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A fact from The Silent Patient appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the novel The Silent Patient was inspired by the Athenian tragedy Alcestis?

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The result was: promoted by Seven Pandas (talk) 23:06, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the novel The Silent Patient was inspired by the Athenian tragedy Alcestis? Source:[1]

Reviewed: Edith L. Williams

Created by GinaJay (talk). Self-nominated at 16:24, 18 July 2020 (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: None required.

Overall:

The hook is very engaging, the article is long enough and reads pleasantly. No copyright violations detected. I highly recommend archiving the web sources. QPQ review not required, user has less than 5 DYK credits. Article is good to go. ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 10:48, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]