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A fact from R/nosleep appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/R/nosleep.

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The result was: promoted by Sohom Datta talk 10:59, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/12/mammoth-arizona-target-internet-hoax/18901727/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Justiniano Borgoño

Moved to mainspace by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Di (they-them) (talk) 00:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(comment) Article is long enough and moved to mainspace recently enough. Earwig says "violation unlikely". Interesting hook that is well-cited and mentioned in the article body, although maybe mentioning that the post was fictitious could highlight the unusual aspect better? Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 01:16, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Chaotic Enby: Since you already did the review whereas I haven't started yet, I'm fine if you 'take' the review. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks, in this case it's approved! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 01:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if I'm allowed to edit the hook post-approval, but I just added the word "fictitious" per Chaotic Enby's suggestion. I hope that's OK. Di (they-them) (talk) 03:58, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]