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Great pic! But I'm thinking the proposed DYK hook could be held over for next year's April Fools. Any comments? Gatoclass ( talk) 23:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC) reply

I didn't think that the hook was so unbelievable that it would make a good April Fools Day hook. Anyway, issue is now dead as it's been used as a regular hook. Pic is not a free-use one, so couldn't be used for hook. Mjroots ( talk) 10:56, 1 May 2009 (UTC) reply