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A fact from Embassy of the Philippines, Pretoria appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 April 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Philippine embassy in Pretoria responded to a South African newspaper's denunciation of horse fighting in the Philippines by saying that the practice was already illegal?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 14:21, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Chancery of the Philippine embassy in Pretoria

... that when a South African newspaper denounced the practice of horse fighting in the Philippines, the Philippine embassy in Pretoria (pictured) responded by saying the practice was already illegal?

Source: "Philippine officials in South Africa cried fowl over an article published in a newspaper there about a foreigner's experience in a horse-fighting tournament in Bukidnon. [...] In response to the article, Ambassador to South Africa Virgilio Reyes, Jr. wrote the editor of the Cape/Weekend Argus and informed him that the Philippine government does not tolerate cruelty to animals." —GMA News and Public Affairs

Reviewed: Abseil rack

Created by Sky Harbor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 56 past nominations.

Sky Harbor ^(talk) 23:05, 6 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - Minor, see below
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice new article! It's long enough, neutral, doesn't ping anything notable on copyvio, and is an interesting hook for an otherwise pretty standard history. I have to say I like the extra detail of referring to Eswatini as Swaziland in the context of 1996 🙂 I only have a minor concern when it comes to citing, being that there is nothing in the body to cite the lead statement that the building is located at the "OMK House" or being "near the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary". Once a citation is provided for these in the body, I will have no problem passing. Cheers! Johnson524 19:52, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Johnson524, and thank you for your review. The information in the lead is in the advisory published by the embassy on Facebook, with the name of the building being put in the advisory itself, and the location in the Google Maps link provided in said advisory. The citation has since been added to the lead, and I hope this is sufficient to address any potential missing citation claims. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 20:13, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So I'll pass the article, but if another editor really wanted to be a stickler, the source provided still doesn't state anything about it being near the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary. Hovering over the sanctuary's article and you'll see that its is located in the same Nieuw Muckleneuk suburb, but it could be argued this is WP:CIRCULAR, and I really don't see how the mention contributes to the article to begin with. I would personally remove the mention, but I'll leave that up to you. Cheers! Johnson524 20:25, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I generally add a quip about how the embassy (or consulate) is near some important landmark to make it interesting for readers, following a standard template that I observe for Philippine diplomatic missions. If the location near a prominent landmark is an issue, I can remove it. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 20:30, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sky Harbor Please remove the mention. SL93 (talk) 08:51, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, SL93. The mention was already removed on March 13th. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 14:06, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]