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A fact from The Befrienders appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
I came across this while browsing WT:DYK. It was interesting to see that the article was started by Ben King who was blocked for being a vandalism-only account. The heavy lifting was subsequently done by Cielquiparle who seems to have done this for Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced articles. As the TV show has been wiped and is mostly long-forgotten, the readership of article is low so I'm not convinced that this is a worthwhile use of such an outstanding editor but so it goes. For an even better TV show which has been restored and makes enthralling viewing now see David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour which I came across yesterday. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:43, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Andrew Davidson I guess we need to expand the section on "Impact" after all. The impact of the series on the real-life Samaritans was significant. In any case, it's an authoritative account of what The Befrienders actually was – all the Chad Varah obituaries, etc., were super confused. Some of us are interested in history of pop culture and society, whereas others are not. To each their own. Also, it seemed like an important opportunity to discuss despair and suicide, and efforts to help people. Cielquiparle (talk) 18:28, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
