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A fact from Eden Detention Center appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing an estimated US$250,000 in damages?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eden Detention Center.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing around $250,000 in damages? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/abilene-reporter-news-eden-vegetable-pro/126272667/
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5x expanded by EytanMelech (talk). Self-nominated at 12:49, 12 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Eden Detention Center; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: The date is superfluous but still acceptable either way, good to go. Sahaib (talk) 18:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib and EytanMelech: Detecting WP:CLOP and direct copying. Also the given article says estimated 250k. Lightburst (talk) 00:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean direct copying? I wrote the article, and I created a DYK that closely resembles a fact found in the article. Feel free to amend it if you feel that it has issues. I do not know what you want. EytanMelech (talk) 00:57, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lightburst: Wikipedia:earwig currently says 54.5%. I should have done a better review of this, I'll probably edit some of the words myself to reduce the number. Sahaib (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: I have reduced the number to 36.3%. Sahaib (talk) 05:50, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib and EytanMelech: Thanks, I do not think it is right yet. The intro is too much of a direct copy of this. I hope it gets sorted, and we also have to change the hook as I said above about "estimated". Lightburst (talk) 00:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that that initial paragraph was written in 2016, and there is no archive of the link you gave regarding similarity before 2020, I think it is probably safe to say that the quoted source copied Wikipedia's entry, which is not unheard of for many aggregative websites. EytanMelech (talk) 00:11, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will promote this. I have addressed the 250k and placed a US tag on the $.

ALT1 ... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing an estimated US$250,000 in damages? Bruxton (talk) 14:49, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]