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How You Get the Girl
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brachy08 (chat here lol) 09:37, 24 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Article is well balanced, sourced and written from a neutral point of view. It is new enough, as it has been moved from draftspace within the last 7 days and the earwig tool found no signs of copyright violation or plagiarism. The hooks are interesting enough and the sources provided are reliable. Well done, Wolverine XI (talk to me) 10:19, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- personally, i feel that the original hook is suitable (because of the image) also bc i have less than 5 dyk noms, qpq doesn't really apply to me (yet) brachy08 (chat here lol) 10:41, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- If that's the case, then you should probably remove the second hook. Wolverine XI (talk to me) 10:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
removed brachy08 (chat here lol) 11:14, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
Ye Yanlan
- ... that Ye Yanlan compiled 171 portraits of Qing dynasty scholars, but these were not published until decades after his death?
- Source: Yan Jiasen (严家森) Ma Xiao (马潇) (5 August 2003). "[祖孙篇 叶衍兰 叶恭绰] 进则为达官,退亦是名士" [[Grandparents and Grandchildren: Ye Yanlan and Ye Gongchuo] If You Advance, You Will Be a High Official; If You Retreat, You Will Be a Famous Scholar]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024 – via Guangdong Library. [同时,由于他擅长丹青,留意搜集历代名贤的画像,其中清代学者的尤为丰富,积三十年之功,得到169人171幅图像,给后世留下了宝贵的《清代学者象传》。 At the same time, because he was good at painting, he paid attention to collecting portraits of famous people from past dynasties, especially scholars from the Qing Dynasty. After 30 years of hard work, he collected 171 images of 169 people, leaving behind the precious "Portraits of Scholars in the Qing Dynasty" for future generations.]
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— Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Hi Chris! This is another well-written and well-sourced article about a Chinese historical figure. Earwig shows that it is copyvio free, and the sources for the hook check out. Personally, I find ALT1 to be more interesting, (not because I am a native Cantonese speaker,) but as many painters have their works published posthumously, it is not really that special or interesting. So I would prefer ALT1. —Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) 13:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Irish Museum of Time
The Irish Museum of Time
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1. Nominator has 104 past nominations.
Lajmmoore (talk) 15:29, 28 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Hello @さえぼー: I hope you are well! 🙂 I have just a few minor issues to fix before passing this DYK. Everything else from this review looks good, but specifically in the Reception section, could you could remove the text with the finest collection of Irish timepieces in the world as it is both not neutral and taken word-for-word from the source? Two other sentences I would change would be: Since the opening, it has been a popular tourist destination.[9] In 2024, along with the nearby Bishop's Palace, it was recognised by Tripadvisor's Travellers’ Choice Awards.[10] to The museum has become a tourist destination,[9] and in 2024 was recognised, along with the nearby Bishop's Palace, by Tripadvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards.[10] for more neutrality, and [...] and to participate in the Epic Walking Tour, a guided walk around the Viking Triangle.[12] to and to participate in a guided walk around the Viking Triangle.[12] again for more neutrality. Super minor things, and after these are addressed, I'd love to pass the DYK. Cheers! Johnson524 16:55, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the comment. I fixed the issues. --saebou (talk) 18:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Passing DYK! Johnson524 22:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Walter Campbell Smith
- ... that in retirement and after a long career of military and civil service Walter Campbell Smith changed his legal name to Walter Campbell-Smith?
- Source: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41787/page/5027 - London Gazette, 1959 'Notice is hereby given that by a Deed Poll dated 21st July 1959, and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 5th August 1959, I, WALTER CAMPBELL-SMITH ... Retired Civil Servant .. abandoned the surname of Smith. —Dated the 6th day of August 1959. W. Campbell-Smith, formerly Walter Campbell Smith.
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Chaiten1 (talk) 10:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC).
- This is not a full review right now(I'll try and get that done in a little bit), but I personally believe the hooks aren't really interesting enough for DYK, ALT0, and definitely more so. I didn't spot any eye-catching facts in my very brief pre-skim, but if @Chaiten1: has any other hooks from the article, feel free to add. If anyone disagrees that these are interesting, please ping me so we can discuss. --PixDeVl
yell talk to me! 23:38, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @PixDeVl: I have one more offline source to check out, but I will come up with a couple more hooks to try out. The guy served in two World Wars, was in the chemical weapons unit at the Somme, and published his last article at the age of 94, so I am sure there's something to be found. Here are two more:
- ALT2 ..that Walter Campbell Smith's training in mineralogy led him to volunteer with the chemical warfare unit of British army during World War 1?
- Source: Foulkes, Charles (1934). Gas! The story of the Special Brigade. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. p. 62. "The twelve volunteers joined at Helfaut ... and were of the greatest assistance in our first three gas attacks. ... Campbell Smith stayed on in the special brigade" [offline source]
- Source: Journal of Gemmology, 1989 https://gem-a.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/JoG1989_21_8.pdf "culminated in a long paper based largely on his personal knowledge of 'Seventy Years of Research in mineralogy and crystallography in the Department of Mineralogy 1857-1927' which was published in 1982 when he was 94. Chaiten1 (talk) 16:59, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Awesome, thanks @Chaiten1:, I'll do the review soon. If you get any others from your offline source feel free to add and ping me. I'm leaning toward using ALT3 personally, but if you have something more interesting we can definitely go for it. --PixDeVl
yell talk to me! 17:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: Looks good to me @Chaiten1: I'm going to WP:BOLDLY go ahead and give this full approval since I'm fairly confident in this being a compliment with the criteria(if someone disagrees please correct me). I will suggest before promoting that perhaps expanding ALT1 to mention who he beat(the guy who pioneered radiometric dating) would probably be interesting enough since beating someone who made such a significant contribution by being better at a now dead language is a fun tidbit. I'd leave it to you to pick which should be promoted(or the promoter, I admit I'm not familiar with the process of closing DYK noms, feel free to point me to the right page or explain it :p). PixDeVl yell talk to me! 17:53, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Sun Jianai
- Source: Lin, Xiaoqing Diana (2005). Peking University: Chinese Scholarship and Intellectuals, 1898–1937. pp 15-27
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Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:25, 28 September 2024 (UTC).
- Interesting article, thanks. I will review this shortly. Onceinawhile (talk) 09:52, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Generalissima: are you sure it's correct to say that Sun "founded" the university? The article doesn't quite state it in that way. It seems that technically the university was established by the first edict of the Guangxu Emperor as part of the Hundred Days' Reform? If it is correct, was he the sole founder or a co-founder? Onceinawhile (talk) 11:34, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Generalissima: sorry to be difficult but are you sure that is right? It doesn't say founder or co-founder anywhere in the article. This source says:
"On July 3, 1898, Emperor Guangxu approved a report to implement the Imperial University of Peking and to draft its charter. Sun Jianai, a senior Chinese official, was appointed “guanli daxuetang shiwu dachen,” or the (education) minister for the imperial university's affairs."
The "guanli daxuetang shiwu dachen" is zh:Category:管理大学堂事务大臣. If we are to use co-founder we will need a source stating that. Onceinawhile (talk) 19:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Onceinawhile: I felt that "was tasked to organize" works for "co-founded", but I'm okay deferring to an slightly alternate hook. How about
Alt1:… that Sun Jianai organized China's first national university in 1898?
(again citing the Lin 2005 source) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:31, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: ALT1 good to go! Onceinawhile (talk) 21:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Generalissima Peking University says that Tianjin University was older; is that incorrect? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:02, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- AirshipJungleman29 Tianjin was established as a law school with state approval, but it wasn't a national university initially - although it is now. If this seems problematic, I'm okay changing it to "one of China's first universities". Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 15:24, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Muadianvita Kazadi
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BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:48, 5 October 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: AGFing the paywalled sources. No major issues found, since, of course, it is a GA. Looks good. My preference is either the original hook, ALT4, or ALT6. Cremastra (talk) 16:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
Frederick Prigg
- Source: On p. 11 of the "Oregon Secretaries of State, Biographical Sketches, 1841-Present", it says John Edward Long was a physician, then goes on to say "Long served as secretary of the provisional government from May 25, 1844 to June 21, 1846. … He served in that position until he was drowned while fording the Clackamas River." In the next paragraph, the source says Frederick Prigg was a physician, then says "Prigg was appointed secretary of the provisional government to succeed Long … He fell to his death from a bluff into the Willamette River at Oregon City in October 1849." The same events are covered in Footnote 74 on p.36 of Bancroft’s History of Oregon, Volume II, but that source say Dr Long drown in the Willamette River at Oregon City (vice Clackamas River, which also flows through Oregon City). As a result, I decided not to name the river in the hook … instead of just said "river", which applies regardless of which river he drowned in.
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Orygun (talk) 06:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Interesting fact. Article looks good. QPQ done. Appears good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:40, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Wilf Perreault
Wilf Perreault's There is Light on the Horizon
- ... that Wilf Perreault's art work was influenced by artists such as Reta Cowley and Dorothy Knowles?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of John Stockton
- Comment: Article came from draft today after 960 days. Images have all gone though VRT. COI has been properly addressed on authors user page and though the AfC process. Might be of interest for anyone interested in Canada and the Arts.
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Dr vulpes (Talk) 15:48, 28 September 2024 (UTC).
- Article is new enough (just out of draft space), long enough and appropriately referenced. The images have appropriate permissions (CC-BY-SA etc). No copyvio problems. The hook is short enough, but perhaps is missing a word or two - are they landscape painters? Is there anything surprising about this? Should the hook link to these two as well? It probably just needs a tweak Chaiten1 (talk) 17:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
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- This looks good to me - QPQ done, and no other issues. Thank you! Chaiten1 (talk) 07:22, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Blanche Badcock
UndercoverClassicist T·C 14:46, 28 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Consider changing King's Prize to Sovereign's, since that's what's cited in the the OUP, though I understand this may be an anachronism. Will leave up to the promoter; otherwise good to go. ThaesOfereode (talk) 22:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks -- "Sovereign's Prize" and "King's Prize" are the same thing, though there's another argument for "Sovereign's" (that no woman had ever shot for the prize while Victoria was on the throne). I've made that change. UndercoverClassicist T·C 10:19, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Tenzin Doendrup
Je Thrizur in March 2010
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Ktin (talk) 03:50, 30 September 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Looks good to me in general, marking as a second opinion since I'm not very experienced with DYK reviews yet, so I would absolutely value anyone who notices a mistake on my part to point it out to me directly. I have slight reservations about the reliability of the sources; although this is a personal thing, I don't really have hard reasoning to object to, and given the context of the topic, it should be fine. Besides sourcing, I would give it a , a religious leader banning animal sacrifices is pretty interesting, and all the boxes are checked. PixDeVl yell talk to me! 21:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- @PixDeVl: Thanks for this review. Regarding the source, Kuensel is a major newspaper in Bhutan and as such should be considered trustworthy unless determined otherwise. Our own article on Kuensel says
is the national newspaper of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It was the only local newspaper available in Bhutan until 2006 when two more newspapers were launched.
. Now for the fact itself, we will have to go with what the newspaper quotes. Ktin (talk) 02:29, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Ktin: Hm, alright then! Ideally, someone else would see this and review it soon, but if not, I'd probably be fine looking again(although a second set of eyes is better than a second look) and approving(I already felt comfortable enough to fully approve another nom anyway). I'll check back on this tomorrow afternoon. --PixDeVl
yell talk to me! 03:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Checking in on this one, @PixDeVl:. Appreciate your actions. Ktin (talk) 00:53, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay @Ktin: here. --PixDeVl
yell talk to me! 18:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Request to the promoting admin -- would like for the hook to be slotted in the picture slot of an upcoming set. No concerns with the additional wait. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 19:52, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:39, 30 September 2024 (UTC).
- New enough GA (what a really cool subject!). Hook is fascinating and within the parameters. Image looks good to go for running on the main page—maybe I'll write an article for the building? QPQ done. No concerns regarding refs, copyvio, etc. Great work! ~ Pbritti (talk) 03:46, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Wing Sam Chinn
Chong Wa Benevolent Association Building
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