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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 15:48, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Global Music Diplomacy Initiative

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs during the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative Launch

... that the U.S. State Department launched the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative in September 2023? Source: https://apnews.com/article/quincy-jones-state-department-global-music-diplomacy-ad771f888c9b91c0991a583d09f77e24
- ALT1: ... that a video of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken playing the guitar at the launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative in September 2023 went viral? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20231002184711/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/us/politics/antony-blinken-guitar-state-department.html
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Created by W9793 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:59, 6 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Global Music Diplomacy Initiative; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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Overall: Earwig has 49.0% for one source but is largely quotes used in article. Main hook isn't very interesting. Alt 1 is better, suggest ...that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken played Hoochie Coochie Man at the launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative in September 2023? as Alt 2 yorkshiresky (talk) 17:31, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

@W9793 and Yorkshiresky: Incorporating "Hoochie Coochie Man" into ALT1.

ALT1a: ... that a video of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken playing Hoochie Coochie Man at the September 2023 launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative went viral?

I also suggest pairing down the excessive citations WP:OVERCITE, especially in the lead sentence which has 8 citations.