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A fact from Lithuanian People's Army appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that following Soviet occupation in 1940, the Lithuanian Armed Forces were transformed into the Lithuanian People's Army, dropped all use of Lithuanian national symbols and faced repression?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lithuanian People's Army.

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 04:06, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940, the Lithuanian Armed Forces were transformed into the Lithuanian People's Army which resulted in the abolishment of the Lithuanian national attributes and mass arrests, executions of the personnel? Source: quote from article Lithuanian People's Army: "In the Lithuanian People's Army, national attributes, shoulder straps were abolished and a surveillance system was introduced", while the part about arrests and executions is supported in multiple sentences of the article.
- Comment: I previously nominated two DYKs in the past: Did you know nominations/Lithuania women's national basketball team and Did you know nominations/Kurier Litewski.

Created by Pofka (talk). Self-nominated at 11:16, 29 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough. No QPQ needed (fewer than 5 credits). The hook is intriguing but is overlong; it must come down to fewer than 200 characters. Sourcing looks OK, assuming good faith on all the Lithuanian content. The article could stand a copyedit (consider requesting one at WP:GOCE), and the phrase "national attributes" is unidiomatic and awkward (we would say "national symbols"). I'd like to see this copyedited before appearing at DYK, so Pofka, I am holding this DYK for a hook that is shorter and within guidelines and for a copyedit of the page. I am going to propose a hook as well in the same vein. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that following Soviet occupation in 1940, the Lithuanian Armed Forces were transformed into the Lithuanian People's Army and dropped all use of Lithuanian national symbols?

@Sammi Brie: I modified phrase "national attributes" to "national symbols" in the article and I agree with such modification. I believe that the political repressions part is equally important with the removal of the Lithuanian national symbols. I proposed my suggestion for modification (198 characters) below. I nominated the article for copyediting (see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests#Lithuanian People's Army). -- Pofka (talk) 18:57, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that following Soviet occupation in 1940, the Lithuanian Armed Forces were transformed into the Lithuanian People's Army, dropped all use of Lithuanian national symbols and faced severe repression?

@Sammi Brie: It seems like the article was copyedited. -- Pofka (talk) 09:11, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you to Renata3. I've opted to tweak ALT2 from "repressions" to "repression" as more idiomatic, but I would approve ALT2. Assuming good faith on the Lithuanian-language sourcing. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:24, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie: Thanks, I agree with your modification from "repressions" to "repression". The article is nearly entirely based on articles of the Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija and Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania. -- Pofka (talk) 17:24, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 to T:DYK/P2