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A fact from Thomas Fenner (sea captain) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas Fenner captained an English warship against the Spanish Armada?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:40, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Thomas Fenner was an Elizabethan era sea captain who commanded an English warship during the Spanish Armada?

Source: Loades, David (2008). "Fenner, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9290. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shelley Luther, Template:Did you know nominations/Huaju

Created by 4meter4 (talk), Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk), and Carlstak (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 97 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 01:10, 8 December 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.

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Created on 5 December; 4,762 characters; 2 x QPQ Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]