Talk:Game board

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A fact from Game board appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that scholars disagree on whether the earliest-known game boards (example pictured) date to the Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 19:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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One of the oldest known game boards (for the Royal Game of Ur, dated to c. 2500 BCE)

... that scholars disagree whether earliest known game boards date to Neolithic or Early Bronze Age? Source: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/bgs-2020-0007 / https://www.academia.edu/48170926/_Board_Games_Before_Ur_
- ALT1: ... that modern game boards may be double-sided, modular, electric, and grow or shrink during the game? Source: https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=3lF4EAAAQBAJ and https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=CP7ZEAAAQBAJ
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Radio Yerevan jokes

Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 510 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:07, 16 May 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: I've amended the introductory line per WP:REFERS. Approving with strong preference for ALT0, and possible wikilinking to the periods.