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The following discussion 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 Allen3 talk 01:31, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Muang Sing

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  • ... that during colonial times, the French capitalized upon Muang Sing and used it as a weigh station and market to regulate their opium monopoly?

Created/expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Dr. Blofeld (talk) at 22:39, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Love the article! Great LEAD, interesting history, fantastic pictures! Everything checks out, refs all good. Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Peer review, please? --PFHLai (talk) 17:25, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
Length and date check out, hook is interesting and verified, no evidence of copyvio. Congrats on this major addition. My only quibble is that we might be able to get a briefer hook. How about ALT1: ... that during colonial times, the French used Muang Sing as a weigh station and market for their opium monopoly? -- Khazar (talk) 12:52, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
  • By asking for "Peer review", I meant that the nominator is required to perform a review of another user's nomination. --PFHLai (talk) 23:05, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed Out Where the Buses Don't Run.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Good to go. Thanks for the earlier catch, PFHLai. Khazar (talk) 19:23, 2 February 2012 (UTC)