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A fact from Odyssey (George Chapman translation) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that someone accused George Chapman of basing his translation of the Odyssey on a Latin translation, and in return he called his accuser an "envious Windfucker" in the preface?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 17:05, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when someone accused George Chapman of basing his translation of the Odyssey on a Latin translation, he called them an "envious Windfucker" in the preface?

Source: He also expressed loathing for an "envious Windfucker" who spread rumours that Chapman based his translation on an existing Latin translation instead of the original Greek.

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Created by ImaginesTigers (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 21:19, 16 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

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@ImaginesTigers: Recently created, no unsourced materials, and no grammatical or spelling errors. I made some minor copyedits. The hook is really good. Nice job. Jon698 (talk) 02:49, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since I've somewhat contributed to the article, I don't think I can review it, but I will suggest an alternative hook:

...that George Chapman called a person who spread rumors about his translation of the Odyssey an "envious Windfucker"?

―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:54, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Howardcorn33: The rumours have more than a bit of truth to them, so I'm not sure about this one. — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 22:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

then perhaps: ...that George Chapman called a critic of his translation of the Odyssey an "envious Windfucker"? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:43, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I like mine because it's funny to me that he did it in the preface. Can see what others think. — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 22:47, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with any of the above hooks tbh ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:50, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]