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A fact from Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad).

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:09, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store? Source: Moffat 2006 p. 76, qtd. in GreatThirdRail.org
- Reviewed: Igor Mangushev

Created by John M Wolfson (talk). Self-nominated at 05:00, 9 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is long enough, sourced, copyvio free, and new enough. Unfortunately, I have two concerns regarding this nomination. The first is the hook, which is unlikely to be interesting to the general public. We can workshop that a bit and find something. The other issue is the sourcing, which may not meet reliability standards. While I have a special fondness for pet-project internet histories (I edit Wikipedia, for goodness sake), I don't know if greatthirdrail.org cuts it as a WP:RS in light of this explanation of the website. Let me know if you want help finding the sources that greatthirdrail.org cites; I'm sure we can sort this in a jiffy! ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:08, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Pbritti I've been able to reduce GTR citations with Weller 1999, but not eliminate them entirely, more importantly with the hook source, which is still an AGF indirect source from GTR. As for the hook itself, I think a drug store ticket sale point is decently interesting, and I've seen worse at DYK. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:28, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Consider this an AGF pass on the grounds you mention. Thank you for your patience! ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:50, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]