Talk:United Airlines Flight 976
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Daniel Case in topic Dementia
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 | A fact from United Airlines Flight 976 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:41, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
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- ... that an investment banker was arrested after getting drunk and defecating on a food cart in the first class section of an international flight 25 years ago today? Source: "At approximately 5:45 a.m. on October 20, 1995 ... A male flight attendant then entered the first class cabin and saw FINNERAN with his pants and underwear down defecating on a service cart used by the flight crew" United States of America v. Gerard Finneran; October 20, 1995
ALT1:... that Gerard Finneran's drunken behavior aboard United Airlines Flight 976 25 years ago today, including defecating on a food cart, has been described as the worst air rage incident ever?Source: Above, plus "But I don't think Mr. Bharaj deserves to be called the 'Worst ever' air rage passenger. That honor belongs to Gerard B. Finneran."; Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing; November 25, 2015
- Reviewed: Gott Vater, sei gepriesen
- Comment: The anniversary date I have in mind is October 20. I know this is very tight but I've been very busy lately. Apologies.
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 06:23, 17 October 2020 (UTC).
Hi Daniel Case, review follows: article created 13 October; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing from the sources, quotations are all properly attributed; hook is definitely interesting, is mentioned in the article and checks out to cited sources; I don't think ALT1 can be used as there is a consensus (which may be unwritten) against naming individuals without an article in the hook (though I am happy to be corrected on this); ALT0 is fine and the date request is appropriate; a QPQ has been carried out. On ALT0 I might suggest putting the "25 years ago today" at the front of the hook but happy to leave this decision to the promoter - Dumelow (talk) 07:26, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Dementia
editIf he died of Alzheimer’s 9 years later it seems like that could’ve been a factor in its early stages. Just a thought. 2600:387:4:814:0:0:0:55 (talk) 18:11, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
- That has been suggested, yes, I think, in the Boing Boing post, or at least in its comments. But as speculative as it was I didn't think it should go in the article without more mention elsewhere. Daniel Case (talk) 18:52, 4 March 2022 (UTC)