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A fact from Cathy Merrick appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Cathy Merrick was the first woman to be elected grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cathy Merrick.

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Merrick in 2023

... that Cathy Merrick (pictured) was the first woman elected Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs?

Source: "A woman will lead the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for the first time in its nearly 35-year history." "Cathy Merrick elected as 1st woman to lead Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Press. October 26, 2022.

ALT1: ... that Grand Chief Cathy Merrick (pictured) is the sixth person and first woman to lie in state at the Manitoba Legislature? Source: "On Wednesday, Merrick's body will be taken to the Manitoba Legislature, where it will lie in state. She will be the first woman given the honour, and the first person to lie in state at the legislature since 2013." "Lying in state is a rare honour in Manitoba. Five others have preceded Merrick, a provincial spokesperson told CBC" "Dignitaries, public sign book of condolences for Cathy Merrick at Manitoba Legislature". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
Reviewed: Kuomintang Building (Vancouver)
Comment: Thank you so much to the reviewer for their time in advance! ~~I'll work on the QPQ later today hopefully.~~ Done!

Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 41 past nominations.

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New enough (submitted within four days of creation), long enough (8,654 characters). Well sourced with inline citations; written neutrally. Earwig flags up a "violation possible" with a high percentage of similarity, but this turns out to be due to the large number of memorial quotes which are properly attributed; personally I think there are too many of those memorial quotes for an encyclopedia article (it's an encyclopedia article, not an obituary), but not a deal breaker for DYK. (The other copy fix I would recommend is to find alternative wording for "she was heavily involved following the 2022 Winnipeg serial killings", which doesn't sound good.) QPQ is done. The hooks are both interesting and verified by the sources provided...but a tiny gotcha is that the "first woman" part referenced in ALT1 is actually not mentioned within the actual article. Fix that issue within the article and this is a pass. Thanks for creating the article. Cielquiparle (talk) 11:37, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240912113700","author":"Cielquiparle","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cielquiparle-20240912113700-Ornithoptera-20240911211300","replies":["c-Ornithoptera-20240912233600-Cielquiparle-20240912113700"]}}-->

Hi Cielquiparle, thank you for taking the time to read through the article! I have addressed the ALT1 issue, as well as reworded the Winnipeg serial killings part of her article. I hope this can address your concerns properly. Ornithoptera (talk) 23:36, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240912233600","author":"Ornithoptera","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Ornithoptera-20240912233600-Cielquiparle-20240912113700","replies":["c-Cielquiparle-20240913051600-Ornithoptera-20240912233600"]}}-->

Approved both ALT0 and ALT1. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:16, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240913051600","author":"Cielquiparle","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Cielquiparle-20240913051600-Ornithoptera-20240912233600","replies":[]}}-->