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A fact from Gogu Rădulescu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Gogu Rădulescu, a member of the Romanian Communist Party central committee, was allegedly spied on by his colleagues through Lăutari performers, called upon to "sing him the blues"?
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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 06:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that Gogu Rădulescu(pictured), member of the Romanian Communist Party central committee in 1960–1989, was the son of a Romani musician and his Russian wife? Source: (in Romanian) Lavinia Betea, "Gogu – patronul artelor", in Jurnalul Național, September 6, 2005; the exact interval of his membership in the CC can be verified from Florica Dobre, Liviu Marius Bejenaru, Clara Cosmineanu-Mareș, Monica Grigore, Alina Ilinca, Oana Ionel, Nicoleta Ionescu-Gură, Elisabeta Neagoe-Pleșa, Liviu Pleșa, Membrii C.C. al P.C.R. (1945–1989). Dicționar, p. 505. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2004. ISBN973-45-0486-X
ALT2: ... that when Romanian leftist Gogu Rădulescu(pictured) was kidnapped, tortured and released by the Iron Guard, Guard sympathizer Mircea Eliade opined that "he'd have pulled out [Rădulescu's] eyes as well"? Source: Mihail Sebastian, Journal, 1935–1944, p. 114. London: Random House, 2003. ISBN0-7126-8388-7; the article doesn't go into the sort of details that would note Sebastian's somewhat confusing depiction of Rădulescu as a "liberal student" (which generally would have meant a member of the right-wing National Liberals; this is clarified in a footnote in the Random House edition). If there is any question that Rădulescu was indeed a radical left-winger by that point, and never a National Liberal, I suppose the other sources used in the article clarify that. The whole issue is also talked about in Norman Manea, "Felix culpa. Mircea Eliade és a román fasizmus", in Magyar Napló, Vol. III, Issue 12, October 1991, p. 36, but it does not mention the "pulled out out his eyes" thing, which appears verbatim in Sebastian.
ALT3: ... that in the 1980s, Romanian communist Gogu Rădulescu(pictured) opposed decensoring writer Mircea Eliade, since he "simply could not forgive [...] some statement [Eliade] had made back in the thirties"? Source: Eugen Simion, "Eliade – nouă scrisori inedite", in Caiete Critice, Issues 3–5/2007, p. 23
ALT4: ... that Romanian communist potentate Gheorghe Rădulescu(pictured) was generally known as "Gogu" until the age of sixty, when PresidentNicolae Ceaușescu forcefully reverted him back to his birth name? Source: Pál Bodor, "Egy portré — és rövid története (II.) Tegnapi, titkos segítők", in Magyar Nemzet, July 23, 1990, p. 9. Please note that the info is presented as split in the article: a note on his name in the beginning, and again, with more detail, when the text gets to 1974 and Ceaușescu's order. Both use the same source.
ALT5: ... that Gogu Rădulescu(pictured), a member of the Romanian Communist Party central committee, was allegedly spied on by his colleagues through Lăutari performers, called upon to "sing him the blues"? Source: Gheorghe Grigurcu, "Cronica literară. Talentul de martor", in Acolada, Vol. VII, Issue 6, June 2013, p. 3. The original source, quoted by Grigurcu, is publisher Niculae Gheran -- whose book I used to access, but can't seem to find at the moment.
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@Dahn: Good article. AGF on Romanian Sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:53, 7 January 2023 (UTC)