Template:Did you know nominations/31 October 2023 attack on Jabalia

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Schwede66 talk 18:54, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

31 October 2023 attack on Jabalia

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... that an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp killed dozens of people? Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67276822
- Alt1: ... that in response to an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp that killed dozens, Iran said oil exports to Israel should be ceased? Source:[1]
- Alt2: ... that the UN warned that an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp – that killed dozens – could constitute a war crime?Source:[2]
- Reviewed: Ashraf Deghani

Created by Vice regent (talk). Self-nominated at 06:26, 7 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/31 October 2023 attack on Jabalia; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Just a comment: Isn't killing people the point of an airstrike? We can get better hookiness by mentioning that civilians were killed. Bremps... 19:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Bremps: some airstrikes are intended to damage structure without necessarily killing people. I agree with your suggestion, I didn't mention civilians in the hook as I felt that mentioning civilians might cause some to oppose the nom.VR _talk 04:09, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Comment: War often kills people. My personal opinion is that ALT0 fails the interestingness criterion. It shouldn’t be that difficult to come up with more hooks. Viriditas (talk) 20:05, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Vice regent: Long enough, new enough. No maintenance templates found, no neutrality issues found, no valid copyright concerns found. QPQ done. I agree that ALT0 is not interesting; might be worth proposing a hook regarding Bolivia cutting diplomatic ties.--Laun chba ller 00:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Vice regent: Can you propose another hook please?--Laun chba ller 21:38, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I did. For some reason I don't get your pings from here. Next time I don't respond here, I'd be grateful if you left a message on my talk. I'm confused why I didn't get your pings.VR _talk 06:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I have to say, I regularly don't receive pings on these nominations, and only know people have responded to me through checking T:TDYK and T:TDYKA. I'm pretty sure I once only found out one of my nominations had been approved after the bot told me it was on the main page. ALT2 is fine; a more merciless prepbuilder may crop "that killed dozens" but I'll leave that to them. Let's roll.--Laun chba ller 18:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I've pulled this hook with the following rationale: The prose is made up of 36% direct quotes and with that, it's ~~a WP:COPYVIO~~ poor writing. Note that it's nowhere defined what proportion of an article can be made up of quotes, but I suggest that 36% is far too much to be acceptable. Schwede 66 20:51, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

I've done some rudimentary copyediting myself.--Laun chba ller 08:44, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

The nominator appears to have lost interest. I shall close this; it’s getting too old anyway. Schwede 66 18:54, 20 January 2024 (UTC)