A fact from Dumitru Topciu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Gagauz politician Dumitru Topciu was mocked by his colleagues in the Romanian Assembly of Deputies for speaking Romanian with a "boorish accent"?
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... that Gagauz politician Dumitru Topciu(pictured) was mocked by his colleagues in the Romanian Assembly of Deputies for speaking Romanian with a "boorish accent"? Source: Ion Dimitrescu, "Parlamentul a început discuția validărilor. Camera. Preludiu și uvertură la simfonia Destinderii", in Curentul, February 7, 1934, p. 7.
ALT1: ... that Dumitru Topciu(pictured), a Gagauz member of the Romanian Assembly of Deputies, objected to having "Mohammedan teachers" educate Gagauz children? Source: "Corpurile legiuitoare. Ședințele de la 27 Ianuarie. Comunicări", in Universul, January 30, 1937, p. 6
ALT2: ... that Gagauz politician Dumitru Topciu(pictured) helped Romania's far-right canvass "massive support" in minority-inhabited parts of Bessarabia? Source: Ivan Duminică, "Chapter Sixteen. Policy Options of the Bulgarians of Bessarabia during 1918–1940", in Sorin Radu, Oliver Schmitt (eds.), Politics and Peasants in Interwar Romania: Perceptions, Mentalities, Propaganda, p. 529. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. ISBN1-4438-9383-8
Just one question though... @Dahn: I see the ALT2 fact in the article's lede ("Touring the Budjak subregion, he had a major contribution in canvassing Gagauz votes for Romania's far-right groups.") but can't easily find the info in the relevant section of the article. Where is it? BorgQueen (talk) 06:32, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@BorgQueen: Please search the text for "massive support" (without the quote marks, though), which is part of a direct quote (mention of his canvassing is scattered across several other paragraphs, but that quote should anchor the more relevant part). Dahn (talk) 06:53, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approve all three hooks. My favorite is ALT1. BorgQueen (talk) 06:04, 11 April 2023 (UTC)