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A fact from Darwin (monkey) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2012, a "stylish but illegal monkey" was seen wandering a Toronto-area IKEA?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 08:50, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 2012, a "stylish but illegal monkey" was seen wandering a Toronto-area IKEA? Source: 1
- ALT1: ... that the "Ikea Monkey" now resides at an Ontario-based animal sanctuary, where he enjoys playing on a jungle gym and has a best friend named Maximus? Source: 2
- ALT2: ... that the former owner of the "Ikea Monkey" unsuccessfully sued for the animal to be returned to her, and later purchased two additional monkeys? Source: 3
- Reviewed: WNTA (1150 AM)

Created by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:06, 23 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Incredible. Wonderfully silly topic. Exactly the kind of thing I love to see on Wikipedia and I love that there's enough ongoing news coverage to make it meet WP:LASTING/WP:10YEARTEST. Original hook is by far the best, but the quote needs to be in the article first. Otherwise, article meets DYK length and newness requirements, no concerns about POV or CV, citations are good. Get the quote in there and this is an easy tick. (This isn't mandatory for DYK, but as a side note, I would suggest summarizing the lawsuits against the sanctuary in the lead. Also maybe a fair use photo of Darwin in his coat?) Cheers! ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Premeditated Chaos: Hi, quote has been added to article and QPQ has been completed. I've also added an image and noted the lawsuit in the lede. Morgan695 (talk) 04:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It gives me great joy to tick this off. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 06:33, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date?

The news articles about this event seem to indicate it happened on December 9, not December 10? Both the one cited and this one say it happened on Dec 9. 2600:4040:9CFD:DB00:84C4:7A9E:BF25:B3D (talk) 21:15, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Location

In the opening paragraph, the location is listed as North York, Ontario. North York is a borough of Toronto, but the city is not mentioned. Should the city not be mentioned here? Perhaps it should say "in North York, Toronto, Ontario" or "in North York, in Toronto, Ontario" WikidKev (talk) 23:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]