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A fact from Hungerford police murders appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in December 1876, two police officers were murdered by brothers who had poached just two pheasants and a jay?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 19:52, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Memorial cross to murdered PC Thomas Shorter

... that 145 years ago today, two police officers were murdered (memorial cross pictured) by two brothers who had poached just two pheasants and a jay? Source: "both admitted their guilt, and said that they were returning home after shooting two pheasants and a jay" [1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Asprey
Comment: If this gets promoted I'd like it to be held for 11 December to tie in with the anniversary... MIDI (talk) 21:05, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Created by MIDI (talk). Self-nominated at 21:05, 23 November 2021 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Unfortunately "today" doesn't work unless we hold it for another year(!). Want to suggest another hook?

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Shame this won't make December 11, it's a fine piece of work. I notice the source says "I have been and killed two plicemen" and you corrected the spelling - do you think the source was wrong, this wasn't the dialect? GRuban (talk) 20:24, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @GRuban:. I suspect it's a typo – in the source, there is an errant mid-sentence double space so I'm inclined to think it was introduced when transcribing. That said, I've found another source which has a slightly different wording of the quote, but without the [mis]spelling, so I've added that in. In terms of the hook:

ALT1: ... that 145 years ago, two police officers were murdered (memorial cross pictured) by brothers who had poached just two pheasants and a jay?
ALT2: ... that in December 1876, two police officers were murdered (memorial cross pictured) by brothers who had poached just two pheasants and a jay?

MIDI (talk) 14:25, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Either of those will do; I have the faintest preference for ALT1 (assuming this doesn't take another month to appear on DYK!). --GRuban (talk) 14:52, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 to T:DYK/P1