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A fact from Oak Industries appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Oak Industries was the largest American maker of TV tuning dials in 1980?
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ALT1: ... that Oak Industries, originally a manufacturer of electrical switches, started a subscription TV service in the late 1970s and purchased two makers of railroad maintenance equipment in the 1980s? Source: Switches: 0; Subscription TV: 1 ; Railroad maint.: 23
ALT3: ... that shareholders accused Oak Industries of purposely holding its 1984 annual meeting in a small town in upstate New York to discourage them from attending? Source: [1] (Young 1992 in article)
Overall: @DigitalIceAge good article. QPQ is done, article is new and long enough, and its hook is good. I'm going to assume good faith due to the offline source however Im still approving the hooks due to the fact that it's good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:56, 1 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
@DigitalIceAge 
good article. QPQ is done, article is new and long enough, and its hook is good. I'm going to assume good faith due to the offline source however Im still approving the hooks due to the fact that it's good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:56, 1 October 2022 (UTC)