Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of North Korea (2nd nomination)

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 18:34, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Flag of North Korea

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Flag of North Korea

... that after South Korea built a 98-metre (323-foot) flagpole flying the South Korean flag, North Korea erected an even taller one with the North Korean flag (pictured)?

Source: Bonnett, Alastair (17 April 2014). Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World. Aurum. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-78131-267-4.

ALT1: ... that the flag of North Korea (pictured) has been mistakenly used by a number of international organisations to represent South Korea? Source: Kim, So-hee (6 December 2023). 태극기 대신 北 인공기 표기한 유엔 기후정상회의 [UN Climate Summit Shows North Korean Flag Instead of Taegukgi]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/River

Improved to Good Article status by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

Yue🌙 23:09, 16 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: Article has passed GA and definitely meets the criteria; the previous nomination was rejected and thus does not affect eligibility. Hooks are both interesting and present in the article with citations, but I would put ALT1 ahead of ALT0 in terms of interest. If ALT0 is chosen, then it does need some tweaks to not repeat South Korea twice (perhaps changing the pipe to "their flag"?); also AGF on the source, which I cannot access. Sounder Bruce 01:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Imgur screenshot of the source for ALT0. Yue🌙 05:58, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that North Korea erected a 160-metre (525-foot) flagpole flying its national flag (pictured) in response to South Korea building a 98-metre (323-foot) flagpole with its national flag nearby?

Yue🌙 07:11, 17 August 2024 (UTC)