Template:Did you know nominations/Aravot


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 19:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Aravot

 * ... that the Armenian liberal daily Aravot was prevented from being published following the deadly 2008 protests?
 * Reviewed: Hotesur scandal

5x expanded by Yerevantsi (talk). Self nominated at 03:57, 15 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Aricle length is fine, 5X confirmed, and article is neutral and within policy. However, the hook is questionable. It says the newspaper was blocked from publishing when actually it was the website that was subject to that measure. This needs to be rectified. (I'm assuming this is not a web-only publication; the article refers to it as a "daily.") If the print newspaper was also banned, or if indeed it is a web-only publication, that is not clear in the article. Also a grammatical quibble re the hook: it should be "was prevented" not "were." Coretheapple (talk) 15:09, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, the newspaper itself was prevented from being published. The HRW source says that "...security service representatives continued interfering with the opposition newspapers’ printing, allowing them to publish only on March 21". Aravot was one of them. I've also added a link to Aravot's archives from March 2008 that shows that it was not published from March 2 to 20. I reworded the hook. -- Ե րևանցի talk  17:56, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the clarification. Don't any secondary sources specifically say that Aravot was not published due to a ban? I'm not sure this archive is sufficient to support the hook. I'd like to get other opinions on that. Coretheapple (talk) 18:01, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Good question. I've been looking for a source that explicitly states that Aravot was not published. Give me some time. I hope to find one soon. -- Ե րևանցի  talk  18:04, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be preferable than going with the absence of publication in an archive. I tend to believe that's not sufficient. Coretheapple (talk) 18:10, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I just added 3 sources. They explicitly say that Aravot was banned. -- Ե րևանցի talk  18:30, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK, good! With that added sourcing, and noting a tweaking of the hook to deal with the grammar issue and more precisely describing what happened, I'd say it's good to go. Coretheapple (talk) 18:36, 15 December 2014 (UTC)


 * It appears that Dweller created this article. They have been notified of this Did you know? nomination. (diff) (Bot edit: did I make an error? Report it to my owner!) —Cerabot (talk) 12:01, 30 December 2014 (UTC)