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A fact from Matilda Nildén appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 January 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that footballer Matilda Nildén went viral after being unexpectedly soaked by stadium sprinklers during a live halftime TV interview?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/ Matilda Nildén.

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The result was: promoted by Zzz plant (talk) 17:30, 26 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Matilda Nildén

... that footballer Matilda Nildén (pictured) went viral after being unexpectedly soaked by stadium sprinklers during a live halftime TV interview?

Source: Ekuriren, Expressen

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Created by 24Anonymous (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

24Anonymous (talk) 19:11, 31 December 2025 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is new and long enough, properly sourced and written neutrally, Earwig shows 0% likelihood of plagiarism, hook is interesting and cited, image is free, used in the article and clear, QPQ is unnecessary. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 07:31, 5 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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