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Memogate Scandal
Created/expanded by Arunreginald (talk). Self nom at 00:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that an alleged memo sought help of the Obama administration to avert military takeover in Pakistan following the Osama bin Laden raid?


 * Symbol question.svg I'm still going over this the first time, but can say right now that there are some areas that need citations. There's one section that's been flagged as having no citations and there are a few [cn] tags after that, so these need to be cleared up first before any approval can come. Marrante (talk) 20:54, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, I think the article needs to be moved / renamed so that "scandal" is not capitalized, as per Teapot Dome scandal and Watergate scandal, etc. Marrante (talk) 20:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg There is a section that has a POV flag over it and a discussion about neutrality and even the article's title on the talk page, that it shouldn't be called "scandal" at this point, because perhaps "controversy", so this review can go no further till these issues are resolved. Marrante (talk) 21:32, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I have now provided citations and sources for the section that was flagged as lacking them. Furthermore, the name of the article has been changed to reflect a more NPOV standpoint – 'scandal' to 'controversy'. Where one author added the POV flag, (s)he failed to point out what exact statement caught his/her attention in the talk. All other issues in the page talk are being addressed and resolved, however as far as the information and facts presented in this hook are concerned; there's no difference in opinion anywhere. I have changed the hook to reflect the new page name — Arun Reginald (talk · contribs) 11:32, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I had a look at the discussion on the talk page and saw that the POV flag in the article is gone, though I'm a little concerned that it was removed without mention in the edit summary. This is going to take more attention that I can devote to it at the moment, but I will try to get back to this later today or in the next two days. Marrante (talk) 18:21, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Sorry, this article still needs work. I have been through most of the article now and there are still paragraphs in the last section ("Official response") that have no citations. DYK requires a minimum of one per. Hopefully, that will take care of the five "cn" tags, as well. I'm not sure if a DYK article can have a "cn" tag and yet be approved. Also, in checking out a sentence that wasn't quite right gramatically, I came across some close paraphrasing. I fixed this one sentence by turning it into a quote. Marrante (talk) 19:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Additional issue: your main article in your hook now points to a disambiguation page. More details on the talk page of the article. I don't know if you plan to change the title of the article again or what, so I'm going to leave fixing the hook link to you. I left a second note on your own talk page yesterday, but there has been no response from you. Please understand that DYK volunteers tend to eliminate articles that are left in limbo, where the author and/or nominator fail to respond to posts left on the template page and on talk pages. There's no heavy rush to respond immediately, but if it gets to more than a week or 10 days with no response whatsoever, you are likely to find your nomination dumped for apparent lack of interest. If you have a personal issue, it's helpful to leave a note of some sort so that an article can be put on hold temporarily. Marrante (talk) 21:35, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I changed the links here to point to Memogate (Pakistan). --Orlady (talk) 21:26, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg There has been no response from Arunreginald for a week, either here or to the messages left on his talk page. Nor has the article been touched by him for nearly that long (it will be a week tomorrow). Marrante (talk) 22:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol delete vote.svg Pretty sure this is the correct symbol Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:52, 19 December 2011 (UTC)