Talk:Doug Gilding

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... that Doug Gilding has served nearly 30 years in prison, sentenced to life without parole under the felony murder rule, for a murder committed while he was home asleep in another county?

Source: ["A Ten-Minute Conversation, A Lifetime Behind Bars: The Story of Doug Gilding"]. Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative. YouTube. 2025-05-12. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

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Created by InspiredByGeorgetownPJI (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

InspiredByGeorgetownPJI (talk) 18:03, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Overall: A lot of concerns for this nomination, unfortunately. I understand that this is your first nomination, and this is literally you first article, so everyone would've made mistakes anyways. (I did as well, they don't even exist anymore...) First, pretty high hits on earwig (50+%) with hits that could've been avoided by writing it differently. The hook and a lot of the article is sourced to a Youtube video published by "georgetown prisons and justice initiative". This is a private school, and therefore I severely doubt its reliability. (Sorry if I missed something about this.) I guess from your edit summaries, you're a fan of their works but DYK won't really consider such hooks presentable, and even if I passed it they'll just be pulled (removed) anyways. Either way, a lot of work to be done here. ~~Oh yeah, please don't upload copyright violations to commons, thanks.~~ Self-trouted. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 13:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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