Template:Did you know nominations/Somalatha Subasinghe

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The result was: promoted by sstflyer 13:00, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Somalatha Subasinghe edit

  • ALT1:- have a go
  • Reviewed: qpq = Sarpa Satra
  • Comment: where? well you will need to click - a WIR nomination

Created by Kisholi (talk) and Victuallers (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 11:39, 31 July 2015 (UTC).

  • Looks good! May I suggest a slight rewording to "
Interesting life and merits, on good sources, Sri Lankan source accepted AGF. In the hook, I miss that it was the premiere, and see too many foreign names. Better focus on her unless you want to promote the playwright also, and say "student", - there are also old people at universities. Something like
ALT1: ... that Somalatha Subasinghe performed the role of an old woman in the premiere of an important play when she was still a student? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Gerda, I'm cool with any of these. Victuallers (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Forgot to sign, and should probably wait for someone else to approve, - or will you make a variant? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

... that Somalatha Subasinghe appeared as an old woman in a play by a leading playwright whilst still at university? ... a variant - I'm not pushing the playwright but I get the impression this is Shakespeare (or Lessing?) in Sri Lanka. I have also cut down the main. ... and made a "variant"from yours Victuallers (talk) 18:26, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Fixed my typo, think that "leading playwright" is not in the article, nor should it be, so hope for someone to look at ALT1, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:38, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that Somalatha Subasinghe was only 24 when she debuted in the role of an old woman in Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Raththaran? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:35, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
ALT2 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:27, 10 September 2015 (UTC)