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A fact from Flag of Falcón appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the current flag of Falcón, a state of Venezuela, was first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006 and is based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Falcón state.

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Old flag and WP:HOAX

I've tried to find WP:RS material on the old flag, but haven't encountered anything at all online. I think it would be necessary to find print archives of regional newspapers from 1997. Presumably everything listed at Venciclopedia (dated May 2006) is true such as that it was adopted in 1997, after a contest, 25 stars represents 25 municipalities, but it is user generated site.

Now to complicate things, in 2008 an anon IP created an article on Spanish wikipedia. It is a copypast of Venciclopedia, but with the date of adoption (1997 changed to 1970) and name of governor (adding a fictitious governor's name). This went under the radar for a long time, the name of the governor was corrected in 2012 and the year of adoption in 2017. Now these WP:HOAXish version have been reproduced online, even on the Falcón state government's official website! (which copypasted the incorrect wikipedia info). -- Soman (talk) 22:33, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kimikel talk 13:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag of Falcón state

... that the current flag of Falcón state (pictured), first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006, was based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20071213204505/http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/index.php?act=ST&f=19&t=36252

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uzun-Hajji
Comment: qpq review is a double nom

Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 398 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 14:16, 8 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to. Both articles new enough, long enough. Hook fact is cited in the flag article. AGF on Spanish sources. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]