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A fact from Pigeon statues in Wellington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after a pigeon sculpture in Wellington went missing, members of the public created a memorial for it?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:36, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after a pigeon sculpture in Wellington went missing, members of the public created a shrine for it?
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350255049/pigeon-pincher-strikes-iconic-wellington-statue-stolen
ALT: ... that after a pigeon sculpture in Wellington went missing, people of the city created a memorial for it?
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350255049/pigeon-pincher-strikes-iconic-wellington-statue-stolen
ALT2: ... that people in Wellington mourned for a missing pigeon sculpture in Reddit by creating a memorial for it?

Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350255049/pigeon-pincher-strikes-iconic-wellington-statue-stolen

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Banana (2024 video game)

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 41 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 08:36, 13 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

This is indeed a very interesting article and the hook is also interesting. The source is notable and I don't see any issue in the article. The main issue is the hook itself. The hook is telling us that people built a shrine after the statue was stolen. But what the source given for it says is slightly different. The news article says "On Reddit, Wellingtonians mourned Cub St’s missing bird by laying flowers and candles at its former perch". It is not even a shrine. The reporter didn’t call it a shrine, the reddit post calls it a shrine and we shouldn’t take the reddit as the reliable source. So @Panamitsu: you need to edit the hook a little bit. Or you can propose alternative hook. Or search for sources directly mentioned it as a shrine. Then ping me and I continue my review. Mehedi Abedin (talk) 13:20, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mehedi Abedin: The source shows a Reddit post saying "Someone's set up a shrine for the missing pigeon". I've also looked up shrine in the Oxford dictionary, which says "a place associated with or containing memorabilia of a particular revered person or thing", so I personally think that it is fine to call it a shrine even if the source doesn't (directly) say it. What do you think? ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:43, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu: Well I guess we don't have to be so perfect. Although I think that using the word "memorial" would be better. By the way, I am gonna pass this hook anyway. Mehedi Abedin (talk) 03:05, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The hook is good to go. However if the promoter has any issue with the word "shrine" then they can replace it with "memorial". I am going to add ALT hooks here in case any other issue occurs. Mehedi Abedin (talk) 03:09, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]