Template:Did you know nominations/List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:48, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses

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• ... that dozens of members of the United States Congress have been convicted of public corruption crimes?

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Created/expanded by Savidan (talk). Self nom at 19:24, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Length, age and hook check out (assuming we are happy that 31 equals "dozens": I am). I did a spotcheck on image licences and they look OK - almost all are US Congress images that are PD anyway. My one concern was the requirement that a DYK hook be "neutral and does not focus unduly on negative aspects of living people". Some of these people are indeed alive; on the other hand, they have been convicted, so the focus does not seem to me "undue" (which it would be if these were only allegations or charges). hamiltonstone (talk) 04:57, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

The hook is great and made me want to read the article, which I did, and it's long enough, and very well written, explains complex legalities simply and directly. I think that since all the people on this list have been convicted of an offense, and the hook in 200 characters names none of them, that it's ok. I particularly liked the photos and the list itself, I remembered several old scandals reading through it. Ellin Beltz (talk) 01:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)