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A fact from Murder of Jared Lakey appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the police officers who murdered Jared Lakey on July 4, 2019, shocked him more than 50 times with tasers even though he was unarmed and not combative?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:01, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the police officers who murdered Jared Lakey in Wilson, Oklahoma, on the Fourth of July in 2019 shocked him more than 50 times with tasers, although he was unarmed and not combative? ("used their tasers 53 times", "used their Tasers on an unarmed man more than 50 times", "According to court documents, Lakey never strikes, grabs, or makes any aggressive attempt toward either officer during those nine minutes.")
- ALT1: ... that Jared Lakey was shocked 53 times with tasers in an encounter with police in Wilson, Oklahoma, on the Fourth of July in 2019, resulting in his death, although he was unarmed and not combative? ("used their tasers 53 times", "used their Tasers on an unarmed man more than 50 times", "According to court documents, Lakey never strikes, grabs, or makes any aggressive attempt toward either officer during those nine minutes.")
- ALT2: ... that the police officers who murdered Jared Lakey in 2019 shocked him more than 50 times with tasers, although he was unarmed and not combative? [Same as ALT0, just removing "in Wilson, Oklahoma, on the Fourth of July"]

Comment: I don't know how to interpret the QPQ check tool report, but I think I'm under the threshold of five initial nominations (I think this is my third), and I have a half-barnstar from 09:53, 26 November 2015 (UTC) for helping another editor with a DYK (re Alcohol in Afghanistan).

Created by BarrelProof (talk). Self-nominated at 23:22, 9 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@BarrelProof: I'll be reviewing this nomination shortly. Just wanted to give you a heads-up that you actually do have five DYK credits (see here) so a QPQ will be needed. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:24, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - QPQ has not been completed.
Overall: Article is new and long enough, Earwig looks good, and the hook is cited inline. Both hooks are quite close to the maximum of 200 bytes, so if you wanted to shorten them a bit I think you could leave out "in Wilson, Oklahoma on the Fourth of July in 2019"; just personally, I think ALT0 is a bit more digestible without that bit, though ultimately it's your call. QPQ will be needed as well. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for the review. ALT2 added as suggested, except retaining the year. I'll work on that WP:QPQ. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:17, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ here for Sjafruddin Prawiranegara. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

all good! Passing with preference for ALT2. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:13, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Modified ALT2 to T:DYK/P1

Comparison to restraint

This is psychiatric propaganda in defense of involuntary restraint, as if the only alternative would be what these officers did. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldmanjiminy (talk • contribs) 22:38, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the comment. Is there something about the article that should be changed? If so, in what way? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 06:20, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Race

While I believe this addition from two months ago‎ is correct, is it an improvement of the article? And should the race of the police officers also be noted? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 13:00, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]