Talk:Clipperton Island case

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:43, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that the ownership dispute between France and Mexico over Clipperton Island in the Eastern Pacific Ocean was decided by the King of Italy? Source: On March 2, 1909 the two countries signed an agreement in Mexico to submit the dispute to arbitration and selected King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy to arbitrate the dispute over Clipperton. Emmanuel, Victor (1932). "Arbitral Award on the Subject of the Difference Relative to the Sovereignty Over Clipperton Island". American Journal of International Law. 26 (2): 390–394. McConnell, WH (1970). "The Legal Regime of Archipelagoes". Saskatchewan Law Review. 35 (2).
  • ALT1: ... that it took the King of Italy 22 years to decide whether France or Mexico owned Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean? Source: Nearly 22 years later on January 28, 1931 Victor Emmanuel rendered his decision awarding the island to France. "ITALY: Clipperton Island". Time. 1931-02-16. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Angie Appleton

Created by Dr vulpes (talk). Self-nominated at 02:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Clipperton Island Case; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Cite your source for that quote in the sidebar (the one beginning with "There is no reason to suppose" and we'll be good. Aside from that: ALT1 is strongly preferable, I think. Article needed some polishing, which I have provided. Earwig says 2% similarity, which I think we can attribute to some direct quotes. DS (talk) 23:31, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

• DragonflySixtyseven, thanks for the note and comments. I went ahead and fixed the sidebox issue and I've provided another source for the document. For whatever reason when I clicked the link it didn't load correctly for me. [1] Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Good enough. DS (talk) 01:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@DragonflySixtyseven: Is this nomination approved? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 19:59, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Z1720:. Yes. Go with ALT1. DS (talk) 18:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@DragonflySixtyseven: If you approve the hook, please add the green tick by posting the following template below: {{subst:DYKtick}} and signing the post. This allows the DYK bot to move this nomination to the appropriate page. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 21:00, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

DS (talk) 02:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)