Talk:Sons of Neptune (campaign group)

A fact from Sons of Neptune (campaign group) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Sons of Neptune sailed a giant toilet down the River Thames?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:45, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Sons of Neptune sailed a giant toilet down the River Thames? Source: "Freddie Drabble was supposed to be a respectable local solicitor, but trying to navigate a leaky dinghy laden with a giant toilet - dubbed the Thatcherloo - down the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in an attempt to raise the issue of sewage ended in disaster." from: "Sons of Neptune: Scarborough sewage rebels head for the big screen". BBC News. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Renault

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:23, 27 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New and long enough article, neutral and sourced throughout, without copyright issues. The hook is short, cited in the article and creates an intriguing mental image. QPQ done. Passing this now. Ffranc (talk) 14:52, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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