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A fact from J. Elroy McCaw appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that J. Elroy McCaw feigned losing his wallet to make women pay for meals at restaurants?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 14:26, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that J. Elroy McCaw went from "owning almost as many things as organized religion" to having an insolvent estate? Source: Kenyon, J. Michael (May 22, 1969). "New Image for Channel 13". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. 40. + Corr, O. Casey (April 4, 1993). "Money from thin air". The Seattle Times. pp. A1. Available on request.
- ALT1: ... that an incident in which J. Elroy McCaw was escorted, unauthorized, to a United States National Security Council meeting was dramatized in a novel? Source: [1]
- ALT2: ... that J. Elroy McCaw was known to have feigned losing his wallet to make women pay for meals at restaurants? Source: https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Rocking-America-Sklar-1984.pdf (p. 11)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alfredo Frohlich
- Comment: A colorful man indeed.

Moved to mainspace by Sammi Brie (talk) and Nathan Obral (talk). Nominated by Sammi Brie (talk) at 00:35, 20 October 2022 (UTC).[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.

Overall:

@Sammi Brie: Great article!

Im going to have to assume good faith on the offline sources and proceed on. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]