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A fact from Poozeum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Poozeum holds fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) which may have come from a T. rex?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Poozeum.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:44, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnum

... that the Poozeum holds the fossilized dinosaur feces known as Barnum (pictured)?

Source: "Barnum, world's largest coprolite from a carnivore, is part of the collection"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/National Casket Company

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 122 past nominations.

gobonobo ⁺ ^c 05:35, 12 July 2024 (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:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is great. It is new enough, long enough, well courced, neutral, plagiarism free and a QPQ is done. The image is ree, used in the article and clear. I had two queries: first, could you pop the citation in where I added ^{[citation needed]}? Secondly, I think the hook could be hookier - maybe mention the T-rex, or indeed that its named after a person? Otherwise all good! Lajmmoore (talk) 18:19, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) from the Poozeum was named for Tyrannosaurus discoverer Barnum Brown?
ALT2 ... that the Poozeum holds the largest known fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured), which may have come from a T. rex?
ALT3 ... that fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) which may have come from a T. rex is held in the Poozeum?
@Lajmmoore: I've added the citation. Hooks are always the hardest part for me. I've added some alts above. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 02:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gobonobo: I totally know wha you mean - they are so hard! I think ALT1 and ALT3 work pretty well now. Thank you! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:55, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gobonobo and Lajmmoore: I think we should use an independent source would be needed to verify that the feces come from a T. rex, instead of citing the museum itself. Is such a source out there? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:23, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron: I've added a couple independent sources to verify the language we're using there. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 08:35, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]