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A fact from Worrall Reed Carter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Worrall Reed Carter wrote about beans, bullets and black oil?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Worrall Reed Carter wrote about beans, bullets and black oil? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/23/archives/admwr-carter-expert-on-supply-shaper-of-replenishment-at-sea.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harris Schurmeier

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 446 past nominations.

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:06, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:09, 25 June 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: Article looks good. Nice work. Though, to match the quote from the source, @Hawkeye7: shouldn't it be ... that Worrall Reed Carter wrote about "Beans, Bullets and Black Oil"? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:19, 25 June 2025 (UTC) I have removed the quotation marks. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:52, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:34, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]