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A fact from Anschlag Russian espionage plot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 October 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Russian spy couple used comments on Cristiano Ronaldo YouTube videos to send coded messages to Moscow?

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... that a Russian spy couple used the comments on Cristiano Ronaldo's YouTube videos to send coded messages to Moscow which appeared harmless to casual viewers?

Source: https://www.voxnews.al/english/kosovabota/spiunet-e-putinit-perdornin-videot-e-ronaldos-ne-youtube-per-te-dergu-i87893

ALT1: ... that a Russian spy couple used the comments on Cristiano Ronaldo's YouTube videos to send coded messages to Moscow? Source: https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/espioes/cristiano-ronaldo/como-os-espioes-russos-utilizavam-videos-de-cristiano-ronaldo-no-youtube-para-passar-informacoes-ao-kremlin/20250810/6895e1ffd34e3f0baea16c02
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Created by Raydann (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 16:42, 20 September 2025 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, but 39.4% similarity, per EarWig; fix that. Otherwise, I'd pick the reliably-sourced ALT1 which I prefer to also reliably-sourced ALT0. Fix the aformentioned. Roast (talk) 02:44, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Raydann:. Roast (talk) 22:20, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Raydann: I will reject this if you don't respond by October 3rd (September 30 where I am currently). Roast (talk) 03:40, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Roast, my sincere apologies. I just got back. Please give me one more day to fix the issue. I will let you know as soon as I've fixed it. ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 20:01, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Roast (talk) 20:55, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Roast, thank you so much for being patient with me. I have fixed the 39% copyvio similarity. The other sources are similar only because the article contains direct quotes and some commonly used vocab. There shouldn't be any violation now. ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 07:54, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer ALT1. Roast (talk) 14:21, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Roast, ALT1 works for me. What would be the next step? ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 19:48, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Raydann: Wait. In some days or weeks, it'll be added to a queue and will appear on the front page, bar any concerns presented by other editors. Roast (talk) 20:30, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Roast, understood. Thank you! ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 20:47, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]