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A fact from John Yelland appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Yelland was insulted by Admiral Hyde Parker's offer of a position aboard his flagship?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:10, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that John Yelland was insulted by Admiral Hyde Parker's offer of a position aboard his flagship? Source: *Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 9781848327795.
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Moved to mainspace by Ykraps (talk). Self-nominated at 08:08, 4 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long enough and new enough (moved and nominated 4 June), earwig reports no copyvio, sources are reliable. The inline citation needs to immediately follow the hook fact. In the article itself, "was not promoted automatically by seniority as was the custom" suggests he was punished and not promoted, when in fact he just didn't live long enough (he would have needed to have been alive in aprox. 1841 for this); this should be removed. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 16:13, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Or conversely, his superiors didn't die quickly enough. I thought that would be inferred by the 'by seniority' part but agree it could be much clearer. I have rewritten the sentence but if you still think it's misleading, I'll remove.--Ykraps (talk) 20:19, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

PS I've placed a reference immediately following the hook (missed that last night). --Ykraps (talk) 06:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Now looks good to go. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:10, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]