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A fact from The New-England Courant appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The New-England Courant has been noted as the first newspaper to publish a writing by Benjamin Franklin?

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Article rewrite

After many years of remaining a largely un-cited article, with a number of highly questionable un-cited statements, it would seem a rewrite is in order, which has been commenced on this day. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 00:08, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:38, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The New-England Courant is noted by historians as the first newspaper to publish anything ever written by Benjamin Franklin? Sources: Drake, 1856, p. 564; Isaacson, 2003, p. 22
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nothgottes
- Comment: * Four minor edits were made by me on November 24 & 26, but the constant expansion was initiated three weeks later on December 17. — Statement and sources supporting hook are found in the 1st paragraph of the 'Legacy' section.

5x expanded by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 21:05, 21 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article was nominated within 7 days of expansion. Article has more than 1,500 words in prose, with proper inline citations. Wording is neutral. Earwig has a 28.1% match but only because of certain quotes used and cited properly, as well as the title of the newspaper; plagiarism is unlikely. AGF on print sources. QPQ still needs to be done. Hook is good. lullabying (talk) 04:17, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ completed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:30, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- The QPQ was the only issue noted in the review above, so I think this is now good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tweaked ALT0 to T:DYK/P4