Template:Did you know nominations/Pakistan–Samoa relations

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The result was: rejected by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 14:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Ineligible due to late nomination, hook issues also exist. May be renominated for DYK if the article is expanded 5x or is brought to GA status.

Pakistan–Samoa relations

Created by Mar4d (talk). Nominated by Vice regent (talk) at 00:16, 3 October 2020 (UTC).

  • Article is long enough, but it fails newness requirement, as it was created in Main Space on 9/17 but was not nominated until 10/3 (e.g., 16 days later). See WP:DYK: "For DYK purposes, a 'new' article is no more than seven days old." Even if this were to be overlooked, the hooks are problematic. The lead hook is not remotely hooky. It is a completely bland fact that could be stated about any of 10,000 nation pairings: that Country A established relations with Country B in Year XXXX. Moreover, the alt 1 hook is not supported by the in-line citation provided. The hook asserts that the two countries successfully negotiated a TIE agreement, but the cited source does not say that such an agreement was signed. It merely says that Samoa "invited an official request ... to start negotiations on the said agreement." Cbl62 (talk) 02:56, 3 October 2020 (UTC)