Talk:Shailaja Acharya

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:21, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Shailaja Acharya, who was a political prisoner for three years when still a teenager, went on to become Nepal's first woman deputy prime minister? Source: first DPM and three years, DOB, Jailed "in 2017" which is 1961-62 in Nepal's calendar
- ALT1:... that Nepal's first woman deputy prime minister, Shailaja Acharya, was Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala's aunt? Source: Hindustan Times

Reviewed: QPQ exempt

5x expanded by Usedtobecool (talk). Self-nominated at 12:52, 14 December 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral: - I think this can become more neutral. See comment below about use of term "freedom fighter". I also think the "legacy" section could become more neutral by adding in-text attribution. She was remembered "by x" as such and such.
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - Watch out for contentious labels like "freedom fighter" in the lead

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

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I like Alt0 better Enwebb (talk) 15:30, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Enwebb, Hello! Thank you for reviewing! I like the first one too. Second one is just in case generally more accessible is preferred. What I almost submitted, without any alts, was something like:

... that the Nepali girl who spent three years in jail for showing a black flag of protest to the king went on to become the country's first woman deputy prime minister?

I didn't think phrases like "the Nepali girl" or words like "girl" would be acceptable.

I have reworked the first paragraph of the legacy section as advised. As for the "freedom fighter", I realise how and why it's not exactly perfect. I just couldn't/can't come up with one word that would summarise the fact that she fought for democracy for 30 years peacefully and with arms, five of those in jail and nine more in exile, starting at teenage. This is important and deserves a word in the lead sentence. I put revolutionary in the lead and activist in the infobox. To summarise, I need help! Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 18:59, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Usedtobecool I like your changes and think the article is improved! My points about neutrality have been addressed. Good to go.

Enwebb (talk) 15:15, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Shailaja Acharya appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 January 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Nepali girl who spent three years in jail for showing a black flag of protest to King Mahendra went on to become the country's first female deputy prime minister?

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

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