Talk:Mordechai Louk

Date of notable diplomatic mail incident
This subject of this article appears to be primarily notable for being discovered packed into a trunk that was about to be loaded onto an aircraft bound for Egypt as diplomatic baggage. However, the article makes no mention of the date of this diplomatic incident. Unlike a news story lede, the lead section of a Wikipedia article should answer some basic questions, like Who?, What?, When?, Where?, and Why?. This article does not answer the When? question. Knowing the date when something happened makes it far easier for editors to track down relevant news articles. After a bit of digging, I found: What is important to observe here is that sometimes the date of the initial media reports might not reflect the actual date of the incident. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 11:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * - This article from Time indicates this incident happened in the third week of November 1964, but does not give a specific date.
 * - This report from London, dated 19 November 1964, indicates the story is a couple of days old by the time it gets to be published in a New Zealand newspaper.
 * - This report from Rome, dated (Monday) 23 November 1964, notes that Luk [sic] was released from the trunk he was in on the previous Tuesday, which would make it 17 November 1964 when this incident occurred.
 * An additional source that confirms this date as 17 November 1964 is:


 * - In the second page Mordechai's biography found on pages 168 - 170.
 * - This book also notes on page 178 that Louk is also known as "the man in the trunk".
 * However, this source also says Louk was extradited from Italy, which is not consistent with 1964 news reports that say Louk voluntarily returned to Israel after being released from Italian police custody. - Cameron Dewe (talk) - post initiated 21:59, 6 January 2024 (UTC) - citation details added 22:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

First sentence of lead section should outline main reasons for notability
The first sentence of the lead section should highlight why the subject is notable, especially if they are primarily notable for a single event. Various newspaper reports indicate that the prime reason that Mordechai Louk is notable is because he was found in a diplomatic bag about to be shipped to Egypt. Many newspaper reports I have seen call him the "man in the trunk" or words to that effect. Yes, he may have been an adventurer and convicted as an Egyptian spy, but that is not what he is best known for. Even the headlines and news stories about his trial, conviction and imprisonment remind readers he is the "man in [the] trunk". This is even the case with the Wikipedia article about diplomatic baggage. The three articles in the section above are all typical of news stories that identify Louk this way, as are the following news stories: Initially posted by Cameron Dewe (talk) 08:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC) - Edited. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 11:07, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
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