Template:Did you know nominations/The Red Sea Sharks

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 18:56, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

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The Red Sea Sharks

• ... that Hergé was inspired to develop the plot for The Red Sea Sharks after reading a magazine article detailing the continued existence of the slave trade within the Arab world?

• Reviewed: Common walkingstick

Improved to Good Article status by Midnightblueowl (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 08:32, 18 October 2015 (UTC).

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral : Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed : Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Passes DYK checklist. No image used in hook line, which is alright. Recently promoted to Good Article status. Good to Go. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:57, 18 October 2015 (UTC)