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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:33, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
ALT2:...that Lebanon has accused Saudi Arabia government of having kidnapped Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri following his abrupt resignation while in Saudi Arabia? Source: [3]
Comment As the creator of the article, I feel slightly uncomfortable with the first blurb because the issue is a bit more nuanced. Much more comfortable with ALT1. However, I have not familiarized myself with the DYK process/guidelines, so take my opinion for what its worth. Classicwiki (talk) (ping me please) 19:54, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Comment Thanks for comment Classicwiki. Several sources have said that the man was either kidnapped or taken hostage according to the sources. These include Robert Fisk of the Independent, Michel Aoun, the Lebanese President, Hezbollah sources and other unnamed Lebanese officials as well as media. The hostage talk still continues see this recent development. But for greater accuracy we can propose a third alt specifying the source of accusation as Lebanon, even though there are non-Lebanese sources as I mentioned suggesting kidnapping and hostage taking, too. So I added a third alt. --Expectant of Light (talk) 06:41, 17 November 2017 (UTC). Forgot to tag you @Classicwiki:. --Expectant of Light (talk) 16:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Full review needed for this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:14, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
Overall: Article was new enough when nominated, is easily long enough, is supported by appropriate cited sources, and treats the topic in a neutral tone. No QPQ is needed. I rewrote several paragraphs taken almost word-for-word from sources, and I see no other copyvio issues. I updated the article to reflect changes since it was first written last month and removed the "Update" cleanup template. Hook ALT1 is less interesting, and the included sources easily support the main proposed hook's claim that Saudi "has been accused" of interference. I've changed the hook's wording from "kidnapping" to "detaining" to better match the cited sources and make the language a little less inflammatory. This article is approved for DYK, with the main proposed hook promoted. Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 18:43, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Full review needed for this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:14, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
Article was new enough when nominated, is easily long enough, is supported by appropriate cited sources, and treats the topic in a neutral tone. No QPQ is needed. I rewrote several paragraphs taken almost word-for-word from sources, and I see no other copyvio issues. I updated the article to reflect changes since it was first written last month and removed the "Update" cleanup template. Hook ALT1 is less interesting, and the included sources easily support the main proposed hook's claim that Saudi "has been accused" of interference. I've changed the hook's wording from "kidnapping" to "detaining" to better match the cited sources and make the language a little less inflammatory. This article is approved for DYK, with the main proposed hook promoted. Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 18:43, 12 December 2017 (UTC)