- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:21, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
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- ... that Herbert C. Ridout wanted to "set the Thames on fire"?
- ALT1:... that Herbert C. Ridout claimed to have invented the idea of sleeve notes in 1925?
- Reviewed: Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 09:43, 29 November 2019 (UTC).
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Philafrenzy, Well written and neutral article, interesting hook for a broad audience, and sources cited inline. I prefer ALT1 but both okay. Article is new enough, no copyvio concerns, and QPQ done. AGF for offline source for ALT0.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:25, 1 December 2019 (UTC) | A fact from Herbert C. Ridout appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 January 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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