Talk:Barnet Common

A fact from Barnet Common appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on Barnet Common, Samuel Pepys had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2021/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barnet Common.

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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.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 16:25, 27 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Barnet Physic Well

... that after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on Barnet Common, Samuel Pepys had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?
- ALT1:... that ...?

Reviewed: Alpheus armatus
Comment: May be able to get a better picture shortly

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 22:12, 13 July 2021 (UTC).Reply

article is new enough, long enough, no obvious copyvio. Hook is interesting, entertaining even, not too long and the QPQ checks out so this is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:43, 15 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

New picture added just before the heavens opened and it purged down. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:00, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

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