Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe (2nd nomination)

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 19:07, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured), Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured green, yellow, red, and a black star?

Source: Smith, Whitney (28 July 2013). "Flag of Sao Tome and Principe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

ALT1: ... that the black stars on the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured) represent the African populations of the two islands that make up the country? Source: Same as ALT0.
ALT2: ... that the yellow band on the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured) represents cocoa, a major agricultural export of the country? Source: Same as ALT0.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Electriquette
Comment: I prefer ALT1, but it may be too similar to the hook that ran in 2014 (see Talk:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe).

Improved to Good Article status by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

Yue🌙 21:40, 18 August 2024 (UTC).

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:34, 18 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: Looks good. Nice work. Approving the initial hook; the second is probably too close to when it was last featured in 2015, while the third doesn't seem like a guaranteed fact (from the article: American vexillologist Whitney Smith attributes additional meaning to the flag; according to him, green represents the islands' lush vegetation, yellow represents the tropical sun ... Meanwhile, the US Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook states that yellow represents cocoa, a major agricultural export of the country.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:57, 18 August 2024 (UTC)