Template:Did you know nominations/Birds of Canada (banknotes)

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 Allen3 ^talk 20:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Birds of Canada (banknotes)

(

• Back to T:TDYK
• Article history

)

• ... that the $1000 banknote of the Birds of Canada series was withdrawn from circulation because of its use in organized crime and for money laundering?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4)‎

Created by Mindmatrix (talk). Self nominated at 21:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

• ALT1: ... that a $2 bill of the 1986 Birds of Canada banknote series sold for CA$10,000 at auction in 2012?
• ALT2: ... that in 2001 many merchants stopped accepting Birds of Canada $100 banknotes for payment as it became increasingly counterfeited?
• ALT3: ... that the 1986 Birds of Canada banknote series introduced a colour-shifting metallic foil to deter counterfeiting using colour photocopiers?
• ALT4: ... that by 2004, the $20 banknote of the Birds of Canada series represented nearly 65% of all counterfeit currency in Canada?

The article has been 5x expanded since March 1 and is long enough (10758 characters). It is neutral in tone and well referenced with inline citations. Images have fair use rationale. No close paraphrase or copyright violation issues.

Hooks: the suggested hook sounds slightly awkward. What about "was withdrawn from circulation because of its use in money laundering" ... or "because of its use by organized crime for money laundering"?

ALT1 is good, ALT2 links to an article behind a paywall but the relevant information is in the free abstract online, ALT3 is a bit less hooky (to me at least), ALT4 is excellent and link is freely available. Any would probably be fine, but I like ALT4 best. HazelAB (talk) 00:18, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Regarding the original hook, I phrased it that way because not all money laundering is performed by organized crime. I agree that ALT3 is the least interesting of the bunch. Mindmatrix 14:16, 4 March 2014 (UTC)