A fact from Solar eclipse of November 22, 1900 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a newspaper in Kentucky reported that the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900, would pass over Austria instead of Australia?
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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.
... that a newspaper in Kentucky said the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900 would pass over Austria instead of Australia? Source: "Page 4". Hopkinsville Kentuckian. Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 1900-11-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-31 – via Newspapers.com.
Overall: Appears to meet all the criteria. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:21, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Importance of a small local newspaper misidentifying the country?[edit]
I'm not sure why we're calling out a small local newspaper's mistake here. Have secondary sources remarked on the error? Ed[talk][OMT] 15:15, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree. Maybe tomorrow or when the "Did You Know?" section changes it can be removed. NotAMoleMan (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Mostly I think it bears at least some mention of why we're (otherwise seemingly arbitrary) ignoring the "Austria" thing in the source. It's just not true that it went over Austria -- it was thousands of miles away -- but the source is otherwise credible as to the details of what went on. Of course, on the other hand, it might be worth just removing the whole citation. It doesn't make a whole gigantic lot of difference to me. jp×g🗯️ 22:36, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]