Talk:Shantaram Siddi

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A fact from Shantaram Siddi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Shantaram Siddi is the first Indian legislator of African descent?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Shantaram Siddi.

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Shantaram Siddi is the first Indian legislator of African descent? Source: "Meet Karnataka MLC Shantaram Siddi - first legislator of African descent in India"[1]

Created by SignificantPBD (talk). Self-nominated at 20:34, 25 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Thank you for this article - this subject certainly deserves recognition. As this is your third DYK nom, no QPQ is needed. Storye book (talk) 09:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]