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A fact from Battle of Varaville appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 April 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that although later writers claimed William the Conqueror's victory in the 1057 Battle of Varaville was a massacre, contemporary writers barely noticed it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Varaville.

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Might it be a good idea to use {{sfn}} for the citations so that they can link to the references? This would also require the references to use {{sfnref}} in the |ref= parameter. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 15:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm perfectly happy with the current citation system - I've used it in over 40 Featured Articles and 80 Good Articles. It's simple enough for new editors to pick up, something that can't be said for the more complicated template based systems. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:05, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]