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A fact from WLOK appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 SL93 (talk) 01:10, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WHHM lost its studios in the 1960 blaze that destroyed the city's baseball stadium, Russwood Park? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101579154/1000000-fire-razes-chicks-ball/ / https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101579976/whhm-announcer-barely-gets-out-tells/
- ALT1: ... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101584397/stone-soul-picnic-still-about-music-and/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Manning
- Comment: Not often you get a 71x expansion at DYK, from a stub straight to a possible GAN
5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 19:07, 10 May 2022 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Great article. One minor concern is that the link you used in the first hook doesn't lead to the nominated article, which is most likely an error. I've fixed it for you. — Golden call me maybe? 19:42, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- I was distracted while typing, Golden. Thanks for the fix. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:14, 10 May 2022 (UTC)