Template:Did you know nominations/Hassan Rouhani's plagiarism allegations

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:56, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Hassan Rouhani's plagiarism allegations

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• ... that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani allegedly plagiarized his PhD thesis? Source: Row over Glasgow PhD threatens Rouhani’s re-election bid, Did Iran’s New President Plagiarize in His Ph.D. Thesis Abstract?, Who's behind campaign to probe Rouhani's doctoral thesis?

• Reviewed: Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations

Created by Mhhossein (talk). Self-nominated at 12:52, 11 September 2017 (UTC).

• New, long enough, well-sourced, and, importantly, neutral. Hook is punchy, neutral, and intriguing. QPQ ongoing but initiated. Looks good to go for me. Owlsmcgee (talk) 03:57, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

• This hook seems to run afoul of WP:BLP, saying libelous things about a living person. Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Yoninah: Thanks for the note. It's not libelous, since the case is verified by Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, head of Iranian Parliament's Commission on Education. --Mhhossein ^talk 02:36, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I considered this in the review but the allegations are public fact. If the hook had left out "allegedly" I'd have not approved it. Happy to have a third opinion weigh in. Owlsmcgee (talk) 02:41, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

• I'm also happy to hear other opinions. I would phrase it as suggestion instead of fact:
• ALT1: ... that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been accused of plagiarizing his PhD thesis? Yoninah (talk) 09:14, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

I'm OK with Yoninah's suggestion, i.e. ALT1, although I don't see much difference. @Owlsmcgee: please restore the green tick if you agree with that. --Mhhossein ^talk 11:41, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Striking ALT0 and approving ALT1 as discussed above. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:10, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Good on my end. Owlsmcgee (talk) 03:02, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Since I just changed "allegedly" to "accused of", I'll go ahead and promote this. Yoninah (talk) 19:56, 26 September 2017 (UTC)