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A fact from Wellbee appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 1960s, the Centers for Disease Control's Wellbee (pictured) encouraged Americans to get vaccinated against polio and diphtheria?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wellbee.

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Wellbee

Vaccinated? Get a Booster!

... that in 1960s America, the CDC's Wellbee (pictured), encouraged vaccination against polio and diphtheria? Source: Wellbee, a smiling round faced bumblebee..communicate the importance of immunization widely...part of CDC's effort supported by Vaccination Assistance Act of 1962...which resulted in a drop in cases of polio and diphtheria..[1][2]
ALT1... that in the 1960s, Wellbee (pictured) personified good health in the United States?
ALT2... that in the 1960s, Wellbee (pictured) encouraged American children to take the oral polio vaccine?
ALT3... that in the 1960s, Wellbee (pictured) encouraged vaccinated Americans to get boosted?

Philafrenzy (talk) 09:05, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

- Reviewed: John Land

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 06:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Note - the poster is for ALT3. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:21, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I shall review this. Storye book (talk) 17:11, 15 January 2022 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thank you Whispyhistory and Philafrenzy. No problem with this one. All the ALTs are fine, but I would suggest using just the cartoon bee picture for all four (or rather any of the four) and not the poster, which is not striking enough to work at DYK. Storye book (talk) 17:23, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]