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A fact from A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Terry Pratchett's earliest Discworld stories were posthumously found and published by two of his fans?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 20:28, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that early in his career Terry Pratchett had published short stories in newspapers, which remained unknown until they were posthumously discovered and republished in the 2023 book A Stroke of the Pen?

Source: "A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories – Like any collection of juvenilia, for committed fans only, but there's plenty here for them to enjoy". Kirkus Reviews. 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-10-12.

ALT1: ... that Terry Pratchett's earliest Discworld stories were discovered by two fans and republished in 2023 in the posthumous book A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories? Source: "A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories". Publishers Weekly. 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-08.
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Created by Al83tito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Al83tito (talk) 04:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article - Created 16 June, nominated 19 June: 4688 words: sources reliable, including source of hook: article is presentable. Hook - meets criteria of verifiability, interest and format. Good to go.Smerus (talk) 13:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]