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B. J. Habibie Bridge

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• ... that the B. J. Habibie Bridge in Dili, East Timor, is named after a former deputy of the Indonesian President who instigated the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor? Source: "Habibie’s bridge is brochure-perfect brilliant, still with its sails up from the [inauguration] ceremony, and no one seems to find it odd that a shiny new symbol of growing Timor-Leste is named for the anti-independence confidante of the dictator responsible for the invasion." (Raynor, Sophie (6 September 2019). "A Postcard from Dili". Global Hobo.) [As the relevant Wikipedia articles confirm, B. J. Habibie was Vice President (in 1998) to Suharto, who was President when Indonesia invaded (1975) and occupied (1975-1999) East Timor]
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Created by Bahnfrend (talk). Self-nominated at 09:56, 26 January 2022 (UTC).

• Full review to follow, but wasn't Habibie a former president of Indonesia? Shouldn't that be clarified in the hook? In addition, I took a quick look at the article and I would suggest that the article be given a copyedit, as the tone of the article doesn't seem to be very neutrally-worded but is instead somewhat praiseful. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:18, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by "praiseful". The article is intended to be a factual account of the history and technical details of a concrete road bridge. The comments the article makes about what the people of Timor think of Habibie are factual and sourced, and the article includes a counterviewpoint by a non-Timorese author. What I, the creator of the article, think of Habibie is irrelevant and not stated. As for the hook, to add any further detail to it would, I think, make it too long. I'd be happy to suggest an alternative hook. Bahnfrend (talk) 15:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Some of the wording that I thought didn't sound right included For most East Timorese, Habibie will always be remembered and respected as the originator of the referendum on 30 August 1999 that was East Timor's opportunity to resume its independence. and video vision of Gusmão's emotional interactions with Habibie during his July visit to the hospital circulated on social media. As for the hook itself, the article does state in a block quote that Habibie was the confidant of Suharto at the time of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, but the lede instead specifies Habibie's later role as President of Indonesia. Perhaps the hook should be reworded somehow to reflect both positions. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:33, 31 January 2022 (UTC)