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A fact from 2012 Singapore bus drivers' strike appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2012 Singapore bus drivers strike.

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:33, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 2012 bus drivers strike in Singapore led to the deportation or imprisonment of several drivers?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Child abduction scare of 2002

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 11:53, 1 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/2012 Singapore bus drivers strike; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Will do this review. This is my first time reviewing a DYK, so I do apologize in advance if there are some stuff I can do better. S5A-0043^Talk 15:04, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hook is not cited here but it is cited in the entry, so I'll take it as cited. Still, a few things.
1. Honestly the hook doesn't really appeal to me, because well, they did strike, so they did have to face some consequences, which is expected. Not sure if it's just because I'm also from SG, but I'd still recommend having a new hook that might be more intriguing.
2. I'd recommend changing the picture in the lead, because right now the angle feels kind of weird. Some possible examples can be this or this. The point of the photo is to illustrate the bus company, so it doesn't have to be a bus photo taken from the exact month. However this is completely optional and I'll leave it up to you to make the choice, but you definitely need to resolve point 1 first. S5A-0043^Talk 15:04, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I don't know if strikers usually get imprisoned or deported elsewhere so from a global point of view that ought to be "interesting". KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 11:58, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

From the looks of it, “85% of countries violated the right to strike”, so I don’t consider this to be globally interesting either. Maybe I suggest that it can be: ALT1 that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held? (Citation 6) S5A-0043^Talk 13:11, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, sounds good to me :) KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 11:40, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. . New reviewer needed for ALT1. S5A-0043^Talk 11:49, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New hook is good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]