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A fact from Leedy Manufacturing Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Leedy Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, was at one point the largest manufacturer of drums in the world?
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Still not seeing which source says Leedy Manufacturing Company was the largest manufacturer of *percussion instruments* in the world. One source says it was the largest *drum manufacturer* in the world. Another source has been added that says Leedy was making both drums and other percussion instruments. Synthesizing those two facts to conclude that it was thus the largest manufacturer of percussion instruments in the world is not OK per WP:SYNTH, and should be reverted. Cielquiparle (talk) 02:57, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
It's not WP:SYNTH at all. The added source says it's "the largest manufacturer [...] including all varieties of percussion instruments". And besides, as I've already pointed out, being the largest drum company would make you the largest percussion manufacturer by default. (That isn't original research or "synthesis", it's just blatantly true.) (Edit: Here's another source using the term percussion [1]) Why? I Ask (talk) 03:01, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
Not disputing whether or not it's true; just whether we have the sources to verify the claim. The sentence says: It is the world's largest manufacturer of drums and drummers' traps, including all varieties of percussion instruments. Strictly speaking, that's not the same as "world's largest manufacturer of percussion instruments". Cielquiparle (talk) 03:11, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
No, that's quite literally what they meant; I don't understand your reading of that sentence. I also linked another source that says percussion (alongside that one Hawaiian music book that uses the term percussion which I linked in an earlier conversation). But besides, as I've pointed out, when you look at the historical context, the term "drum" was a catch-all for "percussion" (as keyboard percussion was still a fledgling to the public; the colloquial definition isn't always the same as the formal). But what do I know; I've only asked the historians that wrote these books personally. It's also quite silly to dispute it if you think it's true. Why? I Ask (talk) 03:16, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
I've literally provided three sources that say percussion. (Edit): Oh wait, I'm dumb. I forgot the tagline for the first Cook book was Fascinating story [...] drum company that became the world's largest manufacturer of percussion equipment. If you have any questions that Cook may be biased, I'd like to preemptively make it clear that he's covered the Ludwigs in even greater detail (who would gladly take that claim). Why? I Ask (talk) 03:18, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
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