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A fact from Kevin A. Gilroy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Kevin A. Gilroy served as the mayor of Gilroy?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin A. Gilroy.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 23:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Kevin A. Gilroy

... that Kevin A. Gilroy (pictured) served as the mayor of Gilroy? Source: Former Gilroy mayor passes at 77
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Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:05, 20 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kevin A. Gilroy; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Looks good in terms of citations and length and newness. Large copyvio score, but that's from the citation paragraph, not much to be done there. QPQ not needed as this the author's first nomination. Hook interesting and cited (fairly obvious, too). Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 10:37, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Juxlos Actually this is my eighth DYK and already completed a QPQ for this hook (Template:Did you know nominations/OnPoint NYC). Toadboy123 (talk) 11:11, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, the QPQ tool broke I suppose. Oh well, regardless, done. Juxlos (talk) 15:13, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if we should handle such a long quote in this manner. But I see this as a

This might make a good quirky hook.^(?). Bruxton (talk) 23:21, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]