A fact from Elmer Carlson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that American Elmer Carlson became a national cornhusking champion in 1935? Source: Wadsley, Virginia. Iowans Who Made a Difference. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. p. 49-50.
ALT2: ... that Elmer Carlson paid for Hopi Native Americans from Arizona to rain dance in Audubon County, Iowa? Source: Wadsley, Virginia. Iowans Who Made a Difference. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. p. 49-50.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
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QPQ: Done.
Overall: Looks okay to me. All three hooks are wildly interesting (if I had to rank them, I'd say ALT1, ALT0, ALT2 based off of the "wackiness" factor), Earwig has nothing, everything looks sourced, and QPQ is done. AGF on the offline hook source. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
Looks okay to me. All three hooks are wildly interesting (if I had to rank them, I'd say ALT1, ALT0, ALT2 based off of the "wackiness" factor), Earwig has nothing, everything looks sourced, and QPQ is done. AGF on the offline hook source. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)