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A fact from Ola Labib appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that before becoming a comedian, Ola Labib was a pharmacist who had never been inside a pub before her first gig?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ola Labib.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:32, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that prior to becoming "the UK’s only Black, Muslim, Sudanese female comedian", Ola Labib had been a pharmacist who had never been inside a pub before her first gig? Source: https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/o/34535/ola_labib/review for quote, https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/work-sucks-i-know-ola-labib for pharmacist, https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68713194 for pub stuff
- ALT1: ... that Ola Labib played the UK's first socially distanced comedy show? Source: https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2020/07/30/46601/its_good_to_be_back!_inside_the_uks_first_comedy_club_gig_for_four_months
- ALT2: ... that the opening line of the hijabi comedian Ola Labib's first stand-up set implied that she was the first hooded figure to be seen entering a pub since Frodo Baggins at the Prancing Pony? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/may/11/ola-labib-sudanese-comic
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Centurion C-RAM

Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 228 past nominations.

Laun chba ller 18:34, 10 May 2024 (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. Earwig detects 51.6% match due to a cited passage in the article so that is not a problem. Quotes that result in a match are cited. The hooks are cited and are interesting. Preference for ALT0 and ALT2. QPQ has been completed! Great work, cheers! Ornithoptera (talk) 19:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]