This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page with a "hook" (an interesting note). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a staging area and then promoted into the Queue. To update this page, purge it.
Successful hooks tend to have several traits. Most importantly, they share a surprising or intriguing fact. They give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more. They are written for a general audience who has no prior knowledge of or interest in the topic area. Lastly, they are concise, and do not attempt to cover multiple facts or present information about the subject beyond what's needed to understand the hook.
When will my nomination be reviewed?
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Where is my hook?
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If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.
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Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.
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How to promote an accepted hook
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Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
Hook should make sense grammatically.
Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set.
Steps to add a hook to prep
In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
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Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the {{DYKmake}} and {{DYKnom}} templates) at the bottom
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ALT2: ... that David Gillespie was the chief surveyor under Andrew Ellicott on the commission to determine the thirty-first parallel? Source: Holmes, Jack D. L. (April 1966). "The Southern Boundary Commission, the Chattahoochee River, and the Florida Seminoles, 1799". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (4): 312–337. JSTOR30147229.
Reviewed:
Created by Aneirinn(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
: Article is new enough, and long enough, and predominantly soured with public domain content so no apparent copyright issues. However, I find none of the hooks interesting to a wide audience (an increasingly common issue with DYK). And despite the article title, no reliable sources seem to use the middle initial "B.": where does this come from? And spot checking sources, Battle 1890 does not seem to have a page 170, nor mention David Gillespie anywhere. --Animalparty! (talk) 16:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
I originally used the wrong book as the source. The source I was using had combined the two books in one pdf and I had missed that. Also, concerning his middle name, I suppose you are saying that "Death at Red Springs". The Weekly Star. Vol.XXIX. Wilmington, North Carolina: North Carolina Newspapers, Digital North Carolina. June 10, 1898. p.1. is not a reliable source for this? If so, could you please clarify if that is correct? Aneirinn (talk) 18:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Dr. David B. Gillespie (February 24, 1815–January 2, 1905), who attended the Medical College of South Carolina, [Source:Catalogue of the Students Attending Lectures in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Session 1837–'38. Charleston: James S. Burges, 85 East-Bay. 1838. p.6 – via Medical University of South Carolina, Waring Historical Library.] was a son of Major David B. Gillespie. [Source:"Descendants of David Gillespie"(PDF). NCGenWeb.] I think it is likely that the writer of the twice-published obituary wrote 'Major' David B. Gillespie for a reason, and that Dr. David B Gillespie is named after his father, which would have them both with middle names that start with the letter 'B'. This point of contention is not really an issue; however, I find it hard to believe that people would find the initial proposal or ALT1 dull or uninteresting. It is significant and interesting that, according to Kemp P. Battle, David B. Gillespie was the first person granted a document in the form of a diploma from the University of North Carolina, the oldest public university to confer degrees in the United States. This would also make David B. Gillespie the first person in the United States to receive a document in the form of a diploma from a public university. If more alternative hooks are necessary, I'm willing to provide additional options. Aneirinn (talk) 02:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
@Aneirinn: What does this need an additional reviewer for that @Animalparty: can't do themself?--Launchballer 18:08, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Greetings Launchballer, thank you for your response to this and my apologies for abandoning my nomination for Red Brown (politician). I had not realized that only prose characters are counted for the 5x expansion requirement. To answer your question, it seems as if the primordial reviewer has abandoned this nomination. I should also note that an additional source for the initial of the subject's middle name has been added to the article. Aneirinn (talk) 23:39, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Whatever source you were using for his middle name, you weren't citing it, so I've taken it out. I am happy to take over this review, except I don't find any of the hooks interesting either (ALTs 3 and 4 are bloated versions of ALTs 0 and 1 and ALT2 is just confusing).--Launchballer 06:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
You are currently citing his middle name to Weeks (1887). I don't see where his initial appears in that source.--Launchballer 06:54, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Citations for this in the lead are unnecessary per MOS:LEAD. Two sources cited in the body of the article mention the initial of his middle name. One even has it written in its title. Saying it "fails verification" is a bit outside of the box here, so I have returned it. I changed one word on ALT2, hopefully it is an improvement at the very least. Aneirinn (talk) 07:10, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
His initial isn't in the body anywhere.--Launchballer 07:15, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Why must it be? Aneirinn (talk) 07:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
WP:V. The lead is only allowed to be unreferenced if all its content is backed up in the body. As written, it would deserve {{not verified in body}}, which would disqualify it here.--Launchballer 07:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
I am entirely at odds with the previous sentence. MOS:NAME says "The most complete name should appear at the beginning of the article to provide maximum information. Inclusion of middle names or initials... can be a useful form of disambiguation if there is more than one person known by that name." Which is the case here. MOS:LEAD supports the status quo. Would you please quote how WP:V supports that? It also mentions, "A source 'directly supports' a given piece of material if the information is present explicitly in the source, so that using this source to support the material is not a violation of WP:NOR. The location of any citation—including whether one is present in the article at all—is unrelated to whether a source directly supports the material." Aneirinn (talk) 23:45, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
@Aneirinn: Launchballer is correct that the material needs to be either cited in the lead or mentioned and cited in the body. The paragraph of WP:V says only that there might exist a source that directly supports the material, which isn't relevant here. For DYK purpose, the material does need to be verifiable to its source in the article. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:55, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you theleekycauldron, I have updated the article. Aneirinn (talk) 19:59, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
@Aneirinn: Apologies for dropping this. This needs a new hook; ALT2 is still confusing, and they will have your guts for garters at WT:DYK with any open-ended first hook.--Launchballer 07:23, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@Aneirinn: There is less than a week to go before September 5th, in which case WP:DYKTIMEOUT may apply, so please address any remaining issues by then. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT5: ... that David Gillespie was the chief surveyor for the United States boundary commission after the 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain? Sources: Holmes, Jack D. L. (April 1966). "The Southern Boundary Commission, the Chattahoochee River, and the Florida Seminoles, 1799". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (4): 312–337. JSTOR30147229. ALT6: ... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission following the 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo with Spain after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"? Sources: McReynolds, Edwin C. (1957). The Seminoles. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. pp.35–6. LCCN57-11198– via Google Books.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Aneirinn (talk • contribs)
ALT5 doesn't strike me as WP:DYKINTeresting. ALT6 shows more promise, however the hook adds quote marks and the article doesn't and it would need an end-of-sentence citation in any event. I'd also lose "following ... Spain" per WP:DYKTRIM. (I believeMOS:CONFORM would allow some variant of "that David Gillespie became chief surveyor for the United States boundary commission due to the "insufferable arrogance" of his predecessor", but I'd love a second opinion on that.)--Launchballer 11:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Neutral: - article often promotes the idea of tukdam. the "reports of attainment" section is especially egregious. you can't verify after-death consciousness, but the article lists 8 people who have attained tukdam, including someone who died in 1865.
Other problems: - the article presents the topic as if it wasn't a fringe topic. also, the "cultural and religious significance", "scientific research", and "documentary film" sections read like an large language model wrote it. also, why is there an entire section on a documentary film?
Hook eligibility:
Cited: - the quote you provided doesn't support the hook. in addition, it says that This Tukdam Project, developed in conversations between Dr. Richard J. Davidson and His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama, is a collaborative long-term empirical research effort of the Center for Healthy Minds in partnership with Men-Tsee-Khang (Sowa-Rigpa, Dharamsala, India), Delek Hospital (Dharamsala, India), and the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. he didn't just "persuade" them.
Replacing a rejection notice with a maybe notice. The nomination is still eligible and should not be immediately rejected. Flibirigit (talk) 15:59, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
it really isn't. ltbdl☃ (talk) 16:04, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: WP:RS characterize this as a religious concept within Tibetan Buddhist. The original version of the article included a lot of content about scientists proving life after death, which has since been removed. There are still some lines that are taking life after death as a settled thing like, "The practice of tukdam involves the practitioner's consciousness remaining in a meditative state known as the "Clear Light Stage" after death" The National Geographic source cited does not present it as settled, "“If I had just casually walked into the room, I would have thought he was sitting in deep meditation,” Davidson says, his voice on the phone still a little awestruck. “His skin looked totally fresh and viable, no decomposition whatsoever.” The sense of the dead man’s presence, even at close range, helped inspire Davidson to study thukdam scientifically. He has assembled some basic medical equipment, such as EEGs and stethoscopes, at two field stations in India and has trained an on-site team of 12 Tibetan physicians to test these monks—preferably beginning while they’re still alive—to see whether any brain activity continues after their death." Good luck, Rjjiii (talk) 23:31, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
while i wasn't looking, a huge chunk of the article was removed. this also means the hook is no longer mentioned in the article. any alts?
also, the "cultural and religious significance" is still written horribly, and there's a citation needed tag. ltbdl☃ (talk) 07:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
I'd restored the material removed without good reason. Use tags and the talk page of the article to discuss article content, please. It's totally bad form to remove 9,000 bytes of cited material without discussion on the article talk page. I didn't nominate this and I am not following the discussion here. Skyerise (talk) 09:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
The nominator apparently isn't responding, the article main author isn't following the discussion (as commented above), and this nom is getting old. I suggest we close this. BorgQueen (talk) 17:08, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
to be fair, the main author isn't responding because she's blocked. ltbdl☃ (talk) 17:10, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Still no reason for @Викидим: to have not responded.--Launchballer 17:22, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for not responding earlier and thank you for the ping. I did not think that my response was needed as there is a clear consensus against the nomination. IMHO the only way to allay the objections here is to shrink the article down to the brass tacks, somewhere around my last edit (Old revision of Tukdam). However, based on my experience and the discussion here, this trimming is currently impossible due to the position of the main author. I had therefore decided not to fight for the nomination - fighting the main author seems pointless. If the participants of this discussion would agree that (1) the said revision has some promise as a DYK candidate and (2) there is a chance of keeping the article in its shorter form, I am ready to put effort into trimming the article. Викидим (talk) 17:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
The main author is welcome to chip in when their block expires, which given WP:DYKTIMEOUT won't be before this runs. I will say that the shorter rendition you link to is not 1500 characters and would deserve a lot of tags. This isn't irreparable, it just needs work.--Launchballer 18:16, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
It's an interesting topic and I learnt while reading it. I do think it would be possible to clean up the article without too much editorial work, however whether the consensus work is worth it is up to you. CMD (talk) 18:18, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Her talk page access isn't revoked right? Maybe we can ask her to respond on her talk page regarding the nomination. Though given the issues and consensus is leaning against this, perhaps it's for the best to just close the nomination, without prejudice against renominating if the issues are addressed and the article is brought to GA. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:30, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
This sounds like a good idea. The last thing I want is trying to get article into shape for DYK while getting "the article stays as it was", "Don't need "friends" like that", "I won't be taken to task by a Russian" in place of a "thank you" (see Talk:Tukdam/Archive 1). Can you ask Skyerise if she is OK with the plan listed here? Викидим (talk) 03:17, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I will say that you shouldn't have got any of those per WP:CIVIL. If she violates that policy again when she's unblocked, you should report her to WP:ANI. This nomination will close one way or another before she can return and the shorter version can't run, so up to you.--Launchballer 08:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
QPQ: - Not done Overall: I want to suggest linking "an entertainment agency" and "its only artist" to their respective articles, but not sure if that would be overlinking. Just a thought—otherwise all looks good. I prefer ALT0, just waiting for QPQ now. Bsoyka (t•c•g) 01:45, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
I did consider linking those terms, but ultimately decided not to because of the aforementioned reason. QPQ now done. Thanks for the review, Bsoyka! ~ TailsWx 20:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Works for me—here's the beautiful green stamp of approval. Great work here! Bsoyka (t•c•g) 21:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
I don't know if DYK?again is the right icon to use here, but a question popped up on my talk page which might affect this nom, so I'll just copy that to this page and let the conversation continue here. RoySmith(talk) 20:33, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
More information moved from User Talk:RoySmith#How adverse is DYK... ...
... in promoting a BLP hook when there is new (negative) development? While this is regarding a specific DYK nom, I generally have been inactive in the DYK area hence a lack of knowledge of the norms on DYK reviewing on my part, thus the question here. This is also at no fault of anyone involved in the DYK item thus far. DYK/David Yong was reviewed and approved in July 2024. Almost one month later now in August, he was recently arrested and charged in Singapore for some financial crimes. In this circumstance, will the BLP hook be queued for the Main Page still? If so, which hook will be used? ALT0 or ALT1? – robertsky (talk) 18:36, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Hmmm, interesting question. Are you suggesting a new hook based on this new event, or just wondering how it would affect the currently approved hook(s)? In either case, let me suggest what I think is the best way forward; I can reopen the nomination then you should post your question there where more people can see it. If everybody's happy, somebody will re-approve it. Does that sound like a reasonable plan? RoySmith(talk) 19:03, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
I'm not leaning in a particular direction here—I support whatever the community decides. I agree that this is probably a good conversation to have on the nomination page. Bsoyka (t•c•g) 19:23, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Just wondering how it would affect the currently approved hook(s) in general... although a piece of new information does impact on ALT1. Your suggestion is sound and a discussion can be carried out there. – robertsky (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Close
From the discussion above: I definitely do think that the recent news does impact ALT1, though ALT0 doesn't seem to be impacted by this, other than the mention of Yong. The reviewer, Bsoyka, did prefer ALT0, and I almost don't see a problem with it being accepted, other than given the recent news on Yong's financial problems, which does make me re-think that for a bit. ~ TailsWx 03:06, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
WP:DYKBLP suggests avoiding undue attention on contentious information, but negative developments do not disqualify a subject from being on DYK as long as BLP and other guidelines/policies are followed. As long as the article is updated, and given how Yong is not primarily known for the recent incident, I can't see how the latest incident should prevent this from being promoted with ALT0. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:35, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
My only concern is ALT1. I am ambivalent about the rest. – robertsky (talk) 16:40, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
I don't find ALT0 interesting either @Tails Wx:. My suggestion would be something along the lines of "that before David Yong mounted a music career, he had been the chief executive officer of a timber firm".--Launchballer 07:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Ok, I've rephrased your suggested hook a bit and added ALT2 above. ~ TailsWx 03:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Then we need another reviewer to tick it off.--Launchballer 07:40, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Cited: - The hook is mentioned in the lead, as a summary of things explained in greater detail in the article. It has no reference (the lead does not need it), but the hook is then no mentioned in any single referenced sentence.
Interesting:
More information Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. ...
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
The two ALT hooks are referenced as part of a reference that covers a whole paragraph. The reference should be placed specifically on the sentence being used, even if repetitive. I may accept the article anyway, but then someone else would roll it back and ask the same thing, so let's do it right from the start. Cambalachero (talk) 19:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Gene and Yolanda Camarena gave $1 million to Wichita State University, with over half that amount designated for scholarships for Hispanic and Black students? Source: Leiker, Amy Renee (2020-09-01). "$1M gift to help students of color at WSU". The Wichita Eagle. pp.A1, A5– via Newspapers.com.
Overall: Nearly there. Only need a source in Gene's article for the statement After attending KU, Camarena moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he has lived since, except for his two years spent at Harvard.BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
@BeanieFan11: Hey, just following up here! Bsoyka (t•c•g) 23:55, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Oops. Apologies for the delay. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:49, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
No worries—thanks again for the review! Bsoyka (t•c•g) 16:57, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
As a note, this probably needs to go on hold (or at least wait to be promoted) until the {{Notability}} tag added to the article and this associated discussion resolve themselves, per WP:DYKTAG. Bsoyka (t•c•g) 21:12, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
consensus on the talkpage is that this article is not notable and it has been PRODed. Queen of Hearts(talk) 20:47, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
I missed that this was a double hook. This can proceed without Yolanda, although the hook should probably be reworked. Queen of Hearts(talk) 20:49, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Ah, thanks for the note! Suggesting the following Gene-only hooks below: Bsoyka (t•c•g) 00:01, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that Gene Camarena is in the International Pizza Hut Franchise Holders Association Hall of Fame? "Board of Directors". Pizza Hut Foundation. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
New reviewer needs for ALTs 2 & 3 (0b seems uninteresting). ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:34, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I don't find either ALT2 or ALT3 interesting. What's unusual about a businessman winning a business award?--Launchballer 22:12, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Maybe it's just me, but I did find it rather interesting that there's even an international hall of fame for Pizza Hut franchisees. ALT3 is interesting to me (though less than ALT2), but maybe it's because I'm not from a business background. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:37, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
I'm gonna pop in and suggest an alt hook, do with it what you will.
As Bsoyka has already given the article a full review and the hooks have already been checked, I'm giving both ALT2 and ALT4 a tick. However, as an objection was raised to ALT2, my preference would be ALT4. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:35, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Jubilee Bridge over the River Tay, looking downstream (south)
... that the course of the River Tay was diverted to allow construction of the Jubilee Bridge(pictured)?
Source: https://www.scottishroadsarchive.org/a9 North of here, the course of the River Tay was diverted to allow the new road to run along the river valley.
All good except: (1) some portions of the text lack citations; (2) there is some copied text per Earwig's tool: ; and (3) the last sentence of the lead doesn't have a period. Please add cites, rewrite the copyvio in your own words, and fix the missing period. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
I also don't find ALT1 to be interesting enough. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:24, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
I will be off until 10am UK/UTC time Monday since I may not edit on Sunday's and will also be off that day. Also pinging Coldupnorth. Otherwise, I should be able to make those improvements on Monday. It's already 22:42 and I need to sleep. The hot weather is already making it harder. JuniperChill (talk) 21:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
I have rewritten text to remove copyvio, added full stop and added references. Thanks. Coldupnorth (talk) 07:59, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
I was about to make the requested changes, but it seems like they have been done. Thank you Coldupnorth for this. To be fair, While I didn't start this article, I made some significant changes to it. I don't really edit on Sunday's as often as other days. JuniperChill (talk) 08:11, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
voorts, since these changes were made a week ago by the creator, what do you think? JuniperChill (talk) 09:41, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
@Voorts: Comments on the above? Z1720 (talk) 00:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
@JuniperChill, Coldupnorth, and Z1720: This sentence lacks a citation: "The project (and therefore the second bridge) was supposed to be complete in 2025, but delays to the project meant that the doubled bridge will be finished by 2032 instead with the project as a whole in 2035." Earwig still shows some coypvio. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:47, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
I saw a comment which said in the source editor "see main A9 dualling project for verification", so does that actually count (ie, users can verify the information by reading the A9 dualling project article) or it has to be a proper inline citation? I also think 12% copyvio is alright because its only like 1-2 paragraphs out of, like 30. JuniperChill (talk) 22:42, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
@JuniperChill: It needs its own inline citation. 1-2 paragraphs of copyvio is still too much and the information should be summarised and synthesized in the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:01, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
I have now done both. Should be alright now. JuniperChill (talk) 19:17, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Nominated on behalf of an IP editor who will, as usual, provide the QPQ.
Moved to mainspace by Schwede66(talk) and 2603:7000:2101:AA00:A91E:FA5D:EAB2:D6B0(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 150 past nominations.
Overall: 8 of the 16 citations were checked for verification and close paraphrasing; no issues arose. I prefer ALT2 because the focus is on the subject of the article. ALT1 may mention a record being set, but the PGA Tour is more prestigious than the New Jersey Amateur Championship, so I still prefer ALT2. Yue🌙 17:57, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Sigh, I forgot to add an icon. The WP:ERRORS discussion was essentially A huge portion of this article rests on sources connected to the subject, like his old university and the PGA and the U.S. Open – WP:RS requires that articles be based on independent sources. Also, a significant portion of the article is WP:PROSELINE statistics, which read really awkwardly and make the article feel half-finished.RoySmith(talk) 18:37, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Cited: - that's not what the source says: To ensure people pay their fair amount, try a bill-splitting calculator like the free, popular Splitwise. Everyone enters what they paid for, such as one person covering dinner and another covering pre-meal drinks. Then the app shows what people owe each other. In my testing, I found that it serves the most needs.
Interesting: - boring
Other problems: - promotional hook, and not mentioned in article
QPQ: Done.
Overall: ltbdl☃ (talk) 08:42, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Placing a maybe symbol here. The nomination should not be outright rejected since only the hook is contested. Flibirigit (talk) 14:00, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
I agree, we should allow the nominator to respond. Also, to clarify my previous statement, I had not fully evaluated everything and thus hadn't used any official symbols (which would imply a full review). I agree that the hook needs to be workshopped a fair bit to make it less promotional, I do think however, that the hook is cited given that the article in general talks about Splitwise in the context of handling money related conversations. -- Sohom (talk) 19:54, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Looking at the article, the article tone may be a more significant issue than the hook. The "Functionality" section vaguely reads like an advertisement, which is probably not the intention but it could still benefit from a rewrite. The "History" section might not meet WP:Proseline and so probably needs revision. The issues aren't insurmountable, but they do need to be addressed for the nomination to pass. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:30, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
@Bsoyka: Please address the above.--Launchballer 07:44, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Will take this up for review. PanagiotisZois (talk) 20:49, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
All right. The article is both new enough (having been created just a few days ago) and long enough; more than 5.000 characters.
The sources all are reliable and from mostly high-quality periodicals.
A video is used within the hook, but it is in the public domain, having been created by the White House of America.
Both hooks are properly cited, with sources that correspond to their location in the article.
Now to my "issues".
From what I see, QPQ still needs to be done.
For the hooks themselves, both of them could work. Admittedly, both are somewhat on the humorous side, but I guess that's the point. To hook the reader onto the article. The main hook especially is quite funny (subjective view) and takes advantage of the "Did you know that [XX]" portion of the DYK nominations. However, the second hook also brings up the word "coconut", which has become a meme of its own. Regarding this I'm curious, @Spaghettifier:, I don't suppose you have another hook in mind that uses the word "coconut tree" in it? Maybe "that Kamala Harris' mother asked her if she "just fell out of a coconut tree"?" or akin to that? PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:05, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi @PanagiotisZois: thank you for the review! The QPQ is complete here. With regard to the hook, I'd prefer to make ALT0 work if possible — it's lighthearted but pretty widely recognizable at this point, and an iconic part of the article. If we need to go with something more straightforward/coconut-centric, another idea might be using this LA Times quote from the reception section:
@Spaghettifier: I'm crying. XD ALT #3 is great. Honestly, I do think both this one and the main hook are about equally good, so I'll leave the final decision up to you. With the GPQ done, this is all that remains.PanagiotisZois (talk) 06:49, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Although one suggestion I do have is that for ALT3, it might be best to just omit the word "whether" altogether. PanagiotisZois (talk) 09:37, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I will say I think this is gonna get more pageviews if it goes up before the election. I'm still gonna vote ALT0 or ALT3, up to whoever promotes. Spaghettifier (talk) 18:18, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I agree. Waiting until next year is overkill. I will go with ALT3. It's catchy, and also includes much of the article's pagename within it. My only question is @Spaghettifier: if you wish to have it remain as is or remove "whether" from it; so that it will read as "Did you know... you just fell out of a coconut tree?".PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:15, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I like the 'whether' because it a) messes with the form a little bit and b) doesn't automatically accuse the reader of having fallen out a coconut tree. Spaghettifier (talk) 19:21, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
All right then. ALT3 is approved as is .--PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:47, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
ALT3 was pulled from Queue by BD2412 per a discussion at WT:DYK, so this will need a new hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:37, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Just noting that I have struck ALT2. "Coconut" is a slur meaning "brown on the outside, white on the inside", and without the specialist knowledge that it is a quote (which should be attributed anyway), some will interpret it as racist. See also List of ethnic slurs and Banana, coconut, and Twinkie.--Launchballer 20:53, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
That's super fair. Did anyone have any objections to the original ALT1? Still works for me. Spaghettifier (talk) 16:12, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Speaking as a Brit, I think it speaks to people who know what the KHive is. I have no objection personally to ALT0, so long as quote marks are added. (There's an argument that says hooks should avoid addressing the reader as "you", which is more than a bit silly given that all hooks begin "did you know"!)--Launchballer 09:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
I definitely think this is different than the typical poorly-defined second person sentence, but quotation marks are fine with me. Either way works. Spaghettifier (talk) 13:29, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: this is my second DYK nomination. i learned from the mistakes I made the first time, made sure to cite all important claims in the article, waited until the article was properly evaluated to submit the DYK, and will be active in fixing any issues that may arise.
Moved to mainspace by Jeschaton(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
As this is a "first" hook, per WP:DYKHOOK, sourcing has to be exceptionally strong to make sure that the fact about it being the first of its kind is accurate. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:20, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Neither hook is fine. The first, as said, needs an exceptionally strong source, and it cites a dictionary. The second has a WP:EASTEREGG link. And overall, people notable for only one event should not have an article about the person, but about the event. Please rearrange the info accordingly, and we may make a full review. Cambalachero (talk) 18:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Overall: The article was expanded from 469 to 3169 characters of readable prose from July 23 to 25, and nominated on July 25. The length of the prose section is adequate, however the introduction is too short and makes the nomination look like a work in progress, as per WP:DYKCRIT. A better introduction will have at least two sentences summarizing the background and recording, and one sentence for the reception. The track listing is unsourced, and as per WP:RATEYOURMUSIC, a better sourced is needed that is not WP:DEPRECATED. The article is neutral in tone, and no plagiarism was detected. The hook is interesting to a broad audience, properly mentioned and cited in the article, and verified by the source in Spanish. The album cover image has an appropriate non-free license. The QPQ requirement is complete. Flibirigit (talk) 00:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- Age and length are fine. No copvio/plagiarism concerns (Earwig = 26% but it's a quote). The hook is entertaining, and reliably sourced. I think it's good to go. KJP1 (talk) 05:55, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Note: this is relying on Google's translation of the French statement "Comecei a praticar judo desde o berço". Requesting a French speaker review this just to make sure it is an accurate translation.
Created by BeanieFan11(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 226 past nominations.
Other problems: - hook as written is misleading. it leads readers to believe that he literally practiced judo from birth. if correctly attributed, it'd be something like ... that Olympian Edmilson Pedro said that "started practicing judo from the cradle"?, but that's not interesting, is it?
QPQ: Done.
Overall: by the way, that's not french, that's portuguese. deepl translates it as I started practising judo from birth.ltbdl☃ (talk) 15:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
@Ltbdl: Do you think the deepl translation should be used? If so, the options are:
ALT1 ... that Olympian Edmilson Pedro said that he "started practicing judo from birth"?
ALT2 ... that Olympian Edmilson Pedro "started practicing judo from birth"?
As for whether it is accurate (ALT0/ALT2), my viewpoint is that it is what he did say – that's why its in quotes (I've had some similar ones before approved, e.g. Template:Did you know nominations/Inman Jackson). Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:56, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
honestly, the fact that he says trained from birth isn't interesting or unusual. a lot of people say that. do you disagree? ltbdl☃ (talk) 06:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
I kind of thought someone competing in a fighting sport from birth was interesting – maybe we could get a third opinion? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:25, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
But he did not compete from birth, did he? It's an expression, and I too think it's quite a common one. In fact, if an Olympian had not trained since very early age, that would probably be more interesting. Unfortunately I cannot draw anything more DYK-appropriate from the article either. When I cannot think of anything attention-grabbing, I go for a word play. Perhaps give that a try. Surtsicna (talk) 16:20, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
I've added an image on the right, which could be used if ALT1 is promoted. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Article is new and just barely long enough, by a margin of 17 bytes. Sourcing in the article looks good, and Earwig checks out. Image licensing looks alright as well. I don't love ALT0 (not quite interesting enough and lacks context), and ALT1 is not present in the article. QPQ is not required as nominator has 1 prior DYK nom. PCN02WPS (talk|contribs) 13:42, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
@PCN02WPS: I'll do some expansion later, so length shouldn't be an issue. I agree that the hooks aren't that good, so what about something like this: ALT2: " ... that unlike its 2D monochrome predecessor, Shapez 2 features 3D conveyer belts in space?" The source for ALT2 is the same Hardcore Gamer article. Alternatively, I could add the information in ALT1 to the article. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:20, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
@PCN02WPS: Have your concerns been addressed, and this approved? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
New reviewer needed unless PCN02WPS returns. Z1720 (talk) 14:41, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
sorry all, haven't spent much sustained time on WP recently. I still don't love this hook; it's set up like "monochrome" is going to be contrasted by something later in the hook (especially given it's linked) but nothing in the hook mentions the second iteration being multicolored at all. ALT2 also has the issue that it's not mentioned in the article as worded in the hook. PCN02WPS (talk|contribs) 20:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
PCN02WPS Thanks for the ping. Yeah... ALT2 isn't that good either. The information in ALT1 is mentioned in the gameplay section, and I could reword it so that it's similar to the hook. Another possible hook (ALT3) could be "... that in later stages of the game Shapez 2, players will need to supply four thousand copies of the same shape every minute?" The source is this RPS review. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 02:08, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
@CanonNi: ALT3 is my favorite. But, again, it is not mentioned in the article. This is a necessity for DYK, see WP:DYKHFC. PCN02WPS (talk|contribs) 19:25, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
@PCN02WPS: Sorry for the late reply; I was quite busy last week. Thanks for pointing the issue out. I'll add the information in ALT3 to the article now. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 10:55, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
I would like to note that the current image shown is from the original Shapez, and not Shapez 2. 64.39.209.163 (talk) 16:53, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
@CanonNi: the fact in the article still does not match the hook. If the IP user above me is correct, the picture will probably need to be dropped or changed as well. PCN02WPS (talk|contribs) 14:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Also, looking again at the source, it seems as though this need for 4,000 shapes per minute is a result of this particular user's save file and is not necessarily an unavoidable requirement within the game. As such, I think ALT3 might be slightly misleading in its wording. PCN02WPS (talk|contribs) 15:00, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Cited: - hook says he started as loan clerk but source only states clerk
Interesting: - Interesting but perhaps a slight rewrite? Current phrasing makes it seem like he went straight from clerk to president. Also leaves out his role as chairman. Something like "Henry Bubb started as a clerk and became/moved up/progressed to president and chairman of the board of Capitol Federal Savings Bank 15 years later"
More information Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. ...
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
I can't view the ancestry.com page for reference #1 but AGF. Ancestry.com is allowed by WP:ELPEREN for official documents such as birth certificate
I'm less forgiving on reference #2 - the reference quotes census but the link goes to Ancestry.com. Is it really necessary to state that "at some point he lived in Gallatin County, Montana"? Recommend to remove due to reliance on non WP:RS. The ksbf.org reference states that he moved to Topeka at an early age and Daily Gazette says Topeka was home since infancy.
OK for usage of ancestry.com for marriage license for reference #4 and draft card for reference #5
I can't view newspaper.com for reference #7 but AGF
ksbf.org reference does not support "Bubb was the president of the United States Savings and Loan League from 1949 to 1950....and the University of Kansas (KU) Alumni Association " statements in career section
"He was a member of.... (including as the board chairman)" not supported by New York Times reference and "the KU Athletic Board, and the Washburn University Board of Regents." not supported by KBHF ref.
Plagiarism free:
Earwing copyvio shows 12.3% - violation unlikely
Are we sure that this hook is interesting? It seems like quite a straightforward career progression. If he had started out as a casino dealer, that would be attention-grabbing. Surtsicna (talk) 16:23, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
It's not every clerk that reaches the level of business success that Bubb achieved. Is it the most interesting fact in the world? No. Are there more interesting facts in the article? Not really - maybe the fact that he received a distinguished service citation from the U.S. Treasury for World War II War Bonds. Am I willing to reject this submission because it is not the most interesting fact? No. Dwkaminski (talk) 15:12, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I've listed the review as maybe. See the comments above. No source given for loan clerk vs. clerk in the hook. Some other minor issues with sourcing that should be correctable. Please let me know if you have any questions. Dwkaminski (talk) 15:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
This is more of a comment than a review for now, but I have some reservations about the hook. For instance, the subject of the hook is Center squeeze, but the article is more about Burlington's second election. Unless you want to make it a double hook, I'm not sure if the current hook as written is appropriate or at least meets WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE regarding hooks being primarily about the subject. My suggestion would be to write a hook that's specifically about Center squeeze itself (perhaps something about its spoiler effect?), as opposed to a specific example. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Hmm, maybe? I'm a bit torn, since I feel like concrete examples make it easier to understand the topic. I've added some possible alternatives, though.– Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 17:03, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Hold on, there is a deletion discussion, and the replies are leaning over delete and redirecting, this might not make it to DYK, but I will review it nevertheless. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:42, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
More information General: Article is new enough and long enough ...
Source: "Issues with the stability of any rings combined with the lack of detection of another eclipse, suggests that J1407b may not be bound to J1407." Mentel, R. T.; etal. (2018). "Constraining the period of the ringed secondary companion to the young star J1407 with photographic plates". Astronomy & Astrophysics.; "...the object we called J1407b is floating freely through the Galaxy, and just happened to pass in front of a very young star." Kenworthy, M. A. J1407b. (2024)
Comment: The J1407b article was converted from redirect into article as a result of a split from the V1400 Centauri article. I began slowly expanding V1400 Centauri on 8 July 2024, but I did not add much to the J1407b section until 24 July 2024. As of today, it's been 5 days since I significantly expanded the J1407b section. Also, the image is optional; I'm fine whether it is used or not.
Converted from a redirect by Nrco0e(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Comment: @Nrco0e: Hey, nice work on this article. I just took a look at your previous DYK entries, and this one is slightly different. Per WP:DYKHOOK, "The hook should include a definite fact that is unlikely to change, and citations in the article that are used to support the hook fact must verify the hook and be reliable." Do we know for a fact that J1407b might be a free-floating planet or a brown dwarf? It doesn't seem so. Your current version says it is not a brown dwarf. This hook also gives the impression of WP:CRYSTAL. What do you think? Can you come up with other hooks or do you personally believe this follows the rules? Viriditas (talk) 22:01, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
@Nrco0e: my guess is you are busy with school, but pinging you just in case that helps draw your attention by the weekend. Viriditas (talk) 20:12, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
@ජපස: I could use your guidance. Could you review my comments up above? Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 22:26, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
I am actually okay with the hook. Brown dwarf seems to not be ruled out and the crucial word "might" makes it facilely correct whether or not it is actually this way or that! There is even a small chance that this thing is just an extremely eccentric orbit, though the chances of this are slim to none.:) jps (talk) 22:31, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
@ජපස: I'm with you. The problem is that the lead of the article currently says "Mamajek's team initially hypothesized that J1407b is an exoplanet or brown dwarf orbiting the star, but that has since been disfavored by later studies", so if we run this hook it will sound incorrect. Could you maybe take a look at the article when you have some time and make any necessary adjustments or propose a new hook? There's also the slight problem that DYK tends to favor hooks that consist of facts that don't change. Thanks, and there's no hurry on any of this. Viriditas (talk) 22:34, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Oh, you mean because someone might think get confused and think the brown dwarf was not free-floating? It is the orbit that is disfavored as opposed to the identification of the object's planet vs. brown dwarf status. jps (talk) 22:47, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Right. Any way to clarify that? Viriditas (talk) 22:50, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
... that when J1407b (which is either an exoplanet or brown dwarf) was discovered, it was thought likely to be orbiting the star V1400 Centauri, but current evidence implies it is more likely free-floating? jps (talk) 23:02, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
@ජපස and Viriditas: Hi, yes, I've been really busy with school and other personal matters, so I apologize for the delay. jps, I think your hook is good, but I think it needs to mention that J1407b has a disk/ring system, since that is what J1407b is most known for. In that case, perhaps you can say this below?
I feel like that the parenthetical part of this hook can be eliminated to make it more concise (i.e. say "when the ringedexoplanet or brown dwarfJ1407b was discovered"), but I'm not sure if it flows any better, so I'd like to hear what you two think. Nrco0e(talk • contribs) 00:44, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
No worries, this is what we call the "riffing" stage. Parentheticals aren’t really allowed in hooks. Viriditas (talk) 01:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
I think we should stick with one or the other. Personally, if I had to choose, I would not say anything about the rings/disk. The lack of a repeated transit is more interesting. But, alternatively, you could say something like "... that J1407b is either a brown dwarf with a protoplanetary disk or a ringed exoplanet." jps (talk) 01:28, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Adding below. Please change or add as necessary. Viriditas (talk) 21:17, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Note, the proposed caption for the image is likely too long and needs to be trimmed. Viriditas (talk) 21:20, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@Viriditas: I'm leaning towards ALT1. The lede of the J1407b article states it is a substellar object (an umbrella term including exoplanets and brown dwarfs), so I think ALT2 would be confusing to the layman. I did change the wording of ALT2 for clarity since the original sounded like J1407b had either a disk or ringed exoplanet, although it still doesn't resolve this aforementioned issue. Nrco0e(talk • contribs) 23:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Ok. Can you please trim the lead image caption? I don't think they will allow a long caption like that. Viriditas (talk) 23:03, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@Viriditas: How short does the caption have to be? Would "Illustration of a brown dwarf surrounded by a protoplanetary disk" be enough or does that caption sound too unrelated to the subject? If the latter is an issue, would it work to include "like J1407b" somewhere in the caption? Nrco0e(talk • contribs) 23:11, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Not sure, but "Illustration of a brown dwarf surrounded by a protoplanetary disk" sounds perfect to me, and if there's a problem, others will deal with it. Even better would be "Illus. of a brown dwarf surrounded by a protoplanetary disk" but I don't know if that's gospel. Viriditas (talk) 23:26, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Got it, I've changed the caption. Nrco0e(talk • contribs) 23:30, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@Nrco0e and ජපස: Earwig doesn't like this: Mark J. Pecaut, a then-graduate student under the supervision of Eric E. Mamajek at the University of Rochester discovered... Can you paraphrase and reword? Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 01:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Seems like excessive detail to me. The names of discoverers are also a bit of a throwback. Unless there was much mention in the media or something about attributing the discovery, it devalues the team nature of how science is actually done. jps (talk) 10:48, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Good point. I will look during my second read through. Do you think the lead section is too dense for the general reader? I know the body is, but it's not too difficult to get through. My only issue is that some of it was kind of boring and I thought the prose could be a touch more exciting particularly in terms of summarizing each section in the first sentence, so the reader knows what's coming and is prepared for the details. I would like to close this soon so I'm going to try and expedite this review. Has everyone chosen the best hook? Viriditas (talk) 20:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Lead: It was first detected by telescopes of the Super Wide Angle Search for Planets (SuperWASP) and All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) projects in April–June 2007. Any reason to include the "April-June" part and just say 2007 instead? Works better for the reader, and there's no reason to know the months here, is there? Viriditas (talk) 02:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Astronomers Mark Pecaut and Eric Mamajek Do we really need a link to astronomers here? Viriditas (talk) 02:05, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
I would say "no". jps (talk) 10:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
I changed it to "team of astronomers". @ජපස: I was just looking at various versions of this subject on other language projects. What I found interesting is how different sites treat the subject. For example, at es, the authors write "J1407b is probably a brown dwarf that is not gravitationally attracted by a star", whereas we take a more ambiguous POV. Just wondering what you think of this. Another thing I've noticed is that the other sites are also very easy to read and understand, whereas this article has somewhat unnecessarily complex and confusing language that talks around the subject rather than just directly stating the knowns and unknowns. Viriditas (talk) 21:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
@ජපස and Nrco0e: I've been reading our project pages on the same topic and they basically all share one thing in common that is different from this page. They generalize in the lead and present just the bare facts, and I think that's missing here. We have to assume that most of our readers are not astronomers and astrophysicists. For example, I still find this statement confusing based on the way it is written: "Mamajek's team initially hypothesized that J1407b is an exoplanet or brown dwarf orbiting the star, but that has since been disfavored by later studies". We don't even need to go into all of that. Just fix the lead so that first sentence states right away at the beginning that J1407b is either an an exoplanet or brown dwarf that is likely a free-floating object. Then, from there, once the reader understands what exactly it is they are reading, you can go into the nitty gritty. I have read this six times and I still think the lead is too detailed, particularly in the first paragraph. Give us a dumbed down first paragraph, and I think you should be fine slowly introducing the reader to more details. Viriditas (talk) 20:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that when J1407b was discovered, it was thought to be orbiting the star V1400 Centauri, but current evidence implies it is more likely free-floating?
Overall: Still need to choose a hook. What is the preference of the nom (and others), based on ALT1, ALT2, and ALT3? I would like to see the readable prose in the lead tightened up a bit, but this is not a requirement for DYK, but I do find the lead section less than ideal for general readers per my comments up above. Viriditas (talk) 21:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, everyone, I tried to close the deal, but with nobody responding or too busy, I’m afraid my time has run out. I’m going on vacation for the next month. I will put in a request for a second look on the main page. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 05:47, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
The article is new and long enough. The sources it cites are of high quality. I see neither close paraphrasing nor neutrality issues. I do, however, think that the hook is not interesting to a broader audience. Fortunately, I think such a hook can be produced from this article. I would propose:
ALT2: ... that the Spanish military governor of Venezuela, Juan de Casas, cried after the French demanded that he accept a Frenchman as king?
This hook would need to be reviewed by someone else though. Surtsicna (talk) 16:56, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
@Chomik: can you pick a hook that's more definitive? "Likely" sounds ambiguous and usually requires attribution.VR(Please ping on reply) 14:07, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
@Vice regent: most sources agree that this was the Wagner Group's biggest loss in Mali () but I'm not sure if it would be acceptable to remove the word "likely" since there's no confirmed death toll. If not, I could change the hook to be about Ukraine's involvement. Chomik! (talk?) 14:35, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
If the toll is not confirmed best not to use it as a hook. Ukraine's involvement does sound more interesting.VR(Please ping on reply) 16:17, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
It looks good as it is. I would prefer "that Ukraine said it provided Tuareg rebels with assistance in their successful ambush of Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali?" As I said on talk this was more of an ambush. But I think your alt is fine too.VR(Please ping on reply) 22:27, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Full review needed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:59, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Overall: The article was expanded from 310 to more than 5,000 characters from July 27 to August 1, and nominated on July 28. Length of the main prose is adequate, but the introduction is rather short and makes no mention of the major awards he received. I question whether listing the names of other chaplains is necessary in the introduction. Sourcing is adequate in the prose, but the section "Awards and decorations" is unsourced. The article is neutral in tone, and no plagiarism was detected. I have struck both ALT0 and ALT1 since both laud the merits of the school and not the subject of the biography. Readers would be more likely to read about the school than Hessian. The remaining hook ALT2 is interesting, mentioned and cited in the article, and verified by the source. The image of Hessian is in the public domain, used in the article, clear at a low resolution and enhances the hook. QPQ is not required. Overall, the article is in better shape than before expanded, and a welcome contribution to Wikipedia. Flibirigit (talk) 01:28, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 29
Auckland Central in the 2020 New Zealand general election
Source: "The Green MP was still pinching herself today after claiming her party's second-ever electorate seat and the first without a major party endorsement." link
Reviewed:
Created by TheLoyalOrder(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Reviewing this. On first look, the "Declined" section has to have a ref. I suppose the "Declared" section does not need a separate ref as those are the same people in the "Results" section but other people may think otherwise. In the "Background" section, the background ref has to have a ref on electoral system. Full review to come later. Howard the Duck (talk) 04:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Kia ora, I have done the things in this comment.TheLoyalOrder (talk) 09:50, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen personal circumstances, I won't be able to continue the review. Howard the Duck (talk) 17:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I'd be interested in taking over this review if needed @Howard the Duck:. Ornithoptera (talk) 07:28, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Full review needed; Ornithoptera, are you still interested in doing one? BlueMoonset (talk) 10:28, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi, my apologies BlueMoonset, been away from Wiki a bit due to a loss in the family. Since things have winded down, I'll try and look at the article later this week. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Ornithoptera (talk) 00:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
The hook as currently written may be too specialist for general readers; as in, it may be hard to understand for those unfamiliar with the relevant fields (in this case, Biblical studies). The hook fact itself might still have potential, it's just that the hook probably needs rephrasing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:25, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Want to try and get a mention of the red-chalk marks in if possible :D Stephen Walch (talk) 14:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
I still think the hook is rather specialist or too reliant on being familiar with Biblical studies. I'm not sure who else to ask for help with, so I'll see if I can ask for help over at WT:DYK regarding a hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
I cannot grasp the importance of the red chalk from either the hook or the article. From the article, red chalk was used to mark changes, by one or more people. What makes this so unusual that it is worth mentioning in the hook? Did texts not often get changes, or is there something unusual about the material? CMD (talk) 10:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
@User:Chipmunkdavis - Ancient manuscripts aren't usually written on or marked up by anyone these days: the idea that someone would mark or deface an artefact fills most modern people with dread; that a written manuscript of the NT was, to quote Scrivener, "barbarously scored with red chalk" is quite telling of this even from the 19th century. The MS and how it was used is also very important in the history of printed books, as this was the manuscript used for the first ever published printed Greek NT. Evidently I need to think of a how to word the hook to get this across.:) Stephen Walch (talk) 14:20, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Not a review, but ALT1 is the best hook here, and would be better if it was truncated at "KFC".--Launchballer 21:09, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
I don't agree, it comes off as unduly promoting one side without covering the opposing perspective. Although it is usually not be possible to give all context in a dyk, one should at least attempt not to be one-sided. Part of the problem is that the article never really covers the central reason for the protests. It does cover disputes about the status of LGBT Palestinians but not the overall war/genocide that is generating the protest to begin with. (t·c) buidhe 05:04, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Alright. I put in an excerpt template to the war protest article and used that to populate a background. There might be a better way to include the context of what folks are protesting. Much of the news coverage for queers for palestine remains focused on the spectacle instead of actual purpose and intent, unfortunately, which makes it hard to include motives without going to broader protests. Feel free to suggest/do something different! Bluethricecreamman (talk) 06:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
... that the 1990 Serbian general election elected only two women to the National Assembly of Serbia? Source: Stokić, Ljubiša B. (1994). Demokratija i osvajanje vlasti: izbori u Srbiji 1990[Democracy and the conquest of power: the elections in Serbia in 1990] (in Serbian). Belgrade: Zenit. p.624. ISBN86-81987-06-2.
ALT1: ... that in the 1990 Serbian general election the Socialist Party of Serbia won 78% of seats despite only winning 48% of the popular vote? Source: Martinov, Zlatoje (2000). U podnožju demokratskih propileja: Izbori u Srbiji, 1990–2000[At the pedestal of the democratic propylaea: Elections in Serbia, 1990–2000] (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republika. p.26. OCLC50410508.
Comment: The only issue that might pop up in this DYK nomination is the timespan of the expansion. I began expanding the article on 8 July when it was at 22k. Now, on 30 July, the article is at 177k. The article met the 5x criteria on 15 July, when it reached 112k, but was not finished. If this is really strict, I won't have any problems with the DYK being rejected now, considering that the article is up for GAN so I'll re-nominate it for DYK once it passes the GA review sometime in the future.
5x expanded by Vacant0(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.
I know many Amish families famously disavow all modern forms of technology (though as with any religion there is internal diversity), so there is potential here. However, some tweaking can be done, removing a couple of unnecessary information. Do we need to specify the title of the song, or the platform where the dance went viral? Wrt the article itself, I have some concerns - what makes neonmusic.com, Resident Advisor, and Whynow RS? Furthermore, the article uses two student newspapers. Once these are addressed, I will be glad to look at the hook again. Elias / PSA 🏕️🪐 [please make some noise] 05:44, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Neonmusic has a proper editorial structure in place, so I'm inclined to trust it. The rest are all attributed opinion. (Whynow and Resident Advisor don't put theirs on their website, however google tells me they both have editors.) Student media "can sometimes be considered reliable on other topics". ALT0a: ... that a viral dance in which performers mimic driving a car was performed by Amish content creators?--Launchballer 07:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
@Launchballer, RSSM also says that "professional sources are typically preferred when available." Surely given the big cultural moment Brat is going through, there are more reliable, professional reviews you can use to replace those student publications. Wrt hook, I would highlight that it was a viral dance from the Internet: perhaps ALT0b: ...that some of the many participants of a recent Internet dance challenge were Amish people? Elias / PSA 🏕️🪐 [please make some noise] 08:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
I don't agree that existence of other coverage has any bearing on whether the student publications should be included. For what they're being used for, i.e. attributed opinion, they're fine. You're right that there is lots of extra coverage of Brat, however Apple wasn't released as a single until very recently and all of the critical reception predates the song going viral, so there's much less of it than you'd think. Surprisingly few critics mentioned it as a highlight. (Much of the coverage went on some of the tracks that actually were singles; most of the hits for ""charli xcx" brat review apple" include phrases like "Apple Music" and "Fiona Apple".) I've added one more WP:EXPERTSPS which I missed when I looked the first time. (You'd need a second reviewer for ALT0b as neither of my hooks mention when the track was released, and I'm tempted to ask them about this as well.)--Launchballer 08:36, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
I see @Ss112: has removed the student reviews. I don't agree with their removal, but I don't feel strongly enough to put them back.--Launchballer 05:17, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
@PSA: Does the above address your concerns, and is this approved? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 19:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Z1720 @Launchballer, sorry that I left this in the backburner for quite a while - school had just started and I had to stay away from editing for a bit to keep focus. Now that I'm freer these days though, I looked at the article again and am glad to see the critical reception has been changed to reflect the comments. On that end, it LGTM, but since I proposed another hook myself I might need to get a second opinion . Elias / PSA 🏕️🪐 [please make some noise] 02:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Fairly sure a new reviewer is only needed where new information is added and that ALT0b is a rewording of ALT0, so you could in theory approve it.--Launchballer 11:58, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Can I propose an alt? Something like "... that a former teacher in the Philippines became a Robin Hood-like outlaw?" since I think that was what he's best known for. NyanThousand (talk) 07:19, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
In DYK, anyone can propose an alt, and your alt seems more interesting, im going to accept it. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 08:27, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Aharon Openheimer, Rebuilding the Jewish Community in the Galilee, in Z. Baras, S. Safrai, M. Stern, Y. Tsafrir (editors), Eretz Israel from the destruction of the Second Temple to the Muslim Conquest, volume one, Jerusalem: Yad Ben Zvi, 1982, ISBN 9652170062 (Hebrew), pages 75-92.
I will do a full review of this later, but for now my main concern is the hook. The claim of it being the cleanest lake in Asia is an exceptional claim, so per WP:DYKHOOK and WP:EXCEPTIONAL would require exceptional sourcing. Right now the article uses The Straits Times as the source for the fact: it is yellow on WP:RSP, which generally means it is to be used with caution on Wikipedia, and its suitability is a case-by-case thing. In this case, it may not be completely safe for it to be what supports the source. Either more independent or stronger sourcing should be found, or a different hook be proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:43, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Okay, propose this one: ALT1:... that a tribe performed rituals in a lake to let outsiders use it? Source:TST this hook uses the Straits times, let me know if it's okay or not. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:36, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT1 should be okay as the article isn't about the Singaporean government and there's no reason to doubt that the ST is unreliable in this case. The main issue right now is that part of the article appears to be a close paraphrase of the Straits Times article, so that needs urgent attention. The sourcing in the article isn't the best since it seems to rely on tourist guide websites, but for the purpose of the article it probably isn't disqualifying since they aren't used to support contentious information. As for the rest of the DYK checks, the article is new enough and long enough and a QPQ has been provided. In addition for the need to resolve the close paraphrasing, the article could also use a copyedit. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
One final suggestion: as the claim of it being the cleanest lake in Asia is an exceptional claim, and I do not believe that the sources provided are exceptional sources, my suggestion would be to make the statement in the article less definitive. Something like "The Straits Times stated that the lake is reputed..." or wording to that effect. Maybe Launchballer can help out here with the wording and copyediting? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:58, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
A possible alternate wording of ALT1, if for whatever reason it does not pass scrutiny, could be something like:
ALT3 ... that prior to allowing outsiders to visit Kayangan Lake, the Tagbanwa tribe performed a ritual to seek permission from nature spirits?
It's much longer than ALT2 and I think ALT2 is still suitable, this is just a backup option. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
I will take a look at this when I'm done with Talk:Megan Barton-Hanson/GA1, and I'll get to that when I'm feeling a little more clear-headed. (There's clearly something big there I'm not seeing.)--Launchballer 13:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
I am really not liking some of the sources used in this article - Journey Era, Philippinetravels.ph, and Richandsunnytravels.ph are all WP:SPS blogs and Guidetothephilippines.ph is a travel agency. What makes them reliable?--Launchballer 14:45, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
They're travel websites that give information about the subject. They aren't ideal, but it's often the case that coverage about less well-known Philippine destinations are lacking. As long as they aren't being used to support contentious information, as in what they're saying is uncontroversial and unlikely to be made up, I don't necessarily see them as a problem for DYK purposes. This isn't aiming for FA or even GA. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:08, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Having said that, the claim of it being the cleanest lake in Asia is an exceptional claim, and I'm not comfortable with how it is currently presented as a fact in the article. As stated above, my suggestion would be for it to be attributed to the Straits Times, while also making the presentation less definite. If this isn't addressed, I can't see this article running on DYK since that statement will likely be challenged at WT:DYK and/or WP:ERRORS. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
@TheNuggeteer: Please address the concerns raised above; the nomination may be marked for closure if they are not resolved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Done, added note. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:55, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Ah yes, I never thought about reading that article. It's very useful for readers. I have heard of roads.org.uk but never thought about them publishing a ZEZ article. JuniperChill (talk) 11:43, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
You might want to do something about the unsourced content in this. (I don't plan on reviewing this any time soon as I review oldest first, but I might pop in and expand it once I've finished the stuff on my to-do list.)--Launchballer 12:16, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
@JuniperChill: Not a full review, but I have tagged the article with two "citation needed" tags. These need to be resolved before this nomination can be approved. Z1720 (talk) 03:54, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
@Z1720: I added two references to replace the {{cn}}. Should be good JuniperChill (talk) 09:38, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
I have modified the hook for what happened after buses accounted for up to 80%. JuniperChill (talk) 15:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
... that the creator of the manga series Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu made the main characters realize they were not blood-related siblings early in the story so that she could focus on their romance?
These are kind of what the falls are really known for, so I think that these would be more interesting. - DarkNight0917 (talk / contr) 23:57, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
new enough, long enough, image is fine, qpq done. some concerns:
on the verge of rejecting alt0; to discover something, by definition, has to be an accident.
rejecting alt1; not mentioned in article. also, readers won't know what it means for a waterfall to go viral. it was an image of the falls that went viral, and that's uninteresting, a lot of things go viral.
rejecting alt2; uninteresting (and probably undue to mention in the article).
alt3/4's source says that Where the water comes from is still a mystery. it's not visible, yes, but it's also not known, unless there's something i'm missing.
refs 2, 3, and 7 are travel guides/blogs; are these reliable?
It receives over 500 tourists on weekdays and 1,000 on weekends is cited to a 2014 source and probably outdated
Don't know what's wrong with alt3 and 4, the blogs are reliable since these are usually for expansion and regularly do no harm in DYK. Fixed the outdated thing by adding a note. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
@TheNuggeteer:regularly do no harm? do you have examples? ltbdl☃ (talk) 17:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Comment only: the hook appears to be saying that the ferry saw the fire. Surely, you mean that someone aboard the ferry saw the fire? Schwede66 02:22, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
The article says the officers and captain saw the fire, probably making it the ferry itself? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 03:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
that's not really how english works, how about
ALT0a: that a ferry saved 26 people from the MV Doña Paz after the ferry's crew saw a ball of fire? ltbdl☃ (talk) 07:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
... that New Zealand mathematician Laurence Patrick Lee worked his way to England to find a cure for his stammer and was speaking normally after just 18 minutes of instruction?
Source: "N.Z. Man Cured Of Stammering By British 'Expert' ", Greymouth Evening Star, 11 Dec 1950, [N.Z.P.A. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT], "When Mr L. P. Lee [...] read in a Jersey newspaper that Mr William C. Kerr, M.A., of St Helier, had discovered a cure for stammering he decided to get a year's leave of absence from the Lands and Survey Department and to work his way to England. ¶ Lee had been stammering all his life and he felt that Mr Kerr could help him. He worked as engineer’s steward in the Trojan Star, arrived in England on November 13 and 18 minutes after seeing Mr Kerr on November 18 he was speaking normally. ¶ Recorded Proof ¶ Mr Kerr took a recording of Lee stammering the date and time before instructing him. He took a second recording 18 minutes later with Lee now stating the date and time without stammering.
Reviewed:
Comment: Alternate hooks could talk about his map projections (and could include map pictures, if a picture is needed), but this story seemed like a better human interest hook.
Created by Jacobolus(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
@Ornithoptera: Please provide a QPQ, or this nomination may be closed as incomplete. Z1720 (talk) 19:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
@Z1720: Thank you for the reminder, it got busy these past few days so I was unable to do so. Just completed the QPQ on my end! Ornithoptera (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
The current hook is wordy and difficult to read, so here's a reword:
ALT1 ... that Maita Sanchez, who served as mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna from 2010 to 2019, had an acting career before entering politics?
Given how it's not that uncommon for actors to become politicians (and the Philippines has many, many examples of this), I will leave it to another editor to see if the fact meets WP:DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
I've given this some thought, and unfortunately there are two issues with the nomination. One is that Sanchez being a former actress is not uncommon or unusual in the context of the Philippines. Second, there's currently nothing else in the article that would work as a hook. With that in mind, the nomination is marked for closure as simply not being a fit for DYK at this time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: I think being a former Actor and mayor is normal in the Philippines, but being a mayor for 9 years is pretty unusual, can you maybe rethink this? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Being a mayor in the Philippines for 9 years or even longer is far from unusual; in fact, it's actually the norm in many places, especially with entrenched political dynasties. Like a politician serves three terms, then swaps out a position with a relative, then returns to their original post for another three terms. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Suh explores how anxieties about the MVA kit's capacity to induce abortion, which is illegal in Senegal, have constrained its integration into routine care. Dubbed the "PAC pioneer of West Africa," Senegal is celebrated for having been among the first countries to decentralize post-abortion care from large urban hospitals to smaller facilities in rural areas.
Update: QPQ now added (just so that it doesn't get overlooked). Schwede66 23:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Any better hook than this? Being that tall isn't always uncommon depending on where you're from. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
I can't see a better hook than that. If we don't hear from 2603:7000:2101:AA00:5DFC:4931:AA8F:8FB5 within a few days, I suggest you close that. Schwede66 00:52, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
With no response from the IP and Schwede66 being open to a closure, it unfortunately seems that the article is not a good fit for DYK at this time given the lack of hooky material. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:33, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
... that an 8th century wood sculpture of the Medicine Buddha never left its temple grounds until July 2024 to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the temple's founding in Tokyo?
Comment: My fifth nomination and I need a QPQ for the first time. Luckily, I did that a few months ago. Also, my first GA article, though I didn't make that
Improved to Good Article status by JuniperChill(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
What's surprising or interesting about this hook? "Infrastructure project delayed" is not surprising anywhere in the world, especially an Anglophone country. (t·c) buidhe 04:55, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Hopefully this is more interesting, but idk if the wording is the best.
Maybe ALT2: ... that Clay Webb, a five-star recruit from the class of 2019, was named a preseason All-American in 2024? [3] The interesting nature being that it took him from 2019 to 2024 which is an abnormally long stretch of time in college football already. Truthfully, I had the original hook in mind as the main selling point, but I can understand why it won't work. TarheelBornBred (talk) 16:35, 19 August 2024 (UTC).
Full review needed.--Launchballer 19:39, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
@TarheelBornBred: More of a comment for now rather than a review, but the issue with ALT2 is that it might not meet WP:DYKINT. A reader unfamiliar with college football and its intricacies may not get what "five-star recruit" and "All-American" are, especially if they are outside of America like the majority of readers. Ideally, a hook should be as understandable to as many people as possible without requiring too much context, and I don't think the hook meets that. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:44, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Note that I have struck the original hook as the parts about the bullying are no longer in the article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:13, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Olympic gold medalist rugby player Jordan Sepho said that he vomited from stress the first time he played?
Source: Actu.fr ("Rugby - Sevens Series à Toulouse. Jordan Sepho: 'Mon premier match, j'ai vomi de stress'" [Rugby - Sevens Series in Toulouse. Jordan Sepho: “My first match, I threw up from stress"])
Comment: Technically the expansion started on August 7, which would mean that it is two days late: hoping for an extension as allowed by Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines (The seven-day limit can be extended for a day or two upon request.). I think that someone who started their career like that went on to win a gold medal at the Olympics is interesting; open to other ways of wording the hook.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 235 past nominations.
... that during the Tunisian campaign in WWII, crews carried an AMES Type 6 radar set across a swamp to allow them to spy on Luftwaffe aircraft running supplies into Tunis? Source: RAF 2023
@Maury Markowitz: Please contribute a QPQ, or this nomination may be closed as unsuccessful. Z1720 (talk) 14:32, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
A week after this nomination was made, and a reminder ping, no QPQ was supplied. Marking this for closure as incomplete. Z1720 (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
I have been in the bush (literally) since Sunday. I will do this shortly. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
... that in order to attend breakdancing classes as a child, future Olympian Amir Zakirov had to give up eating lunch?
Source: Red Bull ("Amir's family didn’t have a lot of money, so he had to find a way to pay for the breaking class. He'd already been working from 10-years-old selling copper, so he had money from that, and then he scarified eating at school to have money for the breaking class. 'I used the money my parents gave me for lunch in school to pay for the breaking,' he says. 'Because of this I had stomach pains from not eating all day, making it really hard to concentrate in school, but I wanted to use this money for breaking.'")
@BeanieFan11: Two QPQs are required: please provide these as soon as possible. You also have a lot of nominations that need QPQs: this discussion is proposing that nominators be required to provide the QPQ at the time of the nomination. If this passes, it might cause your future nominations to be rejected if the QPQ is not provided when the nom is created. I suggest that you review DYK noms now, instead of creating even more nominations, so that none of your nominations are closed as incomplete. Z1720 (talk) 23:39, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Sigh... have one done, will do the other and expand Vodisek tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:56, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: The contestants for this show are being drip-fed, so I may add articles to this if anyone else lacks an article. (Update August 12: Lineup complete. Shame actually, there were rumours that Sunil Patel might have participated and he's a cryptoentrepreneur.) I'd suggest running this on the day the series starts, probably the 21st of September. (Update 30 August: 14th September, as they're running a special programme at the end of the series.)
Created by Launchballer(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 243 past nominations.
I didn't know what a "locum GP" is. Maybe that's a good thing, as it makes the first hook more "hooky". But can you clarify that in the lead of the article? Eg you can write "is a Scottish locum general practitioner (GP) from Glasgow." Also, in "Early life and medical career" please also clarify what's a "locum"? Might be helpful to link to Locum#United Kingdom healthcare.VR(Please ping on reply) 13:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
We have a (somewhat execrable) article about what locum GPs are at sessional GP, a term I've never heard of. I've made some edits to the article.--Launchballer 19:11, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Vanuatu Daily Post says she's the first female weightlifter; however, as per Olympedia, the nation has never had a male weightlifter, thus she is the first regardless of gender
@BeanieFan11: Please provide a QPQ as, per the ongoing discussion, consensus is leaning towards making QPQs mandatory at the time of the nomination and noms without QPQs may be closed without warning. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Full review needed now that QPQ has been provided.--Launchballer 20:19, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Public Eye News ("Makatisi, 26, finished the race on position eight in the women’s commonwealth marathon last Saturday ... Makatisi’s mentor ... says his athlete has tried very hard despite the setback of having to run in new shoes which she began to use for the first time on the day of the race.")
ALT1: ... that Oghul Qaimish, a regent of the Mongol Empire, was tortured and executed after being outmanoeuvred by her enemies? Source: For the regency and outmanoeuvering, see De Nicola 2022, pp. 426–427. For the torture and execution, see May 2018, p. 138; Broadbridge 2018, pp. 218–219.
... that in Africa, the only countries that have passed reproductive health laws without grounds for legal abortion are Senegal and Madagascar?
Source: Eleven Sub-Saharan countries have passed reproductive health laws, and nine of them specify grounds for legal abortion (the exceptions are Senegal and Madagascar).
@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: The source specifies sub-Saharan Africa, so there could be theoretically countries in North Africa that have such laws which are not reflected and thus make the hook inadequate. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:22, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Right, thanks for pointing that out. I could just tweak the hook to specify Sub-Saharan Africa; I think it's still reasonable to link that to the article.
... that in Sub-Saharan Africa, the only countries that have passed reproductive health laws without grounds for legal abortion are Senegal and Madagascar?
Christian 2015, pp.316, 400, "Dispersal over an unprecedented swath of the globe...coincided with an Ice Age...by the end of the era of climatic fluctuation, humans occupied almost all the habitats their descendants occupy today" harvnb error: no target: CITEREFChristian2015 (help)
Cajani, Luigi (2013). "Periodization". In Bentley, Jerry H. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of World History. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-968606-3.
Thanks for pointing this out, I fixed the link. A hook on changes to life expectancy could be interesting. I think the article only covers this in the sentence Advances in medical science led to a sharp increase in global life expectancy from about 31 years in 1900 to over 66 years in 2000.[552], which does not give us much to work with. Maybe:
I'm not a big fan of ALT2, which is rather anachronistic: for most of human history, children did not live in societies in which "public education" was a meaningful concept. Given the wide scope of this article, I think a hook that encompasses a broad timescale would make the most sense. –Joe(talk) 11:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Many societies didn't really have public education so children didn't have access to it. Maybe you are concerned about something like the following: some readers may misconstrue the statement as implying that these societies did have public education but just not for most children. This is not what the hook says but it could happen. This problem could be solved by talking about formal education instead of public education but the claim in our article is about public education so this may not be acceptable according to the DYK rules. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
What I mean is that 'public education' to be a meaningful concept there first needs to exist the idea of a formal education and a state that provides public services, neither of which existed for "most of human history". In other words I think the hook anachronistically implies that children were missing out on something that was not even conceptualisable until recently. Kind of like saying "for most of human history, satellites did not use reusable launch vehicles". Technically true, but not very meaningful. –Joe(talk) 09:36, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Can people miss out on something for which they lack the relevant concepts? For example, the ancient Egyptians didn't have the concept of antibiotics. Can we say that "the ancient Egyptians didn't have access to antibiotics"? To my ears, this sounds acceptable. But I'm also open to different ways of expressing the idea. Phlsph7 (talk) 10:56, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT3 is not very well sourced. It cites page 1 of The Twentieth Century: A World History, which doesn't cite any sources for these figures, and a textbook on marketing for the "due to advances in medical science" part, which also doesn't cite a source for this claim. Neither source make it clear what specific measure of life expectancy they're using, but it's probably life expectancy at birth, which was largely a function of infant mortality in premodern societies and therefore the change involved more factors than just medical science (also improvements in public health, contraception, reduction of child poverty and malnourishment, etc). –Joe(talk) 11:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT3 is not my favorite either but I think the sources fulfill our requirements even though they themselves do not cite other sources for these claims. The hook says "helped raise" to not imply that there were no other factors. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
I wouldn't say they fulfil the basic requirement of being reliable sources, in this context, per WP:EXCEPTIONAL. But this is probably best continued on the article talk page. –Joe(talk) 09:36, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
I will review this nomination in the coming week! WatkynBassett (talk) 08:25, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
The article was created on 10 August 2024 and nominated on the same day. It is thus eligible.
The article is sourced. I did some spot checks and the references checked out.
The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
Earwig did not pick up anything noteworthy.
QPQ done.
Hook review: I generally like the hook but I think it needs some further improvement:
Which is the source you think best states the fact that just a few memoirs of Soviet POW in German captivity exist?
Additionally two tweaks are necessary in my opinion: I think we cannot state that he "published" his memoir because it was published posthumously. Also, I did not find a source that sees this memoir as dealing with the deaths of 3 million POW.
So maybe you can think of a rephrasing of the hook that only claims that he wrote the memoir and that it is one of the few memoirs of a Soviet POW in German captivity?
If the issues concerning the hook are addressed I will gladly approve this nomination. Thank you for creating valuable free knowledge! WatkynBassett (talk) 18:57, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing. If you need another source for it, Gerlach says, "Unfortunately, few POW accounts were ever published". The book explicitly covers "das Sterben der Kameraden", the three million figure is given in the hook as it contrasts the scale of the atrocity to the lack of sources and memoirs about it. (t·c) buidhe 02:01, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
I must apologize for coming back to this so late; my life currently is a bit disorderly. I appreciate the cite; I think this first issue is fixed now. Nevertheless, I am still not convinced that we can say in wikivoice that the work is about the deaths of 3 million Soviet prisoners of war in German captivity - because this is not contained in any source. Would it therefore not be better to rephrase your hook in a way that highlights that Dawletschin wrote one of the only memoirs of the nearly six million Soviet prisoners of war, of which more than 3 million died? Sorry for the quibbling. WatkynBassett (talk) 05:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Jacques Lewis is believed to have been the last living French veteran of D-Day?
Source: "Believed to be the last surviving Frenchman to wade ashore with Americans, he was attached to an Army unit that stormed Utah Beach and helped drive Germans out of France."
Cited: - The NYT source does not support the hook as written because it only covers the US landings but there were British and Canadian beaches on D-Day too. A claim of first/last is a Redflag and so needs excellent verification.
Interesting:
Other problems: - "Believed" is a weasel word and/or expression of doubt. If this is a definite fact, as it should be, then we should state it as such without such tentative language.
QPQ: - Not provided yet. Note current discussions about limiting nominations on credit like this. Overall: I'm not sure of the formal status of translations but this review template asks Is the article free of material copied from other sources? and it isn't. The article seemed to need some copy-editing and so further work of that kind may soften the issue. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:04, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your review. Will fix up shortly. Thriley (talk) 21:47, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
... that the Netflix-released film A House in Jerusalem tells the story of a British-Jewish child who encounters the ghost of a Palestinian girl in the house where she used to live until 1948?
Not a full review, but as the subject is a work of fiction, a new hook will need to be proposed per WP:DYKFICTION. Essentially, hooks about fictional plots alone aren't allowed on DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:47, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Not too fond of the hook as it seems to be more about the director than the movie itself, but will let a different editor decide. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:59, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
... that while Council Working Parties formally only prepare decisions by the Council of the European Union, they de facto shape the majority of those decisions? Source: Häge 2016, p. 686 "Formally, working parties only ‘prepare’ the ministers’ work, but de facto, they make the majority of Council decisions."
... that Albert Schädler suggested the introduction of old-age pensions and disability insurance in 1909, though he was unsuccessful?
ALT1: ... that the ideas of Albert Schädler became the founding ideas of the Progressive Citizens' Party, though he himself was opposed to the formation of political parties?
... that in Hindu mythology, Madhavi, who was blessed with the miraculous ability to regain her virginity after each childbirth, was married to three kings, each in exchange for 200 rare horses?
Comment: A.K.A. C for Charlie (as a handful online have nicknamed the 1957 version for almost a decade and a half now). Filler project in light of higher-priority AFC tasks; inspired by this August 2024 filing at the Literature StackExchange, which came up on the parent service's "Hot Network Questons" feed one day during my perusal at GIS.SE (I'm currently engaged in a comeback geofictional project). First of two DYK nominations from yours truly today; stay tuned in a few hours for the other one.
Created by Slgrandson(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
Note that the hook as currently written might possibly not meet WP:DYKFICTION; as such, it will either need to be revised with additional real-world context, or a new hook needs to be proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Arguably, nowhere is this soft power more popular (at least for now) than in the form of Prince William, on deck to be king of the birthplace of the English language, the Great White North, Down Under, and 12 other countries. By presenting this article on Did you know, readers will learn much more about the public's fascination with this prince on the big screen and small screen alike. From two films on his wedding to a documentary on his advocacy for climate change, there will be plenty of intrigue and critique that will not disappoint!
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Finally, as a more serious comment, I would like to note that this page's parent article appeared on Did you know less than a year ago as of this post. If this affects eligibility, please let me know.
Created by AndrewPeterT(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
... that during his service with the French Navy pastry chef and television judge Benoit Blin cut off the tips of his fingers in a kitchen accident?
Source: " For me, when I was a young lad I made a silly mistake during my military service. I used a butcher knife to slice a tomato when I was doing staff food. It was extremely sharp and chopped the end of my fingers off with the tomato." from "The man behind the chef: Benoit Blin - The Staff Canteen Live". www.thestaffcanteen.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
ALT1: ... that in 2011, French-born chef Benoit Blin was president of the British team at the World Pastry Cup? Source: "Benoit is no stranger to high-end pastry competitions. He was team president of the UK Pastry Team in the 2011 Pastry World Cup " from: "BBC Two - Bake Off Creme de la Creme, Series 1 - Benoit Blin MCA". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
Not a review (and no matter how much I like Bake Off The Professionals, I still do my QPQs oldest first!), but the WP:METRO is not a reliable source.--Launchballer 20:59, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up Launchballer, luckily everything was covered by the BBC source so I've switched it over to that - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
You should consider installing WP:UPSD. Full review needed.--Launchballer 21:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Oh, that is a very handy gadget that should be more widely known, thanks - Dumelow (talk) 07:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Will be claiming this for review, but so far it looks good. The article was initially created in 2022 but was moved to userspace to be worked on as a draft; the article was moved back to mainspace on August 15, the day of the nomination, so for DYK purposes it should count as a new article. Earwig is down at the moment so I cannot check for close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been done. I have yet to check all statements in the article, but as for the hooks, my preference is the original one. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi Generalissima, review follows: article created 15 August and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources for the subject; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing from a spotcheck on the sources; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to the source cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me, a really nice article - Dumelow (talk) 07:14, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Vollpension employs grandpas and grandmas (pictured) to bake cakes according to their own recipes, and during the COVID-19 pandemic offered live baking-courses from elders across the world?
Source: "In 2020, at the height of coronavirus pandemic, the Vollpension launched the 'world’s first Grandma Baking School'. BakAdemy is an online platform that offers on-demand, live baking courses taught by the cafe’s elderly staff, helping to spreading their knowledge and recipes worldwide.."
ALT1: ... that Vollpension provides additional income and generation-bridging interaction to Viennese grandpas and grandmas (pictured) by employing them to bake and serve their own cakes?
Source: "But it is also a highly successful experiment in 'social good' or 'social entrepreneurship,' a commercially sustainable way to provide much-needed extra income. Equally important, it provides friendly generation-bridging interaction for older people who may otherwise feel lonely or isolated."
ALT2: ... that the Viennese café Vollpension(employees pictured) addresses poverty and loneliness in elders by employing them to bake and serve their own cakes?
Source: "Beyond being a cafe, however, the Vollpension is seen as a statement against social issues such old-age poverty and loneliness.."
@Surtsicna: Per a recent WT:DYK discussion, there has been loose consensus to change the rules so that a QPQ now needs to be provided at the time of the nomination, instead of up to a week after. Please provide a QPQ at the earliest opportunity, otherwise the nomination is liable to be closed as incomplete without warning. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:36, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: This is a translated article. The only issue I have personally encountered is citations, which I am currently working out.
Created by SirMemeGod(talk) (translator) and 151.82.192.215(talk) (who made the Italian page).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
@Sir MemeGod: a few things need straightening out here:
There are a lot of Harvard errors in the citations and referencing. If you haven't already, I suggest installing this script to catch and fix them.
The two sources cited here are not really up to the bar of WP:RS. We need published works, ideally in print, by people acknowledged as experts in their field. Fortunately, Napoleon is not short of people who have written good academic work about him.
The hooks need to be explicitly stated within the article itself: neither of these two seem to be.
I would suggest giving the article a fix for the citations, and then looking for two or three good facts from within it for which you have good sources already cited. I notice you've written that it's a translation, so make sure that these are from works that you can access to verify the citation. UndercoverClassicistT·C 13:21, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Okay, I will work to fix the issues addressed by later today, and will get back to you once everything is done. Thanks for the review! Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 13:26, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
@User:UndercoverClassicist I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to fix the "HarvNoTarget" error. I can fix the other issues though, and have already placed the hooks in the article. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 13:46, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
No Target Errors mean that there isn't a unique reference defined with that ID. For example, you have two references defined as Chandler2006, so any link pointing to that will show an error. The simple way to fix this is to make one Chandler 2006a and the other Chandler 2006b. I've seen the additions to the article, but would encourage you to read what I said about sourcing: this webpage is not a quality academic source. Honestly, I think there's more specific and more interesting material for hooks in the article anyway: can you come up with a couple that are cited to good-quality sources? UndercoverClassicistT·C 15:05, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I'd also have one about the campaign being Napoleon's first major campaaign (which it was), but I can't find an RS for it. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 15:25, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
We need hooks that are going to be interesting or unknown to most readers -- I'm not sure either of those two really pass that muster. Did anything interesting, exciting, surprising or consequential happen during (or as a result of) the campaigns? Can you find citations that are printed books, ideally in academic presses? UndercoverClassicistT·C 15:52, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I do have one more that does have reliable sources behind it, and was interesting (at least to me) when I first read about it.
They're not a requirement, but most of the websites you had been citing weren't good RSs for historical information -- I think Britannica is fine; PBS is acceptable but not great for history: we can trust their integrity, but they don't claim any real academic expertise or credibility. I think the most recent ALT (which I've labelled ALT0) is good; I've taken the liberty of making some minor edits for concision and markup. Hook is in the article, but the reference doesn't quite check: PBS give the two week figure as the combined total for Montenotte and Mondovi. UndercoverClassicistT·C 17:50, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Not strictly required, but as we're going to be directing many readers from the main page to this article, it would be good to have alt text on the images for the benefit of blind people using screen readers. UndercoverClassicistT·C 18:26, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I will add the alt text for all the images shortly. I may be able to add the PD-US templates to the images within the next hour, but if not, I'll just ask for someone else to do it (Commons sometimes doesn't work on my device). Thanks! Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 18:35, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Happy to respect that request, though I note for the future reviewer that the source information on File:Bonaparte di Edouard Detaille.jpg is still insufficient. Good luck with the nomination. UndercoverClassicistT·C 15:53, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Head coach Carnie Smith with All-Americans Gary Snadon and Harlan Hess and the UPI national championship trophy
... that the undefeated 1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas(pictured with UPI trophy) shut out seven opponents, featured four All-Americans and won three national championships?
Four All-Amerians: Snadon here, Archer, Beal, Hess here
Three national championships: UPI national small college champion (here), NAIA national champion (here), and AP small college national champion (here).
... that the Quechua chief Quinto Inuma Alvarado was assassinated while returning home from a meeting of environmental leaders?
Source: [My translation] On the evening of Wednesday 29 November, a group of hooded people assassinated Quinto Inuma Alvarado [...] Quinto Inuma was returning from a meeting of environmental defenders held in Pucallpa, Ucayali, between November 23 and 26.
ALT1: ... that the week Quinto Inuma Alvarado was assassinated, he said at a conference, "If I must die, I will die"? Source: [My translation] "[...] If I must die, I will die" was one of the last statements the apu made, during his participation at a meeting of leaders held in Pucallpa, from 23 to 27 November.
Article is new enough, long enough, and sourced. Hooks are interesting and short enough. Hooks are mostly supported but I am not finding an in-line citation for his status as a "Quechua chief". Hopefully, this can be added. QPQ satisfied. Cbl62 (talk) 12:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
@Cbl62: I had assumed the term "apu" was synonymous with "Quechua chief", but I realize now it's better to be precise. I have added a citation to call him a "Kichwa tribal leader" (with Kichwa being a more specific term than Quechua). — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk|contribs) 14:45, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Not surprising or interesting, most abortion laws focus on prosecuting abortion providers rather than recipients. (t·c) buidhe 06:27, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and plays professional football in Canada?
... that Agnes Crane (1852–1932) was an English amateur paleontologist who nonetheless described a new species of brachiopod and presented her work at the 1893 World's Congress in Chicago?
Source: new brachiopod - 'On a Brachiopod of the Genus Atretia .. ' I have therefore thought it my duty to publish a short description of Atretia brazieri .. to secure priority for .. [this] species' https://https://archive.org/details/biostor-99964/page/n1/mode/2up Proc Zool Soc, 1886, p 182
World's congress - 'Read at Chicago, August 24, 1893, before the Women's Auxiliary Branch of the World's Congress', footnote to Geol Mag 2, p 64, 1893 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800005811
There is probably nothing I like seeing more on DYK than women scientists. Thanks for this one, Chaiten1. The article is new and long enough. It covers the subject's life and career perfectly well. The sources are of very high quality and even quite accessible too. There are two issues, however. Firstly, "Crane lived in Brighton for the rest of her life" and "a role later taken on by Crane's father" require citations. Secondly, the wording of the hook can be improved. I would propose something like:
ALT1: that despite having no university training, Agnes Crane described a new species of brachiopod in 1886?
Let me know what you think. Surtsicna (talk) 20:47, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the encouragement! I have added citations to the statements in the page: one is Crane's births/marriages/death entry from FreeBMD, as other sources (like probate) are behind paywalls; the other is from Edward Crane's obituary. I do like your suggestion for rewording in ALT1 - I have just inserted 'of brachiopod' - thank you!Chaiten1 (talk) 09:06, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
... that when Swedish soccer player Beata Olsson transferred from Florida to Florida State, she said she didn't really know about the schools' rivalry?
Not a review, more of a comment: the current hook is very US-centric. The rivalry will probably be understood by US readers, but those outside the US may not be as familiar with the Gators-Seminoles rivalry. My suggestion would be to add some more context to the hook, like saying Olsson helped the Seminoles in their soccer championships. As written, the hook doesn't even make it clear that she's a soccer player! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:20, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Hmm, I wouldn't describe that as US-centric, just local. But not being familiar with the rivalry is kind of central to the hook. Could add that she won championships but I think that would be wordy/distract. Added sport. Hameltion (talk|contribs) 13:32, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
I meant that readers would need to know that Florida and Florida State have a rivalry to get the hook. It's a different thing from Olsson being unaware of it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:41, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
I think most readers can infer that two schools within the same state are probably rivals. For the hook, I'd add Olsson's nationality to make it a bit clearer about why she wouldn't know about the rivalry. SounderBruce 03:17, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
I've added Swedish to the article for additional context. I think the additional context about her being a football player and being from Sweden satisfies my original concerns. Full review still needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:50, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Janet Panetta, who started dancing as physical therapy for childhood polio, would go on to teach dance all over Europe, becoming a "launchpad" for many dancers including Jérôme Bel?
Source: "Janet Panetta, who overcame childhood polio to become a dancer with American Ballet Theater, a performer in New York’s thriving downtown modern dance scene and a revered ballet teacher, died on Saturday in Brooklyn. She was 74."
"The French choreographer Jérôme Bel, also interviewed by The Times in 2010, said of Ms. Panetta, “If a dancer would be a rocket, she would be a launchpad.” He was her student at the National Center of Contemporary Dance in France, where she was the founding ballet teacher in the early 1980s. “Not telling you where to go, just giving you confidence in the universe,” he said."
... that the sole developer of the The Crimson Diamond first created a series of pixel art rooms and later decided to build a game around the house she had designed?
Source: "She started using [her free time] to learn pixel art, recreating the look of the text parser games she enjoyed as a kid like The Colonel’s Bequest. “I made a room, and then I made another room, and then I realized I need to make a little sprite character because I wanted to have the furniture in scale,” Minamata said. “So I made a character and I wanted to have her walk around, and suddenly it’s becoming a game.”
Comment: There's more hooks here that could be a possibility – maybe that the sole developer of the Crimson Diamond used to freelance as an artist for The New Yorker? But I think the idea of creating a pixel house and then going "oh, let's have a game" is more interesting to me.
Created by Nomader(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.
Would you consider a slight tweak to the hook like:
ALT1:... that the developer of the The Crimson Diamond first created a series of pixel art rooms and later built a game around the house she had designed?
I realize it's almost the same. I think "lone" is not entirely necessary, and the emphasis could imply that no other people worked on the game at all. Also, it seems more direct and factual to say that she built the game than decided to build the game. If you're not interested in the ALT, feel free to strike. And unrelated, but I get so much nostalgia from the game's aesthetic. Rjjiii (talk) 23:18, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
@Rjjiii: I was oddly struggling with the wording here, and I actually think this fixes my issues! I prefer this ALT for sure – I'd be fine with it being used. Loved the story of how she developed this game, so I'm so happy that I was able to find enough sources to put this together! Nomader (talk) 14:25, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
... that although cyclist Daniela Larreal thought in 2004 that she would only have a few more years in her career, she was preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics when forced into exile?
Self-withdrawing as this is currently at ITN (as RD). Kingsif (talk) 22:28, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
@Kingsif: Note that if a subject is featured on ITN under Recent deaths, it remains eligible for DYK. DYK ineligibility only applies to bolded links in blurbs (so for example, Paetongtarn Shinawatra is ineligible for DYK for one year after the blurb was posted), but not to Recent deaths entries. With that in mind, are you sure you want to withdraw the nomination instead of allowing it to proceed? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:19, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: If that's the case, happy to proceed with it, and I've struck my last comment. Kingsif (talk) 15:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Not a review, but I don't think ALT0 would pass scrutiny as Pritzker being the richest governor in the US is not a fact that is unlikely to change. It will change either when Pritzker is no longer in office, or another governor becomes wealthier. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:53, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Also not a review but Alt 1 also appears to be changeable opinion using possibly stereotypes (ie not a sociological or even cultural study or statistical fact). I don't remember the rules for opinion presentation, if any, though. -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 13:50, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
There are essentially hundreds of JB Pritzker fan accounts, some of whom who have received media coverage (See sources linked here and in the article). "Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker" is one of this accounts, and refers to Pritzker as the "Great Khan" Microplastic Consumer (talk) 12:12, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Maybe something like ALT2 ... that JB Pritzker has been nicknamed the "Great Khan of the Midwest" by supporters? would work then? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:26, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Drive-by nom. Appears to meet minimum standards, will go through with a fine-toothed comb when I don't have a 7-day clock ticking. The bit of ALT0 after the dash probably deserves WP:DYKTRIMming but I see no harm in adding it post hoc for the promoter's consideration.
Created by Willthacheerleader18(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 247 past nominations.
How is this surprising or interesting? Many people who go into politics or advocacy don't have polisci degrees. (t·c) buidhe 13:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Additional source for ALT1: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/us/freedom-summer-mississippi-votes.html “This is about creating a culture of civic engagement, not just during the election season. We want people to understand the political landscape and be involved on and off the clock,” said Ms. Bennett, a Jackson State University graduate who wanted to be a physics teacher before turning to civic activism.
I'm not sure about these hooks either: #1 are very common reasons for political activism in the US and #2 is a commonly cited inspiration for voter registration. (t·c) buidhe 02:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT3: ...that Arekia Bennett is focused on voting rights for Mississippi citizens including young queer people and children who have gone through the juvenile justice system?
Not a good hook. Makes no sense to the average person with no CS education. Many technical articles are not suited for DYK. (t·c) buidhe 07:01, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Pinging two editors regarding possible hooks here given they are DYK regulars who specialize in tech articles. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:14, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
The hook is a little confusing to me because it's making it sound like Rustls wasn't written in Rust to begin with, i.e. it's a pre-existing library that's just now being adapted to Rust. I think if the hook were shorter, it would be more interesting. Something like "... that Rustls aims to improve internet security by replacing memory-unsafe software libraries?" DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:49, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
@DigitalIceAge: That might still be too specialist if the reader doesn't know what "memory-unsafe" means in this context. I asked for feedback over at WP:DISCORD, and Hilst suggested that the Like other TLS implementations, a computer user may use Rustls without being aware of it, as an underlying part of an application or website part has promise. Maybe that could also work? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
I suppose. I don't think the concept of "memory safety" is particularly arcane or technical, but we could simplify the hook even further: "... that Rustls aims to improve internet security by replacing software libraries that are vulnerable to security bugs?" DigitalIceAge (talk) 03:23, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks Narutolovehinata5 for pitching in! I don't have a citation for "a computer user may use Rustls without being aware of it", so I don't think we can use it as a hook. (I included it in the article even without a citation because I believe it's Wikipedia:Common knowledge about low-level software libraries like this one, at least among people in the software field.) I believe that it's possible for non-specialists to find this topic somewhat interesting, as long as we do a decent job of writing about it, which is why I tried to include bits of context in the article itself. I like DigitalIceAge's simplified hook. Dreamyshade (talk) 03:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
I still don't think the original hook is too specialist. But if I had to pick, I'd go with DigitalIceAge's as well. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:38, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
@Buidhe: Does DigitalIceAge's proposal satisfy your concerns? If it does, this should be ready for a full review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Not surprising or interesting that they come out with better software that is more secure and less prone to bugs. (t·c) buidhe 12:14, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Feehan, Conor (29 August 2013). "Riot-arrest rapper fronts Guinness ad". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
"'I can't get a job with my Finglas accent' - Connected's Elayne Harrington aka Temper-Mental MissElayneous". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
Comment. The proposed "hook" is not stated in the body and is not supported by either of the proposed references. Where does "arrested for lèse-majesté" ("defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state"?) come from? The linked Evening Herald article says "arrested for breach of the peace and failure to comply with gardai". Not the offence we are listing here. And the linked Irish Independent (entertainment section) article also says "charged with threatening and abusive behaviour and failing to comply with gardai". Per WP:DYKRULES and WP:DYKHFC, the facts of the hook need to appear in the article (they don't), and the facts of the hook need to be supported by reliable references (they aren't). As it stands, the proposed hook text fails verification and doesn't meet DYK criteria. (Update: I can find no evidence that anyone [including the subject] has ever been arrested in Ireland for "lèse-majesté". There is nothing to indicate that any such offence or law is "on the books" in Ireland.) Guliolopez (talk) 11:46, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi. While I understand the humour aspect. And I know myself to be more of a pedant than most. But I'd suggest that "not true" is more accurate than "not literal". Per the guideline, hooks should (indeed) be interesting. But "interesting" shouldn't be prioritised to the extent that "accurate" is ignored. As you note, I don't think the proposed hook "works". Because it's not true or accurate. (We haven't exaggerated the facts - so much as we've changed them.) To the extent that, personally, I don't think that hook should be promoted to the homepage. (propose "... arrested for lèse-majesté with a bodhrán at a protest against Elizabeth II's 2011 state visit to Ireland" as alternative hook.) Guliolopez (talk) 14:31, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment. While the proposed alt1 is better than the originally proposed hook, it is not ideal (as "followed" implies a sense of wile that isn't in the source - which gives "attended with"). If it were me, I think a hook which focused on the subject's experience with homelessness (and attempts to challenge perceptions of homelessness and destigmatise the issue) would make for a more interesting hook. And is a much more topical issue. In Ireland at least. IMO anyway. Guliolopez (talk) 20:14, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: Expanded from 1126 (18 August) to 6336 (23 August, when almost all the expansion took place). There is an ITN nom (albeit improved a little too late; the section hadn't been updated in days when it was added), but it's recent deaths so should be fine.
5x expanded by Miraclepine(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.
... that diet culture was intertwined with scientific racism in the late 19th century, including the common belief among medical practitioners that black women were unable to control their consumption?
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-racist-roots-of-fighting-obesity2/, “In the eyes of many medical practitioners in the late 19th century, Black women were destined to die off along with the men of their race because of their presumed inability to control their “animal appetites”—eating, drinking and fornicating. These presumptions were not backed by scientific data but instead embodied the prevailing racial scientific logic at the time. Later, some doctors wanted to push Black men to reform their aesthetic preferences. Valorizing voluptuousness in Black women, these physicians claimed, validated their unhealthy diets, behaviors and figures.”
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Comment: I’m open to alternative hook ideas. Thank you very much!
Moved to mainspace by FortunateSons(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
I made an error: I wrote the article through AfC, but I’m not the person who moved it into mainspace. Can I just fix that manually, or is there a different way to do it? FortunateSons (talk) 17:25, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that "Dilaw" reached the top spot on Billboard Philippines Hot 100 and Top Philippines Songs chart and entered the Spotify Global Chart at 200?
Not a review, but the hooks are a bit suspicious. The hooks have a summary of the song, which isn't regularly added to hooks, maybe trim like this? ALT0:... that "Dilaw" was the dominating song in the Philippines and international too? and ALT1: ... that "Dilaw" was entered on Billboard Philippines securing the number one spot, and the Spotify Global Chart entered at number 200? and I also saw two "hooks" in alt1, which can be added here, ALT2: ... that the creator of the song Dilaw is a male OPM artist with the most listeners on Spotify? Thanks, 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:53, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestion @🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 I'll fix the Hook. ALT1 and ALT2. Royiswariii (talk) 04:30, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Source: Gamauf (2023),"Peculium: Paradoxes of Slaves With Property". In Schermaier, Martin (ed.). The Position of Roman Slaves: Social Realities and Legal Differences. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 87–124. doi:10.1515/9783110987195.
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Created by Ttocserp(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Ttocserp 15:37, 24 August 2024 (UTC).
More information General: Article is new enough and long enough ...
Adequate sourcing: - Per DYK rules, you need at minimum one citation at the end of each paragraph that covers all content preceding it. You also need a source for all statements introduced in captions (not cited elsewhere in the article) that go beyond identification of the image's subject. I've added some cn tags where a citation is missing, or axed transition sentences that Wikipedia tends not to use, but I may have missed some.
Neutral: - I'd like to see the talk page complaint resolved
Overall: The above issues need to be addressed. Also, the article calls the track "erratic," which makes more sense than "erroneous," which is the word the hook uses. Ergo Sum 16:01, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
... that a festival celebrating the Roman victory over the Jews in the Diaspora Revolt of 115–117 CE was still observed 80 years later in the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus?
Source: Pucci Ben Zeev, Miriam (2006). "The Uprisings in the Jewish Diaspora, 116–117". In Katz, Steven T. (ed.). The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 4th. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77248-8. pp. 96–98
ALT1: ... that the Roman suppression of the Diaspora Revolt of 115–117 CE led to the near-total annihilation and displacement of Jewish communities from Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and many parts of Egypt? Source: Kerkeslager, Allen (2006). "The Jews in Egypt and Cyrenaica, 66–c. 235 CE". In Katz, Steven T. (ed.). The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 4th. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77248-8. pp. 61–62
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Created by Mariamnei(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.
... that the Republican-led Ohio Ballot Board was sued because its official summary for Ohio Issue 1, designed to improve redistricting, stated instead that the initiative would requiregerrymandering?
Source: the Board's summary "describes the amendment, which is specifically intended to prevent partisan gerrymandering, as specifically requiring it."
Comment: I hope the hooks and article are carefully NPOV. Reliable sources usually mention that the legislature and ballot board are Republican-led, since gerrymandering is about partisanship. Fwiw, Issue 1 proponents are described in the press as bipartisan.
Created by ProfGray(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Lim, Ruey Yan (18 July 2022). "Patrick Tse is oldest Best Actor winner at Hong Kong Film Awards". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Veteran actor Patrick Tse has become the oldest actor to win the Best Actor prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) on Sunday (July 17), while Anita, the biopic on late Cantopop superstar Anita Mui, was the biggest winner with five awards. Tse, 85, won the award for his role as a retired assassin in the black comedy Time, which also starred veteran actress Petrina Fung Bo Bo, actor Lam Suet and former radio DJ Chung Suet Ying.
"Dad joins son with film award". The Standard. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Patrick Tse Yin, aged 85, has become the oldest Best Actor winner in the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in the 2021 film Time.
Article is in good shape, recently promoted to GA. The hook checks, though the provided source on bulldozers was incorrect -- I have changed it. It might not be the most interesting, given that trucks and bulldozers are commonly used in disaster recovery operations -- could you perhaps suggest a few ALTs?
Weird, but I'll try: ALT1: ... that Tropical Storm Kai-tak weakened and strengthened multiple times? . 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 04:36, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Again, I'm not sure we've passed the threshold of interest there -- most tropical storms do that, and it's not particularly interesting that they do. Per WP:DYKINT: The hook should be likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest. Can you find anything in the article that would meet that -- for example, things which apply only to this particular storm, or might otherwise be surprising and motivate a reader to click on the article? UndercoverClassicistT·C 08:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@TheNuggeteer: Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible, as the nomination may be closed without warning if one is not given within a reasonable timeframe. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Edward Hopper sold some beachfront property to a New York art gallery? Sources: "When he wrote to his dealer about the picture, an austere view out the door of his Truro studio...directly on the water of the bay, he noted only: 'I have finished a canvas am [sic] hoping to get another before we leave here'." Levin, Gail (1998). Hopper's Places (2nd ed). University of California Press. pp. XI. ISBN9780520216761. OCLC1228847942. "[Art collector Stephen Carlton Clark] bought Rooms by the Sea...and kept it for the remainder of his life. Hopper's wife, Jo, in the notebook she used to record her husband's sales, noted next to Clark's name in the entry for this picture, 'snapped up at once before shown publicly'." [...] "Purchased by SCC from Rehn Gallery, New York". Vincent, Gilbert T.; Sarah Lees (2006). "A Life with Art: Stephen Carlton Clark as Collector and Philanthropist". The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. pp. 186, 332. ISBN0300116195. OCLC1110377214
Comments: Hopper had an exclusive arrangement with Rehn Gallery in New York for 43 years. See Edward Hopper: Paintings & Ledger Book Drawings (2012) for additional supporting info, particularly pp. 23, 25, and especially 114, where Hopper's wife confirms they received the check for the painting from Rehn on April 7, 1952.
Created by Viriditas(talk) and Tryptofish(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.
I started to review this, but then I got to copyediting so I'm ineligible to review. It grieves me to say that I could not find material for an even remotely off-color ALT. EEng 02:22, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Source: Clark, Alfred E. (April 24, 1982). "Rev. Michael Walsh, Headed Fordham During Fiscal Crisis". The New York Times. p. 11. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2023.: "During his years at Boston College, he saw its enrollment greatly expand, supervised the construction of 15 new buildings..."
... that after supervising construction of London's Tower Bridge in the 1890s, engineer Edward Cruttwell was retained as consulting engineer to the bridge until his death in 1933?
Source: Cruttwell "... did, however, keep the position of Consulting Engineer to Tower Bridge until his death in 1933." "About Edward Cruttwell". Heritage - Tower Bridge. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
ALT1: ... that after supervising construction of London's Tower Bridge in the 1890s, engineer Edward Cruttwell produced a prize-winning design for Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1901? Source: "In 1901, he won the first prize of £1,000 for the best design for what would ultimately be called Sydney Harbour Bridge, although his design was not proceeded with for financial, design and political reasons." "About Edward Cruttwell". Heritage - Tower Bridge. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
... that Giorgina Reid patented a technique for holding up banks? Source: Goldstein, Marilyn (October 10, 1984). "She Holds the Patent on Tenacity". Newsday. p. 19. (Available via newspapers.com with TWL)
Source: Juan Ignacio Provéndola (May 7, 2018). "Hermética: diez curiosidades a 30 años de su debut"[Hermética: 10 trivia 30 years after their debut] (in Spanish). La izquierda diario. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
ALT1: ... that "Desde el oeste", from Hermética's debut album, was the first recorded song singed by Ricardo Iorio? Source: Blumetti, Frank; Mora, Miguel (October 1993). "Hermética: el sonido de la gente". Madhouse Extra (in Spanish) (2). Buenos Aires: Editorial Llamoso: 14.
Comment: In 2019 this article was converted into a long incoherent essay, with most of the material unrelated to CIC and references used that didn't mention the group at all. I removed all of that, and began expanding from how the article had looked before.
5x expanded by Soman(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 395 past nominations.
I'm going to WP:BOLDLY reject this nom. Uncited and rambling-essay-like text still counts as part of the word count especially when it's around ~ 3 years (unless the text was a copyvio). The way I see it, you went from a 8453 byte article to a 2372 byte article which isn't what DYK eligibility is about. (If I have made a mistake, any reviewer is free to overturn this descision.) Sohom (talk) 03:10, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
I'm confused: did you mean to comment on this nomination, or a different one? This is your own nomination, but your comment above seems to be talking about a nomination other than your own. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 The account creating the nom is Soman (who has been around for a lot longer) and I'm Sohom Datta, both of whom are very different people. Sohom (talk) 11:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I got confused there; I even tried using hovercards to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
This does seem like this could qualify for IAR, given that the content removed qualified for WP:TNT. I've had a couple of articles accepted on similar grounds (Donna Taggart due to COI expansions, Simone Murphy for BLP violations). That said, a lead section should probably be added and probably some subsections.--Launchballer 14:00, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Lede expanded and sections added. --Soman (talk) 22:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, although I've split them into subsections. I'll let an actual reviewer adjudicate on this.--Launchballer 19:06, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Aviation Accidents in Japan Involving U.S. Military and Government Aircraft Post-World War II
... that the small fish species Poecilia vandepolli existed, then it did not, and now it does again?
Source: "Poecilia vandepolli Van Lidth de Jeude, 1887 is re-examined and resurrected from synonymy as the Antillian representative of P. sphenops Valenciennes, 1846."
ALT1: ... that the small fish species Poecilia vandepolli was resurrected in 1992? Source: "Poecilia vandepolli Van Lidth de Jeude, 1887 is re-examined and resurrected from synonymy as the Antillian representative of P. sphenops Valenciennes, 1846."
ALT2: ... that Vandepoll's molly solves food shortage problems by eating its own offspring? Source: "In a confined area, only lack of food seems to keep down the population at a certain density. The offspring will for the greater part either starve to death or be consumed by the cannibalistic adults, the latter phenomenon being more important than the former as we know from looking at the stomach contents."
Comment: This guy was such a bizarre character that several more hooks could be created if necessary. I just proposed some of the ones I think are the most strange and interesting.
Improved to Good Article status by PizzaKing13(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.
@PizzaKing13: As you already have more than five nominations, you are required to provide a QPQ. As per a recent rule change, a QPQ should have been provided at the time of the nomination. One must be provided soon, or else the nomination is liable to be closed without warning. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:34, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Overall: Interesting hook and the article is properly cited and constructed. QPQ not needed. I made a couple of edits to the article, but they are very minor. Richard Nevell (talk) 21:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Overall: Article is new and long enough. No problems with Earwig. A few small issues, however. Some of the material in the article lack citations. For example, the lead contains two statements that are missing citations to confirm (they're not confirmed anywhere in the article body). The entire "Plot" section is unsourced. The proposed hook itself is interesting, but needs to be rewritten. It states that Héctor Germán Oesterheld himself was a character in his own comic, who was retained after he died. In fact, the cited source states that the character of Germán was "Oesterheld's character" ("el personaje de Oesterheld"), but does not explicitly state that it is him. (Native Spanish speaker here, by the way.) The source makes clear that the character is certainly based on him; the hook needs to be reworded accordingly. Another detail that needs to be ironed out is that the hook unequivocally states that Oesterheld is dead. However, all sources I've read state that he is presumed dead. Even if his death is certain, I'm not sure that it could've been declared official at the time this third part of the comic was published in 1981, while the Dirty War was still ongoing. Otherwise, this is a very interesting article about a subject I previously had zero knowledge of! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
"死屍死時四十四|何爵天專訪 自認鏡粉睇中「Jerdan」化學作用 搵柳應廷唱高難度主題曲「加戲」" (in Chinese). am730. 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024. 何導更自爆嫌客串演出的阿Jer戲份太少,故特地找他唱高難度的電影主題曲《鹹魚遊戲》,並呼籲觀眾要一戲呵成聽埋首主題曲。[Director Ho (Cheuk Tin) even revealed that he found Jer Lau's cameo role too small, so he specifically invited him to sing the challenging theme song "Salted Fish Game" as well, urging the audience to listen closely to the theme song as they watch the film.]
Source: Buerge (2017) p.33: "....when the Suquamish chief Kitsap organized a confederacy to meet a threat from the north."
Ibid. p. 41-42: "The most feared were the Cowichan ... Slave raids had led the Cowichan far from their homes in search of human merchandise ... by spreading havoc on the sound, they likely intended to eliminate rivals and make the HBC come to them"
Ibid. p.42: "The confederation Kitsap engineered stretched from central Puget Sound to the Columbia River, and Old Man House was its nexus."
Ibid. p. 43: "The attack likely took place around 1825 ... Kitsap and other Suquamish men took the lead"
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Created by PersusjCP(talk) and SeaTraff(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Source: From September 1856 through May 1857, while serving at Fort Pierre, he met and, by Sioux tribal custom, married a young French-Yankton girl of the Yankton Sioux tribe. (Deloria - page 44)
ALT1: ... that U.S. Army Colonel Alfred Sully(pictured) ordered the severed heads of the native Americans responsible for killing one of his officers placed on stakes? Source: In response to the killing of his topographical engineer, Captain John Feilner, on June 28, 1864, Sully ordered the severed heads of the native Americans responsible placed on stakes overlooking the Missouri River as a warning. (Doane Robinson Collection and Schusky page 52)
QPQ: - not done Overall: Article looks mostly good; however, the sentence From September 1856 through May 1857, while serving at Fort Pierre, he met and, by Sioux tribal custom, married a young French-Yankton girl of the Yankton Sioux tribe. needs to have a direct citation as its the DYK hook. Also, do you think you could provide for me a quote for what part of the book verifies it? (seems I've missed it) – a QPQ also needs to be done. When approved, my preference is for ALT0. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:26, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
I added Deloria pp 29-30 for that line and it is also referenced in the descendant section with mention of his wife and daughter (ref to Deloria page 35)
@Dwkaminski: Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible, as the nomination may be closed without further warning if one is not provided. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:38, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
GA status confirmed, date is fine. Various GA-related quality aspects confirmed as meeting DYK standards. Still needs a QPQ review. Hook needs improvements; not Nokia devices, but a single device (the article states "In homage to his first albums, which he spread using Bluetooth, he released a collector's edition Nokia 6120 handset."). And while this is not a DYK concern, I think this part of the article should be expanded - how can one spread albums using Bluetooth? How does one include an album in a handset (the source states it was pre-loaded onto a classic handset, which is confusing - what exactly was that item)? If I was a GA reviewer I'd expect this to be addressed (expanded with clarifications in the text). Ping GA reviewer User:Vigilantcosmicpenguin.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
The "spreading albums using Bluetooth" thing is already explained in the article Mdou Moctar, so I figured it's WP:Summary style to exclude that info from this article. But I agree that the article should be clearer, so tweaked. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk|contribs) 16:12, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Finished the hook request. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reviewing..., Article is new enough and long enough. The citations need formatting and duplication clean-up immediately, you have the same refs multiple times, and names should not be capscase, among other issues. Also citations should not be in the lede, if something is in the lede, it should be in the body with a citation there. Also beware of peacockery.--Kevmin§ 16:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
@Sir MemeGod: of initial comments.--Kevmin§ 17:18, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Comment: ALT0 is not a BLP issue; the man in question died in 2008.
Improved to Good Article status by SammiBrie(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 708 past nominations.
Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:29, 30 August 2024 (UTC).
Not a review (and as much as I'm thankful for you reviewing three of my GAs, I still review oldest first!), but it took me a while to parse ALT0, as I wrongly assumed it was missing the word "who". I would suggest either "once described as" instead of "claimed to be" or taking out "a man claimed to be". (Also, you mentioned that The Cock Destroyers was a red link at Talk:Megan Barton-Hanson/GA1, and you may be interested to know it now has an article.)--Launchballer 17:18, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Comment: In May 2022, this began life as my second-ever page creation at AFC (arriving just a day after my work on the Carib Theatre, a venerable landmark of Kingston, Jamaica). Sadly, due to space limitations on my old Galaxy Tab, and lack of time/commitments, the traction trailed off and G13 took hold. Fast forward to late June two years later, when I requested it back after beginning to revive my fortunes at this project. (There's a reason I set up that certain queue to begin with.) After a days-long expansion stint with The Book of Virtues (itself a DYK candidate at this writing), I decided to fulfill my article-ETA and last-DYKN-before-end-of-August promises--and here we finally are. (Despite me coming down with a cold a couple of days before this writing [due to spending so many hours awake], and still feeling the effects as I type here.)
To say this topic's title sounds highly reminiscent of the Bell Dramatic Serial soaps...but that's besides the point here.
For those keeping track on XTools (at least for the next couple of hours), this nomination officially marks my 20,000th edit on the English Wikipedia--14 years after my last milestone. (Helped a lot--and then some--by my ongoing backlog-clearance drive of AFC's unassessed list, whose near-conclusion my pitch also coincides with.) Many thanks to those I've met on this edition ever since February 2005--whether they're still editing or not.
Seriously, WP needs more coverage on audiovisual media from the Commonwealth Caribbean--and we've only just started by now. A special shout-out to Trinidadian stalwart Guettarda(talk·contribs·count), and CaribDigita(talk·contribs·count) of Barbados; as an occasional reminder, I'm a Commonwealth of Dominica expatriate. Guettarda's recent essay, "Decolonizing Wikipedia" (which I discovered several hours before press time), is recommended reading for future Caribbean-based editors. Here's hoping more from my own native homeland take up the mantle from here.
As always, stay tuned for several more candidates of mine in the months to come. Take care--and I'll see you back!
P.S. Reddit's loss had better be this community's gain--and I know it as a veteran of both platforms. (It'll be Digg all over again when reports of the userbase's vitriol this week over an extremely loathed, uncalled-for UI revamp hit the wires of The New York Times et al....if they ever do--and they should.)
Moved to mainspace by Slgrandson(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.
... that in 1888, a sensational story claimed that a British scientist, James Wickham, introduced two whales to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to start a whale oil industry?
"But unfortunately for him, these technological shenanigans work both ways – through he can read every button press on controller 1, controller 2 is a mystery to him. By plugging your controller into the second port, your movements are concealed, leaving Psycho Mantis as little more than a bug-eyed piñata."
"Gamers will initially find that Mantis can block all of Snake's attacks with ease. The only solution is to physically switch the controller from one port to another."
Banks, Jamie; Meija, Robert; Adams, Aubrie (June 23, 2017). 100 Greatest Video Game Characters. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. pp. 155–156. ISBN 978-1442278127.
"After this, Psycho Mantis probes deeper by scanning the player’s physical memory card and commenting on select Konami titles; for example, “You like Castlevania, don’t you?”"
"He turns every scrap of information into a dirty little secret he dangles over your head, even going so far to bring up other games you’ve played: Castlevania, Suikoden, Vandal Hearts. A remake of the game is on the GameCube, and it’s particularly disconcerting to hear Mantis hiss, as if through clenched teeth, “So … you’ve been playing Super Mario Sunshine, haven’t you?”"
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Comment: Been a while since I've done a nomination, so I hope everything is alright with this nomination.
Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
This is not intended to be a full review and I have no plans of giving this a full review, but a quick look at the article suggests that this is in need of a copyedit. In addition, the current hook probably does not meet WP:DYKINT as not being likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing. A new hook will be needed here, in any case. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:32, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Source: "The Thirteen-ness of the Thirteenth Quartet" by Iain Strachan in the DSCH Journal (July 2024): "Shostakovich had apparently intended to make a mathematical version of his DSCH signature in the key sequence of his quartets. Given that the musically logical sequence of keys indicated that if the composer had lived to complete a sixteenth quartet, it would have been in B major, this meant that the major key quartets of DSCH would all have been on the quartets whose numbers were perfect squares, namely 4, 9, 1, and 16".
ALT1: ... that there is no String Quartet No. 16 by Dmitri Shostakovich? Source: "Shostakovich and the 'Sixteenth Quartet'" by Krzysztof Meyer and Henny van der Groep in the DSCH Journal (July 2014)
ALT2: ... that Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 16 has three movements, including a lyrical middle, ends with a double fugue, and does not exist? Source: Ibid; "Fifty Years Ago: April–September 1974" by Krzysztof Meyer (translated by Bryan Rowell) in DSCH Journal (July 2024)
Comment: QPQ coming soon. For what it's worth, my preference for these ALTs are in reverse order, with ALT2 being my most preferred. Also, is it possible to run this DYK on September 25, for the 118th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth?
Created by CurryTime7-24(talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.
The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. It is properly sourced; as all the sources are offline I am assuming good faith on verification here. ALT0 has a sourcing issue: the reference backing it up comes at the end of the relevant paragraph; according to WP:DYKG, the supporting footnote should be at the latest at the end of the sentence supporting the hook fact, which in this case is the DSCH signature aspect. ALT2 is a rather complicated hook so I'm rather disinclined to approve it. My preferred hook is actually ALT1; however, the article does not actually seem to back it up. The article is unclear if the String Quartet was even started, or if it was started but simply unfinished: if it was the former, then ALT1 is accurate. To be sure, I'm pinging Kingsif and RoySmith regarding ALT1 as both are knowledgeable about quirky hooks and their suitability. If ALT1 is unsuitable, only ALT0 will be approved.
There is another major concern: the lack of a QPQ. Per a recent discussion, the guidelines have changed so a QPQ should now be provided at the time of the nomination, rather than up to a week afterwards. As such, please provide a QPQ as soon as possible, as the nomination may be failed without further warning if one is not given soon. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:02, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
I strongly prefer ALT1; the others are just too complicated. Also see T371948. RoySmith(talk) 10:13, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
While I have some questions about the focus of the article and whether it should really be about Meyer's work and how it was inspired by an uncomposed Shostakovich, if the reviewer is happy with it as is, I have no problems with alt1. I would object to alt0 on being too difficult. Kingsif (talk) 11:41, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: Meyer seems to imply in the transcript of his 1974 visit to Shostakovich and in his 2014 interview that the quartet was never even sketched. However, in the latter he also states ambiguously (emphasis mine): "[A]las, [Shostakovich] was not able to complete the project regarding the Sixteenth [Quartet]". Neither of the articles cited specifically details how much progress, if any, Shostakovich had made on this work at this point or ever. My copy of Meyer's monograph on the composer (in the Spanish translation) is also of no help; his mention of the work therein is even more fleeting. I've looked through the various books by Sofia Khentova, Shostakovich's official biographer, including her massive two-volume biography, which is far more exhausting in detail than any current English language books on the composer. It mentions various obscure odds-and-ends and aborted projects—but no String Quartet No. 16. Derek C. Hulme's Dmitri Shostakovich: The First Hundred Years and Beyond has an entire appendix devoted to such works. Again, no mention of this quartet. I've also not been able to find mention of it in the various Russian language sources in my personal library or in Levon Akopyan's editorial notes in the ongoing New Collected Works Edition of the quartets. For what it's worth, it's probably more likely that Shostakovich never went beyond working through the quartet in his mind. By 1974, his neuro-muscular disorder had made writing extremely difficult and exhausting for him. Consider that he had not even begun to work on the Fifteenth Quartet on April 11, 1974. (Meyer's visit and questioning may have been the catalyst to finally get work on that going: his first extant sketches are dated April 13.) The penmanship in the autograph copy of his last work, the Viola Sonata from July 1975, clearly evinces that it was a struggle just to get the notes to paper. (By this point, he could only write by having his left hand support his right.) Meyer is by far the most informative source on this cryptic work... but, unfortunately, he leaves a number of questions dangling. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:20, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
... that Nazi Germany did not have a pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair because it lacked money? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 826
ALT2: ... that the pavilions at the 1939 New York World's Fair were painted in a hundred colors, some of which were developed for the fair? Source: Hardesty, Lynn (December 25, 1938). "World's Fair Uses Dramatic Color Effects: Previews of New York Exhibit Buildings Amaze Art Critics". The Washington Post. p. R1.
ALT3: ... that some paint colors were developed specifically for the pavilions at the 1939 New York World's Fair? Source: Hardesty, Lynn (December 25, 1938). "World's Fair Uses Dramatic Color Effects: Previews of New York Exhibit Buildings Amaze Art Critics". The Washington Post. p. R1.
ALT4: ... that attractions at the 1939 World's Fair included a roller coaster, a ski slope, and scantily clad women? Source: (1) "A Super-coaster Promised to Fair; Whalen Signs Contract for 'Thrillingest' Giant Ride' Absolutely Safe, Too!'". The New York Times. December 17, 1938; (2) "Fair's Sun Valley to Mirror Idaho's; Winter Sports All Summer to Feature $500,000 Village in the Amusement Area". The New York Times. February 1, 1939; (3) "New York World's Fair Drops Modesty For Allure of Umph: Sally Rand's West Coast Success Breaks Down Resistance to Displays of Pulchritude". Daily Boston Globe. April 10, 1939. p. 7.
Comment: Many thanks to Aibo22 for creating an article about a topic I had previously written an article about, but which was deleted at AfD 9+ years ago. Oasis Live '25 Tour is a 5x expansion of an article created less than a week ago.
I have. That's a double nom.--Launchballer 05:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Apologies for not noticing! Just make it clear in the nomination so that a reviewer will be aware. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
A reviewer should check before ticking it off, but I've added a note anyway. As for adding an additional QPQ, there's probably just enough room for "that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced for 2025 "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?", so you might get lucky. I should probably write the third article first though.--Launchballer 08:46, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
... that British conscientious objector Henry Firth died in 1918 while being held at a work camp in Dartmoor?
Source: "There was only one other death, during the time of the COs at Dartmoor Work Centre, which was completely unrelated to the flu epidemic. This was the death of Henry Firth, which led to the strike in February 1918 when the COs refused to work so that they could accompany his coffin to the station." from: Barker, Pip (30 June 2021). Princetown and the Conscientious Objectors of WW1. Austin Macauley Publishers. pp.33–34. ISBN978-1-3984-1981-0.
ALT1: ... that in 1918 conscientious objectors held at a work camp in Dartmoor, England, went on strike so they could accompany the coffin of Henry Firth to the railway station? Source: "There was only one other death, during the time of the COs at Dartmoor Work Centre, which was completely unrelated to the flu epidemic. This was the death of Henry Firth, which led to the strike in February 1918 when the COs refused to work so that they could accompany his coffin to the station." from: Barker, Pip (30 June 2021). Princetown and the Conscientious Objectors of WW1. Austin Macauley Publishers. pp.33–34. ISBN978-1-3984-1981-0.
... that activist Joan McIntyre left Friends of the Earth to start her own organization focused on stopping the whaling activities of Japan and Russia?
... that Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz's novel The Passenger entered the Sunday Times' list of top ten best selling hardbacks more than 80 years after it was originally published?
Source: Mostoufi et al. 2020: "Chronic pain is a pain status that persists beyond a reasonable expected healing period for the involved tissue. It is chronic if it persists for 6 months or more despite active treatment. It is called a syndrome because a constellation of symptoms develops in those patients facing chronic pain."
ALT1: ... that chronic pain is a prevalent condition that affects approximately 20% of people and accounts for 15-20% of visits to a physician? Source: Treede et al. 2015: "Chronic pain is a frequent condition, affecting an estimated 20% of people worldwide and accounting for 15% to 20% of physician visits."
ALT2: ... that in order to create a classification system for chronic pain, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) to form a Task Force for the Classification of Chronic Pain? Source: Treede et al. 2015: "Responding to these shortcomings, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) contacted the WHO and established a Task Force for the Classification of Chronic Pain."
ALT3: ... that pain is the most common symptom of cancer at the time of diagnosis? Source: Bennett et al. 2019: "Pain is the commonest symptom of cancer at diagnosis and rises in prevalence throughout and beyond cancer treatment."
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Comment: I have a slight preference for the first two hooks but am fine with any of them being used.
Jesse with his team during the The International 2018
... that Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka was the first Dota 2 player to reach four consecutive Valve Major finals, achieving this milestone with Team Liquid and OG? Source:
ALT1: ... that Jesse Vainikka, also known as JerAx, became the highest-earning individual player in esports in 2018 after winning two consecutive The International titles with OG in Dota 2? Source:
ALT2: ... that Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka auctioned his Team Liquid gaming chair for €5,300 to benefit the charity, Save the Children, surpassing auction prices of signed jerseys from Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney? Source:
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... that the Chinese sculptor Pan He used his Reunion to commemorate both the handover of Macau and his return to his beloved cousin?
Source: Jiang, Xinchen (November 26, 2020). "潘鹤:渔女之父的珠海情缘"[Pan He: The Father of the Fisherwoman and His Love for Zhuhai]. Southcn.com (in Chinese). China South Publishing & MediaGroup. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
ALT1: ... that the Chinese sculptor Pan He created the Zhuhai Fisher Girl(pictured), an icon of Zhuhai? Source: Jiang, Xinchen (November 26, 2020). "潘鹤:渔女之父的珠海情缘"[Pan He: The Father of the Fisherwoman and His Love for Zhuhai]. Southcn.com (in Chinese). China South Publishing & MediaGroup. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
ALT1: ... that the Haravijaya has been praised in many Sanskrit anthologies and works on rhetorics? Source: Peter Pasedach 2011 p.6–7.
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Comment: A mahākāvya not studied very often due to its length and technical difficulty. There are a surprising number of gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of Sanskrit and Dharmic literature generally, I'm happy to bring an article from a neglected area to DYK. regards,
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