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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 16:33, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Dardanella (theatre company)

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• ... that Dardanella featured a Chinese man dubbed the "Douglas Fairbanks of Java"?

• Reviewed: Miyu Honda

Created/expanded by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nom at 04:16, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

• Drmies (talk) 05:09, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

• There is nothing I could find in the article stating that Tan Tjeng Bok was a "Chinese man", though he is the one listed as the Douglas Fairbanks of Java. Under the circumstances, I think we need to see a complete review, since the lone tick didn't pan out. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:55, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

• I figured the name would be enough, but since you insist... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:41, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

• I'm honestly not sure why a name should be considered sufficient, especially to a non-Chinese audience for whom naming conventions halfway around the world are likely to be a bit of a mystery. If someone's called the X of Java, why wouldn't they be expected to be Javanese unless specified otherwise? At any rate, I'm not sure about the ambiguity in the hook: the way it's phrased, I half expect Dardanella to be a movie or play or action piece (even though it isn't in italics) rather than a theater company. Perhaps if it said "had as its star" rather than "starred" it would be clearer. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:02, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

• "Had as its star" sounds quite clunky. "Featured"? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:08, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

• Given the phrasing, "featured" seems particularly apt. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:18, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

• Changed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks. Reviewer needed to take care of the nomination/hook approval, however; I'm uncomfortable with approving based on a review that consists solely of an icon, especially when a hook fact had not then been supported by an inline source. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:43, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

• Article length, date and sources check out. Both facts of the hook are mentioned and they have an appropriate inline citation in place. AGF on offline and foreign language sources. This is good to go! Yazan (talk) 05:26, 27 September 2012 (UTC)