User talk:Kethra: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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:::You don't annoy me at all! I'm glad you've taken an interest in the subject and in helping me better present the material. Live has just thrown me a few curves the last few days and I've had trouble finding time to come here to devote to the article! Thanks for all that you're doing. Oh... I nominated it for a Did You Know? to perhaps bring more traffic to it, since that's for new articles. If you have a moment, and are so inclined, could you take a look at the [[Template_talk:Did_you_know#The_Softwire|hooks]] and perhaps see if they're able to be verified? Thanks!--<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-variant:small-caps;">[[User:Kethra|<span style="color:#5674B9;">Kethra</span>]]<span style="color:#D97663;">^{{[[User Talk:Kethra|<span style="color:#D97663;">talk</span>]]}}</span></span> 18:27, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

::::''Verified?'' I'm not sure that I know what all that DYK stuff is all about. I took a peek, digested the above commentary by you and Hag, read through the comments by you and Mgm, and then tried reading through the ''rules of DYK''. I quickly gave up: it hurts my mind. :( I think a good hook would be something like: '''Did you know that [[The Softwire]] is [[PJ Haarsma]]'s [[young adult]] [[science fiction]] series about a thirteen-year-old Johnny T, and his stuggles with ''the Kudniks, the Nagools, and [[indentured slavery]]''...?''' (and I would throw in that picture of the ''Honine'' just for fun...to top it all off, and maybe even Haarsma too...if you can do that. And I said that over there. Is that what you meant by ''verified'' Oooo all this ''wickiwack''stuff blows my mind! :?)--[[User:Toby Ornott|Toby Ornott]] ([[User talk:Toby Ornott|talk]]) 19:52, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

:::::Heh well, sorta! I noticed both yours and [[User:Hag2|Hag2]]'s comments. Verified means to just verify that the length is enough (it is!), that the hook has referenced facts (I know at least the New York Times one does - I'm still working on references). Then use one of the [[Template_talk:Did_you_know#Symbols|symbols]] to note that it's ready for the DYK entry. I understand about it all hurting your mind! There's so many regulations on criteria for things like that. --<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-variant:small-caps;">[[User:Kethra|<span style="color:#5674B9;">Kethra</span>]]<span style="color:#D97663;">^{{[[User Talk:Kethra|<span style="color:#D97663;">talk</span>]]}}</span></span> 22:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)