Template:Did you know nominations/Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:41, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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• ... that a 1946 United States proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark remained classified until the 1970s when Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten broke the story?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Scaly ground roller

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 16:17, 16 August 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: To preemptively address any potential issue of WP:RECENTISM, I believe the article is nicely written to give substantial historical perspective of past purchase proposals. Looks good to go. Ergo Sum 04:02, 18 August 2019 (UTC)