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A fact from Anthony Ciulla appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Anthony "Big Tony" Ciulla had to enter the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after he testified in a trial about rigged horse races?

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The result was: promoted by Jack Frost (talk) 02:49, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Anthony "Big Tony" Ciulla implicated convicted murderers Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi in a race fixing ring, nearly 20 years before they were indicted by the FBI? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that the conviction and subsequent testimony of Anthony "Big Tony" Ciulla led to the discovery of a massive horse-fixing enterprise which involved high ranking members of the notorious Winter Hill Gang? Source: [2][3][4]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Piano Pieces

Created by Kuriosatempel (talk) and BuySomeApples (talk). Nominated by BuySomeApples (talk) at 20:14, 23 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - ?

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @BuySomeApples and Kuriosatempel: Well done! Please clear up the close paraphrasing issues from earwig, and correct those—Also, I think you could make a hook out of the witness protection program thing. otherwise, we're looking good theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 19:57, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Theleekycauldron: thanks for the review! I've fixed the paraphrasing issue. How does ALT2 sound? BuySomeApples (talk) 00:50, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2:... that Anthony "Big Tony" Ciulla had to enter the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after he testified in a trial about rigged horse races?

@BuySomeApples:

good to go! All three hooks are approved, although despite the effort to make one about the WPP, ALT1 is my preference. Something about the words "massive horse-fixing enterprise" which I just love. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:07, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I do appreciate that you humoured my hook suggestion, that was kind of you :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:07, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]