Template:Did you know nominations/Robin Hood v. United States

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 06:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Robin Hood v. United States

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... that Robin Hood sued the United States after claiming banks conspired to rob him?
- ALT1:... that Robin Hood sued the United States because the Sheriff of Washington allowed banks to rob him?

Reviewed: Cannabis in Poland
Comment: For April Fools Day

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 09:50, 4 January 2017 (UTC).

The article is sufficiently long, and was nominated for DYK on the same day it was created. QPQ completed. The last sentence in the background section has a citation to a ref that supports most of it, but doesn't make the specific claim about the case being dismissed with prejudice. (The entirety of the source document states: "This action is dismissed for failure to state a claim. Judgment is entered accordingly."; ref 2 does support the claim in page 3, though) The quotation "To dismiss these cases show a cover-up..." is not accompanied by a citation (nor is the earlier quotation in that sentence). As far as sources go, source 6 appears to be low quality (perhaps blogspam?) and should probably be removed, and source 1 is rather click-baity but I'll accept it as it at least presents info (albeit without its own sources). As far as the hook is concerned, could you tweak it to remove the (unproven) claim he was robbed? (Perhaps ..."for conspiring to rob him" or some such.) I suppose that ALT1 is acceptable as is. (ALT1 and amended original hook are acceptable only if promoted for April Fool's Day.) Mind matrix 19:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

@Mindmatrix: I have made the change to the hook, The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 23:02, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

BTW: I wasn't trying to diminish the April Fool's Day hook, and upon review of the article, my suggestion was probably not quite correct. Aside: perhaps you can also take advantage of the term in forma pauperis to start the hook with "...the pauper Robin Hood...". What do you think of ALT2? Mind matrix 21:54, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

ALT2: ...that the pauper Robin Hood sued the United States because he had been robbed by banks and the government?

To whomever creates the set for April Fool's Day, can the ellipsis be eliminated from the quotation for AFD (assuming nominator likes ALT2)? Mind matrix 21:54, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

I am OK with that. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:19, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

@Mindmatrix:? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:09, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Uh, there are still outstanding issues from my review you haven't addressed. In point form, they are:

The last sentence in the background section makes a claim the case was dismissed with prejudice, but the source doesn't support it (ref 2 does support the claim in page 3, though)
Source 6 is not an acceptable source per WP:RS.

That's all that needs to be corrected. Mind matrix 03:41, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

@Mindmatrix: I have made the changes now. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:07, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Good to go for April Fool's Day. (My preference is ALT2, then ALT1.) Mind matrix 14:45, 30 January 2017 (UTC)