Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Pottinger


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The result was: promoted by Alex ShihTalk 13:19, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Matthew Pottinger

 * ... that Matthew Pottinger worked as a journalist in China for seven years before becoming a U.S. Marine...?  Source: "When people ask why I recently left The Wall Street Journal to join the Marines, I usually have a short answer. (...) Living in China for the last seven years," ( The Wall Street Journal)
 * Reviewed: Tapeats Creek

Created by Shhhhwwww!! (talk). Self-nominated at 10:39, 15 May 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Age, length, QPQ requirements met, article has adequate references and the hook fact is cited inline, no copyvio isses, good for promotion. jojo@nthony (talk) 07:27, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see what's interesting about the hook. If I knew who he was, it might be more hooky. Something like:
 * ALT1: ... that Matthew Pottinger, a member of the U.S. National Security Council, was a journalist in China for seven years before becoming a U.S. Marine? Source: "A former journalist and Marine, [...] He served as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan under Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, who brought him to the National Security Council..." ( The New York Times) Yoninah (talk) 23:44, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that ex-journalist Matthew Pottinger, now a member of the U.S. National Security Council, was inspired to join the U.S. Marines after he was beaten by a government goon in Beijing? Source: "A former journalist and Marine, [...] He served as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan under Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, who brought him to the National Security Council [...] As he recalled in the 2005 essay in The Wall Street Journal, “I’ve been punched in the face in a Beijing Starbucks by a government goon who was trying to keep me from investigating a Chinese company’s sale of nuclear fuel to other countries.”" ( The New York Times) Yoninah (talk) 23:51, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, "getting into a scuffle" is not a good paraphrase of being punched and threatened by a government thug. Please fix this in the article, and if you like the ALT2 hook, we can fix that, too. Yoninah (talk) 23:53, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yoninah, Yeah do alt2. Shhhhwwww!! (talk) 00:46, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * , well, the language is not encyclopedic. How about:
 * ALT2a: ... that ex-journalist Matthew Pottinger, now a member of the U.S. National Security Council, was inspired to join the U.S. Marines after being attacked by a government thug in Beijing? Yoninah (talk) 20:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Perfect. Shhhhwwww!! (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Great. Since I can't approve my own hook, calling on another reviewer to complete this review. Yoninah (talk) 17:58, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Where does the NYTimes article say that the decision to join the Marines was related to the assault? HaEr48 (talk) 23:59, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * You're right, none of the sources explicitly make that connection. I guess we're back to ALT1, unless someone wants to suggest another hook. Yoninah (talk) 18:57, 10 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Reviewer needed to check ALT1 hook. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:23, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 hook is acceptable with inline citations. Otherwise relying on Yoninah's review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 28 July 2017 (UTC)