Template:Did you know nominations/Indian National Theatre

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Indian National Theatre

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... that the Indian National Theatre produced a Gujarati children's play on Bakor Patel, an anthropomorphic goat character? Source: Lal, Ananda (2004). The Oxford companion to Indian theatre. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0220. ISBN 0195644468. OCLC 56986659

- ~~ALT1: ... that the Indian National Theatre produced W. Somerset Maugham's play The Sacred Flame~~ Source: Baradi, Hasmukh (2003) [1997]. "New Theatre: Phase Two: Theatre Troupe (1939-1949)". History of Gujarati theatre (English 1st ed.). New Delhi: National Book Trust, India. p. 143. ISBN 8123740328. OCLC 56096332

Reviewed: Hedgewar Smruti Mandir

Created by Nizil Shah (talk). Self-nominated at 13:49, 6 June 2018 (UTC).

A full review will follow, but right now there are some issues with the nomination and the article. First, the article's content, in particular the "Activities" section, read like borderline-promotional material. Secondly, I've struck ALT1 as not really being interesting. ALT0 is borderline interesting and may not be appreciated by those unfamiliar with Indian media. Hooks with a broader appeal may need to be proposed here: for example, hooks about the theatre's link to the Quit India movement, or how some of their early performances were done on lorries, might be catchier. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 04:48, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing. I will suggest new hook soon and will solve out that border-line promotion issue too. Please go for full review. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 11:15, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5:, The article is under review and corrections by another editor so it took long to proceed further. Meanwhile I am suggesting a new hook.-Nizil (talk) 05:31, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that the Indian National Theatre troupe traveled by two lorries and used them for a stage in their early years?

Okay, here's the rest of my review: it meets all the requirements of newness and length. Article is stable, adequately sourced, and free from close paraphrasing. QPQ provided. Nominator has provided an ALT2 which I personally prefer to ALT0. As I mentioned before, ALT0 is borderline interesting, but other editors may feel otherwise, so I'm deferring the final choice to the promoter. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:59, 10 July 2018 (UTC)