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A fact from WNVL appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1958 promotion by Nashville radio station WKDA, in which a "purple people eater" climbed a hotel sign, prompted the police chief to ask the station "never to pull a trick" like it again?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by DanCherek (talk) 15:59, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 1958 promotion by Nashville radio station WKDA, in which a "purple people eater" climbed a hotel sign, prompted the police chief to ask the station to "never to pull a trick" like it again? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71836261/pilot-purple-eater-scolded-by-hosse/
- ALT1:... that Nashville radio station WKDA was among the first to call its disc jockeys "Good Guys" in the late 1950s? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71839716/oh-where-have-the-good-guys-gone/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest

5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 01:22, 24 February 2021 (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:

Impressive expansion, QPQ done, and nothing from Earwig. Giving this the tick, with preference for ALT0. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]