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A news item involving Ken Kortas was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 21 October 2022.

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A fact from Ken Kortas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ken Kortas lost money speculating on hog futures during his NFL career?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:05, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ken Kortas lost money speculating on hog futures during his NFL career? Source: Pittsburgh Sports: Stories From The Steel City
- Reviewed: Queen's Road East (song)
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:12, 21 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:37, 22 October 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:

New enough, long enough, neutral and sourced. No copyvios detected. Hook is interesting and includes a valid reference. QPQ done. Good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:10, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]