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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 SL93 talk 02:20, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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Soumane Touré

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  • ... that the Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was sentenced to death in 1987?
  • Source: James Genova. Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983–1987. MSU Press, 2022. pp. 30, 35, 93, 128, 146, 165
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 388 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 19:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC).

  • Comment — I would probably add one or two supporting details to the hook to make it more interesting. A lot of people get sentenced to death, what makes Touré's sentence special? You could give the specific reason(s) or emphasize the fact that Touré, who served as an elected member of Burkina Faso's parliament, had previously been sentenced to death. Thus, despite a previous sentence, he went on to represent his country. Yue🌙 18:50, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
How about ALT1, "... that the Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was sentenced after being accused of collaboration with counter-revolutionaries, but his life was saved through the intervention of then President Thomas Sankara?" --Soman (talk) 09:45, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
@Soman: I think that is a very good hook. I will do the review later today if nobody else has by then. Yue🌙 21:05, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
I noticed some missing details with ALT1, presumably because including those details would exceed the character limit. I propose this adaptation of your hooks, ALT2:
"... that the execution of Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was prevented by the intervention of his childhood friend, then Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara?"
The source from the article is: Harsch, Ernest (15 October 2017). Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-78699-137-9. For the specific claim that they were friends, see: Harsch, Ernest (2013). "The legacies of Thomas Sankara: a revolutionary experience in retrospect". Review of African Political Economy. 40 (137): 361. ISSN 0305-6244. I have already done a review of the article and its sources, but I cannot approve the adaptation of your hook without your input. Yue🌙 07:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Ok for ALT2. Notably, the really interesting hook would have been to state that whilst Sankara saved Toure's life, Toure joined the pro-government side after the killing of Sankara. But I can't find a ref that back that narrative up. --Soman (talk) 19:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
I looked through a couple English- and French-language sources as well and could not find a passage(s) saying exactly that. Yue🌙 21:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Interesting article about a prominent figure in Burkinabé labour history. The article was copy-edited by myself for minor grammatical errors and sentence structure. Two-thirds of the citations given (both in English and in French) were checked for plagiarism and close paraphrasing; no issues arose. The original and alternative hooks are verified by the sources given for each, but I believe ALT2 fulfills WP:DYKINT the best. Yue🌙 21:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
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