Talk:Mohammed Khalid Roashan

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Did you know... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 10:10, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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M. Khalid Roashan

... that M. Khalid Roashan (pictured), who served as President of the Department of Tribal Affairs in the Afghan 1965–1967 government, had graduated from the University of Nebraska and UCLA? Source: Roshan Becomes Deputy Information Minister. Kabul Times, May 18, 1968. pp. 1, 4
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harvester Vase

Created by Soman (talk). Self-nominated at 16:55, 30 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mohammed Khalid Roashan; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough, long enough, and no obvious issues with the article itself. Hook is cited and checks out. QPQ done. My only concern is that it's not particularly interesting for a prominent foreign politician to have studied in the United States: could you perhaps suggest a few alts, ideally of things a little more unusual or notable? UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 09:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 "... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan (pictured) helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?" --Soman (talk) 13:00, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@UndercoverClassicist: Thoughts about the hook above? Z1720 (talk) 17:35, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved AGF: source isn't available where I am (I'd suggest adding it to this nomination for the benefit of the promoting admin). UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 19:15, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Date of Death

At [1] it is reported that date of death would have been August 24, 2007, and the grave located in Snohomish, Washington. But this is clearly not WP:RS. -- Soman (talk) 16:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of any secondary sources about Roashan after 2007 (no obituary in a local paper anyone can find?), that photograph would seem to be a pretty solid primary source, and not dependent on the BillionGraves crowdsourced interpretation. (Also supported by this Ancestry record, which may be a bit more reliable.) Gabrielbodard (talk) 10:01, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]