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A fact from Ken Barrington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the England cricketer Ken Barrington died in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he had made his first Test century 21 years before?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/June.

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Too much information

He was a talented and significant cricketer, but 16,000 words seems to rank as TL:DR.

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 {{dyktalk|2 June|2011|entry=... that the [[England cricket team|England cricketer]] '''[[Ken Barrington]]''' died in [[Bridgetown, Barbados]], where he had made his first [[Century (cricket)#Test cricket centuries|Test century]] 21 years before?}}
+== Too much information ==
+He was a talented and significant cricketer, but 16,000 words seems to rank as TL:DR.