Talk:Cockfighting in India

A fact from Cockfighting in India appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite a nationwide ban, an estimated amount of over ₹900 crore (US$130 million) was wagered on cockfighting in India (example pictured) in 2019?

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@Ab207: This article would make for an exciting Did you know hook for the main page. You can find the instructions for nominating it at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Instructions_for_nominators. Let me know if I can help. SD0001 (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SD0001: Thanks for the suggestion! I have never done a DYK before, I'll look into the instructions. -- Ab207 (talk) 15:51, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree this would be a great DYK. I forget exactly where the guideline is, but you're likely to get dinged if you don't have at least one cite per paragraph (happened to me once). So probably best to add those before you nominate. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 15:55, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

AleatoryPonderings, I see. This article needs some more work then. Ab207 (talk) 17:40, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice stuff Ab207, and AleatoryPonderings. To think that this article started in the most fun AfD ever!!! Congrats on the DYK and very nicely done! Ktin (talk) 04:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ktin! Definitely a productive AfD. In these instances, nothing amuses me more than Dairy in India, you should check that if you haven't already. Ab207 (talk) 07:04, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ab207 and Ktin: Yes, congrats on the DYK :) Thanks for turning an unfortunate, confusing article into a detailed, well-sourced, interesting one! I'm not often glad to have nominated articles for deletion, but in this case I definitely am. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:14, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unimportant comment

I giggled when I saw that Category:Chickens existed. That's all. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 18:51, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't thought about that, but it's chucklesome indeed. -- Ab207 (talk) 21:52, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]