Template:Did you know nominations/Margarita Sharapova


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:00, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Margarita Sharapova

 * ... that Margarita Sharapova is a Russian novelist and short story writer whose tales often draw on her former experience as an animal trainer in a circus?
 * Reviewed: QPQ donation is See, Amid the Winter's Snow
 * Comment: For Women's History Month

Created by Ipigott (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 02:40, 27 February 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hook directly cited to RS. Waiting for QPQ. Also, the hook does seem to be a sort of dull, "X is Y" kind of thing, but perhaps I'm mistaken. --Jakob (talk)  01:41, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I find the hook rather interesting because of the mention of her being an animal trainer. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 17:52, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I have added a QPQ and suggest a tighter wording and alt2: Victuallers (talk) 17:09, 3 March 2015 (UTC)


 * (alt1) ... that the Russian novelist Margarita Sharapova tells tales based on how she trained animals in a circus?
 * (alt2) ... that the novelist Margarita Sharapova left Russia because she was told she would suffer for her books?
 * Symbol question.svg another possible alt:


 * ALT3 ... that Russian novelist Margarita Sharapova sought asylum in Portugal because of government opposition to her writing? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:03, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg GTG with alt2. --Jakob (talk)  13:43, 20 March 2015 (UTC)