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A fact from François Dominique Séraphin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 August 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that François Dominique Séraphin developed and popularised shadow plays in 18th-century France?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/François Dominique Séraphin.

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Séraphin's career began 15 years later than is supposed, and he has little or no importance in the development of ombres chinoises

Proofs based on contemporary published accounts, as opposed to the undocumented, late-19th-century sources used here: http://elorganillero.com/blog/2017/09/12/on-a-french-penchant-for-inventing-things-already-in-existence-elsewhere/?lang=en Kalebeul (talk) 07:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]