Template:Did you know nominations/Knife attack on Kevin Lau

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 19:28, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Knife attack on Kevin Lau[edit]

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... that Ming Pao offered a bounty of HK$3 million to find the thugs who carried out the knife attack on Kevin Lau, the paper's former editor?

ALT1:... that Kevin Lau was violently assaulted just one week after journalists rallied for press freedom and against his removal from an influential newspaper?
Reviewed: Aeroflot Flight 811
Comment: Hook supported by cite #15 and ALT1 by cite #15 in article. I would like to avoid currency conversion because $3M is a lot more impressive than US$385,000

Created by Ohconfucius (talk). Self nominated at 04:09, 7 March 2014 (UTC).

This all checks out as best as I can tell. Good article, well-cited. I like ALT1 best, so I'll be adding it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:30, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Added to the queue. I hope I haven't missed a step. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:30, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Removed from prep; the person who approves a hook should not be promoting it. Please let someone else do that step. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about that. DYK's instructions are all over the place. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:59, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Comment: Can we not use the POV-ish word "influential" in ALT1, please? Ming Pao has strong circulation figures, but I'm not sure if it has influence on anything. Perhaps "prominent", "widely circulated"? --PFHLai (talk) 12:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
- BTW, this article is about a very recent event. Better re-assess before promoting this to prep. Just in case there are issues with any follow-up materials added post review. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 12:36, 9 March 2014 (UTC)