Talk:Étienne Ngounio

A fact from Étienne Ngounio appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a former member of the French Senate ended up being exiled to the northern Central African Republic by the future emperor?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:52, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a former member of the French Senate ended up getting exiled to northern Central African Republic by the future Emperor? Source: Serre, Jacques (2007). David Dacko: Prémier Président de la République Centrafricaine 1930–2003 (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-2-296-02318-5.
- ALT1: ... that whilst Étienne Ngounio may have had presidential ambitions, he ended up being the Head of Customs in a provincial town in northern Central African Republic?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Women's World (Ottoman magazine)

5x expanded by GGT (talk). Self-nominated at 23:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Just added an ALT1. --GGT (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Long enough (barely, tho), new enough. Before I execute a full review, please note: 1) the article needs to settle on one spelling of his last name (it currently seems to use the apostrophe version randomly); 2) there may be more details of relevance in the sources -- for instance, the Senate biography notes what parliamentary group he belonged to; 3) there is an annoying problem with the way in which sources are cited: see the info on his birthplace -- it mentions his birthplace as Limassa, and credits the French Senate with the alternative birthplace of Kembé -- however, we are not told which sources say Limassa. Please fix these issues. Dahn (talk) 05:55, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dahn, I'm not sure how these queries are related to the DYK rules but I've tried to address them: 1) I've standardised his last name in the article; 2) I've added his Senate affiliation but obviously it's to be expected that there will be other information that could be added - this is a DYK nom, not a FAC after all; 3) I've added the missing inline citation for Serre and reworded to make this clearer. --GGT (talk) 11:22, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@GGT: Hi there. My main concern was with the sources you used having a bit more facts than theyre cited with, and also with the bit being left uncited; you have addressed both, so I wont press the point, but technically these do fall under the DYK requirement that the article be well-written. So, to complete my review: new, long enough, well written, no apparent plagiarism, hooks interesting and properly cited, verified AGF; my preference is slightly toward the original hook. Dahn (talk) 12:25, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GGT The future emperor part isn't in the article. SL93 (talk) 01:01, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

SL93: it now is. —GGT (talk) 08:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. SL93 (talk) 12:06, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]