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Featured articleJohn W. Beschter is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Did You KnowOn this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
June 5, 2019Good article nomineeListed
April 27, 2020Featured article candidatePromoted
May 7, 2021Good topic candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 2, 2019.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit who ministered throughout rural Pennsylvania, became the President of Georgetown University in 1829?
On this day... A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 20, 2021.
Current status: Featured article

Luxembourgish is a language

Today's hook reads "John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit". Luxembourgish cannot be used to describe people. It should read "John W. Beschter, a Luxembourg Jesuit".--Ipigott (talk) 06:31, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This issue has been raised at Talk:Main Page#Current DYK. Ergo Sum 12:25, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

@Ergo Sum: Just wanted to say congrats on getting this article to FA status! I've had it on my watchlist for awhile just because I think it's so nicely written and enjoyed reading it :-) Armadillopteryxtalk 07:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Armadillopteryx. Nice of you to say. Ergo Sum 12:58, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]