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A fact from Gilbert Mendonca appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 September 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that residents of Uttan aided Gilbert Mendonca's candidacy in the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election by refusing to allow other candidates to campaign in their town?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2017/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gilbert Mendonca.

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... that Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly Gilbert Mendonca spent nine months in jail for an alleged land-grabbing case?Source: [1][2]

Reviewed: Phyllodoce mucosa

Created by Fitindia (talk). Self-nominated at 20:02, 29 August 2017 (UTC).[reply]

@Fitindia: New article, long enough, sourced, QPQ done, no copyvios seen. However, the source says he spent nine months, not eleven, in jail. Which is it? --Usernameunique (talk) 19:27, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Usernameunique: yes I just corrected that and it was nine months not eleven. Thank you for getting that. FITINDIA 19:41, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Fitindia, all set now. --Usernameunique (talk) 19:44, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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