Talk:Gaja Baja

A fact from Gaja Baja appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Film Development Board of Nepal refused to issue a production license to Gaja Baja because the title alluded to marijuana?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:19, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Film Development Board of Nepal rejected Gaja Baja to be produced as the title contained the word marijuana? Source: What’s in a name? "In a ridiculous decision, the Film Development Board (FDB) of Nepal has withheld the approval of upcoming movie Gajabaja"

Reviewed: 28 Liberty Street

Created by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk). Self-nominated at 19:45, 21 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I checked the sources, did some cleanup on the article, and am ready to review. However, I'm still not sure about the relationship of the word gaja to marijuana. Is it a Nepali slang term, an English slang term, a direct translation? It isn't at the exhaustive list of names for cannabis, list of slang names for cannabis or glossary of cannabis terms. I suppose it could be a variation of ganja, but that's only a guess. wikt:gaja doesn't include that meaning. I think we need to be mindful of how this is worded in the hook. What would you think of "because the title alluded to marijuana?" Or if you can find another source for it, that'd be great. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:35, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Found it on Google books in Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and International Poisonous Plants Checklist. The latter gives it as a common name for cannabis/marijuana. Possibly add it and tweak the hook accordingly. I think cannabis is the preferred (formal) name on Wikipedia. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:54, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Article created on day of nomination, long enough, neutral, well-cited, with no copyvio or close paraphrasing detected. QPQ verified. Holding on hook per notes above. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - ALT0a: ... that the Film Development Board of Nepal rejected the production of Gaja Baja because the title alluded to marijuana?
  - Marijuana can be translated as gaja or ganja but the correct term is ganja. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:30, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Ping Reidgreg.~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:44, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - Approve ALT0a Hook short enough, formatted, neutral, cited in article and interesting. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:05, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the article is an orphan. Please link it in at least one other Wikipedia article so it won't be tagged. Yoninah (talk) 22:21, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, Added a link from List of Nepalese films. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:10, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Restoring tick per Reidgreg's review. Yoninah (talk) 11:16, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]