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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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 21:05, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Le Groupement (cycling team)[edit]

  • ... that the Le Groupement cycling team folded in mid-1995 amidst accusations that their sponsoring company ran a pyramid scheme? Source: "Other controversy surrounded the team because of their sponsors. The group behind the main sponsor was the European Association of Marketing Professionals which was said to have been nothing but a pyramid scheme." (Source)
  • Comment: Unfortunately, no image for this one...

Created by Zwerg Nase (talk). Self-nominated at 18:23, 2 May 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - I raised my concern about the source above, and can't see any easy replacements from a quick web search.
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - I don't think it's necessary to add the date of disbanding to the hook, since it can have a nicer "punch" if shortened.

QPQ: No - As you have 8 previous DYK credits, you need to complete a QPQ.
Overall: Interesting article, and I have taken the liberty of moving it to a title without disambiguation (as there is no conflicting use of that name). SounderBruce 04:22, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

  • @SounderBruce: The nominator hasn't edited the article since your review, apart from adding a short description template to the article. They also appear not to have addressed the concerns or done a QPQ. I'm willing to donate a QPQ to resolve that issue, but then the problem would be on sourcing. I had left the nominator a message but without a response. Considering the circumstances, what can be done here? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:11, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: Sorry, I overlooked your message, it got swamped by the Signpost on my talk page... It's true that I have not yet found the time to resolve the issue, even though it's not that hard, I would just need to use the Millar biography even more. All I have to do is find the respective page numbers, which I could do tomorrow, if that is OK. Thank you for stepping in and reminding me that this was still ongoing, I had almost forgot... Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:43, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
@Zwerg Nase: It's been almost three weeks since your last comment here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:39, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: Sorry about that. I am withdrawing the nomination. Zwerg Nase (talk) 11:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Noted. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:45, 25 June 2019 (UTC)