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A fact from Sylvia Froos appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2022 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that child actress and singer Sylvia Froos was noted for her ability to mimic the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 18:39, 30 January 2022 (UTC) reply

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... that child actress and singer Sylvia Froos was noted for her ability to mimic the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers? Source: "Her mimicry of celebrated stars is irresistible and her personality is such as to win the most confirmed "grouch"...When a mere child, Baby Sylvia was forever impersonating characters she saw in the movies and on the vaudeville stage." - ( Just a Little Girl But a Big Attraction, The Ottawa Citizen)
- ALT1: ... that child actress Sylvia Froos claimed to have the record for number of arrests due to violating child labor laws in the 1920's? Source: "Sylvia claims some kind of a record for number of arrests because she started her stage career when she was seven years old and advocates of child labor laws pursued her." - ( Week-End Fare Brings Symphonies, Vocalists, The Akron Beacon Journal)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/D.I. Antoniou
- Comment: The article was moved from draftspace to mainspace with this edit.

Created by FloridaArmy ( talk) and Silver seren ( talk). Nominated by Silver seren ( talk) at 15:49, 27 January 2022 (UTC). reply

I like Alt2 as a hook better. Good article, but newspapers.com references. Not much you can do about it, seeing how its from a time long ago. Ready for DYK regardless of which hook you go with. Rlink2 ( talk) 18:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC) reply

Promoting the main hook (ALT0) to Prep 5 – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 18:39, 30 January 2022 (UTC) reply

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