Template:Did you know nominations/Chowkidar Chor Hai


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:32, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Chowkidar Chor Hai

 * ... that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers prefixed the name 'chowkidar' (watchmen) to their social media profiles in response to election slogan Chowkidar Chor Hai? Source: "In recent days, leaders and supporters of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have launched a coordinated effort to popularize his watchman campaign, with many changing their social media names to add the prefix ‘chowkidar’" Reuters, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi today changed his personal Twitter account name to -- Chowkidar Narendra Modi. Following Prime Minister, BJP president and other BJP leaders also changed their profile names to Chowkidar Amit Shah, Chowkidar Piyush Goyal, etc. The campaign has been launched to counter the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's " chowkidar chor hai" jibe against the Prime Minister."Economic Times, Telegraph
 * Reviewed: Shah Jahan II

Created by DBigXray (talk). Self-nominated at 07:04, 24 March 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg I've modified the hook slightly to include "Narendra Modi" in it. The article is new enough and long enough, and QPQ is present. However, the article has some slight grammatical issues and most pressingly it is up for AfD. I'd like to reevaluate pending the result of the AfD. Raymie (t • c) 17:54, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 * "his ministers" seems quite strangely put. THE NEW  Immortal  Wizard  (chat) 22:07, 25 March 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm assuming his government ministers? Not exactly a big leap of faith in a parliamentary democracy... Raymie (t • c) 23:13, 25 March 2019 (UTC)


 * The article was kept at AFD, but the 2019 Indian general elections are currently ongoing, so in light of the rule at WP:DYKHOOK for avoiding articles featuring election candidates up to 30 days before the election, it would seem that the promotion at least will have to wait until they have concluded. – Uanfala (talk) 01:23, 13 April 2019 (UTC)


 * There's also an RM now on this page, as a note, requesting a move to Main Bhi Chowkidar. Raymie (t • c) 22:34, 16 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Further update: having survived the RM, this page is now a candidate to be merged. Can't say I've seen an AfD, an RM and a proposed merger on the same article before? Raymie (t • c) 00:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The article that is the proposed merge target is also under a merge proposal, for merging into yet another, higher-level article. That's something I can't say I've seen before. – Uanfala (talk) 22:09, 23 May 2019 (UTC)


 * That proposal was archived with three "Oppose" votes, so that tag can be removed. Good catch. Raymie (t • c) 00:16, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There have been four comments over a month and a half of the merger proposal being up for discussion, and three of them are in support. I believe the merger would mean the end of this DYK nomination, correct? Raymie (t • c) 22:03, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Raymie this article belongs to WikiProject Indian politics. As I noted on the talk page as well, this article is an eyesore for supporters of a particular political party.who are doing everything they can to get rid of this article. I would like to remind you that mergers here are based on consensus and WP:NOTAVOTE count. There is no consensus to merge as of now. Just as there  was no consensus to rename and a strong consensus to NOT DELETE the article.  D Big X ray ᗙ  10:01, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg - New and long enough. Qpq done. Hook is interesting. Inline citations checks. Good work. Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 15:16, 15 June 2019 (UTC)