Talk:Luna Park, Alexandria

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A fact from Luna Park, Alexandria appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Luna Park opened in 1906, the first program included "comedy sheep"?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 15:39, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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... that when Luna Park, Alexandria opened in 1906 the opening program included "comedy sheep"? Source: Trained comedy sheep
- ALT1: ... that in 1906 four trained elephants escaped from Luna Park in Virginia leaving a trail of devastation? Source: On the morning of Aug. 21, the four elephants escaped. Annie was quickly caught. The others headed toward Alexandria, where they smashed a barn, decimated a cornfield and trampled a graveyard.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wildlife of Sudan

Improved to Good Article status by David Fuchs (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 19:12, 11 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Luna Park, Alexandria; 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
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:

QPQ: Done.

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@Bruxton: Good article. AGF on offline sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:50, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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