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A fact from Benjamin Karim appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Benjamin Karim introduced Malcolm X at the event at which he was assassinated?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that an aide to Malcolm X did not know that black history existed prior to meeting Malcolm?

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213222035/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-06-me-karim6-story.html

- ALT1: ... that Benjamin Karim introduced Malcolm X at the event where he was assassinated? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213222035/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-06-me-karim6-story.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rajeev Bhattacharyya
- Comment: I prefer ALT1 to ALT0.

Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 38 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 19:00, 26 April 2026 (UTC).Reply

@Guerreroast: New reviewer here.

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:

No outstanding issues with the article that I could spot. The first hook, in my opinion, is just slightly more interesting than ALT1. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 18:01, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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