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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 RoySmith (talk) 19:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Richard Frederick Dixon

  • ... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba? Source: This covers most of the pieces. The hijacking conviction is covered here.

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:15, 9 October 2022 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thank you for an interesting and well-written article. Just one issue:

@Storye book: Thanks for the review and nice comments. I didn't see any "copyvio transgressions" in summarizing the appellate court's published decision, but I have now placed the phrase "written request for temporary custody" in quotes. I didn't want to change the key phrase, as it's the legally operative language from the statute. I also tinkered with wording in a couple other spots. If there's something else, let me know and I'll address it. Cbl62 (talk) 17:49, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
  • I went to promote this, but can't verify the hook. Neither of the cited source seem to say anything about Dixon being in a hospital for the criminally insane. Did I just miss something? -- RoySmith (talk) 19:11, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
@RoySmith: This source notes that, after his competency was questioned, he was hospitalized at Matteawan State Hospital for three years. Matteawan operated from 1892 until its closure in 1977 as a hospital for the criminally insane. See Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Cbl62 (talk) 19:24, 27 October 2022 (UTC)