A fact from Marco Streng appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Marco Streng's Genesis Group has a bitcoin mine in Iceland?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:23, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
... that Marco Streng's Genesis Group has a bitcoin mine in Iceland? Source: Source missing
ALT1: ... that German cryptocurrency miner Marco Streng had to close down his first operation when the electricity bill arrived? Source: Source missing
Overall: ALT1 is most interesting, ALT0 is not catchy. Added some cats/made some ce edits. Whispyhistory has contributed 3 wikilinks to this article and Edwardx made a copyedit to the article so I have striken them as nominators. If they expand this article further, they can be considered co-nominators. ~riley(talk) 02:47, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Added wikilink to cryptocurrency in ALT1. ~riley(talk) 07:12, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that adding the source in the nomination is optional. It's in the article which I assume you have read. You are wrong about the first hook. It will have wide appeal. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:23, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Source in the nomination is strongly encouraged and only takes a second of your time. "You are wrong" is definitely one way to lead into a response... Appeal/catchyness is relative and subjective. Although ALT0 is interesting, ALT1 is both interesting and relates to the reader - anyone that has owned a house can understand the stress of a high electricity bill. Just my 2 cents.. QPQ is now done, thanks to Whispyhistory. ~riley(talk) 17:14, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I deliberately don't add them because they make the noms harder to read. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I am reinstating Whispyhistory, I hope you don't mind but I think they have done enough now including providing the QPQ. I think they have earned a credit. Perhaps Edwardx will add more too. We should be generous in this area. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:42, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I came by to promote this, but you need a citation for the birthdate. According to footnote 2, he was 27 in 2013, which doesn't line up with being born in 1989. Yoninah (talk) 19:04, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That piece was written in 2016 about a 27 year who did something in 2013. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:16, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Founded in 2013 by 27-year-old Marco Streng means he was born in 1986. Yoninah (talk) 19:18, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I found and added another cite for the birth year. Yoninah (talk) 19:21, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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ALT1 is most interesting, ALT0 is not catchy. Added some cats/made some ce edits. Whispyhistory has contributed 3 wikilinks to this article and Edwardx made a copyedit to the article so I have striken them as nominators. If they expand this article further, they can be considered co-nominators. ~riley (talk) 02:47, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but you need a citation for the birthdate. According to footnote 2, he was 27 in 2013, which doesn't line up with being born in 1989. Yoninah (talk) 19:04, 24 December 2019 (UTC)