Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Sky Metalwala


 * 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 — Yellow Dingo&#160;(talk) 05:45, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Disappearance of Sky Metalwala

 * ... that police investigating the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today noticed his mother's account of how it happened was "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law & Order: SVU broadcast the night before? Source: "In a twist, he notes that a recent Law & Order: SVU episode that aired locally the night before Sky’s disappearance was found to be 'strikingly similar' to Biryukova's claims. The episode involved a mother who covers up her child’s death by claiming it was abducted from a parked car. "
 * ALT1: ... that although Sky Metalwala ' s mother admitted she had left him alone for an hour in the parked car he disappeared from five years ago today, police made a "strategic decision" not to charge her with child endangerment? Source: "Police, however, declined to label Biryukova a suspect or even a person of interest. They also made what they described as a 'strategic decision' not to seek to have her charged with child endangerment for leaving the boy alone in the car."
 * Reviewed: Glory (2016 film)
 * Comment: Again, this is for an anniversary. I would like it to run November 6

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 06:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Review underway. aside from what the DYKbot is doing, your QPQ review should explicitly confirm that the five main DYK criteria have been met. Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 23:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. I've made one note on the talk page about the juxtaposition of the mother's surname and the father's given name. ALT0 is very hooky; hook ref verified and cited inline. Waiting for QPQ to complete this nomination. Yoninah (talk) 00:23, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have responded at the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 06:56, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg	QPQ done. Good to go for November 6. Yoninah (talk) 13:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Pinging Daniel Case and Yoninah: ALT0 may be very hooky, but it is also 216 characters, too long for DYK. Striking the hook; I hope a shorter one can be devised. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:47, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * OK: ALT2: "... that police investigating the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today noticed his mother's account of how it happened resembled an episode of Law & Order: SVU broadcast the night before? I get about 197 characters for that. Daniel Case (talk) 17:27, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Or:
 * ALT3: ... that the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today bore an uncanny resemblance to an episode of Law & Order: SVU that had been broadcast the night before? Yoninah (talk) 18:41, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * While I would still feel better if the hook made clear this was not Wikipedia's opinion, if other people are OK with this we can go with it. Daniel Case (talk) 19:02, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT4: ... that police noted that the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today was "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law & Order: SVU broadcast the night before? Yoninah (talk) 19:05, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

OK, this works. Daniel Case (talk) 19:37, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Great. Since I just shortened your original hook, I'm approving ALT4. Yoninah (talk) 19:39, 3 November 2016 (UTC)