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A fact from Söderala vane appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that although used as the weather vane of a church, the Söderala vane (pictured) was probably originally made for a Viking ship?

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 04:59, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Söderala vane

... that although used as the weather vane of a church, the Söderala vane (pictured) was probably originally made for a Viking ship? Source: Source (in Swedish)
ALT1:... that the Viking Age Söderala vane (pictured) has been buckled as a result of considerable violence, possibly during a battle? Source: Link, pp. 16-17 (in Swedish)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lyubomir Pipkov

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Self-nominated at 13:13, 14 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting piece of art, on few but good sources, Swedish sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I find the original easier to follow. The image is licensed and spares us many words. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Based on the file name (& info about the original image at Commons) shouldn't the caption read "Modern copy of the Söderala vane"? (Maybe some future Wikimedian can take a picture of the original for use in the various Wikipedias?)-- llywrch (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I made the article and the DYK, I didn't realise the picture was of a copy. I was unfortunately away when the DYK appeared. Anyway, I've changed the picture to one of the actual weather vane now. Yakikaki (talk) 11:10, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dimensions[edit]

I see no indications anywhere of the size of the object, whether it's three or eighteen inches wide or somewhere in between, do any of the sources specify it? – Athaenara ✉ 23:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]