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A fact from Benjamin Wallace (circus owner) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the winter quarters of a circus owned by Benjamin Wallace are now the site of the Circus Hall of Fame?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 18:03, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Benjamin Wallace

... that Benjamin Wallace (pictured) has featured acrobats, performing dogs and a singing clown in his circus shows? Source: ^[1]

Created by Sahaib (talk). Self-nominated at 15:04, 28 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

ALT1: ... that Benjamin Wallace (pictured) opened a circus show called Wallace and Co.'s Great World Menagerie, Grand International Mardi Gras, Highway Holiday Hidalgo and Alliance of Novelties?
ALT2: ... that the winter quarters of a circus owned by Benjamin Wallace (pictured) are now the site of the Circus Hall of Fame?
MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 02:05, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Qpq: Template:Did you know nominations/Boris Rhein. Sahaib (talk) 18:33, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Adkins, Kreig A. (May 27, 2009). Peru: Circus Capital of the World. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738560717.

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Created 26 May, nominated two days later. Easily long enough. No citation/copyvio problems, hook is cited and interesting. ALT1 is confusing and uninteresting, and ALT0 is uninteresting (just sounds like a normal circus to me), so I have a strong preference for ALT2. Image is public domain and used in the infobox of the article. This one looks good to go. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:04, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I've cut "cyclists" from the hook, Sahaib – I can't find it in the source, and I'm not inclined to trust the advertising. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:20, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Adkins, Kreig A. (May 27, 2009). Peru: Circus Capital of the World. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738560717.

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