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A fact from Wisconsin Butter Fire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Wisconsin Butter Fire created a river of melted butter in Madison?

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Just created this article!

Hey all, just created this article. I was inspired by the list of non-water floods, and I figured this topic had ample sourcing. Please let me know if you have any suggestions! I used NewspaperARCHIVE.com through the Wikipedia Library and found a few newspaper sources, but I'm on the lookout for more news sources from 1991. Thanks! Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 18:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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 Lightburst talk 01:17, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Wisconsin Butter Fire created a river of melted butter in Madison? Source: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/05/11/over-20-m-lbs-commodities-lost-great-butter-fire-1991/9650051002/
- ALT1: ... that the Wisconsin Butter Fire, which led to a flood of butter, was called the biggest commercial fire in state history? Source: https://madison.com/wsj/huge-grease-fire-was-a-hot-mess/article_acfce336-15d1-11e0-ba15-001cc4c002e0.html
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- Comment: Due to a busy week, I didn't nominate this article until now. I've missed the 7-day deadline but only by a few hours, so I figured I'd nominate anyway just in case you can make an exception! I love this topic and I think it would be a great addition to DYK! Thanks in advance for taking the time to read it

Created by Crunchydillpickle (talk). Self-nominated at 15:08, 10 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Wisconsin Butter Fire; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Here's a fun alt I though could be a winner, haha:

ALT2 ... that a 1991 flood of dairy and processed meats got "butter in places a guy shouldn't have butter"? Source: https://tonemadison.com/articles/butter-where-butter-shouldnt-be/--Cerebral726 (talk) 15:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:42, 10 October 2023 (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: None required.

Overall: Appears to meet all the criteria. No QPQ needed. I really like ALT2 and suggest we run with it. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:14, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I know I am being a killjoy but promotion of ALT0 seems the best option. No objection to anyone starting a DYKtalk discussion about ALT2. Lightburst (talk) 01:16, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]