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A fact from Jimmy Bonner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jimmy Bonner became the first African American to play baseball professionally in Japan in 1936, eleven years before Jackie Robinson's Major League Baseball debut?

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 12:39, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Jimmy Bonner

... that Jimmy Bonner (pictured) became the first African American to play baseball professionally in Japan in 1936, eleven years before Jackie Robinson's major league debut? Source: NPR and Pearce, p. 211

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Silvio Meier

Created by King of Hearts (talk). Self-nominated at 04:00, 26 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

: King of Hearts review follows: QPQ done, article is neutral, cited, well written, no copyvio. hook is interesting, AGF on sourcing to Pearce, the NPR mostly gets the whole hook fact, regardless. Article is new enough and long enough. Image is appropriately licenced, but I'm concerned it doesn't render very well at 100px-- it's not the best quality. Thoughts? Otherwise, good to go-- thanks for your work. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Eddie891: I couldn't find a better version, unfortunately. Anyways, I'm fine if it runs without a picture. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:00, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

: It's fine by me than. I'd say personally the image isn't a great one to run on the main page, but it isn't necessarily bad to the extent that it can't run. I'll leave that to the promoter. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:32, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]