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A fact from Thomas Ragle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like a "19th-century college president"?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:47, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position for the first 15 years as like "a 19th-century college president"?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Geoffrey Holt (philanthropist)

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 06:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Thomas Ragle; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is long enough, new enough, well-cited and contains no overt close paraphrasing that Earwig and a spotcheck could detect. Hook directly cited, QPQ complete. I performed a copyedit and light cleanup, mostly improving citations. AGF hook fact. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:46, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like "a 19th-century college president"? Thriley (talk) 23:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DigitalIceAge: I have added a shorter version of the initial hook that I think is a bit more "hooky" Thriley (talk) 23:30, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Either one works good, will leave it up to the promoter. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:36, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]