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A fact from Thomas J. Bray appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Hi 7&6=thirteen. There's no citation for the second paragraph of "early life and education". Also the article is a bit jumbled up: his death is mentioned towards the start of the "career" section and then again in the "death and legacy" section; I would suggest it sits better in the later section. For the hooks it seems strange to describe them as "local" rivers with no geographic context, maybe "Pennsylvanian rivers" is better? I don't think the statement "He was an influencer amongst the industrial leaders of the Mahoning River steel industry" in the lead is supported in the article. I don't quite make it a 5x expansion either (I count an increase from 778 to 3778 characters). Great save from AFD though so would be good to feature this in DYK - Dumelow (talk) 06:54, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good stuff 7&6=thirteen. AGF on hook sourcing, which I presume is in the NYT article (I couldn't see Bray mentioned in the JSTOR article). I've struck the "local rivers" hooks, otherwise all good - Dumelow (talk) 13:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]