Talk:A Letter to a Royal Academy

A fact from A Letter to a Royal Academy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 July 2008 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that "Fart Proudly" is an essay about flatulence written by Benjamin Franklin?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/July.

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Sources

Gigapedia, Epinions, bffff.org, authenticforum.com, and alibris may be in violation of WP:SOURCES, WP:QS, WP:SPS, or possibly even WP:REDFLAG. Also, seeing as Benjamin Franklin's works are now in the public domain, the related compositions should be archived in Wikisource. — C M B J 20:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What facts are disputed?

A factual dispute tag has been slapped on the article. This tag is not for expressing general dissatisfaction with sources. Please explain what facts are being disputed so we can correct them if necessary. - House of Scandal (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the tag since there's been no response. I will be happy to address concerns when they're explained. - House of Scandal (talk) 04:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Source of the text is gone

The source labeled “text of the essay” links to a 404 page now. 23.115.234.46 (talk) 06:46, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reference 1

The link to reference 1 (Japiske, Carl) does not exist. Binglederry (talk) 23:03, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]