Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:50, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square[edit]

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... that Mahatma Gandhi forced Margaret Thatcher off Parliament Square?

Reviewed: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
Comment: Hook designed for April Fools as Gandhi would never force anyone.

Created by Ham II (talk), Miyagawa (talk). Nominated by Miyagawa (talk) at 20:27, 15 March 2015 (UTC).

Date, length and hook all OK. QPQ done, no close para. Good to go for AFD. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:15, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

@Miyagawa:@Ham II: Might I suggest an alternative hook that would perhaps tie in more closely with one of the statue's neighbours on Parliament Square and would, I think, be more April Foolish? (The description below was, of course, Churchill's famous comment on Gandhi.) Prioryman (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that a half-naked fakir has taken up residence near Winston Churchill?

Much better than the original. Those who know (and I am one of them) would know and those who don't would click as they'd be interested to find out more about this fakir. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:41, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Of course, it might help if the article actually mentioned this (my bad). I've added a para to fill the gap retrospectively... Prioryman (talk) 17:46, 25 March 2015 (UTC)