Talk:Crossroads (Kazakhstani TV series)

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Did you know... that the British government funded Crossroads, the first Kazakhstani soap opera, to promote the country's transition to a free-market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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The following 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 Yoninah (talk) 20:05, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the British government funded Crossroads, the first Kazakhstani soap opera, to promote Kazakhstan's transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Source: Media worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain. Ginsburg, Faye D., Abu-Lughod, Lila., Larkin, Brian. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-520-92816-9. OCLC 55749768. Pg. 213 (PDF)
- ALT1:... that the creators of Crossroads, the first Kazakhstani soap opera, received funding and training from the British government to promote Kazakhstan's transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Source: Media worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain. Ginsburg, Faye D., Abu-Lughod, Lila., Larkin, Brian. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-520-92816-9. OCLC 55749768. Pg. 213 (PDF)
- ALT2:... that the first Kazakhstani soap opera, Crossroads, was funded by the British government to promote the transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Source: Media worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain. Ginsburg, Faye D., Abu-Lughod, Lila., Larkin, Brian. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-520-92816-9. OCLC 55749768. Pg. 213 (PDF)

Reviewed: Andy O'Brien (journalist)

Created by Prad Nelluru (talk). Self-nominated at 03:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. No close paraphrasing was found, and the hook facts are cited inline (AGF as I don't have access to the sources). A QPQ was done but was not required as the nominator has no prior DYK credits. Just two minor issues: the titles of other series mentioned in the article (such as EastEnders) aren't italicized, and while technically optional, I'd highly suggest providing a reference for the cast list just in case there are any objections among the other DYK editors that there's a part of the article that isn't referenced. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 07:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Narutolovehinata5, for your review. I have italicized all of the names of other shows/documentaries. I will keep the cast list without an explicit reference, because it's not too common. See the film Oscar-winning film Moonlight, for example. (I also find that there's not a good place to put the reference. The heading is inappropriate, as is the first cast listing, as are all of the cast listings.) In any case, I relied on sources that are present in the references list, primarily this one. Prad Nelluru (talk) 13:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:39, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, but there is no inline cite for the hook fact of being the first Kazakhstani soap opera. Yoninah (talk) 21:21, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Yoninah, thank you for taking a look. I just added two inline citations for Crossroads being the first Kazakhstani soap opera. Prad Nelluru (talk) 22:11, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Restoring tick per Narutolovehinata5's review. Yoninah (talk) 22:14, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]