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The following discussion 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 PumpkinSky talk 23:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

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Lotika Sarkar[edit]

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Created/expanded by Ekabhishek (talk), Titodutta (talk). Nominated by Titodutta (talk) at 13:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC).

  • There are conflicting claims in the article. The lede says she was the first to study at Cambridge, while the body says she was the first to graduate from Cambridge. That's quite different. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:28, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • She was first Indian woman student and graduate of Cambridge! Anyway, I have changed wording! --Tito Dutta  (talk • contributions • email) 06:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I'd have actually gone with "first Indian student", which is supported by Times of India. It's a bit more interesting I think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:46, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Okay, so —
  • That's better, but I'd suggest going with a English-variant neutral version: ... first Indian woman to study at ..." — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:57, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • ALT2: ... that Lotika Sarkar was the first Indian woman to study at the Cambridge University? --09:19, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Possibly an ENGVAR issue, but "the Cambridge University" sounds very odd to me. At least in British English, it would simply be "Cambridge University" MChesterMC (talk) 10:05, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Same with American English. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:32, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Oh yeah, other than that hook issue: new enough, long enough, interesting hook. Referencing is fairly thorough, but FN 14 needs better formatting. Also, you seem to have mixed up the "work" and "publisher" parameter; Times of India, for instance, is not a publisher but a work. Only image is fair use, appropriate here as the subject is deceased. No close paraphrasing found. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:37, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Footnote 14 (""OBITUARY: Chanchal Sarkar (1926-2005)".") — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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