Template:Did you know nominations/Marcelo Odebrecht


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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 09:00, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Marcelo Odebrecht

 * ... that Marcelo Odebrecht (pictured) is the third generation of his family to head up Latin America's largest construction conglomerate?


 * Reviewed: Big Little Lies
 * Comment: Other hooks welcome

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 20:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC).


 * The original hook looks unverifiable, and the article doesn't say he is the third generation. I added two ALTs below:
 * ALT1: ... that Marcelo Odebrecht (pictured) is the grandson of Norberto Odebrecht, the company founder of the Latin American conglomerate, Odebrecht?
 * ALT2: ... that the Brazilian businessman Marcelo Odebrecht (pictured) is a descent from a family of German immigrants to Brazil in the 1850s?
 * I'm doing my best. George Ho (talk) 22:01, 24 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:31, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Assuming good faith, ALT 1 looks good to me (the source substantiating the claim is behind a paywall). The article was created on June 19, it is long enough, over 1500 characters, no copyvio issues, the article is within policy, and QPQ is satisfied. The image may be disseminated per CC. The biggest area of concern for me is that this hook really just doesn't sound that interesting. There is nothing particularly unusual or surprising about the fact that a corporation has a third-generation CEO. That said, it really isn't any less interesting than some of the other hooks on DYK, and I will assume good faith that there are a sufficient number of readers interested in Latin American businesses like Odebrecht. Also, I would simply describe Norberto Odebrecht as the "founder" rather than the "company founder" (unless there is some distinction between the two terms of which I am unaware). -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:47, 25 July 2015 (UTC)