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A fact from Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses a John Steinbeck archive of more than 50,000 items?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 21:16, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses the world's largest John Steinbeck archive?

Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-08-me-class8-story.html

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Created by SammySpartan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

SammySpartan (talk) 19:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting study center, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the hook. How about the picture? - In the article: please get the references away from the lead to the prose, and decide for 50,000 or 40,000 items. Also, one paragraph ends without a reference which is a no-no for DYK articles. Thank you for the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda Arendt for the feedback -- Ive moved those references out of the lead, fixed the inconsistency about the collection size, and added a reference to that paragraph that lacked it. --SammySpartan (talk) 18:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:52, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SammySpartan and Gerda Arendt: Not sure the claim checks out. The first source is a quote from someone connected to the Center, the next two don't look reliable. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:32, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And who independent do you think could count and compare? Sammy, what do you think about a hook just mentioning the number, without a superlative claim? It seems impressive enough to me. Or something else? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:39, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt and Theleekycauldron: That's fine by me, how about something like:

ALT1: ... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses a John Steinbeck archive of over 50,000 items?

SammySpartan (talk) 17:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 preferred --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:48, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]