Template:Did you know nominations/Hassan Al Kontar

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Hassan Al Kontar

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... that Hassan Al Kontar, a Syrian refugee, was stranded and lived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for seven months? Source: CBC

Reviewed: Garrett Batty
Comment: Many hooks can be taken from this life story but this gives the gist of it.

Improved to Good Article status by Trillfendi (talk). Self-nominated at 06:21, 29 March 2020 (UTC).

- The BBC link provided doesn't seem to mention the exact figure of seven months. - When I brought it up, it just stated that he'd been there for months, and didn't support the exact figure. Brought to GA-status within seven days of nomination, QPQ good. Hook is interesting enough, although it could mention the refugee status. Hog Farm (talk) 17:56, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I guess I have to update the url for that one, but news organizations had started routinely documenting his situation at about one month in. (I changed it to CBC) ⌚️ (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Good to go with new source that verifies the exact claim. Hog Farm (talk) 18:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this and first formatted all the references. I'm surprised this passed GA in this condition. The ref in the infobox is a dead link. Yoninah (talk) 16:21, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: the ref is not dead, it works perfectly fine. ⌚️ (talk) 16:49, 16 April 2020 (UTC) I’m placing the hyperlink here it links directly to “ A Man Was Stuck In An Airport For Months — But A Stranger Became Determined To Get Him Out”. ⌚️ (talk) 16:52, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Restoring tick per Hog Farm's review. Yoninah (talk) 16:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)