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A fact from Francis G. Brink appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that Brigadier General Francis G. Brink, the first commander of Military Assistance Advisory Group Indochina, was found dead at
the Pentagon with three bullet wounds in the chest?
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Mztourist: Thank you for the link. Since I can not verify the content of the article beyond the freely-accessible blurb I will take your statement regarding the three bullet wounds on good faith and approve the hook. Thank you, it's a cool little hook. Nice job! ~
Pbritti (
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18:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)reply
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Pbritti and
Mztourist: I was back-and-forth on this hook for a while, but I think I'm going to voice my thoughts and see what y'all think. To me, the hook feels like we're saying that the most interesting thing we could think of about this person is that he killed himself. The oft-quoted line from DYK's guidelines is that Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals... should be avoided, and yeah, while this is a neutral description, I don't think this is something we should be airing on the MP. What do you think?
theleekycauldron (
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03:14, 20 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Hey,
Theleekycauldron. I do agree it is a tad morbid, but that oft quoted line deals with living individuals in particular and, well…anyhow, if you think it’s a hair insensitive, I think
Mztourist can find something else for the hook. ~
Pbritti (
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05:34, 20 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Ah, true, I do often forget our BLP policies usually rely on the idea that dead people aren't alive. Also, looks like there's an unsourced paragraph (okay, it's a tiny sentence, but it's standalone).
theleekycauldron (
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05:36, 20 February 2022 (UTC)reply
The article currently calls Gen. Brink's death an "apparent suicide". This is an odd turn of phrase. He had three bullet holes in his chest. I don't have any hypotheses on his manner of death, but it's an apparent homicide.