Template:Did you know nominations/Owen Wilkes

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 19:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Owen Wilkes

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• ... that peace campaigner Owen Wilkes died by his own hand?

• ALT1:... that New Zealand peace campaigner Owen Wilkes had his mail monitored?
• ALT2:... that New Zealand peace campaigner Owen Wilkes committed suicide?
• ALT3:... that New Zealand peace campaigner Owen Wilkes was also an archaeologist?
• Comment: Rescued from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New Zealand#Removal of an article about the founder of the of Anti-Bases Campaign. If hooks are too long, remove New Zealand. My first DYK, all feedback welcome.

5x expanded by Stuartyeates (talk). Self nom at 03:54, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

• Article passes five-fold expansion test and is the minimum required length. No images so that are no copyrights to check on that. Plagiarism check: no problems here, extended is actually quote in footnote, quote in foot note brings up false positive. Article reads as neutral. Person has passed away so BLP not a concern. Would like to see the part about his death improved, but that is not a DYK criteria.
• Norwegian sources support text and are not plagiarized. --LauraHale (talk) 23:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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• Proposed: I do not like it personally. I think the method of death as specified in the article is less ambigious. (I hear died by own hand and assume he shot himself.) Article source does support the text the hook is based on.
• ALT1 I think this one is a bit more interesting. Mail and packages sent to him seem close enough to make the source verify the text, which supports the hook.
• ALT2: It is accurate and supported by the text. Not my favourite.
• AL32: It is accurate and supported by the text. Not my favourite. --LauraHale (talk) 23:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Good to go. Preference is ALT1. --LauraHale (talk) 23:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)