A fact from The Farmer (song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:07, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that Thin Lizzy's debut single only sold 283 copies? Source: "The Farmer came out on 31 July and managed to sell 283 copies" (Thin Lizzy, Alan Byrne, SAF Publishing 2006, ISBN 978-0-946-71981-5. p. 32)
Overall: The hook isn't the hookiest possible. Perhaps something like "...that although only 283 copies of Thin Lizzy's debut single were sold on release, they have more recently been valued at around £800 each?" What do you think, Ritchie333? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:46, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds too long / wordy, and the source is from 2006, so not particularly recent. Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 10:58, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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The hook isn't the hookiest possible. Perhaps something like "...that although only 283 copies of Thin Lizzy's debut single were sold on release, they have more recently been valued at around £800 each?" What do you think, Ritchie333? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:46, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
I guess the current hook will have to do then. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:50, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
