Template:Did you know nominations/LaMia

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:20, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

LaMia

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• ... that Bolivian airline LaMia adopted its name in order to not have to repaint the planes it had rented from a failed Venezuelan airline of the same name? Source: "No somos accionistas ni empleados de LaMia Bolivia, sino de LaMia Venezuela; dejamos el mismo nombre para no perder la pintura del avión; nosotros somos los que les arrendamos a ellos los aviones, pero el avión es operado por la empresa boliviana", declaró Albacete el martes al diario El Confidencial de España. (emphasis added: "we left the same name to not lose the paint of the plane")
  • ALT1:... that LaMia had attempted operations in the Venezuelan states of Mérida and Nueva Esparta before moving to Bolivia? Source: "Albacete fue el fundador de LAMIA, la empresa que nació en Mérida y luego mudó a Nueva Esparta, sin lograr su despegue en ninguno de esos estados venezolanos." (Albacete founded LAMIA, the business that started in Mérida and then moved to Nueva Esparta, without managing to take off in either of those Venezuelan states.)
• ALT2: ... that Bolivian airline LaMia rented its planes from a failed Venezuelan airline, and adopted its name, to save money repainting them?

• Reviewed: Mataram conquest of Surabaya
• Comment: While I expect DYK slowness won't make this an issue, LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 must drop from WP:ITN before this is placed on the Main Page. For DYK credit I've chosen the article creator and the three most involved editors.

Created by Hack (talk), Raymie (talk), Sunnya343 (talk), and Cclark0 (talk). Nominated by Raymie (talk) at 00:12, 1 December 2016 (UTC).

• New enough. Long enough. QPQ done. NPOV. Hooks are interesting and both supported by citations. Well cited throughout. Earwig and spot checking found no close paraphrasing, copyright violations or plagiarism. DYK done. I prefer the original hook, but it is rather verbose, so I've had a go with an ALT2, which seems better, but is still not quite right! Edwardx (talk) 13:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Raymie and Edwardx: I came to promote this but although it is mentioned in the Spanish language quote you give, I could not find in the article the fact that keeping the same company name was a cost-cutting measure taken to avoid repainting the aircraft. Another point, I think the term "lease" is preferable in hook and article to "rent". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:15, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you Cwmhiraeth. I agree that "rented" should be changed to "leased" in both hooks. I also agree that the cost-cutting aspect should be explicit in the article itself, and will leave it to Raymie to adjust the article text. Looking back, perhaps it was my self-satisfaction with being able to follow the Spanish that led me to overlook checking the article as thoroughly as I should have. Edwardx (talk) 14:34, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth and Edwardx: Leased is probably better as it's the more common term in aviation and I would not object to that change for any of the hooks. I've also made the article changes. Raymie (t • c) 17:20, 26 December 2016 (UTC)