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A fact from Wakidi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Wakidi sold a painting to the president of Indonesia for a bus ticket?

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 01:33, 28 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that Wakidi sold a painting to the President of Indonesia for a bus ticket?

Source: "Meninggal Dunia" [Died]. Tempo (in Indonesian). Vol. 9, no. 45. 5 January 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2026.

- ALT1: ... that West Sumatra's first modern painter, Wakidi, was Javanese? Source: Bruhn, Katherine L. (2018). "Community and the Rantau: West Sumatran Artists in Indonesia's Art World". Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia. 2 (2): 119–142. doi:10.1353/sen.2018.0004.
- ALT2: ... that Wakidi completed almost a thousand landscape paintings in his lifetime? Source: "Meninggal Dunia" [Died]. Tempo (in Indonesian). Vol. 9, no. 45. 5 January 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
- ALT3: ... that Wakidi completed almost a thousand landscape paintings in his lifetime while also working as a teacher? Source: "Meninggal Dunia" [Died]. Tempo (in Indonesian). Vol. 9, no. 45. 5 January 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zhao Leji

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 817 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:28, 25 July 2026 (UTC).Reply

Nominated within a few hours of creation. Long enough, neutral, reliably sourced, and copyvio-free article. QPQ has been provided. All hooks are pretty strong and punchy constructions whose facts appear in the article and are verifiable. I think ALT0 and ALT2 are my favorites but they are all good to go.--N Ø 12:19, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply