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A fact from Bootles' Baby appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 October2025(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Bootles' Baby's author's baby was Bootles?
Latest comment: 10 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion
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... that Bootles' Baby's author's baby was Bootles? Source: "His mother Henrietta was a novelist ... in 1885 her novel ‘Bootles Baby: a story of the Scarlet Lancers’ first appeared ... Eliot, known as ‘Bootles’ to his family..." Macdonald 2013
ALT1: ... that Edison Studios doubled the length of their Bootles' Baby adaptation after a competing British film was released? Source: "Edison released the one-reel Bootles’ Baby in 1910 ... four years later, in 1914, after London Film Company produced a British version of Bootles’ Baby, Edison reissued the title (as Bootle’s Baby, making the name singular), billing it as a “Two-Reel Edison Drama. An Improved Version of John Strange Winter’s Delightful Story.” Edison either remade the 1910 film or added new scenes to increase the length of the original" AFI Catalog -- doubled from one reel to two
Overall: Article was created on 22 August 2025 and is longer than 1,500 characters. It is fully sourced (with the acceptable exception of the plot synopsis), neutral and free of plagiarism. The hook is cited and interesting, particularly ALT0. The picture is free to use, is used in the article and clear at a small size. QPQ is done. The only comment I'd have on the article is that the lead section is too short, but it's not a blocker for DYK. Grnrchst (talk) 09:43, 26 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
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Article was created on 22 August 2025 and is longer than 1,500 characters. It is fully sourced (with the acceptable exception of the plot synopsis), neutral and free of plagiarism. The hook is cited and interesting, particularly ALT0. The picture is free to use, is used in the article and clear at a small size. QPQ is done. The only comment I'd have on the article is that the lead section is too short, but it's not a blocker for DYK. Grnrchst (talk) 09:43, 26 August 2025 (UTC)