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A fact from Ashgabat Zoo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Ashgabat Zoo opened in Turkmenistan, dictator Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's personal menagerie was moved to the zoo?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:47, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when Ashgabat Zoo opened in Turkmenistan, dictator Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's personal menagerie were moved to the zoo? Source: "Zoo is Latest Prestige Project for Turkmenistan". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 25 October 2010.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Luttra Woman
- Comment: Sources for zoos in obscure countries are scarce, but I tried to include as much info as I could find. Feel free to propose alt hooks.

Created by LunaEatsTuna (talk). Self-nominated at 02:37, 31 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ashgabat Zoo, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Epicgenius (talk) 14:17, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]