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A fact from Wilson Starbuck appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Wilson Starbuck's play Sea Dogs was staged in 1939 it "contained some of the foulest language heard on Broadway" at that point in history?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:03, 24 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that when Wilson Starbuck's play Sea Dogs was staged in 1939 it "contained some of the foulest language heard on Broadway" at that point in history?

Source: Bordman, Gerald (1996). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969. Oxford University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780195358087.

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Directorate General of Higher Education

Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 105 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 23:03, 4 February 2025 (UTC).Reply

New enough and long enough. QPQ present. No textual issues. Hook fact checks out and is article; pretty interesting to me. Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 02:36, 20 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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