Template:Did you know nominations/Alemu Abebe

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 17:35, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Alemu Abebe

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... that the in 2005 a former mayor of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Alemu Abebe, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his role during the Derg rule?

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Created/expanded by Soman (talk). Self nom at 11:38, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Date, hook cite, and size all check out. Duplication checker shows no problems. Looks like its good to go! Lord Roem (talk) 01:41, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

If this is a BLP, please don't use negative hooks on MainPage. Is this guy still alive? --PFHLai (talk) 00:06, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

It appears so. But, if he is infamous for a specific historical event, why can't that be put on the main page? Lord Roem (talk) 00:28, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

From WP:WIADYK#DYK rules, Eligibility criteria 4: "Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals ... should be avoided." Being convicted of a crime, imo, qualifies as an example of negative aspects of someone's life, BTW, 2005 is "recent", hardly "historical". --PFHLai (talk) 01:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

BTW, Alemu Abebe was mayor for 8 years from 1977 to 1985. Any notable accomplishments during his tenure? I'm looking for a non-negative hook. --PFHLai (talk) 01:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I concur with PFHLai and suggest that you look for a different hook fact. Schwede 66 01:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Two alt hooks:

ALT1: ... that the Ethiopian Derg military junta hailed Alemu Abebe as the first democratically elected mayor of the capital Addis Ababa?
ALT2: ... that Alemu Abebe was sworn in as mayor of Addis Ababa in 1977 after the mayor-elect had been assassinated?

--Soman (talk) 13:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Length and dates are OK. I did not see evidence of copied or closely paraphrased text. Article is appropriately referenced. I could verify only the ALT2 hook. The problem with the original hook is that the source does not say what crime he was sentenced for. The problem with ALT1 is that the text of the cited source does not indicate that the official sources said that Alemu Abebe was democratically elected; it mentions the council but not the mayor. (The headline mentions the mayor in this connection, but Abebe is not included in the statement in the text.) Considering that the mayor-elect was assassinated one week earlier, it is possible that the officials did not try to pretend that the replacement mayor was democratically elected. --Orlady (talk) 05:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)