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A fact from Imants Lešinskis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Imants Lešinskis defected from the Soviet Union while working for the UN in New York, Kofi Annan, future UN secretary-general, complained that he did not show up to work?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 16:36, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that after defecting from the Soviet Union, Kofi Annan, later the UN's secretary-general sent a letter demanding an explanation about why Imants Lešinskis didn't show up to work? Source: Wall Street Journal
- ALT1: ... that when Imants Lešinskis defected from the Soviet Union while working for the UN in New York, Kofi Annan, later the UN's secretary general, complained that he didn't show up to work? Source: Wall Street Journal

Created by Flalf (talk). Self-nominated at 06:06, 9 February 2021 (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:

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QPQ: None required.

Overall: (edit conflict) –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 06:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My Internet is down atm, so I think I might've missed the place where the hook was in the article. This is all good to now! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 06:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]