A fact from Aicha Mekki appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Aicha Mekki was one of the very few crime reporters and female journalists in Morocco during the Years of Lead in the latter half of the 20th century?
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... that Aicha Mekki was one of the very few crime reporters and female journalists in Morocco during the Years of Lead in the later half of the 20th century?
Comment: the second half of the hook could be trimmed to either 'during the Years of Lead' or 'in the [later/latter/second] half of the 20th century'
Hi Eddie891, nice article. Review follows: created 23 January; exceeds minimum length; no overly close paraphrasing from sources noticed; hook is interesting and part backed up by the Dictionary of African Biography: "Mekki's focus on crime was particularly daring because there was almost no crime reporting in the press at the time". I presume the "female reporter" part is covered by the New Encyclopedia of Africa and am happy to AGF on this; one comment on the hook wording: I don't know how well known the phrase "one of the only" is outside of the US? It is not used in the UK, but I gather it has a meaning similar to "one of the very few"? Also awaiting a QPQ - Dumelow (talk) 09:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Eddie891, nice article. Review follows: created 23 January; exceeds minimum length; no overly close paraphrasing from sources noticed; hook is interesting and part backed up by the Dictionary of African Biography: "Mekki's focus on crime was particularly daring because there was almost no crime reporting in the press at the time". I presume the "female reporter" part is covered by the New Encyclopedia of Africa and am happy to AGF on this; one comment on the hook wording: I don't know how well known the phrase "one of the only" is outside of the US? It is not used in the UK, but I gather it has a meaning similar to "one of the very few"? Also awaiting a QPQ - Dumelow (talk) 09:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 08:09, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
