Template:Did you know nominations/Pizza in North Korea

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 18:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Pizza in North Korea

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A pizza served in North Korea

• ... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?

• Source: [1] [...] a years-long effort by Kim Jong-il to bring the perfect pizza to his famine-plagued totalitarian state. In the late 1990s, he summoned a team of Italian pizza chefs to Pyongyang to instruct army officers.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Scott (journalist)

Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 19:48, 22 August 2024 (UTC).

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A very well-written article. Not only the hook, but the subject itself is interesting. It is new and long enough, and Earwig shows it is copyvio free. Good to go, and I cannot wait to see it showcasing on the main page. —Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 13:50, 23 August 2024 (UTC)