Template:Did you know nominations/Mehdi Jomaa

Mehdi Jomaa

 * ... that Mehdi Jomaa quit his professional career to contribute to Tunisia's transition into democracy?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paradesi (1953 film)

Created by Gfosankar (talk). Self nominated at 14:22, 17 December 2013 (UTC).
 * Alt1 ... that Tunisia's Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa quit his career as an aerospace engineer to contribute to his nation's transition into democracy? — Maile  (talk) 22:47, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Although hook is verified by this French language article, I'm not too comfortable recommending this DYK. The article requires cleanup. The CNN source is evidently a press release which I have some issues with. I also don't like the phrasing of the hook. First he is the acting prime minister. How about:
 * ALT2 ... that Mehdi Jomaa quit his engineering career in order to become the acting prime minister of Tunisia? EagerToddler39 (talk) 02:53, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ALT3 ... that the Prime Minister of Tunisia Mehdi Jomaa will led interim government until the next election? --Gfosankar (talk) 12:15, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, adequately supported by footnotes, no evidence of copyvio, and QPQ is done. The fundamental facts in the hooks check out in general, but I have to insist on new wording because I have specific concerns with all of the proposed hooks. My concerns are that (1) it's not entirely clear that he completely "quit" his other career (he could go back), (2) he wasn't necessarily working as an aerospace engineer before joining the government (it looks to me like he was a corporate executive), (3) "contribute to ... transition to democracy" is a bit POV-ish and doesn't make an interesting hook, and (4) ALT3 violates WP:CRYSTAL, in that it predicts the future. Here's my revised wording, which is fully supported by the article and the cited sources:
 * ALT4: ... that Tunisia's new interim prime minister, Mehdi Jomaa, is trained as an engineer? --Orlady (talk) 00:25, 19 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg for ALT4. I wonder if "was" would be better than "is" in the hook. The rest reviewed above by Orlady. --PFHLai (talk) 16:10, 19 January 2014 (UTC)