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A fact from Glock switch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Glock switch is a device that can turn a handgun into a machine gun?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Glock Switch.

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:36, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Glock Switch is a device which can turn a handgun into a machine gun? Source: CNN, Dallas Morning News, Vice News
- ALT1: ... that the Glock Switch has become prevalent in the United States as a result of low-cost 3-D printers? Source: CNN, Dallas Morning News, Vice News
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/E. George Marks

Created by Horse Eye's Back (talk). Converted from a redirect by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 21:18, 29 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I like it. Article squeaks in just over the character minimum, but no other concerns. This is a fairly concise topic that fits the DYK criteria. Recommend use of the first hook. RexSueciae (talk) 18:33, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]