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This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page with a "hook" (an interesting note). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a staging area and then promoted into the Queue. To update this page, purge it.
Count of DYK Hooks | ||
Section | # of Hooks | # Verified |
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August 5 | 1 | 1 |
August 8 | 1 | 1 |
August 14 | 1 | |
August 20 | 1 | |
August 24 | 1 | 1 |
August 25 | 4 | |
August 26 | 2 | 1 |
August 27 | 3 | 1 |
August 28 | 3 | 1 |
August 29 | 3 | 1 |
August 30 | 9 | 1 |
August 31 | 3 | 1 |
September 2 | 4 | 3 |
September 3 | 4 | 3 |
September 4 | 1 | |
September 5 | 2 | |
September 6 | 3 | |
September 7 | 7 | 3 |
September 8 | 3 | |
September 9 | 6 | 3 |
September 10 | 5 | 4 |
September 11 | 4 | 2 |
September 12 | 5 | 1 |
September 13 | 3 | 1 |
September 14 | 2 | 2 |
September 15 | 9 | 5 |
September 16 | 7 | 2 |
September 17 | 3 | 2 |
September 18 | 10 | 8 |
September 19 | 7 | 4 |
September 20 | 9 | 2 |
September 21 | 4 | 1 |
September 22 | 6 | 2 |
September 23 | 7 | 1 |
September 24 | 6 | 2 |
September 25 | 5 | 2 |
September 26 | 6 | 3 |
September 27 | 8 | 3 |
September 28 | 7 | 4 |
September 29 | 7 | 5 |
September 30 | 10 | 7 |
October 1 | 6 | 5 |
October 2 | 5 | 2 |
October 3 | 10 | 4 |
October 4 | 10 | 5 |
October 5 | 9 | 5 |
October 6 | 5 | 2 |
October 7 | 11 | 6 |
October 8 | 5 | 1 |
October 9 | 9 | 2 |
October 10 | 2 | |
Total | 264 | 116 |
Last updated 15:14, 10 October 2024 UTC Current time is 15:22, 10 October 2024 UTC [refresh] |
Frequently asked questions
How do I write an interesting hook?
Successful hooks tend to have several traits. Most importantly, they share a surprising or intriguing fact. They give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more. They are written for a general audience who has no prior knowledge of or interest in the topic area. Lastly, they are concise, and do not attempt to cover multiple facts or present information about the subject beyond what's needed to understand the hook.
When will my nomination be reviewed?
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, 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 below).
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
How to promote an accepted hook
At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area |
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Handy copy sources:
To [[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
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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
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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.
Articles created/expanded on August 5
Articles created/expanded on August 14
Hammond's Hard Lines
... that depending on the edition, a fairy or a gremlin grants wishes to the titular character of Hammond's Hard Lines?
- Source: "Books of the Day: 'Hammond's Hard Lines'". The Liverpool Mercury. 1901-12-12. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-08-20 – via Newspapers.com. / "Review of Books for Backward Readers". The Slow Learning Child. 3 (3): 173–183. 1957. doi:10.1080/0156655570030308. ISSN 1034-912X. Retrieved 2024-08-20 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Takara's Treasure
- Comment: A.K.A. C for Charlie (as a handful online have nicknamed the 1957 version for almost a decade and a half now).
Filler project in light of higher-priority AFC tasks; inspired by this August 2024 filing at the Literature StackExchange, which came up on the parent service's "Hot Network Questons" feed one day during my perusal at GIS.SE (I'm currently engaged in a comeback geofictional project). First of two DYK nominations from yours truly today; stay tuned in a few hours for the other one.
Created by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 20:21, 20 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Note that the hook as currently written might possibly not meet WP:DYKFICTION; as such, it will either need to be revised with additional real-world context, or a new hook needs to be proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Slgrandson: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 23:42, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
ALT1: ... that Hammond's Hard Lines was one of the few school stories to feature fantasy in its plot?Source: Wotton, Joy; Auchmuty, Rosemary, eds. (2000). "Skelton Kuppord (Pseudonym for Sir John Adams)". The Encyclopaedia of School Stories. Ashgate. p. 211. ISBN 0-7546-0083-1. Retrieved 2024-09-08 – via Google Books Snippets.
- ALT1 as currently written is inaccurate: there are countless examples from anime and manga alone, let alone other genres of literature. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
ALT1b: ... that Hammond's Hard Lines was one of the few school stories by a British author to feature fantasy in its plot?Source: Wotton, Joy; Auchmuty, Rosemary, eds. (2000). "Skelton Kuppord (Pseudonym for Sir John Adams)". The Encyclopaedia of School Stories. Ashgate. p. 211. ISBN 0-7546-0083-1. Retrieved 2024-09-08 – via Google Books Snippets. (Emphasis on the nationality this time; apologies if I didn't sign last time.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 03:04, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- I really have doubts about this angle to be honest. It's a rather exceptional claim and thus needs exceptional sourcing, and I can't imagine that the hook is actually all that accurate, especially when Harry Potter exists. The term "few" in this case is also vague. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:17, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- It also has to be noted that the "by a British author" is not supported by the article or quote either, so unless that's resolved then ALT1b fails verification. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:10, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- All that's left among my options is a review:
ALT2: ... that The Bookseller viewed Hammond's Hard Lines as "a very diverting amalgam of a fairy tale and an ordinary story of schoolboy life"?Source: "Messrs. Blackie & Son's Books for the Young: Hammond's Hard Lines. By Skelton Kuppord". The Christmas Bookseller. December 1894. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-09-19 – via Google Books. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 04:55, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- That could work, but this would still need a full review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:50, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT1 as currently written is inaccurate: there are countless examples from anime and manga alone, let alone other genres of literature. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Slgrandson: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 23:42, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
The article is new and long enough, appropriately cited, and free from CV, NPOV issues, etc. However, I think the article overuses square brackets to alter quotes far beyond what's needed for clarity. Per MOS:PMC (No relation), we should be altering quotes as little as possible. In most of the cases in this article it's unnecessary (in the box quote, why add commas that weren't in the original?), and mostly could be written around instead of altering the quote. For example, the quote that has been altered to "In spite of [the] limitations [stemming from the text's simplification,]"
could be rendered as something like The Woman Teacher observed that "the story flows smoothly and is interesting" despite having been simplified"
. This should be corrected before the article runs.
As for the hook, ALT2 is not particularly interesting, in my opinion. It boils down to a mildly positive review that mentions the genre. If we're going to do a quote hook, the Liverpool Post and Mercury review, with its comment about how the book is "dangerously experimental", seems much more hooky, since the average reader will wonder what on earth is dangerous about a milquetoast boys adventure story. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Premeditated Chaos I think you're being overly strict about the quotes. If this was WP:FAC, that would be a valid issue, but DYK doesn't require any WP:MOS compliance. It's good to point out ways the article could be improved, but I don't think it's fair to hold up approval based on criteria beyond what WP:DYKG requires. RoySmith (talk) 01:42, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- My non-approval was far more about the hook being boring than about the quote issue. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 02:15, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Premeditated Chaos: Fixed.
- ALT3: ... that a 1920s reviewer considered Hammond's Hard Lines "dangerously experimental ground for boys' fiction"? Source: "Christmas Gift Books: Schools, Sport, and Mystery". Liverpool Post and Mercury. 1924-12-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-10-09 – via Newspapers.com. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 20:39, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I think ALT3 is much more likely to attract clicks. Still think the quotes ought to be fixed, but I won't hold up promotion on it. I just looked at your QPQ though and I don't know that it's sufficient - WP:QPQ says it ought to be a "full review", but all that was done at Template:Did you know nominations/Takara's Treasure was to add a tick to another user's review. Do you have any full reviews to substitute? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:30, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 20
Second Adrian Hasler cabinet
- ... that Aurelia Frick was expelled from the Second Adrian Hasler cabinet in 2019, due to an embezzlement scandal?
Created by TheBritinator (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.
TheBritinator (talk) 23:30, 23 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- New enough and long enough. QPQ present. AGF on German-language sourcing. Reasonably exciting hook for the subject. Suggestions for promoter: add "of Liechtenstein" after "cabinet" in the hook to provide a geographic clue to readers. Also skeptical if "second" needs to be capitalized in running text. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:14, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks. Make any minor changes as nessesary. TheBritinator (talk) 08:25, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @TheBritinator and Sammi Brie: per WP:DYKHOOKBLP we should avoid unduly focusing on negative aspects of living persons in hooks. I have never been entirely certain what "unduly" means, but I think this falls on the wrong side of the line. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @AirshipJungleman29: we could change it to alleged embezzlement scandal or something like that if that would be more suitable. She hasn't been convicted of anything yet, but nevertheless it is a fact she was expelled from government for it. TheBritinator (talk) 06:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- That's not the point: we try not to focus on negative aspects of living people at DYK. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:44, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Then I'm not sure what the point is, it is not like I am making defamatory claims. Would you be able to suggest any alternatives? TheBritinator (talk) 11:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- TheBritinator, the point of BLPDYK is that DYK boils down everything about a subject to a single hooky little phrase. For a BLP subject, this removes everything else about the subject's life and achievements and reduces them to a factoid on the front page one of the most popular places on the internet. If that factoid is negative, it could potentially have reputational effects, and we have a duty to err on the side of caution when it comes to posting things that could affect a living person's actual life. BLPDYK explicitly takes a stricter line than raw BLP does for this reason. Since the bold article is the cabinet and not the politician, I think you could reasonably get away with a hook about the scandal if you didn't name Frick directly. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Premeditated Chaos: So how about something like ... that a member of the Second Adrian Hasler cabinet was expelled in 2019, due to an embezzlement scandal?
- TheBritinator, the point of BLPDYK is that DYK boils down everything about a subject to a single hooky little phrase. For a BLP subject, this removes everything else about the subject's life and achievements and reduces them to a factoid on the front page one of the most popular places on the internet. If that factoid is negative, it could potentially have reputational effects, and we have a duty to err on the side of caution when it comes to posting things that could affect a living person's actual life. BLPDYK explicitly takes a stricter line than raw BLP does for this reason. Since the bold article is the cabinet and not the politician, I think you could reasonably get away with a hook about the scandal if you didn't name Frick directly. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Then I'm not sure what the point is, it is not like I am making defamatory claims. Would you be able to suggest any alternatives? TheBritinator (talk) 11:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- That's not the point: we try not to focus on negative aspects of living people at DYK. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:44, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @AirshipJungleman29: we could change it to alleged embezzlement scandal or something like that if that would be more suitable. She hasn't been convicted of anything yet, but nevertheless it is a fact she was expelled from government for it. TheBritinator (talk) 06:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @TheBritinator and Sammi Brie: per WP:DYKHOOKBLP we should avoid unduly focusing on negative aspects of living persons in hooks. I have never been entirely certain what "unduly" means, but I think this falls on the wrong side of the line. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:53, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks. Make any minor changes as nessesary. TheBritinator (talk) 08:25, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Personally I think that would work. AirshipJungleman29, since you were the original objector, any comments? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Just about reasonable. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:10, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 25
Jools Lebron
- ... that following the success of Jools Lebron's "demure" videos, she stated that she was able to use the proceeds to pay for her gender transition - only for someone else to trademark it? Source: https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/demure-creater-tiktok-jools-lebron-gender-transition-1236109680/ for transition, https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/26/very-demure-very-mindful-jools-lebron-tiktok/ for skulduggery
- ALT1: ... that the August 2024 "demure" TikTok trend was started by Jools Lebron? Source: per ALT0
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Jerrell
- Comment: Drive-by nom. Appears to meet minimum standards, will go through with a fine-toothed comb when I don't have a 7-day clock ticking. The bit of ALT0 after the dash probably deserves WP:DYKTRIMming but I see no harm in adding it post hoc for the promoter's consideration.
Created by Willthacheerleader18 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 247 past nominations.
Launchballer 16:54, 25 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
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Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced and neutral. Earwig picked up one phrase, which I think should be re-written: "...individuals with no known connection to Lebron separately tried to register demure-related trademarks ..." which is in the Indpendent source. Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ is done. I like the snappy ALT1. Once the phrase is re-written, should be good to go. Lajmmoore (talk) 11:44, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Just pinging @Willthacheerleader18: and Launchballer as you must have been waiting patiently for a review Lajmmoore (talk) 11:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Lajmmoore: I believe I have satisfied your concerns.--Launchballer 12:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Perfect Launchballer, thank you so much Lajmmoore (talk) 13:26, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Promoters: This is currently the oldest Approved nomination by about four days. What else do I have to do to get this promoted?--Launchballer 11:29, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Perfect Launchballer, thank you so much Lajmmoore (talk) 13:26, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Lajmmoore: I believe I have satisfied your concerns.--Launchballer 12:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer, Willthacheerleader18, and Rjjiii: I can't tell for sure, because TMZ's legal reporting is (understandably) shit and Today and PinkNews don't do much to clarify, but it sure looks to me like someone else applied for the trademark first, and Lebron assumed that meant they'd get it. Two days later, they realized they could file as well and contest it, and they seem to think (judging from the Today article) that they'll get the trademark. So, the hook doesn't really check out – it was a two-day story implied to have resolved in her favor. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Originally, the hook ended at "transition". What is your objection to running the first 'half' of ALT0?--Launchballer 09:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Launchballer - I think there's a parallel discussion about what to run in the prep queue, see here - it might be easier to take your suggestion over there? Lajmmoore (talk) 17:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- USPTO: Not yet examined by an attorney. That's my bad; I just took the PinkNews source at their word. No objections to ALT1 or ALT0 ending at "transition." Rjjiii (talk) 02:01, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Launchballer - I think there's a parallel discussion about what to run in the prep queue, see here - it might be easier to take your suggestion over there? Lajmmoore (talk) 17:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
2024 Ohio Issue 1
- ... that the Republican-led Ohio Ballot Board was sued because its official summary for Ohio Issue 1, designed to improve redistricting, stated instead that the initiative would require gerrymandering?
- ALT1: ... that advocates for Ohio Issue 1, an initiative to stop partisan gerrymandering, sued the Republican-led Ballot Board for a summary that claimed the 2024 initiative would require gerrymandering? Source: see above. On the parties to the lawsuit itself, see: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ohio-group-garners-over-700000-signatures-for-ballot-initiative-to-end-gerrymandering/
- ALT2: ... that Ohio Issue 1 was created to end partisan gerrymandering after 5 redistricting maps by the Republican-led legislature were rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court -- and flawed maps were used in 2022? Source: "Courts rejected two congressional maps and five sets of Statehouse maps as gerrymandered. Amid the court disputes, Ohio’s elections were allowed to proceed last year under the flawed maps." https://apnews.com/article/ohio-redistricting-constitutional-amendment-attorney-general-e3e8759ceeabc9538dd4bd49b6c84b52
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I hope the hooks and article are carefully NPOV. Reliable sources usually mention that the legislature and ballot board are Republican-led, since gerrymandering is about partisanship. Fwiw, Issue 1 proponents are described in the press as bipartisan.
Created by ProfGray (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
ProfGray (talk) 17:35, 26 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- WP:DYKELECT talks about "election candidates", but I think the spirt of the guideline also applies to ballot questions like this. I suggest holding this until after the election. RoySmith (talk) 17:11, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- No reason not to review it now; if it gets approved, it can be placed in the special occasion section set up for election hooks to run after the November election in the US. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:50, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Not a review, but not totally sure the hooks are that interesting. Andre🚐 22:17, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Starting review:
- As noted above, this should be held until after the upcoming elections
- That will in turn require updating wording like
to be voted upon in the November 2024 election
. It would be useful to mark this up with {{Update after}} reminders now, but I'll leave that for somebody else. - Obviously, if we run this after the election, it will need to be updated with the outcome and probably reactions.
- That will in turn require updating wording like
- New enough (created August 25, nominated the next day)
- Long enough
- QPQ exempt
- Earwig calls out lots of text duplication, but it's all properly attributed quotes, so no worries there.
- Since this is a controversial issue, I gave the sources a close look. For the most part, they appear to be WP:RS. I do see a few duplicated sources, which WP:REFILL can help fix, but that's not a DYK criterion.
- The Official arguments section does a good job of hewing to WP:NPOV.
- I am, however, somewhat concerned about the Support section. The large "Yes" box duplicates much of the preceding paragraph, is not balanced by a "No" box, probably violates MOS:EMBED, and is almost certainly incomplete today and at risk of going out of date at any point in the future. I'd drop it.
- I'm also unconvinced that the Polling section is useful and probably violates WP:NPOV since it only lists one poll.
- I pretty much agree with Andrevan about the hooks. Although they all get under the 200 character official limit, they're all excessively wordy, and not very interesting.
- RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks for the review. I agree with some of your concerns, mostly about edits since my DYK submission, eg the Yes box (blown up from a more selective prose text) and the Polling. If (or: since) the DYK can't be run at this stage, I will wait to edit and update until after the election, ok? Given the timing, does the "new enough" criterion still a pass? After the vote, perhaps an better DYK hook will be apparent. Thanks for your review and for everyone's input here. ProfGray (talk) 21:32, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 26
Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda
- ... that in 2007–2008, Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda tried to close the Istorrent file sharing website, but failed? Source: Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda sem fóru fram á lögbannið á vefnum (Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda requested the ban on the website); Félag Hljómplötuframleiðenda sem höfða málið (Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda is suing the case); "Torrent.is Wins Case. To Re-open May 16th". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28.
The Supreme Court... dismissed the case over legal formalities.
- ALT1: ... that in 2007–2008, Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda tried to close the Istorrent file sharing website, but the Supreme Court of Iceland dismissed the case? Source: Same as above
- ALT2: ... that only about ten titles have been awarded multi-platinum status by Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda in Iceland? Source: Aðeins um tíu titlar hafa náð slíkri sölu. (Only about ten titles have achieved such sales)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/UnMetal
Created by Muhandes (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.
Muhandes (talk) 11:25, 26 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
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Overall: I think ALT1 is the most interesting of the hooks. In general, looks good to me, but I don't speak Icelandic so I just did my best with the sourcing/copyvio spot checks as listed at the reviewer instructions. It's also only my second DYK review, so requesting a second look. Perfect4th (talk) 13:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Providing a second set of eyes, as requested by Perfect4th (congrats on reviewing, BTW). I agree that the article overall looks pretty good. AGF on the Icelandic hooks. I do have qualms about sourcing: why are sfh.is and mp3newswire reliable? A bit more complete formatting would help; I looked up mbl.is, thinking it may have to be included on the questionable list, but see that it redirect to Morgunblaðið (which sets me at ease). Pinging Muhandes — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:09, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 27
Aviation Accidents in Japan Involving U.S. Military and Government Aircraft Post-World War II
- ... that a secret CIA U-2 spy plane crash-landed in Japan in 1959, sparking a Cold War mystery and cover-up, later shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces?
- Reviewed:
Created by Global Donald (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Global Donald (talk) 02:19, 27 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- This is just a comment, not a full review. It's not clear to me that this meets WP:NLIST. Has this topic actually been
discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources
? RoySmith (talk) 16:58, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I've sent it to AfD, which means this nomination must go on hold.--Launchballer 13:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Marking nomination as on hold with proper icon; have also adjusted this page to reflect the recent article move (this page itself should not be moved). BlueMoonset (talk) 17:57, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I've sent it to AfD, which means this nomination must go on hold.--Launchballer 13:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 28
Eddie Canales
- ... that efforts by Eddie Canales and other activists led to the discovery that some bodies of undocumented immigrants in Texas had been buried in shopping bags?
- Source: Eddie Canales, who campaigned to prevent migrant deaths, dies at 76, Washington Post: "For years, when unidentified bodies were recovered in the county, they were buried, at times in unmarked graves. Mr. Canales and other activists helped push for the enforcement of a Texas law mandating that unidentified remains undergo DNA testing, and championed the exhumation of unidentified bodies from the county cemetery... The effort led to a horrifying revelation when researchers exhuming a mass burial site at the cemetery found remains “in trash bags, shopping bags, body bags, or no containers at all,”"
- ALT1: ... that Eddie Canales set up nearly 200 water stations along an area of the US-Mexico border to save the lives of undocumented immigrants? Source: Eddie Canales, who set up nearly 200 water stations along U.S.-Mexico border, dead at 76, CBC: "He spent much of the last decade of his life travelling along the U.S. southern border to place and refill large barrels of water for those making the dangerous — and often deadly — journey across the arid desert to the U.S... The South Texas Human Rights Center estimates he placed nearly 200 of these water stations across seven counties..."
- Reviewed:
Created by Mrfoogles (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Mrfoogles (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Note from author: Would appreciate some guidance on how many wikilinks should be added, it seems like DYKs have more of those but I'm not sure exactly how much more. Mrfoogles (talk) 22:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Just took a quick look at the article, and I don't think biographical articles would normally have so mnay links right at the bottom - I think it's more usual to have e.g. all the obituaries as inline citations Lajmmoore (talk) 08:25, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I was mostly using that as a place to put sources I found but hadn't used: sometimes Further reading sections are useful to editors who are looking for sources to expand the article, especially on stubs. But it is maybe a little excessive here considering sources are easy to find. Moved it to the talk page. Mrfoogles (talk) 19:57, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Just took a quick look at the article, and I don't think biographical articles would normally have so mnay links right at the bottom - I think it's more usual to have e.g. all the obituaries as inline citations Lajmmoore (talk) 08:25, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
El Eternauta: tercera parte
- ... that El Eternauta: tercera parte kept its creator Héctor Germán Oesterheld as a viewpoint character, even though he was dead?
- Source: Daniel Riera (April 27, 2022). "El Eternauta: la inmortal historieta de Héctor Oesterheld, el guionista desaparecido" [The Eternaut: the immortal comic of Héctor Oesterheld, the disappeared writer] (in Spanish). Big Bang News. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
Moved to mainspace by Cambalachero (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 125 past nominations.
Cambalachero (talk) 18:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
Looking over this now. Will return with a review shortly... —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:20, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
- Interesting:
- Other problems: - See below.
Overall: Article is new and long enough. No problems with Earwig. A few small issues, however. Some of the material in the article lack citations. For example, the lead contains two statements that are missing citations to confirm (they're not confirmed anywhere in the article body). The entire "Plot" section is unsourced. The proposed hook itself is interesting, but needs to be rewritten. It states that Héctor Germán Oesterheld himself was a character in his own comic, who was retained after he died. In fact, the cited source states that the character of Germán was "Oesterheld's character" ("el personaje de Oesterheld"), but does not explicitly state that it is him. (Native Spanish speaker here, by the way.) The source makes clear that the character is certainly based on him; the hook needs to be reworded accordingly. Another detail that needs to be ironed out is that the hook unequivocally states that Oesterheld is dead. However, all sources I've read state that he is presumed dead. Even if his death is certain, I'm not sure that it could've been declared official at the time this third part of the comic was published in 1981, while the Dirty War was still ongoing. Otherwise, this is a very interesting article about a subject I previously had zero knowledge of! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I have rewritten the lead. Plot sections of articles about works of fiction do not require citations; it is accepted that the book itself is the source. That Oesterheld included himself as a character within the first two stories he wrote does not need to be referenced either, for similar reasons (he's not even the first author who uses that trick, see here). The hook, however, focuses on the real-life stuff about the character. As for his death, it is correct that his death had never been officially confirmed by the military, but his kidnapping was denounced by the family and other organizations shortly after April 1977, and informed by Cadena Informativa on September 1977. It's all in reference 1. A bit off-topic for this article (better suited for HGO's biography, or the second part), but clearly not a situation that Ediciones Record didn't know. They may be in the dark about the details, but not about their star writer being missing and reported kidnapped by the military. Cambalachero (talk) 01:31, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @CurryTime7-24: Does the above address your concerns? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 14:34, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
*Just a moment, please. Looking over the changes now... —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 00:02, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- Thanks for everybody's patience. The lead has been improved. No problems with the plot! The ALT still needs to be tweaked. Again, he was, in all likelihood, dead by the time the comic was published. However, he seems never to have been officially declared dead, only presumed dead. It seems like splitting hairs, but it's the kind of thing other editors may potentially bring up once the hook goes live. So best to address it now by modifying the ALT with the qualifier "probably". —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 00:28, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- How about ALT1: ... that El Eternauta: tercera parte kept its creator Héctor Germán Oesterheld as a viewpoint character, even though he was disappeared?
Articles created/expanded on August 29
List of oral repositories
- ... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
- Reviewed:
Created by Kowal2701 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Kowal2701 (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- ALT1 that in indigenous societies people serve as oral repositories of knowledge, values, and morals, and have been termed "walking libraries"? [3]
- ALT2 that in oral cultures people serve as repositories of knowledge, values, and morals, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
- Draft published on 30 August, so this was nominated within required time. Hooks are fine (I think ALT0 is the best). But the problem is that much of the article is unreferenced. While only one sentence of prose needs a citation, half if not more entries in the tables do not have citations. I am also confused why for some rows, the citations are in different columns. Ex. Most entries in 'term' have references, but occasionally entries in others have referneces too. This is messy, and I'd suggest adding a new column 'sources' or such and moving references there, IF they are supporting all claims in the row. But there are cleary some rows with no citations (ex. Sangoma). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thank you, good idea, I’ll create a new column. I thought you wouldn’t need a citation for articles on Wikipedia since that makes them non-contestable, but that is just WP:Circular.
Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs
- ... that Josh Hawley's book Manhood was his second published by Regnery, after being dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of the January 6 United States Capitol attack?
- ALT1 ... that Josh Hawley's book Manhood was his second published by Regnery, after being dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Noting that with Missouri's polls opening October 23 and in accordance with WP:DYKELECT: if approved, this will have to appear no later than September 23 or be held until after the 2024 United States Senate election in Missouri, to November 6. Thanks, Bobby Cohn (talk) 00:31, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Moved to mainspace by Bobby Cohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Bobby Cohn (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Copying a comment from this discussion at WT:DYK: "
These later election hooks will probably need a lot of scrutiny due to political polarization. This one has a clause that frames Josh Hawley as treasonous. The NYT source there says his publisher dropped him for support of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, and specifically hedges on the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Criticism of the book is frequently very negative, mocking Hawley for initially supporting the mob before "running for his life" like a "bitch", so any hook will have a hard time balancing WP:NPOV and WP:DYKBLP. Rjjiii (talk) 01:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
" If a hook is approved here, it may be wise to get some eyes from WP:BLPN to look it over after. Rjjiii (talk) 16:10, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- Hi Rjjiii, thanks for linking the separate discussion, I hadn't seen the thread on the template talk page. For future consideration, I've added ALT1 in response to the feedback at that discussion. Bobby Cohn (talk) 14:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks, removed the issue icon above, Rjjiii (talk) 22:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hi Rjjiii, thanks for linking the separate discussion, I hadn't seen the thread on the template talk page. For future consideration, I've added ALT1 in response to the feedback at that discussion. Bobby Cohn (talk) 14:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 30
Mitch Torres
- ... that writer, director, and first Indigenous Australian on-air presenter for SBS Television Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"?
- ALT1: ... that in the mockumentary BabaKiueria, Mitch Torres played the role of a reporter following the lives of a "‘typical’ white family", described a football match as "ritualised violence" and betting at the TAB as a religion? Source: "Presenter Duranga Manika (Michelle Torres) describes her fascination with white people and their customs and explains how she spent six months living with a ‘typical white family’" "Elsewhere Manika describes the football match as ritualised violence and betting at the TAB as a religion" Matthews, Kate. "Babakiueria: 'This strange and fascinating people'". National Film and Sound Archive. Government of Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- Reviewed: Dorothy Stanley
- Comment: Per DYK guidelines, there is a two day eligibility window following a week after creation so it should fall within this window. Thank you for the reviewer for your time in advance! ALT1 is a bit lengthy, so I am open to any ways for it to be shortened while keeping the hook-iness.
Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.
Ornithoptera (talk) 20:28, 7 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Brenden Bates
- ... that Brenden Bates "loves moving people against their will"?
- Source: Kentucky.com
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 244 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @BeanieFan11: Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:55, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I will do it tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:56, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- QPQ now provided, waiting for a review. JuniperChill (talk) 22:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I will do it tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:56, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra
- ... that İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra once opened the national women's chess championships as Northern Cyprus' Minister of Health? Source: Açılışını Sağlık Bakanı İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra’nın yaptığı ... Kadınlar Satranç Şampiyonası çekişmeli ve heyecanlı bir şekilde sona erdi./The Women's Chess Championship, which was opened by the Minister of Health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra ... ended in a competitive and exciting manner.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Diplodus argenteus
- Comment: Northern Cypriot DYKs are very rare, and I haven't done one of these before. Hope I did this right.
Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 56 past nominations.
ミラP@Miraclepine 15:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- The article is new enough. Although WP:DYKLEN does not address this, I am not happy when an article just barely meets the length requirements thanks to repeating a significant portion of its content in the lead pararaph or lead section. Without said repetition, this article contains about 1350 characters of prose. I also do not think that a minister opening a chess championship is particularly interesting. Surtsicna (talk) 12:17, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Surtsicna: Well, the thing is, it is what a lede is supposed to do, to summarize the basics, and while I try to keep the lede as necessarily short as possible, in this case the lede just happened to summarize the entire body in only a third of its size. And to be honest, I just found it unusual for a health minister to open a national chess championship during their tenure, which is why it felt interesting to have as a hook. ミラP@Miraclepine 22:32, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Filomena Fortes
- ... that Filomena Fortes once said she was "a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde" despite being president of both its National Olympic Committee and its handball governing body? Source: Fortes [became president of the Cape Verdean Handball Federation. In 2014, she became the first woman to become president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee.] + Sou um pouco crítica em relação ao desporto de alta competição em Cabo Verde, talvez por não ter estado sempre cá e ter tido outra vivência do que é o desporto de alta competição./I am a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde, perhaps because I haven't been here all the time and have had a different experience of top-level sports.
- ALT1: ... that Filomena Fortes once said she was "a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde" despite being president of its National Olympic Committee? Source: As above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Don Goodwin
Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 55 past nominations.
ミラP@Miraclepine 15:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
The ruins of Al-Amin Muhammad mosque in Khan Younis
- ... that cultural heritage sites damaged during the Israeli invasion of Gaza include the Great Mosque of Gaza, an ancient port, a university library, and cemeteries?
- Source: The information in the hook is drawn from a few different sources:
- Gostoli, Ylenia; Abu Riash, Abdelhakim (2023-10-20). "'We were baptised here and we will die here': Gaza's oldest church bombed". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- "Images show major damage to Gaza's oldest mosque". BBC News. 2023-12-08. Archived from the original on 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- "How Israel has destroyed Gaza's schools and universities". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- Diamond, Jeremy; Darwish, Muhammad; Salman, Abeer; Brown, Benjamin; Mezzofiore, Gianluca (2024-01-20). "At least 16 cemeteries in Gaza have been desecrated by Israeli forces, satellite imagery and videos reveal". CNN. Archived from the original on 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- Gostoli, Ylenia; Abu Riash, Abdelhakim (2023-10-20). "'We were baptised here and we will die here': Gaza's oldest church bombed". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- "Images show major damage to Gaza's oldest mosque". BBC News. 2023-12-08. Archived from the original on 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Victoria Siddall
- Comment: The choice of image may not work as well with Alt1.
Improved to Good Article status by Richard Nevell (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
Richard Nevell (talk) 21:36, 2 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
MyRadar
- ... that the weather app MyRadar created a satellite constellation to help predict the forecast?
- ALT1: ... that the weather app MyRadar was created after the creator wondered if a meal he was eating outdoors would get rained out? Source: https://www.floridatrend.com/article/29787/an-orlando-app-developer-builds-on-his-50-million-downloaded-myradar
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Kailimai
Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
Johnson524 14:52, 2 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
AdventHealth Daytona Beach
- ... that AdventHealth Daytona Beach is the home of the 10th Timmy's Playroom?
- ALT1 : ...that AdventHealth Daytona Beach received a grade A from The Leapfrog Group twenty-five consecutive times in a row?
- ALT2 : ...that AdventHealth Daytona Beach was originally from Ormond Beach?
- Reviewed:
Created by Catfurball (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Catfurball (talk) 21:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- This is not intended to be a full review and I have no plans of giving this a full review, but a quick look at the article suggests that this is in need of a copyedit. In addition, the current hook probably does not meet WP:DYKINT as not being likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing. A new hook will be needed here, in any case. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:32, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Catfurball: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 14:38, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: and @Z1720: I have taken the copy edit issue to WP:COPYEDITORS. Catfurball (talk) 19:05, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Catfurball, please be aware that the Guild of Copy Editors is taking over three months to complete most requests, and DYK has a two-month limit for a nomination to be approved. Regrettably, unless the article is adequately copyedited in the next month or so (prior to the Guild getting to it), the nomination will not pass. You will also want to address the hook issue now rather than delaying. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Given that the nominator deleted their talk page messages regarding their nomination and has not responded to BM's comment, it appears they are no longer interested in pursuing this nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:20, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Narutolovehinata5: @BlueMoonset: @Z1720: Do I have to reword my hooks? Catfurball (talk) 19:36, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Pings don't work if you add them after you sign. I can tell you that ALT0/1 is only interesting if you know what Timmy's Playroom/The Leapfrog Group are and being from a particular place isn't unusual or intriguing. (I should say that I haven't yet seen the article.)--Launchballer 19:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: AdventHealth Daytona Beach is the only hospital in Florida to win an A grade twenty-five consecutive times in row. And it is one of fifteen hospitals in the United States that have done this. Very rare for hospitals to win this many times in a row and most likely they will win another later this year. Catfurball (talk) 19:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You have to either a) ping and sign in the same edit or b) ping in the edit summary, which is what I did. Again, for that hook to be considered unusual, you need to know what The Leapfrog Group is. Following that link shows me that there are probably about twelve different patient safety organisations in the US.--Launchballer 20:12, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: Please look at this story https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/05/03/halifax-health-adventhealth-hospitals-receive-leapfrog-safety-ratings/70179701007/ Catfurball (talk) 21:17, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Main page readers would not have access to that article before reading the hook.--Launchballer 21:36, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: It has been added behind the hook, so you get a two in one offer. Catfurball (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I will be frank: that hook fact sounds less like a hooky fact and more like an advertisement or otherwise being promotional. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Yeah, I cannot see this nomination moving forward anytime soon with the seemingly promotional information in the article and two of the proposed hooks also being promotional. ALT2 also does not meet WP:DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:21, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: It not against Wikipedia policy to talk about awards, in fact many good articles talk about awards including four hospital articles Wikipedia:WikiProject Hospitals. Catfurball (talk) 16:03, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- In fact I believe that these hospital articles had award sections when they were approved to be good articles. Catfurball (talk) 17:01, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- And it is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Hospitals policy to have an award section in articles, even @Andrew nyr: would agree with me. Catfurball (talk) 17:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Even @Sammi Brie: and @HickoryOughtShirt?4: would agree with me, since they approved the hospitals for good articles. Catfurball (talk) 17:51, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I agree that there is nothing wrong with mentioning the awards in the article. This is going on the main page, on which the hook is the only thing we will be saying about them. To say nothing other than "they won an award from an outfit not even notable enough for an article" is promotional.--Launchballer 20:18, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
The Leapfrog Group does have an article, but that doesn't change the fact that the hook is not just promotional but also doesn't really meet DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply- The Leapfrog Group has a redirect, but otherwise agreed.--Launchballer 23:12, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The issue isn't even necessarily the mentions of the awards in the article, it's the how. The awards can be presented in a neutral and informative tone, rather than being similar to a glorified press release. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:38, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The Leapfrog Group has a redirect, but otherwise agreed.--Launchballer 23:12, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I agree that there is nothing wrong with mentioning the awards in the article. This is going on the main page, on which the hook is the only thing we will be saying about them. To say nothing other than "they won an award from an outfit not even notable enough for an article" is promotional.--Launchballer 20:18, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Narutolovehinata5: Then you have my permission to rewrite the award section to make it neutral, then this will give me a good idea on how to write or rewrite award sections in the future. Catfurball (talk) 15:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC) I just rewrote the first award. Catfurball (talk) 23:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on August 31
The Cock Destroyers
- ... that the first drag girl band to enter the UK top 40 took their name from a pair of porn stars (pictured separately) who went on to present Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer? Source: https://www.out.com/sex/2020/11/13/matthew-camp-cock-destroyers-host-slag-wars-tv-show#rebelltitem17 for Slag Wars in all hooks, https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/drag-pop-album-frock-destroyers-b1769880.html for everything else
- ALT1: ... that Matty Healy once described the Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer presenters The Cock Destroyers (pictured separately) as "terrifying"? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwhy6Vyh1kM, at around 18:34 - we used to have an article about the episode
- ALT2: ... that the future Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer hosts The Cock Destroyers (pictured separately) once released a "gloriously queer" sex education video for Netflix? Source: https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/03/12/cock-destroyers-lgbt-inclusive-sex-educaiton-netflix-rebecca-more-sophie-anderson/
- ALT3: ... that the porn star duo The Cock Destroyers (pictured separately), who presented Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer in 2020, received coverage from the BBC after going viral? Source: https://theface.com/culture/cock-destroyer-how-rebecca-more-went-from-meme-to-the-uks-most-loved-adult-star
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sebastian Zouberbuhler (double nom)
- Comment: Slag Wars 5x expanded on 11 September from this edit. I had no idea More was bringing it back.
Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 249 past nominations.
Launchballer 17:09, 31 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
Anaïs Gallagher, Oasis Live '25 Tour, Filthy Lucre Tour
... that following the announcement that Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher were to reunite for Oasis Live '25 Tour, Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/30/noel-gallagher-daughter-anais-oasis-fans-ageism-misogyny- ALT1: ... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced for 2025 "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?
- Reviewed:
Template:Did you know nominations/Sebastian Zouberbuhler (double nom)Abortion in Africa (triple nom, see below) - Comment: Many thanks to Aibo22 for creating an article about a topic I had previously written an article about, but which was deleted at AfD 9+ years ago. Oasis Live '25 Tour is a 5x expansion of an article created less than a week ago.
- Reviewed:
Launchballer 15:28, 31 August 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @Launchballer: Since this is a double nomination, you will need to provide an additional QPQ. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I have. That's a double nom.--Launchballer 05:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Apologies for not noticing! Just make it clear in the nomination so that a reviewer will be aware. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- A reviewer should check before ticking it off, but I've added a note anyway. As for adding an additional QPQ, there's probably just enough room for "that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced for 2025 "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?", so you might get lucky. I should probably write the third article first though.--Launchballer 08:46, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: I have just published Filthy Lucre Tour and would like to nominate it using the QPQ Abortion in Senegal, which I reviewed as part of the triple nom Abortion in Africa. I was wondering if you objected to me swapping out the double I've provided for this with that triple?--Launchballer 02:17, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- As long as the Abortion in Africa QPQ is already a complete review and you plan on reusing the current QPQ in a future nomination, it shouldn't be an issue. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:27, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I've covered everything in that review, so I've adjusted this nomination. For what it's worth, I'm planning on swapping the double nom for the two singles at The Cock Destroyers and using those on future noms for Talk Talk (Charli XCX song) and Have I Got News For You (US).--Launchballer 02:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- As long as the Abortion in Africa QPQ is already a complete review and you plan on reusing the current QPQ in a future nomination, it shouldn't be an issue. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:27, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: I have just published Filthy Lucre Tour and would like to nominate it using the QPQ Abortion in Senegal, which I reviewed as part of the triple nom Abortion in Africa. I was wondering if you objected to me swapping out the double I've provided for this with that triple?--Launchballer 02:17, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- A reviewer should check before ticking it off, but I've added a note anyway. As for adding an additional QPQ, there's probably just enough room for "that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced for 2025 "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?", so you might get lucky. I should probably write the third article first though.--Launchballer 08:46, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Apologies for not noticing! Just make it clear in the nomination so that a reviewer will be aware. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I have. That's a double nom.--Launchballer 05:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: Since this is a double nomination, you will need to provide an additional QPQ. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 2
Pan He
- ... that the Chinese sculptor Pan He used his Reunion to commemorate both the handover of Macau and his return to his beloved cousin?
- Source: Jiang, Xinchen (November 26, 2020). "潘鹤:渔女之父的珠海情缘" [Pan He: The Father of the Fisherwoman and His Love for Zhuhai]. Southcn.com (in Chinese). China South Publishing & MediaGroup. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ALT1: ... that the Chinese sculptor Pan He created the Zhuhai Fisher Girl (pictured), an icon of Zhuhai? Source: Jiang, Xinchen (November 26, 2020). "潘鹤:渔女之父的珠海情缘" [Pan He: The Father of the Fisherwoman and His Love for Zhuhai]. Southcn.com (in Chinese). China South Publishing & MediaGroup. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abduction of Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano; Template:Did you know nominations/Teodoro Asedillo
- Comment: Personally I prefer ALT1, as Zhuhai Fisher Girl is new
but doesn't qualify as it wasn't 5x on the split.
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 677 past nominations.
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:28, 2 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a review, but the copied paragraph from Zhuhai was 1311 characters and Zhuhai Fisher Girl is now 5904, which is a 4.5x expansion. I'd IAR that. You'd need a second QPQ for it though.--Launchballer 00:42, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Oh, I'd love that. I can rework this tomorrow as a double nom. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Apologies, I should have said "not a review (and I review oldest first so would not get to this any time soon)". (Not sure why I forgot, I say that literally every other time.)--Launchballer 01:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Oh, no worries - I review the same way. I didn't even think of requesting IAR, which is what "I'd love that" refers to. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Apologies, I should have said "not a review (and I review oldest first so would not get to this any time soon)". (Not sure why I forgot, I say that literally every other time.)--Launchballer 01:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Per above, requesting IAR for Zhuhai Fisher Girl. Also noting that the text on the original paragraph was trimmed by ~150 characters. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Full review needed for both articles.--Launchballer 01:32, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 3
The Nualas
- ... that The Nualas were always Nuala, Nuala and Nuala? Source: https://sotcaa.org/comment/nualas.html
- ALT1: ... that Anne, Sue, Tara, Susanna, Karen, Maria, and Josephine have all been Nualas? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/904033742/ , https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2014/08/22/29767/the_nualas:_hello_again,_were_the_nualas , https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200304081051704117&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tauba Tauba (song)
Created by Bogger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.
Bogger (talk) 14:00, 3 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a full review, but I'd recommend brainstorming new hooks. The second hook seems to namedrop names likely to be unfamilar to the reader, and the first hook runs afoul of WP:DYKFICTION. Bremps... 01:55, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT2: ... that The Nualas trio has changed faces over the years? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/904033742/ , https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2014/08/22/29767/the_nualas:_hello_again,_were_the_nualas , https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200304081051704117&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site
- ALT3: ... that The Nualas trio has had two constant members? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/904033742/ , https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2014/08/22/29767/the_nualas:_hello_again,_were_the_nualas , https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=200304081051704117&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site -Bogger (talk) 13:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 4
Gigi Perez, Sailor Song (song)
- ... that following criticism from far-right conservative Christian communities over a lyric in "Sailor Song", Gigi Perez replied that her songwriting was "not a democracy"? Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/who-is-gigi-perez-new-artist-blowing-up-with-viral-hit-sailor-song/
Launchballer 09:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
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- Interesting: - Not a super surprising thing for a songwriter to say
QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Recognize that QPQs are coming up, so this is a bit early; only issue is I feel like the hook could be a bit more interesting. Mrfoogles (talk) 17:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Proposing ALT1: "... that songwriter Gigi Perez first went viral for a song on TikTok, where she had begun to upload videos to cope with her grief?". Maybe Gigi Perez could use ALT1, and Sailor Song could use ALT0, if it is possible to add two DYKs with one nomination? Also, since I'm new, if anyone wanted to double-check my copyvio checking that would be appreciated (not that I think there is any). Mrfoogles (talk) 17:29, 6 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hello. You can definitely split up a nomination post hoc - see Talk:Lucy Tun for one such example - however hook interestingness does not depend on topic, so if it isn't good enough for Gigi, it won't be good enough for Sailor Song. I've taken the liberty of renumbering your ALT0a to ALT1 as it introduces new information, and would suggest ALT1a: that the "Sailor Song" songstress Gigi Perez first began uploading content to TikTok to cope with grief? - but you will still need a new reviewer for that. I do however wonder if it's worth leaving 'not a democracy' out of ALT0 and running the rest, i.e. ALT0a: ... that the lyrics of Gigi Perez's "Sailor Song" received criticism from far-right conservative Christian communities?--Launchballer 22:41, 6 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Also, I have no idea what you mean by "QPQs are coming up" - I've done everything required by WP:DYKRI.--Launchballer 15:18, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Mrfoogles: Please address the above.--Launchballer 17:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: Okay, you could have just asked: we're all volunteers here. I think that when I first reviewed you were only partway through the reviews, so I figured that it probably wasn't time yet. QPQs do look done now; going to leave this to another reviewer to pick the hook. Personally I think ALT0a sounds fine, but I like ALT1 a lot (the exact phrasing might not be perfectly, but I think it's interesting): maybe if it was split, ALT0a could be used without Gigi Perez bolded, and then ALT1 for the second DYK? Otherwise, if they are not split, ALT0a seems good. Mrfoogles (talk) 18:10, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 5
Come In (Weatherday album)
- ... that several characters from a webcomic Weatherday wrote appear in their album Come In?
- Source: [4] "The album as a whole is set up like my webcomic which I sort of based things from the album on along with my own life. The character Agatha is from that comic and same with Oswald and Ines."
- ALT1: ... that after the original run sold out, vinyl copies of Come In were put up for sale on Discogs for as much as $100? Source: [5] "Last year, U.S. indie label Topshelf, a crucial fourth-wave emo outlet, dropped a double-LP reissue of Come In, and the whole run of 2,000 sold out—if you want a pristine copy, be prepared to pony up $100 on Discogs."
- ALT2: ... that Come In was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones? Source: [6] "I used the headphone mic because I didn’t have a better one and thought I could do without one."Album liner notes (viewable on Bandcamp) "Honorable mention to the hands-free mic attached to my headphones which I recorded this album on"
- ALT3: ... that Come In was inspired by a webcomic that Weatherday wrote? Source: [7] "Mio is a character from a webcomic I made back in 2016-2017 [...] I used Mio on the album cover cause I drew inspiration from the webcomic when I was making the album"[8] "The album as a whole is set up like my webcomic which I sort of based things from the album on along with my own life."
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I created the page in the draftspace and OhHaiMark moved it into the mainspace. This is my first DYK nomination and first time building up an article, please let me know if I did anything wrong!
Moved to mainspace by OhHaiMark (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
LeMeilleurMiel (talk) 21:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @LeMeilleurMiel and Tavantius: Not a review, but Rateyourmusic.com is deprecated on WP:UPSD. What makes it reliable?--Launchballer 20:22, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: While the user-generated RYM database is deprecated, the article is citing an interview by a staff member with the creator of the article's subject. Since the interview is only being used to give information about the artist's intentions behind certain parts of the album, I believe WP:ABOUTSELF would apply here. Best, LeMeilleurMiel (talk)
- I guess. Full review needed.--Launchballer 23:38, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Moses da Rieti
- ... that Moses da Rieti was the first Hebrew poet to write in the rhyming verse form of Dante?
- Reviewed:
Created by Andrevan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
cc @User:GordonGlottal Andre🚐 19:31, 7 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Given that general readers may not know what "terza rima" is, a minor reword (perhaps changing the term to something more accessible) may be needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:04, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Seems fair, maybe we should add the phrase "rhyming verse form" afterwards? Andre🚐 01:17, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Or you could just replace "terza rima" with "rhyming verse form" in the hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 6
Empirical Labs Distressor
Two Empirical Labs Distressors
- ... that Maroon 5, Kali Uchis, and Wilco have all used the same effects unit (pictured)?
- ALT1: ... that the Empirical Labs Distressor (pictured) went from selling poorly to being described as ubiquitous as a coffee machine?
- Reviewed:
Moved to mainspace by The Midnite Wolf (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
The Midnite Wolf (talk) 11:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @The Midnite Wolf: The hook is only interesting if you know who all of the listed musicians are and as such does not meet WP:DYKINT. Please propose another.--Launchballer 20:25, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @The Midnite Wolf: Please address the above.--Launchballer 23:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: I think all of those musicians are pretty well known? Maroon 5 has had five albums peak at either #1 or #2 in the US, Kali Uchis had an album at #2, and Wilco has had two albums at #4. That said, I've added an alternate hook. The Midnite Wolf (talk) 03:26, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hooks need to be interesting to a broad audience, and I've never heard of Wilco and only know Uchis as the partner of Don Toliver. Full review needed.--Launchballer 07:36, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: I think all of those musicians are pretty well known? Maroon 5 has had five albums peak at either #1 or #2 in the US, Kali Uchis had an album at #2, and Wilco has had two albums at #4. That said, I've added an alternate hook. The Midnite Wolf (talk) 03:26, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @The Midnite Wolf: Please address the above.--Launchballer 23:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Michael Sugrue
- ... that Michael Sugrue became an "internet phenomenon" during the COVID-19 pandemic for his lectures on YouTube covering "the last 3,000 years of Western intellectual history” recorded in 1992?
- Source: "Michael Sugrue, 66, Dies; His Talks on Philosophy Were a YouTube Hit
After an academic career spent in near obscurity, he became an internet phenomenon during the pandemic by uploading talks he had given three decades earlier.
The college lecturer, in a uniform of rumpled khakis and corduroy blazer, paces on a small stage, head down. “The lectures you’re about to see,” he says in introducing a series of talks, videotaped in somewhat hokey lo-fi style in 1992, “cover the last 3,000 years of Western intellectual history.""
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sophie Scamps
- Comment: Alt hooks welcome!
Thriley (talk) 17:49, 10 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
1917 Łódź City Council election
Campaign poster for the 1917 Łódź City Council election
- ... that whilst socialists got 31% of the votes in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (campaign poster pictured), they only won five seats due to a curiae system implemented by the German authorities?
- Source: Telma Tadeusz. Pierwsze wybory do Rady Miejskiej m. Łodzi, in Rocznik Łódzki, Vol. 11 (14). Państwowe Wydawnictwu Naukowe, 1966. pp. 134, 138-146, Antoni Goerne. Wybory do Rady Miejskiej w Lodzi w styczniu 1917, in Informator m Lodzi z kalendarzem na rok 1919. pp. 76-83
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 396 past nominations.
Soman (talk) 11:08, 6 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I'm not taking on the review, but just leaving a comment, as I'm puzzled. Without context, this may not be hook-notable I believe. The question left unaddressed is five seats out of how many. If it is five seats out of 15, this would seen rather non-notable. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:F804:C954:1D4C:5D11 (talk) 03:51, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I went back and forth on the wording of the sentence, but with the 200 characters cap it is difficult to get all nuances and factoids included. For me "only five" implies that it is less than proportional, but a rewording could be to replace "five seats" with "8%". --Soman (talk) 10:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Image eligibility:
- Freely licensed: - The licensing is incorrect, at issue is not the photograph copyright but the poster itself ({{PD-1923}} in the United States, not sure about Poland)—then you can use {{PD-scan}}
- Used in article:
- Clear at 100px: - all you can see is a number 5
Overall: The article looks mostly fine, but I'm not sure about the hook. Non-proportional electoral systems are typical outside of continental Europe, where proportional representation based systems are more common. First past the post can cause equal amount of distortion. (t · c) buidhe 04:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- But the hook states that the reasons for the disproportionality is the curiae system, which is arguably something different from FPTP dynamics. The curia system would be very weird present-day, to explicitly discriminate in favour of the wealthiest. There are some alternate takes on the on the hook, like ALT1 "... that while 55% of the voters in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (poster pictured) were working class, they only got 10 out of 60 seats due to a curiae system implemented by the German authorities?" or ALT2 ... that the curiae-based electoral system used by German occupation authorities in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (poster pictured) disproportionally favoured the non-socialist Jewish parties? Now ALT2 would require a bit of a rewrite in article and need another image though. --Soman (talk) 19:23, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Regarding the clarity of image, I selected precisely because it had symbolism that was readable even at 100px. I don't think we'd expect people to read the fine print, but in 100px the number 5 is clearly visible (5 times) and the largest text is readable ('vote for our list'). The designer of the poster wanted that a reader catch the number 5 clearly even from a distance. --Soman (talk) 19:28, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- But the hook states that the reasons for the disproportionality is the curiae system, which is arguably something different from FPTP dynamics. The curia system would be very weird present-day, to explicitly discriminate in favour of the wealthiest. There are some alternate takes on the on the hook, like ALT1 "... that while 55% of the voters in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (poster pictured) were working class, they only got 10 out of 60 seats due to a curiae system implemented by the German authorities?" or ALT2 ... that the curiae-based electoral system used by German occupation authorities in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (poster pictured) disproportionally favoured the non-socialist Jewish parties? Now ALT2 would require a bit of a rewrite in article and need another image though. --Soman (talk) 19:23, 8 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- My point is that many electoral systems intentionally or not result in disproportionate seats for certain parties at the expense of others, thus it cannot really be a surprising fact that this particular electoral system has that result. (t · c) buidhe 19:19, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Again, this is not comparable to the issues from FPTP or STV electoral systems. Here was a case where an electoral system was explicitly designed to give a absolute majority to the wealthiest sections of society, with the explicit and publicly stated goal of ensuring a stable conservative majority. Now at the time the principle 1 citizen 1 vote was not universal by any means, but for present-day readers this is certainly something that would raise eyebrows. --Soman (talk) 21:50, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I know a bit about how pre-German Revolution electoral systems worked in Germany (and as you've written here, applied to occupied territories), but the average reader doesn't. So I think if you are going to take that angle, it needs to be more clear in the hook. (t · c) buidhe 22:53, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Soman: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 00:51, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- How about ALT3 - "... that the class-based curiae system used by German occupation authorities in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (poster pictured) disproportionately favoured the non-socialist Jewish parties?" --Soman (talk) 01:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)?Reply
- @Soman: Please address the above. Z1720 (talk) 00:51, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I know a bit about how pre-German Revolution electoral systems worked in Germany (and as you've written here, applied to occupied territories), but the average reader doesn't. So I think if you are going to take that angle, it needs to be more clear in the hook. (t · c) buidhe 22:53, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Again, this is not comparable to the issues from FPTP or STV electoral systems. Here was a case where an electoral system was explicitly designed to give a absolute majority to the wealthiest sections of society, with the explicit and publicly stated goal of ensuring a stable conservative majority. Now at the time the principle 1 citizen 1 vote was not universal by any means, but for present-day readers this is certainly something that would raise eyebrows. --Soman (talk) 21:50, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- it's an improvement over the other hooks proposed. (t · c) buidhe 13:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 7
Nan Nan Resources
- ... that the Hong Kong based holding company now known as Nan Nan Resources went by three different names in 2011?
- Source: In 2011, the company would change its identity twice. First to International Resources Enterprise Limited in April, and then to Nan Nan Resources Enterprise Limited in October.
- Reviewed:
- Comment: This is my first ever DYK nomination. Please give feedback to help make it better.
Created by DarthCloakedGuy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
DarthCloakedGuy (talk) 12:38, 12 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
48th Hong Kong International Film Festival
- ... that the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival canceled the screening of a politically themed film due to the "inability to locate suitable copies", despite the film being showcased 3 years ago?
- ALT1: ... that Karena Lam was named the ambassador of the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival, making her only the second woman to hold this position? Source: [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/M503
- Comment:
Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.
Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) 14:37, 9 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
References
- ^ "國際電影節突取消放映《去年煙花特別多》 陳果感可惜:咩都可以發生" [[Hong Kong] International Film Festival Suddenly Cancels Screening of The Longest Summer — Fruit Chan Expresses Regret: Anything Could Happen.]. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 9 March 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
原定在第四十八屆香港國際電影節中放映的《去年煙花特別多》日前突然取消,主辦方指「因找不到合適拷貝而未能放映」,改爲放映電影《墮胎師》。該電影由本港獨立電影導演陳果執導,他回覆本報查詢說,對於《去年》未能放映感到可惜,又稱近日才接獲電影節通知指沒有菲林拷貝而取消放映,不清楚是否涉及其他原因。《去年》於1998年上映,與《香港製造》及《細路祥》合稱「九七三部曲」,以香港主權移交及華裔英兵故事作爲背景,電影中亦穿插主權移交及解放軍入城等片段。
[The screening of The Longest Summer, originally scheduled for the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival, was suddenly canceled. The organizers stated that it could not be shown "due to the inability to locate suitable copies", and the film The Abortionist will be screened instead. Directed by local independent filmmaker Fruit Chan, he responded to [Ming Pao's] inquiry by expressing regret that The Longest Summer could not be screened. He mentioned that he only recently received notification from the festival that there were no film copies available, and he is unsure if there are other reasons involved. The Longest Summer was released in 1998 and is part of the "1997 Trilogy," along with Made in Hong Kong and Little Cheung. It sets against the backdrop of Hong Kong's sovereignty handover and stories of Chinese-ethnic British soldiers. The film also features segments about the handover and the arrival of the People's Liberation Army.] - ^ "「找不到合適拷貝」 國際電影節撤播《去年煙花特別多 》" ["Unable to Find Suitable Copies": International Film Festival Withdraws Screening of The Longest Summer.]. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 10 March 2024. Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
第48屆香港國際電影節本月28日開幕,由獨立電影導演陳果執導的《去年煙花特別多》突然被取消放映,改為放映同由陳果執導的《墮胎師》。主辦方在電影節節目及訂票手冊中稱「因找不到合適拷貝而未能放映」。陳果昨回覆本報稱,對於《去》未能放映感可惜,近日才接獲電影節通知稱沒有菲林拷貝而取消放映,不清楚是否涉其他原因。翻查資料,《去》曾於2017年在香港藝術中心古天樂電影院放映,當年主辦方與今屆電影節主辦方同為香港國際電影節協會(HKIFF)。《去》2021年也曾在兆基創意書院放映室放映,播放的是35mm菲林拷貝。
[The 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival opened on the 28th of this month. The screening of The Longest Summer, directed by independent filmmaker Fruit Chan, was suddenly canceled, and it was replaced with The Abortionist, also directed by Fruit Chan. The organizers stated in the festival program and ticketing booklet that it could not be screened "due to the inability to locate suitable copies". Chan expressed regret over the cancellation of The Longest Summer, stating that he only recently received notification from the festival that there were no film copies available and is unsure if there are other reasons involved. According to records, The Longest Summer was previously screened in 2017 at the Hong Kong Arts Centre's Gigi Leung Cinema, with the same organizers as this year's festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFF). The film was also screened in 2021 at Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, using a 35mm film copy.] - ^ Lo, Zabrina (20 March 2024). "Karena Lam on the lack of gender equality in the local film industry, and her ambassadorships with French May and Hong Kong International Film Festival". Tatler Asia. Archived from the original on March 29, 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
To say Taiwanese Canadian actress Karena Lam has a packed calendar is an understatement. This year, she replaces Aaron Kwok as the ambassador of the Hong Kong International Film Festival which will take place from March 28 to April 8—becoming the second woman to be offered this position since actress Miriam Yeung in 2011.
Flag of Falcón state, Monument to the Venezuelan Federation
- ... that the current flag of Falcón state (pictured), first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006, was based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uzun-Hajji
- Comment: qpq review is a double nom
Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 398 past nominations.
Soman (talk) 14:16, 8 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Abraham Hamadeh
- ... that Abraham Hamadeh lost one of the closest elections in Arizona history by 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
- Reviewed:
- Comment: My first DYK nomination, I'm confident I did this right but I'm still welcome to suggestions!
5x expanded by DukeOfDelTaco (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
DukeOfDelTaco (talk) 05:45, 7 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 8
Tore Skeie
- ... that Tore Skeie's first book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize of NOK 100,000?
- ALT1: ... that a critic wrote that Tore Skeie's third book had the "energy of an epic television show"? Source: [11]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
Kimikel (talk) 00:21, 9 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Baguia Fort
- ... that a fort in Baguia was restored in order to turn it into a hotel? Source: page 71
- ALT1: ... that orange trees once located in front of a fort in East Timor were only for the use of the ruling Portuguese? Source: page 314
- ALT2: ... that a fort in Baguia saw an engagement during the 1959 Viqueque rebellion that resulted in no casualties? Source: page 32
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Serekunda
- Comment: Other hook ideas welcome!
Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.
CMD (talk) 11:26, 8 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Jewish dairy restaurant
- ... that Leon Trotsky frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip, and waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him?
- Reviewed:
Created by Andrevan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Andre🚐 09:28, 8 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a full review, but the interesting thing about the article is the fact that Jewish dairy restaurants even exist in the first place, considering kosher laws. I'd suggest proposing hooks that focus specifically on that aspect, as least as possible options for the promoter, as the mere concept of the Jewish dairy restaurant is the elephant in the room here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:49, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Could you elaborate what you mean? Dairy restaurants are kosher. That is the entire point of them. The laws say not to mix milk and meat, that's why there isn't any meat at a dairyrestaurant. Andre🚐 12:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- As a non-Jew myself, I just thought that the actual concept was interesting by itself. It might not be as obvious to observant Jews of course since they may take it for granted, but especially to people from places where Jews are not very visible it might be unusual. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:02, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Ah, yes, I see what you mean. Yeah maybe there could be an ALT1 like:
- As a non-Jew myself, I just thought that the actual concept was interesting by itself. It might not be as obvious to observant Jews of course since they may take it for granted, but especially to people from places where Jews are not very visible it might be unusual. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:02, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
... that Jewish dairy restaurants specialize in food like cheese blintzes and vegetarian borscht to accommodate the kosher Jewish dietary rules on milk and meat?
- A bit long perhaps? Andre🚐 14:05, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Per WP:DYKTRIM it could be shortened to something like "... that Jewish dairy restaurants specialize in food that accommodate the kosher Jewish dietary rules on milk and meat?" Would that be okay with you? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:49, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Sure sounds good. Andre🚐 00:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Per WP:DYKTRIM it could be shortened to something like "... that Jewish dairy restaurants specialize in food that accommodate the kosher Jewish dietary rules on milk and meat?" Would that be okay with you? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:49, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- A bit long perhaps? Andre🚐 14:05, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I do think the original hook is interesting, I only mentioned the suggestion above so that it could be offered as an option. It's probably best for a reviewer to make the final decision. I've slightly modified the original hook to give Trotsky's full name since not all readers may know who he is. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: Can I review the article or do my copyedits disqualify me? Viriditas (talk) 21:10, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- It might be safer to leave it to another editor to do the actual review of the article content, although you can probably do some of the more technical aspects like article creation, hook interest, etc. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Oh, I thought that was part of the review! Andre🚐 01:05, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- On the one hand, I disagree with Narutolovehinata5, as I think they could have done the review themselves just as much as I could. But, on the other hand, I admire someone who takes the neutrality principle to such an extreme, and you have to respect that even if you personally disagree with it. With that said, such a position can also have unintended consequences, such as leading to the timing out of this nom due to such high-minded principles. Viriditas (talk) 01:14, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Would it help if I review some DYKs that are in the backlog? Andre🚐 01:58, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You're very much encouraged to do so, especially since any review can be used in the future once you are required to provide QPQs. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:19, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I did a few! Andre🚐 23:36, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You're very much encouraged to do so, especially since any review can be used in the future once you are required to provide QPQs. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:19, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Would it help if I review some DYKs that are in the backlog? Andre🚐 01:58, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- On the one hand, I disagree with Narutolovehinata5, as I think they could have done the review themselves just as much as I could. But, on the other hand, I admire someone who takes the neutrality principle to such an extreme, and you have to respect that even if you personally disagree with it. With that said, such a position can also have unintended consequences, such as leading to the timing out of this nom due to such high-minded principles. Viriditas (talk) 01:14, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Oh, I thought that was part of the review! Andre🚐 01:05, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- It might be safer to leave it to another editor to do the actual review of the article content, although you can probably do some of the more technical aspects like article creation, hook interest, etc. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- To clarify Viriditas's concern, the reason I asked for a new review is more out of check-and-balance reasons. Personally I have a preference ALT1 (the straightforward hook), but others may disagree and think that the Trotsky angle is more interesting (and personally I do also find it interesting). Normally what I could have done is to approve both hooks and leave it to the promoter, but given how torn I am over the options I thought bringing in a third-party editor to give their own opinion would also help reach a proper consensus. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You’re not wrong; both hooks are good. Although I have only managed to vet ALT0. If you can vet ALT1, do the review, pass both, and let the approver decide on which hook to use. Viriditas (talk) 03:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 9
Alison Creagh
- ... that Alison Creagh (pictured) became a Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to veterans and their families, and to rowing"? Source: https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-07/QB20%20Gazette%20-%20O%20of%20A%20V6.pdf
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 431 past nominations.
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:09, 9 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Middlesex Regiment alien labour units
- ... that during the First World War the British army deployed companies of aliens to France?
- Source: Although all eight were described as "Alien" companies, the originals were formed from the sons of foreign nationals, however from 1918 actual foreign nationals were used to form three companies , see eg: "the Director of Labour in France was informed that all Russians and other aliens whom 'it was not desirable to retain with fighting units' were to be sent to the Middlesex Regiment base depot at Etaples. Apart from the Russians, they were to be posted to the Middlesex Infantry Labour Companies ... This enabled three more Middlesex Labour companies to be formed." from: Messenger, Charles (30 April 2015). Call to Arms: The British Army 1914-18. Orion. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-78022-759-7.
- ALT1: ... that during the First World War "the queerest battalion in the British Army" did no fighting? Source: "Only in September 1916 did one of the battalions (perhaps in ignorance of the second) become the focus of sarcastic press attention. Headlined 'The Kaiser's Own', the London Evening Standard ran an article about the 'Queerest Battalion in the British Army'" from: Emden, Richard van (15 August 2013). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. A&C Black. pp. 246–249. ISBN 978-1-4088-3981-2. and "This unit is not a combatant unit" from: "Middlesex Regiment, 30th Battalion : Volume 91: debated on Thursday 8 March 1917". Hansard. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ivan Palmaw
Created by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 875 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 11:26, 9 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 10
Margaret Reid (politician)
- ... that Margaret Reid was appointed to the Australian Senate 20 years after losing an election for the House of Representatives?
- Source: Valedictory speech at Parliament of Australia "The opportunity for me to become a senator ... I was appointed to this job at a joint sitting of the two houses of the federal parliament on 5 May 1981" and "Senator Reid has confidence in 'thriving city' " at Canberra Times "In 1961, she conducted her first electoral campaign, as the Liberal candidate for the Federal seat of Bonython, in South Australia." and 1961 legislative election results at Adam Carr's archive
5x expanded by Reidgreg (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.
Reidgreg (talk) 12:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Is there another hook that can be proposed here? Politicians being appointed to or elected to positions after losing previously is very common and not at all unusual. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Actually, looking at the article, I'm surprised the following wasn't proposed:
- ALT1 ... that Margaret Reid is the first woman to serve as President of the Australian Senate? (Source: "Rising Above the Genteel Rumble of the Pink Palace" Canberra Times at ProQuest 1016152950 (via Wikipedia Library) "She made Australian political history on August 20, 1996 when she became the first woman President of the Senate."
- Although a "first" hook (a kind of hook that has been discouraged on DYK as of late), it is one that should be relatively easy to verify/support and thus not as an exceptional of a claim as most other "first" hooks. In addition, it's the highlight of her career, but more importantly, probably more interesting to a broad audience than just merely losing an election then winning/being appointed again later. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:23, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks, ALT1 looks good to me; I've added a source already cited in the article at that sentence (in the body). She had some other "firsts" (first and only president representing a territory, first female deputy president, and I thought first female whip though I'm not finding a source on that right now) but only included the major one so as not to emphasize this too much per WP:FIRSTWOMAN. I wouldn't put it in the lead sentence, but it seems fine to me for DYK. If there are objections, though, I don't mind withdrawing the nomination. I also piped women to Women in the Australian Senate if that's alright. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Actually, looking at the article, I'm surprised the following wasn't proposed:
- Full review needed now that another hook has been proposed. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:04, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 11
It's OK I'm OK
- ... that Tate McRae gets naked in her "It's OK I'm OK" music video?
- Source: News.com.au
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WHOV
Created by MaranoFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 74 past nominations.
NØ 07:31, 16 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- :: A singer getting naked to promote her song? Propose to revise the hook. Sarvagyana guru (talk) 06:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC) * -->Reply
- How is getting completely naked in a music video not unusual? The last mainstream artist to do this to come to mind is Miley Cyrus in 2013... I am not sure I am getting you.--NØ 11:19, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Shin Iza Gawna
Statue of Shin Iza Gawna.
- ... that after obtaining the philosopher's stone, the monk Shin Iza Gawna caused gold and silver to rain down in Pagan, bringing great wealth to his followers? Source: https://news-eleven.com/article/292466
- Reviewed:
Created by Hteiktinhein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hteiktinhein (talk) 09:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- This will not be a full review but DYK hooks need to be factual. If we run with this hook, we need to do something like ALT1: that according to legend, after obtaining the philosopher's stone, the monk Shin Iza Gawna caused gold and silver to rain down in Pagan, bringing great wealth to his followers? Bremps... 06:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- agreed! Thanks for new hook but full review needed. Hteiktinhein (talk) 20:36, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Wait, please... I have an image of the monk's statue, and I’m trying to find it in my iCloud. I will upload it to Wiki Commons soon. Thanks! Hteiktinhein (talk) 21:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Photo added. It's good time to full review. Hteiktinhein (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- agreed! Thanks for new hook but full review needed. Hteiktinhein (talk) 20:36, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 12
Charles Biasiny-Rivera
- ... that photographer Charles Biasiny-Rivera and fellow members of the artistic collective En Foco drove around New York City in his Volkswagen Bus putting on art exhibitions in Latino neighborhoods?
- Source: NY Times
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 143 past nominations.
Thriley (talk) 20:13, 19 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Cannonball (MILW train)
The Cannonball in Milwaukee, 1966
- ... that Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a commuter train nicknamed the Cannonball operating between suburban Watertown until 1972?
- Source: Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3
- Reviewed:
Created by Central Corridor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Central Corridor (talk) 19:16, 18 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Benjamin Franklin Shumard
Oak species named after Benjamin F. Shumard
- ... that an assistant to Texas chief geologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard named an oak species in his honor, but then foiled his reinstatement after he was let go by newly-elected Governor Sam Houston?
- Source: in his honor: Buckley, Samuel Botsford (1860). "Description of Several New Species of Plants". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 12 (published 1861): 443–445 – via JSTOR.
got him fired, see page 7, line 4 of this source: Roessler, A. R. "Reply to the charges made by SB Buckley, State Geologist of Texas, in his official report of 1874, against Dr. BF Shumard and AR Roessler." (1875). https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/bc3d474b-4e53-4980-8240-9b48ba20b33d/content
see also: p.144 (p2 of pdf): Young, Keith (1994-01-01). "The Shumards in Texas". Earth Sciences History. 13 (2): 143–153.
- ALT1: ... that Texas chief geologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard had an oak species named in his honor by an assistant in 1860, who then stymied Shumard's reappointment by Texas Governor Sam Houston? Source: same as above, trying different wording
- Reviewed:
Created by ProfGray (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
ProfGray (talk) 18:18, 12 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
U Wasawa
- ... that the Buddhist monk U Wasawa founded an armed Pyusawhti militia at his monastery and commanded his forces to burn down several villages? Source: https://burmese.dvb.no/post/570515
- Reviewed:
Created by Hteiktinhein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hteiktinhein (talk) 09:51, 12 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Hi, why is no one interested in viewing this DYK for a long time? Please let me know how many days the review process usually takes. Hteiktinhein (talk) 18:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hello Hteiktinhein! DYK is user driven, with various incentives to review hooks such as to complete their QPQ, interest, or simply goodwill. Predominantly foreign-language sourced articles or longer articles tend to take time to review due to the necessity to verify the various points. It is important to understand that, because sometimes it can take hours or even months, with no guarantee on the article being reviewed as soon as you want it to. Patience is important, and it is important to keep in mind there is no inherent rush for the nomination to move forward once it has been put out there. Ornithoptera (talk) 03:03, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 13
Nobody Knows (Shawn Mendes song)
- ... that Shawn Mendes's song "Nobody Knows" was recorded in one take on a "tough night"?
- Source: American Songwriter
Converted from a redirect by CatchMe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 75 past nominations.
NØ 05:05, 20 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Virginia Beach Police Department
- ... that the Virginia Beach Police Department has a force larger than that of Richmond, the state's capital?
- Reviewed:
Created by SSBelfastFanatic (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Erin (SSBelfastFanatic) (talk) 16:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Promising factoid, but with no provided citation to back it up here. Article was created 15 days ago (on September 3)—a week and change beyond the normal eligibility deadline—but became an AFC graduate on the 13th, so at least we're good here. Said article also has a {{more sources needed section}} banner, which fails WP:DYKCOMPLETE and might as well be addressed ASAP. To the editor now known as @PhoenixCaelestis: As far as your DYK skills are concerned, you're starting to get there, and with two go-rounds in this arena so far, I'll forgive you for that. Wishing you luck next time, and best of editing! --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 12:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Slgrandson: I have solved the tag by yeeting the whole section and several others, that one per WP:DUE.--Launchballer 14:08, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 15
Od Warszawy do Ojcowa
- ... that the Polish adventure and travel novel for the youth, From Warsaw to Ojców, was "highly regarded novel in its time", and inspired another novel by another writer half a decade later? Source: see Makuch (2013), Kuliczkowska (1959, 1973) as cited in the article
- Reviewed:
- Comment: QPQ pending.
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 522 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:12, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I will be closing this in 24 hours if I don't see a valid QPQ before then @Piotrus:.--Launchballer 14:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Full review needed.--Launchballer 18:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Czarodziejski okręt
- ... that The Magic Ship is a Polish robinsonade from 1914, inspired by the works of Jules Verne? Source: https://books.google.co.kr/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=ZX4ZAAAAMAAJ&dq=umi%C5%84ski+%22W+g%C5%82%C4%99binach+oceanu%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Verne%27owsk%C4%85+Szko%C5%82%C4%85+Robinson%C3%B3w%22
- Reviewed:
- Comment: QPQ pending.
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 521 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:08, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I will be closing this in 24 hours if I don't see a valid QPQ before then @Piotrus:.--Launchballer 14:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Full review needed.--Launchballer 18:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Talli Osborne
- ... that Canadian punk rock musician Talli Osborne had only briefly spoken to the frontman of NOFX before the band wrote a song about her? Source: Vice magazine, 2015; Toronto Star, 2015 (archived copy)
Created by Bridget (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
Bridget (talk) 22:01, 19 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Nathania Ong
- ... that Nathania Ong had not even seen the musical when she was offered the role of Éponine in Les Misérables?
Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 171 past nominations.
KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 13:49, 17 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- More of a comment than a review, but while I do think the hook is marginally interesting, I imagine theater actors being offered roles in plays they'd never seen before is actually not uncommon. As such, I wonder if additional hook angles could be proposed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:07, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: that's a reasonable point, though this was what I deemed to be the most interesting "factoid" in the article. And even if it really were the case (that this is "actually not uncommon"), how many times have such hooks appeared on DYK? It sure can't beat the river-related hooks of yesteryear 😆 KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 14:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 16
Krzyż i półksiężyc
- ... that the 1913 Polish novel The Cross and the Crescent is one of the earliest examples of military science fiction genre in Polish literature? Source: https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/uminski_wladyslaw
- Reviewed:
- Comment: QPQ pending
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 524 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:20, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I will be closing this in 24 hours if I don't see a valid QPQ before then @Piotrus:.--Launchballer 14:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- QPQ provided. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:50, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Krwawy chleb
- ... that the 1909 Polish novel Bloody Bread about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US was in the 1950s briefly criticized by the Polish communist censors for "glorifying the United States"? Source: http://wrh.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/299_PDFsam_WRH-t.-XII-2015.pdf
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KAUT-TV (added from below September 29)
- Comment:
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 523 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:17, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I will be closing this in 24 hours if I don't see a valid QPQ before then @Piotrus:.--Launchballer 14:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: Which policy allows such a speedy closure? I was under the impression QPQ can be done several days or even weeks later, while the nom is on hold. For now, have one here: Template:Did you know nominations/KAUT-TV . I will try to do QPQs for others later this week. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 16:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
WP:QPQ: A nomination which doesn't include a QPQ (and is not from an exempt nominator) may be closed as "incomplete" without warning.--Launchballer 00:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Piotrus: Per a recent rule change as a result of this discussion, the old rule where QPQs must be provided within a week of the nomination has been phased out. Instead, QPQs should be provided at the time of the nomination, and any nomination that does not immediately provide a QPQ is liable for closure. Doing the QPQs "later this week" is no longer sufficient: they have to be given at the time of the nomination, and you must provide them as soon as possible if you do not want your nominations to be closed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer and Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the heads up. I am not very happy with this change. I've always done my QPQs on time, with submission (and I've done hundreds of them), but just recently someone translated a bunch of my articles form pl wiki without heads up, and I am trying to rescue some of them for DYKs within the time period - and I am a bit busy IRL so for the first time I delayed QPQ. And then this happens. Sigh. You know you can trust me do to my QPQs, no? It's not like I will drop noms here and run. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Launchballer already gave an ultimatum for your open nominations: provide a QPQ within 24 hours of the messages, or they will be closed. If you do not think it will be feasible to complete them all in time then it may be better to just let them go for now and try to avoid this repeating in the future. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Just noting that a QPQ was provided for this nom, so it needs a full review.--Launchballer 21:30, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Launchballer already gave an ultimatum for your open nominations: provide a QPQ within 24 hours of the messages, or they will be closed. If you do not think it will be feasible to complete them all in time then it may be better to just let them go for now and try to avoid this repeating in the future. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:23, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ready Set Learn!
- ... that Ready Set Learn! was TLC's answer to the PBS children's lineup?
- Source: "Learning Channel Plans Ad-Free Kids' Shows". Orlando Sentinel. New York Daily News. 1992-08-23. p. F2. Retrieved 2024-09-18 – via ProQuest.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Virginia Beach Police Department
- Comment: For this week's factoid, you can thank Thriley (talk · contribs) for influencing me.
- The initials of this block's home network once stood for "The Learning Channel", but as you shall soon see, there's a reason they also stand for "tender loving care".
- Yet another revamp of yet another long-neglected kidvid article (after last month's stint on The Book of Virtues). And by "long-neglected", there are no kind words for how much this got dragged across the mud over the first 18 years of its existence, suffering the slings and arrows of IPs and vandals with no substantial improvement--or serious research--in sight. To the point where TenPoundHammer (talk · contribs) and Liz (talk · contribs) put the old version out of its misery by May 2022 per WP:NTV. Quoting the former:
"Tagged for notability since 2013. Program blocks are far less likely to be notable on their own, and I see no reason for this one to be so."
- Not for long, though.
- One night last week, I came across Kenny the Shark's status report at this page on TV Tropes--which had me wondering about a demographically related Discovery property, the one I've nominated right now. Looking up Ready Set Learn! InPrivate, I was astonished there was no article on the block, only to learn it had been deleted some time ago. Plan of action: Search it up at WP:Library ProQuest, invoke WP:THREE at WP:RFUD, and hope for the best. And you can easily guess what happened next till this Monday and beyond--complete with official exclamation mark, and proof of its CableACE win back in 1995. (Rehabbed through the AFC process.)
- Don't know what to say next...other than I may need another cooldown from WP eventually. (Besides, I'm trying to get a long-gestating NaNoWriMo project of mine rejuvenated off-WP today or tomorrow.) Or maybe not, as my AFC queue will quickly prove; I feel like taking a stab at a couple of pre-queue efforts before this week's over. Once again, see you back soon with another kidlit pick.
- From one of this block's fellow viewers in the Commonwealth of Dominica back then (through the Marpin cable service).
- Wikitrivia note: Short27265 (talk · contribs) was a single-purpose account from mid-November 2004 with only two edits to their name, both page creations: for Peep and the Big Wide World, and the subject of this DYK pitch (which it aired on).
5x expanded by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.
Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 13:06, 18 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
American Writers
- ... that William Lloyd Garrison read American Writers and told John Neal to be on guard should he return to the United States?
- Source: Pages 568–569 of this dissertation includes a long quote from Garrison's piece in the Newburyport Herald reacting to American Writers, including: "A word of advice to Mr. Neal before we part. If he venture to place his foot again on our soil, we say — Critic! gardez bien! or you may reap that reward for your vile labors, which you so richly merit."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ibsen Nelsen
- Comment: Thanks in advance for reviewing my nomination!
Created by Dugan Murphy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.
Dugan Murphy (talk) 01:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
AmBisyon Natin 2040
- ... that a plan was made by the government itself to fix the Philippines's government?
- Source: jerky sauce
5x expanded by TheNuggeteer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.
🍗TheNuggeteer🍗
12:25, 16 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- The 5x expansion checks out and the hook fact is verified. The nomination is timely and there are no copyright issues or other problems. I guess it could be more simply put as the following but I still approve ALT0:
- ALT1: ... that the Philippines's government made a plan to improve itself?
--NØ 10:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Sure, looks better.
🍗TheNuggeteer🍗
11:26, 19 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- The hook is bog-standard: long term plans/visions are a dime a dozen in politics. I don't find it "unusual or intriguing" in the slightest. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The nominator never addressed this; they have also since received a TBAN from content processes including DYK. I recommend this be rejected unless another user wishes to take conduct. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 16:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Sure, looks better.
Articles created/expanded on September 17
Law of reentry
- ... that a law in Elizabethan Renaissance theatre was cited as proof against the theory that Macbeth is the Third Murderer?
- Source: "Mr. Irwin Smith [...] has demonstrated conclusively that all the apparent exceptions to the "Law of Reentry" be explained and justified in one way or another. His thesis, which I take to be unexceptionable, provides the clinching proof that Macbeth is not the Third Murderer" — The Third Murderer in Macbeth
- ALT1: ... that the law of reentry is cited as an explanation for a character's abrupt exit off the stage in Richard II? Source: "Almost the only “rule” in London theater that was still faithfully followed was the one we now call, for convenience, the law of reentry [...]. Thus, in Richard II, John of Gaunt makes an abrupt and awkward departure purely to be able to take part in a vital scene that follows." — Shakespeare: The World as Stage; also discussed in Their Exits and Reentrances, p. 9 and Shakespeare's Hand in "The Second Maiden's Tragedy" p. 5
- ALT2: ... that because of the law of reentry, characters in Elizabethan theatre could not leave the stage at the end of a scene and immediately reenter in the next? Source: "Finally, a word may be said about Prolss' "Law of Re-entry" as it bears upon the matter of act-intermissions. Briefly the law is this: Characters leaving the stage at the end of a scene to reappear at another locality are, to avoid confusion, not permitted to re-enter immediately" — The "Act Time" in Elizabethan Theatres
- ALT3: ... that some scholars believe many scenes in English Renaissance plays include "speeches or even scenes otherwise unnecessary" to avoid violating the law of reentry? Source: "Neuendorff considers Prölsz's Law of Re-entry (that no character shall leave the stage and immediately re-enter if the scene is meanwhile supposed to have changed) at some length, and finds it of the greatest influence upon dramatic construction. It accounts for the many scenes beginning or ending with a monologue, and for the insertion of speeches or even scenes otherwise unnecessary." — What We Know of the Elizabethan Stage
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- Comment: Since this article deals with something governing the way characters exit and enter the stage in English Renaissance plays, I'm not actually sure if any of these run afoul of the "must focus on a real-world fact" thing, so I've provided a lot of hooks.
5x expanded by TenTonParasol (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
~Cheers, TenTonParasol 03:17, 18 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 18
The United States of America (album)
- ... that Columbia Records wanted to change a song title on the 1968 album The United States of America by the band of the same name, because it referenced the then recently deceased Che Guevara?
- ALT1: ... that the title of the 1968 album The United States of America was intended to be a political statement akin to "hanging the flag upside down"?
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Had to find an alternate source that I could easily link to as the article uses a book source
Improved to Good Article status by Iostn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Iostn (talk) 21:45, 23 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a review, but ALT2: ... that the United States of America falls short of being really satisfying? would make an excellent April Fools' hook.--Launchballer 22:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Talk Talk (Charli XCX song)
- ... that Charli XCX once followed George Daniel into a toilet but stopped halfway, later writing "Talk Talk" about her experience? Source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/charli-xcx-reveals-talk-talk-is-about-nearly-following-the-1975s-george-daniel-to-the-toilet-at-the-nme-awards-3764123
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Aracy Amaral
- Comment: Drive-by nom.
Converted from a redirect by Jackedano (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 251 past nominations.
Launchballer 02:08, 21 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 19
Isabel Pass
- ... that Isabel Pass has been called "one of the best passes through the Alaska Alps"?
- Source: https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/the-valdez-trail.htm in the last paragraph before the section Construction of the Valdez Trail, 1898-1906. He is calling the Alaska Range the "Alaska Alps"
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Expansion has been on and off since March 2024, due to my limited time & travel. The most recent and fruitful push has been since September 2024
5x expanded by Subarcticsensing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Subarcticsensing (talk) 21:03, 27 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Comment — I found nothing in the source correlating to the hook, plus there is no such thing as the "Alaska Alps". I doubt a preponderance of sources exist which make a connection to the term existing as a colloquialism. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 20:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I should have probably been more specific in the comment. I'm new to this and still getting the hang of things. It's in the last paragraph before the section Construction of the Valdez Trail, 1898-1906 and Lt. Joseph Castner is talking about his exploration of the pass as part of the Glenn expedition of the Copper River Basin in 1898. "Alaska Alps" is referring to the Alaska Range, and that term seems to be an idiolect of his. Would something like "... that Isabel Pass has been called "one of the best passes through the 'Alaska Alps'" be more clear? Subarcticsensing (talk) 01:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- For whatever reason, the text in question did not appear when I read it on my phone, but did appear when I read it on my laptop. The real problem is one of context. I'm guessing that Lt. Joseph Castner is the same as Joseph Compton Castner and this would have originated with his 1898 expedition. I say "guessing" because the NPS historian left no bibliography or footnotes. Based on a library catalog search, "Speaking about his adventure ten years later" appears to refer to an account of a presentation given in Hawaii, which was published in 1910. Otherwise, I have no clue about specifics and this reads like some random thing found on the web. It passes WP:V in that it exists. By any other historical standard, however, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Speaking of that which one found on the web, a Google search turned up multiple hits showing that the Chigmit Mountains are somewhat known as the "Alaska Alps". I could find no such hits referring to the Alaska Range as such. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 20:59, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Yes, it's the same Joseph Castner. According to GNIS, the Alaska Range was sometimes called the Chigmit/"T schigmit" Range, but them and their source don't provide exact dates when or by whom they were used. The Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, the source for the GNIS, also shows nothing called the "Alaska Alps." Looking at Walter Mendenhall's 1898 report on the expedition (page marked 285, PDF page 289), Mendenhall calls it the "Alaskan Range." On page 289/PDF page 293, he says this "The head of the Matanuska Valley is one of the most picturesque regions seen during the summer, rivaling that part of Delta River which cuts through the main Alaskan Range." Would changing the hook to "... that Isabel Pass has been called on the of the most picturesque passes of the Alaska Range?" be enough? Otherwise I'm fine with it being rejected. I'll try to be a bit more thorough next time. Subarcticsensing (talk) 01:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I should have probably been more specific in the comment. I'm new to this and still getting the hang of things. It's in the last paragraph before the section Construction of the Valdez Trail, 1898-1906 and Lt. Joseph Castner is talking about his exploration of the pass as part of the Glenn expedition of the Copper River Basin in 1898. "Alaska Alps" is referring to the Alaska Range, and that term seems to be an idiolect of his. Would something like "... that Isabel Pass has been called "one of the best passes through the 'Alaska Alps'" be more clear? Subarcticsensing (talk) 01:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
A Boy Is a Gun
- ... that Tyler, the Creator's "A Boy Is a Gun" was named after a 1971 movie?
- Source: [12]
Converted from a redirect by TheNuggeteer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.
🍗TheNuggeteer🍗
04:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- The nominator has since received a TBAN from content processes including DYK. I recommend this be rejected unless another user wishes to take conduct. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 16:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Chauncey Archiquette
- ... that Chauncey Archiquette was Jim Thorpe's idol?
- Source: Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (Thorpe said "[Archiquette] was my football idol and in our scrub games with the homemade football I always tried to emulate him") / Carlisle Vs. Army ("[Thorpe] was particularly taken with the team's star runner, an Indian boy named Chauncey Archiquette ... One day, Thorpe told himself, I'm going to be as tough as Chauncey ... [Thorpe, after watching practice] raced back and forth over the empty field, zigging here, zagging there, trying to emulate his idol.")
Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 247 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:56, 19 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @BeanieFan11: Although Thorpe was a highly accomplished and iconic athlete of his era, I'm not actually sure if most Americans today know who he is or at least recognize his name (speaking as a non-American). In addition, I don't know if Thorpe is a name that is known internationally. As such, the hook as currently written may not be broadly interesting enough to meet WP:DYKINT. Additional hook suggestions are probably needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:04, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I considered this when making the nomination, but Thorpe is one of the most famous athletes of all time. Books are written about him nearly every year and we still have articles from the past few months such as "Thorpe was and still is the greatest athlete in the history of sports" / "On this day in history, May 28, 1888, Jim Thorpe, 'greatest athlete in the world,' is born" – I would be very surprised if the vast majority of people don't recognize his name. I feel like it may lose some of its 'punch', but if really necessary, we could say something like ALT1 ... that Chauncey Archiquette was the idol of Jim Thorpe, regarded as one of the greatest athletes in history? BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:45, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I'll probably have to cite WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE here:
don't assume everyone worldwide is familiar with your subject
. And for what it's worth, I made a bit of an informal survey about this on Discord, and the three editors who responded said they didn't know who Thorpe is. Note that my thoughts about the hook are independent of the survey; in fact, I made the survey because I wanted to know if American editors might find the hook interesting and to check my own thoughts. As for the nomination itself, the safest option here is probably to try a completely different angle. While ALT1 is arguably a better option, as you said, it loses some of the punch with the additional context. Thorpe is no Lionel Messi or Michael Jordan to warrant the angle, methinks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- I'm rather stunned at the idea that Thorpe isn't well known enough. I don't really see any other good options with the article as well. Would changing the hook so that it does not mention Thorpe, but still has that aspect, work? – I.e. something like ALT2 ... that the "greatest athlete in the world" was inspired by Chauncey Archiquette? (I'd need to add the quote to the article, but Thorpe has widely been called that.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I think that's a better hook, but I'm not sure if it will pass scrutiny. DYK usually wants quotes in quote hooks to be attributed whenever possible, but adding an attribution to the hook would probably weaken the article's punch. It might be a good idea to seek opinions from other editors who are experts on wordsmithing like RoySmith, Theleekycauldron, or Launchballer. In any case, I'd suggest dropping any hook that directly mentions Jim Thorpe per WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE and either having only ALT2 for consideration for now, or trying a different angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I also have never heard of Jim Thorpe, although that may be because I know little about sports in general. I quite like ALT3: ... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?.--Launchballer 15:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- That works. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:49, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I also have never heard of Jim Thorpe, although that may be because I know little about sports in general. I quite like ALT3: ... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?.--Launchballer 15:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I think that's a better hook, but I'm not sure if it will pass scrutiny. DYK usually wants quotes in quote hooks to be attributed whenever possible, but adding an attribution to the hook would probably weaken the article's punch. It might be a good idea to seek opinions from other editors who are experts on wordsmithing like RoySmith, Theleekycauldron, or Launchballer. In any case, I'd suggest dropping any hook that directly mentions Jim Thorpe per WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE and either having only ALT2 for consideration for now, or trying a different angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I'm rather stunned at the idea that Thorpe isn't well known enough. I don't really see any other good options with the article as well. Would changing the hook so that it does not mention Thorpe, but still has that aspect, work? – I.e. something like ALT2 ... that the "greatest athlete in the world" was inspired by Chauncey Archiquette? (I'd need to add the quote to the article, but Thorpe has widely been called that.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I'll probably have to cite WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE here:
Ansorge Hotel
The Ansorge Hotel in 2007
- ... that the Ansorge Hotel's (pictured) pressed tin siding likely saved the hotel from burning in 1911?
- Source: Kettle River Journal 7/15/1911 "The Ansorge Hotel across the street was badly scorched, but owing to the metal covering was saved."
The Spokesman-Review 7/14/1911 "The Ansorge Hotel, across the street, was badly scorched, but owing to the metal covering was saved. The heat broke all of the windows and scorched the casings"
- ALT1: ... that a red light in the corner bay window of the Ansorge Hotel (pictured) told rumrunners of revenue men in town? Source: "Ansorge hotel". Ferry County Historical Society. "When the "revenuers" were staying at the Ansorge the propriators placed a red light in a second floor corner window to notify the bootleggers that barrel retrieval in town was not safe."
- ALT2: ... that the Ansorge Hotel (pictured) may have hosted Henry Ford on the night of July 31, 1911? Source: Ghost towns of the Pacific Northwest pg65 "The Ansorge claimed Henry Ford as one of its guests in 1917"
Exploring Washingtons Past pg32 "The Ansorges greatest glory came in 1917 when Henry Ford chekced in while visiting relatives who lived in the area."
NRHP catalogue page 5 of nomination form "The guest register for july 31, 1917 bears the signature of a "Henry Ford, Detroit Mich." and local residents agree that this was the Ford of the Ford Motor Company" - Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Randrianasolo's sportive lemur
5x expanded by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 359 past nominations.
Kevmin § 16:07, 19 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
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Overall: All of the hooks have clear sources, though I personally think ALT1 is the most interesting one out of the three. I would link rumrunners at least. Reconrabbit 14:50, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 20
George Frederick Cumming Smillie
- ... that a portrait engraver (pictured) made the controversial decision to change a Souix chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar Silver Certificate?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik
- Comment: Could also use the image of the man File:George Frederick Cumming Smillie.jpg. Not sure I like his left accidental hand gesture in the image.
Moved to mainspace by Bruxton (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 157 past nominations.
Bruxton (talk) 22:06, 27 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Alfredo Arreguín
- ... that Alfredo Arreguín has been called the "dean of Latino art in the Pacific Northwest"?
- Source: Marmor, Jon (September 2001). "For Alfredo Arreguin, art blooms from adversity". University of Washington Magazine.
- ALT1: ... that Alfredo Arreguín has represented both the United States and Mexico in the international art world? Source: Brown, Quinn Russell (2023-05-07). "Alfredo Arreguín, Painter of Myth and Memory, Dies at 88". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- Reviewed:
5x expanded by ProfessorBeaver (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
ProfessorBeaver (talk) 18:33, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Kesaria Abramidze
Kesaria Abramidze in 2020
- ... that Kesaria Abramidze (pictured) was one of the first transgender public figures in Georgia?
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Very popular Georgian trans model who has been murdered the day after the country's parliament passed an anti-LGTBI propaganda law, shocking the country. Article was created 3 days ago and is short, but have 2,027.
Created by Alsoriano97 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
_-_Alsor (talk) 14:09, 23 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Gitmo playlist
- ... that Guantanamo Bay prison probably didn't have an official playlist?
- ALT1: ... that the creator of the theme song for Barney laughed when he found out it was used during American interrogations? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/19/usa.guantanamo
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I personally prefer ALT1, but it's a minor preference.
5x expanded by Based5290 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Based5290 :3 (talk) 04:02, 23 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Growing Form
- ... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form (pictured) as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?
- Source: "Sculptor: Moelwyn Merchant ... the artist described it as "like a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"" from: Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (1 January 2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-85323-989-5.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 881 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 13:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Khun Tan (mystic)
- ... that the Pa'O religious figure Khun Tan seducing hundreds of young girls by portraying himself as the next Buddha? Source: https://burma.irrawaddy.com/women-in-media/2017/11/08/145696.html
- ALT1: ... that in hopes of gaining good luck, young girls in the Alantaya area were offering their first virginity to Khun Tan, who claimed to be the future Buddha? Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/police-hunt-man-claimed-next-buddha-abuse-young-women.html
- Reviewed:
Created by Hteiktinhein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hteiktinhein (talk) 06:34, 20 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Neither hook meets WP:DYKBLP. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:02, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I understand. How about the news hooks below:
ALT1-a: ... that, in hopes of gaining good luck, six girls from the Alantaya area were married to Khun Tan, a layman who claimed to be the future Buddha?
ALT1-b: ... that Khun Tan, a young guy, is worshipped as a bodhisattva in the Alantaya religious area?
ALT1-c: ... that girls in the Alantaya religious area believe that marrying the layman Khun Tan would bring blessings? Hteiktinhein (talk) 18:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Genocide in the Hebrew Bible
- ... that the biblical command to "spare no one" has been applied to Native Americans, Rwandan Tutsi, and Palestinians?
Created by Buidhe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 252 past nominations.
(t · c) buidhe 05:50, 20 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I don't see the hook in the article. It is OR to interpret labelling one's enemy "Amalek" as applying biblical command to "spare no one". I haven't checked the sources, but the article does not support the hook. Srnec (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Well, the original hook I was thinking of is ALT1 below but I wasn't sure if it would be accepted either.
- ALT1: ... that genocide in the Hebrew Bible has been cited as an inspiration by the Crusaders, Rwandan Hutu, and Israeli leaders? (t · c) buidhe 02:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I'll take a stab at this. I trust Buidhe to be the subject expert and do good research, but I concur that the section on "Justification for violence" here is a bit underdeveloped for the hooks proposed. I can't find the text of the article clearly confirming ALT0. As for ALT1, I'd ask "justification for what"? Carrying genocide? But that is not clear from the short quote about Pope Urban in the 11th century and then... Martin Luther? Did Luther called or tried to justify some genocide? I'd ask for that section to be expanded, clearly stating who said what, and in particular, who might have tried to justify genocide. The second paragraph in that section is more clear, and perhaps an ALT2 about "Genocide in the Hebrew Bible being used by Israeli leaders to justify their actions in the Israel-Hamas war" might be fine, and would probably draw more views too. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Alt1 isn't about justification, rather inspiration. Leaving aside Luther's arguably genocidal stated beliefs about Jewish people, something along the lines of your hook may be better. (t · c) buidhe 03:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT2 ... that Israeli leaders have described their enemies in the current Gaza war as targets of divinely commanded genocide?
(t · c) buidhe 03:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I think most readers would probably still interpret that as "Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza because the Bible told them to", which I don't see support for in the sourcing. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:33, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 21
Stadionverbot Decision
- ... that the German Federal Constitutional Court made a ruling on the permissibility of a nationwide 2-year stadium ban almost a decade after its end?
- Source: https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/bverfg-1bvr308009-bundesweite-stadionverbote-mittelbare-drittwirkung-grundrechte-hausrecht-dfb Das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) hat die Verfassungsbeschwerde eines mit einem bundesweiten Stadionverbot belegten Fußballfans als unbegründet zurückgewiesen (Beschl. v. 11.04.2018, Az. 1 BvR 3080/09). Die Verbote dürften aber mit Blick auf das Gleichheitsgebot nicht willkürlich festgesetzt werden und müssten auf einem sachlichen Grund beruhen, entschied der Erste Senat in einem am Freitag veröffentlichten Beschluss. Für ein Stadionverbot reiche allerdings schon die Sorge, dass von einer Person die Gefahr künftiger Störungen ausgehe. Nach einem Auswärtsspiel des FC Bayern München gegen den MSV Duisburg im Jahr 2006 kam es außerhalb des Stadions zu Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Fangruppen. Die Polizei nahm daraufhin 50 Personen in Gewahrsam, unter ihnen der damals 16-jährige Beschwerdeführer. Gegen ihn wurde dann ein Verfahren wegen Landfriedensbruchs eingeleitet, das später wegen Geringfügigkeit eingestellt wurde. Nach der Einleitung des Ermittlungsverfahrens sprach der MSV Duisburg im Namen des Deutschen Fußballbundes (DFB) ein zweijähriges, bundesweites Stadionverbot gegen den 16-Jährigen aus. Gestützt wurde das Verbot auf die Stadion-Verbotsrichtlinien des DFB. Trotz der späteren Verfahrenseinstellung entschieden der MSV und der DFB ohne Anhörung des zur Münchener Ultra-Szene gehörenden Jugendlichen, das Verbot aufrecht zu erhalten.
- https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2018/04/rs20180411_1bvr308009.html (11. April 2018) “Mit Schreiben vom 18. April 2006 sprach die Beklagte daraufhin gegenüber dem Beschwerdeführer ein bundesweites Stadionverbot für die Dauer vom 18. April 2006 bis zum 30. Juni 2008 aus”
- ALT1: ... that a ruling on the permissibility of stadium bans by the German Federal Constitutional Court could obligate certain private actors to follow constitutional law? Source: Towfigh, Emanuel V.; Gleixner, Alexander (2022). Smartbook Grundrechte: ein hybrides Lehrbuch mit 67 Lernvideos [Smartbook Fundamental Rights: a hybrid textbook with 67 learning videos]. NomosStudium (in German) (1. Auflage ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-3-7489-1119-7. “Darüber hinaus beschäftigt sich das BVerfG erstmals mit der Wirkung des allgemeinen Gleichheitssatzes (Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG) im Privatrecht.39 Eine mittelbare Drittwirkung des allgemeinen Gleichheitssatzes ist vor allem mit Blick auf die im Privatrecht geltende Privatautonomie problematisch, die es gerade erlaubt, die Vertragspartner frei auszuwählen und grds. Kontraktionszwang unterbindet - was im Umkehrschluss als Freiheit zu diskriminieren interpretiert werden kann. Das BVerfG stellt daher ausdrücklich fest, dass der allgemeine Gleich-heitssatz kein objektives Verfassungsrecht enthält, wonach Rechtsverhältnisse zwischen Privaten prinzipiell gleichheitsgerecht auszugestalten seien. Auf den konkreten Fall gewendet: Die mit dem Stadionverbot einhergehende Ungleichbehandlung des Fans gegenüber denjenigen, die das Stadion besuchen dürfen, ist nicht schon per se verfassungswidrig. Die Gleichheitsbindung privater Akteure begründet das BVerfG erst in „spezifischen Konstellationen" (§ 3 Rn. 44 f.): Ein allgemeiner Grundsatz, wonach private Vertragsbeziehungen jeweils den Rechtfertigungsanforderungen des Gleichbehandlungsgebots unterlägen, folgt demgegenüber aus Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG auch im Wege der mittelbaren Drittwirkung nicht. [...] Gleichheitsrechtliche Anforderungen für das Verhältnis zwischen Privaten können sich aus Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG jedoch für spezifische Konstellationen erge-ben. Eine solche Konstellation liegt dem hier in Frage stehenden bundesweit gültigen Stadionverbot zugrunde. Maßgeblich für die mittelbare Drittwirkung des Gleichbehandlungsgebots ist dessen Charakter als einseitiger, auf das Hausrecht gestützter Ausschluss von Veranstaltungen, die aufgrund eigener Entscheidung der Veranstalter einem großen Publikum ohne Ansehen der Person geöffnet werden und der für die Betroffenen in erheblichem Umfang über die Teilnahme am gesellschaftlichen Leben entscheidet. Indem ein Privater eine solche Veranstaltung ins Werk setzt, erwächst ihm von Verfassungs wegen auch eine besondere rechtliche Verantwortung. Er darf seine hier aus dem Hausrecht - so wie in anderen Fällen möglicherweise aus einem Monopol oder aus struktureller Überlegenheit - resultierende Entscheidungsmacht nicht dazu nutzen, bestimmte Personen ohne sachlichen Grund von einem solchen Ereignis auszuschließen. Die Fachgerichte haben daher sicherzustellen, dass das Stadionverbot nicht willkürlich erlassen worden ist. Das BVerfG etabliert dabei Hürden aus der verwaltungsrechtlichen Dogmatik:41 Es bedarf eines sachlichen Grundes und einer Anhörung der jeweiligen Betroffenen. Das führt letztlich zu einer „situativ staatsgleichen Grundrechtsbindung privater Akteure".”
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Created by FortunateSons (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
FortunateSons (talk) 12:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Comment: @FortunateSons: I think this needs a bit of copyediting:
The Stadionverbots-Entscheidung (Beschl. v. 11.04.2018, Az. 1 BvR 3080/09)[1] (literally: Stadium-Ban-Decision, also known as the Stadionverbots-Beschluss) is a decision by the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the German federal constitutional court, in which a football fan unsuccessfully attempted to have his ban from German stadiums to be found to be unlawful.
- Do you mean "a football fan unsuccessfully attempted to have his ban from German stadiums" rescinded or repealed? "To be found to be unlawful" doesn't really work. Viriditas (talk) 22:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- perhaps „retroactively declared to be unlawful“? FortunateSons (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
The court set a higher standard for banning a fan from all stadiums for alleged misconduct, declaring some applicability of mittelbare Drittwirkung in regards to procedural rights and equality to their treatment of fans.
- You will need to very briefly explain mittelbare Drittwirkung. For example you could do it like this: "The court set a higher standard for banning a fan from all stadiums for alleged misconduct, declaring some applicability of mittelbare Drittwirkung, a legal concept unique to European jurisprudence, in regards to procedural rights and equality to their treatment of fans." Viriditas (talk) 22:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You're right. But not necessarily for the hook, just in the article, right? Do we need a definition in the lead as well? FortunateSons (talk) 15:55, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I haven't addressed the hooks yet. I'm not convinced the current hooks are that interesting. Viriditas (talk) 20:47, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Note, the below sources translate mittelbare Drittwirkung as "the doctrine of the indirect horizontal effects of fundamental rights". Viriditas (talk) 21:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Nice catch. I added the translation, I think it’s probably best cited to the primary sources below, right? FortunateSons (talk) 09:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Comment: @FortunateSons: I think we really need to focus on clearly describing the topic in English. I'm seeing a few English sources that do just that.[13] So, some questions. Should the English article title be in German or in English, such as "Stadium ban decision"? No strong feelings, but we should see what policy says. Also, what year did the decision take place, 2009? If so, say that in the first sentence. Finally, try to simplify the outcome. I see two English language sources that do just this.[14][15] There are likely more. Viriditas (talk) 21:44, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- WP:TRANSLITERATE seems to be dictate that we use the English title, to the best of my understanding. If you agree, I’m happy to move it. Regarding dates: the incident was in 2006, the ban lasted from 2006 to 2008, the decision was in 2018. Which date are you referring to? Thank you for the English sources, I missed those. :)FortunateSons (talk) 09:49, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @FortunateSons: The date of the final decision should appear in the lead, as should a brief description of the incident and ban dates. If you feel comfortable moving the page, then feel free to do so. Viriditas (talk) 19:35, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Sure, I will move the page. The date for the decision is already in the lead (as it is part of how the cases are cited, with DD/MM/YYYY), and I will add the year for the incident and ban (2006), or do we need the specific dates? In scientific secondary sources, they generally don’t go in depth beyond the year, if I remember correctly. FortunateSons (talk) 21:08, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Do it however you want, but I don't see any dates in the lead in plain text, just in the case format, which isn't explicit to the general reader. Sometimes a bit of redundancy helps. Also, more dates and explanation might be needed per the above. Viriditas (talk) 22:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Added the years, and some additional context to the lead. Not sure on grammar/style, what do you think? FortunateSons (talk) 12:34, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- You nailed it! It's a huge improvement. Now, what are we going to do about the hooks? Viriditas (talk) 20:52, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thank you. I’m really not sure about the hooks. The link between football and social media or alternatively the duration of the ban compared to the duration of the legal process might be most interesting to someone with no connection to the subject, but I could be missing the forest for the trees here? FortunateSons (talk) 00:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@FortunateSons: Why do you have Bundesverfassungsgericht in italics, but not Bundesgerichtshof? Same thing with Drittwirkung, which appears as Drittwirkung later on in the articlce. Viriditas (talk) 22:52, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Overall: Article was new and long enough on 21 September when it was moved from draft to mainspace. I don't like the current hooks, partly because of the way they are written, and partly because I don't find them interesting per se, but they might be more interesting if they were rewritten. The nominator has shown that they acknowledge there are more interesting hooks to be had, particularly in terms of the legal ramifications of the decision on social media companies. I would encourage the nominator to work the kinks out and add more hooks to choose from to this nomination, or failing that, rewrite the current ones. Viriditas (talk) 23:29, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape
- ... that the last recording by Toby Keith before his death was a cover of Joe Diffie's "Ships That Don't Come In" on the tribute album Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape?
Created by TenPoundHammer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.
Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:35, 21 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Jeya Wilson
- ... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sunny Choi
- Comment: DrThneed wrote the bio but she's a tad busy, hence she's asked me whether I would like to see this through the DYK process. I'm only too happy to oblige as Jeya Wilson is such a fascinating person. If you have time, I suggest you watch her opening speech at the Oxford Union debate, which is linked from the source above. And if you want to be in for a treat, wach David Lange's speech (second-to-last speaker) – an absolute stunner of a performance. Almost every New Zealander knows one of the lines that he delivered in that speech.
Moved to mainspace by Schwede66 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 162 past nominations.
Schwede66 09:03, 21 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 22
Meijer de Hond
- ... that Dutch rabbi Meijer de Hond (pictured), who grew up in poverty, was known as the "Volksrebbe" for his popularity among the Jewish poor of Amsterdam?
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 145 past nominations.
Thriley (talk) 19:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Barquq Castle
- ... that the front façade, gateway, mosque and minaret of Barquq Castle in the Gaza Strip were still standing until 2024?
- Source: Abu Khalaf 1983, p. 182: "Nowadays the Khan is almost demolished, but the front part, which consists of the fac;ade including the gateway and the Mosque with its minaret still stands."
Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.
Onceinawhile (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @Onceinawhile: Please note that per a recent rule change, a QPQ must be provided at the time of the nomination or at most immediately after. The nomination may be failed without further warning if a QPQ is not provided as soon as possible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:53, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks for letting me know. I have done the QPQ now. Onceinawhile (talk) 06:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Granville Colliery
- ... that part of the site of Granville Colliery in Derbyshire, England, is now used as a dry ski slope (pictured)?
- Source: "The area has been much landscaped in the construction of the South Derbyshire Ski Centre" from: "Monument record MDR7950 - Granville Colliery (No. 1) Swadlincote". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record. Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ALT1: ... that a mine worker was "shattered to fragments" by a 1911 explosion at Granville Colliery but his horse survived being thrown high into the air? Source: "The national press reported that his body was "shattered to fragments" by the blast ... There are those, however, who witnessed Bodycote's horse and cart hurled high into the air, the horse being practically uninjured." from: Kreft, Helen; Lodge, Matthew (30 October 2021). "The tragic story that led to the name of a Derbyshire road". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Superfest
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 882 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 19:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Lac qui Parle County seat controversy
- ... that on the night of November 12, 1886, 150 people broke into the Lac qui Parle County Courthouse and started physically moving it to Madison, Minnesota, 15 miles away?
- ALT1: ... that a county seat war in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota inspired Johannes B. Wist's serial fiction in the Decorah-Posten?
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Moved to mainspace by Cedar Tree (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Cedar Tree 19:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
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Overall: This seems good to me, except unfortunately for the newness criteria. Maybe you can improve it to a GA and nominate as DYK then? and it was moved to mainspace two days before nom. Theodor Langhorne Franklin (talk) 17:28, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I like ALT0 but I think we could improve it a little. I recommend stating that they physically moved "the building" instead of "it" because it was the shocker that pulled me in and even though it's grammatically correct I didn't fully believe it. I also recommend removing the details of the month and day because they don't really help would, maybe removing the year would add to the intrigue, and removing the city of Madison because very few will know it. Maybe then there's space to add in that it was stuck in a snowstorm in the way? Theodor Langhorne Franklin (talk) 12:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Just placing this template to prevent this from being closed as a fail. Theodor Langhorne Franklin this article was moved from draftspace on 22 September and so is eligible- Dumelow (talk) 20:47, 24 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Whoops, I missed that. Thanks for keeping this alive. Theodor Langhorne Franklin (talk) 12:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 23
Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków
- ... that a modern Polish fairy tale, written during the time of martial law in Poland in the 1980s, mixes the themes of real-world environmental protection and fantasty-like gnomes? Source: Kowalczykówna (1989) cited in the article
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 527 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:32, 1 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Kichuś majstra Lepigliny
- ... that the book called "Polish Pinocchio" was published a hundred years ago? Source: https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=565123
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 526 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:24, 1 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Muthkwey
- ... that məθkʷəy̓ was not harvested or walked over, because it had grown from the droppings of a two-headed serpent?
- Source: "Another story tells that our ancestors had never seen this plant before, and that they considered it to be sacred because it came from sʔi:łqəy̓ (Musqueam Indian Band, 2011). Our people were not permitted to walk over or harvest it." Sparrow, Corrina (2006). "Reclaiming Spaces Between: Coast Salish Two Spirit Identities and Experiences". Bachelor of Social Work, University of Victoria: 50–51. Retrieved 20 September 2024. "muthkwey come again year come next.year muthkwey. When it was another year, next year then that plant muthkwey spread out when it grew. It bloomed like any other plant. But it was not like any other plant. The old people did not step on it. It was thought sacred. It was from the droppings of the monster, the seelthkey." Suttles, Wayne P. (2004). Musqueam Reference Grammar. Page 545 UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1002-9. Retrieved 20 September 2024
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Will work on the QPQ shortly,thank you to the reviewer in advance! Done the QPQ!
Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.
Ornithoptera (talk) 23:02, 30 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @Ornithoptera: Just a question: is the weird spelling of the subject on purpose? IIRC, non-standard/stylized spellings are discouraged on DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hi Narutolovehinata5, the "weird spelling" in question is the Americanist phonetic notation that is used for Indigenous North American languages. Like many terms in the languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast, məθkʷəy̓ is not "romanized" in the traditional sense because they still use Latin characters and contemporary inclusions of the notation are often unedited, such as "ʔálʔal Café" rather than "All-all Cafe" I will provide some examples of such:
- The hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ word “məθkʷəy̓” was initially transcribed in English as “grass,” resulting in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People being known as “People of the River Grass.”
- The tall grass is to represent Musqueam, the flowering plant məθkʷəy̓, which grows in the Fraser River estuary. Stories have been passed on from generation to generation that explains how we became known as the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm — People of the məθkʷəy̓ plant.
- The Musqueam people are the people of the məθkʷəy̓, the river grass, and we have stewarded the mouth of the Fraser River since time immemorial.
- The name xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) relates back to the flowering plant, məθkʷəy̓, which once abundantly grew throughout Musqueam territory.
- The məθkʷəy̓ was described as a saχʷəl, which means “grass” or "plant." It was initially transcribed to English as a grass, and for some time the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people have been known as “people of the river grass.”
- For further reading, here is a quote from the University of British Columbia on the matter: "In the 1970’s, the Musqueam community began their journey towards language revitalization, and formally adopted the North American Phonetic Alphabet (NAPA). NAPA allows the sounds of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ to be more accurately conveyed in writing. The symbols that may be unfamiliar to you, including ə, q̓, θ, xʷ, and more have corresponding phonetics that you can learn in order to pronounce written hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓."
- There is no "standard" transliteration, most English language sources refer to the plant as məθkʷəy̓ with no alteration. The article title was based on the one that Wayne Suttles employed in his 2004 Musqueam Reference Grammar, but there are multiple ways to transliterate this term without a standardized form, nor is there much of a need to, as the base of the notation are Latin characters. I thought it would be ideal to use the term with no alteration as many other sources have before. Ornithoptera (talk) 21:04, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I see. I was asking because, from what I remember, DYK usually doesn't use non-Latin characters in hooks. I'm pretty sure there was a guideline about it (I think using the language template?) Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- To my understanding Narutolovehinata5, the Americanist phonetic notation is (to a degree) the Latin alphabet, and I'm sure there have been instances where letters such as Þ or ð have made their way into DYK before. Ornithoptera (talk) 00:12, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I see. I was asking because, from what I remember, DYK usually doesn't use non-Latin characters in hooks. I'm pretty sure there was a guideline about it (I think using the language template?) Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ngiam Tong Dow
- ... that Singapore's first and largest purchase of gold from South Africa was completed in 1968 by comparing two halves of a United States one-dollar bill?
- Source: "In 1968, we went to the World Bank meeting. The South Africans were there and we invited the South African Finance Minister to our hotel room."
"Dr Goh wanted to buy gold at a fixed price, rather than a floating market price. So we agreed to buy 100 tons, a substantial amount, at $40 US dollars." "Then he took out his US one dollar note. And sliced it into halves! Just like that. He gave half to me and said, "You keep this. I will keep the other half and my man will meet you in Switzerland."" "I handed the sliced US dollar note over. He took out the other half. It matched! The serial numbers were the same."
Ngiam, Tong Dow. A Mandarin and the Making of Public Policy: Reflections by Ngiam Tong Dow. ISBN: 978-9971-69-350-3
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BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 09:47, 25 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
The Bear season 2
- ... that the second season of The Bear has won the most Emmys for any comedy series in a single year?
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Created by Mjks28 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Mjks28 (talk) 02:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Sonya Friedman
- ... that self-help psychologist Sonya Friedman published a book on women who were monogamous with two men at the same time?
- Source: "What binds them is their having a two-track existence that allows them to preserve their marriage while having a more fulfilling relationship. They are monogamous to two men." - In “Secret Loves” (Crown), therapist Sonya Friedman…, Chicago Tribune
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/History of chocolate
- Comment: The article was moved to mainspace with this edit.
Created by Silver seren (talk) and Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 129 past nominations.
SilverserenC 23:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- ALT1 that according to self-help psychologist Sonya Friedman, men are just desserts? Thriley (talk) 01:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT2 that according to self-help psychologist Sonya Friedman, a hero is more than just a sandwich? Thriley (talk) 02:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT3 that self-help psychologist Sonya Friedman, encouraged women to "give up junk food love and find a naturally sweet man"? Thriley (talk) 02:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 24
Sankar Montoute
- ... that Sankar Montoute was the first NFL player from Trinidad and Tobago?
- Source: PFR
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jamaludin Malik (legislator)
- Comment: Will do QPQ within next 24 hours.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 251 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- interesting hook. However the cited reference does not explicitly state that Sankar Montoute is the first player from Trinidad and Tobago in NFL. There are names of 5 other players from Trinidad and Tobago in this list. Cited source may be updated Sarvagyana guru (talk) 06:35, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Sarvagyana guru: Row five in the hook source has the dates when each of the five players started their careers. As the source states, Montoute debuted in 1987, which is earlier than the others, who played later (Curvin Richards 1991, Kerry Carter 2003, Anthony Herrera 2005, Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil 2015). BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @BeanieFan11:: You are right. Agreed. Sarvagyana guru (talk) 11:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Pleasure Garden (painting)
- ... that when the painting Pleasure Garden (pictured) was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, considerable controversy ensued?
- Source: ‘Pleasure garden’ was the first work by Hodgkins to be acquired for the collection and remains one of the most controversial acquisitions in the Gallery’s history. Further: However, a group of Christchurch subscribers did purchase ‘Pleasure garden’, and presented it to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in 1949. The painting was rejected ‘on its [lack of] merits’. Controversy ensued and, when the work was again offered to Christchurch City Council in July 1951, it was finally taken into the Robert McDougall Art Gallery’s collection.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mayors in New Zealand
- Comment: The article was written by Manymanydogs; I merely did a bit of tidying up. A very nice piece of work and the hook would go rather well with the striking image. It's worth talking about the painting's copyright status because this may well come up. The uploader's user name is "TimJonesCAGTPoW" and that would be Tim Jones from the Christchurch Art Gallery. He's been there forever and as you can see in his profile, he has responsibility for the archives of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. When Tim says that they (the gallery) own the copyright, and he's happy to release it under a free license, he knows exactly what he's doing. Tim works quite a bit with Wikipedians (that's how I've met him before) and he has his head around copyright.
Schwede66 04:18, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Ye Gongchuo
- ... that Ye Gongchuo (pictured) worked for emperors, warlords, and republicans, before leaving politics to focus on art?
- Source: Mostly supported by Powell, J. B., ed. (1925). Who's Who in China. Shanghai: Millard's Review.; leaving politics is supported by Andrews, Julia F.; Shen, Kuiyi (2012). The Art of Modern China. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23814-5.
- ALT1: ... that Ye Gongchuo (pictured) dealt duck head pills in Shanghai? Source: Yan Jiasen (严家森) Ma Xiao (马潇) (5 August 2003). "[祖孙篇 叶衍兰 叶恭绰] 进则为达官,退亦是名士" [[Grandparents and Grandchildren: Ye Yanlan and Ye Gongchuo] If You Advance, You Will Be a High Official; If You Retreat, You Will Be a Famous Scholar]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024. (他曾极力推动成立上海博物馆,后来还把重金购得的稀世珍品——晋朝王献之的《鸭头丸帖》真迹,慨然捐献给了上海博物馆。; "He had strongly promoted the establishment of the Shanghai Museum, and later donated the rare treasure he had purchased at a high price, the original copy of the "Duck Head Pills" by Wang Xianzhi of the Jin Dynasty, to the Shanghai Museum.")
- ALT2: ... that, when China needed to standardize its railway terminology, it sent for a poet? Source: Powell, J. B., ed. (1925). Who's Who in China. Shanghai: Millard's Review.; Yan Jiasen (严家森) Ma Xiao (马潇) (5 August 2003). "[祖孙篇 叶衍兰 叶恭绰] 进则为达官,退亦是名士" [[Grandparents and Grandchildren: Ye Yanlan and Ye Gongchuo] If You Advance, You Will Be a High Official; If You Retreat, You Will Be a Famous Scholar]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024. (via Guangdong Library)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team
- Comment: Yes, I know ALT1 is a bit out there. It might be worth an April Fools slot.
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 682 past nominations.
— Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Expandable card game
- ... that compared to collectible card games, expandable card games focus more on storytelling and cooperation? Source: https://www.playthepast.org/?p=6913 and its subsequent parts linked in the article as refs
- ALT1: ... that expandable card games are sometimes known as "living card games", but the latter term, while popular, is trademarked by a single company, preventing its use by competitors? Source: http://www.pairofdiceparadise.com/expandable-card-games-ecg-trademarks-patents-3-of-3-a167.php
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Genocide in the Hebrew Bible
Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 519 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 25
Dalibor Riccardi
- ... that new San Marino head of state Dalibor Riccardi played over 70 matches in the country's football league?
- Source: San Marino RTV mentions (translated) "Passionate about sports, he played football at a competitive level"; Soccerway has 71 matches in national football league
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Moss
- Comment: It looks like I'm a few hours late. Hope that's alright.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 252 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:15, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Chris Collier
- ... that Chris Collier is the first NFL player from his college in 37 years?
- Source: PFR (since 1987)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick Prigg
- Comment: Will do QPQ within next 24 hours.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 250 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:39, 1 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
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- Other problems: - The hook is sourced to a primary source stats database. Is there a non-DB source for this? Otherwise, I'm not sure if we want hooks based on stats DB dips and creating WP's version of ESPN Stats.
Overall: —Bagumba (talk) 10:10, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Bagumba: There's this source:
If Collier does make the NFL, he would be only the third Bald Eagle ever to do so. The other two being Bret Shugarts and John Eisenhooth, both in 1987.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:46, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply- @BeanieFan11: Adding that source would seem to be sufficient for approval.—Bagumba (talk) 06:44, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Kazimierz Sakowicz
- ... that Polish journalist and resistance member Kazimierz Sakowicz spent three years recording the deaths of tens of thousands in his diary, which was eventually published decades later? Source: Margolis (2005), or Wilczewski (2009), or Guesnet (2003)
5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 525 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:31, 25 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Article is interesting and the hook is captivating and not too baity. I removed the picture of Sakowicz, because it clearly isn't him and the picture isn't from 1939.Marcelus (talk) 11:47, 26 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 26
Ricot Joseph
- ... that Ricot Joseph was the first Haitian to play in the NFL?
- Source: PFR
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Littlehampton libels
- Comment: Will do QPQ within 24 hours.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 253 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:40, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Culinary Class Wars
- ... that the judges of the Culinary Class Wars (pictured) were blindfolded and spoon-fed?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Magic (play)
- Comment: There's some clean-up to do now the first season has finished but it's time to make a start
Andrew🐉(talk) 20:52, 2 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- At the time of nomination the article was exactly 7 days old (which fits I guess), and the length seems to fit standard. There are some good English sources and a lot of Korean coverage, so I don't doubt that this is notable. Earwig says no copyvios, but the article is a bit messy. (Why does the "endless cooking hell" section have nothing in it, for one?) Most importantly, the hook is also little bit vague, and I don't think it would capture much attention. Good day, Wuju Daisuki (Talk? 뭐 그까이꺼 대충!) 17:11, 3 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hanif Kureshi
- ... that Indian street artist Hanif Kureshi, working pseudonymously as Daku, would use Google Street View images to practice his art before rendering them on the streets? Source: [Livemint]
Converted from a redirect by Ktin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 106 past nominations.
Ktin (talk) 01:27, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 27
Slop (artificial intelligence)
“Shrimp Jesus” is a commonly cited example of AI slop
- ... that slop emerged in 2024 over “pollution”, “garbage” and “dross” as the preferred term to describe low-quality AI-generated material?
- Reviewed: N/a
- Comment: First own DYK nomination. I like this one because a lot of people contributed (images, categorizations). Feels very fresh.
Created by Jenny8lee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Jenny8lee (talk) 20:39, 4 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Phoebe Plummer
... that during Phoebe Plummer's May 2024 jury trial over a climate protest, the court finished early on several days due to the heat? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/uk-climate-activists-convicted-in-first-trial-of-new-anti-protest-lawsALT1: ... that an October 2022 protest involving Just Stop Oil member Phoebe Plummer inspired many activists worldwide to throw food at paintings? Source: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/17/just-stop-oil-phoebe-plummer-prison/- ALT2: ... that when Phoebe Plummer faced trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest, they was "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge? Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/30/just-stop-oil-soup-throwing-protests-moral-toddlerhood/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zero-emission zone in Oxford, Template:Did you know nominations/CyberJoly Drim, Template:Did you know nominations/Ajah Pritchard-Lolo
- Comment: Plummer was created 27 September, though I did a 5x expansion on 2 October, added Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest three days later, and added Christopher Hehir two days after that.
Launchballer 03:13, 2 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Mount Gerizim Temple
- ... that a small golden bell found at the site of the Mount Gerizim Temple, an ancient Samaritan sanctuary, is believed to have been part of the ephod of a high priest, as described in Exodus 28?
- Source: Magen, Yitzhak (2007). "The Dating of the First Phase of the Samaritan Temple on Mount Gerizim in Light of the Archaeological Evidence". In Lipschits, Oded; Knoppers, Gary N.; Albertz, Rainer (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. Penn State University Press. pp. 166–168. ISBN 978-157506580-9.
"Perhaps the most fascinating discovery is a small gold bell with a silver clapper from the fringes of the high priest’s ephod (Exod 28:33–35; fig. 13) ... Note the small bells hanging from the fringes of the ephod. The small golden bell (above) was found in the area of the sacred precinct."
Created by Mariamnei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.
Mariamnei (talk) 12:14, 30 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- This looks really interesting! I will review this nomination in the coming week. WatkynBassett (talk) 13:35, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The article was created on 27 September 2024 and nominated on 30 September 2024. It is thus new enough.
- The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
- QPQ done. Will continue this review later. WatkynBassett (talk) 13:53, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Spot-check of references: The references are of (very) high quality. I checked four citations, three checked out, one had an (imo) wrongly identified page number (34 instead of 24, I fixed that, please double check).
- Earwig picked up the names of the sources. This is, of course, entirely unconcering. My spot-check revealed no close paraphrasing.
- Hook review: I like the hook, but I would strike the half-sentence ", an ancient Samaritan sanctuary,", which is not needed. The wlinking of Samaritan High Priest struck me as a bit surprising: Should not the High Priest of Israel be linked, as he is the subject of Exodus 28?
- Overall: Mariamnei Thank you for this excellent piece of work, which I liked very much. The very best of free knowledge; you should nominate it for GA! I will approve the hook, if you agree with the suggested shortening and the issue with the linkage of "high priest" is cleared-up. Happy to discuss. WatkynBassett (talk) 19:06, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @WatkynBassett: Oh wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm totally okay with leaving the sanctuary part out; I was debating whether to wikilink Samaritan High Priest if we went with the connection to the Samaritan sanctuary or to go with High Priest of Israel, like you suggested, and align it with the mention in Exodus. Honestly, I think both could work, so I'll go with your recommendation! Mariamnei (talk) 09:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Irish Museum of Time
- ... that the world's oldest timepiece with an anchor escapement is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Time (pictured)?
Created by さえぼー (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 104 past nominations.
Lajmmoore (talk) 15:29, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Beth Kempton
- ... that self-help author Beth Kempton was a cultural coordinator for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
Created by Silver seren (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 130 past nominations.
SilverserenC 02:46, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 28
Muadianvita Kazadi
- ... that Muadianvita Kazadi was "flat-out tough"?
- Source: Tulsa World (paywalled)
- ALT1: ... that after seasons ended, college football player Muadianvita Kazadi worked as a prison guard? Source: Tulsa World (paywalled)
- ALT2: ... that future NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi worked as a prison guard in college and described it as "somewhat exciting"? Source: same as ALT1
- ALT3: ... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi said his favorite film was Predator, something he watched "at least 200 times"? Source: Columbia Daily Tribune (paywalled)
- ALT4: ... that one newspaper said NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi "tries to devour" his opponents? Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (paywalled)
- ALT5: ... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi was described as "flat-out tough", "ruthless" and an "on-field demolition man" who "tries to devour" his opponents? Source: ALT0 + Tulsa World (paywalled) + ALT4
- ALT6: ... that according to a teammate, NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war"? Source: Tulsa World (paywalled)
- ALT7: ... that "flat-out tough" Muadianvita Kazadi led his college football team in tackles with only "one fully functional arm"? Source: ALT0 + Tulsa World (paywalled) + Tulsa World (paywalled)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Labour Party of Turkey
- Comment: Will do QPQ within 24 hours. There are a lot of possibilities with Kazadi, who was quite an interesting figure. I particularly like ALT0, ALT2, ALT5, ALT6 and ALT7.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 255 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:48, 5 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Old City of Gaza, Old City of Nablus
- ... that both the Old City of Gaza and the Old City of Nablus have been repeatedly damaged by Israeli invasion and bombardment?
- Source: Awad, Jihad (2017-01-15). "Conserving the Palestinian Architectural Heritage". International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintenance. 1 (3): 454. doi:10.2495/ha-v1-n3-451-460. ISSN 2058-833X.
The old city of Nablus has suffered, probably more than any other Palestinian city, from the massive invasion by Israeli forces during the second uprising which started in 2000. Many restoration projects were previously completed by the municipality but unfortunately destroyed by the Israeli bombing of the old city. Many buildings were heavily damaged by Israeli rockets during April 2002. A project was carried out by UNDP and funded by the Japanese government to rebuild the houses. Then in December of 2003, many houses were again damaged during Israeli military activity. This kept recurring: buildings were repaired and then damaged.
Mraffko, Clothilde; Forey, Samuel (2024-02-14). "Israeli bombs are wiping out Gaza's heritage and history". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 2024-09-29.Whether the Israelis act intentionally or not, "the result is effectively the erasure of a heritage and a history. Symbolically, this is important because this is one of the ways in which people are attached to their territory," warned Benoît Tadié, former cultural adviser to the French consulate general in Jerusalem between 2009 and 2013. He takes as an example the Old City of Gaza, which, like much of the north of the enclave, is now a vast field of ruins. "It wasn't just a site, it was also the heart of today's city. The hammam and the Pacha's Palace were extremely popular places. The museum also served as a place of education for schoolchildren," explained Tadié.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abdul Ahad Azad and Template:Did you know nominations/Sun Jianai
Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 80 past nominations.
Onceinawhile (talk) 09:57, 29 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @Onceinawhile: Not a review, but there are massive amounts of unsourced content in both articles and "International Journal of Heritage Architecture: Studies, Repairs and Maintence" is coming up as deprecated/predatory on WP:UPSD. What makes it reliable?--Launchballer 22:24, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks Launchballer. All the sources are in the bibliography - let me add in-line citations throughout where they have been missed. I will confirm when done.
- On the Jihad Awad source, I am confident that it is reliable - Professor Awad is
full professor of architecture, currently head of architecture department at Ajman University
, and this paper (a conference submission) is cited in his official University biography page. He subsequently published an article covering a similar topic here. The statement is not difficult to source elsewhere if needed. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:05, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply- Fine by me. Full review needed.--Launchballer 03:19, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
- ... that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds focuses on a gay man who pretends to be straight so he can seduce another man?
- Source: Cohen, Neil (November 2, 2006). "Just Desserts - 2004 Out Far! Sensation Eating Out is Back for Seconds". Echo Magazine. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ALT1: ... that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds featuring a scene where a character has sex in a portable toilet caused many actors to drop out? Source: Quantic, David (May 29, 2007). "Serving Seconds: The Making of Eating Out 2". Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds. Ariztical Entertainment.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Farnese Artemis
Improved to Good Article status by PanagiotisZois (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
PanagiotisZois (talk) 18:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a review, but ALT0 fails WP:DYKFICTION. ALT1 should be fine on that front.--Launchballer 20:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: Thank you for contributing to the discussion. :) Taking that into account, would ALT0 work as "that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds focusing on a gay man who pretends being straight to seduce another man came from writer-director Phillip J. Bartell's desire to invert the first film's premise?"? I can come up with a few alternatives if needed. PanagiotisZois (talk) 22:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ALT2 still violates that policy I'm afraid, and I still think ALT1 is more interesting. I would however suggest a slightly shorter version of ALT1 per WP:DYKTRIM, ALT1a: ... that a scene in Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds caused many actors to drop out?. Full review needed.--Launchballer 20:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: I fear that if ALT1 is trimmed, it will end up becoming less interesting. On the one hand, it can be argued that it creates a sense of mystery. As in, "why did many actors drop out?". But on the other hand, the idea that actors dropped out of a role because the character has sex in a portable toilet is definitely unique and will also catch people's attention; I think. PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I can see arguments either way, I'll let a reviewer/promoter decide.--Launchballer 22:10, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Launchballer: I fear that if ALT1 is trimmed, it will end up becoming less interesting. On the one hand, it can be argued that it creates a sense of mystery. As in, "why did many actors drop out?". But on the other hand, the idea that actors dropped out of a role because the character has sex in a portable toilet is definitely unique and will also catch people's attention; I think. PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 29
1909 Chinese provincial elections
- ... that some delegates elected in the Qing Dynasty's first provincial elections were secretly affiliated with republican revolutionaries?
- Source: Chang, P'eng Yuan (1968). "The Constitutionalists". In Wright, Mary Clabaugh (ed.). China in Revolution: The First Phase, 1900-1913. New Haven: Yale University Press pp. 149-155.
Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 85 past nominations.
Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:55, 6 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Tenzin Doendrup
- ... that Je Thrizur Tenzin Doendrup, the 68th Je Khenpo and chief abbot of Bhutan, once issued a decree asking for a stop on the practice of animal sacrifices? Source: https://kuenselonline.com/purjang-of-late-68th-je-khenpo/
Created by Ktin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 107 past nominations.
Ktin (talk) 03:50, 30 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
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Overall: Looks good to me in general, marking as a second opinion since I'm not very experienced with DYK reviews yet, so I would absolutely value anyone who notices a mistake on my part to point it out to me directly. I have slight reservations about the reliability of the sources; although this is a personal thing, I don't really have hard reasoning to object to, and given the context of the topic, it should be fine. Besides sourcing, I would give it a , a religious leader banning animal sacrifices is pretty interesting, and all the boxes are checked. PixDeVl yell talk to me! 21:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @PixDeVl: Thanks for this review. Regarding the source, Kuensel is a major newspaper in Bhutan and as such should be considered trustworthy unless determined otherwise. Our own article on Kuensel says
is the national newspaper of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It was the only local newspaper available in Bhutan until 2006 when two more newspapers were launched.
. Now for the fact itself, we will have to go with what the newspaper quotes. Ktin (talk) 02:29, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Ktin: Hm, alright then! Ideally, someone else would see this and review it soon, but if not, I'd probably be fine looking again(although a second set of eyes is better than a second look) and approving(I already felt comfortable enough to fully approve another nom anyway). I'll check back on this tomorrow afternoon. --PixDeVl
yelltalk to me! 03:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @PixDeVl: Thanks for this review. Regarding the source, Kuensel is a major newspaper in Bhutan and as such should be considered trustworthy unless determined otherwise. Our own article on Kuensel says
Eddie Sheldrake
- ... that before selling KFC and pies, the 5-foot-9-inch (1.75 m) Eddie Sheldrake played basketball under coach John Wooden and broke UCLA's single-game scoring record?
- Source: "Polly’s Pies will hop back in time this week as the a local comfort food and pie chain ... Her grandfather, Eddie Sheldrake, co-founded the chain with his brother Don with their first restaurant in Fullerton in 1968 after they decided to expand from being Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisees to opening an original restaurant" (Press-Telegram) "This Angeleno is something of an oddity in basketbalL, as it is played these days, for he is a little runt of five feet-nine" (Press-Telegram) "Eddie Sheldrake, a longtime friend of Wooden, was a sophomore in his first year on the Bruins varsity the season the coach arrived." (John Wooden : An American Treasure) "The five-foot nine-inch forward broke the Southern Division basketball scoring record for a single game when he tallied 38 points in leading his team to a 90-67 triumph over Stanford Saturday night. Sheldrake’s total also broke the UCLA school record held Jointly by Don Barksdale and Bill O’Brien, with 30 points." (Citizen-News)
Created by Bagumba (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 108 past nominations.
—Bagumba (talk) 16:43, 29 September 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on September 30
Wasswa Serwanga
- ... that Wasswa Serwanga and his twin brother were the first two NFL players from Uganda?
- Source: PFR
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
- Comment: Could expand his twin brother's article (Kato Serwanga) to add to the hook if needed. Might also work to have a hook on the aspect of his wealthy father narrowly surviving an attempted murder from Idi Amin and selling his possessions in exchange for a plane ticket to bring Wasswa to the U.S. (not sure how it'd be best worded though...). Also, the QPQ will be done within 24 hours.
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 258 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Roger Farmer (American football)
- ... that Roger Farmer was the first NFL player from Barbados?
- Source: PFR
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Celie Ellis Turner
- Comment: QPQ will be done within 24 hours.
Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 257 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:08, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Negussie Roba
- ... that Negussie Roba was an Olympic sprinter who later coached Olympic gold marathon runners?
- Source: Sydney Morning Herald
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/James Davis (escaped convict)
- Comment: Thought it a little interesting that a sprinter (short distance) would become one of the world's best marathon (long distance) coaches.
Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 256 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 1
Pablo Barragán
- ... that clarinetist Pablo Barragán from Andalusia played the Clarinet Quintet by Johannes Brahms in a 2023 concert with the Schumann Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall? Source: [18]
- Reviewed: He Jianshi
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2119 past nominations.
Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 8 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 2
Henri Claireaux
- ... that Henri Claireaux was the first French senator from Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
- Source: [19] ("Mais, plus importante fut l'introduction, pour la première fois, d'une représentation directe au Parlement français ... De 1947 à nos jours, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon a eu trois sénateurs : Henri Claireaux (1947-1968)... [But more important was the introduction, for the first time, of direct representation in the French Parliament ... From 1947 to the present day, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon has had three senators: Henri Claireaux (1947-1968)...]."); see also List of senators of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- ALT1: ... that for 22 years, Henri Claireaux was the only person to have ever represented Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the French Senate? Source: same
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fred the Head
- Comment: This would be the first DYK bio for Saint Pierre and Miquelon since 2009.
Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 259 past nominations.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:50, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Genesis (Lebrun)
- ... that Rico Lebrun refused to provide the Pomona College Board of Trustees with sketches for approval of the Genesis mural (pictured) they commissioned from him? Source: Art Journal "The president of Pomona then suggested that a committee of trustees should see sketches for approval. Both Selz and Lebrun objected on the grounds that the work of a well-known artist should be evaluated on the basis of his accomplishments. The donors took the same position. After a year's delay, while Lebrun was at Yale, the president and trustees agreed to give the artist a free hand."
- ALT1: ... that Genesis (pictured) is "a religious painting created during a non-religious age"? Source: Benton Museum of Art "In the words of art historian Peter Selz, 'by and large, he stands as a controversial and solitary figure, and the Genesis mural, a religious painting created during a non-religious age, remains a unique act.'"
- ALT2: ... that Rico Lebrun's preparatory drawings for Genesis (pictured) covered most of the tables in the Pomona College dining hall where he painted it? Source: The History of Pomona College, 1887-1969 Lebrun had planned to paint the mural during the summer of 1960 and arrived in June with drawings so extensive that they covered most of the tables of Frary Hall.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/TKTK
- Comment: Given that the subject is a mural, an inherently visual topic, I would much prefer this to appear with the image (even if it means having to wait longer for a slot to open).
Sdkb talk 06:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- @Sdkb: I think the QPQ link is broken? Have you completed a QPQ? Per a recent rule change, QPQs now have to be provided at the time of the nomination instead of up to a week after like before, so please clarify this as soon as possible if you do not want the nomination to be closed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:57, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Criminals (Meghan Trainor song)
- ... that the cast of The Perfect Couple created a WhatsApp group to avoid filming a dance sequence to the theme song?
- Source: NME
- ALT1: ... that Meghan Trainor's song "Criminals" being used as the theme song of The Perfect Couple fulfilled a lifelong dream of hers? Source: Today
- ALT2: ... that Spotify streams of Meghan Trainor's song "Criminals" increased by 1770% following its inclusion in The Perfect Couple, prompting her to add it to the set list of her tour? Source: Deadline
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Power of Babel
Moved to mainspace by MaranoFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 76 past nominations.
NØ 20:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Not a review, but if we go with ALT1, I recommend trimming "being used as the theme song of The Perfect Couple".--Launchballer 16:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 3
Brick by Brick: How Lego Rewrote the Rules of Innovation
- ... that a 2013 book about how the The Lego Group reinvented itself became a popular business text? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/04/how-lego-clicked-the-super-brand-that-reinvented-itself
Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 528 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:22, 6 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
- ... that the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies held their first meeting in a US military fort?
- Source: "Stanley M. Hordes, Joshua Stampfer and Rena Downs found the Society
for Crypto-Judaic Studies; first SCJS meeting is convened at Fort Burgwin, near Taos, New Mexico." HaLapid
Created by Morogris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 106 past nominations.
Morogris (✉ • ✎) 15:15, 4 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:49, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
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- I mistakenly believed that a fully unsourced article would qualify for DYK if it was later cited and expanded. Since the article had been unsourced for almost 20 years, I decided to work on it. I'm not sure why I thought this was a rule, perhaps it was an old one? I can't seem to find any current guidelines supporting this, so it looks like the article isn’t suitable for DYK after all. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 13:17, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- FWIW, you could still get it to qualify if you were to nominate it at WP:GA and get it to pass – the article does look decent. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:56, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks! I'll get to it sometime in the near future. Closing this nomination for now. I appreciate the review. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 03:18, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Fijian Labour Corps
Members of the Fijian Labour Corps, 1918
- ... that members of the Fijian Labour Corps (pictured) attracted notice on the Western Front of the First World War for their height and muscularity?
- Source: "The Native Fijian Contingent caused quite a stir on their travels to the frontline. They were highly visible in their traditional sulu uniform, wore no hats, and were of large and muscular build" from: "Fiji – Pasifika involvement in the First World War". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 23 September 2024. the goes on to give other examples of their physicality, including references to their height
- ALT1: ... that the 1st Battalion of the Fijian Labour Corps unloaded 582 vessels during the Second World War? Source: "The 1st Battalion FLC alone unloaded 582 ships and barges during the course of the war" from Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Bob (2006). Fortress Fiji: Holding the Line in the Pacific War, 1939-45. Robert Lowry. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9775129-0-4.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nicky Cooney
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 885 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 15:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Light Weight Air Warning Radar
- ... that the Australian Light Weight Air Warning Radar was designed to break down into waterproof containers that fit in the Douglas DC-2, were taken ashore from a trawler in canoes, and in one case manpacked up 200 foot cliffs? Source: Minnett and Briton both detail the waterproof aspect and DC-2, Minnett relates it being brought ashore by canoe and quotes the cliffs
- Reviewed: Sanjna
Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 201 past nominations.
Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Stuntman (2024 film)
The escalators where Stuntman was filmed
- ... that to capture the essence of 1980s-style action film, the opening fight scenes of Stuntman were filmed on the escalators of an old shopping arcade?
- Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Stephen Tung was cast in Stuntman because the directors envisioned someone who had co-starred with Bruce Lee for the lead role? Source: [2]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uwe Holmer
- Comment: The article has been expanded from 1,577 characters (Special:Diff/1247900648) to 10,978 characters.
Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.
Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) 06:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
References
- ^ 彭麗芳 (20 September 2024). "《武替道》導演:找一個方法繼續走下去". Ming Pao (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
電影開首完美還原一九八○年代港產經典武打戲場景和老舊質感,包括在尖東半島中心幾層樓和扶手電梯之間追逐打鬥、從九龍海旁天橋一躍而下到貨車頂等等。
[The film's opening perfectly recreates the classic action scenes and vintage feel of 1980s Hong Kong films, including chase fights between several floors and escalators at Peninsula Centre, East Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as jumping from the Kowloon waterfront overpass onto the roof of a truck.] - ^ "《武替道》兄弟導演致敬港產動作片 伍允龍夥董瑋演繹武師辛酸". Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
Albert透露他們常到尖東星光大道一間咖啡店構思劇本,有次留意到咖啡店外設於星光大道的李小龍銅像,但如今像被置於一旁,予人一種不再重要的感覺。兩人坦言:「始終李小龍令香港動作電影變得知名。」因此深思現時香港有誰曾跟李小龍同框出現過,便即時想起董瑋參演《龍爭虎鬥》中「Don' t look at my finger」的經典對白,認為若戲中有Dee哥望着李小龍銅像一幕,對武師題材的電影帶有一份深厚的意思。
[Albert [Leung] revealed that they often go to a café at the Avenue of Stars to brainstorm for the script. One time, they noticed the statue of Bruce Lee located on the promenade outside the café, but now it seems to have been set aside, giving off a sense of being unimportant. The two admitted, "After all, Bruce Lee made Hong Kong action films famous." This led them to reflect on who in Hong Kong has appeared alongside Bruce Lee, and they immediately recalled Stephen Tung’s classic line "Don't look at my finger" from The Big Boss. They believed that if there were a scene in the film with Tung looking at the Bruce Lee statue, it would add a profound significance to a film about martial artists.]
E-Defense
A house on the E-Defense shake table
- ... that E-Defense (pictured) is the world's largest 3D earthquake shake table?
Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.
―Panamitsu (talk) 06:32, 3 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- By coincidence, I was actually happening to look up discussions of "Guinness records" in WP's project-space pages hours before press time. From what I've gathered, Guinness World Records was a more reliable source before ownership changes during the 2000s decade,The studio behind Thomas the Tank Engine, of all companies, owned it at one point—true story and newer record categories may or may not hold scrutiny by the standards of WP or the expectations of other editors. Leaving it to other DYK reviewers to decide whether this case should be accepted. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 06:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 4
History Instructing Youth
History Instructing Youth
- ... that the 1896 History Instructing Youth (pictured) is a US one-dollar bill featuring a woman on the obverse and the reverse?
- Source: Source for description of image and source for name of the bill. and Martha Washington’s portrait appeared on the 1886 and 1891 series of one-dollar silver certificates. Her portrait was used again next to her husband, George, on the back of the 1896 one-dollar note. Martha Washington remained the only woman whose image has been featured prominently on U.S. paper currency
- ALT1: ... that History Instructing Youth (pictured) was part of the1896 Educational Series of US paper money and features books on the obverse? Source: source for description of image and source for name of the bill.
- ALT2: ... that the scene on the obverse of the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured) is an allegorical depiction of a teacher? Source: source
- ALT3: ... that Martha Washington's portrait on the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured) was the last time a woman was featured on US paper money? Source: Martha Washington, the United States's initial first lady, appeared on U.S. $1 silver certificates in 1886, 1891 and 1896. and on the back of the 1896 one-dollar note. Martha Washington remained the only woman whose image has been featured prominently on U.S. paper currency and Martha Washington’s portrait appeared on the 1886 and 1891 series of one-dollar silver certificates. Her portrait was used again next to her husband, George, on the back of the 1896 one-dollar note. Martha Washington remained the only woman whose image has been featured prominently on U.S. paper currency
- ALT4: ... that it took Charles Schlecht more than two years to engrave the plate for the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured)? Source: Schlecht began work on the engraving for the obverse in August on 1892 and completed his work on January 1, 1895.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/University Village (Manhattan)
- Comment: There is also language about this being the most beautiful US paper money but it is subjective and requires attribution. There is also the
Moved to mainspace by Bruxton (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 158 past nominations.
Bruxton (talk) 15:29, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Echoes of Life Tour
- ... that the Echoes of Life Tour, a tour of solo ice shows in Japan by two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu, opens on his 30th birthday on December 7, 2024?
- Source: Hanyu Yuzuru to unveil 'Echoes of Life' show on 30th birthday (Olympics.com)
- Reviewed:
Created by Henni147 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Henni147 (talk) 04:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Richard Alan Masters
2020 Quarter for National Park of American Samoa
- ... that Richard Masters' design for the National Park of American Samoa, featuring a fruit bat, fueled since-debunked conspiracy theories that the US government was involved in spreading COVID-19?
- Reviewed:
Created by Hyungsubshim (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hyungsubshim (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- You do mean the quarter, right? Not the national park itself. Daniel Case (talk) 02:49, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Leonardo da Vinci (Isaacson book)
- ... that Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star in the film adaptation of Leonardo da Vinci?
Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.
―Panamitsu (talk) 03:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Fawzia Amin Sido
- ... that Fawzia Amin Sido, who was abducted during the Yazidi genocide and forced to marry a Palestinian ISIS fighter, was rescued from Gaza in an operation involving the Israeli army, the US and others?
- Reviewed:
Created by Galamore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Galamore (talk) 09:15, 4 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- The sources used (VoA & BBC) don't even mention any involvement of Israeli forces except a spokesperson saying: "The Israeli military said Ms Sido was eventually freed during a "complex operation coordinated between Israel, the United States, and other international actors" and taken to Iraq via Israel and Jordan". … Iraqi foreign ministry official Silwan Sinjaree told Reuters that several earlier attempts to rescue her over the course of about four months failed because of the security situation in Gaza.
So according to the sources, Israel was certainly involved and probably partly enabled her escape, but also the security situation in Gaza had actually delayed her rescue.
That this is a remarkably heartbreaking story is not disutable, that she was rescued as a result of Israeli army actions seems pure spin based on these sources.Pincrete (talk) 14:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 5
History of education in Wales (1701–1870)
- ... that in 1821 approximately 85% of Welsh children were not in school?
- Source: Keane, Ann; Egen, David; Grigg, Russell; Roy, James; Morgen, Alun; Norris, Barry; Williams, Sian Rhiannon (2022). Watchdogs or Visionaries? Perspectives on the history of the education inspectorate in Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-1786839404. (page 39)
- ALT1: ... that travelling 18th century schools educated around half the population of Wales? Source: Jones, Gareth Elwyn; Roderick, Gordon Wynne (2003). History of Education in Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0708318089. (Pages 31 to 45)
- ALT2: ... that many 19th century Welsh speaking parents supported their children being educated in English and punished for speaking Welsh? Source: (1)Grigg, G.R. (2005). "'Nurseries of ignorance'? Private adventure and dame schools for the working classes in nineteenth‐century Wales". History of Education Quarterly. 34 (3): 243–262. doi:10.1080/00467600500065126. ISSN 0046-760X – via Taylor & Francis.(2)https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/society/language_education.shtml
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marie Marcks
Improved to Good Article status by Llewee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.
Llewee (talk) 13:02, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I'd be happy to review this nomination. I will get back tomorrow when I have had time to read it and check the nomination against the criteria. Yakikaki (talk) 21:49, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The article was recently promoted to GA, and is thus new, long and well-written enough. Qpq has been made and there is no picture. Hooks are good, and supported by inline citations - except the last one, for which I cannot find the inline citation supporting the part of the claim that many parents supported their children being educated in English. Could you please add it or point me to it? Otherwise this should be good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 12:43, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Hi Yakikaki, thank you for reviewing this nomination. In regards to ALT2, Grigg 2005 cites the text "Private working-class schools largely taught in English, reflecting the belief of Welsh-speaking parents that learning English was necessary for social mobility. A minority taught in both Welsh and English." The BBC News article cites the text "The Welsh Not would become a focus of great bitterness in the long term. However, according to historian John Davies, when it was used at the time it would have been with the endorsement of parents." Llewee (talk) 14:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Neknampur Lake
- ... that Neknampur Lake restoration has been recognised as a role model in the ‘watershed development’ category' along with four other projects in India?
- ALT1: ... that the restoration of Neknampur Lake was recognised as the best model of lake restoration in India? Source: * [5] [6] [7]
- Reviewed:
Created by Sarvagyana guru (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
Sarvagyana guru (talk) 06:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
References
- ^ "Neknampur Lake Restoration Gets NITI Aayog Recognition".
- ^ "Rejuvenated Neknampur lake wins Niti Aayog laurels".
- ^ "Neknampur lake gets Niti Aayog's recognition".
- ^ "Once a dumpyard, this Hyderabad lake is now a hub for eco-friendly events".
- ^ "Neknampur lake: Private entity's sustainable restoration earns recognition from CSE".
- ^ "Neknampur lake garners accolades for restoration".
- ^ "Restoration of Neknampur Lake receives praise".
Labour Party of Turkey
- ... that the Labour Party of Turkey was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1980 due to its support for use of Kurdish language in schools?
- Source: Hüseyin Aykol. Türkiye'de sol örgütler: bölüne bölüne büyümek. Phoenix yayınevı, 2010. p. 41, Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat. Human Rights in Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. p. 47
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andreas Vogt
- Comment: at AfD right now
5x expanded by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 402 past nominations.
Soman (talk) 23:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:56, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Jurong East MRT station
- ... that it was proposed for the Jurong East MRT station in Singapore to host discos to increase its vibrancy?
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Add wikilinks for 'Jurong East MRT station'
Improved to Good Article status by ZKang123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Imbluey2 . Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 14:17, 5 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Claiming this for review and hope to get to this within the next few days. For what it's worth I like the hook and think it's interesting. I've made some copyedits to the hook such as linking and bolding. Given that the nominator is Imbluey2 and not ZKang123, no QPQ is necessary. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:43, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The article was promoted to GA status on time and I didn't find any close paraphrasing (the 34.6% figure Earwig gives is a false positive). No QPQ is needed for Imbluey2 as nominator (had ZKang123 done the nom, a QPQ would have been required). The hook is interesting and cited inline. My only concern is a minor one: the article/hook and the source do not fully agree. The article says that Yao proposed discos, but the newspaper source said a disco. That may need to be clarified. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- The newspaper said a reoccurring disco in the station. It should be added to the hook as "it was proposed for the Jurong East MRT station in Singapore to host a reoccurring disco party to increase its vibrancy?". Maybe modify the "reoccuring" part since it doesn't really flow well imo. Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 13:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC) Note: I did not promote it to GA status, it was ZKang123. I just did some minor edits including the disco one.Reply
- The article was promoted to GA status on time and I didn't find any close paraphrasing (the 34.6% figure Earwig gives is a false positive). No QPQ is needed for Imbluey2 as nominator (had ZKang123 done the nom, a QPQ would have been required). The hook is interesting and cited inline. My only concern is a minor one: the article/hook and the source do not fully agree. The article says that Yao proposed discos, but the newspaper source said a disco. That may need to be clarified. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 6
Middle East International
- ... that in 1970 Sheikh Zayed, of the United Arab Emirates, gave £40,000 to Margaret McKay MP, to fund a "pro-Arab" PR campaign, and gave Christopher Mayhew MP £50,000 to start a bimonthly magazine, Middle East International?
- Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23604055?read-now=1&seq=21 Lionel Kochan p.214 requires registering to read
- Reviewed:
Created by Padres Hana (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Padres Hana (talk) 15:50, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
ZIZ
- ... that a 1962 calypso song commemorated the relaunch of Saint Kitts and Nevis radio station ZIZ?
- Source: Daniel, Morven I. Alecia (2001-04-12). American Neocolonialism? The Impact of United States Cable Television on the Culture of St. Kitts (Thesis). Carleton University/National Library of Canada. pp. 71–72. ISBN 0-612-61320-8. Retrieved 2024-10-08 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Typhoon Virginia (1957)
- Comment: It all started last weekend when I Googled up "Caribbean broadcasting call signs" while browsing results for various regional TV stations on a whim. A GBooks result offered a tidbit on an entity called VP2LO, a shortwave outlet that in the years ahead evolved into the Kittitian national broadcaster--a topic I broke ground on back in my early days on WP. (I was lucky to save it from A7 during its December 2007 launch--barely.) Face it, WP is still in dire need of better and more extensive coverage on Caribbean media.
- Apologies if I used a thesis here, but regrettably, it's the only source mentioning this factoid--anywhere--as far as Google's aware (WP:AGF). Meanwhile, as I type, Doc Taxon at WP:RX has been taking care of the last three bits we need to get this finished.
- First of two DYK candidates of mine before Milton approaches my home area; see you in another couple of hours with the next one.
- P.S. Wonder if there are any established editors from Saint Kitts and Nevis itself? (I myself hail from Dominica.)
- P.P.S. As always, special greetings to Barbados' CaribDigita (talk · contribs) and Trinidad's Guettarda (talk · contribs)--along with SafariScribe (talk · contribs), who approved one of my recent go-rounds at AFC, The Right and the Wrong.
5x expanded by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.
Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
HMNZS Manawanui (2019)
- ... that the Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel Manawanui (pictured) sank off Samoa in October 2024?
- Source: "The HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist dive and hydrographic vessel worth $100m, sank this morning after it ran aground on a reef off the coast of the Samoan island of Upolu and caught fire last night." from: "He said losing one of the Navy's five crewed ships, the first to be lost in peacetime, was "significant"." from: "HMNZS Manawanui crew and passengers rescued after ship runs aground in Samoa". New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ALT1: ... that in October 2024 the Manawanui became the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime? Source: "He said losing one of the Navy's five crewed ships, the first to be lost in peacetime, was "significant"." from: "HMNZS Manawanui crew and passengers rescued after ship runs aground in Samoa". New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Catharina Weiss
- Comment: Currently nominated at ITN, but not gaining much traction. Will withdraw if it is posted there. Lots of edits over the past days, I have tried to pick out the most significant contributors so far but happy for more to be added.
Dumelow (talk) 07:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 7
The Children's Book of Virtues
- ... that two U.S. best-seller lists initially classified The Children's Book of Virtues as nonfiction, but later moved it to their fiction charts?
- Source: "Book Notes: Fiction, Nonfiction or Both?". The New York Times. 1995-11-08. p. C.17. Retrieved 2024-10-08 – via ProQuest.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/E-Defense
- Comment: One of two follow-ups to my expansion campaign for fellow DYK stalwart The Book of Virtues, the other being The Moral Compass. My final candidate in this arena before Milton's impact where I live; wish me safety, take care, and I'll see you back. (With special thanks to this selection's AFC approver, Sir MemeGod (talk · contribs).)
Moved to mainspace by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.
Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 03:16, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- I was wondering why I got pinged to a random DYK, now I know! :D SirMemeGod 12:20, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Texas and Pacific 610
- ... that after the Texas and Pacific 610 locomotive was retired from service in 1950, it was donated to Fort Worth, Texas, publisher Amon G. Carter and became named after philosopher Will Rogers?
- Source: Heinecke, Harry (January 28, 1951). "City, Show and T&P Officials Help 'Bed Down' Old 610 in Its Last Stall". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Vol. 17, no. 362. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "T&P Steam Locomotive, Gift to City Will Keep Iron Horse Memories Alive". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Vol. 17, no. 353. January 19, 1951. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I honestly only want to know what earning the DYK nomination is like, after successfully nominating two pages the Good Article grade. I just wasn’t sure which fact is the most interesting in No. 610’s page.
Improved to Good Article status by Someone who likes train writing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Someone who likes train writing (talk) 20:50, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
LaTasha Barnes
- ... that one of the most popular places to learn swing dance and lindy hop is in Malmo, Sweden?
- Reviewed:
Created by Wroliver (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Wroliver (talk) 18:17, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Hi Wroliver, the article says onyl that the "Herrang Dance Camp is one of the most popular places in Europe to learn swing dance and Lindy Hop" and is sourced to its Wikipedia article. This wouldn't be acceptable and would need an independent source. Additionally it doesn't seem to have much to do with the subject of the article LaTasha Barnes, a hook focussing on her would be preferred. Finally, the article has been tagged for promotional tone and unclear citations that needs resolving before it can be posted - Dumelow (talk) 09:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
50 Lan
- ... that 50 Lan occupied the number one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market in the first nine months of 2023 among the 61 brands surveyed?
- Source: Lo, Ashley (2024-04-03). "The 30-Year Journey of KOI Thé, Taiwan's Bubble Tea Leader". CommonWealth Magazine. Vol. 795. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
The article notes: "According to data monitoring company LnData, among 61 bubble tea brands in Taiwan, 50 Lan accounted for 24.3% of the invoices in the first three quarters of 2023, firmly holding the top position and being the most preferred brand across all age groups throughout the year."
- ALT1: ... that 50 Lan occupied the number one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market in the first nine months of 2023? Source: Same source as ALT0.
- ALT2: ... that 50 Lan occupied the number one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market for most of 2023? Source: Same source as ALT0.
- ALT3: ... that 50 Lan was Taiwan's second-biggest tea brand in 2011? Source: Lin, Hsin-ching (August 2012). "Boba: The People's Drink". Taiwan Panorama. Translated by Williams, Scott. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
The article notes: "Ching Shin, which has more than 1,000 outlets and is currently Taiwan’s largest tea chain by market share, is highly regarded for its “pure” tea beverages. Its “oolong green tea” is its most popular drink. Taiwan’s second-largest chain, 50 Lan, is better known for its milk teas."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pell v The Queen
Created by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 84 past nominations.
Cunard (talk) 10:32, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Get the Hell Out
- ... that the zombie film Get the Hell Out was shot at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall?
- Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Get the Hell Out was filmed at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall, and the entire shoot was done without water or electricity? Source: [2]
- ALT2: ... that Get the Hell Out is the second zombie film in Taiwan's history? Source: [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jumbo's
Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.
Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) 05:08, 7 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
References
- ^ 項貽斐 (23 August 2020). "用摔角呼應政客 音樂讓賴雅妍、禾浩辰秒變憤青". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
正式拍攝時,主景高雄市議會舊址雖符合劇情設定
[During the formal shoot, the main filming location at the former Kaohsiung City Council Hall matched the story's setting.] - ^ 沈洛嘉 (29 February 2020). "【逃出立法院】政府高官議員全部變喪屍 賴雅妍攞正牌大開殺界". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
據知電影拍攝時,剛好炎夏,在取景的廢棄議場中又熱又焗... 不過賴雅妍透露最辛苦的其實是現場無水、電、冷氣等,就連去廁所都要走出拍攝現場
[During the shoot, it happened to be an intense summer, and the abandoned city council hall was very hot and stuffy... Megan Lai revealed that the toughest part was actually the lack of water, electricity, and air conditioning on set, even going to the bathroom required leaving the filming area] - ^ Chien, Ying-jou (23 March 2020). "《逃出立法院》編導簡士耕王逸帆雙劍合璧拍出台片新ㄎ一ㄤ度". Yahoo! News (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
2020 年第一部,也是史上第二部台灣活屍片《逃出立法院》,電影在 2019 年夏天進行拍攝的時候,劇組幕前幕後成員無一不覺得這劇本很瘋狂
[The first zombie film of 2020, and the second in Taiwan's history, Get the Hell Out was filmed in the summer of 2019, during which every member of the cast and crew found the script to be quite crazy.]
Articles created/expanded on October 8
School lunch in Japan
Recreation of Japanese school lunch in the 1970s
- ... that schools in Toyama Prefecture serve crabs in school meals?
- Reviewed:
Created by AlphaBetaGamma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
I was thinking of an ALT hook that comes with the image... But I scrapped it. oops ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 04:52, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Vincent Darré
- ... that Vincent Darré had an apartment decorated with skulls, vintage medical equipment, and 3-D anatomy charts?
- Source: "himsical and macabre at once, Vincent Darré’s grand Left Bank apartment is decorated with skulls, vintage medical equipment and 3-D anatomy charts, set gleefully amidst groovy midcentury Knoll chairs, Venetian mirrors and quirky, Baroque candelabras."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Malik Arslan
- Comment: For Halloween
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 147 past nominations.
Thriley (talk) 18:06, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Chinese Garden MRT station
- ... that despite being next to the eponymous Chinese Garden, the Chinese Garden MRT station in Singapore did not have direct access to the garden until a year later?
- ALT1: ... that there was no direct access from the opposite side of the Chinese Garden MRT station in Singapore despite most of its commuters living there? Source: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19881129-1.2.35.3.1?qt=%22chinese+garden%22%2c+dash
- ALT2: ... that the lack of direct access from the opposite side of the Chinese Garden MRT station in Singapore caused commuters to dangerously cross the road to get to the station? Source: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19881129-1.2.35.3.1?qt=%22chinese+garden%22%2c+dash
- Reviewed:
- Comment: Third hook might not be that interesting. Also, sources for hook 1 stated that the "direct access" to the station was a footpath as well as temporary bridge before being replaced by a permanent bridge
Improved to Good Article status by Imbluey2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 12:33, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Núria Llansà
- ... that Núria Llansà (pictured) was Barcelona's starting goalkeeper in 1972 when she instead played a match at right-back?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Revenge buying
- Comment: Sources in article - a compendium of match reports. Can come up with other hooks.
Moved to mainspace by Kingsif (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 132 past nominations.
Kingsif (talk) 04:27, 8 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- The article is well-sourced, long enough, new enough. There are a few grammatical mistakes, but they can be easily corrected. It's a good hook in principle, but needs to be rephrased. Maybe something like: she started as both a goalkeeper and right-back in the 1972 season? Cardofk (talk) 08:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 9
Manga and anime fandom in Poland
- ... that one of the oldest European manga and anime fandoms is located in Poland, dating to the mid-90s? Source: Reczulski (2023, pp. 117–118, 266) - book is in Polish, but open access as a pdf so a dedicated reader can translate it via machine translation, if you don't want to just AGF
Created by Piotrus (talk) and Oliwiasocz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 529 past nominations.
Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:57, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Typhoon Thelma (1977)
- ... that at the time, 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
- Source: "Typhoon Thelma (06W)". 1977 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (PDF). Guam, Mariana Islands: Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 1978. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 2 October 2024. (text version)
- ALT1: ... that after 1977's Typhoon Thelma made landfall in the port of Kaohshing, no other typhoon made landfall there until October 2024? Source: "Krathon becomes 1st recorded typhoon to land in Kaohsiung in October - Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I'm not sure I've ever done a DYK before but regardless, this is the first one I'll remember doing.
Moved to mainspace by Tavantius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Tavantius (talk) 05:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Slime (fantasy creature)
- ... that slime monsters have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
- Source: * Bradić, Marijeta (2019). "Towards a Poetics of Weird Biology: Strange Lives of Nonhuman Organisms in Literature". Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture. 6 (1): 1–22. ISSN 2416-111X.
- Diaz, Ana (2022-03-22). "Which slime is the ultimate slime, according to a polymer chemist". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael S. Harrison
- Comment: I would like this to be run on October 31 if possible to go with the Halloween set (Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Halloween set).
Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.
Di (they-them) (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Michael S. Harrison
- ... that a superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department posed as a corrupt officer during covert operations?
- Source: Finch, Chris (January 8, 2023). "NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison leaving for Baltimore, city leaders share thoughts". Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- Reviewed: TBA
Improved to Good Article status by Queen of Hearts (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.
Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 23:09, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Page has been nominated to GA recently enough. The page is good and the hook is interesting. The source says that he "participated in covert investigations into criminal and administrative allegations involving members of the New Orleans Police Department", so it doesn't explicitly say that he "posed as a corrupt officer", so a better/more explicit source is probably needed. A QPQ is also still needed. Feel free to ping me when these issues are addressed! Di (they-them) (talk) 02:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Queen of Hearts: Please provide a QPQ as the nomination is liable to be closed without further warning if one isn't provided during or immediately after the nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:57, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Michael F. Adams
- ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was the first president of Centre College who was not Presbyterian? Source: Weston, Centre College: A Bicentennial History (2019), p.119
- ALT1: ... that during his time as president of the University of Georgia, Michael F. Adams advocated for a playoff championship system for college football, over five years before such a system was implemented? Source: https://www.redandblack.com/sports/after-adams-championships-controversies-and-change-during-years-as-president/article_dca8723c-9741-11e2-bfcd-0019bb30f31a.html
- ALT2: ... that five new colleges were established at the University of Georgia during the administration of President Michael F. Adams (pictured)? Source: https://news.uga.edu/uga-president-adams-announces-plans-to-step-down-next-year/
- ALT3: ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was chief of staff to Senate minority leader Howard Baker for three years and later ran for Congress himself? Source: https://sc.centre.edu/ency/a/adams.html; https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Black Lesbian and Gay Centre
Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.
PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (song)
- ... that "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" is a mosquito repellent?
- Source: "Dubstep artist Skrillex could protect against mosquito bites". BBC. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ALT1: ... that "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" protects against dengue fever? Source: "Dubstep artist Skrillex could protect against mosquito bites". BBC. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- Reviewed: TBD
- Comment: My attempts at quirky hooks.
Improved to Good Article status by Skyshifter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.
Skyshiftertalk 14:13, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
- Might I suggest ALT2:
- ... that mosquitoes are scared by Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites? Di (they-them) (talk) 02:08, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Di (they-them): this is a very good one that I support! Skyshiftertalk 03:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- ... that mosquitoes are scared by Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites? Di (they-them) (talk) 02:08, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Skyshifter: Please provide a QPQ as the nomination is liable to be closed without further warning if one isn't provided during or immediately after the nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:58, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: I thought one could be provided in a week. In that case, I will provide it in a day maximum. Skyshiftertalk 03:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Skyshifter: The rules recently changed per a WT:DYK discussion as part of an anti-backlog campaign and to prevent QPQ-less nominations from languishing without a QPQ indefinitely. Now, a QPQ must be given when or shortly after the nomination is created, and a nomination without a QPQ may be closed without warning if none is provided immediately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:15, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Narutolovehinata5: I thought one could be provided in a week. In that case, I will provide it in a day maximum. Skyshiftertalk 03:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Skyshifter: Please provide a QPQ as the nomination is liable to be closed without further warning if one isn't provided during or immediately after the nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:58, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I want to ask that if/when this hook is approved, it be set for October 31 to go with the Halloween set (Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Halloween set). Di (they-them) (talk) 03:23, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Vivian Stranders
Stranders in British uniform
- ... that British Royal Air Force officer and First World War veteran Vivian Stranders (pictured) became a spy for the Weimar Republic and served as an officer in the Nazi SS?
- Source: "STRANDERS was a former Royal Flying Corps officer ... At some point he was recruited by German Intelligence and in 1926 was discovered by SIS trying to persuade a Belgian national to provide him with both French and British military information intended for his German controllers. ... He joined the Waffen SS with the rank of Major" from: "Vivian Stranders". National Archives. 1 January 1926. Retrieved 2 October 2024.; the RFC became the RAF in 1918 and he continued to serve until 1921, see London Gazette refs in article.
- ALT1: ... that evidence that former British Royal Air Force officer Vivian Stranders (pictured) was spying for Germany was found when he was investigated for bigamy in 1926? Source: "on 31 July 1926, Sir Vernon Kell brought some papers from MI5 to Norman Kendal, the Deputy Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, relating to one Vivian Stranders who was alleged to have committed bigamy ... on 31 July 1926, Sir Vernon Kell brought some papers from MI5 to Norman Kendal, the Deputy Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, relating to one Vivian Stranders who was alleged to have committed bigamy ... On 6 December, Special Branch were informed by M15 that Stranders, now resident in Germany, had been engaged on espionage on behalf of that country; that the matter had been placed by MI5 before the Director of Public Prosecutions; and that, on the facts given by MI5, the arrest of Stranders, on his next arrival in Britain, would be justified." from: Hennessey, Thomas; Thomas, Claire (15 July 2010). Spooks the Unofficial History of MI5 From M to Miss X 1909-39. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 274–276. ISBN 978-1-4456-0799-3.
- ALT2: ... that the British-born Jew Vivian Stranders (pictured) served as an officer in the Nazi SS? Source: "13 June, a meeting was convened to discuss these recruitment difficulties. One of the attendees was SS-Major Vivian Stranders, an Englishman who had served in the British Army in the First World War before becoming a naturalised German in 1933 ... Astonishingly enough, this long-standing British member of the NSDAP and SS was also Jewish a fact known to at least some of his colleagues" from: Weale, Adrian (26 August 2010). The SS: A New History. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-7481-2551-7.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/LaTasha Barnes
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 887 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 07:32, 9 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Articles created/expanded on October 10
Rabbit
- ... that rabbits can control their body temperature with their ears?
- Source: Donnelly, Thomas M.; Vella, David (2020). "Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits". In Quesenberry, Katherine; Orcutt, Connie J.; Mans, Christoph; Carpenter, James W. (eds.). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4th ed.). pp. 131–149. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00011-3. ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0.
The pinnae are highly vascular and have the largest arteriovenous shunts in the body. At rest, the pinna of leporids is a thermoregulatory organ.
- ALT1: ... that rabbits have nearly a 360° field of vision and blink only a few times per hour, but can't see anything below their mouth? Source: Peiffer, Robert L.; Pohm-Thorsen, Laurie; Corcoran, Kelly (1994), "Models in Ophthalmology and Vision Research", The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit, Elsevier, pp. 409–433, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-469235-0.50025-7, ISBN 978-0-12-469235-0, PMC 7149682, retrieved 2024-10-10,
By moving the eyes and tilting the head upward the rabbit can achieve a maximum field of vision of almost 360°.
{{citation}}
: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) Donnelly, Thomas M.; Vella, David (2020). "Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits". In Quesenberry, Katherine; Orcutt, Connie J.; Mans, Christoph; Carpenter, James W. (eds.). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4th ed.). pp. 131–149. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00011-3. ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0.However, their eyes cannot visualize the small area beneath the mouth (blind spot), and rabbits depend on the sensitivity of the lips and vibrissae for food discrimination. [...] rabbits rarely make spontaneous blinks (2–4 per hour).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ansorge Hotel
- Comment: Other rabbit facts can be provided.
Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
Reconrabbit 15:22, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Dundonald House
- ... that the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Prison Service (pictured) were breached by protestors in 2003?
- Source: "A review of security is under way at the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Prison Service after a protest by supporters of republican prisoners. Up to 30 protesters forced their way past the reception area at Dundonald House in Stormont on Wednesday and made their way to an office on the sixth floor, according to the Prison Service." from: "Security review after break-in". BBC. 3 July 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 889 past nominations.
Dumelow (talk) 14:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
Last Call BBS
- ... that Zachtronics' final game, Last Call BBS, contains elements of all of their previous?
- Source: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/last-call-bbs-is-a-tour-through-a-decade-of-zachtronics-indie-development ("The collection isn't just a bunch of throwbacks to the studio’s stellar puzzle design though. They also evoke what it feels like to play a Zach-like.")
- ALT1: ... that Last Call BBS contains a chip-manufacturing game, a model-building simulator, a game of Solitaire, and more? Source: https://hardcoregamer.com/news/the-final-zachtronics-with-last-call-bbs-early-access-release/424600/ ("There's always solitaire on the desktop to keep you busy ... circuit creation, and even a Gundam-style model creator.")
- Reviewed:
Created by CanonNi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 08:32, 10 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
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