Template:Did you know nominations/Wong Keng Liang

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Wong Keng Liang

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~~... that Wong Keng Liang has been called the "Pablo Escobar of animal trafficking"?~~ Source: "For more than two decades, Anson Wong has been the internationally recognised "face" of the trade; the 'Pablo Escobar' of animal trafficking, according to some." (Source)

Reviewed: Chandrayaan-2
Comment: There are a lot of interesting things in the article. I'd say the hook is simple and attention grabbing, but feel free to offer another suggestion.

Created by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 8 May 2020 (UTC).

fascinating article--new and long enough, and I like the hook. No copyvio detected, tone is neutral (no fault of yours that 90% of the article is devoted to his smuggling career). Nice work! Kingoflettuce (talk) 07:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

QPQ is done too :) Kingoflettuce (talk) 07:39, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Although if I might say, Pablo is so passe--something evoking Joe Exotic would be even better (and Wong did deal not just with lizards but tigers too) Kingoflettuce (talk) 07:41, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

This nomination needs a full review. — Maile (talk) 01:30, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@EchetusXe: we need to finish up this nomination. Do you have an alt hook suggestion? I for one have never heard of Pablo Escobar. Yoninah (talk) 14:30, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Really? He is very famous. Well there is a lot of incredible information in there so I'll suggest:

ALT1: ~~... that immediately after his release from a United States prison for animal smuggling, Wong Keng Liang was given funding from the Malaysian government to construct a tiger zoo?~~
ALT2: ... that Wong Keng Liang was arrested after Malaysian customs officials found nearly 100 baby boa constrictors, two vipers, and a South American turtle hidden in his suitcases?
ALT3: ~~... that Wong Keng Liang planned to purposefully have his animal smugglers arrested so he could then purchase the confiscated wildlife from corrupt officials in the Malaysian government?~~
ALT4: ~~... that before he focused on reptiles, Wong Keng Liang is believed to have illegally smuggled snow leopard pelts, panda bear skins, rhino horns, Komodo dragons, gorillas, tigers, and elephants?~~ Echetus Xe 14:49, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Formatting alt hooks in advance of review. Yoninah (talk) 15:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Full review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. This sentence is copied from the source; please rewrite in your own words:
Source: The Malaysian government revoked his business licenses, shut down his zoo, and seized his entire collection of animals, including his Bengal tigers.
Article: The Malaysian government revoked his business licenses, shut down his zoo, and seized his entire collection of animals, including his Bengal tigers.
I have added subheads to break up the copy; you may wish to edit those. The lead needs expansion to cover the basic points of the article.
Re: hooks: ALT1 is interesting, but there is nothing to verify that this happened immediately after. ALT2 is great; hook ref verified and cited inline. Should "Malaysian" be added before "customs officials"? ALT3 is a little hard to read with its multisyllabic words, so I'm striking that. The beginning of ALT4 is inaccurate; it was not before he focused on reptiles but while he was running a legal trade in reptiles.
QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 15:52, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I think the second is better than the fourth. I've reworded the sentence. I think we'll go for the second hook then, it does grab attention even if it was tame compared to the real depth of his activities.Echetus Xe 16:13, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Great. And what about expanding the lead? Yoninah (talk) 16:36, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I've done that too now. Many thanks.Echetus Xe 18:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! I upgrade the article to C-class. No close paraphrasing added with new text. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 19:13, 15 June 2020 (UTC)