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A fact from William Riches appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 January 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that former academic William Riches declared his home an independent nation in 2017, in protest against Brexit?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Riches.

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The result was: promoted by TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 23:38, 21 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that in 2017, former academic William Riches declared his home an independent nation in protest of Brexit?

Source: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/passport-middlewatch-academic-declares-home-203396

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Created by Zxilef (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

FloblinTheGoblin (talk) 01:34, 13 January 2026 (UTC).Reply

Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, presentable, citation is good for hook, the hook is short enough, and interesting, no images, no QPQ required, and there are no other issues. Good to go, congratulations! Delcoan (talk) 01:16, 14 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Delcoan: Are you confirming that the article will be in the did you know section of the main page? Zxilef (talk) 03:00, 19 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Preliminary approval, yes, but it will still need one other person to come and give a second thumbs up. Typically, this occurs without any problems, and they will give a check if all looks good. Expect this in about 3 to 4 weeks. Delcoan (talk) 15:53, 19 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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