Talk:Crime in Latvia

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 01:41, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Article issues could not be addressed within a reasonable timeframe.

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• ... that in 2008, Latvia was named the "crime capital of Europe" by Forbes?
  • ALT1:... that Latvia was named the "crime capital of Europe" in 2008?
    • ALT2:... that Latvia had the second-highest crime rate in Europe in 2008?

Created by TootsieRollsAddict (talk). Self-nominated at 06:51, 10 October 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - In the criminal law of the Republic of Latvia" should be rephrased
• Other problems: - Seems like this article could use a good copyedit before hitting the main page.

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - Doesn't seem like the hook is quite accurate—quoting "crime capital of Europe" makes it seem like Forbes said specifically those words, but the source doesn't bear that out
• Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @TootsieRollsAddict: Nice work so far! There's some work left to do—you might want to request a copyedit from the Guild of Copyeditors. Your choice, though. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:29, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron:The ironic fact about this is that I MYSELF am a Guild Of Copy Editors member, although I don't do too much. But I got rid of the close paraphrasing, and here is the Forbes article that mentions exactly what the DYK says: this one. You can tell me more later, although don't expect me to reply for a long time. TootsieRollsAddict (talk to me pls I am lonely) 11:28, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

@TootsieRollsAddict: ah, haha! that is ironic. We're good on paraphrasing, but we'll still need a copyedit, and i don't see the words "crime capital of Europe" in that order anywhere in the forbes article. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 17:20, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Maybe I'll write a new alt. I don't know about the copyediting part though. Maybe I'll have to request one. TootsieRollsAddict (talk to me pls I am lonely) 00:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

@TootsieRollsAddict: how we lookin'? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:06, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@TootsieRollsAddict: if we're not movin', seems like we're not movin'. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 08:47, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Well alright then. You can now cancel this nomination. TootsieRollsAddict (talk to me pls I am lonely) 00:23, 25 November 2021 (UTC)