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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 03:01, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

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So Sethaputra

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  • ... that So Sethaputra compiled his authoritative English–Thai dictionary while in prison, the manuscripts being smuggled out for publication? Source: "he was compiling the dictionary while serving a jail term as a political prisoner... Then there was the risky operation of smuggling the manuscript out to a publisher"[1]; "For much of the twentieth century the most authoritative English–Thai dictionary was the New Model English–Thai Dictionary, secretly compiled in Bangkok’s Bang Khwang prison in the 1930s by So Sethaputra"[2]

Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:57, 4 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/So Sethaputra; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Superbly interesting article. Would personally rephrase to ALT0a: ... that while in prison, So Sethaputra compiled his authoritative English–Thai dictionary and smuggled the manuscripts out for publication? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

  • Thanks. I'm not quite sure if saying that he smuggled the manuscripts in active voice could be interpreted the wrong way, as it was his and his fellow prisoners' mothers that actually took the manuscripts out of prison. If the promoter doesn't see a problem then I'm good with it. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
I will tweak ALT0 Bruxton (talk) 03:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
  • ALTob: ... that So Sethaputra compiled his authoritative English–Thai dictionary while in prison, the manuscripts were smuggled out for publication?
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