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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 SL93 talk 18:08, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

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Rani of Jhansi

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Statue of the Rani of Jhansi in Solapur
Statue of the Rani of Jhansi in Solapur
  • ... that the Rani of Jhansi (statue pictured) has been described as "the greatest heroine of Indian history"?
  • Source: Singh 2020, p. 23.
Improved to Good Article status by AirshipJungleman29 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:31, 22 April 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: No - My (very) minor nitpick is that the quote paramount power needs a cite; added a citation needed. Ref 16 includes two sources, so it is unclear which one is being quoted.
  • Neutral: Yes
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - Earwig is spotless. Lebra 1986 is the only source I can access, so I have checked the following refs as of Special:Permalink/1286788882: 15 (all clear), 37 (all clear), 55 (see following sentences), 84 (all clear), and 104 (all clear). Some mild CLOP in ref 55: got the startling news that the Rani had escaped becomes received the unexpected news that the Rani had escaped; try something like learned the Rani escaped overnight. The word unexpected seems omittable per WP:POSA.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great work! A very pleasant read. I really like how the translation of Jhansi Ki Rani still rhymes; do you know if it also rhymes in the original, or is that a English thing? (I know some cultures don't do rhyming poetry...) I really like ALT0, so that's my preference. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 20:41, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments HouseBlaster. The "paramount power" quote appears in both Lebra and Singh, so I have removed the citation needed tag. I have also reworded the sentence on the escape—thanks for spotting this. I can confirm that the original poem does indeed rhyme; the first line ends "kahani thi" (कहानी थी) and the second "rani thi" (रानी थी). All the best, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:11, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Awesome, AirshipJungleman29! Approved ALT0 :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 15:06, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
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