Template:Did you know nominations/Patrick Degorce
- 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) 00:02, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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Patrick Degorce
- ... that Patrick Degorce was Rishi Sunak's boss at successive hedge funds, before Sunak entered politics? Source: "There were two hedge fund managers who made a bundle out of the rise and fall - Chris Hohn and Patrick Degorce. I mention them because the new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, worked with and for both of them." ITV News
- ALT1: ... that Patrick Degorce was an officer in the French Navy before becoming a hedge fund manager? Source: "Patrick Degorce served as an officer in the French Navy in his twenties, before making an unorthodox leap into the financial services sector." City AM
- ALT2: ... that hedge fund manager Patrick Degorce was an early investor in Moderna, hoping they could find a cure for his wife's stage 4 lung cancer? Source: "The first time hedge-fund manager Patrick Degorce met with biotech company Moderna Inc., it was a hail-Mary effort to find a cure for his wife." WSJ
- Reviewed: Pinwill sisters
Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 22:51, 13 August 2022 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- Neutral:
- Slight issue with the use of quotation marks in the prose - Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Concerning the hooks, of the three hooks I think ALT2 is the most interesting. This nomination is very technically not submitted within 7 days of creation (it's within 7 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes) but that's close enough that I'm going to count that as within the timeframe because that would be silly to disqualify it because of that. If someone else has an issue with that they can address it, but it won't be me. Regarding the prose in the article, the text led to its "disastrous" takeover
could use clarification or in-text attribution on who is calling it disastrous, likewise with the "unorthodox leap" quote. The sentence talking about after its "failed" cost cutting plans
likewise seems like an MOS:SCAREQUOTES issue. Once those small issues are addressed I think it should be good to go. - Aoidh (talk) 20:18, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Edwardx: Once the quotation issues are addressed this this should be good to go. - Aoidh (talk) 09:56, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- Aoidh Thank you. I have added another source, and done some rewording to remove all the quotes you mention. The RBS - ABN AMRO debacle should be well covered elsewhere on the Wiki. Edwardx (talk) 10:53, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Edwardx: I did make one small copy edit but this should now be
good to go. - Aoidh (talk) 19:42, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Edwardx: I did make one small copy edit but this should now be
- Aoidh Thank you. I have added another source, and done some rewording to remove all the quotes you mention. The RBS - ABN AMRO debacle should be well covered elsewhere on the Wiki. Edwardx (talk) 10:53, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
