Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Ménard
- 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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 02:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
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Daniel Ménard
- ... that Daniel Ménard was the first Canadian general to be dismissed on the battlefield since World War II? Source: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-former-top-soldier-in-afghanistan-daniel-menard-now-locked-in-kabul-jail-over-alleged-gun-smuggling
Improved to Good Article status by Premeditated Chaos (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 00:47, 16 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Daniel Ménard; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Onegreatjoke, I wish you had asked me before nominating this. I deliberately did not DYK this, as the article is somewhat negative toward Menard, a BLP. In particular, the proposed hook violates rule 4, which states "Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals should be avoided." ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Alright then, withdrawing. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- There is a possible hook for "At the time of his promotion, he was one of the youngest general officers in the Canadian Armed Forces." but if you don't want to do that then that's fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:09, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Premeditated Chaos: Pinging to see if they want to use the hook idea. If not then I'll withdraw the nom. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:07, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- I would prefer not to DYK this one period. The subject is unfortunately primarily notable for a few somewhat embarrassing episodes. While he clearly meets GNG, I don't think we need to be splashing his name all over the main page and drawing attention to him just for Wikipedia points. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 02:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Alright, then withdrawing nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 04:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- I would prefer not to DYK this one period. The subject is unfortunately primarily notable for a few somewhat embarrassing episodes. While he clearly meets GNG, I don't think we need to be splashing his name all over the main page and drawing attention to him just for Wikipedia points. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 02:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Premeditated Chaos: Pinging to see if they want to use the hook idea. If not then I'll withdraw the nom. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:07, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- There is a possible hook for "At the time of his promotion, he was one of the youngest general officers in the Canadian Armed Forces." but if you don't want to do that then that's fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:09, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Alright then, withdrawing. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)