Talk:Fall of Herat

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Did you know... that during the Fall of Herat a United Nations office in Herat was attacked, killing a security guard?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that prior to the Fall of Herat the Taliban captured eight districts and two border crossings in a 24 hour period? Source: "Over the past 24 hours, the Taliban has captured eight districts in Herat province including Islam Qala and Torghundi border towns." TOLO news
- ALT1:... that during the Fall of Herat a United Nations office in Herat was caught in the crossfire, killing a security guard? Source: AP news
- ALT2:... that in protest of the Taliban Herat residents chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) before the city fell? Source: Aljazeera

Comment: 4th nom, QPQ not needed

Moved to mainspace by Danre98 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:16, 23 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough and long enough. All hooks are interesting, well cited and within acceptable limits. Will let nominator decide which to use. There is a minor close-paraphrasing issue, general phrases aside, that needs attention See : Duplication detector results. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 17:51, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Gwillhickers: Thanks for reviewing! All the phrases the detector picked up were from the references section of the article, where the phrases are the titles of the articles. For example, see TOLO news for the first phrase. I don't think there is a close paraphrasing problem. As for hook preference, I slightly prefer the original hook but if set assemblers think one fits better than the others for a particular day and use that one instead that's fine. —Danre98^{(talk^contribs)} 18:03, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: The phrases from TOLO news's side of the report that were picked up were titles from the "related news" section on their site. —Danre98^{(talk^contribs)} 18:05, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that checks out. Article is good to go. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:09, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

comment In promoting, I changed the hook from "caught in the crossfire" to "attacked"—I can't quite believe I have to say this, but The Taliban is a terrorist organization, not a WP:RS for its own activities. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:13, 27 August 2021 (UTC) To T:DYK/P2[reply]