Template:Did you know nominations/Shukri al-Quwatli

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 16:37, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Shukri al-Quwatli

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... that Shukri al-Quwatli (pictured), the first president of independent Syria, attempted to commit suicide in an Ottoman jail to prevent himself from revealing the names of his colleagues under torture?

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Comment: The current article has been entirely copied from the draft page that Zozo2kx and I had been working on periodically for several months.

Created/expanded by Zozo2kx (talk), Al Ameer son (talk). Nominated by Al Ameer son (talk) at 03:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC).

The article is long enough (41,682 characters) and new enough (expanded 5 times since 25 Feb). The hook assertion is followed with citation immediately after it, as per DYK rules.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:54, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I added the citation after the hook fact. --Al Ameer (talk) 05:36, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

The image is free, used in the article and show up well at small size. QPQ has been done. The hook is less than 200 characters (199). Good to go, AGF on sources not available online. I don't know much about the topics, but my first impression is that this article probably deserves FA status. Very good job. Thank you Al Ameer son. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:01, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the thorough review and your kind words. I might nominate it for GA soon and see where it goes from there. Cheers, --Al Ameer (talk) 01:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)