) 15:26, 12 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! The nomination has been reviewed btw. :) Ashleyyoursmile! 19:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 17 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wyche Pavilion, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Wyche Pavilion, a two-story historic building in Greenville, South Carolina, was originally intended to serve as a paint shop for the Greenville Coach Factory? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wyche Pavilion. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wyche Pavilion), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 17 April 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

Seven years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, Gerda. Always good to hear from you. John Foxe (talk) 15:28, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Spudlace (talk) 20:08, 14 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:03, 9 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for taking time to spread good cheer on Wikipedia, Gerda. John Foxe (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No matter what we think about article subjects, summaries like the one used here are not appropriate. Please keep a more dispassionate tone. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:55, 26 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, not about Charles R. Pellegrino, who's a liar and a literary fraud. His misdeeds ought to be exposed on Wikipedia, and we shouldn't be reluctant to say why. John Foxe (talk) 16:44, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, about every living or recently dead person, whether or not they have an article, anywhere on Wikipedia. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:22, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I make no apologies; but you should be ashamed of yourself for abetting the perpetuation of lies and literary fraud. John Foxe (talk) 01:05, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]