This article was nominated for deletion on 6 November 2023. The result of the discussion was keep.
A fact from Beegum, California appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination?
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Sources needed re: California post office history[edit]
The Hislop & Hughes pamphlet, "Tehama County Place Names", cites two sources for the Beegum post offices dates and history:
Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices, Philatelic Research Society, Pacific Rotaprinting Company, Oakland, California, 1955.
Salley, H.E., History of California Post Offices, 1849 – 1976, Postal History Associates, Inc., La Mesa, California, 1977.
If anyone has access to these books, could you please confirm what exactly each of them says about the Beegum post office? Cielquiparle (talk) 00:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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 Bruxtontalk 16:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination? Source: Sacramento Union
ALT1: ... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, the Sacramento Union suggested they rename their hamlets? Source: Sacramento Union
Overall: Everything looks alright. Both hooks work, though @Cielquiparle: maybe change it to was vetoed, the Sacramento Union a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination – is the Sacramento Union an important enough paper that its relevant to mention in the hook? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11: Good suggestion for simplifying the hook (thus giving readers more of a reason to click through and find out more). Have tweaked ALT0 accordingly. Cielquiparle (talk) 00:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]