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A fact from Michaela Foster appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana?

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

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 15:05, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that, though she had captained her national youth teams, New Zealand footballer Michaela Foster was not called up to the senior squad until she was 24?
- ALT1: ... that New Zealand footballer Michaela Foster worked at her old high school while playing in lower level leagues?
- ALT2: ... that New Zealand footballer Michaela Foster got her first senior international cap as an injury replacement at the age of 24, before being included in the World Cup squad only a few months later?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sandister Tei
- Comment: I was trying to come up with a hook about mana that isn't just a repeat of the article sentence, as I think it would also be nice to showcase that part of NZ's culture, so if anyone else can come up with one please suggest it

5x expanded by Kingsif (talk). Self-nominated at 00:21, 21 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Michaela Foster; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The suggested hooks are okay. I'll let the promoter decide. I'll also suggest ALt3. --evrik ^(talk) 03:25, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3: ... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana? --evrik ^(talk) 03:31, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]