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A fact from Aurelia Star appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Aurelia Star, an Iowa newspaper, has changed ownership at least 11 times?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aurelia Sentinel.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 04:02, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Aurelia Star, an Iowa newspaper, has changed ownership at least 11 times?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/In the ploughed field. Spring
- Comment: I said at least 11 times because I might be missing part of the newspaper's ownership history.

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:26, 13 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I changed the article title. I was confused that the Library of Congress page states that the Aurelia Sentinel is still being published. I now see that it is still being published, but under a different name. SL93 (talk) 01:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I adjusted the hook to make it read better. However, this article could use some clarifications: (1) is this a national or local newspaper? (2) is it still published or not? (3) can you include an infobox? (4) Can you detail here (not on the article) the twelve times that it changed hands? Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:25, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you exactly want for the last part. I included everything in the sources about it changing hands and they don't have the reasons for the changes in ownership. Do you want me to copy and paste what I have in the article to here? I will work on these things when I get home. Thanks for the copyedits to the hook and article. SL93 (talk) 21:32, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitrarily0 I made additions to the article. I now see that I miscounted the number of times it changed ownership so I fixed the hook. SL93 (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

First time - 1891

Second time - 1893

Third time - 1896 (lost one of the owners)

Fourth time - 1909

Fifth time - 1912

Sixth time - 1950

Seventh time - 1950 again

Eigth time - 1950 yet again

Ninth time - 1982

Tenth time - 2016

Eleventh time - 2020 SL93 (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SL93, can you explain why the newspaper had "subscribers in 34 states", despite that it is a local newspaper? Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 07:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitrarily0 That is all that the source says, but it is from a 1973 book. All that I know is that it is currently a local newspaper. Their Facebook says "The Aurelia Star is a weekly newspaper serving the Aurelia community as well as Alta." This source calls it a hometown newspaper. The newspaper is included on this ad which lists Iowa local newspapers. SL93 (talk) 12:10, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Assuming good faith for those off-line sources. Everything else seems to check out. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 12:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]