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A fact from June Rain appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the novel June Rain was described by one critic as "a 'whodunit' without a 'who'"?

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 19:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the novel June Rain was described by one critic as a "whodunit without a "who"? Source: "whodunit without the who"
- ALT1: ~~... that June Rain is a novel about a man who returns home after 43 years to investigate his father's death?~~ Source: ...43 years later when Eliyya, the son of one of one victim, returns from America to visit his mother. he records interviews, draws sketches and inserts photographs in an attempt to piece together what happened the day his father was killed.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Erasmus Schöfer

Created by Hanan Wadi (talk) and Bruxton (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 15:03, 23 June 2022 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and has no issues. Hooks are cited and interesting, although I'm partial to the first one. This nom is good to go. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:20, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment to @Bruxton and BuySomeApples: I've struck ALT1 per WP:DYKSG#C6, the "in-universe" rule. I trust that won't be too much trouble? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 12:09, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both of us like 0. Bruxton (talk) 13:52, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's no problem at all @Theleekycauldron:! ALT0 is the hookier of the two anyway imo. BuySomeApples (talk) 22:43, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]