Template:Did you know nominations/Corruption in Equatorial Guinea

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:46, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Corruption in Equatorial Guinea

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• ... that despite having the highest per capita GDP of all African nations, Equatorial Guinea is ranked one of the lowest countries by measure of the quality of life?

• ALT1:... that Equatorial Guinea's per capita GDP is on par with Israel and Italy, despite more than 60 percent living on less than one dollar a day, due to corruption?
• ALT2:... that Teodoro Nguema Obiang of Equatorial Guinea has accumulated a vast fortune of over $300 million despite an annual salary of $100,000, allegedly through embezzlement?
• ALT3:... that Equatorial Guinea's per capita GDP is on par with Israel and Italy, while most of the population lives in poverty worse than Chad or Afghanistan due to corruption?

Created by DaltonCastle (talk). Self-nominated at 23:09, 16 September 2015 (UTC).

• ALT4:... that while live in California, the son of Equatorial Guinea's President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang, owned a fleet of 32 motorcycles and auto-mobiles, including Ferraris, Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Maybachs, Mercedes, Porches, an Aston-Martin, and a Bugatti bought with embezzled funds?
• ALT5:... that Teodoro Nguema Obiang's commission for a $380 million "Mega Yacht" was rescinded after the plan was made public to critics of high levels of Corruption in Equatorial Guinea?
• ALT6:... that despite having the highest per capita GDP of all African nations, Equatorial Guinea is ranked one of the lowest countries by measure of the quality of life due to corruption?
• ALT7:... that while live in California, the son of Equatorial Guinea's President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang, owned a fleet of 32 motorcycles and auto-mobiles bought with embezzled funds?
• ALT8:... that Equatorial Guinea's per capita GDP is on par with Israel and Italy, despite more than 60 percent living on less than one dollar a day, due to corruption so entrenched that it could be considered a criminal state?
• ALT9:... that Teodoro Nguema Obiang of Equatorial Guinea has accumulated a vast fortune of over $300 million despite an annual salary of $100,000, allegedly through embezzlement on a massive scale?
• ALT10:... that Equatorial Guinea's per capita GDP is on par with Israel and Italy, while most of the population lives in poverty worse than Chad or Afghanistan due to corruption so entrenched that it could be considered a criminal state?
• ALT11:... that Teodoro Nguema Obiang's commission for a $380 million "Mega Yacht" was rescinded after the plan was made public to critics of high levels of Corruption in Equatorial Guinea so massive to consider the nation a criminal state?
• ALT12:... that despite having the highest per capita GDP of all African nations, Equatorial Guinea is ranked one of the lowest countries by measure of the quality of life due to corruption so entrenched that it could be considered a criminal state?
• ALT13:... that while living in California, the son of Equatorial Guinea's President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang, owned a fleet of 32 motorcycles and auto-mobiles bought with embezzled funds from his nation's oil industry?

• @DaltonCastle: you need to include the nominated article in the hooks; as formulated none of the hooks are usable. Belle (talk) 22:04, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

• @Belle: Revised. Let me know what you think. DaltonCastle (talk) 18:16, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

• I've bolded the links to the nominated article (which is required for DYK hooks) except for ALT4, which I've struck entirely as it's far above the maximum length for DYK, and the original hook, which I've struck because it doesn't link to the article at all and doesn't mention any sort of corruption. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:33, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

• Full review needed now that hooks have been reformatted. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:25, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

New enough, long enough. ALTs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 short enough and sourced, but end abruptly - consider "corruption so entrenched that it could be considered a criminal state". No neutrality problems found, no copyright problems found. QPQ unnecessary and image properly licensed. In addition, the first paragraph of Corruption in Equatorial Guinea#The Nguema/Mongomo group does not have a reference.--Launchballer 11:55, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I added an inline citation for that paragraph so that all paragraphs are sourced. DaltonCastle (talk) 21:20, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I will also make new alternates now to accommodate your recommendations, beginning with ALT8. DaltonCastle (talk) 21:21, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Good to go with any of the new hooks.--Launchballer 08:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC)