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A fact from 2015 State of the Union Address appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 February 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2015 State of the Union Address was the first State of the Union Address in which the President of the United States used the words "gay", "lesbian", and "transgender"?

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Comments prior to the speech

We know this is going to happen in three months, so why try to avoid it. Cancina5645 (talk) 23:15, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What sources do you have that the listed topics will be discussed in the speech? As an encyclopedia such claims need to be sourced. WP:CRYSTALBALL seems relevant. 331dot (talk) 23:26, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An encyclopedia should be practical too, and address the future events. If it is an event that will happen in two months (in January), then I feel the article can stay, and in mid-December, editors will be able to add sources and expand the article. I don't think there is a point to delete it. Cancina5645 (talk) 00:49, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that there has to be some kind of sources in the article. I see looking at the page history that another editor had turned the page into a redirect, which (if this is not outright deleted) is what should happen. When there are sources for potential content in this article, the redirect can then be removed. 331dot (talk) 00:54, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so I have until November 10 to add a source. Cancina5645 (talk) 01:07, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair I will inform you that you would be within your rights to remove the PROD if you wish, though that would not prevent the commencement of a full AfD discussion. 331dot (talk) 01:09, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]