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A fact from Nchalo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 August 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that UK courts are expected to decide if embankments built to protect sugarcane in Nchalo created damage and deaths in a nearby Malawian village?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nchalo.

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:26, 16 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that UK courts will decide if banks, built to protect sugar cane in Nchalo, created damage and deaths in a nearby Malawian village?

Source: These embankments, built to keep sugarcane dry, allegedly turned the storm into a death trap by forcing water straight into Kanseche

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Janielle Josephs
- Comment: Happy to take alt hooks. Sadly the village of Kanseche doesn't seem to be "on the map"

Created by Victuallers (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 460 past nominations.

Victuallers (talk) 13:33, 5 July 2026 (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:

Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced, neutral and plagiarism-free. Earwig picks up the quotation, that is all. Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ is done. No image nominated. I made a minor alteration to the hook in this diff (it did not seem worth proposing as an ALT Lajmmoore (talk) 20:27, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply