Template:Did you know nominations/Maki Kaji

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Maki Kaji

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... that Maki Kaji formulated the name "Sudoku" while scrambling to get to a horse race? Source: BBC News; The New York Times
- ALT1:... that Maki Kaji shortened Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru to "Sudoku" at the urging of his colleagues? Source: BBC News

Reviewed: Whistle Belly Vengeance
Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk) and Possibly (talk). Nominated by Bloom6132 (talk) at 01:23, 18 August 2021 (UTC).

Cool stuff! Informative article, new and long enough. Both hooks are interesting and cited in-line, though I prefer the first hook (which maybe could even be modified to add that he came up with it in "about 25 seconds", per the BBC). No evidence of substantial copyvio. QPQ has been done. AGF on the Japanese sources. Good job! Kingoflettuce (talk) 10:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

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