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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) 18:52, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Dewey Readmore Books

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  • ... that the obituary of library cat Dewey Readmore Books appeared in more than 270 national and international newspapers? Source: Myron, Vicki (2008). Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. New York City: Grand Central Publishing. pp. 294-95. "Over the next few days, that obituary ran in more than 270 newspapers. [...] Tomoko from Japanese Public Television wrote to tell us Dewey's death had been announced in Japan" ISBN 978-0-446-40741-0.

Improved to Good Article status by Canadian Paul (talk). Self-nominated at 13:24, 23 July 2017 (UTC).

  • Great. Given GA status within a week of its DYK submission; appropriate length; cited source taken in good faith and backed up by other sources. Owlsmcgee (talk) 22:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook fact doesn't have an inline cite in the article. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:39, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Oops, sorry I missed that. Fixed now. Canadian Paul 16:44, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
  • Great, thanks. Restoring tick per Owlsmcgee's review. Yoninah (talk) 18:39, 5 August 2017 (UTC)