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A fact from Gregory Gordon (lawyer) appeared on Wikipedia's
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check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that American scholar of genocide Gregory Gordon believes that ordering war crimes or crimes against humanity should be criminalized, even if mass killing has not taken place?
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ALT1:... that American scholar of genocide Gregory Gordon believes that ordering war crimes or crimes against humanity should be against the law, even if mass killing has not taken place? Source: same as above
Article has been sufficiently expanded within the requisite timeframe. It is long enough, and neutrally written. I cannot detect any copyvios. All content is appropriately cited. QPQ is complete. Hooks look good. I would strongly prefer ALT1 or ALT2, as the original hook seems jargonish to me. I might suggest incorporating the "even if the crimes hadn't taken place" into a hook, but that's up to you. Two other suggestions; one, the lead is a bit short; and two, I'm wondering if the license in question is appropriate; a book cover will surely be covered by copyright, and would therefore usually be available for its own article under a NFUR but not otherwise? Vanamonde (
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Thanks for the review. I've expanded the lead and incorporated your suggestion for ALT1 (For ALT2, the incitement to commit war crimes is currently legal under international law). The book cover is free because the image is the only thing copyrightable and it is released under a free license, while simple text does not rise to the
threshold of originality (see
Commons:Template:PD-textlogo) buidhe04:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Gregory Gordon (lawyer) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 June 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that American scholar of genocide Gregory Gordon believes that ordering war crimes or crimes against humanity should be criminalized, even if mass killing has not taken place?
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
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ALT1:... that American scholar of genocide Gregory Gordon believes that ordering war crimes or crimes against humanity should be against the law, even if mass killing has not taken place? Source: same as above
Article has been sufficiently expanded within the requisite timeframe. It is long enough, and neutrally written. I cannot detect any copyvios. All content is appropriately cited. QPQ is complete. Hooks look good. I would strongly prefer ALT1 or ALT2, as the original hook seems jargonish to me. I might suggest incorporating the "even if the crimes hadn't taken place" into a hook, but that's up to you. Two other suggestions; one, the lead is a bit short; and two, I'm wondering if the license in question is appropriate; a book cover will surely be covered by copyright, and would therefore usually be available for its own article under a NFUR but not otherwise? Vanamonde (
Talk)04:19, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review. I've expanded the lead and incorporated your suggestion for ALT1 (For ALT2, the incitement to commit war crimes is currently legal under international law). The book cover is free because the image is the only thing copyrightable and it is released under a free license, while simple text does not rise to the
threshold of originality (see
Commons:Template:PD-textlogo) buidhe04:47, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply