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A fact from Julius Welschof appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that German factory worker Julius Welschof now plays in the National Football League?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 00:09, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that German factory worker Julius Welschof now plays in the National Football League?

Source: German factory NFL

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bianca Babb

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 177 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:35, 10 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - Not very interesting

QPQ: Done.

Overall: VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 03:41, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't think it interesting that someone went from being a factory worker in Germany to playing in the National Football League? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:48, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I think its subjective. Lots of NFL players come from unfortunately backgrounds. For example, Colin Kaepernick's mother put him up for adoption. But if you think its interesting, I'm fine. Do you think there is anything more interesting about Welschof? If not, I'll pass this nomination.VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 17:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - I kind of thought it interesting, especially as only 3% of NFL players are not American (i.e. being from a foreign country is rare by itself, but being from a foreign country + having such an occupation as factory worker even more rare which sounded interesting to me at least) – but if not, we might also be able to do something about Welschof not playing football until he was 16 in Germany and now being in the NFL – would that be any better? BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:41, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11 and Vice regent: As written, this would deserve ((lead too short)) - can this be expanded? (Also, is there another way of writing the last sentence?)--Laun chba ller 23:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]