Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Par Jiek

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:52, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Peter Par Jiek[edit]

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... that Peter Par Jiek, who had fought with Riek Machar for over ten years during the Second Sudanese Civil War, was eventually killed by rebels loyal to Machar? ([1], [2], [3])

Reviewed: Karaeng Galesong

Created by Applodion (talk). Self-nominated at 20:31, 20 April 2017 (UTC).

New, pretty long and elaborate, with adequate references, no copyvio issues, hook is short, interesting and well sourced. QPQ done. Good for promotion. Tachs (talk) 15:32, 23 April 2017‎ (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but was wondering where is the citation that verifies that the SPL-IO rebels who killed Par were loyal to Machar? Yoninah (talk) 21:48, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

@Yoninah While the exact loyalties of all SPLM-IO forces in South Sudan are dubious, all militias that claim to be part of the SPLM-IO also acknowledge Machar as their leader, because the SPLM-Io is in effect Machar's private army. Machar has appointed Dominic Ogolla/Ukello as his shadow governor in Wau and Ukello in turn has said that his forces killed Par. This article directly titles "Machar rebels kill two SPLA Generals". Applodion (talk) 23:32, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for adding that last source. The connection between the rebels and Machar is now verified. Restoring tick per Tachs' review. Yoninah (talk) 19:50, 3 May 2017 (UTC)