Talk:John William Bean

A fact from John William Bean appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mr Bean attempted to kill the Queen with a tobacco-loaded gun?

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 19:05, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mr. Bean once attempted to kill Queen Victoria with tobacco? Source: History Channel

Reviewed: International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
Comment: For April Fools Day (Thanks QI!)

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 10:25, 4 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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Formalities:

Prose size (text only): 3848 characters (675 words) "readable prose size"
Article created by The C of E on January 4, 2021
Article moved from User:The C of E/jwb on January 4, 2021

Criteria:

Formatting Y
Content interesting to a broad audience Y
Hook fact is accurate and cited with an inline citation in the article Y
Neutral and does not focus unduly on negative aspects of living people Y
QPQ Y

Comment: C-c-combo April 1! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 12:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@The C of E: As per the template documentation for the parent template, that parameter should be included only "when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability". That is not the case here. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:33, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]