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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 Desertarun (talk) 18:30, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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Embassy of the United States, Phnom Penh

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US embassy complex, Phnom Penh
US embassy complex, Phnom Penh
  • ... that Cambodian leader Hun Sen released four imprisoned dissidents as a "gift" to the United States upon the commencement of its new embassy in Phnom Penh? Source: " The Cambodian government on Tuesday released four imprisoned government critics... Om Yentieng, an adviser to Hun Sen, quoted the prime minister as saying he had made the bail request as "a gift for Mr. Christopher Hill on the inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy." 1
    • ALT1:... that UNESCO objected to a possible site for the new US embassy complex in Phnom Penh, but it was the one chosen anyway? Source: 2, 3
    • ALT2:... that the current complex of the US embassy in Phnom Penh was a "flagship project"? Source: "The new embassy will be “a flagship project for a new generation” of US embassies around the world,” Williams (referring to "Charles Williams, the director and chief operating officer of the US State Department’s Overseas Building Operations") said." 4

Created by MSG17 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:39, 1 June 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - ALT2 isn't cited directly in the article.
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Expand the lead, as its just 3 lines. In the article its written a "gift, in the hook "a gift  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  18:11, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Will address these issues ASAP. About Earwig: I copied from US Government materials, which are public domain, and properly attributed them in the references section using {{PD-notice}}. So, there is no copyvio. MSG17 (talk) 18:23, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Issues are resolved. ALT2 is cited directly in the page; see the second-to-last sentence and citation 16. It's also written as a "gift in both the hook and the article, although I have now modified the article to end the quote at "gift".MSG17 (talk) 23:10, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
As per WP:DYK#Cited hook, there should be an inline citation right after the sentence containing the hook fact. No other issues.  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  08:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Changed the citation positions. MSG17 (talk) 12:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Approved  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  17:42, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
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