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A fact from Potomac-class frigate appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 July 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Potomac-class frigates(example pictured) were built slowly for the sake of quality, only for the last ships to be outdated by the time they were finished?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that the Potomac-class frigates (example pictured) were intentionally built slowly for the sake of quality, only for the last ships to be outdated by the time they were finished decades later?
Source: "The Navy built these ships slowly and carefully, completing the frigates when they were needed for active service...Designed as a class, the ships varied significantly between the first launched craft and the last - reflecting 30 years of progress in naval architecture...The final ships completed, the Santee and Sabine, were obsolete when launched...
Sabine: Laid down: 1823....Commissioned: 8 June 1861"
Quotes from pages 13 and 40 of American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826 by by Mark Lardas and Tony Bryan
Overall: @GGOTCC: Article passes most of the DYK criteria. I personally find the hook to be pretty funny so I think it would be great for DYK. The only problem with it is that it appears to be over 200 bytes. Is there a way this can be cut down a little? Unless the "(example pictured)" doesn't count to the byte count? PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 15:37, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PizzaKing13: Thank you for the review! I am a bit confused - I count 181 characters. WP:DYK200 states that (pictured) does not count, but the number applies to the number of letters, not bytes. Am I misunderstanding your question? GGOTCC16:09, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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@GGOTCC: Article passes most of the DYK criteria. I personally find the hook to be pretty funny so I think it would be great for DYK. The only problem with it is that it appears to be over 200 bytes. Is there a way this can be cut down a little? Unless the "(example pictured)" doesn't count to the byte count? PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 15:37, 4 July 2025 (UTC)