- For instructions on how to nominate an article, see below.
This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page, by a "hook" (an interesting note). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a staging area, from which the articles are promoted into the Queue.
- (if it looks like updates to subsidiary templates aren't being reflected).
Contents
- 1 Instructions for nominators
- 2 Instructions for other editors
- 3 Nominations
- 3.1 Older nominations
- 3.1.1 Articles created/expanded on June 2
- 3.1.2 Articles created/expanded on June 3
- 3.1.3 Articles created/expanded on June 14
- 3.1.4 Articles created/expanded on July 1
- 3.1.5 Articles created/expanded on July 11
- 3.1.6 Articles created/expanded on July 18
- 3.1.7 Articles created/expanded on July 22
- 3.1.8 Articles created/expanded on July 24
- 3.1.9 Articles created/expanded on July 28
- 3.1.10 Articles created/expanded on July 30
- 3.1.11 Articles created/expanded on August 4
- 3.1.12 Articles created/expanded on August 7
- 3.1.13 Articles created/expanded on August 9
- 3.1.14 Articles created/expanded on August 12
- 3.1.15 Articles created/expanded on August 14
- 3.1.16 Articles created/expanded on August 15
- 3.1.17 Articles created/expanded on August 17
- 3.1.18 Articles created/expanded on August 18
- 3.1.19 Articles created/expanded on August 22
- 3.1.20 Articles created/expanded on August 26
- 3.1.21 Articles created/expanded on August 28
- 3.1.22 Articles created/expanded on August 29
- 3.1.23 Articles created/expanded on August 30
- 3.1.24 Articles created/expanded on August 31
- 3.1.25 Articles created/expanded on September 1
- 3.1.26 Articles created/expanded on September 2
- 3.1.27 Articles created/expanded on September 3
- 3.1.28 Articles created/expanded on September 6
- 3.1.29 Articles created/expanded on September 7
- 3.1.30 Articles created/expanded on September 8
- 3.1.31 Articles created/expanded on September 9
- 3.1.32 Articles created/expanded on September 10
- 3.1.33 Articles created/expanded on September 11
- 3.1.34 Articles created/expanded on September 12
- 3.1.35 Articles created/expanded on September 13
- 3.2 Current nominations
- 3.2.1 Articles created/expanded on September 14
- 3.2.2 Articles created/expanded on September 15
- 3.2.3 Articles created/expanded on September 16
- 3.2.4 Articles created/expanded on September 17
- 3.2.5 Articles created/expanded on September 18
- 3.2.6 Articles created/expanded on September 19
- 3.2.7 Articles created/expanded on September 20
- 3.2.8 Articles created/expanded on September 21
- 3.3 Special occasion holding area
- 3.1 Older nominations
Count of DYK Hooks | ||
Section | # of Hooks | # Verified |
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June 2 | 1 | |
June 3 | 1 | |
June 9 | 1 | 1 |
June 14 | 1 | |
July 1 | 2 | |
July 11 | 1 | |
July 18 | 1 | |
July 22 | 1 | |
July 24 | 1 | |
July 28 | 1 | |
July 30 | 1 | |
August 3 | 1 | 1 |
August 4 | 1 | |
August 7 | 1 | |
August 9 | 1 | |
August 10 | 1 | 1 |
August 12 | 2 | |
August 14 | 2 | |
August 15 | 1 | |
August 17 | 3 | |
August 18 | 1 | |
August 22 | 1 | |
August 24 | 1 | |
August 26 | 2 | |
August 28 | 2 | |
August 29 | 1 | |
August 30 | 1 | |
August 31 | 1 | 1 |
September 1 | 3 | 1 |
September 2 | 2 | |
September 3 | 4 | |
September 4 | 2 | 2 |
September 5 | 3 | 2 |
September 6 | 4 | 2 |
September 7 | 3 | 1 |
September 8 | 2 | 1 |
September 9 | 6 | 3 |
September 10 | 7 | 2 |
September 11 | 7 | 4 |
September 12 | 11 | 6 |
September 13 | 8 | 4 |
September 14 | 10 | 5 |
September 15 | 8 | 5 |
September 16 | 5 | 3 |
September 17 | 11 | 5 |
September 18 | 3 | |
September 19 | 6 | 1 |
September 20 | 6 | 1 |
September 21 | 1 | |
Total | 147 | 52 |
Last updated 12:33, 21 September 2019 UTC Current time is 13:24, 21 September 2019 UTC [refresh] |
Instructions for nominators
Create a subpage for your new DYK suggestion and then list the page below under the date the article was created or the expansion began or it became a good article (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion (if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of the DYK project talk page with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose); self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination (consider watchlisting your nomination page).
To nominate an article
I. | Create the nomination subpage.
Enter the article title in the box below and click the button. (To nominate multiple articles together, enter any or all of the article titles.) You will then be taken to a preloaded nomination page. |
II. | Write the nomination.
On the nomination page, fill in the relevant information. See Template:NewDYKnomination and
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III. | Post at Template talk:Did you know.
In the current nominations section find the subsection for the date on which the article was created or on which expansion began (or, if a new Good Article, the date on which it became a GA), not the date on which you make the nomination.
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How to review a nomination
Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.
To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:
- Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
- Click the "Review or comment" link at the top of the nomination. You will be taken to the nomination subpage.
- The top of the page includes a list of the DYK criteria. Check the article to ensure it meets all the relevant criteria.
- To indicate the result of the review (i.e., whether the nomination passes, fails, or needs some minor changes), leave a signed comment on the page. Please begin with one of the 5 review symbols that appear at the top of the edit screen, and then indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed; your comment should look something like the following:
If you are the first person to comment on the nomination, there will be a lineArticle length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.
:* <!-- REPLACE THIS LINE TO WRITE FIRST COMMENT, KEEPING :* -->
showing you where you should put the comment. - Save the page.
If there is any problem or concern about a nomination, please consider notifying the nominator by placing {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}} on the nominator's talk page.
Frequently asked questions
Backlogged?
This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until an editor reviews it. Since editors are encouraged to review the oldest submissions first (so that those hooks don't grow stale), it may take several weeks until your submission is reviewed. In the meantime, please consider reviewing another submission (not your own) to help reduce the backlog (see instructions above).
Where is my hook?
If you can't find the nomination you submitted to this nominations page, it may have been approved and is on the approved nominations page waiting to be promoted. It could also have been added to one of the prep areas, promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.
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.
Search archived DYK nomination discussions
Instructions for other editors
How to promote an accepted hook
- See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for full instructions.
- Hooks that have been approved are located on the approved nominations page.
- In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote.
- In another window, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.
- In the prep set...
- Paste the hook into the hook area (be sure to not paste in that that)
- Paste the credit information ({{DYKmake}} and/or {{DYKnom}}) into the credits area.
- Add an edit summary, e.g. "Promoted [[Jane Fonda]]", preview, and save
- Back on DYK nomination page...
- change
{{DYKsubpage
to{{subst:DYKsubpage
- change
|passed=
to|passed=yes
- Add an edit summary, e.g. "Promoted to Prep 3", preview, and save
- change
How to remove a rejected hook
- Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
- In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line
{{DYKsubpage
with{{subst:DYKsubpage
, and replace|passed=
with|passed=no
. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.
How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue
- Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
- Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
- View the edit history for that page
- Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
- Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
- Add a transclusion of the template back to this page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from this page.
- If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.
How to move a nomination subpage to a new name
- Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired. Even if you change the title of the article, you don't need to move the nomination page.
Nominations
Older nominations
Articles created/expanded on June 2
Rugg/Feldman benchmarks
- ALT0:... that Steve Wozniak's Apple II Integer BASIC trounced all comers in the first Rugg/Feldman benchmarks? Source: tables and discussion in June 1977 article
- ALT1:... that Steve Wozniak's Integer BASIC was so fast in the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks that Bill Gates complained? Source: tables and discussion in October 1977 article
- ALT2:... that Bill Gates implied people were stealing Microsoft BASIC for the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks? Source: tables and discussion in October 1977 article
- ALT3:... that Bill Gates suggested the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks proved the MOS 6502 was the fastest CPU of its era? Source: tables and discussion in October 1977 article
Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 11:02, 3 June 2019 (UTC).
Reviewed Hells Bells.
I think of the various hooks, ALT1 is the most "hooky" and likely the best? Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:02, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Maury Markowitz: New and long enough, QPQ done. This is an interesting topic that is treated in a thorough manner. However, I have concerns about the sourcing of this article. Nearly all of the article is a summary of the four articles that originally proposed various versions of the benchmarks, which is sourced solely to those four articles. Most of the other sources (refs 13–19) are sources that use the benchmarks but do not discuss them in depth, and are solely used in the "Use" section. (It's also unclear what the source for the "Sample results" section is.)
- Now, for DYK the threshold to be met is WP:V and not WP:N. Still, the former says "Articles must be based on reliable, independent, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." While the provided sources seem reliable in the sense of being trustworthy for providing accurate information, the use of primary sources is very excessive given that they're limited to a single section in an article of this length. I would like to see independent sources used more broadly in the article, preferably one(s) that explicitly outline the historical context of the benchmarks, before I can pass this article. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 18:41, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Antony-22: So it seems you agree that the sources are "reliable" and have a "reputation for fact-checking and accuracy". If I am reading your post correctly, your concern is about the "independent" part, is that correct? If so, I believe you are mis-applying the term. The goal of independent sources is to "protect the project from people using Wikipedia for self-promotion, personal financial benefit, and other abuses". Do you see anything of that sort here?
- What I really think you're saying it relies too heavily on primary sources. This tends to be more blurry and every editor has their own view on this. However, the guideline is very clear that primary sources are OK as long as there "careful thought and some extra knowledge on the part of Wikipedia's editors." Do you believe I have failed to perform due diligence in this regard?
- The reason for both of these guidelines is to protect the Wiki from being overrun by highly biased material. Do you believe this article about a benchmark that has not been used for 35 years is highly biased? Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:20, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Maury Markowitz: I don't believe there's any self-promotion or malice of any kind here, and just to be clear I'm definitely not accusing you of anything unsavory. My concern is that I don't think that a paper by the original proposers of an idea can be considered independent, and I have trouble concluding that an article based almost entirely on such sources is within policy. Usually I just comment on overuse of first-party sources and let it slide, but this is more excessive than other cases I've seen. So I'm not looking for a significant rewrite, just some improvement. Ideally it would be nice if there were, say, a citation to a review on the history of benchmarks that discusses this benchmark in context. (In any case, missing citations in the "Programs" and "Sample results" section still need to be addressed.) Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 21:35, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- @Maury Markowitz and Anthony-22: Is this nomination still ongoing? It has been more than a month since the last comment here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:01, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Antony-22: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:08, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5 and Maury Markowitz: I'm awaiting a response to my most recent comment. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 00:15, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
My response is that I believe this is a misapplication of NOTE. That is my opinion, Antony-22's is different. I am not sure how to proceed. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:18, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5 and Maury Markowitz: My comments are based not on WP:N, which is explicitly not part of the DYK criteria, but on WP:V and WP:NOR. This article is almost completely a summary of a few primary research articles, which is not within policy for scientific articles. I was hoping simply for modest improvements to the article to introduce more text based on independent, secondary sources. However, I realize that this is a borderline case given the low bar of the DYK criteria, and if someone else wishes to approve it, I will not object. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 13:09, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: I find, to my amazement, that this nom is still open. Can we please finish this one? Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:18, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- Considering Antony-22 is the one with the objections here and not me, you'll need to discuss with him what needs to be done here and see if a compromise can be reached. Or if necessary, perhaps a second opinion from another uninvolved editor here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- I've posted a request for a second opinion at WT:DYK. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:46, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Considering Antony-22 is the one with the objections here and not me, you'll need to discuss with him what needs to be done here and see if a compromise can be reached. Or if necessary, perhaps a second opinion from another uninvolved editor here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on June 3
Kang Woo-kyu
- ... that Kang Woo-kyu was a fighter for Korean independence during the Japanese colonial period? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Won96 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:45, 3 June 2019 (UTC).
- @Won96: Hey, I've given a bit of polish to the hook. The article is a strong start but it needs a bit of copyediting. (I've also done some to the hook, adding a link.) I don't think I'm the right person for the job, though, since I'm not a topic expert and I don't speak Korean. While the article is new enough out of mainspace, long enough and has a good density of citations, I strongly advise you to take it to WP:GOCE and have someone with more familiarity with Korean copyedit this for you. Raymie (t • c) 18:28, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
- Since the above review, now over a month and a half old, the article has been moved from "Kang Woo Kyu" to "Kang Woo-kyu" (I've just adjusted the template accordingly; it should not itself be moved!), but it was never submitted to the Guild of Copy Editors (at WP:GOCER) and has since been tagged as needing a copyedit. It cannot be approved at DYK without that copyedit, so I strongly suggest that it be submitted there at once. I have pinged Won96's talk page; hopefully they will see this, as they haven't edited on Wikipedia for about six weeks, since before the copyedit tag was added to the article. (Note: requests at GOCE average about three weeks to get done; articles tagged by others typically take four to five months to be selected and completed.) Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 01:46, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Guild of Copy Editors have finished their copy edit. Needs another look and review. -- Thats Just Great (talk) 17:55, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- I can see that this is much improved, but I think it still needs some work, and probably from someone who can read the Korean sources. The article creator User:Won96 has not edited since mid June 2019, so may not be around to help. Another Korean editor has also contributed to the article, so I will ping them too, in case they can help. @Byeori Kim:
- Eg, in the Early life section, "Kang was born in Deokcheon, Pyeongan-do, Joseon. He spent his childhood in Jinju, Gyeongsang Province and Miryang, Gyeongsang-do. Kang studied Korean medicine from a young age after returning home from Deokcheon, Pyeongan-do." - should that be returning home to Deokcheon? Otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense.
- And another example, "he moved to Hongwon, Hamkyong-do, where he served as a Korean medicine doctor while teaching children Neo-Confucianism. ... Kang was mainly engaged in commerce in Hongwon, reportedly going to Hongwon for a large sum of money when he took the initiative. He ran a general merchandise store with his son Jung Geon on Nammun Street in the center of Hongwon. The store mainly sold paint, cigarette stands, and cotton seals. At the same time, he lent the traders money at low interest."
- So, he was a doctor, he taught children, and he was engaged in commerce - but mainly engaged? And what does "reportedly going to Hongwon for a large sum of money when he took the initiative" mean? What are cigarette stands and cotton seals?
- If it comes to approving a hook, I think it's more interesting that he tried to assassinate a Japanese governor of Korea, or that he worked for Korean independence from China and Russia, than just saying he was a Korean independence fighter. RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:56, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- Also pinging Bobbychan193 as they have been involved in editing the article recently. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:53, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Unfortunately, I can't read Korean, so I can't be of much help here. Although I've already done a copy edit of the article, let me know if any other parts (especially newly written parts) need copy editing. Bobbychan193 (talk) 01:35, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Also pinging Bobbychan193 as they have been involved in editing the article recently. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:53, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- I can sense... they are students (March-June matches with Korean schools (K-12 or univ) semester, stopped contribs altogether when the semester was done, DYK) of... probably Piotrus? If I am correct... I can take over the stuff, or you can take care of the stuff. — regards, Revi 01:57, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. As usual, unless they take another of my wiki class this semester, the odds of them coming back to this are slim. Feel free to fail this. I always stress to them they have to finish the job, and it is in their own interest (as in, they could say during the job interview they got stuff on Wikipedia's front page). If they don't care or are unable to follow this up, there's little we can do. PS. Of course, if someone wants to rescue it, that's awesome, and thanks! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:26, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Allow me few hours (or till Thursday when Chuseok starts); I was typing a bunch of texts and then my kernel panicked (Unix/Linux version of Blue Screen) at the wall of texts, so I need to type them from scratch again, and that kernel panic panicked me as well :P — regards, Revi 05:02, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yes. As usual, unless they take another of my wiki class this semester, the odds of them coming back to this are slim. Feel free to fail this. I always stress to them they have to finish the job, and it is in their own interest (as in, they could say during the job interview they got stuff on Wikipedia's front page). If they don't care or are unable to follow this up, there's little we can do. PS. Of course, if someone wants to rescue it, that's awesome, and thanks! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:26, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- RebeccaGreen, meanwhile... (I almost finished writing this stuff yesterday but then... my mac's kernel crashed so I am re-writing those)
Eg, in the Early life section, "Kang was born in Deokcheon, Pyeongan-do, Joseon. He spent his childhood in Jinju, Gyeongsang Province and Miryang, Gyeongsang-do. Kang studied Korean medicine from a young age after returning home from Deokcheon, Pyeongan-do." - should that be returning home to Deokcheon? Otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense.
- You are correct here.
And another example, "he moved to Hongwon, Hamkyong-do, where he served as a Korean medicine doctor while teaching children Neo-Confucianism. ... Kang was mainly engaged in commerce in Hongwon, reportedly going to Hongwon for a large sum of money when he took the initiative. He ran a general merchandise store with his son Jung Geon on Nammun Street in the center of Hongwon. The store mainly sold paint, cigarette stands, and cotton seals. At the same time, he lent the traders money at low interest."
So, he was a doctor, he taught children, and he was engaged in commerce - but mainly engaged? And what does "reportedly going to Hongwon for a large sum of money when he took the initiative" mean? What are cigarette stands and cotton seals?
- I think this is the correct course of time sequence:
- He moved to Hongwon due to safety blah blah.
- He became a Doctor, taught stuff to childrens
- He also ran a business (with his son) selling cigarette, and cotton stuff.
- He contributed the same thing on Korean Wikipedia, and what I can infer from there is the 'Cotton seal' is (IMO) in fact 'cotton threads'. I will need to verify it with a source if possible, but I cannot find the News DongAh May 1969 edition anywhere online. I may need to dig libraries or archives.
- For the money, it looks like it is meant to be "He had $$$s when he moved to Hongwon". Cigarette stands are probably meant to be "we sell cigarettes"?
- For the hooks, as part of the Korean History textbook, we frequently see him on the textbook so you know much better than me about the 'interesting stuff'. (If it needs to be explicitly spelled, I am willing to take over the nominator's job of doing stuff, yeah.) — regards, Revi 00:38, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- -revi, thank you for this information. I have edited the 2nd paragraph in the Early life section accordingly. I hope it looks OK to you now.
- I have added a new section called 'Exile', as by the end of the "Early life" section Kang was over 50!
- So, in the 1st paragraph of the Exile section, it reads:
- Following the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, Kang went into exile to Manchuria Bukkando. He was deeply angered by Japanese colonial rule in 1910. At the time, he was a middle-aged man over 50. In the fall of 1910, Kang decided to seek asylum and moved members of his family to Khabarovsk. He left Yongwon-myeon, Hongwon to Dudogu, Northern Gando in the spring of 1911, where he ran a herbal medicine shop.
- Is Bukkando in Manchuria? Would it be correct to write "Kang went into exile to Bukkando, Manchuria"?
- Yongwon-myeon is not mentioned until now. If it is in Hongwon, and it is important to say where he was living in Hongwon, then it would probably be better to add it to the sentence "He ran a general merchandise store with his son Jung Geon on Nammun Street in the center of Hongwon." - if it fits with that. Otherwise, I think it would be clearer here just to say "He left Hongwon".
- He moved members of his family to Khabarovsk in the fall of 1910 - did he move there himself? or did he leave Hongwon himself when he moved to Dudogu, Northern Gando the following spring? Would it be correct to say "Deciding to seek asylum, Kang moved members of his family to Khabarovsk in the fall of 1910, and then he left Hongwon to move to Dudogu, Northern Gando, in the spring of 1911"?
- In the last para of the Exile section, it says "Kang founded Guangdong Middle School". In the next paragraph (in the next section), it says "Kang handed over Kwangdong Middle School". This sounds like the same school, so it would be clearer to use the same spelling. It also mentions Guangdong University - if the name is the same in Korean, I think it would be clearer in English to spell it the same way unless there is a tradition of using different romanised spellings.
- For the possible alternate hook focuses I mentioned above, I think we will need more citations, and more explicit statements. For a hook about the assassination attempt, the article says "On the day Saitō visited Korea, Kang attempted to assassinate Saitō by throwing a bomb at him. The explosion missed Saito but injured several onlookers." The second sentence is followed by a citation to 윤, 상택 (2001). 윤치호 일기 [Diary of Yoon Chi-ho]. 역사비평사. p. 131. Can that source also be used as a citation for the first sentence, ""On the day Saitō visited Korea, Kang attempted to assassinate Saitō by throwing a bomb at him."? I would presume it can, but I don't want to add a citation before checking.
- For a hook about him working for Korean independence from China and Russia, we will need to add those countries' names in the text explicitly. I can do that, and then check if we need more citations for the relevant sentences.
- Thanks again for taking over the nominator's job of doing this! RebeccaGreen (talk) 03:01, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hoi, let me answer easy part right away and do the more thorough one later today.
Is Bukkando in Manchuria? Would it be correct to write "Kang went into exile to Bukkando, Manchuria"?
- Bukkando is split to Buk and Kando, Kando is alternative pronounciation of Gando (Jiandao), Buk means "North" so it's effectively "North Jiandao/Gando", which is a subset of Manchuria.
Yongwon-myeon is not mentioned until now. If it is in Hongwon, and it is important to say where he was living in Hongwon, then it would probably be better to add it to the sentence "He ran a general merchandise store with his son Jung Geon on Nammun Street in the center of Hongwon." - if it fits with that. Otherwise, I think it would be clearer here just to say "He left Hongwon".
- Yongwon-myeon is part of Hongwon, and I don't think it is that significant. Compressed to "Hongwon".
- — regards, Revi 03:26, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, I have changed "Manchuria Bukkando" to "northern Gando (Jiandao), Manchuria." Northern Gando was already mentioned later in the para, so it's clearer to refer to it the same way. I think we may need to clarify the events and their timing in this para, though. Perhaps:
- "Following the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, and the annexation of Korea and its colonial rule by Japan following the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, Kang was deeply angered. At the time, he was a middle-aged man over 50. In the fall of 1910, Kang decided to seek asylum and moved members of his family to Khabarovsk. He himself left Hongwon and went into exile in Dudogu, northern Gando (Jiandao), Manchuria, in the spring of 1911, where he ran a herbal medicine shop."
- I wondered why he did not go after 1905, and waited till 1910, until I read the article about the 1905 treaty and realised that Japan imposed colonial rule in 1910. I suggest including that 1910 treaty in this sentence, because I think many other readers who are not familiar with Korean history will not understand the 1910 reference. (BTW, Khabarovsk is a very long way away. Did he really send family there, rather than to Vladivostok, which the next para says he moved to later? I guess if the source says Khabarovsk, that's what we say ....) RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:54, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- 1905 Treaty took away Joseon's diplomatic sovereignty from Joseon while keeping the sovereign (I mean, the Emperor) intact (government was effectively dissolved in 1907 though), the 1910 treaty was the rubber stamp that merged two countries and the Emperor was removed from the throne. For the Khabarovsk stuff, I need to travel to National Library to see the copylink for myself of that magazine, so I can't answer it right away (probably next week). I just can't find it on the web. — regards, Revi 14:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- No worries, Revi, if you are able to research it in the National Library, that's great! This has been waiting a while, a little longer won't be a problem - and it does seem like an important subject that it would be good to get as correct and clear as possible. Just ping me when you have been able to follow it up :-) RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:49, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- 1905 Treaty took away Joseon's diplomatic sovereignty from Joseon while keeping the sovereign (I mean, the Emperor) intact (government was effectively dissolved in 1907 though), the 1910 treaty was the rubber stamp that merged two countries and the Emperor was removed from the throne. For the Khabarovsk stuff, I need to travel to National Library to see the copylink for myself of that magazine, so I can't answer it right away (probably next week). I just can't find it on the web. — regards, Revi 14:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hoi, let me answer easy part right away and do the more thorough one later today.
Articles created/expanded on June 14
On Saudi Arabia
- ...
that it is authored in On Saudi Arabia that the poorest class of the Saudi Arabia's society are widowed or divorced women, who have to work hard to support their children?Source: washingtonpost.com - ALTa
... that On Saudi Arabia states that the poorest class in Saudi Arabia's society are widowed or divorced women, who have to search hard to find work and support their children?- ALT1:... that Karen Elliott House in her book On Saudi Arabia repeatedly compares the Saudi regime with the Soviet Union in its final days? Source: nytimes.com
- ALT2:
... that Karen Elliott House in her book On Saudi Arabia says that "90 percent of private-sector workers in Saudi Arabia are foreigners"?Source: nytimes.com
Created by Mbazri (talk). Self-nominated at 12:08, 20 July 2019 (UTC).
- Created within 7 days, size fine, only 1 DYK credit so QPQ unnecessary. I verified all 3 hooks from the sources, and citations are given in the article. Two problems: First, both the hooks and the article itself need copy-editing. "it is authored in On Saudi Arabia" is incorrect and needs to be changed to something like "according to On Saudi Arabia,". "that Karen Elliott House in her book ... says that" could be replaced by "according to Karen Elliott House's book ...,". "the last days of the Soviet Union" is maybe a more natural phrase than "the Soviet Union in its final days".
- I have done a copy-editing pass. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:11, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Secondly, Earwig turns up several chunks of text that have been copy-pasted without quotation marks. These should either be specified as direct quotations or rewritten.
- I have done a round of cleanup work with Earwig; sections are now either properly quoted or rephrased. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Regarding the selection of hook, I think ALT1 is clearly better than the other two, which both look more like facts about Saudi Arabia rather than the book. The claim that Saudi Arabia is similar to the collapsing Soviet Union is striking and relates directly to House and the book. —Nizolan (talk · c.) 04:05, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- I agree that ALT1 is the best of the hooks. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- Cheers Mary Mark Ockerbloom. Just double-checked and that clears up my Earwig concern; I see you've also improved the article generally. Since the main hook was the only one that needed rewriting, I'm approving this with the caveat that the other two could still be tweaked for style. —Nizolan (talk · c.) 01:15, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
@Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Thank you for reviewing the DYK and for your comment. Also thank you @Nizolan: for checking and improving the article. I Personally suggest the main hook by making some changes which Mary Mark Ockerbloom mentioned. The suggested sentence could be like this:
... that according to On Saudi Arabia the poorest class of the Saudi Arabia's society are widowed or divorced women, who have to work hard to support their children? --Mbazri (talk) 11:28, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, there's something POV-sounding about women having to "work hard". Let's go with ALT1, but move the target article closer to the front of the hook:
- ALT1a: ... that in her book On Saudi Arabia, Karen Elliott House repeatedly compares the Saudi regime with the Soviet Union in its final days? Yoninah (talk) 23:34, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: No Problem. We can remove the last sentence. I mean this: "who have to work hard to support their children?" Then we will have the following sentence as the hook:
- ...according to On Saudi Arabia the poorest class of the Saudi Arabia's society are widowed or divorced women?
- I can also suggest the following ALTs:
- ALT3... that According to On Saudi Arabia, the education system of Saudi Arabia is incapable of preparing Saudis for professional works due to the rigid control of Wahhabi fundamentalists?Source: nytimes.com
- ALT4... that Karen Elliott House in her book On Saudi Arabia describes Saudi government efforts to rehabilitate former terrorists and reintegrate them into Saudi society?Source: washingtonpost.com
--Mbazri (talk) 06:49, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'm concerned that some of the phrasing in this article is too close to that of its sources. Compare for example "under the rigid control of Wahhabi fundamentalists, the education system is incapable of preparing Saudis for professional work. Because they refuse to work in blue-collar and service areas, 90 percent of private-sector jobs are filled by foreign workers" with "the education system, in the firm grip of Wahhabi fundamentalists, is spectacularly unable to prepare Saudis for professional jobs. And since most refuse blue-collar and service work, 9 out of 10 private sector jobs are held by foreigners". Nikkimaria (talk) 17:43, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: I tried to correct it. What do you think about it now?--Mbazri (talk) 13:21, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Still. Another example is "She has entered into poor slums, rich compounds, and the elegant tents of the royal family — and even, wearing a burqa, the most devout families" vs "managed to get into the poorest slums, the richest compounds, and the most elegant tents of the royal family — and, sometimes garbed in a burqa, into the most devout families". Nikkimaria (talk) 13:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Nikkimaria: Done.--Mbazri (talk) 05:48, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- I see that you've edited the two specific examples I've mentioned. These were examples only. Have you checked the rest of the article against its sources? Nikkimaria (talk) 10:36, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 1
Kim Kardashian, Superstar
- ... that the sex tape of Kim Kardashian and Ray J was bought by Vivid Entertainment for $1 million? Source: [1]
Alt 1: ... that the pornographic film of Kim Kardashian and Ray J was bought by Vivid Entertainment for $1 million? Source: [2]
- Reviewed: Kirby
Created by Vistadan (talk). Nominated by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) at 14:06, 1 July 2019 (UTC).
- The archived hiphoppress.com source seems historically valuable (within the context of Kim Kardashian's life story), but I doubt we can take its claims at face value. The source is a press release by Vivid Entertainment published on hiphoppress.com, with the site acting as a newswire. Vivid, of course, acquired and distributed the tape, making them a primary (and likely unreliable) source. There is also conflicting information: per the article, Ian Halperin has alleged that Kim and her mother leaked the tape to Vivid, which sounds like it conflicts with Vivid's narrative of purchasing it from a third party.
- So we have two apparently conflicting versions of events: either a third party sold the tape to Vivid for a million dollars, or the Kardashians leaked it to Vivid themselves. Both versions of events are disputed. I don't know what the basis for Halperin's claims are, but I know Vivid is not a disinterested secondary source—they're an involved party with a likely conflict of interest. I think it would be better to develop an alternate hook, and the article itself could be bulked up with more info. For instance, I imagine there are sources out there providing details about the tape's commercial success? —BLZ · talk 00:12, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- A drive-by comment, but I strongly suggest that the hook be reworded due to BLP concerns, and also because Wikipedia is not a tabloid. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:37, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- What do you propose the hook be changed to? I've added an alt that changes "sex tape" to "pornographic film" if that was the BLP concern? Vistadan 14:05, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- I suppose that might be a better option, but it might still be too "tabloidy" for my tastes. Pinging reviewer Brandt Luke Zorn for their thoughts. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:05, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
- I think using the term "sex tape" is probably OK, honestly. It may sound colloquial or even inappropriate, but it does accurately describe the contents or "genre" of the tape, since "celebrity sex tape" is its own distinct category of porn. "Pornographic film", on the other hand, may sound more formal but is starched of all meaning and specificity. Plus it may even misleadingly suggest that the tape was made in a "professional" production context, which could be a BLP concern in the opposite direction: a "pornographic film" is filmed with the intention that it will be distributed, and we don't want to suggest that a video filmed in a private setting was professionally "produced" (it wasn't) or that it was planned to be distributed at the time of filming (it doesn't seem that way, but that's apparently in dispute at the least).
- My issue is more about the questionable grounding of the "fact" in the hook. It's not wrong to say, in the article, that Vivid claimed to have paid $1 million for the tape. It's true that they made that claim, and the cited press release is adequate . But there is a dispute about what really happened (according to the Halperin book, anyway), and the hook relies on a primary source from an involved party with a conflict-of-interest as to how the events are represented, i.e., the press release is not an objective secondhand account of "what really happened". Based on the various sources in the article at the moment and the conflicting accounts, I would not be comfortable using any fact about what happened leading up to the tape's distribution.
- On the other hand, I'm not sure which alternate "fact" from the article I would choose for a hook at present. What I do suspect is that the article subject matter is big enough that it could be expanded. It is, after all, one of the most notorious videos of the last 20 years, and one that eventually propelled Kim to an almost unprecedented level of superstardom in the history of celebrity culture. It's been discussed and written about endlessly, which means there must be a sturdier fact out that could be used. For example, just off the top of my head as a Kanye fan, I recall that his line "My girl a superstar all from a home movie" from "Clique" is an allusion to the tape (see e.g. [3]). I'm sure Kanye's mentioned it elsewhere, whether in his lyrics or in interviews or both. There's also Ray J's "I Hit It First". Neither of those songs are mentioned in this article, which means there's more to talk about and more that could be used as a hook out there. —BLZ · talk 20:08, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
- I suppose that might be a better option, but it might still be too "tabloidy" for my tastes. Pinging reviewer Brandt Luke Zorn for their thoughts. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:05, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
- What do you propose the hook be changed to? I've added an alt that changes "sex tape" to "pornographic film" if that was the BLP concern? Vistadan 14:05, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
- A drive-by comment, but I strongly suggest that the hook be reworded due to BLP concerns, and also because Wikipedia is not a tabloid. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:37, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Will you be able to address the concerns raised by Brandt Luke Zorn? It has been almost two months since this nomination began. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:25, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Will you still be able to continue this nomination? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:07, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, i will work on it.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 00:09, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- CAPTAIN MEDUSA, it has been over two weeks since you said you would work on it, and nothing has yet been done, though you have been quite active on Wikipedia in the meantime. We are happy to allow you another seven days to make good progress on the issues raised, but if nothing has been done by then, we will regretfully have to mark it for closure. I hope you'll be able to get back to it by then. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:29, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, i will work on it.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 00:09, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
John Deane (sailor)
- ... that John Deane and his crew of the Nottingham Galley cannibalised in desperation the ship's deceased carpenter when the ship wrecked on Boon Island in 1710?
- ALT1:...
that the British sailor and diplomat John Deane, was accused of accepting a considerable bribe in exchange for the surrender of the two Swedish vessels whilst captaining a Russian Navy frigate, with his initial sentence reduced by Peter the Great and further exonerated by Fyodor Apraksin?
- ALT1:...
Created by D.j.atherton (talk). Self-nominated at 11:28, 4 July 2019 (UTC).
The article meets DYK requirements, meets sourcing requirements, the hook fact is interesting and is mentioned inline and verified. Nominator has no prior DYK credits so no QPQ is required. Earwigs detects some close paraphrasing with this source, which will need to be addressed before this can be approved. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:38, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for reviewing Narutolovehinata5 - can you possibly confirm whether the close paraphrasing is an issue with the hook fact or the article? I am aware there was an issue with the article that has since been resolved with the help of another user. Thanks for your help! D.J.A (talk) 10:47, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- @D.j.atherton: It was with the article. There were some sentences that appear to have been missed from the rewrite. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: thanks for the clarification! It has hopefully been cleaned up as necessary - earwig report is now at 5%. Hopefully that's alright? Thanks, D.J.A (talk) 11:01, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think this should be good to go now. Earwigs still has a score of 23% for another source, but the common statements are so short that I think WP:LIMITED applies. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:09, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- I note that there are some unsourced paragraphs, some closing sentences to paragraphs that are uncited, and that ALT1 is far too long for a hook? Spokoyni (talk) 20:40, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Oof, thanks for pointing that out Spokoyni, somehow missed those unsourced paragraphs. But I saw in a recent DYK nomination that the rule only requires at least one reference per paragraph and these can be anywhere in the paragraph (even at the start), though I'd guess this is aside from BLPs or other controversial topics such as politics and medicine. @D.j.atherton: Can you please try lookig for references for the paragraphs without citations? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:59, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- No problem, I've missed some obvious things in reviews and wondered how I managed to do so. Easily done. Wikipedia:Inline citation (particularly Wikipedia:CITEDENSE) and Wikipedia:When to cite are pretty generally worded guidelines, probably the most relevant bit is "Everything in [a] paragraph [that] deals with the same, single subject from the same source ... can ... be supported by a single inline citation. The inline citation could be placed at any sensible location, but the end of the paragraph is the most common choice." The only concern with not putting it at the end of a paragraph is I think that someone might come along and wonder if everything that follows after the cite in a paragraph is from a different source, or has no source at all. But it looks like there's no hard rule in wiki generally, and that the DYK rules only state that the hook fact must be cited in the sentence it appears in, and the "rule of thumb is one inline citation per paragraph". Spokoyni (talk) 21:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi both, Spokoyni and Narutolovehinata5, I have made clearer the sourcing so there shouldn't be any paragraphs left un-sourced. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help this! Thanks both of you! D.J.A (talk) 10:11, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi D.J.A, good work! At the moment the first paragraph of "Early life" and the second paragraph of "Personal life and retirement" still don't seem to have any cites. There's also a few paragraphs that have no cites at the end. As discussed above, that isn't necessarily a problem, though some users might tag these as uncited. It's up to you if you want to leave them as they are. Spokoyni (talk) 10:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Spokoyni, I'd overlooked those two paragraphs obviously! I see what you mean about the few paragraphs without a citation at the end but I think, unless anyone does flag it as an issue, the current amount are pretty concise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by D.j.atherton (talk • contribs) 10:30, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- General wikipedia guidelines are pretty relaxed (see above), so if you'd prefer to keep it as it is, that I don't think that should stand in the way of promotion. Of course Narutolovehinata5 is the reviewer here, I'm just chiming in with some thoughts. I'd only say you might have to be prepared to deal with that at some point, possibly while it is on the main page, as articles tend to get a lot of external scrutiny. Spokoyni (talk) 10:39, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- The rules do require at least one reference per paragraph for DYK articles, so this can't be promoted until that's addressed. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:26, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- General wikipedia guidelines are pretty relaxed (see above), so if you'd prefer to keep it as it is, that I don't think that should stand in the way of promotion. Of course Narutolovehinata5 is the reviewer here, I'm just chiming in with some thoughts. I'd only say you might have to be prepared to deal with that at some point, possibly while it is on the main page, as articles tend to get a lot of external scrutiny. Spokoyni (talk) 10:39, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Spokoyni, I'd overlooked those two paragraphs obviously! I see what you mean about the few paragraphs without a citation at the end but I think, unless anyone does flag it as an issue, the current amount are pretty concise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by D.j.atherton (talk • contribs) 10:30, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi D.J.A, good work! At the moment the first paragraph of "Early life" and the second paragraph of "Personal life and retirement" still don't seem to have any cites. There's also a few paragraphs that have no cites at the end. As discussed above, that isn't necessarily a problem, though some users might tag these as uncited. It's up to you if you want to leave them as they are. Spokoyni (talk) 10:25, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi both, Spokoyni and Narutolovehinata5, I have made clearer the sourcing so there shouldn't be any paragraphs left un-sourced. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help this! Thanks both of you! D.J.A (talk) 10:11, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- No problem, I've missed some obvious things in reviews and wondered how I managed to do so. Easily done. Wikipedia:Inline citation (particularly Wikipedia:CITEDENSE) and Wikipedia:When to cite are pretty generally worded guidelines, probably the most relevant bit is "Everything in [a] paragraph [that] deals with the same, single subject from the same source ... can ... be supported by a single inline citation. The inline citation could be placed at any sensible location, but the end of the paragraph is the most common choice." The only concern with not putting it at the end of a paragraph is I think that someone might come along and wonder if everything that follows after the cite in a paragraph is from a different source, or has no source at all. But it looks like there's no hard rule in wiki generally, and that the DYK rules only state that the hook fact must be cited in the sentence it appears in, and the "rule of thumb is one inline citation per paragraph". Spokoyni (talk) 21:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Oof, thanks for pointing that out Spokoyni, somehow missed those unsourced paragraphs. But I saw in a recent DYK nomination that the rule only requires at least one reference per paragraph and these can be anywhere in the paragraph (even at the start), though I'd guess this is aside from BLPs or other controversial topics such as politics and medicine. @D.j.atherton: Can you please try lookig for references for the paragraphs without citations? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:59, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- I note that there are some unsourced paragraphs, some closing sentences to paragraphs that are uncited, and that ALT1 is far too long for a hook? Spokoyni (talk) 20:40, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, I think this should be good to go now. Earwigs still has a score of 23% for another source, but the common statements are so short that I think WP:LIMITED applies. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:09, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: thanks for the clarification! It has hopefully been cleaned up as necessary - earwig report is now at 5%. Hopefully that's alright? Thanks, D.J.A (talk) 11:01, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- @D.j.atherton: It was with the article. There were some sentences that appear to have been missed from the rewrite. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:48, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. While each paragraph now has a citation, some end sentences still don't have a citation at the end. I'm willing to overlook this and will still give this the tick as long as Spokoyni is satisfied with the new edits, I'm just worried that other editors may not feel the same way. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:50, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- Certainly no objections here, and of course this is first and foremost your review Narutolovehinata5. If, and I suspect its very likely, the sentences are tagged - especially with the eyes it gets before and during the main page, that will be something the nominator can take up with who tags it. Spokoyni (talk) 02:16, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. With that in mind, I think this is good to go now. If there are still things that need to be fixed, they probably aren't too major to keep it from promotion. I would suggest changing one mention of "passed away" to "died" per WP:EUPHEMISM, though this is only a minor issue. I've struck ALT1 for being too long, and ALT0 is probably the more eye-catchy hook anyway. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:59, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, and did some light editing. I noted several places where citations are required. If you quote someone, or add specific information, you need a cite. I don't know where you get your idea that
the majority of today's DYK articles do not follow this rule
. Of course they do. Yoninah (talk) 02:08, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Apologies Yoninah, that comment wasn't meant to be rude or dismissive - only to note that the necessity of at least one citation per paragraph did not look to be reflected in all of the articles. One of today's, for example: LGBT cinema in Latin America. I'm happy to go back onto the article and amend where citations are shown - I think I've placed ones in the middle of a paragraph when they apply to the entire paragraph possibly. Thanks! D.J.A (talk) 08:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- @D.j.atherton: thank you for pointing out that article. (I didn't promote it, and I wouldn't have promoted it with an unreferenced section.) I tagged the article. Yoninah (talk) 11:25, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, and did some light editing. I noted several places where citations are required. If you quote someone, or add specific information, you need a cite. I don't know where you get your idea that
- @D.j.atherton and Yoninah: Are there any updates to this discussion, and have the issues been resolved? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:55, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- D.j.atherton has not edited Wikipedia since the above August 27 posts on this page, and three "citation needed" templates remain on the article. I'll let Yoninah decide how to proceed. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 11
Essex on the Park
... that Essex on the Park (pictured) was built on a pre-existing ground lease that runs until 2057?
Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self-nominated at 15:35, 15 July 2019 (UTC).
- A new hook is probably needed, the current one honestly is pretty bland. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:02, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
- The article is pretty bland actually. I am not sure a better hook subject exists in the article.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:06, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
- @TonyTheTiger: If that's the case, then if it's okay for you, then this nomination should probably be marked as unsuccessful. Not all articles are meant to be for DYK unfortunately. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:01, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that the 57-story Essex on the Park (pictured) was built on a former swimming pool?
ALT2 ... that Essex on the Park (pictured) was initially planned to be 48 stories tall, though at its completion it stood 57 stories tall?ALT3 ... that Essex on the Park (pictured) was initially planned to be 48 stories tall, increasing to 56 stories when construction started, and at its completion stood 57 stories tall?
- ALT1 sounds good to me. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:31, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
- I'm fine with 1.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:54, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 sounds good to me. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:31, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
- A review is still needed for this. If no one else does it within the next few days I'll do it. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:28, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Article meets newness and length requirements, no close paraphrasing was found, and a QPQ has been found. All hooks except for ALT1 have been struck as lacking interest to broad audiences, and also per the nominator's agreement. There are two minor issues that need to be addressed: while the hook says that the hotel was built on the site of the swimming pool, the article and source only said that the building was planned to be built on that site. The wording in the article needs to be made more explicit that the swimming pool site pushed through. In addition, there's currently a stub template in the article, which needs to be removed. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:20, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi @Narutolovehinata5: I have removed the stub template, as it clearly isn't any more. Done
- I have also edited the text a little. I hope it is clearer that both the original plan and the modified plan which was built, were/are next to the original Essex Inn on the site of its former carpark and swimming pool. That is certainly how I read the two sources from 2015 (the original plan) and 2017 (the modified plan). Done
- I hope this helps. RebeccaGreen (talk) 19:15, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, should be good to go now. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:06, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
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- Reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Suli Lake]-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:48, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
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- Thanks, should be good to go now. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:06, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi @Narutolovehinata5: I have removed the stub template, as it clearly isn't any more. Done
- Now that a QPQ has been done I'm restoring the tick; I apologize for missing the missing QPQ in the previous QPQ, it seemed to have missed my mind at the time. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
- The QPQ involved is very far from being complete, and this should not be approved until all of the DYK criteria have been checked for at least one of the articles being reviewed. So far, only newness and length have been checked, and a query made about page numbers in a source. In my experience, TonyTheTiger has been reviewing in small, incremental steps, and it can take quite some time before all the criteria have been checked and a review icon posted. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:44, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: Since this nomination has been ongoing for months now and it seems a complete QPQ is the only thing that's missing, would it be okay with you if I donate a QPQ if Tony isn't able to finish one soon? He did leave comments there two days ago so it's still ongoing, but I guess this is just a backup option. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:10, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, it's entirely up to you whether you want to donate a QPQ on Tony's behalf. It's very generous of you to think of doing so. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:15, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. For now I'll wait for Tony to finish his review as it's still ongoing, but will be willing to donate a QPQ if that isn't done soon. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:55, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 18
John A. Spizziri
- ... that John A. Spizziri proposed allowing people to carry small amounts of prescription tranquilizers, after a man was arrested when Librium pills were found in a jacket that a dog had dragged away? "Arrest Of Patient Stirs Legislature" in The New York Times: "While on a visit in Wood‐Ridge on May 8, Mr. Schwam was carrying in an unmarked one‐inch green and brown vial ‘eight Librium capsules he had taken from a large bottle containing his monthly supply of 120 pills.... A neighborhood dog ran off with his denim jacket containing the vial. woman who later found the jacket but could not learn the owner's name took it to the police, who found the pills and arrested Mr. Schwam under a section ‐of the drug law that prohibits carrying dozens of types of pills and prescribed drugs in anything but the original, labled container provided by a pharmacist.... The new amendment, offered by Assemblyman John A. Spizziri, Republican of Franklin Lakes, would permit person with a legitimate need for a controlled drug to carry a two‐day supply of the pills or medication in any container")
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: Manhattan blackout of July 2019
5x expanded by Alansohn (talk). Self-nominated at 12:53, 22 July 2019 (UTC).
- @Alansohn: This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. I think the article is unbalanced. It has a large paragraph, more than half the article in fact, discussing a criminal justice-related incident in detail, all for the sake of mentioning that Spizziri made a proposal to amend the law. So, was the law changed? Did he do nothing else worthy of mention in his whole life? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:31, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Alansohn: Have you been able to address Cwmhiraeth's comments? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:52, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, I'd prefer to be able to expand the article, but I'm facing challenges finding meaningful sources. A new subscription should help and the article will be updated appropriately. Alansohn (talk) 01:40, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Have you tried asking for help from resource exchanges or other pages like that? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:50, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Alansohn: If you're having difficulties with sourcing, maybe you can ask for help at WP:REX. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:47, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, I have a request in to Wikipedia Library Card for newspaper subscriptions. It's very much in progress. Alansohn (talk) 00:52, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 22
The Art of Sanctions
- ... that the sanction is an art and its efficiency depend on the manipulations of the policy makers according to Richard Nephew's new book, The Art of Sanctions?
- ALT1:... that The Art of Sanctions is a book that, written by Richard Nephew, expose the variables which influence to sanctions regime?
- ALT2:... that Richard Nephew, a former U.S. sanction expert, shares his experiences about the using of sanctions against a target in his book which named The Art of Sanctions?
- ALT3:... that achieving to the foreign policy aims via sanctions against a target has a manner and Richard Nephew, an US sanction's expert, shares his experience with you in The Art of Sanctions?
- Comment: Hi dear admin, I just expanded the Article since 22 July 2019. The creator of page is someone else. I used the first time, 22 July 2019, that I had started to expanding the article for the main DYK nominations page. I hope you accept my interesting nomination.
5x expanded by Forest90 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC).
- Article has been expanded fivefold (90 words -> 590 words). The user apparently has just 2 DYK nominations, so no QPQ required. AGF on Persian sources, but I'm not sure what's the status of sources like Mehr News Agency whether they are considered reliable. Atleast some of the Persian language sources seem duplicate to other sources. There are two "verification needed" tags which should be fixed. Not quite yet there. --Pudeo (talk) 18:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi @Forest90:, I have read this article. It is interesting, but it needs a bit more work to make the meaning clearer. I just placed some tags saying "clarification needed", and another editor had already placed some too. If you look at the article in Edit mode, you can see the questions we have about the meaning.
- I can also see that in some parts of the article, the sentences and parts of sentences are the same as in some of the sources and in this website [4] about the book. It is better to try to write sentences a bit differently, otherwise there could be a problem with Wikipedia policies about WP:COPYVIO, WP:PLAGIARISM or WP:PARAPHRASE. I understand that it is extra difficult to choose a different way of saying something in another language.
- The article needs some work on meaning and grammar. I saw on your User Talk page that someone has helped you fix problems in another article. Could you maybe ask them to help you with this article too? Sometimes the Guild of Copy Editors can help, but if some of the problems are about translating from another language, or explaining in English something you are thinking, or have a source about, in your language, it really helps to have someone else who knows your language and can help with putting what you want to say into English. Then, after that, if there are any little things to fix, the copy editors could help. I hope this is helpful. RebeccaGreen (talk) 20:09, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 24
Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections
- ... that according to Robert Mueller, Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections is ongoing? Source: "During a hearing in the United States House of Representatives concerning the contents of the Mueller Report, Robert Mueller said that the Russians continue to interfere in U.S. elections "as we sit here"." Cited in the article to CNN and the Washington Post
- Reviewed:
IOUTemplate:Did you know nominations/Arudji Kartawinata - Comment: This article could be contentious, but I think that a fact based hook should be okay. It's slightly older than 7 days from the time of the article creation to my nomination, but that's because it was nominated for deletion and I did not want to nominated until that closed.
- Reviewed:
Created by Muboshgu (talk) and XOR'easter (talk). Nominated by Muboshgu (talk) at 21:12, 4 August 2019 (UTC).
- General eligiblity:
- New Enough: - This article was created on 24 July 2019. The earliest time this article could have been nominated was 31 July 2019.
- Long Enough:
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook eligiblity:
- Cited:
- Interesting:
- Other problems: - Doesn't give context for non-US readers.
QPQ: - Pending...
Overall: –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:58, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- @MJL: Considering the article was at AfD until yesterday I think it's fair to give the nominator some leniency on the usual deadline and not just close the nomination outright. No opinion on other criticisms. – Teratix ₵ 04:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Teratix: Am I allowed to do that? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- My understanding is that if a reviewer uses it means "this is not suitable for DYK" and marks the nomination for closure. If you merely mean it requires more work but could still be eligible, generally or would be the appropriate icons.
- You are, of course, allowed to do this, but I think the issues with the article are fixable and the seven-day deadline should be relaxed. – Teratix ₵ 04:46, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see this on the main page because I think it shows the diverse types of content Wikipedia has to offer (I can't recall the last election related page that got promoted). I just don't want to get in trouble.
I've switched the status to "again" if that helps. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:51, 8 August 2019 (UTC)- Question: is the "doesn't give context for non-US readers" criticism of the hook based on the hook not explaining who Robert Mueller is? (I worked on the article, as noted above, but I have no real experience at DYK.) XOR'easter (talk) 15:43, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
- @XOR'easter: Yeah, pretty much. To anyone who doesn't really know why he is significant, then they don't know why the whole hook is important. If there was info about how he just spent 2 or so years investigating Russian interference in US elections, then it'd be a good hook.
@Teratix: I don't know if you're still interested in reviewing this or anything? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 21:10, 10 August 2019 (UTC)- I don't trust myself to assess the neutrality of a US politics article :) – Teratix ₵ 00:42, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- A couple possibilities that sprang to mind:
- ALT1: ... that according to Robert Mueller, who led a twenty-two-month-long investigation of foreign interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections is ongoing?
- ALT2: ... that according to Robert Mueller, who led a twenty-two-month-long investigation into misconduct surrounding the 2016 United States presidential election, Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections is ongoing?
- XOR'easter (talk) 13:42, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- @XOR'easter: Yeah, pretty much. To anyone who doesn't really know why he is significant, then they don't know why the whole hook is important. If there was info about how he just spent 2 or so years investigating Russian interference in US elections, then it'd be a good hook.
- Question: is the "doesn't give context for non-US readers" criticism of the hook based on the hook not explaining who Robert Mueller is? (I worked on the article, as noted above, but I have no real experience at DYK.) XOR'easter (talk) 15:43, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see this on the main page because I think it shows the diverse types of content Wikipedia has to offer (I can't recall the last election related page that got promoted). I just don't want to get in trouble.
- @Teratix: Am I allowed to do that? –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 04:32, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Reviewer needed to check the two ALT hooks and also to make any other needed checks, including the submitted QPQ. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:54, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
- The article was new enough (given the AfD) and long enough. QPQ was done, it addressed one issue, and the reviewed article hook appeared on the main page on 18 August. Earwig shows copyvio unlikely. The article has sufficient inline citations.
- I have some concerns about neutrality. There is discussion on Talk:Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections about possibly retitling the article, as it also mentions interference by China and Iran. One of the sources also names North Korea, and another names Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela, however, they are not mentioned in the article. One editor suggests that retitling would involve a controversial move discussion on the Talk page. Those comments date from 30 July 2019, but have not been followed up. Pinging the editors who participated in that discussion: @Pilaz: @XOR'easter: @Muboshgu: @Theoallen1:
- I also note that on 7 August there was an IP edit saying "Don't read this stupid bullshit, they have never interfered in out elections. The Democrats just can't handle the fact that they lost and no one wants their shitty policies in the US. Liberals please all of you go die." If this article appears on the main page, I think it might need some protection to avoid more of that kind of vandalism.
- As far as the hook is concerned, although the Mueller investigation has been widely reported (I've read about it in Australia) I wondered whether it might be of more widespread interest to mention that the director of the FBI is concerned about foreign interference in the 2020 election, as many people know of the FBI through movies, TV shows, etc. Also, I think it might be more neutral to say just "foreign interference", or "foreign interference from countries including Russia, China and Iran". RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:10, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- The article should be moved. I oppose the nomination. Theoallen1 (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- I see no pressing need to rename the article, given that Russia is consistently the primary concern across all the sources, and other countries can be discussed as broader context. Nor do I think it is an urgent matter to restructure the article, though it is now getting long enough that division into sections might be appropriate. XOR'easter (talk) 15:42, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- The article was new enough (given the AfD) and long enough. QPQ was done, it addressed one issue, and the reviewed article hook appeared on the main page on 18 August. Earwig shows copyvio unlikely. The article has sufficient inline citations.
@RebeccaGreen, Muboshgu, and XOR'easter: Since it has been almost a month since the last comments here, where do things stand now with the nomination? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:22, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Narutolovehinata5, I was not sure where to go on this. Only two of the four editors who were involved in the discussion on the article's talk page responded to my ping, one to say the article should be moved to a new name, and the other to say there was no pressing need for that. And there has been no further discussion on the talk page, so it seems that there is no urgent feeling that the article should be renamed. I still think that the article would be more neutral if it was named Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections, as other countries have been named, such as in the NYT article of July 19, 2019: "Intelligence officials said the new post reflects the reality that influence operations by Russia, China and other countries are likely to continue indefinitely." So I guess I do not feel that I could approve this DYK nomination as being within the WP:NPOV policy. (I expected that name to be a redlink, but it appears that it's a redirect to "Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections". Why not the other way round, which would better reflect the content of the article?)
- If someone else approved it, my preference for a hook would be ALT1, as mentioning "foreign interference" as the context in which there is evidence of Russian interference.
- I also mentioned above that I think the article might need some protection if it does appear on the main page, as there has already been one instance of vandalism of the article. Is that possible? RebeccaGreen (talk) 02:52, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- RebeccaGreen, I apologize for missing the last ping. I see renaming as a good idea. This topic is like a germinating plant at this stage, considering the election is more than a year ago. I'll do it WP:BOLDLY if noone objects. ALT1 is fine with me. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:15, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 28
Ruth Doggett
... that Ruth Doggett was painted by Harold Gilman (portrait pictured)?
Source: Helena Bonett, Charles Ginner, La Vieille Balayeuse, Dieppe 1913 dated August 2011 at Tate.org.uk
- Reviewed: Hubert William Lewis
Created by Moonraker (talk) and RebeccaGreen (talk). Self-nominated at 09:09, 31 July 2019 (UTC).
- Comment I note that the article Ruth Doggett is primarily referenced to primary sources, and does not make a clear claim, nor provide evidence, of notability. I am searching for more sources to improve the article. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:03, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, RebeccaGreen. I would not have said *primarily*, and there is no other substantial biography of Ruth Doggett, so some reliance on primary sources can't be avoided, but you have made big improvements and I am adding you above as a co-creator. Moonraker (talk) 19:27, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
- A new hook is probably needed as the current one is really bland. It does not make sense to people who don't know who Gilman is. Looking at Doggett's article, there are many other possible hook facts that may work better, such as perhaps something related to critics' reviews of her work, or perhaps about the time she won a prize that was worth £5. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:59, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- That is a subjective opinion, if not a deliberately wrecking one, Narutolovehinata5. I do not agree that it is “bland”, it is interesting from an artistic point of view, and it is even better with the picture. Please feel free to suggest a more interesting way to introduce the picture. Moonraker (talk) 10:16, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- As I mentioned earlier, it isn't interesting to anyone who doesn't know who Gilman is. What makes the fact that Doggett was painted by Gilman interesting compared to any other portrait? And in fact, it could even be argued that the hook focuses much more on Gilman than it does on Doggett, considering the placement of "portrait pictured" and the wording itself. And it's not like the picture can't work in the hook with any other hook, as other options could always go "... that Ruth Dogget (portrait pictured)" or something to that effect. Anyway, looking at the article again, here are some possible options:
- ALT1 ... that when Ruth Doggett (portrait pictured) submitted a poster design to the Cambridge Arts and Crafts Society, her prize money was £5?
- ALT2 ... that a review of the London Group's exhibition in 1936 noted that, while much of the event seemed "perverse and downright silly", Ruth Doggett's (portrait pictured) featured work formed "welcome oases of sense and sensibility"? (this hook is over 200 characters so it could be shortened)
- ALT3 ... that the work of Ruth Doggett (portrait pictured) has been described as "welcome oases of sense and sensibility" and "perfect control of what may be termed 'colour-tone'"?
- I understand that these hooks no longer focus on the Gilman portrait, but at least these focus on Doggett herself, who is the hook subject after all. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:34, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- Some possible alternative hooks - I also thought the first hook suggested needed more interest. Painters often paint portraits of other painters ....
- ALT2b ... that a review of the London Group's 1936 exhibition noted that many works seemed "perverse and downright silly", but Ruth Doggett's (portrait pictured) formed "welcome oases of sense and sensibility"?
- ALT4 ... that the works of Ruth Doggett (portrait pictured) stood out to exhibition reviewers as exceptions from the general "appalling dullness" and "perverse and downright silly" work of others? RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:32, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- Some possible alternative hooks - I also thought the first hook suggested needed more interest. Painters often paint portraits of other painters ....
- As I mentioned earlier, it isn't interesting to anyone who doesn't know who Gilman is. What makes the fact that Doggett was painted by Gilman interesting compared to any other portrait? And in fact, it could even be argued that the hook focuses much more on Gilman than it does on Doggett, considering the placement of "portrait pictured" and the wording itself. And it's not like the picture can't work in the hook with any other hook, as other options could always go "... that Ruth Dogget (portrait pictured)" or something to that effect. Anyway, looking at the article again, here are some possible options:
- RebeccaGreen, could I please leave it to you to deal with this page from now on? I do not have hours and days and weeks for fending off the efforts of Narutolovehinata5 to reinvent the DYK rules for his own purposes. I guess he has nothing better to do. Moonraker (talk) 14:47, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- Moonraker, Sure, no problem. RebeccaGreen (talk) 14:54, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- I don't see how my earlier comments are "reinventing the DYK rules for my own purposes" when all I said was that the original hook failed to appeal to a broad audience (which is an actual DYK rule, albeit admittedly a contentious one) and even Rebecca agreed that a better hook was needed. In any case, since I helped propose new hooks, a new reviewer would be needed anyway. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:03, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not familiar with DYK rules but I think what NLH5 is trying to say is this: Most people don't know who Doggett or Gilman are, and because of that, the hook is not interesting. People have painted other people for thousands of years, probably hundreds of thousands of times. Why is it interesting that THIS person painted THAT person? I briefly read the article and learned that she was an art student and he was his master. That's cool. How about something like: DYK ALT5: ... that when studying art, student Ruth Doggett was painted (portrait pictured) by her teacher Harold Gilman? That's much more interesting. TarkusABtalk/contrib 21:00, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- Moonraker, Sure, no problem. RebeccaGreen (talk) 14:54, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
- We're gonna need a new reviewer here to check all the hook options so far. Per Rebecca's agreement that a new hook was needed, ALT0 has been struck. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 15:50, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- I think it's going to need a full review, as it doesn't seem that one has been done. Re QPQ: I did a review of Template:Did you know nominations/Brigitte Kronauer for my 6th DYK, which has been promoted ahead of this one and is now my 5th DYK credit, so that QPQ can be applied here. RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:20, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- I don't think a new QPQ is necessary since Moonraker was the original nominator and he already provided a QPQ. You are still free to use the QPQ for Kronauer in a subsequent nomination. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:05, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- I think it's going to need a full review, as it doesn't seem that one has been done. Re QPQ: I did a review of Template:Did you know nominations/Brigitte Kronauer for my 6th DYK, which has been promoted ahead of this one and is now my 5th DYK credit, so that QPQ can be applied here. RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:20, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Full review needed of article and ALT hooks. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:43, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on July 30
Blind Injustice (opera)
- ... that Blind Injustice is an opera telling the true stories of six people who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated in Ohio? Source: "Cincinnati Opera has premiered a new opera that chronicles the stories of six people wrongfully convicted in Ohio and in the process, puts America's criminal justice system on trial" [5]
- Reviewed: This is my fifth (last) exempt nomination.
Created by Kenirwin (talk). Self-nominated at 19:16, 3 August 2019 (UTC).
- Part of the section Composition and premiere is not referenced, most of the Roles section needs to be referenced, the last sentence of Synopsis needs to be referenced, the Musical numbers section needs to be referenced along with the Recording section. An old revision had a clean copy where only the list of roles need to be referenced. The new additions need to be referenced or removed somehow. The hook is fine. A QPQ is not needed. SL93 (talk) 22:18, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
- The nominator hasn't edited in over a week and hasn't edited the article in over a month. Pinging Gerda Arendt as she's the resident opera expert and has edited the article a bit; hopefully see or another editor could help improve the article further or address SL93's concerns. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:18, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- I didn't get the ping, but read the page when I have time. An opera synopsis doesn't need a reference, same as for books. I'll look further and eventually come back. Voceditenore would be the opera expert to ask, but she was driven away from DYK. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Kenirwin, I looked now, and think it's good to know about that opera. Should I go through the article and make it fit for DYK, or would you do it, then I can review? It needs an inline reference behind every paragraph, at least. This can be a repeated reference with a name. Without a response within a few days, I'd go over the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Also: how about an article on the composer? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Comment I have been trying to find and add citations, and I have just noticed that the Plot Summary section is largely copied from the Cincinnati Opera website's synopsis of the opera [6]. Earwig did not initially pick this up, but when I compared the article with that url, it gives 77.4% copyvio suspected. Several of the other sources describe the plot, so it would be possible to write something original based on the Cincinnati Opera synopsis and the other sources, but would take some work. (Re the Recording section - it's the only one for which I haven't been able to find any sources, so far. It could perhaps be deleted.) RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:13, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 4
Ester Peony
- ... that Ester Peony (pictured) got mixed reactions from the public after being announced as the Romanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv? Source: [7]
- ALT1:... that Romanian Ester Peony (pictured) got mixed reactions from the public after being announced as the Romanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019? Source: [8]
- ALT2:... that Ester Peony (pictured) got a record deal after posting videos performing covers on YouTube?
- reviewed: Orvar Swenson
Improved to Good Article status by BabbaQ (talk) and Cartoon network freak (talk). Nominated by BabbaQ (talk) at 23:30, 4 August 2019 (UTC).
- First of all, both hooks are referenced with citations from a tabloid newspaper (and they're also quite uninteresting: "did you know that not everyone likes musician's music?"). This raises another issue: how is it that this article was able to pass a GA review (quite rubber-stamp, incidentally) with such poor sourcing? Not just the tabloid articles, which seem to provide the major source of information for what's in the article, but also a blog and direct links to the iTunes store. I'm sorry, but this article clearly fails DYK, and should really be submitted for a second GA review. Dahn (talk) 10:20, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Bring that up with Cartoon network freak who is the one responsible for the GA nom and improvements. I am here for the DYK. I do not share your comcerns for the sources. But I can surely bring another hook.BabbaQ (talk) 11:46, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Please see WP:DYKRULES, which specifically instructs that articles can only be considered if they're up to minimal standards, including on sourcing. We don't separate the issues. Dahn (talk) 13:38, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
- Additionally, it appears that the QPQ was absolutely perfunctory, which only adds to the nom's problems. Dahn (talk) 16:11, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
- If anything, I'd take this to GA review for some instances of confusing phrasing and poor structure (section layout). Perhaps the DYK can go on hold whilst issues are addressed. Kingsif (talk) 16:05, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- GA review here, for those interested. Kingsif (talk) 17:38, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
- This nomination is on hold while the GA reassessment is ongoing. If the reassessment closes with the GA status left intact, then the review will resume; if it is delisted, then the nomination will be closed as unsuccessful. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:08, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Dahn, BlueMoonset, and Cartoon network freak: GA review done; with improvements, it is kept as a GA. DYK review can resume. Kingsif (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, Kingsif. Whoever continues the review should note that a different QPQ has been submitted now for this nomination. If Dahn isn't interested in doing so, I can call for a new reviewer. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:37, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Dahn, BlueMoonset, and Cartoon network freak: GA review done; with improvements, it is kept as a GA. DYK review can resume. Kingsif (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Massive improvements on the article, and QPQ submission noted. However, ALT 0 and ALT 1 still have issues; ALT 2 is passable, but also not really interesting -- hasn't Justin Bieber, and since him one in three singers, already achieved fame for doing the same thing? Dahn (talk) 21:19, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Maybe there could be a way to expand ALT2? Like perhaps it could be mentioned that she was already composing music for other artists even before her being discovered. I actually think ALT0 and ALT1 are interesting, but they might be a bit too BLP-ish and in any case are probably too vague. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- I still think they're generic stuff that could describe any artist today. TBT, the only eye-catching thing that I can think of in the article is that she emigrated to Canada, then returned to Romania -- a quite unusual a feat. But I note that this tidbit is also reliant on a tabloid source. Dahn (talk) 08:25, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT3 ... that Ester Peony (pictured), who was Romania's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, spent part of her early life in Canada?
- @Dahn, BabbaQ, Cartoon network freak, Kingsif, and BlueMoonset: Is this okay? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:44, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- I still think they're generic stuff that could describe any artist today. TBT, the only eye-catching thing that I can think of in the article is that she emigrated to Canada, then returned to Romania -- a quite unusual a feat. But I note that this tidbit is also reliant on a tabloid source. Dahn (talk) 08:25, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Maybe there could be a way to expand ALT2? Like perhaps it could be mentioned that she was already composing music for other artists even before her being discovered. I actually think ALT0 and ALT1 are interesting, but they might be a bit too BLP-ish and in any case are probably too vague. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Oh, thank you for your assistance. It looks good to me. Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 11:39, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- If others approve of a hook based on a tabloid, I will have no objection. You can alternatively find another reference to add it for that fact and others it may support (not removing Libertatea, but solidifying details that are currently only based on it.) Dahn (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- As for the Canada part, her profile on the official Eurovision website also discusses it a bit, so I guess if there are concerns about the tabloid source we can use this instead. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 7
Britten's Purcell Realizations
... that Benjamin Britten's realized songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano beginning in 1945 when Purcell's 250th anniversary of death was remembered?Sources: [9]
- Reviewed:
to comeBronx–Whitestone Bridge
- Reviewed:
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 19:01, 14 August 2019 (UTC).
- This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ is needed and the hook needs to be rewritten because it is currently ungrammatical. It might be better not to pipe the link. Ping me when you are ready for me to complete the review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:46, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- Pleae let me know more precisely what the problem is. I tried to avoid to say "in Britten's Purcell Realizations", Benjamin Britten realized works by Henry Purcell", to avoid repetition, and because the two are the best-known English compoers, and whoever will not recognize the names, will probably not care about any of the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:04, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- The hook has no main verb. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:54, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- The verb is "realized". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:59, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- No, "realized songs" is (or acts as) a noun for the possessive "Britten's". The hook does need a rewrite; at a bare minimum (though I recommend a more extensive recasting) "were written" should be added after "for voice and piano". BlueMoonset (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry about the mistaken possessive.
- ALT1: ... that Benjamin Britten realized several songs by Henry Purcell for piano beginning in 1945 when Purcell's 250th anniversary of death was remembered?
- "was written for voice and piano" is wrong, becaue the vocal part was written by Purcell, and Britten only "realized" the figured bass (which in Purcell' time would have been played by a continuo group) for piano. I may need help with the wording. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. ALT1 looks good, though I think "commemorated" is better than "remembered", but we still need a QPQ. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- I've copyedited the article. Although this are called "realizations", they seem to be as much arrangements as realizations: as the article makes clear, Britten goes well beyond the figured bass. I also think that most people are going to be confused by "realized" in the context of the hook, being unaware of the specific musical meaning. Suggesting the following recasting of the hook (note that I specified voice and piano because song arrangements are made for piano minus the words but including the vocal melodic line):
- ALT2: ... that Benjamin Britten arranged many songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Purcell's death in 1945? —BlueMoonset (talk) 07:36, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- (ec) Thank you for the better word:
- ALT3: ... that Benjamin Britten realized several songs by Henry Purcell for piano beginning in 1945 when Purcell's 250th anniversary of death was commemorated?
- BlueMoonset, thanks for the article work. Knowing ERRORS, some were written later, so not "to commemorate". Also I do think we need to explain the title if we don't use its wording.
- ALT4: ... that in his Purcell Realizations, Benjamin Britten arranged the accompaniment of songs by Henry Purcell for piano, beginning in 1945 when his 250th anniversary of death was commemorated? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- I am reviewing Ernst Dammann. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:31, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- Changing the second ALT3 to be ALT4, to avoid potential confusion. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:13, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2 is the best and most understandable of the new hooks, but to accommodate Gerda's point, we could have ALT2a -
- Changing the second ALT3 to be ALT4, to avoid potential confusion. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:13, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- I've copyedited the article. Although this are called "realizations", they seem to be as much arrangements as realizations: as the article makes clear, Britten goes well beyond the figured bass. I also think that most people are going to be confused by "realized" in the context of the hook, being unaware of the specific musical meaning. Suggesting the following recasting of the hook (note that I specified voice and piano because song arrangements are made for piano minus the words but including the vocal melodic line):
- Thank you. ALT1 looks good, though I think "commemorated" is better than "remembered", but we still need a QPQ. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- No, "realized songs" is (or acts as) a noun for the possessive "Britten's". The hook does need a rewrite; at a bare minimum (though I recommend a more extensive recasting) "were written" should be added after "for voice and piano". BlueMoonset (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- The verb is "realized". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:59, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- The hook has no main verb. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:54, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
- Pleae let me know more precisely what the problem is. I tried to avoid to say "in Britten's Purcell Realizations", Benjamin Britten realized works by Henry Purcell", to avoid repetition, and because the two are the best-known English compoers, and whoever will not recognize the names, will probably not care about any of the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:04, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2a: ... that in 1945, Benjamin Britten started arranging songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Purcell's death? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:49, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Do you really think we should not mention the word "Realization" if it's in the title? Or alternatively mention the title? "arrange" just doesn't mean the same, at least for me. Having said that, I can live with ALT2a - always nice to have a long bold string - but am afraid it's misleading. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I think its OK, because the word "realizations" in this context is unfamiliar, and few people will know what it means. However, if you want to suggest a different hook, please go ahead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Just butting in here - I also think that ALT2a works well. I would not know what "realising" means in this context, but arranging, yes. Then, if I am interested in Britten and Purcell, I will click on the article and learn about realising (and about figured bass, to which I have just added a link, as I am a musical ignoramus). RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:36, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- PS I meant to say, the information about the figured bass in Purcell's time, that it would have been played by a continuo group, is interesting, and it's not in this article or Henry Purcell. I think it would add to the understanding of what both composers did to include it in this article. It is in the Figured bass article, but it would be more accessible if included in this, I think. As I said, I am a musical ignoramus, so many things that are obvious to those who are knowledgeable about music of this period are new to me! RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:42, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I hesitate because it's basically true for all pieces of Baroque music, Handel operas, Bach cantatas, you name it, - should we really insert it in all? We don't even for FAs, so far. It seems a bit like saying every time when symphony orchestra is mentioned that it contains a string section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- It makes sense not to, then. And with a link to Figured bass (I hope that's OK), there is information available anyway. RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I hesitate because it's basically true for all pieces of Baroque music, Handel operas, Bach cantatas, you name it, - should we really insert it in all? We don't even for FAs, so far. It seems a bit like saying every time when symphony orchestra is mentioned that it contains a string section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- Well, I think its OK, because the word "realizations" in this context is unfamiliar, and few people will know what it means. However, if you want to suggest a different hook, please go ahead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:17, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Do you really think we should not mention the word "Realization" if it's in the title? Or alternatively mention the title? "arrange" just doesn't mean the same, at least for me. Having said that, I can live with ALT2a - always nice to have a long bold string - but am afraid it's misleading. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:00, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- ALT4a: ... that in his Purcell Realizations, Benjamin Britten arranged songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano, as a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Purcell's death?
- What do you think, Gerda Arendt? RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:18, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for the offer. Being picke - sorry:
- I don't understand Purcell Realizations as I title, so just Purcell Realizations.
- "songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano" sounds like Purcell wrote them for voice and piano (while the key point is that the piano wasn't even invented when he wrote them.
- I miss a year, afraid that without being told when the 250th ... was, our general readers will have no idea.
- I also envision ERRORS to point out that only some Britten's realizations were "to commemorate", while others were written later.
- Do you want to try harder? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, since you used Purcell Realizations (bold italic) in your own ALT4, it is odd to see you objecting to its use for ALT4a, a modified version of your own proposal. It looks fine to me; the Hyperion CD set uses Purcell Realizations as a title. I read the "arranged" section as "arranged ... for voice and piano" much like your original hook's
realized songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano
, but if it is, on further reflection, overly ambiguous, perhaps "arranged figured bass songs" will solve that, and "in part to commemorate the 250th anniversary" to address the final issue. Updating ALT4a; resulting hook is 189 characters:- ALT4b: ... that in his Purcell Realizations, Benjamin Britten arranged figured bass songs by Henry Purcell for voice and piano, in part to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Purcell's death in 1945? —BlueMoonset (talk) 23:33, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, since you used Purcell Realizations (bold italic) in your own ALT4, it is odd to see you objecting to its use for ALT4a, a modified version of your own proposal. It looks fine to me; the Hyperion CD set uses Purcell Realizations as a title. I read the "arranged" section as "arranged ... for voice and piano" much like your original hook's
- Thank you for the offer. Being picke - sorry:
- BlueMoonset, you note well how torn I am whether it's a title, which made he seek refuge in a pipe link. It's not a title that Britten gave this collection, only one of several ways of a description. I like your ALT4 best so far, and could live with it, including the italics, but while songs is general, figured bass songs is limited (+ I never heard the term, but that could be just me), and it would for my understanding not imply the many melodies (arias and a few duets) from the stage works. Any way to suggest better than "in part" that the anniversary gave the idea? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- ps: reading ALT1 again, I believe that solved some problems. Why not let people find out what "realize" means? - It's DYK, after all. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:20, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 9
Suli Lake, Dabiele Lake, Xiaobiele Lake
- ... that the Qarhan Playa's Bieletan Subbasin (pictured)—including the Suli, S. Suli, Dabiele, and Xiaobiele salt lakes—is China's largest source of brine lithium? [Source: "Lithium is also richly reserved in the brines of six salt lakes with a total of 15.2×10⁶ t in LiCl (Zhang, 2000), which accounts for about 80% of the total brine lithium found in China..." (p. 171); "Bieletan (BLT)... Lithium reserves of brine deposit in LiCl×10³ t... 7740" (p. 172); see also "the total lithium reserves in the brine deposit of the BLT exceeds the sum total of the reserves in the DT, XT and YLP" (p. 181) and, for the extent of the BLT subbasin and lakes included, see p. 177—Yu & al., "Geomorphic, Hydroclimatic, and Hydrothermal Controls on the Formation of Lithium Brine Deposits in the Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibetan Plateau, China" (PDF), Ore Geology Reviews, No. 50.]
- Reviewed:
Will do.Donald Dean Jackson, Hai-Quan Mao; Claude Batchelor - Comment:
A) Kindly don't add other links to the hook. We're here to promote newly created/improved articles and people curious about other topics can click through to find them and maybe learn something about what we've been working on.
B) I've included a link to the S. Suli Lake since it is a new article to get some eyeballs & improvement for but it is not formally part of this DYK review and wouldn't pass. It's still too short with some details drawn from the non-RS Baidu Baike (China's knockoff of Wikipedia) because—as far as Google knows—this lake has literally not been separately discussed in the English language before this Wikipedia article at all. The lake, its affluent river, and its position in the DBT subbasin, however, are (inter alia) visible in the US Army map here; in the satellite images in Yu & al.; and in the Qarhan Playa map on p. 2 of this pdf. We could remove it from the hook, but I don't think that's called for by the rules and it'd be less complete and get fewer potential editors over to see it and help improve it from other Chinese sources.
C) Yu & al. don't explicitly call out the BLT using this hook's exact phrasing, but this is a hookier version of what they're saying. To show the math: 6 areas have 15.2×10⁶ t of LiCl which are ≈80% of the reserves; BLT's reserve makes up ≈51% of that and is thus larger than any of the other 5; all the remaining reserves ≈3.8×10⁶ and thus even if they were a single deposit (implicitly but not explicitly denied) they'd still be smaller than the BLT deposit.
- Reviewed:
Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 07:20, 15 August 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:10, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- All articles are long enough and new enough (created August 9).-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:47, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Above you cite Zhang, pp. 171, 172 and 181, but each article has a Zheng source in foreign alphabet. What is what?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:49, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
- LlywelynII-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- TonyTheTiger, nothing is preventing you from continuing with the rest of your review while you wait to hear back on this one issue. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:57, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- LlywelynII-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- Above you cite Zhang, pp. 171, 172 and 181, but each article has a Zheng source in foreign alphabet. What is what?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:49, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 12
New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship (conference)
- ... that French higher education minister Frédérique Vidal criticized the role of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance in the antisemitic disruption of an academic conference in Paris? ...source: Le Figaro. Quote: "Le gouvernement français a demandé aujourd'hui aux autorités polonaises de se distancer publiquement des perturbations "hautement regrettables" et "aux relents antisémites", qui ont eu lieu lors d'un colloque à Paris consacré à l'histoire de la Shoah en Pologne. Dans un courrier adressé à Jaroslaw Gowin, ministre des Sciences et de l'Enseignement supérieur, la ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur Frédérique Vidal indique qu'un colloque .... "Cette série de graves perturbations a pu apparaître comme étant appuyés par des représentants de l'Etat polonais", regrette la ministre. Un représentant de l'Institut pour la mémoire nationale (IPN) était en effet "présent et s'y est exprimé sans condamner les agissements en cours". L'IPN a en revanche "critiqué la conférence sur les réseaux sociaux" et l'Ambassade de Pologne à Paris "a relayé les messages de l'IPN sur son compte Twitter, ce qui ne peut apparaître que (...) comme une immixtion inacceptable dans un débat scientifique", ajoute Mme Vidal dans sa lettre. "Compte tenu de ces incidents inacceptables et du grand émoi qu'ils suscitent dans la communauté universitaire française, une expression claire de votre part visant à distancier le gouvernement polonais de ces perturbations hautement regrettables me semblerait de nature à faire revenir l'apaisement", indique-t-elle encore.
Created by Icewhiz (talk) and François Robere (talk). Nominated by Icewhiz (talk) at 08:40, 18 August 2019 (UTC).
- Date, size, copyvio, all good. Neutrality, however, sigh. Article is not stable (tags, some edit warring, ongoing talk discussions). Hook is not neutral, either. There is some discussion of the notability of the subject, through I don't think this has been to AfD (yet). And the parties are subject to ongoing ArbCom. At the very least I'd freeze this until after the ArbCom is resolved and dust settles. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:28, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: - please let someone else, who is neutral in this topic area and hasn't been involved with the article, review. There is a tag on the article - yes - that should be resolved (at the present there is a tag, but no clear objection to what is non-neutral). The hook is perfectly neutral - this is a mainstream source (Le Figaro - and the same is all of the mainstream French Press) reporting directly on the statement of Vidal. the statement is clearly attributed in the hook. Icewhiz (talk) 11:33, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- You are welcome to ask for another reviewer, but I see nor reason to withdrew mine. Unless you can tell me which policies it may violate? It is quite normal for people interested in a topic area to review topics in it. I have never suggested that you should not comment on my DYKs, through you commented on a number in the past. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:38, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- You are involved (Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewing guide, Wikipedia:Closing discussions) in the article, and have been prior to the review - and as such you clearly shouldn't be reviewing. Your comment on ARBCOM is irrelevant (and mixes conduct with content discussions - see Wikipedia:Casting aspersions) to the topic on hand (content of this article and this hook), your comment on the hook is not policy based nor does it have a rationale (An attributed statement is by definition neutral, and Le Figaro is a reputable sources for such a statement (+around 5 other mainstream sources reporting the same)). Your comment on tags presently in the article is factual, and yes this is a dispute that should be resolved. Icewhiz (talk) 11:47, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- I have never edited that article (prior to doing this review, and I only did some minor c/e edits few minutes ago), so do tell me how am I involved? I'd suggest that attacking a reviewer who gives you something besides a positive endorsement is not the best strategy to get your DYKs accepted. How about you try to fix the issues I noted, starting with the hook neutrality? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:55, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- Beyond your involvement in the topic area (see -
" the closing editor may have become inextricably involved through previous experience in the conflict area"
in Wikipedia:Closing discussions), you've made this edit - 14:53, 13 August 2019 which clearly makes you invovled on the article level (I'll note - the article moved to a new title following your comment). You should strike your tick above. As for the hook - you didn't actually point out anything wrong with it beyond voicing your personal dislike. If you have a specific issue with the hook - please raise it ("Hook is not neutral"
is close to useless without properly identifying what is non-neutral, based on Wikipedia policy, in the hook) - and I'll be happy to address it. Icewhiz (talk) 12:02, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- I fail to see how a single comment on a talk page disqualifies someone from the review. But I agree, let's focus on the article. And you are right, it may not be obviously apparent to a neutral editor what the problem is here, outside, of course, the issues of notability and lack of stability. So: criticism of IPN is controversial, and possibly undue. It is neither the main issue in the article, nor is it neutral. Please propose a hook that isn't an attempt to discredit IPN smuggled onto the Wikipedia's Main Page in the form of a DYK. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:08, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- You are deeply involved - strike your tick please. The disruption of the conference caused an international incident. Vidal's comments, which are inline with academic WP:RS coverage of the IPN (e.g. in this recent academic book chapter), are a major component of this international incident - and is definitely DUE. I will also note that Vidal's comments are backed up by coverage of this event by NEWSORGs in multiple countries (the sole possible exception being far-right and right-wing press in Poland- sources of little weight). And all this being said - this is an attributed statement, by a major government figure (of the country hosting the conference). That some editors may WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT criticism of the IPN does note make such criticism, when properly sourced, "controversial". It actually probably would've been possible to have an unattributed critical hook of the IPN (as basically all RSes are covering this in the same manner) - an attributed hook shouldn't be a problem at all. Are you contesting Vidal's statement? Is the hook misrepresenting Vidal is some manner? Icewhiz (talk) 13:43, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- I'll ping User:BlueMoonset re: my eligibility to review this. Through I'll add that I never mind having a co-reviewer or reviewers, the more the merrier. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:51, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- Beyond your involvement in the topic area (see -
- Please note that I have proposed to merge this with Polish Center for Holocaust Research as New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship has zero results on google search.MyMoloboaccount (talk) 23:15, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
- The French minister has been answered by the Polish one - solve French antisemitism - and lost her colonial zeal.Xx236 (talk) 08:52, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- This nomination and the nominated page are parts of revisionistic project by Icewhiz and FR. They transfer responsibility for the Holocaust from Nazi Germany to Polish people. They use also subjects not related to the Holocaust like Islam. Any subject is good to dehumnaize Polish people. This Wikipedia is misused. It's your problem. Xx236 (talk) 09:08, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- I suggest you strike that comment per WP:NPA, WP:ASPERSIONS and WP:LIBEL. François Robere (talk) 13:12, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
This nomination is on hold until the merger discussion is closed by an independent editor, preferably an admin, and until the neutrality template on the article is no longer an issue. It might also be wise, given the notability comments, to get a determination at AfD to settle whether the subject is indeed notable while this waits for the other issues. Presumably, by the time the merger discussion has concluded, the article's lack of stability will also have been addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- Minor disambiguation point: Vidal is the Minister of Higher Education (l'enseignement supérieur). She reports to Jean-Michel Blanquier, who is the Education Minister. 🌿 SashiRolls t · c 20:31, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- @SashiRolls: Thansk! Added higher to hook. I'll note that I've frequently commented at various fora that the length one's job title (particularly in a political context) is inversely related to the relative importance of the position at that level (the shorter a minister/secretary's job-title post is - he's likely to be more senior). Refrained from adding "Higher Education, Research and Innovation" as that is way too many chars and it seems this gets shortened to "higher education". Icewhiz (talk) 11:06, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, House church (Russia)
- ... that the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (pictured), which houses Our Lady of Vladimir, is both a house church and a museum? Source: Pretty much the whole article
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nanhaipotamon
- Comment: Because this church has made me temporarily insane, I am going to attempt to get Our Lady of Vladimir up to GA standards to make this a triple nomination (hence the qpq for my last two exempt nominations). I ask for patience in this task for the mere fact it is my birthday today,(in two hours my time) and this will be my first GAN as well.
Moved to mainspace by MJL (talk). Self-nominated at 02:02, 13 August 2019 (UTC).
- This article is new enough and long enough. The image is appropriately licensed, the hook facts are mostly cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. Could you add and cite a sentence more explicitly stating that the church is being used as a museum, perhaps in the "Recent usage" section. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: I'm still waiting on Johnbod to finish the GAN for Our Lady of Vladimir. He has been made aware of this Did You Know nomination but has yet to give it a pass/fail as it has not been fully reviewed. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 13:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- I suggest you just get on with dealing with the points raised. As usual you seem to prefer raising meta-worries to actually dealing with review points. Johnbod (talk) 17:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Judging by my comments above, I think I was not aware that this was a 2 article hook. You will need to do a second QPQ, and a third one as well if/when you add Our Lady of Vladimir to the nomination. Give me a ping when you are ready and I will review all two/three articles. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset and Cwmhiraeth: Hey, sorry if it looked like I was ignoring this (John seemed to not appreciate my last comment). This is actually only my fourth DYK nom. One, two, and three. For some reason I burned two DYK credits when I didn't have to, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I like reviewing things. The QPQ provided is for the third article. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 03:03, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Judging by my comments above, I think I was not aware that this was a 2 article hook. You will need to do a second QPQ, and a third one as well if/when you add Our Lady of Vladimir to the nomination. Give me a ping when you are ready and I will review all two/three articles. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- I suggest you just get on with dealing with the points raised. As usual you seem to prefer raising meta-worries to actually dealing with review points. Johnbod (talk) 17:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- This article is new enough and long enough. The image is appropriately licensed, the hook facts are mostly cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. Could you add and cite a sentence more explicitly stating that the church is being used as a museum, perhaps in the "Recent usage" section. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 14
Coat of arms of Sevastopol
- ... that Sevastopol went without an official coat of arms for fifty-two years from 1917 to 1969?
- Source: "С 1893 года до Октябрьской революции существовал герб с изображением грифона." (Roughly translates to: "From 1893 until the October Revolution there was a coat of arms depicting a griffin."
- Source: "После Октябрьского военного переворота 1917 года монархический герб Севастополя утратил силу, и город спокойно жил без главного символа вплоть до 12 февраля 1969 года, когда был утвержден новый герб..." (Roughly translates to: "After the October military coup of 1917, the monarchical coat of arms of Sevastopol lost its strength, and the city lived quietly without a main symbol until February 12, 1969, when a new coat of arms was approved..."
- ALT1:... that due to a legal technicality, Sevastopol had two official coats of arms from 1993 to 2000?
- Source: "Члены жюри сочли правильным возродить первый герб города 1893 года, без изменений, и 12 июля 1994 года сессия горсовета приняла такое решение. Однако, принимая решение в 1994 году, депутаты не отменили решение сессии, принятое в 1969 году. С этого момента, благодаря законодательной казуистике, в жизни города начался период «двоегербия»." (Roughly translates to: "The jury found it right to revive the first coat of arms of the city in 1893, unchanged, and on July 12, 1994, a session of the City Council made such a decision. However, making a decision in 1994, the deputies did not cancel the decision of the session, adopted in 1969. From this moment, thanks to legislative casuistry, in the life of the city the period of “double-blindness” began."
Created by Toreightyone (talk). Self-nominated at 02:00, 15 August 2019 (UTC).
- This is only a drive-by comment for now as I'm not currently comfortable reviewing this nomination due to its political subject, but I would have to note that the second paragraph of the "Design" section lacks a reference. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:35, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
- Added, Thanks, Toreightyone (talk) 15:13, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
- Full review needed now that reference has been added. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:32, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Drive-by suggestion to combine the hooks, something like: ALT2: ... that Sevastopol had no official coat of arms from 1917 until 1969, but two official coats of arms from 1993 until 2000? – Levivich 01:18, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- That works for me! Thanks, Toreightyone (talk) 19:09, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
@Toreightyone: I have been reading this article, thinking about reviewing the nomination. One thing strikes me as a potential issue with NPOV. The article is titled "Coat of arms of Sevastopol", and the info box is headed "Coat of arms of Sevastopol". It shows the Soviet era design, with two versions of it. The royal coat of arms is shown below in the History section. I think it would be more neutral to have the article title and, especially, the info box header as "Coats of arms of Sevastopol", showing both the Soviet era design and the royal coat of arms (if that's possible for a coat of arms info box - otherwise, two info boxes). The versions could be placed below in suitable sections. Also, the info box should show the date that the Soviet era design was disallowed, as well as the date it was approved. And in the article, I think "current design" should be avoided, and "Soviet era design" and "royal coat of arms" or "royal design" used instead. I'd also suggest not starting with Design and Usage sections, but rather with History, describing within that the design and usages of the royal coat of arms, then the Soviet era coat of arms, then the post-annexation controversy. This is not something I know anything about (coats of arms, or Crimean history), but I offer these suggestions that I think would make the article more neutral. RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Babak (Sasanian officer)
- ... that after establishing the reformed army of the empire, the Persian officer Babak asked King Khosrow I to wear his armor and participate in the military parade like all the other warriors? Source: "but he would send them back and have them come the next day until “everyone,” meaning King Ḵosrow, would also present himself, properly dressed and fully armed; otherwise he would not be given his annual sum." [10]
5x expanded by ZxxZxxZ (talk). Self-nominated at 19:37, 14 August 2019 (UTC).
- This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ needs to be done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:38, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: The QPQ check shows that the nominator only had one prior nomination. SL93 (talk) 22:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- @ZxxZxxZ: Looking at the nominator's talk page, the tool is wrong. Sorry, Cwmhiraeth. SL93 (talk) 22:55, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on August 15
Eagle Woman
... that the Sioux's first and only female chief, Eagle Woman, was called "the most noted Indian woman of all the western Indian nations", aside from Sacagawea? Source: 1ALT1:... that the Sioux's first and only female chief, Eagle Woman, helped her people adapt after they were forced onto reservations? Source: "When the Sioux War ended in the early 1880s, Eagle Woman again played an instrumental role in easing the transition to reservation living for her people." 1- ALT2:... that Eagle Woman, the first woman to become a chief among the Sioux, helped her people adapt after they were forced onto reservations? Source: "When the Sioux War ended in the early 1880s, Eagle Woman again played an instrumental role in easing the transition to reservation living for her people." 1 "Because these tribes were giving up their way of life, Mrs. Galpin adopted a new mission: “to help the Sioux to learn and to adapt.”" 2
- ALT3:... that Eagle Woman, the first woman to become a chief among the Sioux, was called "the most noted Indian woman of all the western Indian nations", aside from Sacagawea? Source: 1
- Reviewed: (in progress)
- Comment: I think this article should be reviewed by someone who knows the right words for native/indigenous issues before DYK goes through. Also not sure about the hooks.
Created by Originalmess (talk). Self-nominated at 18:42, 21 August 2019 (UTC).
- General eligiblity:
- New Enough:
- Long Enough:
- Other problems:
Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- Neutral: - ? I agree that a culturally-sensitive review is desirable before release.
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Hook eligiblity:
- Cited: - Issues for ALT and ALT1: "first and only female chief" - the source states "the only woman to become a chief of the Sioux" but dates to 1986, so it is possible someone else has become a female chief since then. "first" would be acceptable based on the source cited. Issues for ALT: "the most noted Indian woman of all the western Indian nations" - the source refers to her as "Matilda Parkin", which appears to be the same person as "Matilda Galpin" and "Eagle Woman", but this "Matilda Parkin" naming of her is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article. 3) inconsistent spellings of "Sacagawea" (Wiki link name), "Sacajawea" (DYK nom) and "Sakakawea" (Eagle Woman article, source cited): use Sakakawea in article & DYK to resolve. Further review of ALT1: "adapt" is supported by the cited source.
- Interesting:
QPQ: - ?
Overall: Created on August 15, nominated August 21, 2019; Earwig does not report significant copyvios. QPQ pending. I agree that a culturally-sensitive review is desirable before release. Hooks need work. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- I think the phrase "chief of the Sioux" might be misunderstood to mean leadership over all the Sioux, but I'm not sure what a good alternative phrasing would be. Kim Post (talk) 14:00, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- I've rephrased the sentence to read "the first woman to become a chief among the Sioux" to address this. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:22, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry about the late response, I should be free enough to do more editing/look for someone to do a culturally sensitive review a bit later tonight. Thanks for the rephrasing, that's definitely clearer for readers who don't know the Sioux had/have multiple chiefs at once. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 18:47, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Added new hooks using Mary Mark Ockerbloom's phrasing. Does it sound hookier starting with "first woman" or with "Eagle Woman"? originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 19:36, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 17
Cebu City Council
- ... that the Cebu City Council sits at the Cebu City Hall and convenes its session in the Dona Eva Macaraeg-Macapagal Session Hall of the Cebu City Legislative Building (CCLB)? Source: "GMA inaugurates legislative building". The Freeman. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
- ALT1:... that Cebu City's two councilor districts elects eight councilors to the Cebu City Council? Source: Congress of the Philippines (6 November 1987). "Republic Act No. 6636 - An Act resetting the local elections from November 9, 1987 to January 18, 1988, amending for this purpose Executive Order numbered two hundred and seventy". The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ALT2:... that the first ordinance passed by the Cebu City Council is the regulation of establishment and maintenance of cockpits in the City of Cebu becoming the first cockpit ordinance in the Philippines? Source: Clarence Paul Oaminal (2016-10-05). "The Dela Victoria's cockpit ordinance". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ALT3:... that the Cebu City Council was left with 3 members on May 17, 2016 after 12 of its members together with the Mayor and Vice Mayor were suspended and 2 of its members were appointed as Acting Mayor and Acting Vice Mayor? Source: "Suspension order served vs Cebu mayor, 13 others". ABS-CBN News. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ALT4:... that the Cebu City Council convenes its session in the Dona Eva Macaraeg-Macapagal Session Hall named after Eva Macaraeg-Macapagal, the mother of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Source: "PGMA inaugurates Cebu City's new session hall named after her late mother Doña Eva". Philippine Information Agency. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
Created by Emperork (talk). Self-nominated at 13:15, 24 August 2019 (UTC).
- Emperork, welcome back to DYK! As best I can tell, this is your third submission, the last two having been in late 2006, nearly thirteen years ago. Things have changed a bit since you were last here.
- Nominations need to be made within seven days of an article's creation or fivefold expansion. You created the article back on July 3, over seven weeks ago, so it can't count as a new creation. Seven days takes us back to August 17; it was 1793 prose characters immediately prior to the expansion that started that day, so a 5x expansion would require 8965 prose characters; the article is currently 5966 prose characters, or 2999 short of a 5x expansion.
- In addition, neither of the hooks you have proposed are sufficiently interesting per the DYK rules, which require
a definite fact that is mentioned in the article and interesting to a broad audience.
- Since it has been so long since you participated here at DYK, I think we can allow some leniency: prior to some additions on August 14, ten days before the nomination, the article was 1614 prose characters, which would require an expansion to 8070 prose characters only, or an additional 2104 (rather than 2999). I don't know whether that would be feasible, however.
- Another change since your last DYK submission is that we now accept newly approved Good Articles, and I see that you've just nominated the article to be one. Should this nomination not succeed, but your GA nomination ultimately does, just nominate the new GA here within seven days; there are no expansion requirements for GAs.
- Please let me know if you have any questions, and how you would like to proceed. Thanks again for submitting to DYK. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:35, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- I would also have to note that some paragraphs don't have a reference, such as in the membership section. As a Filipino myself, I don't think any of the hooks would appeal to those unfamiliar with Philippine politics, so a new hook is likely needed. I tried thinking of some but none come to mind right now; I'll comment back if I think of anything. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:22, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2, with some tweaking, might be interesting, as cock fighting is illegal in many parts of the world, so it's not something that councils in the UK, US or Australia, for example, would pass ordinances about. RebeccaGreen (talk)
- ALT2a: ... that a 1945 ordinance by the Cebu City Council was the first such legislation to regulate cockfighting venues in the Philippines?
- There's probably a better wording to use than "cockfighting venues" (I'd use cockpits, but that language might not be clear to those unfamiliar with cockfighting). I'd also strongly recommend that this go through WP:GOCE/R too as I think the article's wording still needs a lot of work. Any thoughts on these @RebeccaGreen:? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 21:53, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Emperork: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 21:54, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- The alternative ALT2 wording seems fine with me. - Emperork (talk) 14:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Pinging RebeccaGreen to give this another look. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:17, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, Emperork: ALT2a wording seems fine to me. I agree that the meaning of "cockpits" in this context would not be clear to many readers. As this article hasn't been reviewed apart from consideration of its newness and length, it needs a full review, but if a WP:GOCE/R hasn't been requested yet, I guess that should happen first. RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:13, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Pinging RebeccaGreen to give this another look. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:17, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- The alternative ALT2 wording seems fine with me. - Emperork (talk) 14:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Emperork: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 21:54, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
John McLean (explorer)
- ... that, despite what the historical marker says, John McLean (pictured) was not the first white man to cross Labrador?
- ALT1:... that Scoto-Canadian author John McLean (pictured) considered the War of 1812 an act of unprovoked American aggression but complimented American English as "elegance itself"?
- ALT2:... that explorer and fur trader John McLean (pictured) was secretly Viator, the writer sometimes credited with saving the western half of Canada from American annexation?
- ALT3:... that John McLean (pictured) was the first European to find Canada's Churchill Falls?
- ALT4:... that John McLean (pictured) was the first European to find Canada's Churchill Falls, an accomplishment that posthumously became less impressive when a hydro project diverted almost all its water?
- ALT5:... that, after his monopolist employer repeatedly passed him over for promotion, ruined his health, and refused him a pension, John McLean (pictured) spent his retirement starting a conservative newspaper?
- ALT6:... that Scottish-Canadian grocer John McLean (pictured) was forced to admit that dog was "food for the gods"?
- ALT7:... that Canadian trapper and author John McLean (pictured) felt that the Hudson's Bay Company owed its success to the Quebecker Northwesters?
- ALT8:... that, expecting "to fare like a dog" in British Columbia, John McLean (pictured) found instead that it was the most beautiful place he'd seen in Canada?
- ALT9:... that trapper, trader, and explorer John McLean (pictured) took his first vacation in 20 years to visit his mother in Scotland?
- ALT10:... that John McLean (pictured) was "a person of intelligence and information beyond what one might expect from a man who has all his life been scraping beaver skins together"?
- ALT11:... that John McLean (pictured) is sometimes credited with having saved western Canada from American annexation?
- Reviewed:
Will do.Zhai Xiangjun - Comment: Don't worry. You only need to review the hook most interesting to you. There's a lot to this guy/article, so if you prefer other hooks instead (his first wife the Métis or his second and the bank robber etc.), I can figure it out. Kindly don't add extraneous links to the hooks above. If people want to learn more, they can click through to the article I've worked on, learn some stuff, and move on from there.
- Reviewed:
Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 21:14, 19 August 2019 (UTC).
- This article is about a Scotsman and his work and travels in North America in the 19th century. It makes heavy use of the subject's memoirs, and some quotations and information from them are unnecessarily long or unnecessary altogether. The memoir and McLean's other book are listed in the article, but should also be included in the bibliography under References, since they are used as sources. Other 19th- and early 20th-century sources are only used for uncontroversial claims, and are complemented by a good selection of modern sources.
- There is an issue with readability. Some sentences are full of details about travel stops, how long it took to cover a particular distance etc. This flows poorly, and while the info can be fun in a travelogue, it isn't relevant in an encyclopedia unless there is something remarkably about it (if there is, that's not clear in the article). I suggest that some quotations are removed or replaced with very brief summaries, and that less relevant details about specific journeys are removed.
- There are many alternative hooks. ALT5 is just above the 200 character limit. The rest are short enough and interesting. I'll focus on the first one, assuming that's the one the nominator prefers. Bryant (1892), pp. 5–6 makes it clear that McLean was not the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula, although the text in the article comes dangerously close to WP:SYNTH. The text says that it is "sometimes" claimed that McLean was first, but it's sourced with one example in the form of a memory plaque. It would be more accurate to simply say that a plaque claims this, unless it can be replaced with a source that uses "sometimes" or has more examples. It is also slightly spurious to write that McLean "credited Erlandson's earlier trek", when the original claim was about being "the first European to have crossed the entire peninsula". The source neither mentions Erlandson by name nor anything about ethnicity. (The plaque does this, but it's still very close to synthesis). Maybe there is another source that can get around this, otherwise it's probably best to reword the note.
Mike Wallace Is Here
... that the film director Avi Belkin wanted to do an interview with an American journalist, Mike Wallace, which led to creation of Mike Wallace Is Here? Source:[11]- ALT1:
... that the film director Avi Belkin wanted to interview an American journalist, Mike Wallace, after Wallace's death, and that led to creation of an archival documentary Mike Wallace Is Here?
- Reviewed: Josh Yorwerth
Created/expanded by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk). Self-nominated at 11:08, 20 August 2019 (UTC).
- The date and the length of the article are OK, and the article is well sourced. I have a bit of an issue with hookiness of the hook, as currently given. The hook misses the most interesting part, which is that Wallace was already dead when Belkin wanted to interview him. I suggest that you use an alt hook. Something along the lines of: "
... that the film director Avi Belkin wanted to interview an American journalist, Mike Wallace, after Wallace's death, and that led to creation of an archival documentary Mike Wallace Is Here?". In that case the hooked sentence at the start of the Production section of the article would need to be adjusted as well. Nsk92 (talk) 10:12, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA Ok, thanks, I see that you have added an ALT1 hook. The length of ALT1, at 188 characters, is OK. However, the first sentence of Mike Wallace Is Here#Production still needs to be tweaked, to more precisely correspond to ALT1 hook. Perhaps something like "Film director, Avi Belkin wanted to do a interview with American journalist, Mike Wallace, after Wallace's death." Nsk92 (talk) 10:47, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- The date and the length of the article are OK, and the article is well sourced. I have a bit of an issue with hookiness of the hook, as currently given. The hook misses the most interesting part, which is that Wallace was already dead when Belkin wanted to interview him. I suggest that you use an alt hook. Something along the lines of: "
- @Nsk92: i have added to production section. also use
{{re|addusernamehere}}
to notify other users. Thanks.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:11, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Ok, very good, thanks. Everything looks pretty good in the article right now. I'll take another look later today to double-check everything, and if nothing else comes up, I'll approve the nomination.Nsk92 (talk) 12:19, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, Thanks.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Oops, I just noticed that your QPQ is still listed as 'soon'. That will need to be taken care off before the final approval. Nsk92 (talk) 12:27, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: OK, I double-checked the article and the hook, and everything looks good. The only thing missing is the QPQ. Once you have taken care of QPQ, please ping me and I'll formally approve this nomination. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 15:45, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, QPQ has been completed.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:06, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Hmm, I see that Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Yorwerth is still not quite completed since the nominator there has not yet provided their QPQ. My understanding of the DYK rules is that for QPQ purposes the nomination you have reviewed must be either marked with File:Symbol confirmed.svg (or marked as declined if the nomination was declined). Nsk92 (talk) 11:27, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, I have reviewed the nom. However, when the user will add QPQ I will approve the nom. Hmmmmm QPQ rules doesn't state that It needs to be approved or else. Is there something.......___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:33, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: I find the DYK rules on this issue to be confusing and insufficiently detailed. I have just asked for clarification at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#QPQ completion?. Let's see what the others say. Nsk92 (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, far as I am aware that if you add tick, or maybe to a nom that counts as being reviewed. Let's see what other editors think.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:44, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: After a clarification at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#QPQ completion?, I am approving ALT1 hook. (I also saw that you updated your review of Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Yorwerth, using the DYKchecklist template, to indicate that the various required DYK elements have been checked). Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 16:13, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, far as I am aware that if you add tick, or maybe to a nom that counts as being reviewed. Let's see what other editors think.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:44, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: I find the DYK rules on this issue to be confusing and insufficiently detailed. I have just asked for clarification at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#QPQ completion?. Let's see what the others say. Nsk92 (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, I have reviewed the nom. However, when the user will add QPQ I will approve the nom. Hmmmmm QPQ rules doesn't state that It needs to be approved or else. Is there something.......___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:33, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Hmm, I see that Template:Did you know nominations/Josh Yorwerth is still not quite completed since the nominator there has not yet provided their QPQ. My understanding of the DYK rules is that for QPQ purposes the nomination you have reviewed must be either marked with File:Symbol confirmed.svg (or marked as declined if the nomination was declined). Nsk92 (talk) 11:27, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, QPQ has been completed.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:06, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, Thanks.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Ok, very good, thanks. Everything looks pretty good in the article right now. I'll take another look later today to double-check everything, and if nothing else comes up, I'll approve the nomination.Nsk92 (talk) 12:19, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
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Overall: returned for further work Nsk92 (talk) 16:08, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- Returned from prep for a copyedit of the article and a better hook. @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: You are interpreting this too literally: Film director, Avi Belkin wanted to do a interview with American journalist, Mike Wallace, after his death. He did not want to interview a dead person, but to produce a documentary of Mike Wallace. @Nsk92: while you are allowed to help the nomination by proposing new hook wording, per Rule H2 you are not allowed to review your own hook. The article desperately needs a copyedit for English grammar; perhaps WP:GOCE can assist. There are other interesting facts in the article to produce a better hook. Yoninah (talk) 19:54, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Ok, thanks. Not being a native English speaker myself, it is harder for me to spot minor grammar errors. Regarding proceeding further, do you think that I should continue the review? Or is it better to let another reviewer do that? Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92 well, that is going to be a problem for your future reviews. Articles that are featured on the main page need to satisfy all Wikipedia guidelines, including being readable.
- I think we should wait for CAPTAIN MEDUSA to respond here. I'm also thinking that all the sources need to be reviewed to see if CAPTAIN MEDUSA reported them correctly (actually, I would prefer CAPTAIN MEDUSA doing that, since it's his submission). I'll watchlist this page to handle further developments. Yoninah (talk) 20:03, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Ok, thanks. Not being a native English speaker myself, it is harder for me to spot minor grammar errors. Regarding proceeding further, do you think that I should continue the review? Or is it better to let another reviewer do that? Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Article was submitted to GOCE back in August. All the content in the article has been reported correctly.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:39, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 18
Kate Dover, Thomas Skinner (etcher), Crown vs Kate Dover
- ...
that Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by arsenic poisoning? "The poisoning case at Sheffield, sentence on Kate Dover". The Dundee Advertiser. Dundee. 10 February 1882. p. 10 col7. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.ALT1:... that Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by cooking him a roast dinner with arsenic in the stuffing?"The Sheffield poisoning case, trial of Kate Dover". Supplement to the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. Sheffield. 11 February 1882. p. 10 col1. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Reviewed: Thuy Trang, Kirsten Banks and Yola Letellier
- Comment: Moved to mainspace 18 August 2019
Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 15:20, 18 August 2019 (UTC).
- I came here to review the hooks (with a preference for ALT1, as ALT0 is not as eyecatching), but reading through Dover's article, it's almost entirely about the crime and her trial, and only a few short paragraphs about her personal life (in contrast to Skinner's article, which seems to be a lot more thorough on the rest of his life). Could this be addressed? In addition, the section headings "The perpetrator, Kate Dover" and "The victim, Thomas Skinner" among others seem to be non-standard. Could this be addressed? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:28, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the heads up on those problems. I
agree, andhave changed section headings and moved page as you requested. Please let me know if you find any further problems. I have also corrected the link in both ALTs. Storye book (talk) 07:50, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
- I have had a re-think about whether this should be a biography or not, and what a biography of this woman should consist of, and why it should be different from Thomas Skinner's biography. I created the article in response to the Women in Red project, bearing in mind that not all notable women's biographies can consist of lists of worthy achievements. The value of Kate Dover's trial is not ultimately the schadenfreude of seeing the man who hit her get poisoned, or of seeing the poisoner imprisoned for life with hard labour. The value of the trial in this article is the extraordinary view, that the reporters' obsession with Kate Dover gives us, of the complexity of her character, and of the multiple 19th-century social influences which bore on her life. This girl had it all - youth, looks, a surprising standard of literacy for her position at that time, and artistic skill. But at the same time she had clear fatal flaws and disadvantages (one being her perjuring, helicopter mother) - all laid out for us to see in the reportage of her trial. What really worries me is when I look at the article's infobox, which should really be changed to one suitable for the trial (if there is one) or none at all. And will I then have to remove most of Kate's background biographical material because it doesn't fit the new article title. One of the main reasons why historical articles about women are so much in the minority on WP is that in the past women's lives were mostly unreported, unrecorded and therefore not seen by us, so that biographies of men like Skinner appear more valid on WP today, and criminal women fade into nothing until their trial becomes the subject, and not them. The trial gave us an opportunity to see Kate Dover's character clearly. I'm not sure where to go from here, though one thing I'm sure of is that the full details of Kate Dover and her life should be preserved here. 08:48, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by arsenic poisoning, but was not convicted of murder? "The poisoning case at Sheffield, sentence on Kate Dover". The Dundee Advertiser. Dundee. 10 February 1882. p. 10 col7. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ALT3 :... that In 1882 Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by cooking him a roast dinner with arsenic in the stuffing, but was not hanged? "The Sheffield poisoning case, trial of Kate Dover". Supplement to the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. Sheffield. 11 February 1882. p. 10 col1. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive. and "The poisoning case at Sheffield, sentence on Kate Dover". The Dundee Advertiser. Dundee. 10 February 1882. p. 10 col7. Retrieved 13 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Update: I think I have now resolved the above confusion about whether or not the article should be a biography. I have split the two original articles into three - so we now have Kate Dover, Trial of Kate Dover, and Thomas Skinner (etcher). I have struck out the first two hooks because they only contain two of the articles, and replaced them with ALTs 2 and 3. I hope that this is now acceptable. Thank you to those who have advised me - your help was very useful. Storye book (talk) 15:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Storye book: Thanks for all your work reorganizing these; I think the result is a considerable improvement. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:46, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- @ Admin. My apologies for the inconvenience - the template-name will have to be adjusted again, this time for three articles. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 15:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- Note: I have just realised that this is now a triple nom, so it needs a third QPQ. I have added it (see above). Storye book (talk) 11:35, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for the heads up on those problems. I
- Thank you for the edits. Due to limited time, I will be unable to continue reviewing this nomination, so I will leave the rest to Mary Mark Ockerbloom or another editor. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:17, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
- Full review needed from new reviewer. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:01, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Note to new reviewer. The articlesThomas Skinner (etcher), and Crown vs Kate Dover are ready for review. However the Kate Dover article has been the subject of a determined negative focus by a single editor. I am happy to improve the article to WP standards, but it has been impossible to work on the article in mainspace in those circumstances. Therefore I have temporarily userfied a copy of the Kate Dover article so that I can work on it properly. In a week or two I hope to be able to replace the current form of the article with a better one, in a single edit. Please see the article's history and its talk page for further information. I shall post here when Kate Dover is ready for review. Thank you for your patience. Storye book (talk) 08:45, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 22
Erland Erlandson
... that the Hudson's Bay Company recruited the Danish explorer Erland Erlandson from a British prison ship?- ALT1:
... that Canadian historians wonder whether explorer Erland Erlandson robbed his boss's bank? - ALT2:... that Dano-Canadian explorer Erland Erlandson may have robbed a bank but left the money to the Toronto General Hospital?
- ALT3:... that the Danish carpenter Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula because his guides didn't follow his instructions?
- ALT3a:... that, because his guides didn't follow his instructions, the Danish carpenter Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula?
- ALT4:
... that the Hudson's Bay Company promoted Erland Erlandson quickly for being a good servant but balked at making him management because he was Danish?
- ALT1:
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Betty Cantor-Jackson
- Comment: You only need to review the one hook you like best. Kindly avoid adding extraneous links to the hooks; we're here to promote new/improve articles, not to send more traffic to Canadian historiography or HBC, and the curious can click through and learn sth about the article that has been worked on.
Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 20:49, 22 August 2019 (UTC).
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Overall: ALT2 and ALT3/3a approved. Image would be appropriate with ALT3/3a.
I have struck ALT0, ALT1 and ALT4 because they are not fully supported by the article or the sources (ALT0: he was held in a prison ship; he was recruited the following year after the war ended; ALT1: the source does not say who suspected him of robbing a bank; ALT4: the article and source say because he was "a foreigner and raised from the ranks.", not just because he was Danish.)
In ALT2, I have changed "donated" to "left" ("bequeathed" would also be fine), as "donated" suggests to me that he gave it during his life, while 'left' or 'bequeathed' make clear that it was after he died. I'm not sure about "may have robbed a bank" - that is ambiguous, and could mean "he did it, but anyway he gave the money away" or "it's not known if he robbed a bank or not". Maybe that's OK in a hook.
ALT3 is fine - I have changed the order as in ALT3a, so it's clear that he was the first European to cross it, not just the first of the Europeans whose guides didn't obey them ... but perhaps it's better to have the subject upfront. RebeccaGreen (talk) 22:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see him being credited as crossing the Labrador Peninsula in any of the sources. Each source gives a different route that he crossed, but none of them say the Labrador Peninsula. Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Yoninah, they don't specifically say "crossed the Labrador Peninsula", but the Dictionary of Canadian Biography says "The party left Fort Chimo on 6 April 1834 ... On 22 June they reached the western end of tidal Lake Melville (in the area of present-day Goose Bay, Labrador) and Erlandson thus became the first European to travel overland from Hudson Strait to the Atlantic coast." From the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast is south-east across the Labrador Peninsula. The Woman Who Mapped Labrador source says he went from Fort Chimo to the settlement of North West River (which is at the western end of tidal Lake Melville). The North American Exploration source says he went from Fort Chimo to Lake Melville and Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador Coast. This article describes how Erlandson and his guides went from Fort Chimo ... "followed the Whale River to Lakes Petitsikapau and Michikamau ... Passing through a series of small lakes to the Naskaupi and Grand Lake, they reached Goose Bay—the deepest inlet of Esquimaux Bay (now Groswater Bay)—on June 22nd." The hook could of course say "the first to cross from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast" or "the first to cross from Fort Chimo to North West River", but no one is going to know where they are - especially the latter. They are places on different ends of the Labrador Peninsula, so going from one to the other means crossing it. I did not feel that this was WP:SYNTH or WP:OR - they are places on a map. However, if you're not happy with it, perhaps we should ask the nominator for other suggestions? RebeccaGreen (talk) 00:01, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi again Yoninah, a quick google shows that John McLean (explorer) has been mistakenly described as "the first white man to cross the Labrador peninsula from Ungava Bay to Hamilton Inlet" [12], so following that idea, perhaps a tweak like one of these would solve the problem?
- ALT3b: ... that because his guides didn't follow his instructions, the Danish carpenter Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- ALT3c: ... that because his guides misled him, the Danish carpenter Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- - using another way to say "didn't follow his instructions" to make the hook a bit shorter in ALT3c. RebeccaGreen (talk) 01:51, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi again Yoninah, a quick google shows that John McLean (explorer) has been mistakenly described as "the first white man to cross the Labrador peninsula from Ungava Bay to Hamilton Inlet" [12], so following that idea, perhaps a tweak like one of these would solve the problem?
- Hi. Even if you choose not to reconstruct the route or to insist on the word 'Labrador' appearing in a source, which is doable but time consuming, I fail to see why any of that is a reason to hold up the nomination. Ms Green didn't need to check all the hooks but apparently did anyway. Just use the verified ALT2. — LlywelynII 03:54, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- What are you saying? You provided a list of hooks and we are trying to verify them. RebeccaGreen simply wrote down all the sources that I checked. I prefer to use the "guides misled him" hook and will consider Rebecca's alts shortly. Yoninah (talk) 09:27, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- It would be good if another reviewer could check ALT3b and ALT3c, tweaked by me after Yoninah's feedback. RebeccaGreen (talk) 14:51, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Yoninah, they don't specifically say "crossed the Labrador Peninsula", but the Dictionary of Canadian Biography says "The party left Fort Chimo on 6 April 1834 ... On 22 June they reached the western end of tidal Lake Melville (in the area of present-day Goose Bay, Labrador) and Erlandson thus became the first European to travel overland from Hudson Strait to the Atlantic coast." From the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast is south-east across the Labrador Peninsula. The Woman Who Mapped Labrador source says he went from Fort Chimo to the settlement of North West River (which is at the western end of tidal Lake Melville). The North American Exploration source says he went from Fort Chimo to Lake Melville and Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador Coast. This article describes how Erlandson and his guides went from Fort Chimo ... "followed the Whale River to Lakes Petitsikapau and Michikamau ... Passing through a series of small lakes to the Naskaupi and Grand Lake, they reached Goose Bay—the deepest inlet of Esquimaux Bay (now Groswater Bay)—on June 22nd." The hook could of course say "the first to cross from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast" or "the first to cross from Fort Chimo to North West River", but no one is going to know where they are - especially the latter. They are places on different ends of the Labrador Peninsula, so going from one to the other means crossing it. I did not feel that this was WP:SYNTH or WP:OR - they are places on a map. However, if you're not happy with it, perhaps we should ask the nominator for other suggestions? RebeccaGreen (talk) 00:01, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Coming here to comment and not (yet) to review, but ALT3b and ALT3c both read a bit too long or too winding. Is there a way to make the crossing wording snappier? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:12, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Well, it was snappier when it just said the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula ....
- ALT3d: ... that Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast when his guides misled him?
- ALT3e: ... that Erland Erlandson became the first European to travel overland from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast when his guides misled him?
- ALT3f: ... that Erland Erlandson was the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- I would bluelink Hudson Strait, but LlywelynII has requested no other links. RebeccaGreen (talk) 05:24, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- I don't think it's an issue to have more than one blue link here considering these geographic locations may not be familiar to all audiences (at least with Labrador and Hudson; I'd assume many readers don't even know they're in Canada and would only know from context because of Atlantic Coast). Would it also be a good idea to highlight the "misleading" part more? That actually sounds interesting too and adds to the flavor of being the "first". Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:31, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Narutolovehinata5, well, that was in the earlier versions, ALT3, ALT3a and ALT3b. What about:
- ALT3g: ... that Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast, because his guides didn't follow his instructions?
- RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:54, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- I think that's okay, but I was thinking of something closer to ALT1c (i.e. mentioning the "misleading" first), as it gives contrast and makes the hook arguably more interesting. I'd like to hear the nominator's thoughts first, though. But just to make it clear: I'd suggest against not linking the places as not everyone is well-versed in Canadian geography, and while I understand the intent of wanting to promote Canadian history more, I'm not sure why it's considered to be a bad idea to not also promote Canadian geography while doing so. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT3h: ... that because his guides didn't follow his instructions, Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- ALT3i: ... that because his guides misled him, Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- ALT3j: ... that because his Innu guides didn't follow his instructions, Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- ALT3k: ... that because his Innu guides misled him, Erland Erlandson became the first European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic Coast?
- I don't know if LlywelynII has any preference, apart from not wanting bluelinks ... RebeccaGreen (talk) 01:45, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, it can be counterproductive to distract from the nominated article by putting in unnecessary extra links to click, since it's easy to get side-tracked by one and never actually get to the nominated article. That's always a tension in building a hook. If people don't find what they need in the nominated article, they can easily click on the links there. For this hook, isn't it enough to know that a never-before-crossed peninsula (by Europeans) between two named points (one definitely familiar) was done because the person the article is about was misled or taken on a trip he didn't want, without including the links here? I'm assuming ALT2 has not been selected due to promoters also being unsure about the "may have robbed a bank" wording that the reviewer highlighted. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:15, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- I think that's okay, but I was thinking of something closer to ALT1c (i.e. mentioning the "misleading" first), as it gives contrast and makes the hook arguably more interesting. I'd like to hear the nominator's thoughts first, though. But just to make it clear: I'd suggest against not linking the places as not everyone is well-versed in Canadian geography, and while I understand the intent of wanting to promote Canadian history more, I'm not sure why it's considered to be a bad idea to not also promote Canadian geography while doing so. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Narutolovehinata5, well, that was in the earlier versions, ALT3, ALT3a and ALT3b. What about:
- I don't think it's an issue to have more than one blue link here considering these geographic locations may not be familiar to all audiences (at least with Labrador and Hudson; I'd assume many readers don't even know they're in Canada and would only know from context because of Atlantic Coast). Would it also be a good idea to highlight the "misleading" part more? That actually sounds interesting too and adds to the flavor of being the "first". Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:31, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 26
Nurul Alam Chowdhury
- ... that Nurul Alam Chowdhury was the youngest MP in the 1st parliament of Bangladesh? Source: বর্ষীয়ান রাজনীতিক নূরুল আলম চৌধুরীর প্রয়াণ, সাবেক সাংসদ ও কূটনৈতিক নূরুল আলম চৌধুরী আর নেই, সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য নুরুল আলম আর নেই and শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি : নুরুল আলম চৌধুরী ‘তুই এমপি হবি’
Created by S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk). Self-nominated at 17:33, 26 August 2019 (UTC).
- At 927 characters this seems too short for DYK, and the grammar needs some work. AGFing on the sourcing (the Google Translate results of the sources are obviously nonsense - a 12 year old parliamentarian?) but some of the infobox data are not supported by the article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:20, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review. Google translation didn't give you proper result. Minimum age to become an MP in Bangladesh is 25.(see Qualifications and disqualifications for election to Parliament) Nurul Alam Chowdhury was the youngest MP in the 1st Parliament of a country. So, I want this to feature on DYK.--S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 10:36, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- @S. M. Nazmus Shakib:Yeah, my "nonsense" comment was that I can't rely on Google Translate to check the sources as the translations are obviously incorrect. But the point that we need more prose here still stands. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:13, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have added some texts. I think it is enough long for DYK.--S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 09:53, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, but the infobox needs some sourcing, and I think the article text could also use some prose cleanup; right now it's very choppy. I also wonder if someone can spot-check the sources... Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:59, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: The texts are reorganized. A source is added to infobox too.--S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 12:48, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- I am not sure about whether their party membership is sourced. I've requested a source spot-check at WT:IN. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:12, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- Bangla is the language of both Bangladesh and India. @Jo-Jo Eumerus:, you can verify the DYK on Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for Bangladesh-related topics too.--S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 16:34, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- I am not sure about whether their party membership is sourced. I've requested a source spot-check at WT:IN. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:12, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
- At 2294 prose characters, this is now more than long enough for DYK, so superseding the "X" icon so this doesn't get closed by mistake. Assuming Jo-Jo Eumerus will resume once WT:IN report back. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:42, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yeah, on this one I want a double check. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:39, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: the page was reviewed and the sources were checked by Winged Blades of Godric. I think it should be selected on DYK page now.--S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 16:25, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Winged Blades of Godric:Did everything check out for you? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:39, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Hermann Oestrich
- ... that the German engineer Hermann Oestrich became a Knight of the Legion of Honour for developing the Snecma Atar turbine? Source: several
- Reviewed: Roman temple of Bziza
- Comment: Sorry, I missed by a few days, being busy in real life and this not "my" article.
Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 14:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC).
- The article is long enough and I'm using WP:IAR for being a few days late. The hook is directly cited and a QPQ has been completed. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. There is a citation needed tag that needs to be taken care of. SL93 (talk) 18:40, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I added a reference. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. SL93 (talk) 19:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but did not see the hook fact in the article. Please review my edit and confirm that this is what it says in the book, which I am unable to view. We have two articles, Snecma Atar and SNECMA Atar 101, both of which mention Oestrich. Yoninah (talk) 00:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: @Dr. Blofeld:. SL93 (talk) 04:40, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for catching that, Yoninah. I also can't see the book, but this seems the correct article. (Why do we have 2?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:05, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Having tried to answer that question, I am not so sure any more. The article you inserted is a specific type, while the general article describes the whole development (vs. one specific engine), which may be what he was honoured for. Dr. Blofeld? If this is the case:
- ALT1* ... that the German engineer Hermann Oestrich became a Knight of the Legion of Honour for developing the Snecma Atar turbines?
- Anyway, someone with knowledge should unify if it's Snecma or SNECMA. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- A drive-by comment, but the article on the company (which is now known as Safran) suggest that it's "Snecma", though I've seen both forms in common use online. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Same for me, that's why I asked. It may also have been changed over time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:05, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- A drive-by comment, but the article on the company (which is now known as Safran) suggest that it's "Snecma", though I've seen both forms in common use online. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. SL93 (talk) 19:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I added a reference. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I'm not sure what happened, but SNECMA Atar 101 was originally created as a redirect to Snecma Atar. Snecma Atar was created in 2005 and the new article from a redirect was in 2013. SL93 (talk) 20:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Pinging editor that created the article over a redirect - @Petebutt: SL93 (talk) 20:37, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- The ATAR 101 was the first engine produced by ATAR / SNECMA. The later ATAR 8 and ATAR 9 were similar looking, but actually almost completely different designs. The SNECMA ATAR article would sensibly concentrt\ate om the later SNECMA derivatives:- the ATAR 8 and ATAR 9. I just didn't get around to it.--Petebutt (talk) 06:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- It looks like you'd say SNECMA, not Snecma, which was the question, - thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:44, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- The ATAR 101 was the first engine produced by ATAR / SNECMA. The later ATAR 8 and ATAR 9 were similar looking, but actually almost completely different designs. The SNECMA ATAR article would sensibly concentrt\ate om the later SNECMA derivatives:- the ATAR 8 and ATAR 9. I just didn't get around to it.--Petebutt (talk) 06:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 28
Special Area Games Scheme
- ... that sports promotional scheme Special Area Games of India tries to find and train genetically gifted people? Source: "Livemint"
Moved to mainspace by Deepak G Goswami (talk). Self-nominated at 17:18, 28 August 2019 (UTC).
- Before this can be promoted, this probably needs to be copyedited to fix the grammar and other wordings. I've made a request at WP:GOCE/R for the article. @Deepak G Goswami: In addition, perhaps a catchier hook may need to be proposed as the current one is kind of pedestrian. Perhaps a hook could be proposed based on the fact that one of the related tournaments (the Khasi Cup) has a goat as its top prize? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Phoulkon
... that the Phoulkon, a shield-wall infantry formation of the late and eastern Roman Empire, may have originated from the Germanic soldiers serving in the military?- ALT1: ... that the Phoulkon was a shield-wall infantry formation of the late and eastern Roman Empire, and the term may have originated from the Germanic languages?
Created by Sfjyu (talk). Self-nominated at 21:32, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- New enough, long enough. Must AGF on the citations; the hook matches citation 4 which discusses the possible Germanic etymology of the terms. Fewer than five DYKs; no QPQ needed. This should be good, even if it feels a touch bare. Raymie (t • c) 03:54, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see the last hook fact,
may have originated from the Germanic soldiers serving in the military?
in the article. I see something about the word having a Germanic origin. The last sentence under Etymology may be supporting the hook fact, but it lacks an inline cite. Citation 4 does talk more about the Germanic military connection, so more could be added to the article to flesh it out. Yoninah (talk) 01:11, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback. I'll work on fleshing the article out just a bit more, and I also rephrased the hook to make it clear that the possible Germanic connection is a linguistic one.Sfjyu (talk) 07:44, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Sfjyu, I've restored your original hook wording, and listed the new hook wording (minus a comma) under ALT1, so that it's clear what the original query about the hook was referring to. I have struck the original hook because of the issues with it, but the wording can still be read. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see the last hook fact,
Articles created/expanded on August 29
Amy Brown (dietitian)
- ... that Professor Amy Brown researches social barriers to breastfeeding, one of which is that British people believe that smacking children is more acceptable than breastfeeding in public? Source: [1][2]
Created by Nejaby (talk). Self-nominated at 16:43, 29 August 2019 (UTC).
- the hook is not mentioned in the article. The hook needs to be rewritten. I've fixed the template for you. Also, make sure to read the rules of dyk at WP:DYKRULES. Pining @Nejaby:.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 09:47, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the template Pining @CAPTAIN MEDUSA:. I have amended to include only text in the article. Will do a couple of reviews since this is my second DYK article. Nejaby (talk) 14:08, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Changing breastfeeding policies worldwide - Economic and Social Research Council". esrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ Dean, Sam (2016-09-09). "Britain has world's lowest breastfeeding rates because young mothers are pressured to 'get their lives back', expert says". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
Articles created/expanded on August 30
B. M. Kutty
- ...
that a communist B. M. Kutty left India for Pakistan and wrote his autobiography Sixty years in self-exile: No Regrets?Source: "The Wire"
- Reviewed: Exempt from QPQ, the nominator has fewer than 5 DYK credits.
Moved to mainspace by Deepak G Goswami (talk). Self-nominated at 06:02, 2 September 2019 (UTC).
- The length of the article, and the date of article's creation are OK. A few issues with the hook. It is a composite hook, with two (rather than one) separate statements being asserted there (that he left India for Pakistan, and later wrote an autobiography). For a hook like that you'd still need a specific single place in the article where the reader might find a supporting sentence, and right now that's not quite the case, or at least not clearly the case. The relevant supporting sentence needs to occur in the Autobiography section of the article. It could say something like: "After originally leaving India for Pakistan in 1949, Kutty published a 2011 autobiography ...". Also, the supporting citation for that sentence in the article should be to a secondary source, such as The Wire article mentioned in the nom. Finally, I think the hook would read better if it mentioned the dates. E.g. something like: "... that a communist B. M. Kutty left India for Pakistan in 1949, and published his autobiography Sixty years in self-exile: No Regrets in 2011?" Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 14:19, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1:
... that a communist B. M. Kutty left India for Pakistan in 1949, and published his autobiography Sixty years in self-exile: No Regrets in 2011? - Nsk92, thanks for the review and yes, you are right, that the originally proposed hook has two clauses. Your suggestion brings more clarity. Do I still need to make changes in the article?--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 03:09, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 hook reads well, and the length, at 140 characters, is good too.
In the Early life section, in the sentence "Two months later in August, he along with a Malayali friend..." please elaborate the date to read "Two months later, in August 1949, he along with a Malayali friend...".Please rephrase the first sentence of the Autobiography section to something like: "In 2011 Kutty published his autobiography Sixty years in self-exile: No Regrets; A Political Autobiography. Also, please put a reference at the end of that sentence. For ref no. 6 the title of the ref seems to be specified incorrectly. The title in the source [13] seems to be "COVER STORY: Pakistan times". Please correct it. I'll check for other issues later. Nsk92 (talk) 09:23, 4 September 2019 (UTC)- I fixed the August 1949 sentence in the article. The other issues mentioned above still need to be addressed. Also, the article contains numerous specific biographical factual statements that need referencing. I put a number of 'citation needed' tags on those. There is also a reference to a Youtube video (currently ref no. 5). Youtube is not a WP:RS, and youtube videos should not be used as references. They can still be included under 'External links', if you add an External links section. Also, you have not indicated anything regarding QPQ for this nomination. Nsk92 (talk) 10:20, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- I didn't know citation was required to provide at the end of each sentence especially when it was provided at the end of para. However, I've corrected the raised issue. About the source from YouTube, WP:YOUTUBE reads, "There are channels for videos uploaded by agencies and organizations generally considered reliable such as that of the Associated Press on YouTube". Source here in question is NOT YouTube but The Wire and unless you believe The Wire and the author of the video Shekhar Gupta are not reliable enough I, IMHO, believe there is no qualm in citing a video as reference. Lastly, about the QPQ requirement, I have less than 5 DYK credits so this nomination is exempted from QPQ. Regards.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 16:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- OK, very good, thank you for adding the citations and for clarifying the QPQ question. I'll do some additional checks on the article later. Regarding the Youtube ref. WP:YOUTUBE is a subsection of Wikipedia:External links deals with External links, rather than with references. There are more lax rules for external links, but references cited within the article itself must satisfy the WP:V and WP:RS requirements. The relevant section there is WP:SELFPUBLISH which generally excludes sources like Youtube, where any user can upload a video. Also, since a DYK article will be linked from Wikipedia's main page, the sourcing requirements there are generally stricter. I am not sure what exactly The Print (the show from which the video is taken is), but I don't think it is in the same category as CNN or BBC as a reliable source. For a DYK article, it is perfectly fine to include this video in the External links section of the article, but not as a cited reference. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 16:31, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92 thanks for stating your take on this but I humbly disagree as this is a channel of a reliable news source hosted by YouTube. Clearly not "any user" can upload video on this particular channel or channels of other reliable news sources be that CNN or BBC. Author of this video is Shekhar Gupta who is a well known journalist and has received third highest civilian award of India. Unless you are questioning the authenticity of the author I see no reason why a video can't be cited as a reference. Is there is any policy of Wikipedia which forbids using YouTube videos uploaded by reliable news sources as reference?--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 02:02, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hmmm, we have a bit of an impasse here at the moment. I have asked for additional input from other DYK participants at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Using a Youtube video of a webcast as a source in a DYK article. Let's see what the others say. You are welcome to comment there. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 09:52, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- In light of the extra input given at Wikipedia talk:Did you know, I am withdrawing my objections to using this ref. I'll take another look at the article to see if everything else is in order. Nsk92 (talk) 22:13, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: OK, I fixed up a couple of small things in the article, and added his book under 'Publications' at the end. I have approved the nomination, with the ALT1 hook. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 22:46, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you Nsk92 for your review. You've been very helpful in many ways and I like the way you tried to resolve our deadlock. It has been a learning experience for me. I persisted to include the video reference because it's a matter of me understanding the working environment here besides not finding any suitable replacement.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 03:43, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: OK, I fixed up a couple of small things in the article, and added his book under 'Publications' at the end. I have approved the nomination, with the ALT1 hook. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 22:46, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92 thanks for stating your take on this but I humbly disagree as this is a channel of a reliable news source hosted by YouTube. Clearly not "any user" can upload video on this particular channel or channels of other reliable news sources be that CNN or BBC. Author of this video is Shekhar Gupta who is a well known journalist and has received third highest civilian award of India. Unless you are questioning the authenticity of the author I see no reason why a video can't be cited as a reference. Is there is any policy of Wikipedia which forbids using YouTube videos uploaded by reliable news sources as reference?--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 02:02, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- OK, very good, thank you for adding the citations and for clarifying the QPQ question. I'll do some additional checks on the article later. Regarding the Youtube ref. WP:YOUTUBE is a subsection of Wikipedia:External links deals with External links, rather than with references. There are more lax rules for external links, but references cited within the article itself must satisfy the WP:V and WP:RS requirements. The relevant section there is WP:SELFPUBLISH which generally excludes sources like Youtube, where any user can upload a video. Also, since a DYK article will be linked from Wikipedia's main page, the sourcing requirements there are generally stricter. I am not sure what exactly The Print (the show from which the video is taken is), but I don't think it is in the same category as CNN or BBC as a reliable source. For a DYK article, it is perfectly fine to include this video in the External links section of the article, but not as a cited reference. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 16:31, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- I didn't know citation was required to provide at the end of each sentence especially when it was provided at the end of para. However, I've corrected the raised issue. About the source from YouTube, WP:YOUTUBE reads, "There are channels for videos uploaded by agencies and organizations generally considered reliable such as that of the Associated Press on YouTube". Source here in question is NOT YouTube but The Wire and unless you believe The Wire and the author of the video Shekhar Gupta are not reliable enough I, IMHO, believe there is no qualm in citing a video as reference. Lastly, about the QPQ requirement, I have less than 5 DYK credits so this nomination is exempted from QPQ. Regards.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 16:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- I fixed the August 1949 sentence in the article. The other issues mentioned above still need to be addressed. Also, the article contains numerous specific biographical factual statements that need referencing. I put a number of 'citation needed' tags on those. There is also a reference to a Youtube video (currently ref no. 5). Youtube is not a WP:RS, and youtube videos should not be used as references. They can still be included under 'External links', if you add an External links section. Also, you have not indicated anything regarding QPQ for this nomination. Nsk92 (talk) 10:20, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 hook reads well, and the length, at 140 characters, is good too.
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Overall: Approving ALT1 hook Nsk92 (talk) 22:42, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I came by to promote this, but ALT1 reads like a line in a biographical dictionary. It is not a "hook" that will catch readers' interest. Yoninah (talk) 22:09, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hmm, I thought at the time that the hook was reasonably interesting, but I do see your point. @Deepak G Goswami:: Could you propose an ALT hook? Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 22:16, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I'd propose a new hook but after 16th September as these days I am travelling in the Trans Himalays and Internet here is very difficult to find.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 16:51, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hmm, I thought at the time that the hook was reasonably interesting, but I do see your point. @Deepak G Goswami:: Could you propose an ALT hook? Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 22:16, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2:
... that communist B. M. Kutty was arrested by the Government of Pakistan for his political work?
- Nsk92 and Yoninah please take a look at the ALT2 hook. Any other suggestion is most welcomed.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 09:56, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: Thank you, ALT2 is better but still sounds a bit plain. What about adding to this hook something about his daughter being expelled from college while he was in prison? Or that while arrested, he wrote a letter to the P.M. which resulted in their meeting? Nsk92 (talk) 10:40, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Nsk92: I did try to include those life facts in a hook but couldn't phrase it in a desirable eloquent manner. Can you please help with it?--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 15:51, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: I could but then we would have another problem in needing a new reviewer since technically I am not allowed to approve a hook that I myself propose. Let me just say that I don't think you should try to put all of these facts in a hook. Choose the most interesting fact (such as that he was invited to a meeting with the P. M. after writing him a letter from prison) and go with that. Nsk92 (talk) 16:12, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Nsk92: I did try to include those life facts in a hook but couldn't phrase it in a desirable eloquent manner. Can you please help with it?--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 15:51, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: Thank you, ALT2 is better but still sounds a bit plain. What about adding to this hook something about his daughter being expelled from college while he was in prison? Or that while arrested, he wrote a letter to the P.M. which resulted in their meeting? Nsk92 (talk) 10:40, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT3: ... that B. M. Kutty was called to a meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after writing Bhutto a letter from prison?
- @Nsk92: please tweak it wherever necessary.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 06:30, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: OK, thanks. I tweaked ALT3 very slightly, and ALT3 now looks good. Its length, at 130 characters, is well below the limit, there is a citation[14] verifying the hook in the hook supporting sentence in the article, and the hook is interesting. I am pinging @Yoninah: just in case, before formally approving ALT3, in case there are any other objections. Nsk92 (talk) 09:31, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Since you suggested the hook, Nsk92, you cannot review it per Rule H2. I am happy to pick up this nomination. The ALT3 hook fact is verified and cited inline. I suggest removing the sea of blue and also identifying Kutty, such as:
- ALT3a: ... that communist activist B. M. Kutty was called to a meeting with Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after writing Bhutto a letter from prison?
- I would just like to know what Kutty answered to the prime minister's question; the section seems to end without an answer. Pinging Deepak G Goswami. Yoninah (talk) 10:56, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- The latest suggestion appears all fine to me. About the Kutty's reply to the PM, there's nothing available on Internet. I'd try to buy his autobiography and would use it to expand the article but for now let's leave it like that.--Deepak G Goswami (talk) 04:56, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Deepak G Goswami: OK, thanks. I tweaked ALT3 very slightly, and ALT3 now looks good. Its length, at 130 characters, is well below the limit, there is a citation[14] verifying the hook in the hook supporting sentence in the article, and the hook is interesting. I am pinging @Yoninah: just in case, before formally approving ALT3, in case there are any other objections. Nsk92 (talk) 09:31, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on August 31
Articles created/expanded on September 1
Lady Elizabeth Echlin
... that Lady Elizabeth Echlin published a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's classic novel Clarissa, and made a shell grotto with verses specially written by Richardson at Rush, County Dublin?Echlin [née Bellingham], Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39722- ALT1:
... that Lady Elizabeth Echlin, a correspondent of the author, published a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, in which the rape that was central to the original version is averted?Echlin [née B ellingham], Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39722
- ALT1:
- Reviewed: Exempt from QPQ, nominator has fewer than 5 prior DYK credits
- Comment:
Created by PamD (talk). Nominated by SeoR (talk)
- Date and length of the article are OK. There are a few small issues in the article that need fixing (which I'll address later), but there is also a more substantive problem. The article misreads the sentence "...the rape fails, Clarissa recovers to live a single life, and Lovelace, wounded by James, becomes 'a cripple & a sincere penitent'" in Keymer. That sentence in Keymer refers to another possible alternate ending of Clarissa, planned by Lady Bradshaigh (Elizabeth Echlin's sister). The full sentence in the source makes this point clear: "Lady Bradshaigh herself ... plotted an alternate ending in which the rape fails, Clarissa recovers to live a single life, ..." The source later, still on p. 214, says: "But Lady Echlin went further, realising her desire for a more harmonious conclusion in a lengthy manuscript pastiche of Richardson's text. In it she accepts [...] But she changes the circumstances completely: the rape is removed, Clarissa dies of grief, ...". The "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" source says basically the same thing about Echlin's alternate ending: "The novel's two protagonists still die, but Clarissa's rape is averted and Lovelace turns penitent". This issue needs to be fixed both in the article and in the hook(s). Pinging the article's creator here @PamD:, just in case. Thanks Nsk92 (talk) 11:31, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Many thanks, and I hope the article's creator won't mind if some initial corrective work is made.SeoR (talk) 12:34, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Oh dear, I feel mortified at my careless mis-quoting. Thanks for spotting the problem, @Nsk92:, and for working on it, @SeoR:. I often remind other editors to take more care over their edits (usually when they're linking to disambiguation pages etc) ... pots and kettles. PamD 14:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, SeoR, PamD: I have made some edits to the article, including moving the article title to Elizabeth, Lady Echlin, per Baronet#Addressing_a_baronet_and_the_wife_of_a_baronet, which notes that "She would not be "Lady <Alice> <Bloggs>", a style reserved for the daughters of Dukes, Marquesses and Earls". I have also changed "published an alternative ending" to "wrote an alternative ending", as it's clear that she did not publish it.
- Nsk92, you mentioned some other issues that need fixing - would you be able to state them here, please, so that I or one of the other editors can work on them? Some other points that occur to me are including information from the ONDB that she was considered very religious and not part of fashionable society, and that Daphinoff, who published her ending, considered it of little merit, and Keymer (and according to him, Richardson) thought that Echlin's changes deprived the deaths of all meaning - and that Richardson "teased" her about her ending.
- I have edited the hooks to reflect the changes I have already made, and struck the original hooks (I prefer ALT0a, as it doesn't give away what her changes were, and does hint that she was in correspondence with Richardson):
- ALT0a: ... that Elizabeth, Lady Echlin wrote a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's classic novel Clarissa, and made a shell grotto with verses specially written by Richardson at Rush, County Dublin? Echlin [née Bellingham], Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39722
- ALT1a: ... that Elizabeth, Lady Echlin, a correspondent of the author, wrote a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, in which the rape that was central to the original version is averted? Echlin [née Bellingham], Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39722
- RebeccaGreen (talk) 06:50, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- @RebeccaGreen:@SeoR:@PamD: Thank you for updating the article and the hooks. ALT1a looks pretty good, OK in terms of length, interesting and verified by a relevant citation in the hook supporting sentence in the article. I do have several questions/comments. First, can someone comment on why the article title was moved? The new page title looks a bit strange to me, in tersm of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people). Also, in the "Writings" section, the sentence "Her sister, Lady Bradshaigh, had previously published ..." is slightly problematic, specifically the "published" part. The source does not actually say "published" but rather "plotted", which to me suggests either having planned to write or having written, but I don't think it indicates having "published". (Perhaps some other sources clarify the matter further.) Done (I have changed this to "written".) There is also an extraneous ( in "((c. 1710–c. 1779)" in the last sentence of the Personal life section. Done Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 11:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Nsk92, thanks for your reply, and mentioning the things that need addressing. I moved the article title because she was not Lady Elizabeth Echlin. PamD asked about it: Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)#Wives_of_baronets, where the answer was "Use "Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". The title meets all the criteria of Wikipedia:Article titles and Wikipedia should not perpetuate incorrect forms. "Lady Elizabeth Echlin" isn't the common name anyway". I pointed out there the similar situation with Diana, Princess of Wales (not "Princess Diana"). I hope that clarifies it. RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:53, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Marking edits as Done RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:14, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Nsk92, thanks for your reply, and mentioning the things that need addressing. I moved the article title because she was not Lady Elizabeth Echlin. PamD asked about it: Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)#Wives_of_baronets, where the answer was "Use "Elizabeth, Lady Echlin". The title meets all the criteria of Wikipedia:Article titles and Wikipedia should not perpetuate incorrect forms. "Lady Elizabeth Echlin" isn't the common name anyway". I pointed out there the similar situation with Diana, Princess of Wales (not "Princess Diana"). I hope that clarifies it. RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:53, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- @RebeccaGreen:@SeoR:@PamD: Thank you for updating the article and the hooks. ALT1a looks pretty good, OK in terms of length, interesting and verified by a relevant citation in the hook supporting sentence in the article. I do have several questions/comments. First, can someone comment on why the article title was moved? The new page title looks a bit strange to me, in tersm of Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people). Also, in the "Writings" section, the sentence "Her sister, Lady Bradshaigh, had previously published ..." is slightly problematic, specifically the "published" part. The source does not actually say "published" but rather "plotted", which to me suggests either having planned to write or having written, but I don't think it indicates having "published". (Perhaps some other sources clarify the matter further.) Done (I have changed this to "written".) There is also an extraneous ( in "((c. 1710–c. 1779)" in the last sentence of the Personal life section. Done Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 11:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Nsk92, SeoR, PamD: I have made some edits to the article, including moving the article title to Elizabeth, Lady Echlin, per Baronet#Addressing_a_baronet_and_the_wife_of_a_baronet, which notes that "She would not be "Lady <Alice> <Bloggs>", a style reserved for the daughters of Dukes, Marquesses and Earls". I have also changed "published an alternative ending" to "wrote an alternative ending", as it's clear that she did not publish it.
- Oh dear, I feel mortified at my careless mis-quoting. Thanks for spotting the problem, @Nsk92:, and for working on it, @SeoR:. I often remind other editors to take more care over their edits (usually when they're linking to disambiguation pages etc) ... pots and kettles. PamD 14:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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Overall: Approving ALT1a hook. Nsk92 (talk) 13:23, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 2
2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships
* ... that the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships feature 3,119 martial artists from 106 countries who compete in 20 different martial arts areas over 275 medals? [1]
- ALT1: ... that the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships is the largest international martial arts competition to date? [2]
- ALT2 ... that the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships is the only international martial arts competition in the world? [3]
- Reviewed: Exempt-fewer than 5 DYK credits (this is my 2nd dyk)
Created by Taewangkorea (talk). Self-nominated at 12:52, 2 September 2019 (UTC).
- @Taewangkorea: While DYK requirements appear to be met (with the full review to follow soon), I have some reservations about the hook. Specifically, while those numbers are impressive and arguably interesting, I'm not sure if it's unique enough since as far as I can tell several sporting events have similar numbers of events and participants. We could still go with it if nothing else can be suggested, but for now it might be a good idea to try thinking of other alternative options. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:30, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Is there a source that talks about this being the most participated martial arts event? Sheer numbers mean very little. 3,000 could be a very small number for participant at an event. Is there anything particularly notable for a regular reader here? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:08, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Lee Vilenski and Narutolovehinata5: Perhaps ALT1? Taewangkorea (talk) 17:48, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- I suppose ALT1 is more promising, but the Korean source provided (based on Google Translate) seems to be vague on whether or not it was the biggest to date, or simply the biggest this year or the biggest iteration of the WMA Masterships. More importantly, the article seems to have a promotional tone and in some parts (such as in section two) reads more like an advertisement than a Wikipedia article. The article would thus need to be rewritten to tone down the writing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:21, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: I have rewritten quite a bit of the article, including the 2nd section, so that it would be less promotional. As for the Korean sourcing, the source for ALT1 says that it is the biggest to date, but Google translate makes it really more vague. If you do not think that this would be enough, I have attached an ALT2 with a source that is more clear through Google Translate (but I still prefer ALT1). Thanks, Taewangkorea (talk) 05:57, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- I suppose ALT1 is more promising, but the Korean source provided (based on Google Translate) seems to be vague on whether or not it was the biggest to date, or simply the biggest this year or the biggest iteration of the WMA Masterships. More importantly, the article seems to have a promotional tone and in some parts (such as in section two) reads more like an advertisement than a Wikipedia article. The article would thus need to be rewritten to tone down the writing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:21, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Lee Vilenski and Narutolovehinata5: Perhaps ALT1? Taewangkorea (talk) 17:48, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Is there a source that talks about this being the most participated martial arts event? Sheer numbers mean very little. 3,000 could be a very small number for participant at an event. Is there anything particularly notable for a regular reader here? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 11:08, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ 심규석 (2019-08-30). "'지구촌 무술 축제' 충주 세계무예마스터십 '팡파르'". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ 심규석 (2019-07-25). "[충주 세계무예마스터십] ②역대 최대 규모 '무술 올림픽' (The Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships - the largest 'martial arts olympics' to date". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ 전창해 (2019-08-29). "'무림 지존들의 향연'…충주 세계무예마스터십 내일 팡파르". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-09-19.
Articles created/expanded on September 3
Hans Riemer (Austrian politician)
- ... that the Austrian politician Hans Riemer wrote a brochure Ewiges Wien (Eternal Vienna) in 1945 when he was the city's press secretary? Source: several
- ALT1: ... that the Austrian politician Hans Riemer went from a prisoner of war in 1945 to the of the presidency of the Bundesrat in 1955?
- ALT2: ... that the politician Hans Riemer was buried in an Austrian grave of honor (pictured)?
- Reviewed: German Inner Africa Research Expeditions
Created by Evrik (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 12:34, 8 September 2019 (UTC).
- comment: I formatted the image but find ALT2 not informative, - something he shares with hundreds of others. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: I don't think ALT0 and ALT2 are interesting enough, to be frank. From reading the article, I think a hook about Riemer leading the photography and film department at the Socialist Education Center might be more interesting. SounderBruce 04:51, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- Article is new enough, long enough, and neutral. As noted above, ALT0 and ALT2 are quite dull, so I'm only reviewing ALT1, which is interesting. But I'm unable to verify from the cited source (parlament.gv.at) that he was a POW in 1945. Moreover, the article heavily relies on that source, but much of the info fails verification via Google translation, for example, that he was the son of a leatherworker. -Zanhe (talk) 05:07, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Zanhe and Gerda Arendt: I have added another reference which does say he was imprisoned for a short time by the Americans in 1945. It is a wiki website, but published by the Vienna city and state archives and city library, so it should be reliable and acceptable. The webpage lists the sources for the info. Other citations to this source could be added (though not for the statement that his father was a leatherworker, it just he was says a craftsman). RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:44, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Madara Uchiha
... that the article Madara Uchiha was created on 3rd September, 2019 through Article for Creation.
Created by AbhiMukh97 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC).
- Firstly, the hook proposed is unsuitable as it does not give an interesting fact about the subject. Secondly, there is currently a cleanup template in the article, which will need to be resolved before this can be approved for DYK. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- I revised the reception a bit and thought about this:
Did you know that while Madara Uchiha is one of the final antagonists of Naruto he does not make his first appearance until the final arc?Did you know that Madara Uchiha has been impersonated by Obito Uchiha for most of his appearances in Naruto?- ... that Madara Uchiha's surprising debut in the series confused his own English voice actor Neil Kaplan about how should he handle his characterization? "GAMRs Ep 11 Extras - Optimoose Kaplan: Pre-show banter". Gamr. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- The hook still sounds a bit niche and might not appeal so much to those unfamiliar with anime. Maybe something else could be proposed here? Possible suggestions could include how he was created as part of an effort to create characters that could "resolve conflicts as opposed to killing each other", or maybe something about the reception he received? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:37, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- @AbhiMukh97: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Some of the facts that I found interesting about Madara are:
- He lived around 120 years before his official death in the manga.
- Despite being a sage mode user, he is not listed as one in the databooks.
- While reviving Madara, Kishimoto himself became confused about the difference between impure world reincarnation and Rinne-rebirth.
- Edo Madara is introduced in series to give Naruto, someone to beat.
- According to Mangaka Kishimoto, Madara is a character without weakness.
AbhiMukh97(Speak)(Contribs) 02:09, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- All of these facts are in-universe facts, meaning they deal with the plot of Naruto. However, here at DYK, it is required that hooks about characters need to be about the real world, meaning that generally, hooks can't be about events that take place in the Naruto series. Perhaps Tintor2 can better explain it than I can, but none of those suggestions can be used I'm afraid. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:24, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
What about this:
- Unlike other shonen manga, Naruto resolves conflicts as opposed to killing each other, setting their differences aside. Many of the Naruto fans complained about this. Edo Madara is introduced in series to give Naruto someone to beat.
AbhiMukh97(Speak)(Contribs) 02:35, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
@AbhiMukh97: That kinda works but it needs to be written from a perspective common readers who might not know the series. For example, "Madara Uchiha was introduced as a strong villain who could not settle his differeces with the main characters in contrast to previous antagonists?"Tintor2 (talk) 16:08, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- I would also suggest that a copyedit for the article be requested at WP:GOCE/R since right now the article is a bit hard to read for people who aren't familiar with Naruto. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:02, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- I've requested that this be given a copyedit at WP:GOCE/R; the review should probably be put on hold until that is accomplished. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:51, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Space National Guard
- ... that, under a 2019 proposal, California would have a Space Guard?
- ALT-1 ... that the Colorado National Guard's 117th Space Battalion is nicknamed the "Space Cowboys"?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mou Zuoyun
Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 04:16, 3 September 2019 (UTC).
- Article is new enough and long enough. One paragraph is unsourced. I don't think that that op-ed can be interpreted as
the proposed U.S. Space Force did not contain plans for a Space National Guard
; also is this guy's opinion particularly noteworthy? - the US military is a big organization. Also not sold onthe Defense Department promised further study of the matter.
I thinkcomitteed
is a typo. Is source #7 talking about the Guard in general or only its Colorado part? I am not sure if I would interpret #8 as a "transfer". Didn't see any copyvio or plagiarism. Now about the hook - I kinda think that the first version is dependent on the "transfer" point I raised before. Beyond that it's a little more interesting than the ALT hook. Something is broken about the source link to the map. QPQ is OK. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- Jo-Jo Eumerus - thank you very much for the review. I've made all these corrections but please let me know if I missed anything. To the question about Dunbar; I believe he's noteworthy as he's the commanding general of the entire Wisconsin National Guard. Chetsford (talk) 21:32, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- Er, the "further thought" does not seem to refer to the comments by these senators, despite how it is implied in our article. I don't think the new source addresses the problem I have with "transfer" - "How would I present the bureaucratic, the operational piece in the bureaucracy into a new Space Command is, I would do it from those seven states," in the source is a bit difficult to understand - are you sure it can be read as "transfer"? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- We might have to agree to disagree, but I've removed the passage in question from the article in any case. Chetsford (talk) 14:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- OK, then. ALT1 is OK, the first hook is a touch more interesting but needs to be stated in the article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:28, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- Article is new enough and long enough. One paragraph is unsourced. I don't think that that op-ed can be interpreted as
Articles created/expanded on September 6
Erramatti Mangamma
- ... that Erramatti Mangamma at 74 years of age became the oldest mother to give birth to twins?
Created/expanded by Abishe (talk). Self-nominated at 16:47, 9 September 2019 (UTC).
- This is an interesting article and subject, but there are some issues. Some copyediting is needed. Currently the article is 1011 characters (and with copyediting likely to fall), it must be a minimum of 1,500. The article is very stubby, only having a brief mention of the birth, and very little about the subject. The references are all Indian news websites, I'd expect something medically significant such as this ought to have greater coverage, both internationally and in more rigorous scholarship. Of the sources, one is "74-year-old Andhra woman delivers twin girls, may be the oldest ever to give birth" or that she is "possibly the oldest woman in the country to have attained motherhood", or that she is the "oldest living mother" - which introduces some ambiguity to the statement and indeed the subject's notability. No mention is made in the cited source of being the "oldest mother to give birth to twins" - though it can be logically implied if it is true that she is "the oldest ever to give birth" and that she gave birth to twins. That said, I'm not sure if the wording does support this, and even if it does, it ought to be explicit rather than implicit for the hook fact. The article is in date and QPQ does not appear necessary. No copyvio detected. Spokoyni (talk) 18:56, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019
- ... that Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, may face imprisonment due to his stated refusal to comply with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019? Source: "A former UK director of public prosecutions (DPP) has said Boris Johnson could face prison if he refuses to delay Brexit in the face of court action."
- Reviewed: Implicature
Created by Thunderstorm008 (talk) and Sceptre (talk). Nominated by Sceptre (talk) at 13:32, 10 September 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 07:33, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- QPQ done, meets requirements, no copyvio or close paraphrasing found. Hook is interesting (although, being a Brit, it's a little scary). Could we quantify Boris somehow to remove WP:SEAOFBLUE? Such as:
- ALT1: ... that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, conservative Boris Johnson may face imprisonment due to his stated refusal to comply with the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019? Source: "A former UK director of public prosecutions (DPP) has said Boris Johnson could face prison if he refuses to delay Brexit in the face of court action." Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 07:39, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- works for me. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:36, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- I think we will need to be very careful how we word this hook. The present hooks are inaccurate because he is not going to be sent to prison for stating that he refuses to comply with the act. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:57, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 7
Brett Toth
- ... that Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Brett Toth was the first Army Black Knights football player to play in the Senior Bowl? Source: "Brett Toth is first player from West Point to ever play in Senior Bowl"
- Reviewed: Reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Suli Lake-2nd of 3 QPQs.
Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self-nominated at 12:52, 8 September 2019 (UTC).
- The article is new enough and long enough, but the hook fact isn't explicitly included in the article. The article states, "became the first person to represent West Point at the Senior Bowl", rather than the first Army Black Knights football player. I can't access the source (US news sites don't like the EU's GDPR) to confirm what is said there. With a small tweak to either the hook or the article though, this would be good to go. Harrias talk 08:43, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Harrias: Uninvolved editor from the US here: those are basically the same thing in this context, since "West Point" is often used to refer to Army. Raymie (t • c) 19:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- @TonyTheTiger and Raymie: I am aware and comfortable with the West Point/army conflation, but it is specifically the claim that he was a Army Black Knights football player that is missing. Harrias talk 19:40, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Harrias: I added this as a source into the article. It states, "West Ashley High School product Brett Toth, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, received a waiver from the U.S. Army so that he can immediately begin his NFL career. ... Toth was the first Army player to play in the Senior Bowl after the 2018 season." Hopefully that resolves any lingering confusion. Raymie (t • c) 19:45, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- thx.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:55, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 8
Sulfur-breathing organisms
- ... that sulfur-breathing organisms have been discovered in the oldest water on Earth?
Created/expanded by Sm8900 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:53, 9 September 2019 (UTC).
- I will add that we already have an article on Sulfur-reducing bacteria, although the content of the nominated page is actually about Sulfate-reducing bacteria. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:22, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- The nomination is on hold until the merge proposal is settled. Graeme Bartlett, the Sulfate-reducing bacteria link redirects to Sulfate-reducing microorganisms—the article was moved back in 2017—so I'd like to suggest that you update the merge template, and also start a discussion on whichever talk page it links to, since a merge proposal is never going to go anywhere without a place to discuss it and come to consensus. BlueMoonset (talk) 08:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- The discussion was already here: Talk:Sulfur-breathing organisms#Merge. I have now added a header to make the discussion distinct from this transcluded DYKN. I have updated the merge template as you suggest. CatPath agreed and already transferred content. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:36, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- The nomination is on hold until the merge proposal is settled. Graeme Bartlett, the Sulfate-reducing bacteria link redirects to Sulfate-reducing microorganisms—the article was moved back in 2017—so I'd like to suggest that you update the merge template, and also start a discussion on whichever talk page it links to, since a merge proposal is never going to go anywhere without a place to discuss it and come to consensus. BlueMoonset (talk) 08:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- I will add that we already have an article on Sulfur-reducing bacteria, although the content of the nominated page is actually about Sulfate-reducing bacteria. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:22, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 9
Jaakko Gauriloff
- ... that in his youth, Skolt singer Jaakko Gauriloff was referred to as "the James Dean of Nellim", Finland and as "the northernmost schlager singer in the world"?
- Comment: The source of the quotes is in Finnish and is here: Sievinen, Irja; Auer, Pentti (1 December 1963). "Maailman pohjoisin iskelmälaulaja Jaakko Kauriloff laulaa kuin Eino Grön" [The world's northernmost schlager singer Jaakko Kauriloff sings like Eino Grön]. Suosikki (in Finnish). pp. 8–9.
Created by Apanuugpak (talk) and Yupik (talk). Nominated by Yupik (talk) at 15:46, 16 September 2019 (UTC).
- Article is new and long enough. It is neutral and cites sources inline except the last paragraph of "Early life" section, the fourth paragraph of "Carreer" section and the paragraph in the "Family" section, which are lacking citation. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no text similarities at all as the sources are in foreign language. The language parameter for Finnish needs to be added to the references #1, #6, $7 and #8. Reference #5 is not accessibale. The hook is well-formatted and is interesting. Its length is within limit, and its fact is cited inline in foreign language, for which I AGF. QPQ is missing, maybe the nominator has less than five DYK-credits. I will approve after the above mentioned issues are addressed. CeeGee 10:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Uwe Wolf (musicologist)
- ... that the musicologist Uwe Wolf developed the Bach Digital website and published a 2013 critical edition of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine? Source: several
- Reviewed: to come
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 20:07, 15 September 2019 (UTC).
- I think the hook has potential, particularly the one on the Bach Digital mention. Maybe the hook could be rewritten to focus on that instead? It sounds kind of interesting that there is a digital archive for Bach being made, although the article doesn't really go into much detail as to what Wolf's involvement was (other than the website). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:20, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- When I wrote the hook I thought we had an article on the archive, but it's a rather poor redirect, so I think that without an article, I won't go further. The archive is the best source for Bach, just look at any better article o his works. Will you replace the redirect. I'm travelling, and my talk is flooded. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:45, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- QPQ still needed. How about a general interest hook: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that musicologist Uwe Wolf can scientifically distinguish between notes written on the score of his Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach from those written by his son?
- That sounds interesting, although it might be more accurate to say that he "conducted research" on distinguishing instead of saying that "he can distinguish". Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:33, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Good idea, but everybody "can", using the same method. He "did" it. Links to the work and at least the son, please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:03, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Lilias Adie
- ... that the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie had a walking stick made out of a piece of the coffin from Lilias Adie's grave – the only known grave for an accused witch in Scotland? [15]
- ALT1:... that forensic artists at the University of Dundee digitally reconstructed the face of accused witch Lilias Adie from century-old photos of her skull? [16]
Created by Stinglehammer (talk). Self-nominated at 14:05, 10 September 2019 (UTC).
- @Stinglehammer: I'll review this nomination. epicgenius (talk) 00:43, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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Overall: epicgenius (talk) 00:43, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- Okay, will redraft problem parts and ping when it's ready for review again. Thanks.Stinglehammer (talk) 09:59, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 10
Khalili Collections
- ... that the Khalili Collections comprise some 35,000 works of art, assembled by Nasser D. Khalili over five decades? [17]
- Reviewed: William Smith (antiquary), The Annals of University College
- Comment: Uses an existing free-content text, but adds enough original text to qualify. Moved to mainspace in this edit
Moved to mainspace by MartinPoulter (talk). Self-nominated at 17:32, 17 September 2019 (UTC).
- New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. Images in article are freely licensed; why don't you nominate one of them for DYK?
- I'm not sure how to determine that 1500 characters of this is not from the public domain source. Earwig's gives me a 98 percent copyvio; most of the text seems to be copied from that public domain source.
- The hook fact about the size of the collection is verified and cited inline, but the fact about the five decades does not have an inline cite. I also added "citation needed" tags to several paragraphs and facts, per Rule D2. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 19:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
John Cooper (Tennessee politician)
- ... that John Cooper is the first political candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor of Nashville since the city consolidated with Davidson County, Tennessee? Rua, Nate (September 13, 2019). "How John Cooper will assume the Nashville mayor's office in an unprecedented transition of power". The Tennessean. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ALT1:... that John Cooper's father was governor of Tennessee and his brother is a U.S. Representative? Rau, Nate (July 10, 2019). "John Cooper sees bipartisan path to winning Nashville mayor's race". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- Reviewed: IOU
- Comment: I moved it into mainspace on September 10
Moved to mainspace by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 19:29, 15 September 2019 (UTC).
Enea Scala
- ... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently as Otello in a production directed by Damiano Michieletto? Source: [18]
- ALT1:... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently as Otello, the title role of an opera which requires at least five tenors? Source: [19]
- Reviewed: The Battery (Manhattan)
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 16:08, 10 September 2019 (UTC).
- ALT1's wording is rather confusing and seems to be focusing more on Otello than Scala himself. It has potential, but it needs to be rephrased to be suitable. ALT0 on the other hand is fairly niche and might not appeal to general readers. Can something else be said about him, like perhaps reviews of his performances or other personal information? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:17, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I try to avoid reviews, because they can be biased. To be the first among five (!) tenors is something even the person not interested in opera should understand. It was news in a German tabloid, DYK, probably THE German tabloid? - Btw, Otello - Othello - is probably a character most people will associate with, love jealousy, murder of an innocent. (Let's not tell them that in this staging, she kills herself.) -Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:37, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently Otello as the first of five tenors? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
- I would suggest just re-ordering the words in ALT1, to say:
- ALT1a:... that the tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently in the title role of Otello, an opera which requires at least five tenors?
- To me, that makes it clear that he sang Otello, and that Rossini's Otello requires at least five tenors. I find "the first of five tenors" a bit confusing, as if five tenors sing one role. This alternative wording doesn't say he was the first of the five, but that he sang the title role, which is clearly the most important. Or you could say "which requires at least four other tenors", perhaps? RebeccaGreen (talk) 18:01, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- Fine. Title role should do. Some will remember the three tenors ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:42, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- I would suggest just re-ordering the words in ALT1, to say:
Sarah Robinson (activist)
- ... that Sarah Robinson became known as the "Soldier's Friend" for promoting temperance in the British Army and providing facilities for the troops? "Robinson's success in converting servicemen to teetotalism, in providing decent entertainment and educational facilities, and in obtaining better quality accommodation for troops led to considerable national publicity and her subsequent recognition as the Soldier's Friend." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
- ALT1:... that temperance activist Sarah Robinson described Portsmouth as "Satan's very seat"? "Despite vociferous opposition by local townspeople, unappreciative of her widespread depiction of Portsmouth as 'Satan's very seat', Robinson refused to compromise the strict teetotalism and religious moralism central to her reform programme." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
- ALT2:... that temperance activist Sarah Robinson visited brothels in an attempt to improve the health of prostitutes and their clients?"she concurrently visited brothels in her attempts to improve the physical and spiritual condition of both prostitutes and their customers" (page 521)
- Reviewed: to follow
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:38, 10 September 2019 (UTC).
- Date, length, references and neutrality are all good. All hooks are interesting and cited; my personal favourite is ALT1 but the promoter is free to choose. No apparent close paraphrasing from the sources I can access. Just waiting on a QPQ. 97198 (talk) 13:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi 97198, thanks for your review. I've now carried out a QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Eskind - Dumelow (talk) 15:44, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 11
Peter Palitzsch
- ... that Peter Palitzsch (pictured) was called to the Berliner Ensemble as a graphic designer, and went on to stage many of Brecht's plays internationally? Source: several
- ALT1: ... that Peter Palitzsch (pictured), a member of Brecht's Berliner Ensemble from the beginning, directed the world premiere of Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui) at the Staatstheater Stuttgart? Source: several
- Reviewed:
to come
- Reviewed:
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 20:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC).
- New enough, long enough, well sourced and both hooks are interesting and can be found in the article. I can't read German, so this will be an AGF tick eventually. Image is freely licensed. Ping me when you have a QPQ for this article. Raymie (t • c) 05:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you! I revuewed Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Barr (choreographer). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- New enough, long enough, well sourced and both hooks are interesting and can be found in the article. I can't read German, so this will be an AGF tick eventually. Image is freely licensed. Ping me when you have a QPQ for this article. Raymie (t • c) 05:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
Ask Dr. Ruth
... that a 2019 documentary film reflects on German-American sex therapist Ruth Westheimer's career?Source: Why you should watch... Ask Dr Ruth, an inspiring documentary about a sex therapist
Created by CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk). Self-nominated at 12:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC).
- The full review is to follow, but for now I wonder if it might be appropriate to mention that Westheimer was a Holocaust survivor since the current hook feels rather pedestrian. Then again, the description "sex therapist" may be enough to raise interest (it sure caught my attention at least). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:28, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- @CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- ALT1 :...
that a 2019 documentary film of Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer reflects on her career as a sex therapist?
- @Narutolovehinata5: how is this hook.___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk (We are the champions, my friends) 17:24, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm familiar with Ask Dr. Ruth and wonder why the origin of the title isn't in the article? I'd like to suggest this alt:
- ALT1a: ... that the 2019 film Ask Dr. Ruth features Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer reflecting on her career as a sex therapist? Yoninah (talk) 19:35, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- The hook sounds better thanks Yoninah, and Narutolovehinata5 can you review the hook. Thanks. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk (We are the champions, my friends) 11:36, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Patricia Swallow
- ... that Patricia Swallow was vice president of the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society? Sea Swallow magazine lists her as vice president
- ALT1:... that Patricia Swallow followed in the footsteps of her father to become a signals officer in Her Majesty's Naval Service? "Captain Geoffrey Swallow reading the signals when Captain (D) 4th Destroyer Flotilla 1948-49. His daughter, Patricia Swallow, was also a signal office and became director, WRNS in 1982" (page 48)
- Reviewed: to follow
- Comment: ALT0 plays on the surname relating to bird watching. I have used HM Naval Service rather than Royal Navy in ALT1 as her father served in the Royal Navy and she served in the Women's Royal Naval Service.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:27, 11 September 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing...new enough, long enough, interesting hook. QPQ to be done. One disamabig. link to fix, will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:04, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Copyvio ok, hook in article and in following citation. I prefer proposed hook. Will tick when QPQ done. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:27, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 12
John Hancock (venereologist)
- ... that in 1960, John Arthur Harland Hancock reported that 26% of men with reactive arthritis had ring shaped lesions on their penis? [20]
- ALT1:... that in 1945, London medical student John Arthur Harland Hancock's medical studies were interrupted by contracting typhus from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?[21]
- ALT1a:... that in 1945, London medical student John Hancock's studies were interrupted when he contracted typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
- Reviewed: to do
Created/expanded by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 07:26, 18 September 2019 (UTC).
- This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either could be used (I have added ALT1a), the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ needs to be done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Alice D. Snyder
- ... that English professor Alice D. Snyder helped lead the campaign that earned New York women the right to vote? Source: [22]
- Reviewed: TBD
Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:11, 16 September 2019 (UTC).
- This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ needs to be done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:13, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
2019 British prorogation controversy
... that the 2019 prorogation of the British Parliament was found unlawful by Scotland's highest civil court? Source: Boris Johnson’s suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful, Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled.ALT1:... that John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, criticised the 2019 prorogation of Parliament as an "act of executive fiat"? Source: (Bercow) continued: “It’s one of the longest for decades and it represents an act of executive fiat.”- ALT2:... that two of the Lords Commissioners boycotted the ceremony proroguing the British Parliament in September 2019? Source: The opposition benches in the House of Lords were empty as both Labour and Liberal Democrat peers boycotted the ceremony in protest at the suspension of parliament. It was left to (Baroness Evans, Lord Fowler, and Lord Hope) to formally receive the Commons Speaker and MPs.
- ALT3:... that the 2019 prorogation of the British Parliament is the longest suspension of the legislature for over 40 years? Source: In the last 40 years Parliament has never been prorogued for longer than three weeks: in most cases it has been prorogued for only a week or less.
- Reviewed: Jeannette Guyot
- Comment: Another Brexit new article. The main hook might be dated come Tuesday, but even if prorogation is found lawful, it's interesting enough for a hook.
Created by Sceptre (talk). Self-nominated at 22:56, 12 September 2019 (UTC).
- Date and length fine. I am striking ALT0 as the case is still ongoing and may be overruled. Also ALT1 is stricken for NPOV violations. I am more inclined to favour ALT3. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing. However @Sceptre: I would hold this until the Supreme Court make their decision, hence why I am not approving it at this time. When the Court has made their decision, I will pass it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:19, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
Ellen Lee Zhou
- that San Francisco mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou (pictured), an immigrant from Guangdong, China, wants to build a wall on the US–Mexico border? Source (that she's an immigrant): "Born in 1969, Zhou is the sixth in a family of seven children in Taishan, a city west of Hong Kong. Her mother was a peasant, and her father worked in Guangzhou, the provincial capital." (SFGate)
Source (that she wants a Trump wall): "Once and future mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou’s noontime City Hall pro-Trump, pro-wall rally — for the immigrants — was attended by a crowd of, say, four people which, at times, dipped to two and, at others, rose to six." (Mission Local)
- Reviewed: Johannes Latuharhary
- Comment: Sorry guys, no ALT1. It's my hook or nothing, I can't think of anything else, and think my hook is strong.
Created by Psiĥedelisto (talk). Self-nominated at 08:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC).
This needs to survive and AfD first. I will resume he review if there's anything left to review when the AfD dust settles. Also, the thumb used here is not present in the mage page, nor do I see a commons category allowing access to this in the article (also that image may not be free, started a discussion on Commonsresolved, image is free). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:42, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- The image is 100% free and another editor vandalized my article, which you decided to AfD before even reverting. I've responded both on AfD and Commons and look forward to a prompt resolution. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 04:16, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Confirmed. I will also note that there is an edit war there between the SPA and the creator (Psiĥedelisto), through I expect the SPA will just get blocked soon for edit warring, solving this particular problem before the AfD finishes. FYI if the AfD is finished without deletion, I expect this article will pass for DYK; we will see how it looks, if at all, when that happens. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- A single revert does not an edit war make. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 08:13, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Confirmed. I will also note that there is an edit war there between the SPA and the creator (Psiĥedelisto), through I expect the SPA will just get blocked soon for edit warring, solving this particular problem before the AfD finishes. FYI if the AfD is finished without deletion, I expect this article will pass for DYK; we will see how it looks, if at all, when that happens. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula, Volunteers of the Faith
- ... that after leading a failed rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula led the Volunteers of the Faith in Granada and became a major political figure at court? For Uthman leading a failed rebellion, see #Rebellion in northern Morocco. for becoming leader of the "Volunteers of the Faith" and a major political figure, see #Overthrow of Nasr and defeat of the Castilian invasion and onwards
- ALT1:... that after a defeated rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula fled to Granada and led the Volunteers of the Faith to a victory over Castile at the Battle of Sierra Elvira? Source: For rebellion, same as above. for victory over Castile, see #Overthrow of Nasr and defeat of the Castilian invasion
- Reviewed: TBD
Created/expanded by HaEr48 (talk) and Cplakidas (talk). Nominated by HaEr48 (talk) at 12:34, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 13
Marie-Thérèse Gauley
- Source: GSL
- Reviewed:
to come
- Reviewed:
Created by Voceditenore (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 10:42, 20 September 2019 (UTC).
- ALT1... that when Marie-Thérèse Gauley (pictured) premiered the title role of Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges, he praised both her acting and her "ravishing voice"?
- This is a slightly more interesting and less cumbersomely worded hook. The "ravishing voice" in that sentence of the article is referenced to Larner as an inline citation. This hook is 155 characters. Voceditenore (talk) 09:45, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, - I thought of that but couldn't find the source for the ravishing voice! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- ps: the cumbersomeness came from not knowing if Ravel commented the Monte Carlo premiere, or the pictured performance in Paris. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:51, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Merryll Saylan. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Piano Concerto (Clara Schumann)
- ... that when the pianist Clara Wieck (pictured with the score) composed her Piano Concerto in A minor as a teenager, her future husband Robert Schumann helped with the orchestration? Source: several
- Reviewed:
to come
- Reviewed:
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 14:12, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
- Going through all the criteria, this DYK nom is good to go on the Article (New, long enough, and within policy) and the Hook (Format and content) criteria. However, the QPQ criteria still needs to be addressed. Image is good too. Soulbust (talk) 08:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, I reviewed now Template:Did you know nominations/Marie Dacke. The article may grow a bit once I get home, please keep watching ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Going through all the criteria, this DYK nom is good to go on the Article (New, long enough, and within policy) and the Hook (Format and content) criteria. However, the QPQ criteria still needs to be addressed. Image is good too. Soulbust (talk) 08:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Susan L. Mann
- ... that American historian Susan L. Mann won the Fairbank Prize for exploring the roles of elite women and same-sex social relationships in Chinese history? Source: "Both were path-breaking interventions, the first by recognizing the influential role of elite Chinese women, the second by exploring the importance of same-sex social environments for elite Chinese women and men"
- Reviewed: Valeriya Kirpichenko (third of three QPQs)
- Comment: moved to main space on 13 September.
Created by CWH (talk). Nominated by Zanhe (talk) at 04:29, 16 September 2019 (UTC).
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Overall: feminist (talk) 09:42, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
The Ten Thousand Things (2014 novel)
- ... that the novel The Ten Thousand Things, earlier rejected by forty-four publishers, won the Walter Scott Prize? Source: "Author's book rejected 44 TIMES – but he wins £25,000 prize after it's finally published)
Moved to mainspace by Dharmadhyaksha (talk). Self-nominated at 12:15, 13 September 2019 (UTC).
- Dharmadhyaksha Long enough, moved to mainspace recently enough. Fact has been verified from the hook, is short enough, and is broadly interesting. No copyvio, and article is well cited. QPQ done. Just need a citation directly after the sentence in the article stating it won the Walter Scott Prize. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enwebb (talk • contribs) 14:28, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
- The article is like 500 words and more than half the references say it won the prize. But never mind, i have added the reference again multiple times! §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 03:05, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Current nominations
Articles created/expanded on September 14
Writing lines
- ... that writing lines (pictured) has survived even as other forms of school discipline have fallen out of favour? Source: Schaffner 2019, p. 14 "Even as paddles and dunce caps have fallen from favor, punishment writing has remained a viable disciplinary technique. In one study from the 1980s, over half of teachers polled indicated a familiarity with the use of writing as punishment in schools."
- ALT1:... that many episodes of The Simpsons begin with Bart Simpson writing lines on a chalkboard? Source: Schaffner 2019, p. 14 "Each episode of The Simpsons television show begins with Bart Simpson writing lines on a chalkboard at the front of his classroom, as rote punishment writing has become a symbol of futile, old-fashioned, one-size-fits-all schoolhouse discipline."
- Reviewed: Susan L. Mann
Converted from a redirect by 59.149.124.29 (talk). Nominated by Feminist (talk) at 09:43, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
Halloween darter
- ... that the Halloween darter, a vulnerable species, was first described in 2008?
- ALT1:... that ...?
- Reviewed: Rockaways' Playland
- Comment: I started expanding this article as a collaboration but started too soon. I am nominating it as a place holder, pending its further expansion, with a view to its running at Halloween. A better hook should materialise.
5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:59, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
The Homeric Gods
- ... that Walter F. Otto's conclusion in The Homeric Gods, a book on Greek mythology, was described by Walter Burkert as "a sublime private religion"? Source: "This path, which ends in a sublime private religion ..."
- ALT1:... that Walter Burkert described Walter F. Otto's conclusion in The Homeric Gods as "a sublime private religion"? Source: "This path, which ends in a sublime private religion ..."
- ALT2:... that Walter Burkert described the conclusion on Greek mythology in The Homeric Gods as "a sublime private religion"? Source: "This path, which ends in a sublime private religion ..."
- ALT3:... that The Homeric Gods arrives at "a sublime private religion"? Source: "This path, which ends in a sublime private religion ..."
Created by Ffranc (talk). Self-nominated at 14:53, 14 September 2019 (UTC).
Girl on the Third Floor
- ... that the horror film Girl on the Third Floor is an intriguing spin at toxic masculinity? Source: "What do you get when you cross an ex-wrestler with a dilapidated house that might be alive? You get an intriguing horror spin at toxic masculinity" ([23])
- ALT1:... that the horror film Girl on the Third Floor is all about a bad man paying for his behavior? Source: "It’s all about a bad man paying for his behavior and, thusly, the actions that his misogynistic forbearers committed decades ago, and when that bad man is played by Phil Brooks, it becomes infinitely more interesting." ([24])
5x expanded by Jack Sebastian (talk). Self-nominated at 05:45, 14 September 2019 (UTC).
Signal Corps Band
- ... that, in 1916, three members of the United States' 13th Cavalry Regiment's band were killed in action during the Battle of Columbus in New Mexico?
- Reviewed: Forthcoming
Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 04:22, 14 September 2019 (UTC).
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Overall: Looks good, just waiting for qpq. Zerach (talk) 18:24, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 15
Jane Eskind
- ... that Jane Eskind was the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee? Boucher, Dave; Tamburin, Adam (August 6, 2016). "Jane Eskind, Tennessee trailblazer and Louisville native, dead at 83". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- Reviewed: IOU
Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 02:16, 16 September 2019 (UTC).
- Hi Muboshgu, review follows: article created 15 September; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; hook fact is interesting, mentioned within article, cited to a reliable source and checks out at source; there's a couple of relatively minor issues with close paraphrasing:
- "In 1994, Eskind became the first woman to chair the Tennessee Democratic Party" is directly taken from the Associated press article
- Likewise "the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee" could be rephrased; same source
- Once they are sorted and a QPQ added this one should be good to go - Dumelow (talk) 15:43, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
New York City Inferno
- ... that the 1978 film New York City Inferno was shot in just four days? Source: aVoir aLire (in French)
- ALT1:... that New York City Inferno, a 1978 gay pornography film, features a licensed soundtrack by the Village People? Source: Filme de Culte (in French)
- Reviewed: The Ramble and Lake
Created by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:18, 15 September 2019 (UTC).
- The full review is to follow, though right now I have to note Morgan695 that the cast section is completely unreferenced. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:42, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Do cast sections typically need to be cited? I thought the source was assumed to be the source material itself, much like how Plot sections don't require citations. Morgan695 (talk) 05:18, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- From what I recall, Plot sections do not need to be cited, but cast sections generally do, especially if they include more minor roles. I could be misremembering things though and I'm open to a second opinion here. It's also partly because the DYK rules usually require at least one citation per paragraph (apart from plot sections, where citations are optional unless hook facts are mentioned there). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:54, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- From a cursory look at some featured film articles, it appears that if the casting information includes additional information about the role (casting notes, etc) then the material is cited, but simply stating that an actor portrayed a given character does not require a citation (see: 300 (film), Alien vs. Predator (film), Greed (1924 film), Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), and so on) Morgan695 (talk) 16:26, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- From what I recall, Plot sections do not need to be cited, but cast sections generally do, especially if they include more minor roles. I could be misremembering things though and I'm open to a second opinion here. It's also partly because the DYK rules usually require at least one citation per paragraph (apart from plot sections, where citations are optional unless hook facts are mentioned there). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:54, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Women's Defence Relief Corps
- ... that the Women's Defence Relief Corps trained British women to fight during the First World War? "The Women's Defence Relief Corps organised a semi-military section of women trained in drills, marching, scouting and the use of arms" (p293)
- Reviewed: to follow
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:59, 15 September 2019 (UTC).
- Article was moved to mainspace within the last seven days, is over the required prose count and has no copyvio concerns. Hook is attributed to a reliable source, although I'm unable to view it so I'll AGF there. The quote would appear to support the hook though. Just waiting on a QPQ review for this. Kosack (talk) 20:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on September 16
Willson Group
- ... that the Sheepscar tannery, run by John James Willson in Leeds, England, was at one time the largest in the country? Fraser, Derek (1980). A History of Modern Leeds. Leeds: Manchester University Press. p. 161. ISBN 071900781X. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ALT1:... that the committee which was instrumental in founding Leeds Art Gallery included artist John Atkinson Grimshaw and tannery owner and artist John James Willson? "Proposed fine art exhibition in Leeds". Leeds Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 30 May 1879. p. 6 col2. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- Reviewed: Pending
- Comment: Moved to mainspace 16 September 2019.
Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 08:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s
- ... that subjects of Venezuelan films of the 1890s include a dentist pulling teeth in a hotel (pictured) and a man getting into a brawl with a stagecoach driver? Source: Film descriptions
- ALT1:... that different genres of Venezuelan films of the 1890s include proto-horror (pictured) and slapstick? Source: In different parts of article; slapstick cited in Influence and themes section, proto-horror in National films table but cited in its film's article (because of a nearby wikilink).
- ALT2:... that scholars cannot agree if Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s was influenced by France, the United States, or both? Source: See the "Influence and themes" section
- ALT3:... that Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s includes one of few examples of Latin American cinema showing a medical procedure (pictured)? Source: López, Ana M. (2003). ""Train of Shadows": Early Cinema and Modernity in Latin America". In Shohat, Ella; Stam, Robert (eds.). Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media. Rutgers University Press. pp. 108-109. (in text)
- ALT4:... that the first film shown in Venezuela in the 1890s was made by the United States but set in Venezuela? Source: Will add citation to film screenings table.
- Reviewed: Jakub Różalski
Created by Kingsif (talk). Self-nominated at 08:46, 16 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 17
Jim Furyk's round of 58
- ... that Jim Furyk shot the first 58 on the PGA Tour in 613,000 rounds? Source: Hennessey, Stephen (August 7, 2016). "7 incredible facts about Jim Furyk's record-breaking 58 at the Travelers Championship". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 19, 2019.)
- ALT1: ... that Jim Furyk shot the first round of 58 in PGA Tour history? Sobel, Jason (August 7, 2016). "Jim Furyk notches record for best PGA Tour round". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
Created/expanded by Compy90 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
- @Compy90: This is a solid start on the new article! It's new enough and long enough, and the hooks are cited and backed up by their sources. This is your second nomination, so you don't need to have a QPQ. You do, however, need a few more inline citations so that there's one in the paragraph beginning "The 2016 Travelers Championship" and probably one at the end of each round paragraph (it can be the same one if you give the reference a name and cite it several times). Please ping me when you have made these changes to the article. By the way, I've fixed the syntax/style of the hooks. Raymie (t • c) 03:35, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
KYDZ
- ... that the annual charity radiothon at Wyoming high school radio station KYDZ was commended by a thank you letter from President Ronald Reagan? Source
- ALT1:... that what started as a way to get radio students work experience turned into an annual charity radiothon at KYDZ in Cody, Wyoming? "The program was originally planned as a work experience for the radio class..." + "This is the ninth year Cody students have staged a fund-raising marathon..."
- Reviewed: Hollow Dogū
- Comment: Technically, this is a conversion from a redirect, but it was a redirect unrelated to the station at hand.
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:25, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
WAMV (Illinois)
- ... that Harry Caray called his first Major League Baseball game, as well as hockey and basketball contests, on radio station WTMV in the St. Louis area? Baseball source; hockey and basketball mentioned in ads cited in the article
- ALT1:... that despite newspaper articles and interviews to the contrary, new ownership changed the format of WAMV radio in 1961, upsetting civic leaders in East St. Louis? Source
- Reviewed: John Cooper (Tennessee politician)
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 21:15, 18 September 2019 (UTC).
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
- ... that U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration director Lisa Gordon-Hagerty (pictured) once said, "I have more important things to do than advise Nicole Kidman"?
Source: "When Lisa Gordon Hagerty, MPH ’86, learned that she was one of the real-life models for the role of a White House counter-terrorism director in the 1997 thriller The Peacemaker, she was underwhelmed. It didn’t even matter that Nicole Kidman was playing the role. “I have more important things to do than advise Nicole Kidman,” Gordon-Hagerty laughs." [25]
- Reviewed: pending
Created by Antony-22 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:19, 18 September 2019 (UTC).
- Nominated within seven days of creation. Article is neutral, meets the length guidelines and reliably sourced. It has a low chance of being a copyright violation and there is no close paraphrasing. Hooks is short, fascinating, reliably sourced and neutral. Image is appropriately licensed. Just awaiting a QPQ review from the nominator; there is also a date format error in the article that needs to be corrected. MWright96 (talk) 13:43, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Areyo Hoshikuzu, Sansuke Yamada
- ... that before he wrote Areyo Hoshikuzu, a manga about demobilized soldiers in occupied Japan, series creator Sansuke Yamada was best known as a gay manga artist? Source: Manba (in Japanese)
- ALT1:... that the manga series Areyo Hoshikuzu by Sansuke Yamada was described by its publisher as "a bromance in the ruins of Tokyo"? Source: Anime News Network
- Reviewed: Adele Zay
Created by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:38, 17 September 2019 (UTC).
Fort George Amusement Park
- ... that an amusement park once existed in upper Manhattan? Source: MCNY
- ALT1:... that Fort George Amusement Park was known as "Harlem's Coney Island", with several roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels? Sources: NY Herald, MCNY
- ALT2:... that Fort George Amusement Park in Upper Manhattan was burned in two suspicious fires following opposition among neighborhood residents? Source: Gottlock 2013, pp. 27-30
Converted from a redirect by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 17 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 18
Jack Hadley
- ... that Jack Hadley (pictured) founded his own Black History Museum in Thomasville, Georgia? "Winter is the busiest time of year at a black history museum here named after its founder -- a city native and retired Airman, who remains the driving force behind the collection of more than 5,000 items, most of them acquired locally."
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk). Self-nominated at 13:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
- It has been proposed that Jack Hadley be moved to Jack Hadley Black History Museum.[26] We should hold off on this DYK until consensus can be reached on the main topic of the article. Kolya Butternut (talk) 14:07, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
- No objection. Hopefully someone will close the RM in a week. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:22, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
KOJC
- ... that community radio station KOJC received a donation as a result of a settlement involving minority contracting practices at the airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? Source
- Reviewed: Peter Palitzsch
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:38, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 19
WNWK
- ... that after the owner of Delaware radio station WNRK died before he could put it on the air, his widow was interviewed on the station's first day of broadcasting? Source
- Reviewed: Raúl Hernández Barrón
5x expanded by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 03:13, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
KGCX (AM)
- ... that KGCX, located in a town with a population of 50, prided itself on being the "smallest broadcasting station in the world" in 1926? Source
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 03:04, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
Tom Farquharson
- ... that footballer Tom Farquharson was believed to carry a gun in his kitbag? Source: the42ie Headstuff WalesOnline
- Reviewed: Pending
- Comment: The first two sources use "rumoured" but the third includes an eyewitness account. There is another eyewitness account in the article from an offline source too if needs be.
Improved to Good Article status by Kosack (talk). Self-nominated at 15:47, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment
- ... that courts and legal scholars in some countries have expressed support for the idea that even a properly ratified constitutional amendment can be unconstitutional? Source: [27]
Created by Futurist110 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
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Overall: ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk (We are the champions, my friends) 11:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Durio graveolens
- ... that despite a name meaning 'strong smelling durian', the scent of Durio graveolens (illustrated) is said to be mild? Lim, Tong Kwee; Luders, L. (July 1997). Boosting Durian Productivity (PDF). RIRDC Project DNT - 13A. Barton, ACT: Rural Industries Research Development Corporation (RIRDC). ISBN 9780724530151. ISSN 1440-6845. OCLC 38412745. Retrieved 10 November 2017.Nyffeler, Reto; Baum, David A. (2001). "Systematics and character evolution in Durio s. lat. (Malvaceae/Helicteroideae/Durioneae or Bombacaceae-Durioneae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 1 (3): 165–178. doi:10.1078/1439-6092-00015. ISSN 1439-6092. OCLC 199110722.Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri (December 1958). Dilmy, A.; Van Steens, C. G. G. J. (eds.). "The Genus Durio Adans. (Bombac.)" (PDF). Reinwardtia. 4 (3): 91–95. doi:10.14203/reinwardtia.v4i3.1008 (inactive 2019-09-12). ISSN 2337-8824. OCLC 4142407. Retrieved 10 November 2017.Gasik, Lindsay (May 2013). "Durio graveolens". Year of the Durian. yearofthedurian.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ALT1:... that Durio graveolens (illustrated) is the most popular species of durian in Brunei? Sivapalan, A.; Metussin, Rosidah; Harndan, Fuziah; Zain, Rokiah Mohd (December 1998). "Fungi associated with postharvest fruit rots of Durio graveolens and D. kutejensis in Brunei Darussalam". Australasian Plant Pathology. 27 (4): 274–277. doi:10.1071/AP98033. ISSN 1448-6032. OCLC 204773204.
- Reviewed: KSJU (Minnesota)
Improved to Good Article status by NessieVL (talk). Self-nominated at 16:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 20
Ma Ning
- ... that Ma Ning, who rose rapidly during the Cultural Revolution to become Commander of the Chinese Air Force, was later dismissed for his association with the Gang of Four? Source: The End of the Maoist Era p. 262
- ALT1:... that inspired by a novel about a double amputee flying ace, handicapped army veteran Ma Ning became a pilot and later Commander of the Chinese Air Force? Source: Sina (in Chinese)
- Reviewed: Tweed Courthouse
Created by Zanhe (talk). Self-nominated at 05:36, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
WVSP (North Carolina), WRQM
- ... that public radio stations WVSP and WRQM in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, suffered from weak listener support and fundraising shortfalls? For WVSP: [28], [29], [30]. WRQM: [31], [32], [33]
- Reviewed: Jim Furyk's round of 58 and Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)
- Comment: One new article, one redirect conversion
Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 03:53, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
Enoch Fenwick
- ... that Enoch Fenwick reluctantly became President of Georgetown College in 1820, and abandoned the post in 1825 before a replacement was found? Source: "...gleefully turned over the keys of the president and rector's office at Georgetown to the reluctant Enoch Fenwick" (Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, S.J. (1786–1864) and the Reform of the American Jesuits, p. 94) & "...who was absent from the college since August, left the mission superior, Francis Dzierozynski, the de facto rector and president." p. 110.
- Reviewed: Archer Avenue lines
Created by Ergo Sum (talk). Self-nominated at 15:54, 20 September 2019 (UTC).
Merryll Saylan
- ... that Mint Museum of Craft + Design visitors can see a jelly donut (pictured) on display? Source: Mint Museum Collection Database)
- ALT1:... that American artist Merryll Saylan woodturned a jelly donut (pictured) on display in Charlotte's Mint Museum of Craft + Design? Source: Mint Museum Collection Database
- Reviewed: Piano Concerto (Clara Schumann)
Created by Soulbust (talk). Self-nominated at 08:36, 20 September 2019 (UTC).
- I'm fine with this DYK nom being accepted either with or without the image. Soulbust (talk) 08:37, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- Interesting life on good sources, such as Smithsonian. I had to look up woodturning, so prefer ALT1 by far. No way - not even for April Fool's - to get away with a pipe from jelly donut to a woman's biography (but I smiled). IF you want to pursue the original, please add at least her name, and better tell us where the Mint Museum is, with the short name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:21, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
63rd Street Tunnel
- ... that the 63rd Street Tunnel's upper level took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction? Source: NY Times 1969 (start of construction), NY Times 1989 (completion), NY1 2017 (laying track in lower level)
- ALT1:... that the 63rd Street Tunnel's upper level opened 20 years after its construction started, while the lower level is still under construction? Source: Same as above
- ALT2:... that unlike other underwater subway tunnels in New York City, the 63rd Street Tunnel was prefabricated and sunk into trenches in the river bed? Source: NY Times 2005
- Reviewed: QPQ pending
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 00:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on September 21
Sheila Heaney
- ... that Sheila Heaney, director of the Women's Royal Army Corps, visited the United States in 1972 to study how women were being integrated into the US Army? "In 1972 she visited the USA, where she studied the move towards the integration of servicewomen in the regular army and the campaign for equality in the armed forces." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ALT1:... that Sheila Heaney implemented changes to allow women in the British Army to chose their branch of service? "It was largely as a result of her efforts that women were given the chance to fulfil their potential in their chosen arm or service of the army and so achieve greater career opportunities." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Reviewed: to follow
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:59, 21 September 2019 (UTC).
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- Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section above, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began; indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
- Note: Articles intended to be held for special occasion dates should be nominated within seven days of creation, start of expansion, or promotion to Good Article status. The nomination should be made between at least one week prior to the occasion date, to allow time for reviews and promotions through the prep and queue sets, but not more than six weeks in advance. The proposed occasion must be deemed sufficiently special by reviewers. The timeline limitations, including the six week maximum, may be waived by consensus, if a request is made at WT:DYK, but requests are not always successful. Discussion clarifying the hold criteria can be found here: [34]; discussion setting the six week limit can be found here: [35].
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