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A fact from Portrait of T. S. Eliot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Royal Academy of Arts exhibited Wyndham Lewis's portrait of T. S. Eliot in 2018, after having rejected it 80 years earlier?

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 10:14, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Royal Academy of Arts exhibited Wyndham Lewis' portrait of T. S. Eliot in 2018, after having rejected it 80 years earlier? Source: "...Wyndham Lewis's portrait of TS Eliot (Pl 1), which was rejected by the Royal Academy's 1938 Summer Exhibition Selection Committee." https://www.jstor.org/stable/48584658
- ALT1: ... that a 1938 portrait of T. S. Eliot caused a scandal when it was rejected by the Royal Academy of Arts?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ikmal Jaya

Created by NotVorticist (talk). Self-nominated at 17:01, 3 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Portrait of T. S. Eliot; 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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

A bit short for my liking but not fatal. Prefer ALT1 but both hooks pass. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]