This article was nominated for deletion on 4 January 2007. The result of the discussion was delete.
This article was nominated for deletion on 17 January 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.
A fact from Operation Show Me How appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 December 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Operation Show Me How was a major Interpolnarcotics bust concerning the transporting of heroin within the covers of the children's book Show-Me-How-I-Can-Paint?
When did this operation take place? I see no information on this occurring. This is such a small article and how did it earn a DYK? Chris02:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This article has insufficient references and if it were not a current DYK, I would nominate it for deletion. The external link provided gives very little information on this operation - not even the year when it happened. I ran a Factiva search for "Show Me How" and "Interpol" and received zero relevant hits. I found this magazine interview which gives the operation a mention and dates it as starting at around 1998 but gives no end year for the operation. BUt the interview does not support the article's claims that this was an encyclopedically notable operation [1]. The claims that this was an unprecendented drug bust involving unusual use of the postal system are so far unverifiable, as is the claim about the children's colouring book. Even if proven, I'm not sure how these amount to encyclopedic notability. I'm having difficulty understanding why this is a DYK too. Bwithh05:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
