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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 PFHLai (talk) 00:44, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

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  • ... that before she became a Senator of Mauritania, Malouma (pictured singing) was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid, and denied a permanent address?

Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk), Ipigott (talk), Megalibrarygirl (talk), 1bandsaw (talk), Rosiestep (talk), Dr. Blofeld (talk), and 7&6=thirteen (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 16:17, 24 January 2016 (UTC).

I think we might slightly simplify this with:
  • ALT1: ... that before she became a Senator of Mauritania, Malouma (pictured singing) was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid? --Ipigott (talk) 16:30, 24 January 2016 (UTC)>
  • Comment I prefer ALT1 too. Was she censored because of her songs, or were the songs themselves censored? It seems ambiguous. Edwardx (talk) 20:51, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
  • Edwardx She was personally censored, denied a permanent address, banned from performing, but the songs were banned from being played within the country as well. Ambiguity is not a bad thing, will require people to read the article to find out, IMO. SusunW (talk) 16:03, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks SusunW. I was only concerned if it was just the songs that were censored. Great article and hook, by the way. Edwardx (talk) 19:10, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
Substantial Good article, well sourced, in praiseworthy teamwork! Perhaps clarify in the article lead that traditional music means traditional Mauretanian music. I prefer the simpler ALT, raising enough interest. I hope to see the image on the Mainpage: expressive and licensed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:09, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Gerda Arendt Thank you! I added "traditional Mauritanian music" as suggested to the lede. SusunW (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
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