Talk:Kareeboomvloer massacre

A fact from Kareeboomvloer massacre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 February 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that during trial proceedings of the Kareeboomvloer massacre, a prison official was requested to explain the meaning of life?

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Hook query

Why was this fact buried in the references without a specific mention in the body of the article and with a specific reference of its own. I needed a GPS to find it. Manytexts (talk) 04:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Manytexts, the hook was designed to be "quirky", according to DYK terminology. Its wording does, however, directly occur as the headline of reference 3. --Pgallert (talk) 07:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]