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A fact from Germany–Samoa relations appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Germany–Samoa relations were established in the nineteenth century by Hanseatic trading companies?

Source: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/50-jahre-diplo-beziehungen/2531722

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Umehara ga kimeta

Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

Di (they-them) (talk) 19:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I will do a review shortly. Yue🌙 00:38, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Might I also propose an alternative hook? (Although it might be too easter-eggy; will leave it to the promoter's discretion.)

ALT1: ... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?

Source: "German-Pacific relations: the precolonial period | Te Papa". tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

Yue🌙 00:56, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: References were spot-checked for verification; no issues arose. Yue🌙 00:56, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yue: You can't approve your own hook. Anyway it's certainly a more interesting one. Approve ALT1. BorgQueen (talk) 17:01, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BorgQueen: That makes a lot of sense. Cheers! Yue🌙 01:51, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]