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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 21:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Flag of Angola

• ... that the machete in the flag of Angola (pictured) symbolizes peasants, agriculture, and the country's war of independence?

• ALT1: ... that the flag of Angola (pictured) features a machete symbolizing peasants, agriculture, and the country's war of independence? Source: Same as ALT0.
• ALT2: ... that a proposal to replace the flag of Angola (pictured) in 2003 featured a sun design based on ancient rock paintings? Source: "Features of New National Flag". Angola Press News Agency. 27 August 2003. Archived from the original on 5 January 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
• ALT3: ... that the largest physical flag of Angola (pictured) weighs 20 tonnes and can withstand winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour? Source: "Içada Bandeira-Monumento no Museu da História Militar em Luanda" [Flag-Monument Hoisted at the Military History Museum in Luanda] (in European Portuguese). Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Portugal. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/To Kill a Mongolian Horse
• Comment: ALT2 and ALT3 do not require the image of the flag to be understood.

Yue🌙 06:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC).

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Overall: Approved to GA, great article and compelling hook. ALT1 seems tighter, I think with 'machete' catching the eye. No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:28, 27 March 2025 (UTC)