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On 3 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Weight plate, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 45-pound (20 kg) weight plates have been known to weigh as little as 38 pounds (17 kg) or as much as 59 pounds (27 kg)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Weight plate. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Weight plate), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Adding nepali wikipedia

Hello sir, If I search on english wikipedia about Nepali wikipedia it will redirect us into wikipedi article please fix it and create a page on Nepali wikipedia. Thankyouपर्वत सुबेदी (talk) 16:43, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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