Template:Did you know nominations/Disappearance of Steven Koecher
- 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 — Amakuru (talk) 11:39, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Disappearance of Steven Koecher
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- ... that after Steven Koecher's disappearance ten years ago today, his family ate at the same IHOP for four straight nights in response to a tip? Source: "The family ate at a Las Vegas-area IHOP for four nights after they were told someone matching Steven Koecher's description had eaten at the restaurant for three weeks straight.",; Deseret News; February 13, 2010
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... that Steven Koecher drove 1,200 miles (1,900 km) around Utah and Nevada in the week before he disappeared ten years ago today?Source: "All told, Koecher drove at least 1,200 miles in three days." "Where Is Steven Koecher?", KLAS-TV; January 20, 2010 - ALT2:
... that Susan Powell's father-in-law theorized that her disappearance was connected to Steven Koecher's ten years ago today?Source: Steven Powell letter to police and FBI, February 28, 2010.
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- Reviewed: Robert Burns (Stevenson)
- Comment: I would like this to run on December 13, the ten-year anniversary of the disappearance, as the hooks suggest.
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 21:37, 9 December 2019 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT0 is very hooky, verified and cited inline. Image is fair use. QPQ done.- My only issue with the article is the amount of space you gave to Steven Powell's "theory". You are giving too much weight to the words of a convicted felon, who in my opinion was trying to deflect attention away from his son's involvement in Susan's disappearance and possible murder. Everything after the third paragraph can pretty much be deleted. Yoninah (talk) 14:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: OK, I had had some doubts about that myself, so I tightened it up and removed the specifics (although to be fair, Steven Powell was not a convicted felon at the time he wrote that letter).
However, should some future reliable source discuss this theory at length, I think whatever level of detail it is discussed to could be restored. Daniel Case (talk) 19:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: OK, I had had some doubts about that myself, so I tightened it up and removed the specifics (although to be fair, Steven Powell was not a convicted felon at the time he wrote that letter).
