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A fact from M. Bala Subramanion appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general, M. Bala Subramanion, was released at The Fullerton Hotel, the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 13:10, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general M. Bala Subramanion's biography was released at the Fullerton Hotel, site of the old General Post Office where he had spent 35 years of his career? Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapores-first-asian-postmaster-general-m-bala-subramanion-dies

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Greenleaf

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 04:55, 10 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Slight rewording: Joofjoof (talk) 18:14, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0a:... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general M. Bala Subramanion was released at the Fullerton Hotel, site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years? Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapores-first-asian-postmaster-general-m-bala-subramanion-dies

Looks good. Thanks Joofjoof. I will have the QPQ completed tonight. Ktin (talk) 18:24, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries Ktin, let me know when you add it. I have added the rest of my review below. Joofjoof (talk) 06:59, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Joofjoof. Added QPQ. Ktin (talk) 07:10, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Joofjoof (talk) 08:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]