Talk:Mahmoud Dicko

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Did you know... that imam Mahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics despite never having run for office?

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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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:40, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that imam Mahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics before ever running for office? Source: "Il semble pourtant devenu la figure politique la plus importante du pays."/"cet homme qui ne s’est jamais présenté à aucune élection"[1] "Mali's opposition figure and the most influential protest leader, Mahmoud Dicko, will withdraw from politics, his spokesman has said"[2]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Myrichthys maculosus
Comment: This was mostly translated from fr.wikipedia. BTW he is a completely fascinating personality; so much material for potential DYK hooks in the article.

Created by Calliopejen1 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I have added an attribution tag on the talk page. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]