Template:Did you know nominations/John Papadimitriou

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... that when John Papadimitriou was promoted to a senior role in the Greek Archaeological Service, newspapers both praised and criticised him for being a communist?

Source: Petrakos, Vasileios (1997b). Ιωάννης Κ. Παπαδημητρίου [John K. Papadimitriou]. Έπαινος Ιωάννου Κ. Παπαδημητρίου [Praise of John K. Papadimitriou] (PDF). Library of the Archaeological Society of Athens (in Greek). Vol. 168. Archaeological Society of Athens. p. 37. ISBN 960-7036-70-0.

ALT1: ... that junior archaeologists used to ask John Papadimitriou to walk over their sites for good luck? Source: Picard, Charles (1963). "J. Papadimitriou (1904–1963)". Revue Archéologique (in French). 2: 206. JSTOR 41753196.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Goetsch–Winckler House

Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 14:18, 26 April 2025 (UTC).

I claim this and will review this article either today or on the weekend. WatkynBassett (talk) 17:58, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
The article was promoted to GA on 26 April 2025 and nominated on the same day. It is thus eligible.
The article is (very) well-sourced. I did two spot checks and they checked out.
The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
QPQ done.
Concerning the hooks, I love the second one. It is interesting, sourced and funny. I approve ALT1. Thank you for creating free knowledge, I learned a lot from reading the article. WatkynBassett (talk) 18:42, 9 May 2025 (UTC)