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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 this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:41, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Gera Demands

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  • ... that Erich Honecker demanded that West Germany violate article 116 of its Basic Law by recognising East German citizenship? Source: In seinem näselnden, sächsisch gefärbtem saarländischen Tonfall sagte er nämlich erstens: „Wir halten es für notwendig, dass sich die BRD in der Frage der DDR-Staatsbürgerschaft endlich auf die Realitäten besinnt, was ihr auf die Dauer ohnehin nicht erspart bleibt.“ Das betraf nichts weniger als Artikel 116 des Grundgesetzes, der festlegte, dass es nur eine deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft gebe. [1]
    • ALT1:... that Erich Honecker demanded that West Germany close an agency that counted human rights violations in his own state? Source: Zweitens, so fuhr er fort, sei „die Auflösung der sogenannten Zentralen Erfassungsstelle Salzgitter überfällig“. In der niedersächsischen Provinz sammelten Staatsanwälte seit November 1961, also kurz nach dem Bau der Berliner Mauer, im Westen bekannt gewordene Rechtsverstöße der DDR-Grenztruppen und der SED und bereiteten Strafverfahren für die Zeit nach der Wiedervereinigung. Für die SED eine dauernde Provokation, weil allein die Existenz dieser Stelle belegte, dass die DDR kein Rechtsstaat war und nie sein würde. [2]

Created by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 23:20, 12 March 2021 (UTC).

  • Picture is unsuitable since only one of those appearing is Honecker and his appearance is not directly related to the hook. (t · c) buidhe 23:53, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
@Buidhe: understood. Out of interest: what sort of image of Honecker would be deemed suitable? The rules are vague on this, but I would have though that a portrait of him is automatically relevant since it was he who made these demands. Modussiccandi (talk) 00:18, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
In my opinion images that are good for DYK are either: 1) inherently intriguing for the reader drawing their attention, 2) a work of art or photograph of an event that is discussed in the hook. Most hooks run without an image. (t · c) buidhe 00:36, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

New article, long enough. No neutrality issues, sources used are reliable (assumed for offline works). Both of the hooks have inline citations and both are interesting, possibly the first more so. However I would suggest possibly using the term constitution rather than the less familiar 'basic law', and the exact section maybe isn't necessary in the hook, e.g. ALT2 below. QPQ is complete. The sole image in the article is correctly licensed and I would disagree with the assessment of relevance above, but I think it might not be ideal for the main page given size limitations (and likely other hooks where a visual aspect is more important). Nice work User:Modussiccandi. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 13:54, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

@Ivar the Boneful: thank you very much for the kind review. I agree, ALT2 might work better. Do we now need a new reviewer for the third hook because it was written by you? Modussiccandi (talk) 14:44, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
No I don't think so as it is just a rephrasing of the previous blurb, I didn't want to overwrite the original. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 14:51, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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