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A fact from Barney Smith (artist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Barney Smith (pictured) was a pastor before opening a museum at his home dedicated to toilet seat art?

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The result was: promoted by TheAwesome Hwyh 21:00, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Barney Smith poses for a photo at the Toilet Seat Art Museum in 2016

... that Barney Smith (pictured) operated a museum at his home dedicated to displaying the art he created on toilet seats? Source: https://glasstire.com/2018/05/25/the-magic-of-barney-smiths-toilet-seat-art-museum/ "...he’s served as a student and teacher in local art classes, shown his landscape paintings at various starving artist shows, and has created what is surely the largest collection of toilet seat art in the world in a small, metal shed behind his house, just a mile from the McNay Art Museum."
- ALT1:... that Barney Smith (pictured) was a pastor before opening a museum at his home dedicated to toilet seat art? Source: https://glasstire.com/2018/05/25/the-magic-of-barney-smiths-toilet-seat-art-museum/ "He later served a short stint as a pastor at the Harahan Church of God in New Orleans, Louisiana, and after moving to San Antonio in 1961, produced illustrations for the Church of God and worked for the Clegg Printing Company."

Created by Skudrafan1 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:13, 28 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

ALT2:... that artist and master plumber Barney Smith (pictured) was a pastor before opening the Toilet Seat Art Museum? E Eng 15:10, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer ALT2. Interestig long life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and fine. - I'm not sure that a Bible course makes you Category:Alumni of some university. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:28, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]