Template:Did you know nominations/July 18, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes


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The result was: rejected by 4meter4 (talk) 22:50, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

July 18, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes

 * ... that 16 Saudi mujahideen were among those killed in a Yugoslav Army ambush in Kosovo in July 1998?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bailo of Corfu

Created by 23 editor (talk). Self-nominated at 20:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC).


 * Review:
 * New ✅
 * Long enough ✅
 * General policy (neutral, passes Earwig test, inline cites) ✅
 * Hook 98 characters ✅ format ✅
 * Content: interesting ✅ accurate cited ✅ neutral ✅
 * QPQ: done ✅
 * Image - no image ✅
 * Issue 1. no end of sentence cite after "Of the dead mujahideen, 16 were citizens of Saudi Arabia and one was a citizen of Yemen"
 * Probable issue 2: no page 41 of The Coming Balkan Caliphate: The Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West is available at Google Books.
 * Possible issue 3. Is The Coming Balkan Caliphate: The Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West a reliable source?
 * review currently failed.
 * All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:31, 6 November 2015 (UTC).
 * All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:31, 6 November 2015 (UTC).


 * 1) This assertion is sourced, and according to WP:INTEXT the ref doesn't have to come directly after every sentence, especially if the source in question is used to reference multiple claims concurrently (the nationalities of the dead and the presence of forged passports in this particular case).
 * 2) It was available a few days ago. If you insist on checking the page out for yourself, I suggest entering some relevant keywords and it should come up as a snippet view.
 * 3) Deliso is a journalist and political commentator who runs a news portal called Balkan Analysis. He isn't an academic, but he is reliable. 23 editor (talk) 21:51, 6 November 2015 (UTC)


 * According to the review guide:


 * The check-list (which I can't find right now) also states that it must be reffed a the end of the sentence.
 * Oh here we go WP:DYKDN


 * All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:32, 7 November 2015 (UTC).


 * You're right. This is only my fourth or fifth DYK attempt, so bear with me. Fixed. 23 editor (talk) 01:56, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries it's my first review. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:37, 7 November 2015 (UTC).


 * OK. I'm declining this, with this hook.  The text you are citing says


 * "As skirmishes between KLA irregulars and the Yugoslav Army intensified in spring 1998, material evidence of mujahedin, in the form of dead bodies, began to pile up. One KLA volunteer killed in western Kosovo in May was a Sudanese citizen. Several Bosnian Muslims were also killed. In July 1998, Yugoslav border guards shot a KLA member trying to cross over from Albania; documents found on the man, Alija Rabic, 'indicated he was guiding a 50-man group from Albania into Kosovo.  The group included one Yemeni and 16 Saudis, six of whom bore passports with Macedonian Albanian names.'"


 * (The document Deliso is citing is .)


 * This does not support the contention that 16 Saudis were shot, merely that there 16 listed on a document, that may have had nothing to do with that ambush. Correspondingly I have removed the associated claims from the article.


 * All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:23, 8 November 2015 (UTC).

Hook invalid, new hook will be needed. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:06, 8 November 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol delete vote.svg It is just about a month since the above review, and the nominator has been pinged twice since then, the last time a full week ago. Despite quite a bit of editing activity elsewhere, the nominator has not responded here, so it's time to close this as unsuccessful. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:28, 7 December 2015 (UTC)