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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:23, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

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1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal

• ... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets? Source: "Die Sanierung der Sparkassa, für die zudem ein Darlehen von 2 Mio. Fr. von der Schweiz aufgenommen wurde, kostete das Land Liechtenstein 1,8 Mio. Fr. – was zwei Jahresbudgets entsprach." https://historisches-lexikon.li/Sparkassaskandal
  • ALT1: ... that following the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal, local communities pledged their land to support economic recovery? Source: "Eine Woche lang verpfändeten die Gemeinden ihren Boden" https://historisches-lexikon.li/Sparkassaskandal
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Created by TheBritinator (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 21 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
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Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @TheBritinator: The article is new enough, properly sourced, and I see nothing preventing it from becoming a DYK except for a QPQ requirement. I really love Liechtenstein history so I must thank you for all of your edits on those pages. Jon698 (talk) 03:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

• Note to reviewer Jon698: as best I can determine, TheBritinator only has one, or maybe two, previous DYK nominations. If this is the case, then they are currently exempt from the QPQ requirement, since five prior nominations triggers the QPQ requirement from then on. Please note that you should always fill in the status field in the DYK checklist template to reflect the current state of review, even if the nomination isn't yet ready to pass, and to make sure your comment and sig appears. Otherwise, no one can see either. (If all that's missing is a QPQ, the typical status is "?".) Thank you for taking on this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:28, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

• @BlueMoonset: Thank you for telling me that. Review done. Jon698 (talk) 07:02, 24 February 2024 (UTC)