A fact from Hindiya Barrage appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 August 2010 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that it was feared that the Hindiya Barrage on the Euphrates could not fulfill its function? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/August.

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The article states "...the dam was eventually destroyed..." but later the article states "...the old dam was left in place..." Was this old dam the remains of the old dam or the dams referred to in "...old river bed was closed off by dams"? -- NortyNort (Holla) 16:30, 1 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Hadn't seen that one. Should be fixed now. Thanks! -- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 16:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC) reply