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A fact from Lloyd George envelope appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the bad handwriting of British doctors has been blamed on the small size of their medical-record envelopes?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lloyd George envelope.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that an envelope named for British former Prime Minister was sized according to the surplus of First World War ammunition boxes? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Patrick Berry

Created by Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lloyd George envelope; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

ALT1 ...that British medical record envelopes were small and encouraged humorous abbreviations such as FLK ("funny looking kid")? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2 ...that the bad handwriting of British doctors has been blamed on the small size of their medical record envelopes? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ALT3 ...that British medical record envelopes were printed in red for males and blue for females? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article's in good shape, new enough, long enough - if you didn't see, there's an option for "created from redirect" haha. Earwig's happy, QPQ's done, I checked the source, so good to go. I think ALT2's probably the best, as it combines the stereotype so is more recognisable. Frzzl talk; contribs 19:10, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think Alt1 is probably the funniest. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fine - in the end, all of them are in good shape, so it's the promoters choice when all is said and done. Frzzl talk; contribs 22:59, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]