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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk05:22, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Reviewed: Jemima Surrender
  • Comment: Please save for May 26, Independence Day in Guyana

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:11, 14 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Unknown
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Otherwise eligible, but neither of the hooks is particularly interesting or unusual. buidhe 01:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Buidhe: alright, how about these ones:
ALT2:... that the committee which chose the music of the national anthem of Guyana selected from a blind audition?
ALT3:... that the national anthem of Guyana personifies the country as a mother to its citizens, who owe a duty of respect and protection to her?
That's all I can think of right now that would interest a reader. —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bloom6132, I guess it seems to me not an implausible way to choose the anthem. You could of course get a third opinion if you like. buidhe 02:02, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: You're right, it's not implausible. But to me, it's just rare – most of the well-known anthems I know were already popular before they were officially adopted (hence, the composer would've already been known). My apologies that you didn't find any of the hooks above suitable. —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:10, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • To me, ALT0 (the original) seems the most interesting, with ALT2 as a distant second and the others... not interesting. I'd say go with the original, if any, but it seems to have already been vetoed. Kingsif (talk) 23:08, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Kingsif: Thanks for the input! No worries, the original hook is still in play, since it hasn't been struck out by either me or the first reviewer, who said he's fine with you providing a third opinion. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]