Talk:Ferry Torrez

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:35, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that circus performer Ferry Torrez lived next door to his crocodiles?

• Source: Wiegman, Marcel (4 May 2023). "'Crocodile King' Ferry Torrez (1968-2023) Went Through the Fire For His Animals and Friends". Het Parool. Retrieved 2025-09-09.:

"…that's exactly what got him into trouble seven years ago, when he kept a suitcase for a friend without further questions in the crocodile enclosure next to his house in Oost"

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hal Hirshorn

Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 03:44, 9 September 2025 (UTC).

• New enough, Long enough (Just barely), article is well cited, in imo seems to be neutral. 3.8% on Earwig. QPQ is done. I WP:AGF with the cited article as I don't speak dutch. The only problem is that the hook does not seems to talk about Torrez living next to his crocodiles. @Guerreroast: for response. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 15:17, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
  • @Miminity: See the quote: "that's exactly what got him into trouble seven years ago, when he kept a suitcase for a friend without further questions in the crocodile enclosure next to his house in Oost". This is a translation of "En precies dat bracht hem zeven jaar geleden in de problemen, toen hij zonder nadere vragen voor een vriend een koffertje bewaarde in het krokodillenverblijf naast zijn huis in Oost" from the article. It does say the crocodile enclosure and not his crocodile enclosure, but it is corroborated by the other Parool article: "During raids on seven buildings, police found a large amount of synthetic drugs and three tons of cash, in the room where the crocodiles were also kept", a translation of " Bij invallen in zeven panden vond de politie een grote hoeveelheid synthetische drugs en drie ton aan contant geld, in de ruimte waar ook de krokodillen werden gehouden". It would've been better to use the latter source, so my fault. Roast (talk) 19:41, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
  • @Miminity:. Roast (talk) 23:49, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
  • Okay good to go then. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 00:41, 21 September 2025 (UTC)