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A fact from Robert Ackrill appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Re the removal of parental dates: giving the lifespan of a biography subject's parents and spouse 1. identifies them from others of the same name, 2. shows whether they died before the biography subject, that aspect being an important part of their lives.Storye book (talk) 10:50, 30 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
