Talk:2009 Latvian meteorite hoax

A fact from 2009 Latvian meteorite hoax appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Latvian government decided to cancel its contract with Tele2 following the 2009 Latvian meteorite hoax?

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Hoax

If this was indeed a hoax, this article needs to be moved to something like 2009 Latvian meteorite hoax and the opening line shouldn't report the meteorite as fact. Pdcook (talk) 13:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I've edited the first sentence. I'm at work right now but I'll work on the article a bit more and possibly move it to a more appropriate title later. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 14:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks a lot better. Pdcook (talk) 20:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anybody have free pictures?

I think a photo or two would enhance this article considerably. Does anyone have any suitable free photos (not subject to copyright restrictions) which could be added? Contains Mild Peril (talk) 17:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]