Talk:The Persistence of Chaos

A fact from The Persistence of Chaos appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a laptop was purchased for $1,345,000 in May 2019 despite being unable to connect to the internet?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 23:47, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after The Persistence of Chaos sold at auction for $1,345,000, its artist said he would either spend the money on creating another piece of art or burn it?
- ALT1: ... that a laptop full of worms and viruses sold for $1,345,000 in May 2019?
- ALT2: ... that a laptop was purchased for $1,345,000 in May 2019 despite being unable to connect to the internet?
- Reviewed: KTFC (FM)
- Comment: I could write slightly different ALTs for this forever, but you get the idea. Promoter should feel free to mix and match

5x expanded by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 01:58, 18 April 2022 (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: - Not done
Overall: @Ezlev: Oh wow, great article! I would have never found it on my own, and that is the magic of DYK. Everything checks out on my end, other than the QPQ. All three hooks are good enough, and I don't mind which is chosen. Great work, I eagerly await your next review, ping me so that I can approve this when you're able to! Ornithoptera (talk) 08:19, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

- Thank you so much, Ornithoptera! I’ve added a QPQ above. ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 15:59, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Great work as usual Ezlev! Cheers and great work!