Template:Did you know nominations/Käty van der Mije-Nicolau

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 23:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Käty van der Mije-Nicolau[edit]

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... that the Romanian secret police Securitate forced chess player Alexandra Nicolau to promise to return to Romania after playing international tournaments until 1974, after which she immediately chose to stay in the Netherlands?

Reviewed: 1957 Valencia flood
Comment: I pipelinked the main article as her birthname was Alexandra Nicolau, this was also her name during the event mentioned in the hook. The current hook is too long, however I have difficulty in shortening it. Maybe someone is willing to offer suggestions.

Created by Crispulop (talk). Self nominated at 20:37, 15 November 2013 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. QPQ done. Foreign-language hook ref AGF. The hook is 224 characters, however. How about shortening it to:
ALT1: ... that chess champion Alexandra Nicolau had to promise the Romanian secret police that she would return to Romania after playing international tournaments? Yoninah (talk) 00:32, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Seems good to me. Thanks for your work on the article. Crispulop (talk) 18:17, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Since I didn't write a new hook, but only shortened the nominator's hook, I'm going ahead and approving it. Foreign-language hook ref AGF. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:21, 5 December 2013 (UTC)