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A fact from James R. Hall appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that upon taking command of the Fourth United States Army in 1989, James R. Hall (pictured) became the highest-ranking military officer in the Midwestern United States?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James R. Hall.

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:23, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that upon taking command of the Fourth United States Army, James R. Hall became the highest ranking United States military office in the Midwestern United States? Source: "Jet Magazine"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Hedges (I intend to do additional reviews out of interest but never used this one for a QPQ) Mifter (talk) 21:44, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Created by Mifter (talk). Self-nominated at 21:44, 21 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article new and long enough. Hook short and verified. QPQ has been done by the nominator almost two years before but never used as per the QPQ checker. The hook is good to go. MehrajMir (talk) 10:19, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think you should add the year to the hook, and also the image, because it is bright and colorful at thumbnail size:

James R. Hall in 1989

ALT0a: ... that upon taking command of the Fourth United States Army in 1989, James R. Hall (pictured) became the highest ranking United States military office in the Midwestern United States? Yoninah (talk) 14:48, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]