Talk:Graziano Mesina

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Did you know... that Italian bandit Graziano Mesina, known as the "king of kidnappers", has escaped from the authorities at least ten times?

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Latest comment: 3 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

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) 05:51, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

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... that Italian bandit Graziano Mesina, known as the 'king of kidnappers', has escaped the authorities at least ten times? Source: the has escaped or absconded on ten occasions
- ALT1:... that after Graziano Mesina was arrested, a crowd of schoolgirls gathered at the police station with cards saying "I love you" on them? Source: with school girls gathering at a police station when he was arrested in 1968 waving placards with 'I Love You' written on them

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Park
Comment: Probably other possible alts, suggestions welcomed.

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:05, 23 July 2020 (UTC).Reply

The article is long enough and new enough with no copyright violations. Both hooks are directly cited and I assume good faith on the offline references. A QPQ has been completed. Either hook is fine. SL93 (talk) 19:29, 4 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

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