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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 16:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Kurnianingrat

  • ... that Kurnianingrat rejected an offer from Longman to publish her English textbook because the publisher did not want to print the author's name on the cover? Source: "Banjir Bahasa Inggeris: Mau Apa?" [A Deluge of English: For What Purpose?]. Tempo (in Indonesian). 20 July 1974. p. 49. ISSN 0126-4273. Penerbit asing pun aktif pula mencari judul baru buat pasar di luar dunia berbahasa Inggeris: Longmans, misalnya, pernah menawar buku Practical Conversations yang disusun Ny. Kurnianingrat – meskipun kemudian ditolak, karena penerbit Inggeris itu tak ingin mencantumkan nama penyusun. [Foreign publishers also actively sought new titles for markets outside the English-speaking world: Longmans, for example, once made an offer for the book Practical Conversations, which was written by Mrs. Kurnianingrat – although it was later turned down, because the British publisher did not want to include the author's name.]
    • ALT1: ... that Kurnianingrat helped historian George McTurnan Kahin smuggle speeches by leaders of the Indonesian revolution from the Dutch? Source: Kahin, George McTurnan (2003) [1952]. Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. Studies on Southeast Asia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-87727-734-7. In his few days in Jogja, George even managed to obtain—and smuggle out with the help of two brave Republican women, Jo Abdurachman and Jo Kurnianingrat—copies of the speeches Soekarno, Hatta, and Natsir had prepared for broadcasting to the world in the event of a Dutch attack, but had not been able to send because the rapid Dutch bombing of the Republic's central radio station on December 19.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wang Su-bok

Improved to Good Article status by Arsonal (talk). Self-nominated at 19:37, 31 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kurnianingrat, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Zeromonk (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2023 (UTC)