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A fact from José de la Cruz Mena appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that José de la Cruz Mena, who contracted leprosy at the age of 21 and was blind at 26, was described as "the pre-eminent Nicaraguan composer of his time"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/José de la Cruz Mena.

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:07, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that although José de la Cruz Mena contracted leprosy at the age of 21 and was blind at 26, he became "the pre-eminent Nicaraguan composer of his time"? Source: [1], [2]
- ALT1:~~... that José de la Cruz Mena was not sent to a leper colony after contracting leprosy when he dedicated three musical compositions to the President of Nicaragua?~~ Source: [3]

Comment: IOU QPQ.

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:22, 18 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting statements about a composer, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the original hook better. Reading, I felt like trimming, such as just saying "President" instead of "the President of Nicaragua", but am afraid we would get too short then. I miss what his music was like, and statements like "the greatest" thus hang in the air. The German article has much more, including that much of his output was burnt because fear of infection. Can you help us to a bit more, please? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I don't read german or spanish (particularly unsourced content), so not sure where that information is going to come from. The English language sources I have for this one go into little more detail. If you did a character count, the article could afford to lose 200 characters so it's not exactly gonna fall below if you just cut a few words. Will endeavor to complete a qpq shortly. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:01, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ'd Template:Did you know nominations/Perry F. Rockwood Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:13, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the qpq. If your sources don't have more, accepted.

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]