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The result was: promoted by Maile66 (talk) 11:38, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Government House, Bulawayo

• ... that the President of Zimbabwe has access to State House with a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds, the former Rhodesian Prime Minister's house and formerly Mugabe's Blue Roof mansion in Harare in addition to a former Government House in Bulawayo (pictured) that was the former home of Cecil Rhodes? Source: [1], [2], [3], [4], Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During the Year Ending June 30, 1905. Smithsonian. p. 287. ISBN 9781332438037.

• Reviewed: Spider-Man 2, Cheer screening, Assumption of the Virgin Mary in art, Statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd & others
• Comment: For 2 March (date of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe's first declaration as a republic), 5 articles

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 11:18, 19 January 2021 (UTC).

• This would take some time to review (2-3 days). Apologies for the long wait.

• Day 1:
• Formalities:

State House (Zimbabwe):

Y Prose size (text only): 3678 characters (590 words) "readable prose size"

Y Article created by The C of E on January 19, 2021

Statue of Robert Mugabe

Y Prose size (text only): 1543 characters (268 words) "readable prose size" — a bit short from threshold

Y Article created by The C of E on January 19, 2021

Zimbabwe House, Harare:

Y Prose size (text only): 2212 characters (351 words) "readable prose size"

Y Article created by The C of E on January 19, 2021

Blue Roof:

Y Prose size (text only): 2161 characters (361 words) "readable prose size"

Y Article created by The C of E on January 19, 2021

State House (Bulawayo):

Y Prose size (text only): 1954 characters (316 words) "readable prose size"

Y Article created by The C of E on January 19, 2021

Signature for day 1: Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:30, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

• Day 2:
• Hook:

• Hook exceeds 200 characters — pinging Yoninah to look if this appropriate
• I am a bit concerned about the drunk superman part — is this a negative aspect on a living person, because the sculptor is still alive?
• Interesting enough
• Hook is in the article and cited (although implicitly)
• Neutral

• Content:

• Lede is doing OK. Almost all leads (except Blue Roof) is cited; probably it shouldn't be cited as it serves as a summary for the content, but that's a personal preference I think.
• Articles could benefit from images of the building — although I'm not sure if there is FOP in Zimbabwe
• Unpaywalled sources have been checked and verified – all good

• QPQ: done
• Image: none

Signature for day 2: Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 01:50, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

• Concerns about hook length and the drunk superman part. If the issues are resolved, I would give green tick. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 01:50, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

• @Jeromi Mikhael: There's no BLP issue as Mugabe is dead. Futhermore, under rule C3 of WP:DYKSG, it says that any bolded article links after the first one don't count towards the character count. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:59, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

• @The C of E: Wait, Mugabe is dead? Ok then. The character should also be ok. Here's a tick. Congratulations! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:01, 22 January 2021 (UTC)