A fact from USS Maine Mast Memorial appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 June 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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this is a truly great article. one question, though; why are so many historical details for the sinking of the USS Maine and its aftermath located here? it seems to me that the article should be renamed "Sinking of USS MAine and aftermath," or something similar? Anyway, no big deal. nice work. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:23, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Because the creation of the memorial doesn't make sense without discussing the fielf of the dead who're buried there. And since that was a highly complex process, it was discussed. I agree, the article is long, and perhaps needs to be broken in two. Go do it; be bold! :) - Tim1965 (talk) 16:02, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
