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A fact from Lotte Ledl appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 December 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lotte Ledl, who played characters at the Vienna Burgtheater, in Heimatfilme, in literature adaptations and in crime series, was awarded an honorific title at the age of 89?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lotte Ledl.

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 15:31, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ledl c. 1952

... that Lotte Ledl (pictured), who played characters at the Vienna Burgtheater, in Heimatfilm, literature adaptations and crime series, was awarded an honorific title at age 89? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Lewis House (Tallahassee, Florida)
- Comment: I wish I knew how to summarize the types of characters described in the sources. Look. (She talks about her first film that she didn't like when she saw it but says that she made five more the following year.)

5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2155 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:23, 12 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

– Thank you for improving this interesting article. It is long enough, and was recently expanded. I see no obvious issues with sourcing or copyright. I have made three minor corrections to the hook. The normal spelling is 'honorific' (not 'honourific'), even in British English, and this word takes 'an', not 'a'. I have also rendered Heimatfilm in italic type per MOS:NONENGITALIC.
I think the hook is interesting; upon reading it, I rushed to see what sort of title could possibly have been awarded in a country that made noble titles illegal ages ago! I wonder, however, about how the article discusses the title. Currently, the title's granting is mentioned only in the lead and the list of awards. I think that it would be better to mention this is in the body of the article, and to contextualise it, i.e. indicate its significance to the reader. Is this something that can be arranged? Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 07:14, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for a thorough review including hook improvement. I'll add a bit after nominating a singer to RD. Problem is that while we have an article Kammersänger, and everybody seems to understand it without explanation, a similar article for actors' similar title [de] is missing here (although the list in German is short, and I'd conclude that it means more to get it than for the singers). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. One sentence in the body of the article to explain who awarded the title – is it the Austrian president or culture minister? – and why would likely satisfy the reader. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 09:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added a bit, including her funny response. Please feel free to rephrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me! I took the liberty of making a few minor adjustments. In any case, I think this is ready for DYK. Thank you for your hard work. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 10:37, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This has been unpromoted for two weeks and has passed WP:DYKTIMEOUT, so I'm rejecting this.--Laun chba ller 02:54, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK has become a place where knowledge about a venerated woman, unusually honoured at age 89, is not wanted. Anybody to promote it? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:54, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]