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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 ThaddeusB (talk) 04:39, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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Choo Seng Quee[edit]

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  • ALT1:... that footballer Choo Seng Quee was a British agent during World War II?
  • Comment: Choo retired as a player in 1949 so ALT1 is technically correct too. LRD NO (talk) 01:39, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
  • ALT2:... that Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman declared that Choo Seng Quee's intended resignation as national football coach to be a definite "calamity"?

Created/expanded by LRD NO (talk). Self nominated at 10:12, 24 April 2014 (UTC).

  • Article has appropriate length, is new, and is within policy. There are plenty of sources and they all look to be in good order. As for the hook, it is fantastic. It pulled me in and made me, a casual reader, want to review this. However, in the article, the hook is mentioned in barely two sentences that are paragraphs apart. The newspaper article used as the source offers more information, so more information should be used. Is it about his career as a footballer? Not necessarily, but the information in those two sentences could really makes the article stand out if it were expanded just a little bit. With another source or two, Choo's time as a propagandist/agent could even get its own subsection, in my opinion. So, how about expanding on those two sentences? Mvblair (talk) 21:39, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Thank you for taking time to review the nomination, Mvblair. I am glad you like the hook. I have expanded on the section covered by the hook with more details from the articles. Shame Choo didn't get to publish his autobiography or I could have included more information on his life. LRD NO (talk) 10:16, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Agreed. It would be wonderful to know more about his work for the British. Maybe that mystery makes him all the more interesting. Anyhow, great article and great DYK! Mvblair (talk) 10:51, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Which hook is desired/approved? There are 3 choices and it isn't clear which of the three was being discussed. --ThaddeusB (talk) 03:30, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
  • I was going to add a tick, but first had to add the specific fact to the article from FN11 that he was a British agent (writing propaganda is not necessarily the same thing). I've also struck the two unapproved hooks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:27, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
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