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	This article was accepted on 18 June 2020 by reviewer 5225C (talk · contribs).

A fact from Ralph Debbas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ralph Debbas founded the first Middle Eastern automotive company in 2012, making him the first automotive executive in the Middle East?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ralph Debbas.

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 08:49, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ralph Debbas founded the first Middle Eastern automotive company in 2012, making him the first automotive executive in the Middle East? Source: "W Motors, the first Arab carmaker, is the brainchild of Lebanese entrepreneur and Coventry University graduate Ralph Debbas." formtrends (2012)
- ALT1: ... that Ralph Debbas founded the first Middle Eastern automotive company in 2012? Source: "W Motors, the first Arab carmaker, is the brainchild of Lebanese entrepreneur and Coventry University graduate Ralph Debbas." formtrends (2012)
- ALT2: ... that Ralph Debbas founded the first Middle Eastern automotive company, making him the first automotive executive in the Middle East? Source: "W Motors, the first Arab carmaker, is the brainchild of Lebanese entrepreneur and Coventry University graduate Ralph Debbas." formtrends (2012)
- ALT3: ... that Ralph Debbas founded W Motors in 2012, making them the first automotive executive and manufacturer in the Middle East (respectively)? Source: "W Motors, the first Arab carmaker, is the brainchild of Lebanese entrepreneur and Coventry University graduate Ralph Debbas." formtrends (2012)
- ALT4: ... that Ralph Debbas designed the first car produced by a Middle Eastern company? Source: formtrends (2012)
- Reviewed: Pepsi Number Fever.

Moved to mainspace by 5225C (talk). Self-nominated at 07:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing... Flibirigit (talk) 02:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - ?
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article was moved to mainspace on June 18, and nominated the same day. Length and sourcing are adequate. Article is neutral in tone. No plagiarism issues detected. Images used in the article are properly licensed on the Commons. QPQ requirement is met. All hooks are reasonably interesting, and mentioned in the article. My only concerned is that the cited source states "W Motors, the first Arab carmarker". This seems to reference the Arab world instead of the Middle East. These are similar but not the same. Is there a simple adjustment which could be made, or are there sources which specifically stated first carmaker in the Middle East? Flibirigit (talk) 02:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Flibirigit: JapaneseCarTrade.com specifies Middle East, as does A-1 Auto Transport, and the the company's history page. Hopefully that should address the hook (I'd probably go with the original but it depends on the length restrictions).
5225_C (talk • contributions) 05:05, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to add those other sources to this article to support the claim of Middle East? Flibirigit (talk) 05:09, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 05:34, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Article now meets all DYK criteria. All hooks approved, promoter to choose. Flibirigit (talk) 06:32, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go with the original. Thanks for the review!
5225_C (talk • contributions) 06:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]