Talk:1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Finance & Investment, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Finance and Investment on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Finance & InvestmentWikipedia:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentTemplate:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentFinance & Investment articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Crime and Criminal Biography: Organized crime Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Crime and Criminal Biography articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Crime and Criminal BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyCrime-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Organized crime task force (assessed as Low-importance).

European Microstates: Liechtenstein Low‑importance

	Europe portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject European Microstates, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of European Microstates on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.European MicrostatesWikipedia:WikiProject European MicrostatesTemplate:WikiProject European MicrostatesEuropean Microstates articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Liechtenstein.

Politics Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

A fact from 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal.

Wikipedia

Did you know nomination[edit]

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: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:23, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets? Source: "Die Sanierung der Sparkassa, für die zudem ein Darlehen von 2 Mio. Fr. von der Schweiz aufgenommen wurde, kostete das Land Liechtenstein 1,8 Mio. Fr. – was zwei Jahresbudgets entsprach." https://historisches-lexikon.li/Sparkassaskandal
- ALT1: ... that following the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal, local communities pledged their land to support economic recovery? Source: "Eine Woche lang verpfändeten die Gemeinden ihren Boden" https://historisches-lexikon.li/Sparkassaskandal
- Reviewed:

Created by TheBritinator (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 21 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @TheBritinator: The article is new enough, properly sourced, and I see nothing preventing it from becoming a DYK except for a QPQ requirement. I really love Liechtenstein history so I must thank you for all of your edits on those pages. Jon698 (talk) 03:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note to reviewer Jon698: as best I can determine, TheBritinator only has one, or maybe two, previous DYK nominations. If this is the case, then they are currently exempt from the QPQ requirement, since five prior nominations triggers the QPQ requirement from then on. Please note that you should always fill in the status field in the DYK checklist template to reflect the current state of review, even if the nomination isn't yet ready to pass, and to make sure your comment and sig appears. Otherwise, no one can see either. (If all that's missing is a QPQ, the typical status is "?".) Thank you for taking on this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:28, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueMoonset: Thank you for telling me that. Review done. Jon698 (talk) 07:02, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]