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A fact from Walter Corti appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland was established in 1946 after Walter Corti called for the establishment of a village for orphans of World War II?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland was established in 1946 after Walter Corti called for the establishment of a village for orphans of World War II? Source: in August, 1944-thoughtful Swiss men and woman were reading an article that was to change the live of hundreds of children. World War II was still taking its toll. The destruction of that conflict weighed heavily on Walter Robert Corti, the author of the now famous article. ... Thus Pestalozzi Children's Village was founded in Switzerland. ... Building started in 1946. [1] Villages of Peace; The Elementary School Journal Vol. 65, No. 4 (Jan., 1965), pp. 184-189

ALT1 ... that after Walter Corti wrote an article in which he demanded the establishment of a village for orphans of World War II, the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland was founded in 1946? Source: in August, 1944-thoughtful Swiss men and woman were reading an article that was to change the live of hundreds of children. World War II was still taking its toll. The destruction of that conflict weighed heavily on Walter Robert Corti, the author of the now famous article. ... Thus Pestalozzi Children's Village was founded in Switzerland. ... Building started in 1946. [2] Villages of Peace; The Elementary School Journal Vol. 65, No. 4 (Jan., 1965), pp. 184-189

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
- Comment: source is accessible over the wikipedia library.

Created by Paradise Chronicle (talk). Self-nominated at 23:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

It was new and long enough. I fall short of the requirements in order to see the hook source, but I will AGF. FYI: I am pretty much unable to confirm any of the references in the other linked article "Pestalozzi Children's Village". I think if we link to it, in the hook (especially first) it should be gone over carefully and reworked. I spot checked the inline citations in the Walter Corti article and found it was difficult to confirm a few. I did add one template for ^{[citation needed]}. Cpyvio detector will not work on most of the article's references. The hook is interesting - the article could use some paragraph breaks for readability. We may consider changing the hook to lead with Walter Corti? Bruxton (talk) 21:24, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review. I have tried to verify the source myself but only found the localities Montana and Clavadel in the google preview, not the Winterthur Glossar itself. I therefore prefer to just use the source that mentions sanatoriums and hospitals and mention health facilities in the article. I also divided the paragraphs in several sections and added ALT1.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:07, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Paradise Chronicle: Thanks

- Perhaps we can address the other article which is not up for DYK - because it will be getting many clicks when this DYK runs. If I have to choose one... ALT0 is less clunky than ALT1. Perhaps because the date of the founding does not fit the sentence structure of ALT1. I added to the lead, and will now seek a photo. Bruxton (talk) 00:28, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, yes you are right, there is quite some info on the village in some article I have read. Even more after a quick google search.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 04:10, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]