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A fact from Wager Island appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that of the approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only a few dozens returned alive to England?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Cielquiparle (talk) 08:53, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Wreck of HMS Wager on Wager Island, 1741

... that of the 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only 36 men returned alive to England? Source: Layman, C. H. (2015). The Wager disaster: mayhem, mutiny and murder in the south seas. London: Uniform Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1910065501.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Beibeilong

Created by DiverDave (talk). Self-nominated at 01:46, 24 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Wager Island; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @DiverDave: Good article. But, there's quite a lot of uncited paragraphs that should be cited. Onegreatjoke (talk) 14:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

***@Onegreatjoke: I have removed all content lacking citations. I will add it back once I have located appropriate sources. DiverDave (talk) 12:20, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seems alright Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:11, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]