Template:Did you know nominations/Erkki Kourula
- The following discussion 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 PFHLai (talk) 03:17, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Erkki Kourula
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- ... that Erkki Kourula (pictured) was the first Finn to be elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court?
Created/expanded by Pi (talk). Self nom at 13:26, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
- Just a note from me... The hook has the results of the judges election as its source. While the source doesn't explicitly state that he was the first Finn to be elected, note that it states that it was the first election held and that he was the only Finn elected.Pi (Talk to me! ) 13:32, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that Erkki Kourula (pictured) was among the first judges to be elected to the International Criminal Court?
The article just barely meets the minimum length for DYK—by a whopping 2 characters! The date is fine, the article has no close paraphrasing concerns, is well-cited, with the exception of the fact for the main hook. I appreciate your note, but don't find it to be sufficient. The ALT1 hook is also problematic in my view. The piped wikilink "judges" is to the list of ICC judges and not a general page about judges or the types who qualify for such lofty positions. Also, it's just not very interesting, IMHO. The article subject is clearly notable and has some really interesting background, like involvement in Rwanda and other hotspots. Inclusion of these facts would improve the article and supply lots of material for better hooks. Marrante (talk) 23:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- Nominator has not made any edits since February 2. I think this article is notable and would be good for variety on DYK, but it needs a new hook. I may take care of this, but then the article will need a new review. Marrante (talk) 09:16, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, this is ready for re-review. I have expanded the article somewhat and it now stands at 1743 characters. The issue I was concerned about before has been addressed. The ref is the same, but now I have established the starting date of the ICC itself, so that "first election" is absolutely clear to anyone ignorant about the court. In addition, there is now a non-ICC ref there and I have expanded the ref descriptions and added access dates. There is still more than can be done with the article, but I don't have the time just now. This at least gets it ready for DYK and the nom will soon be a month old already. Marrante (talk) 11:29, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
