Talk:Group of Personal Friends
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Did you know nomination
- 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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:52, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Salvador Allende
... that, prior to the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, Admiral José Toribio Merino described Salvador Allende's (pictured) GAP security force as "Disney-movie style ... kids playing bandits"?
- ALT1 ... ... that, after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, Admiral José Toribio Merino described ousted President Salvador Allende's (pictured) GAP security force as "Disney-movie style ... kids playing bandits"?
- Reviewed:
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Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 20:12, 14 May 2020 (UTC).
- New enough
- Long enough
- Within policy , no evident plagiarism.
- Citation correct
- Topic can be of general interest
- Hook seem short enought
- Dentren (talk) 12:06, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- New enough
- I would however change the hook a bit as Merino is quotes are in retrospective, hes mocking description of GAP was done after the coup.
- ... that, after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, Admiral José Toribio Merino described ousted President Salvador Allende's (pictured) GAP security force as "Disney-movie style ... kids playing bandits"?
- Dentren | Talk 06:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, Dentren. I agree your Alt hook is preferable. Chetsford (talk) 16:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
- I am not sure about the image's copyright status
, its license says it is in public domain of Argentina but not of the US. Also, it is not the best image to illustrate the topic, because it shows Allende and not the GAP. - The DYK nomination is ready to go. Dentren | Talk 23:19, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
- I am not sure about the image's copyright status
- Thanks for the review, Dentren. I agree your Alt hook is preferable. Chetsford (talk) 16:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
