A fact from War against the potato beetle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Too much focus on propaganda, too little on actual reasons for the campaignedit
Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
The potato beetle started to spread during the time where were insecticides weren't widespread and its influence on potato producing countries was severe. While of course the campaign was reinforced by propaganda,there were sound rational reasons for fighting its spread.
--MyMoloboaccount (talk) 18:35, 22 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Sure. This is still a work in progress. I wrote the propaganda part first because it was more fun to write (I knew someone was going to 'tone down the language'! Oh well) I was planning on adding info on both the actual infestation and damage as well as modern situation, just haven't gotten around to it yet. Volunteer Marek 01:28, 23 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
