A fact from Virginia Kirkus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 December 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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"Then and Now: Virginia Kirkus, the lives of children, and our new web site", Kirkus Reviews 70.2 (January 15, 2002), p. 61 – "Reflects on the article featured in the October 1999 issue of 'Horn Book' magazine about Virginia Kirkus" [2]
"Kirkus, Virginia", Pennsylvania Center for the Study of the Book (pabook.librarires.psu.edu) – "This biography was prepared by Erin Peterman, Spring 2009."
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 Yoninah (talk) 13:12, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Converted from a redirect by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]
For ALT2, she had left the bookshop service in the early 1960s before it was renamed to kirkus reviews in 1969. Same with ALT1 as it wasn't named Kirkus Reviews while she was there. Also, the date is a day off cause I wasn't finished until november 4th UTC time. For the lead, I'm not sure if I should either quote "bookshop service" or not as it was named Virginia Kirkus Bookshop Service. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:46, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Article is new and long enough. QPQ has been completed. No concerning pings on Earwigs. Hooks are sourced and short enough for DYK; I think ALT1 is the most interesting, though I don't think "bookshop service" needs to be italicized in this context. Morgan695 (talk) 02:28, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Article is new and long enough. QPQ has been completed. No concerning pings on Earwigs. Hooks are sourced and short enough for DYK; I think ALT1 is the most interesting, though I don't think "bookshop service" needs to be italicized in this context. Morgan695 (talk) 02:28, 13 November 2019 (UTC)