Template:Did you know nominations/Boss Mustapha

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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Withdrawn per request of nominator.

Boss Mustapha

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• ... that the newly-appointed secretary to the Nigerian government Boss Mustapha was once ordered by President Olusegun Obasanjo to probe the now incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari on allegation of funds mismanagement? Source: The Cable newspaper
  • ALT1:... that the sacked secretary of the Nigerian government Babachir David Lawal was replaced by his friend Boss Mustapha, whom are from the same ethnic group, born in the same town, attended same university and graduated in the same year? Source: "The Cable paper as above
    • ALT2 ... that the newly-appointed secretary to the Nigerian government Boss Mustapha was once in the commintee ordered by President Olusegun Obasanjo to probe Petroleum Trust Fund led by now incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari on allegation of funds mismanagement? Source:Mustapha the new Boss — the man Obasanjo appointed to probe Buhari's PTF

• Reviewed: This is my second DYK. I welcome suggestions.
• Comment: The Cable run the original reportage, but many Nigeria papers run similar with few details changed, for instance The Punch, Daily Trust and Premium Times. And see NIWA profile.

Created by Ammarpad (talk). Self-nominated at 07:55, 17 January 2018 (UTC).

• This article is new enough and long enough, it is mostly neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I don't think the first hook will do because it is rather negative about living people, and ALT1 is unsatisfactory because it mentions a number of facts not included in the article. What about a hook about him being the state chairman of a political party that was disbanded after failing the military government's "litmus test"? You also need to complete the "Early life" section of the article before this can proceed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:37, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

• Ammarpad, I've had to strike all three hooks because they're too long; the absolute maximum for a hook is 200 characters, excluding the initial "... ", and the original hook is 215 characters, ALT1 is 232, and ALT2 is 256. And, of course, Cwmhiraeth noted other issues with the first two hooks. Please come up with a new ALT hook or hooks that are below 200 characters, don't slag living people, and all the facts can be found in the article (and they are cited there): short and punchy is best, if you can swing it. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:34, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

• @BlueMoonset: Please consider this as withdrawn so as not continue lingering here. The article has been a while in mainspace and it is hard to find any more interesting hook with the sources I have access to. I am also working on another articles to possibly present another DYK. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 21:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

• Ammarpad, thanks for letting me know. Sometimes articles don't lend themselves to interesting hooks; I never nominated a number of articles I created because of this. Best of luck with your next DYK nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2018 (UTC)