Talk:Vikram Misri

A fact from Vikram Misri appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Vikram Misri was the Indian ambassador to China during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes?

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Did you know nomination

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 The C of E (talk) 08:08, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Vikram Misri was the Indian Ambassador to China during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes? Source: "Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri on Wednesday met Liu Jianchaou, the deputy director office of the CPC Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission to discuss current tensions along LAC." (The Economic Times)

Created by $ufyan (talk). Self-nominated at 15:43, 13 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article is well-sourced, and meets the new article and character requirements for DYK. Toolbox checks come up clear. I think that the suggested hook has a really good nugget there, but could be expanded a bit-- I've suggested an alternative below. Either way, this is approved. Nomader (talk) 17:05, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT 1: ... that Vikram Misri was the Indian Ambassador to China during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes and held a series of meetings with senior Chinese officials to discuss the tensions? "This comes after Vikram Misri, Indian Ambassador to China, held a series of meetings with senior Chinese officials this week." ([1])