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A fact from Leon Hale appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Leon Hale, who would have turned 100 today, was rejected from the US Navy and the Marine Corps during World War II partly due to the odd placement of his eye?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leon Hale.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 20:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Leon Hale, who would have turned 100 today, was extolled for his writings by one of his instructors at Texas Tech University but given D grades due to his poor spelling? Source: Houston Chronicle
- ALT1:... that Leon Hale, who would have turned 100 today, was rejected from the US Navy and the Marine Corps during World War II partly due to the odd placement of his eye? Source: Houston Chronicle
- ALT2:... that Leon Hale, who would have turned 100 today, attempted to join the US Navy and the Marine Corps during World War II, having been an avid reader of the Horatio Hornblower novels? Source: Houston Chronicle

Reviewed: Second review of Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)
Comment: Please save for May 30, his 100th birthday (exactly eight weeks from now). Request to IAR the "six weeks in advance" rule. Eligible per Rule 1d, because it only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:09, 3 April 2021 (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:

Copyvio check brings up nearly 20% similarity for one of the Chronicle articles, but that's just because of quotes. Personal preference for the hook is ALT1. Zappa⚡Matic 08:15, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]