Talk:Solar eclipse of November 22, 1900

A fact from Solar eclipse of November 22, 1900 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a newspaper in Kentucky reported that the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900, would pass over Austria instead of Australia?

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The result was: promoted by Fritzmann2002 talk 13:06, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a newspaper in Kentucky said the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900 would pass over Austria instead of Australia? Source: "Page 4". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 1900-11-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jim Rich
- Comment: Finally did a real one this time.

Created by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 31 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Solar eclipse of November 22, 1900; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:14, 31 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: Done.

Overall:

Appears to meet all the criteria. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:21, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Importance of a small local newspaper misidentifying the country?

I'm not sure why we're calling out a small local newspaper's mistake here. Have secondary sources remarked on the error? Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 15:15, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree. Maybe tomorrow or when the "Did You Know?" section changes it can be removed. NotAMoleMan (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly I think it bears at least some mention of why we're (otherwise seemingly arbitrary) ignoring the "Austria" thing in the source. It's just not true that it went over Austria -- it was thousands of miles away -- but the source is otherwise credible as to the details of what went on. Of course, on the other hand, it might be worth just removing the whole citation. It doesn't make a whole gigantic lot of difference to me. jp×g 🗯️ 22:36, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]