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![]() | A fact from C. N. Barclay appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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DYK fail
editI come from the main page and searched the article for "anarch", "polyg", and (in desperation) "cert". No search hits. This is a fail!--91.221.58.23 (talk) 07:45, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- It was vandalised. The supporting material has now been added back. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:49, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- No, the vandalization occurred before, when that trivial fluff was added, apparently for little more reason than to feed the Apotheosis of Trivial Fluff (alias “Did You Know!”) at Citogenesis Central (alias the “Main Page”). Qwirkle (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- Please be mindful of the three-revert rule, although I quite agree that the info is frivolous, especially if those were bog-standard travel declarations. Still, we are better off discussing it here first. Kingoflettuce (talk) 18:02, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- My apologies for the reversed timing, I hadn’t seen this. Yes, that is exactly the point: bog-standard bumf, that was somehow seen as a good DYK hook. Qwirkle (talk) 18:05, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- I suppose it is a good hook if the only intent is to raise eyebrows and snag as many clicks as possible. But how often does content approved for DYK get removed after the fact? Kingoflettuce (talk) 18:15, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- My apologies for the reversed timing, I hadn’t seen this. Yes, that is exactly the point: bog-standard bumf, that was somehow seen as a good DYK hook. Qwirkle (talk) 18:05, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- Please be mindful of the three-revert rule, although I quite agree that the info is frivolous, especially if those were bog-standard travel declarations. Still, we are better off discussing it here first. Kingoflettuce (talk) 18:02, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- No, the vandalization occurred before, when that trivial fluff was added, apparently for little more reason than to feed the Apotheosis of Trivial Fluff (alias “Did You Know!”) at Citogenesis Central (alias the “Main Page”). Qwirkle (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
- It also appears that the info was gleaned from a primary source (that I'm not able to view). Original research? There might have been a stronger case for inclusion if somebody like a biographer decided the seemingly trivial info was important enuf to mention for whatever reason. Kingoflettuce (talk) 18:18, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Removing useful links to restore trivial gee-whizz bullshit?
editRepaired here.Qwirkle (talk) 14:43, 12 January 2022 (UTC)