Template:Did you know nominations/Corruption in Ecuador


 * 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: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 05:31, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Withdrawn by nominator

Corruption in Ecuador

 * ... that after a Congresswoman was arrested for soliciting a bribe, Ecuador's president placed the blame on his opposition, claiming they hadn't done enough to combat corruption?
 * ALT1:... that a member of Ecuador's opposition party alleged that his country loses approximately $2 billion a year from corruption?
 * ALT2:... that Julian Assange had previously made revelations about corruption in Ecuador when seeking asylum in the country?
 * ALT3:... that Ecuador's state-owned oil company was at the center of alleged illegal oil shipments to China in exchange for credit and loans from the Chinese?
 * ALT4:... that in 2012 an Ecuadorean journalist was sentenced to three years in prison for reporting that Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, had ordered soldiers to fire on civilians during a 2010 coup attempt?
 * Reviewed: Warren Allmand

Created by DaltonCastle (talk). Self-nominated at 18:25, 17 December 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and plenty long enough. I think all the hooks are sourced inline and the hook facts backed up by the sources. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I will leave the promoter to choose which hook to use (but I would choose ALT1, ALT2 or ALT3). Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:36, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The article takes as its premise that Ecuador is corrupt, and goes from there. I have tagged the page for POV because no alternate opinions or rationales have been forwarded to guarantee neutrality. The article also suffers from simplistic topic sentences, like Corruption in Ecuador is a highly serious problem. and: Ecuador's police sector is awash in corruption. It would be best to quote the source when making sweeping indictments (e.g. "According to Human Rights Watch..."), in addition to citing them. Yoninah (talk) 00:56, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg It has been eighteen days without a response, and the article will be ineligible for DYK so long as the POV template remains on the article. Last call for action by the nominator, whose talk page has been pinged. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:33, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry all for tardiness. I haven't been able to find the time to make major revisions in some time. I am unsure of when I will be able to do this in a timely fashion. I'll respectfully withdraw the nomination since its not fair to you all to keep you waiting, and I just don't foresee that I will finish this soon. Nonetheless, I will go through the page and make improvements at my discretion. DaltonCastle (talk) 23:33, 25 February 2017 (UTC)