Talk:President of Zambia

A news item involving President of Zambia was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 17 August 2021.

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A fact from President of Zambia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as the acting President of Zambia in 2014, Guy Scott became the first white leader of an African country since the end of apartheid?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Kingsif (talk) 18:10, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Former acting President Guy Scott

... that when Guy Scott (pictured) became the acting President of Zambia, he was the first white leader of an African country since the end of apartheid? Source: "Reuters

Reviewed: Chorus Systèmes SA
Comment: Due to the ongoing 2021 Zambian general election, this can only run after 12 August.

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 14:00, 27 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article was expanded from 834 to 5177 characters on 27 July and nominated the same day. All is within policy with regard to sourcing, neutrality and plagiarism. The hook (short enough, of course) is genuinely interesting. Its fact accurately reflects the article and two high-quality sources (BBC and Reuters). The image used was cropped from a photo posted by the US Department of State and is in the public domain. It's in the article as well. QPQ done by the nominator. Good to go, Modussiccandi (talk) 20:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]