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A fact from Hargovinddas Kantawala appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Hargovinddas Kantawala defeated Mahatma Gandhi to become the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1919?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hargovinddas Kantawala.

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:09, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hargovinddas Kantawala

... ~~that Hargovinddas Kantawala (pictured), a researcher and editor of medieval Gujarati literature, was awarded the title of honor Rao Bahadur by the British India government?~~ SL93 (talk) 00:59, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed: Wahan Ke Log

Created by Gazal world (talk). Nominated by SL93 (talk) at 00:59, 29 September 2020 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The hook could use some work. It's kinda bland. --evrik ^(talk) 04:37, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Evrik Can you explain how it’s bland so that I can form a new hook? SL93 (talk) 15:14, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's not hooky. Simply a recitation of bland facts. --evrik ^(talk) 16:34, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Evrik That honestly doesn't help me. I guess the question is - why are the facts bland? SL93 (talk) 16:38, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - ALT1 ... that Hargovinddas Kantawala (pictured) spent around 45 years, with the help of two others, collecting and editing poems of medieval Gujarati poets? SL93 (talk) 16:51, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - ALT1a ... that Hargovinddas Kantawala (pictured) spent 45 years collecting and editing poems of medieval Gujarati poets?

How do you feel about 1a? --evrik ^(talk) 16:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I like that one and it was originally going to be my ALT1, but I wasn't sure if the other two had to be mentioned somehow. It sounds great. SL93 (talk) 16:58, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alt1a passed --evrik ^(talk) 17:42, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: @Evrik: Hello. sorry for posting this so late. But I found an interesting hook for this article. The hook fact is:

ALT2 ... that Hargovinddas Kantawala (pictured) defeated Mahatma Gandhi in the 1919 Gujarati Sahitya Parishad election and became president of the Parishad?

Parishad is one of the oldest literary institutions in Gujarat. I haven't written this fact into article. I am going to add it. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 09:02, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Let me know when you're finished. --evrik ^(talk) 19:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Gazal world (talk) 21:55, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

pass Alt2 as well. --evrik ^(talk) 23:04, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Perhaps hold for November and Wikipedia Asian Month? --evrik ^(talk) 02:35, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not interested. SL93 (talk) 02:36, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Currently the election of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad is going on. The result will be declared on 25 October 2020. If the hook is going to be 'ALT2', it should be featured in DYK on 25 October. Thanks. --Gazal world (talk) 11:38, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]