Template:Did you know nominations/Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
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Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal
[edit]- ... that in 1988 the Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal defected to the United States?
Created by Soman (talk). Self nominated at 10:38, 5 June 2014 (UTC).
The article is new enough and squeaks by, barely, with 1501 characters of text omitting headings and footnotes. Notability not completely clear, but unless someone AfDs it, that's not a reason for a DYK rejection. Also, someone has added an orphan tag; I'm not sure whether that's a DYK passage issue or not, but that should be resolved. Presumably, if he is notable, there are other articles that can/should link to this one, right? Also, the hook says he "defected" but the article doesn't use that word; it says he "deserted". Is there a difference? Why doesn't the hook use the same language as the article? The article does use inline citation format. QPQ has been completed. Other review elements pending. Cbl62 (talk) 22:13, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Article now reworded (uses 'defected', which is more apt for a non-military person). Notability ought to be a non-issue, as he was a national cabinet minister (passes WP:POLITICIAN easily). As per the orphan tag, it is not required in DYK that articles be de-orphaned. (ping @User:Cbl62) --Soman (talk) 06:26, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
Hook fact is now set forth in the article and supported by reliable sources, including NYT article. Spot-checking reveals no problem with plagiarism, copyvio, etc. It would be nice, however, if the nominator could resolve the "orphan tag" before this appears on the Main Page. IMO, it doesn't put our best foot forward to promote articles to the Main Page that have unresolved clean up notes of this sort. Cbl62 (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
