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A fact from James Patrick Shea appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 June 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that James Patrick Shea thought that an invitation to meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the White House was a hoax?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Patrick Shea.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that James Patrick Shea thought a 2008 invitation to meet with Benedict XIV at the White House was a hoax and "put it in the same place I put emails with offers for Viagra"?

Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bismarck-tribune-priest-thought-pope/172378190/

ALT1: ... that James Patrick Shea was the youngest college president in the United States upon being appointed as the president of the University of Mary at the age of 34? Source: https://fargoinc.com/the-path-of-monsignor-james-shea/
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick Rondel

Created by Maximilian775 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Maximilian775 (talk) 21:38, 14 May 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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good hook, made me laugh. However, you'll need to do a QPQ, since you've got 17 nominations already. Governor Sheng (talk) 08:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. Did the one I did at Frederick Rondel not go through? Maximilian775 (talk)

@ Governor Sheng, Following up on the above! Maximilian775 (talk) 18:30, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Governor Sheng: - @Maximilian775: has indeed completed a review, he just forgot to sign it.--Laun chba ller 11:55, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]