Template:Did you know nominations/Giorgio Mitrovich

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:12, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Giorgio Mitrovich

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... that Maltese politician Giorgio Mitrovich was the grandson of a Montenegrin corsair? Source: "Captain Giorgio Mitrovich seems to have been active in Malta during the early 1770s and right up to the last years of the Maltese corso (licensed piracy). ... Captain Giorgio Mitrovich was the grandfather and god-father of the future Maltese patriot Giorgio Mitrovich." (Carabott, Sarah (26 March 2018). "Family of Maltese patriot donate only photo to archive". Times of Malta.)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Valjala Stronghold
Comment: I know that Earwig's Copyvio Detector stands at 66.1% ("Violation Possible"), however that is due to the inclusion of two somewhat lengthy quotes in the article.

Created by Xwejnusgozo (talk). Self-nominated at 23:08, 24 December 2018 (UTC).

The article is long enough and new enough with no copyright violations. A QPQ has been completed and the hook is directly cited in the article. I'm not sure how the hook can be interesting to a broad audience when his grandfather doesn't even have an article. SL93 (talk) 11:13, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

@SL93: Thanks for the review. Here are a couple of alternative hooks:

ALT1: ... that although Giorgio Mitrovich was pro-British, he criticised Malta's British colonial administration for its lack of freedom of the press?
ALT2: ... that Giorgio Mitrovich traveled to London in an attempt to gain freedom of the press for Malta?

Xwejnusgozo (talk) 13:10, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

ALT1 is ready to go. SL93 (talk) 23:11, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but where does it say in the article that he was pro-British? Yoninah (talk) 22:33, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

The last sentence of the first paragraph of the "Struggle for press freedom" section reads as follows: "Mitrovich fought for press freedom and the right for the Maltese to express themselves, although he did not desire independence and he respected and admired the British."

I used the term "pro-British" to refer to this part. Perhaps it can be reworded to be in line with the article, such that:

ALT1a: ... that although Giorgio Mitrovich respected and admired the British, he criticised Malta's British colonial administration for its lack of freedom of the press?

This is directly cited in this source: "Having found time to do business transactions with the British, whom he greatly admired..." and "Although he severely criticised the colonial administration of Malta, he appreciated the British connection"

Xwejnusgozo (talk) 23:38, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. ALT1a is better IMO. Restoring tick per SL93's review. Yoninah (talk) 00:10, 23 January 2019 (UTC)