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Strategion[edit]
- ... that while going to the Strategion in Constantinople, Emperor Theodosius II was attacked with stones by a hungry mob?
- Source: At this time, while the Emperor Theodosious [II] was in procession to the public granaries, he was pelted with stones by a hungry populace... Westbrook (2013), p. 10
- ALT1: ... that the merchants of sheep were allowed to sell their livestock in the Strategion in Constantinople until the first day of Lent? Source: C'est au Strategion...que les merchands de moutons peuvent vendre leurs betes, et cela jusqu'au premier jour de careme. Janin (1950), p. 96
- Reviewed: Fang Gan
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Alex2006 (talk) 07:39, 27 April 2024 (UTC).
- The article was created yesterday, so is new enough. It is much more than long enough and properly uses in-line citations. AGF on proper paraphrasing of the offline sources was used. Both hooks are interesting and cited in-line, with the first one being better I think (though perhaps need some commas?). The only thing holding up this review, Alessandro57, is that the QPQ hasn't been done yet. SilverserenC 21:37, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- I see that you're still editing, Alessandro57. Were you planning on doing a QPQ review or is this nomination abandoned? SilverserenC 23:46, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Josephine Kenyon[edit]
- ... that Josephine Kenyon was one of the earliest women to graduate from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine?
- Source: Opitz, Donald L. "Kenyon, Josephine Hemenway (1880-1965), pediatrician and health educator." American National Biography. February, 2000. Oxford University Press., JOSEPHINE KENYON, PEDIATRICIAN, DEAD". The New York Times. 1965-01-11. p. 45.
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- Comment: Feel free to share your alt blurbs.
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.X (talk) 23:50, 26 April 2024 (UTC).
- Reviewing... New enough, long enough, Earwig's copyvio <1%. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:08, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- ... Thank you for this interesting article. It reads well and follows the main refernece closely. QPQ not required. Hook is in article and referenced, but is quite general. Can you think of a more specific hook to her? Whispyhistory (talk) 15:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that editions of Josephine Kenyon's book Healthy Babies Are Happy Babies increasingly moved away from their original recommendations of rigid scheduling to "on-demand" scheduling based on the child? Source: Opitz, Donald: 'During the course of the book’s five revisions ... her trend in pediatric advice shifted from an emphasis on following rigid schedules to attending to a child’s “on-demand” schedule.' Possible Alt, 198 characters, suggested by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:41, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you @Mary Mark Ockerbloom:... I was thinking of a hook along that topic too, but it would be good to shorten and simplify. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that Josephine Kenyon moved from recommendations of rigid scheduling to "on-demand" scheduling in editions of her book Healthy Babies Are Happy Babies? (Same sources as ALt1)
- Thank you... looks good. How about a hook containing 'good housekeeping'? There may be something in this reference p. 102. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Approving ALT2... I don't think the quote marks are needed as it appears a common term when I searched literature on the topic. Possibly link the book. The hook is in the article and in the main source. Thank you both. Whispyhistory (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Hong Kong v Inter Miami[edit]
- ... that Lionel Messi has provoked geopolitical tensions across China, the United States, Argentina, Japan and Hong Kong due to his absence from a match?
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- Comment: This is my first DYK nomination so please remind me if there is anything missing or should be improved. Thanks.
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.~~ J. Dann 15:04, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
- What a ride that article was. QPQ not needed. Earwig has a high score for copyvio detection, but that's entirely due to Messi's paragraph-long statement in the "Departure and Japan trip" section, which has an inline citation to the flagged source. Referencing is adequate and length/newness criteria fulfilled. Hook is definitely interesting and cited in source, not cited inline as exact phrasing but separately so. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 10:13, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Cypp0847 and Juxlos: I have tagged the article for copyediting, as there are grammar-related issues throughout the article (tenses, for instance, are very often incorrect). This needs to be resolved before a DYK run. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:39, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Ludwell–Paradise House[edit]
- ... that John D. Rockefeller Jr., under the name "David's Father", secretly authorized the purchase of an $8,000 "antique" (pictured)?
- Source: Kopper, Philip (1986). Colonial Williamsburg. New York City: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Pbritti (talk) 21:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC).
- AGF on offline book source. Article expansion is sufficient and recent, QPQ done. No copyvio is detected, Earwig flags a bibliography item and a direct quote only. Hook is good. To DYKA you go. Juxlos (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Rosal, Sutherland[edit]
- ... that Rosal was the largest of 49 townships in Strathnaver, shortly before it was deserted entirely?
- Source: Maverik Guide to Scotland p512
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Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.-- D'n'B-t -- 16:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC).
- New enough, long enough, and properly sourced. No QPQ needed. Earwig found no problematic copied wording. Good-enough hook, but one must synthesize a couple pieces of information in the article to obtain it: the "largest township" part is at the end of the town section, dated to the early 19th century, while the "deserted" part is at the end of the "clearance" section. In fact both facts are adjacent in the "Maverick Guide to Scotland" source, with much tighter dating (largest in 1815; cleared between 1814 and 1818) and to avoid problems with WP:SYN the article would benefit from making them adjacent somewhere within it, footnoted to that source. Also, "deserted" is maybe a euphemism for what happened. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks David. What if the sentence in the Town section said "Before the clearance, it was the largest of 49 townships in Strathnaver"? That would would be consistent with the Maverick Guide guide source and not change up the current before-during-after structure. I could also change the sentence in the Clearance section to say "completely deserted by 1818" to avoid any ambiguity.
- I think "deserted" is, from a NPOV, the end result of what happened, it describes what's left. You could say "forcibly depopulated" or something but I think "deserted" is clear enough and used in the sources. -- D'n'B-t -- 18:42, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- To me, "deserted" is an accurate and neutral description of the state of the place now, but not of the process by which it reached that state. How about
- ALT1 ... that before its inhabitants were evicted, Rosal was the largest of 49 townships in Strathnaver?
- but that would require a new reviewer as I can't both propose hooks and approve them. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- To me, "deserted" is an accurate and neutral description of the state of the place now, but not of the process by which it reached that state. How about
I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara[edit]
- ... that Denpasar, Indonesia mayor I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara became active in politics after he was laid off from a bank due to the Asian financial crisis? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hong Kong v Inter Miami
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Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 222 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Juxlos (talk) 05:13, 1 May 2024 (UTC).
- Article is new, long enough, neutral and presentable. It cites sources inline. All sources are in foreign language. The hook is well-formatted and interesting. Its size is within limit. It is partly cited inline. The sentence ending with "... was laid off in 1998" needs to be cited inline. I understand from the article that he is somewhat the co-mayor. If it is correct, then the hook needs to be altered. Please advise. QPQ was done. CeeGee 11:45, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- @CeeGee: Inline citation added. The guy is the mayor - not entirely sure what you meant by comayor, but his running mate became vice mayor. Juxlos (talk) 00:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Sunlight before signing[edit]
- ... that Barack Obama made an election promise to make non-emergency bills freely available online for a five-day public consultation period under Sunlight before signing?
- Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/politics/22pledge.html - "During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that once a bill was passed by Congress, the White House would post it online for five days before he signed it."
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Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.GobsPint (talk) 06:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
- Comment: The article is relatively short and needs further development before being highlighted; the topic is an interesting one, but the hook could do with being shorter. Perhaps,
Alt1 ... that Barack Obama promised to make bills freely available online for public consultation under Sunlight before signing? Klbrain (talk) 19:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I mean, numerically it's over the limit, but as written, this article would deserve {{no lead}}, and one should be added.--Launchballer 19:56, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. Lots of good comments but nobody appears to have reviewed. So I guess I will take it on.4meter4 (talk) 22:50, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Article is new enough. It's long enough even after removing the large blocks of quoted text. Earwig did flag copyright violation, but this was due to the large blocks of quoted text which have been properly attributed and are within policy. No close paraphrasing or copyright found, and the article appears to be within policy in all other measures. Hook fact and length both check out for the original and Alt1 hooks. I leave it to the promoter to decide which hook wording they prefer to promote.4meter4 (talk) 23:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Robyn Gigl[edit]
- ... that the Robyn Gigl novel By Way of Sorrow, which features a transgender lawyer protagonist, was described as "quietly groundbreaking" by The New York Times? Source: NYT article from 2021 (possibly paywalled)
- ALT1: ... that Robyn Gigl, a transgender lawyer, has written a series of legal thrillers with a transgender lawyer protagonist? Source: article from the New Jersey State Bar Association
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lester Allen
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Bridget (talk) 15:08, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
- Article is long and new enough, and properly sourced. There are no BLP issues. Both hooks are interesting. ALT0 is properly cited but I'm unsure about ALT1. Waiting on that QPQ. 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 15:51, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi LunaEclipse, I'm definitely leaning more towards ALT0, since it's focused on the critical reception of her work featuring a trans character, rather than the focus solely on the fact that Gigl and her character are trans. I've just added a DYK that I just reviewed. Thanks for taking a look at this! Best, Bridget (talk) 00:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- The facts for ALT1 are supported but the phrasing seems a little awkward. How about
- ALT2: ... that Robyn Gigl, who has written a series of legal thrillers with a transgender lawyer protagonist, transitioned after becoming the managing partner of her legal firm? Source: article from the New Jersey State Bar Association Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Elizabeth Seifert[edit]
- ... that Elizabeth Seifert quit medical school after only one year as she was denied a medical degree due to her gender, went on to publish more than 80 novels in her career?
- ALT1: ... that Elizabeth Seifert, who was denied a medical degree due to her gender, went on to achieve success as a writer, penning over 80 novels about the very field she had been excluded from? Source: Elizabeth Seifert, who quit medical school after 1 years... by UPI, The Bulletin 19 Jun 1983, Ottawa Citizen 20 Jun 1983
- ALT2: ... that despite being barred from pursuing a career in medicine due to her gender, Elizabeth Seifert went on to write over 80 novels about doctors and the medical field? Source: Elizabeth Seifert, who quit medical school after 1 years... by UPI, The Bulletin 19 Jun 1983, Ottawa Citizen 20 Jun 1983
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- Comment: Or more versions of the same. Please feel free to suggest!
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.X (talk) 10:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC).
- Article created 27 April. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are all interesting and sourced. QPQ is not required. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 15:36, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Nellie McCoy[edit]
- ... that actress Nellie McCoy suffered a mental breakdown after her theatre performance was criticized, leading to her being committed to a sanitorium?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Strategion
- Comment: Article was moved from draftspace to mainspace with this edit.
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 116 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.SilverserenC 22:19, 27 April 2024 (UTC).
- Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 00:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- I also used this source (which is also cited in the article) to verify the hook. Cunard (talk) 00:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Anne Griffiths[edit]
- ... that librarian Anne Griffiths was one of the first British women to cross the Antarctic Circle?
- Source: "one of the first two British women to cross the Antarctic Circle" [2]
- ALT1: ... that librarian Anne Griffiths was one of the few non-royals invited to Prince Philip's 90th birthday lunch? Source: "In 2011 she was one of the few non-royal guests invited to his 90th birthday luncheon at Windsor Castle." [3]
- Reviewed: [[]]
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Mystery Merrivale (talk) 19:06, 3 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: AGF for paywalled sources. Everything looks solid! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:41, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Rahmad Mas'ud[edit]
- ... that Indonesian politician Rahmad Mas'ud received his master's degree simultaneously with four of his siblings? Source: [4]: "Lima dari delapan bersaudara Bani Mas’ud atau anak keturunan H Mas’ud, baru saja menyelesaikan studi Magister Ekonomi di Universitas Mulawarman (Unmul) secara bersamaan."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hilda Hope McMaugh
- Comment: Wanted to make articles for his other siblings, but they seem to have less coverage and might struggle to hit 1500 characters
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 220 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Juxlos (talk) 05:32, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Was unable to access the Koran Kaltim source (blocked me for some reason), but I was able to confirm the hook fact from other sources. Hook is interesting, article is neutral, so it looks good to go! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Boroline[edit]
- ... that the antiseptic cream Boroline was marketed to appeal to nationalistic sentiments?
- ALT1: ... that over 100,000 samples of the antiseptic cream Boroline were distributed for free when India became independent? Source: https://www.thejuggernaut.com/bengali-antiseptic-cream-boroline-swadeshi-movement
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Townsends
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Sohom (talk) 16:25, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
- Article recently expanded. No copyvio detected, and QPQ is done. Hook is verified in sources and cited inline. Preference for original hook. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 05:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
James White (inventor)[edit]
- ... that Napoleon awarded a medal to English inventor James White?
- Source: Dickinson, H.W. (1951). "James White and his "New Century of Inventions"". Transactions of the Newcomen Society. 27 (1). doi:10.1179/tns.1949.016. p. 176
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
- I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:44, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: Looks good. AGF on the offline hook source. @Generalissima: The only thing is that I think there needs to be a direct cite for the sentence BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
For this invention, White received a medal from First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte
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- @BeanieFan11: Oops! fixed. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Olga Lander[edit]
- ... that Olga Lander used a fixed 50 mm focal length camera, requiring her to work close to the dangerous war-time subjects she photographed (example pictured)?
- Source: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/fotos-von-kriegsfotografin-olga-lander-versehrte-koerper-unter-blumenschmuck-li.1359122 Translated as "Lander was equipped with a FED camera, a Soviet replica of the Leica with a 50 mm focal length. This meant that she could not zoom in ... if she wanted to take close-ups ... she acted accordingly, even if her life was in danger, as her photos of battles show."
- Reviewed: The Lord Chamberlain’s plays
- Comment: This article fits WikiProject Women in Red's Press women theme for May
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC).
- Interesting life and work, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I approve the hook, and it goes well with the current trend for short "hooky" wording. I wonder, however, if - since her name doesn't give much clue to where she comes from - some hint at place and/or time might add interest. I found interesting, for example, that she took pics in both world wars. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- How about including her photo, which - with a year in the caption - would add some time? It would illustrate the hook perfectly although it is not strictly she who is pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:16, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: I've added the photo as you suggest. Regarding the hook info, if you don't tell them everything, they have to click through to find out, right? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the image which tells what I missed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- adding to approval: the image is licensed and a great illustration of the kind of photos she took. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: I've added the photo as you suggest. Regarding the hook info, if you don't tell them everything, they have to click through to find out, right? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Foundation of the Communist Party of India[edit]
- ... that within the Indian communist movement there is a dispute on whether the Communist Party of India (flag pictured) was founded in Tashkent in 1920 or Kanpur in 1925?
- Source: Kiran Saxena (1990). Trade Union Movement and the National Movement. South Asian Publishers. p. 128. ISBN 978-81-7003-116-1.
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 380 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Soman (talk) 21:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: This is a very nicely-written and well-researched article, with quite the interesting hook for DYK. Excellent work on this! Only real issue is that it's currently tagged as an orphan, this can be remedied by linking to this article from at least one other article. Ping me once this is done and I'll be happy to approve this. (I'm also not convinced that the picture is necessary for this kind of a hook, but its inclusion is up to the DYK coordinators) Grnrchst (talk) 14:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
The Lord Chamberlain's plays[edit]
- ... that the Lord Chamberlain was the official theatrical censor in England for over 200 years until 1968 with the power to prevent any new play from being performed, often for blasphemy or indecency?
- ALT1: ... that the Lord Chamberlain's plays are a historical archive of play scripts curated through theatrical censorship that provide a unique insight to attitudes to race and sexuality?
- Reviewed:
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Nick Sheppard (talk) 14:55, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
- Which part of this hook is supposed to link to The Lord Chamberlain's plays?--Launchballer 15:07, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- fair point, novice at DYK…is update any good?
- I've suggested a possibility of linking for the original alt. Someone else may have a better idea of whether this complies appropriately with best practice for formatting a DYK hook. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: I prefer ALT1 to ALT. The hook length is acceptable for both. ALT has a couple of issues: the title of the article does not appear, but more importantly, the idea of the office's powers is not clearly conveyed: it currently says "for over 200 years until 1968 with the power to prevent ANY new play from being performed". However, those powers were somewhat restricted after 1843, so to say ANY new play could be restricted after 1843 is perhaps misleading. This hook could be rephrased slightly, but at this point, for both reasons, I recommend ALT1 instead. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 23:47, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Peale's Philadelphia Museum[edit]
... that exhibits at Peale's Philadelphia Museum included the first known skeleton of a mastodon (excavation pictured)?Source: Semonin, Paul (2000). American Monster: How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of National Identity. NYU Press. p. 5 "Charles Willson Peale and his son Rembrandt excavated the first complete skeleton of the American incognitum, or mastodon" "when the mounted skeleton was placed in their Philadelphia Museum for public viewing".
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.TSventon (talk) 21:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: I don't see anything in the guidelines about QPQs needing to be done recently, but this one was done in 2021 and hasn't been used as a QPQ by the nominator before. If that's okay, then this nom is good to go. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:15, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Voorts, thank you for the review, I tried to do a few QPQs before I needed them and they have got rather old. Fortunately WP:QPQ says QPQs do not expire and may be used at any time for a future DYK nomination. TSventon (talk) 00:09, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Voorts and TSventon: I cannot confirm in any sources that this was the first known skeleton. Maybe first "complete" can be investigated if sources support? I do see a source for "Peale eventually founded the first natural history museum in the United States". But I do not know about the reliability of the source (czasopisma) - that can be investigated for a hook idea, or you can introduce a different hook. Bruxton (talk) 15:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
@Voorts and Bruxton: I was trying to put the hook in my own words and overdid the paraphrasing. When Semonin says the skeleton was complete I think he meant almost complete so I have reworded the article and the hook. Peale's museum as "the first natural history museum in the United States" is arguable, but would need more work. This argued it was not.
- Alt1 ... that exhibits at Peale's Philadelphia Museum included the first nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon (excavation pictured)? Source: Mysteries of the First Mastodon https://americanart.si.edu/blog/mysteries-first-mastodon-conservators-perspective
TSventon (talk) 23:14, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. It is difficult to find the hook because it is not explicit in the article. I did find the two parts to the hook in The Peale Mastodon section so ALT1 works. Bruxton (talk) 14:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- The hook is explicit but unreferenced in the lead, I could add a reference to the Smithsonian article there if that made things clearer. In the body one of the sentences was not immediately followed by a reference, so I fixed that.
- By the way, on the first museum, I have seen things like the first successful public museum of natural history, but that would need to be discussed in the article and is not particularly hooky. TSventon (talk) 14:23, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. It is difficult to find the hook because it is not explicit in the article. I did find the two parts to the hook in The Peale Mastodon section so ALT1 works. Bruxton (talk) 14:03, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Aza Arnold[edit]
- ... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe?
- Source: Jeremy, D. J. (1981). Technological diffusion—the case of the differential gear. Industrial Archaeology Review, 5(3), 217–227. doi:10.1179/iar.1981.5.3.217
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC).
- I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:22, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: Looks good. AGF on the offline source. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:27, 28 April 2024 (UTC) {{DYKsubpage |monthyear=April 2024 |passed= |2=
2024 Southeast Asia heat wave[edit]
- ... that due to a 2024 heat wave in Southeast Asia, heat indices in the Philippines rose to dangerous levels as high as 51 °C or 124 °F?
- Source: Rappler
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page. PSA 🏕️ (talk) 11:35, 29 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: recently created, QPQ done, interesting hook that is cited. Looks good to go, but please expand the lede a little bit. Makeandtoss (talk) 13:09, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Elizabeth Yeampierre[edit]
- ... that Elizabeth Yeampierre calls Puerto Rico the "poster child for climate injustice" due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria?
- Reviewed:
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.CaptainAngus (talk) 01:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
- Final free-QPQ nom from nominator. Article of sufficient length and newness. Hook interesting and cited in source (well, quoted inline). Earwig detects no copyvio aside from again direct quotes. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 06:12, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Evgeniia Subbotina[edit]
- ... that although Evgeniia Subbotina herself failed to escape her exile in Siberia, she successfully aided the escape of Catherine Breshkovsky, Yelizaveta Kovalskaya and Sofya Bogomolets?
- Source: Shilov, A. A.; Karnaukhova, M. G., eds. (1932). "Субботина, Евгения Дмитриевна" [Subbotina, Evgeniia Dmitrievna]. Деятели революционного движения в России (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Society of Former Political Prisoners and Exiled Settlers. p. 1635–1636. OCLC 749336544.
С помощью А. Лу. кашевича пыталась 28 янв. 1879 г. бежать; добралась до Иркутска, где была задержана 29 янв. т. г. Признанная ген.-губернаторок виновной в самовольн. отлучке, подвергнута 7-дневн. аресту при Иркутск. тюремн. Зам. к. азатем выслана в Верхоленск (Иркутск. губ.) с ением за ней особ. [...] В 1881 г. переведена в Иркутск, где жила с В. Александровой-Натансон, Принимала вместе с нею участие в денежной помощи и в организации побегов Е. Брешко-Брешковской из Баргузина и Е. Ковальской и С. Богомолец из Иркутск.
[With the help of A. L. Kashevich she tried to escape on 28 January 1879; she reached Irkutsk, where she was detained on 29 January of that year. Found guilty of AWOL by the Governor-General, she was subjected to a 7-day arrest at the Irkutsk prison. She was deported to Verkholensk (Irkutsk province) and then deported with a special charge. [...] In 1881, she was transferred to Irkutsk, where she lived with V. Alexandrova-Natanson; she took part with her in providing monetary aid and in organising the escape of E. Breshko-Breshkovskaya from Barguzin and E. Kovalskaya and S. Bogomolets from Irkutsk.]
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 35 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Grnrchst (talk) 14:20, 29 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Thanks for creating this. I've read some interesting first person accounts that mention the women Russian exiles. Please tag me once the missing citation is added. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: I'm confused as to why this claim needs a citation? She collaborated on Lavrov's Vpered, was involved in a Narodnik organisation, was tried in two mass trials of Narodnik revolutionaries and actively organised with other Narodniks for decades. Is it not exceedingly obvious that this was the movement she was involved in? --Grnrchst (talk) 08:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Grnrchst: Yes, but all of that relies on the reader having knowledge of what that movement was and who it involved. For a Wikipedia reader who follows the hook to a topic that they aren't knowledgeable about, none of that is obvious. So I would suggest adding a sentence or phrase later in the body that in which you explicitly use the term Narodnik, with a citation to something that clarifies or at least uses that term. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 12:15, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Ok, I've just removed it from the lead. --Grnrchst (talk) 12:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Grnrchst: As you wish, good to go. All the best, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Ok, I've just removed it from the lead. --Grnrchst (talk) 12:58, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
List of Detroit Lions Pro Bowl selections[edit]
- ... that Barry Sanders was the first player to play at least 10 seasons in the National Football League and be selected to the Pro Bowl in each year? Source: Sports Illustrated]
- Reviewed: Not applicable (fourth nomination)
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Hey man im josh (talk) 15:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC).
- As a lifelong Lions fan due to watching Barry play in my formative years, I'm happy to review this. The article is new enough, long enough, and well sourced. Tone is neutral, Earwig is clean, and a spot check showed no issues. QPQ not needed. The hook is interesting and well-sourced, but unless I'm missing it, it doesn't appear in the actual article. The prose mentions he shares the team record for selections, and an image caption mentions he was chosen every season he played, but there's nothing about being the first NFL player to play at least ten seasons and be selected each year. @Hey man im josh: if you'll just include the fact in the article's prose and cite the SI article this should be good to go. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well that's embarrassing. I guess I had so many revisions and write ups I somehow accidently left it out altogether!! I've made sure it's now included in the prose. Thanks @DrOrinScrivello. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- No worries, happens to the best of us! This is now ready for the Main Page. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:44, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season[edit]
- ... that in 1993, all Atlantic hurricane activity ended two full months early?
- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/ ("The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.")
- Page 871 of https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/123/3/1520-0493_1995_123_0871_ahso_2_0_co_2.xml?tab_body=pdf ("...the last named storm (Harvey) lost its tropical characteristics on 21 September. This is the earliest conclusion to tropical storms and hurricanes in a season since 1930.") Also the Atlantic hurricane database. A guide on how to read it is available here; while that page is a guide for the Eastern Pacific database, the Atlantic database is formatted the same way.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Epipterygium opararense
- Comment: This is in fact my seventh nomination; the first three were in 2009, outside the range of the QPQ tool.
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 21:56, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
- Unfortunately, I'm not sure we can consider this a new article. There was a pre-existing article at this title from 2008-2011 prior to it being redirected which substantially overlaps with the construction and content in the current article. That content is still in the article history. For this reason, we probably would need to consider this a 5x expansion, as opposed to a new article created from a page that was always a redirect. In doing a character count, the current prose count is 22487 characters. The prior article was 6062 characters. A 5x expansion would require 30310 characters. The article is currently 7,823 characters short of the required length.4meter4 (talk) 01:41, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: Interesting. WP:DYKNEW does say that articles created from redirects count as new, as do previously deleted articles that have been re-created, but it does not say anything about the middle ground of previously redirected articles being restored (albeit, in this case, in greatly expanded form—I note that the previous article at this title was incomplete, as there was no timeline chronology for the season's two final storms, both of which were hurricanes and one of which killed over 100 people). Also, I thought bulleted text didn't count towards prose size? At the risk of shooting myself in the foot, DYKcheck says that the previous version of the article had 1,816 bytes of prose, while the current version has 4,085 bytes; in this case, I would need almost exactly 5,000 more bytes of prose if this were to be considered a 5x expansion scenario. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 17:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Dylan620 Those are some fair points. I don't want to make you go through too many hoops if we don't have to. Let me get some input from others so we can find the most reasonable path forward. To be clear, the former timeline page never went to WP:AFD and was not deleted. It was merged and redirected without any prior discussion that I can find; a decision apparently made by a single editor. Regardless, it may be that only slight expansion of text would be necessary per your understanding of 5x expansion policy. I am going to ask for others to give input on the DYK talk page. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:17, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: Sounds good. FWIW, there was a merge discussion, though it was a short one. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 18:36, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Dylan620 Those are some fair points. I don't want to make you go through too many hoops if we don't have to. Let me get some input from others so we can find the most reasonable path forward. To be clear, the former timeline page never went to WP:AFD and was not deleted. It was merged and redirected without any prior discussion that I can find; a decision apparently made by a single editor. Regardless, it may be that only slight expansion of text would be necessary per your understanding of 5x expansion policy. I am going to ask for others to give input on the DYK talk page. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:17, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: Interesting. WP:DYKNEW does say that articles created from redirects count as new, as do previously deleted articles that have been re-created, but it does not say anything about the middle ground of previously redirected articles being restored (albeit, in this case, in greatly expanded form—I note that the previous article at this title was incomplete, as there was no timeline chronology for the season's two final storms, both of which were hurricanes and one of which killed over 100 people). Also, I thought bulleted text didn't count towards prose size? At the risk of shooting myself in the foot, DYKcheck says that the previous version of the article had 1,816 bytes of prose, while the current version has 4,085 bytes; in this case, I would need almost exactly 5,000 more bytes of prose if this were to be considered a 5x expansion scenario. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 17:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: 2011 - 1816 characters (283 words) - 2024 4085 characters (612 words): While not 5x, I do think this qualifies as new.--evrik (talk) 18:39, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. For the sake of keeping a centralized discussion, please refrain from commenting here if this is on determining whether the article should be considered new or not. That discussion is currently taking at Wikipedia talk:Did you know.4meter4 (talk) 19:04, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Dylan620 There is now a clear consensus opinion to consider this a new article. Now on to the review. Article is long enough with the difference in prose count sizes between the old and new versions clearly passing the 1500 prose count length in order to align with the issue raised by BlueMoonset at the DYK talk page discussion. Even if all of the old text was reused from the older version (which it wasn't) there is more than enough new prose to go beyond the 1500 character count as indicated by subtracting the entire length of the original prose from the new version prose count which leaves a balance much higher than 1500 characters. Otherwise the article is within policy and no close plagiarism is detected. My one main issue is the lack of page number citations. It's difficult to check verifiability when citing to an entire reference. That alone isn't enough to derail the nomination, but we must have an inline citation with a specific page number directly after the sentence with the hook fact. That currently is not in the article. If there is a reason multiple page numbers are needed for the hook fact please provide details about exactly where in the text and on what pages the hook fact exists in the cited source. Once that is fixed, I will review the hook.4meter4 (talk) 19:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: I have added a page number to the hook source, and also added page numbers where this source is used as a citation in the timeline. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 22:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Dylan620 Thanks for working on this, but the specific hook fact sentence still lacks an inline citation immediately after the hook fact. This may seem pedantic, but we do consistently require an inline citation directly after the sentence with the hook fact, even if that means duplicating a citation already used later in the paragraph (annoying I know, but I have to do this too with my nominations). I placed a citation tag needed to help you identify where exactly I am expecting to see a cite. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: I've adjusted the refs in the lede a bit; how's it look now? Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 22:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Dylan620 Thanks. That's better, although the second cited source came up as dead. Now at looking at the first reference, I am having trouble finding any prose directly stating this fact. Are you essentially analyzing the data yourself to arrive at this conclusion, or am I missing something here? If you are pulling this hook fact out of the data, can you explain exactly how you arrived at that fact? I'll need to double check that this is ok to run. When we start getting into analyses of science data it gets tricky between what can be considered obvious non-controversial interpretation, and what becomes WP:Original synthesis. I'm not saying it is SYNTH, I'm just needing some guidance to know where to look to find the hook fact. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: First, apologies for the rollback; that was a misclick which resulted when the 'diff' button slipped out from under me (watchlist was still loading). Second, the cited Monthly Weather Review journal states that no system of at least tropical storm intensity was active after September 21, which (per the NHC's hurricane climatology page, which is also cited) is more than two months before the official end date of November 30. Even including Tropical Depression Ten, which dissipated on September 30 without having ever reached tropical storm status, that's still a full two months before the official end date. Thinking about it a little more, "early" could be on the subjective side, so I'm going to suggest an alt hook:
- ALT1: ... that in 1993, all Atlantic hurricane activity ceased two full months before the season officially ended?
- Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Also, I've fixed the second ref; it was broken because of a typo in the URL, which I'm kind of shocked I didn't detect sooner. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: First, apologies for the rollback; that was a misclick which resulted when the 'diff' button slipped out from under me (watchlist was still loading). Second, the cited Monthly Weather Review journal states that no system of at least tropical storm intensity was active after September 21, which (per the NHC's hurricane climatology page, which is also cited) is more than two months before the official end date of November 30. Even including Tropical Depression Ten, which dissipated on September 30 without having ever reached tropical storm status, that's still a full two months before the official end date. Thinking about it a little more, "early" could be on the subjective side, so I'm going to suggest an alt hook:
- Dylan620 Thanks. That's better, although the second cited source came up as dead. Now at looking at the first reference, I am having trouble finding any prose directly stating this fact. Are you essentially analyzing the data yourself to arrive at this conclusion, or am I missing something here? If you are pulling this hook fact out of the data, can you explain exactly how you arrived at that fact? I'll need to double check that this is ok to run. When we start getting into analyses of science data it gets tricky between what can be considered obvious non-controversial interpretation, and what becomes WP:Original synthesis. I'm not saying it is SYNTH, I'm just needing some guidance to know where to look to find the hook fact. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @4meter4: I've adjusted the refs in the lede a bit; how's it look now? Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 22:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Dylan620 Thanks for working on this, but the specific hook fact sentence still lacks an inline citation immediately after the hook fact. This may seem pedantic, but we do consistently require an inline citation directly after the sentence with the hook fact, even if that means duplicating a citation already used later in the paragraph (annoying I know, but I have to do this too with my nominations). I placed a citation tag needed to help you identify where exactly I am expecting to see a cite. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
A Charge to Keep I Have[edit]
- ... that an 18th-century hymn inspired the title of George W. Bush's 1999 autobiography?
- Source: "The title of the book is based upon a hymn written by Charles Wesley, 'A Charge to Keep I Have'" - George W. Bush, A Charge to Keep, page x.
- Reviewed:
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Mystery Merrivale (talk) 19:11, 5 May 2024 (UTC).
- Article is good, well-sourced, new enough, long enough and free of copyright. I do find the hook to be quite interesting + it is cited. QPQ not required. Template:LunaEatsTunaSig (talk), posted at 21:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Jacques Poitras[edit]
- ... that journalist Jacques Poitras spent a month repeatedly crossing the "Imaginary Line" separating New Brunswick and Maine in order to publish a book about it?
- Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/imaginary-line-life-on-an-unfinished-border-by-jacques-poitras/article4251690/ (repeatedly crossed the book) AND https://theaquinian.net/jacques-poitras-new-book-sheds-light-new-brunswick-maine-border/ (mentions how long he spent)
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.B3251 (talk) 01:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Not ready yet, nominator needs a QPQ. Also, how is the Aquinian reliable? 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 22:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- The Aquinian is the St. Thomas University (STU)'s student newspaper. Per WP:RSSM as well as general consensus through discussions cited by WP:RSSM, using student media sparingly is generally fine; sometimes it is the only option for certain details/facts, such as in this instance for a general assumption of the subject's age, his connection to the University, and a small detail in the creation process of his book.
- I apologize if you find that The Aquinian seems disputed, but because WP:N and WP:GNG has already been established it should be alright using student media for small bits of the article, as this is an instance where better sources couldn't be found. (this only applies to articles whose subject is connected to the University of said student press, of course, in which this case Poitras is). If it helps, STU has a more "official" magazine where Poitras has a small mention here as a journalism professor, and is mentioned here in a third-party provincial newspaper interview with a STU journalism student.
- I hope this addresses any concerns! QPQ will be finished soon. Thanks, B3251 (talk) 23:54, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
List of New England Revolution managers[edit]
- ... that Jay Heaps lost one MLS Cup final as a New England Revolution manager and four as a player?
- ALT1: ... that New England Revolution manager Walter Zenga was let go in 1999 despite being one of the team's best players? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-sudden-boot-for-zenga/144917794/
- ALT2: ... that New England Revolution manager Bruce Arena led the club to a record-breaking 73 points in the 2021 season? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/new-england-revolution-mls-points-record-regular-season-bruce-arena/
- Reviewed:
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Brindille1 (talk) 03:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC). This was not expanded five-fold in the past week (since 24 April), but great work on the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Me Da Wikipedian (talk • contribs)
- @Me Da Wikipedian: Hey, this article definitely underwent a 5x expansion that finished in the last week. The entirety of the “Managerial History” section is new: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_England_Revolution_managers&oldid=1220820808. If you look before April 22nd, there was even less of a lede: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_England_Revolution_managers&oldid=1219433381. This meets WP:5X as I expanded the article’s prose by 5x, and that effort ended this week. Brindille1 (talk) 13:56, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Brindille1: As far I can tell, there has not been five-fold expansion, but still a lot of it. And for the purposes of DYK only the past week is counted. Put it into a word counter and character counter, everything agrees. Thank you though for expanding it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Me Da Wikipedian (talk • contribs)
- WP:DYKcheck says this was 866 characters as recently as 26 April and is 6476 now. Full review needed.--Launchballer 15:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Full review:
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Overall: Article was nominated within a week of being expanded fivefold. Article coverage is neutral with the prose being consistently backed by reliable, high-quality sources formatted with inline citations. Earwig shows no copyright violations; top result only borrows spoken quotes. Though it's rather embarrassing to see as a Revs fan, ALT0 is unfortunately the most interesting hook out of the bunch, with ALT2 being second-best. All hooks are sourced and mentioned in the prose. No QPQ requirement necessary for this user. Here's to hoping the Revs can at least get the #1 draft pick next year... in the meantime, this nom is good to go! Aria1561 (talk) 23:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Carrie Swain[edit]
- ... that Carrie Swain (pictured) was possibly the first woman entertainer to perform in blackface?
- Source: Staples, Shirley (1984). Male-female Comedy Teams in American Vaudeville, 1865-1932. UMI Research Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780835715201.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sunlight before signing
- Comment: moved from draft space on April 30, 2024
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 76 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.4meter4 (talk) 23:14, 2 May 2024 (UTC).
- New, substantial, well-written, no plagiarism detected, image correctly licensed (I tweaked the tag to cover 100+ period of public domain); QPQ done. Hook verified AGF. Dahn (talk) 09:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Shiva (British band)[edit]
- ... that an accident curtailed Shiva's career? Source: https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-07-01.pdf
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 226 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Launchballer 10:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC).
- 5x expansion has been done, sources check out, QPQ completed too. Only minor gripe is that the hook is rather vague but everything looks okay otherwise. Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 13:06, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Ditto Pölzl[edit]
- ... that the communist trade unionist Ditto Pölzl was a member in all of the three provisional state governments of Styria of 1945?
- Source: Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur, Vol. 40-41. Stiasny Verlag, 1996. p. 157
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 381 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Soman (talk) 12:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: New enough, long enough, Earwig notes no notable copyvio. Hook is interesting but on an offline source (Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur, Vol. 40-41) so I am assuming good faith. QPQ is completed. Everything seems to check out! Ornithoptera (talk) 05:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Lyle Bauer[edit]
- ... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to treatment for stage four throat cancer? Source: National Post
- ALT1: ... that Lyle Bauer helped turn the Winnipeg Blue Bombers's C$5.45 million debt into a reported C$5 million balance? Source: The StarPhoenix (C$5.45m debt); CBC News (C$5m balance)
- Reviewed: Willmer House
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 259 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Bloom6132 (talk) 09:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Great work on expanding the article! Just the height issue to address and then I'd be happy to pass this. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 05:56, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Suntooooth: thanks for the review! The source for his height in the infobox is ref 3 (StatsCrew.com) at the very bottom of the box – not that easy to see given the grey background (which I can't change because it's the default). —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Bloom6132: Ah, sorry for missing that! I'm happy to pass this then. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 17:28, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Suntooooth: thanks for the review! The source for his height in the infobox is ref 3 (StatsCrew.com) at the very bottom of the box – not that easy to see given the grey background (which I can't change because it's the default). —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Apologia Pro Vita Sua[edit]
... that while writing his Apologia Pro Vita Sua, John Henry Newman once worked for 22 hours straight in order to have the manuscript for the printer at Newman's door the next morning?
- Source: "He worked hour after hour, up to sixteen hours in one day - once for twenty-two hours running, on May 20th, with Rivington's man at the door next morning." p. 334, first full paragraph
- ALT1: ... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane? Source: "If I am to bandy words, it must be with sane persons." and "I cannot be weak enough to put myself a second time ... into the power of one who like a treacherous ape, lifts to you meek and suppliant eyes ... " p. 343, first two full paragraphs
- Reviewed:
- Comment: 2nd nom, so no QPQ needed
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Smdjcl (talk) 17:11, 2 May 2024 (UTC).
- Approved: A very nice article, expanded within the window. Both hooks are good and check out. QPQ not required. I like ALT1 better: would suggest amending ALT0 to something like "the manuscript ready for the printer to collect..." in both hook and article, as the "at Newman's door" is a little confusing and not really idiomatic for someone coming to visit him - you could even cut it in the hook, as the interesting thing is the 22-hour day, not where he handed the manuscript over. Would also suggest reworking, in the article,
Newman had been accused of secretly working to convert people to Catholicism while outwardly professing to be Anglican, and this belief persisted even after his conversion to Catholicism in 1845
, as he would hardly be accused of outwardly professing Anglicanism after he had publicly converted to Catholicism. Still, none of these points should be an obstacle at this stage. Good work. UndercoverClassicist T·C 05:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
- @UndercoverClassicist: Thank you for your review and the kind words, and sorry for disappearing for a couple of days! Those two sentences that you pointed out were definitely the ones I had the most difficulty phrasing (my original draft of that second sentence you mentioned implied that he was still Anglican when he wrote the Apologia!). I've rephrased the sentences in the article, hopefully for the better. As for the hooks, I have no preference, so if you prefer alt1, I'm fine just going with that rather than trying to improve alt0. (Also, looking at the source again, it's not clear if it should be "manuscript" or "proof" - I just had "pamphlet" in the article. Probably better just to avoid that altogether in the hook.) Smdjcl (talk) 02:30, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Don Johnson (basketball)[edit]
- ... that Cypress College basketball coach Don Johnson, who was an All-American at UCLA, developed two players with minimal experience who later played for his alma mater and set records in the NBA?
- Source: All-American at UCLA (Los Angeles Times) "Eaton and Swen Nater are Johnson’s legacy--two raw seven-footers, with little or no basketball credentials before Cypress, who spent two years with Johnson and went on to lucrative careers in the NBA." (Los Angeles Times) "But when the massive Eaton enters the game, UCLA will shift to a low-post offense and the Bruin fast break will slow to a snail's pace. Eaton is a 23-year-old former master auto mechanic who learned his basketball at Cypress (Calif.) Community College from the same coach—former UCLA backcourt star Don Johnson—who sent the Bruins Swen Nater." (Sports Illustrated) "Not only did both Nater and Eaton play in the NBA, each still holds league records." (Cypress College)
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 106 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.—Bagumba (talk) 10:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC).
- New article that was created on 1 May 2024 is 4,704 characters and nominated two days later. No copyvios detected (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 193 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Refs 11, 20, 21, and 22 (verifying the hook) are reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 13:16, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Saparinah Sadli[edit]
- ... that Saparinah Sadli was the first chairperson of Indonesia's National Commission on Violence against Women?
- ALT1: ... that Saparinah Sadli defended one of her former students when Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency challenged her gendered exploration of the New Order regime? Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/10/12/saparinah-sadli-a-feminist-transformation.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nighat Arif
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 657 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.— Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC).
- New article that was moved to mainspace on 2 May 2024 is 5,109 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 108 characters long (ALT1 is 160); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Refs 2 (verifying ALT1) and 5 (verifying the main hook) are reliable sources from The Jakarta Post. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC)