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For instructions on how to nominate an article, see Template:DYK nomination header § Instructions for nominators.
"Template:Did you know nominations" redirects here. For the list of approved nominations, see Template talk:Did you know/Approved.

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
September 9 1
September 11 1
September 12 1
September 13 1
September 16 1 1
September 18 1
September 19 1 1
September 20 1
September 22 1 1
September 23 1
September 24 2 1
September 25 1 1
September 26 2
September 27 2 1
September 28 2
October 2 1
October 3 2
October 4 2
October 5 3
October 6 2
October 7 3 1
October 8 2
October 9 7 4
October 10 3
October 11 3
October 12 5 4
October 13 10 2
October 14 1 1
October 15 7 2
October 16 6 2
October 17 6 4
October 18 9 3
October 19 9 6
October 20 6 4
October 21 3 2
October 22 16 7
October 23 9 4
October 24 5 2
October 25 10 7
October 26 7 2
October 27 8 5
October 28 10 5
October 29 8 7
October 30 10 5
October 31 12 5
November 1 12 6
November 2 9 5
November 3 19 10
November 4 8 3
November 5 13 5
November 6 6 2
November 7 9 2
November 8 2
November 9 1 1
November 10
November 11
November 12
November 13
Total 283 124
Last updated 04:01, 13 November 2024 UTC
Current time is 04:36, 13 November 2024 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators

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If this is your first nomination, please read the DYK rules before continuing. Further information can be found at the DYK guidelines.

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Frequently asked questions

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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). Because of WP:DYKTIMEOUT, a nomination should be reviewed within two months since the reviewer/promoter may agree to reject and close an unpromoted hook after that time has passed.

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.


Instructions for reviewers

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Main page: Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewing guide

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.

To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:

  • Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
  • Click the "Review or comment" link at the top of the nomination. You will be taken to the nomination subpage.
  • The top of the page includes a list of the DYK criteria. Check the article to ensure it meets all the relevant criteria.
  • To indicate the result of the review (i.e., whether the nomination passes, fails, or needs some minor changes), leave a signed comment on the page. Please begin with one of the 5 review symbols that appear at the top of the edit screen, and then indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed; your comment should look something like the following:

    Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.

    If you are the first person to comment on the nomination, there will be a line :* <!-- REPLACE THIS LINE TO WRITE FIRST COMMENT, KEEPING  :* --> showing you where you should put the comment.
  • Save the page.
  • After the nomination is approved, a bot will automatically list the nomination page on Template talk:Did you know/Approved.

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.

Advanced procedures

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How to promote an accepted hook

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At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area
Check list for nomination review completeness
  1. Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: .
  2. Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed.
    • Any outstanding issue following needs to be addressed before promoting.
  3. Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed.
  4. Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot.
  5. Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
  6. Hook should make sense grammatically.
  7. Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
  8. Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set.
Steps to add a hook to prep
  • In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
  • In a second tab, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.

Wanna skip all this fuss? Install WP:PSHAW instead! Does most of the heavy lifting for ya :)

  1. For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue.
    • Completed Prep area number sets will be promoted by an administrator to corresponding Queue number.
  2. Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot.
    • Make sure there's a space between ... and that, and a ? at the end.
    • Check that there's a bold link to the article.
  3. If it's the lead (first) hook, paste the image where indicated at the top of the template.
  4. Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the {{DYKmake}} and {{DYKnom}} templates) at the bottom
  5. Check your work in the prep's Preview mode.
    • At the bottom under "Credits", to the right of each article should have the link "View nom subpage" ; if not, a subpage parameter will need to be added to the DYKmake.
  6. Save the Prep page.
Closing the DYK nomination page
  1. At the upper left
    • Change {{DYKsubpage to {{subst:DYKsubpage
    • Change |passed= to |passed=yes
  2. At the bottom
    • Just above the line containing

      }}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->

      insert a new, separate line containing one of the following:
      To [[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
      To [[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
      To [[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]
      To [[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
      To [[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
      To [[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
      To [[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]
    • Also paste the same thing into the edit summary.
  3. Check in Preview mode. Make sure everything is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like }}, at the top or bottom.
  4. Save.

For more information, please see T:TDYK#How to promote an accepted hook.

Handy copy sources:

  • To [[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
  • To [[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]

How to remove a rejected hook

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  • Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
  • In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{DYKsubpage with {{subst:DYKsubpage, and replace |passed= with |passed=no. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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  • 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

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  • Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired. Even if you change the title of the article, you don't need to move the nomination page.

Nominations

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Older nominations

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Articles created/expanded on September 9

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Alison Creagh

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Alison Creagh
Alison Creagh
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 431 past nominations.

Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:09, 9 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment (not a review). The COI banner on the article (with circumstances detailed on the article talk page) needs to be resolved before this can feature in DYK. Cleanup banners are not intended as a permanent mark of shame for articles, but rather to indicate that something can and should be cleaned up. The question then becomes: do the circumstances described on the talk page mean that there is a COI that should be cleaned up? What must be done to the article to clean it up so this banner can be removed? —David Eppstein (talk) 00:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:WTRMT: neutrality-related templates such as {{COI}} (associated with the conflict of interest guideline) or {{POV}} (associated with the neutral point of view policy) strongly recommend that the tagging editor initiate a discussion (generally on the article's talk page) to support the placement of the tag. If the tagging editor failed to do so, or the discussion is dormant, and there is no other support for the template, it can be removed. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:38, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you dispute the COI? Or should I have placed a "paid editor" tag instead? This DYK should siomply be closed, as we shouldn't have such "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" promotion. To quote from a question (not from me) from your 2019 RfA: "In one of the arbitration cases which resulted in a finding against you, there was a finding involving an undisclosed conflict-of-interest that resulted in serious subversion of the FA process. " We here have the same editor with an undisclosed COI at DYK. Here you start wikiwlawyering about the tag (even though I started a discussion about it on the talk page right away, where you haven't responded). Fram (talk) 07:38, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There was no such finding, and there was no undisclosed COI. What there is is an editor pursuing a pattern of harassment that got them blocked. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Are you really claiming that you have no COI wrt this article now? Or that the finding (passed 10 to 0) that " Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) has a previously undisclosed conflict of interest [...]" didn't exist? Or both? Fram (talk) 10:40, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There was no undisclosed conflict of interest. I have never edited for pay. I was an unpaid Wikipedian in Residence with Paralympics Australia. I have only met the brigadier twice: at the Boccia, where the Chef de Mission introduced us and we talked about our work at Paris 2024, and at the Rowing three days later, when I asked for a photograph, which I took and is used in the article. Please cease the personal attacks on myself and David Eppstein, who was only posting a comment. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:02, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    An organisation offers you all kind of help so you can write better or more articles about an event they are heavily involved in, and you then write an article about the CEO of that organisation. How is that not a blatant COI? And I have not made any personal attacks about you, and I haven't made any comment whatsoever about David Eppstein, so I have no idea where you see any personal attacks on them. Anyway, I'll raise this at the COIN board. Fram (talk) 18:30, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Without getting into whether or not this should run, WP:DYKTAG explicitly allows articles with COI tags.--Launchballer 23:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For context, reviewers should be aware of Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Alison Creagh.--Launchballer 04:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hawkeye7: This is currently the oldest fully unreviewed nomination and PEIS is exceeded at T:TDYK, so I'm reviewing. Long enough, new enough. QPQ is valid, though you should take more care to place comments above the closing }}. Not that it was ever an issue per my comment above, but I've removed the COI tag anyway per the talk page. Earwig gobs off about names and WP:LIMITED but having investigated I see no issue with that or anything that might disqualify this here. The hook is short enough, cited, and interesting; while I would invite you to use a secondary source instead, the Honours List itself should be fine and googling around I see a bunch of RSs that have it anyway. Let's roll. Also, commiserations on your RfA - please don't let that discourage you from queuing.--Launchballer 13:34, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure this strictly violates any particular DYK policy, but I don't think this article should be promoted. The article is basically a proselist of positions she's held and when and where, like a resume. Looking at the sources, I'm pretty troubled by the spread here. I see Australian government sources for her getting an award from the Australian government, a couple of "about us" webpages, proselist sources of dubious reliability, and an interview. The Australian War Memorial source is the only one to actually do a real profile of Creagh, and it's a newsblog. If someone else wants to promote this, feel free, but I wanted to note my queasiness. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:02, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTPROMO says, "Those promoting causes or events, or issuing public service announcements, even if noncommercial, should use a forum other than Wikipedia to do so." I think that the article, as an article, probably meets this bar. I think that running it on the main page would fall below that bar though. Rjjiii (talk) 16:22, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on September 11

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Shin Iza Gawna

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Statue of Shin Iza Gawna.
Statue of Shin Iza Gawna.
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]

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]
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: New enough and long enough. AGF on hook fact locked behind Snippet View and written in Burmese; also AGF on paraphrasing. Image should not be used, unless we can ascertain that the statue is public domain. Per commons:COM:FOP Myanmar, there is no FOP in Myanmar; consequently, although the image may have been freely licensed in good faith, the statue may preclude it from being true.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the PD Myanmar license since the stone statue was installed in 1966, which is over 50 years ago. This allows us to use the picture under the PD Myanmar license. Thanks. Hteiktinhein (talk) 06:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done, however, i'm ok promote without image. Thanks Hteiktinhein (talk) 19:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hteiktinhein and Crisco 1492: Source 2 is an opinion piece, source 5 looks like a webpage with no editorial control, and source 6 is a YouTube video. Are we sure these are reliable? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:08, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Woodrich, I exlpained already and tell me what is the problem? Hteiktinhein (talk) 10:27, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If source link is dead, you can online by web.archive. If you can't, sure I will do it for you. Hteiktinhein (talk) 03:45, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source 2 is travel documentary news by a reporter from Eleven Media Group, featuring the origins of the pagodas in Bagan. The article states:

(In Burmese):

"ပုဂံမှ ကျေးဇူးရှင် ဆရာတော်နှစ်ပါး

ပုဂံတွင် ကျေးဇူးရှင်ဆရာ တော်နှစ်ပါးမှာ ရှင်အရဟံနှင့် ရှင်မထီး (ရှင် အဇ္ဇဂေါဏ) တို့ဖြစ်သည်။

ပုဂံတွင် လက်ညှိုးထိုးမလွဲ ဘုရားစေတီ တော်များ တည်ထားကိုးကွယ်နိုင်ခြင်းမှာ ရှင်မ ထီး (ခေါ်) အရှင်အဇ္ဇဂေါဏ၏ ကျေးဇူး ကြောင့်ပင်ဖြစ်သည်။

လှည်းဝင်ရိုးသံတညံညံ၊ ပုဂံဘုရားပေါင်း ဆိုသော စာဆိုအတိုင်း ရှေးအခါက ပုဂံတွင် စေတီ ၄ç၄၄၆ç၇၃၃ ဆူရှိသည်ဟု ယုံကြည် ပြောဆိုမှုများရှိကြသည်။ ထိုကဲ့သို့ များပြားလှသည့် စေတီပုထိုးများကို တည်ထားကိုးကွယ်နိုင်ခြင်း မှာ ရှင်အဇ္ဇဂေါဏသည် ပြဒါးအောင်ပြီး ဒါယ ကာ၊ ဒါယိကာမတို့ကို မစခဲ့သဖြင့် ဖြစ်သည်ဟု ယုံကြည်ကြသည်။ ရှင်အဇ္ဇဂေါဏ မစခဲ့ခြင်း ကြောင့် သာမာန်အရပ်သားနှင့် မုဆိုးမပင် လျှင် ဘုရားတစ်ဆူတည်ထားနိုင်သည်ဟု ဒေ သတွင်း ယုံကြည်မှုအခိုင်အမာရှိသည်။ ရှင်မ ထီးသည် ပြဒါးလုံး၊ ဓာတ်လုံးအောင်ခဲ့ပြီး (သံ၊ သတ္တုများကို တို့လိုက်လျှင် ရွှေဖြစ်စေသည်ဟု ဆိုသည်"

(Translation): "Two benefactor monks from Bagan

In Bagan, the two benevolent monks are Shin Arahan and Shin Mahtee (also known as Shin Iza Gawna).

The ability to build and worship pagodas throughout Bagan is attributed to the grace of Shin Iza Gawna.

According to historical texts, it is believed that in ancient times there were 4,446,733 pagodas in Bagan. This extensive number of stupas was possible because Shin Iza Gawna attained the status of a weizza (a semi-immortal with magical powers). After mastering a powerful elixir, he used his magic to create gold, helping his followers become wealthy. As a result, even ordinary civilians and poor widows could afford to build pagodas."

and source 5 is currently dead, and you can access it at Wayback Machine [1]. Of course, you may have questions about dhammadarna.com. That website has no editorial control because it is set up by a monastery, and I'm also unsure of its reliability. So, I’d like to offer this source from the official website of the Shwedagon Pagoda Organization, which is reliable. I have added it to the article. Apologies for the delayed reply, as I just gained internet access and am currently managing my three DYKs at the same time. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks. Hteiktinhein (talk) 04:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: I have addressed all the questions, so please review this as soon as possible. I am available 24/7 to answer any further questions. This article has already undergone extensive review by other editors, and if anyone intentionally delays further review, I cannot tolerate it and will report it to the appropriate forum. Delays in the review process are not my responsibility. Hteiktinhein (talk) 18:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on September 12

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U Wasawa

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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]

  • 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]
  • Hi @Hteiktinhein: I'm sorry you've had such a long wait to get this article reviewed. I have some problems about this article. In the lead paragraph, you say that "Local media have referred to him as a "Buddhist terrorist"", but (unless I've missed it) neither this Myanmar Now article, this RFA article, nor this Frontier Myanmar article use the phrase. Also, as a person unfamiliar with Burmese politics, this article confuses me. Some of these sources seem laudatory of U Wasawa (for example this National Post blog), but they are being treated as reliable sources for an article which is largely critical of him. Can we explain why some sources are for him and some are against? And how the various groups in this article are related? Why the YMBA support him and what the title "Mingala Dhamma Jotikadhaja" means? As this article is, I don't think it can go forward. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 15:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will reply soon as I on vacation. Pls wait a little longer. Hteiktinhein (talk) 11:36, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hteiktinhein: The nomination will time out in two days, so this can't wait much longer, even if you're on vacation. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I removed disputed sentene and so tell me if you have another question? Hteiktinhein (talk) 10:30, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hteiktinhein: I'm afraid my issues with sourcing and readability are still there. Given this article is probably going to time out now, it's probably best to reapply to DYK. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 16:10, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Tenpop421: and @Narutolovehinata5:, Firstly, I waited over a month to have my article reviewed. I was shocked that the review process began during a time when I lost internet access after returning to my country, where the military has banned all languages of Wikipedia. Editing with a VPN to bypass the firewall blocking Wikipedia is considered a crime and can lead to arrest. When I regained internet access, I found some editors had issued warnings that the nomination would be closed, saying they couldn’t wait any longer. This isn’t fair. However, I’m here now to answer all of your questions.

Let’s begin: You asked why some sources praise U Wasawa (for example, the National Post blog). Yes, the National Post newspaper is a pro-military media outlet that supports the military wing. Its chief editor, Naungdawlay, who authored the article, is one of the few journalists with access to attend official military government press conferences. Other media, like Myanmar Now or Mizzima, are pro-democracy outlets that operate outside the country. The article mentioned above covers the health condition of the monk’s mother and provides some background on the monk's family, so it is reliable for basic personal facts.

The Wikipedia article should maintain a neutral point of view without bias. I included both positive and negative aspects of his life. Your other question was about the title "Mingala Dhamma Jotikadhaja." "Mingala Dhamma Jotikadhaja" is a Pali title, and its meaning is recognizable to Pali scholars. This type of Pali title is used formally in Buddhist countries like Thailand and Myanmar for monks, kings, and queens as regnal titles. Hteiktinhein (talk) 05:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to my research, the Pali title မင်္ဂလဓမ္မဇောတိကဓဇ (Mingala Dhamma Jotikadhaja) can be translated as “Bearer of the Auspicious Light of the Dhamma.”
  • မင်္ဂလ (Mingala): "Auspicious" or "Blessed." This term often signifies good fortune, merit, or auspiciousness.
  • ဓမ္မ (Dhamma): Refers to the teachings of the Buddha, commonly known as "Dharma" in Sanskrit. It represents the path of righteousness, truth, and the Buddha’s teachings.
  • ဇောတိက (Jotika): This comes from "Joti," which means "light" or "radiance." It implies illumination or enlightenment.
  • ဓဇ (Dhaja): Meaning "flag" or "banner," often used symbolically to represent "bearer" or "champion."

In Buddhist countries, this type of title is typically awarded as an honorific to monks or respected figures, signifying their role in spreading the Buddha's teachings and being a source of moral and spiritual guidance. Hteiktinhein (talk) 05:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tenpop421: and @Narutolovehinata5:, I have addressed all the questions, so please review this as soon as possible. I am available 24/7 to answer any further questions. This article has already undergone extensive review by other editors, and if anyone intentionally delays further review, I cannot tolerate it and will report it to the appropriate forum. Delays in the review process are not my responsibility. Hteiktinhein (talk) 18:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Hteiktinhein: I'll remind you that Wikipedia is volunteer run. I and Narutolovehinata5 have other responsibilities to attend to. I apologise for the wait you've had, and the difficulty you've had editing Wikipedia in your country, but review was not intentionally delayed. DYK has a backlog and these things happen. Aside from removing the "Buddhist terrorist" quote, you haven't altered the article in response to my questions. If this Wikipedia page is intended to include "both positive and negative aspects of his life", it does not succeed; it mentions nothing positive, and creates a thoroughly negative impression of U Wasawa, as does this hook. This Wikipedia page must be accessible to people who are not Pali scholars nor familiar with the intricacies of Burmese politics. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 20:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Virginia Beach Police Department

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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]
@Slgrandson: Is this approved? If not, what does @PhoenixCaelestis: have to do? I note that your review makes no mention of a copyright check and I think you should do one.--Launchballer 21:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@PhoenixCaelestis: I've waited long enough for @Slgrandson: to respond, so I'm taking over. By "I think you should do [a copyright check]", I mean "there is close paraphrasing in this article"; much of what Earwig picks up comes under WP:LIMITED as it is the name of the crime, but there are still common phrases that could be changed. Ping me when done.--Launchballer 11:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@PhoenixCaelestis: Please respond to the above. Z1720 (talk) 14:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles created/expanded on September 18

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The United States of America (album)

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  • 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"?
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    • 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]

It would be brilliant. But add the italics and the quotation marks and it should work reasonably well on any day. Surtsicna (talk) 20:02, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article was promoted to GA status 5 days before the DYK nomination. It is, unsurprisingly, also long enough and it meets the sourcing, neutrality, and copyright requirements. The hooks proposed by Iostn are fine, but there is a clear potential for something much grander. See Launchballer's suggestion. We rarely get such gems in the rough, Iostn, but let me know if you cannot bother and I will approve your original hook. Surtsicna (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Surtsicna, I think I'm going to hang on with this nom and wait for the April Fools' proposal, if possible Iostn (talk) 15:51, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Iostn: While quirky, I do not think this hook fits the spirit of the type of hooks used in the April Fools DYK set. Z1720 (talk) 23:06, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It could in theory work as a regular quirky hook rather than an AFD hook, although the decision about that could be left to a promoter. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's a few other quotes that could be used instead, such as 'met a "mixed reception"' or something from 'wasn't half bad. Some of it was embarrassing but some of it really stood up over time'.--Launchballer 10:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Genocide in the Hebrew Bible

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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'm just not sure what hook wording would be deemed acceptable. Any ideas? (t · c) buidhe 18:44, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am withdrawing from reviewing this and any future DYKs by Buidhe due to COI at Template:Did you know nominations/Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II (criticizing one another's DYKs could lead to behavioral problems which I do not want). I'd politely ask Buidhe to do the same and leave reviewing my DYKs to others. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:45, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Ngiam Tong Dow

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  • 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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Created by BenTanXiaoMing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 09:47, 25 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: v/r - TP 15:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BenTanXiaoMing: @TParis: This hook violates WP:EGG, and the claim that it is/was the "largest" purchase is never mentioned in the article, just that it was the first. A new hook is needed. Kimikel (talk) 03:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kimikel: "Largest" was in there at the time of the review. It was removed in this edit by @Justanothersgwikieditor:. I've added it in with a new ref. And the hook is fine. No one expects to find an article titled "purchase of gold from South Africa". But here is an alt anyway.--v/r - TP 13:59, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 is good to go. Nobody would reasonably infer that a link saying "purchase of gold from South Africa was completed" would lead to a page about a Singaporean civil servant, so ALT0 is not fine, per WP:EGG. Kimikel (talk) 23:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're just going to skim over the fact that you accused me of lazily not verifying the original hook without checking the article's history?--v/r - TP 01:46, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did not "accuse" of you of anything. I simply noted that the article and the hook did not match, which is a requirement for DYK. Get over yourself. Kimikel (talk) 02:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because it had been changed after the review. Geeze, some people--v/r - TP 02:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BenTanXiaoMing and TParis: I wouldn't call an autobiography a reliable source for a claim like this, unless it was clear someone independently fact-checked and verified it. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron: Thanks for highlighting the issue! I managed to find a few more sources to support the claim. Added it to the article. BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 07:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Expandable card game

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Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • I think there is an issue with the article, which is that going by the most of the sources in the article and the hook source, the WP:COMMONTERM appears to be "living card game", and therefore that should be the title of the article and the boldlink. For related reasons I think ALT1 is actually the more interesting hook, though it would benefit from rephrasing to make it punchier. I'm keen to hear other opinions. David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 23:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Cloventt and Z1720: This has been discussed a bit by card game editors, I also pinged them at Talk:Expandable_card_game#Not_much_on_this. It is not clear what is common term, and while LCG is a common term, as explained in the article, it is trademarked by one company, and could be considered not neutral - prioritizing that one company over others. I'd be happy to see this discussed on talk, but nobody seems to care, and I don't feel like deciding by myself to use a term specific to one company over what appears to be a perfectly fine and more neutral (not trademarked) term. As for the "punchier" wording, feel free to suggest an ALT1a and I can "adopt" it if it seems ok to me, so you could accept it... otherwise I am sorry, I don't know what your idea of "punchier" is. PS. Please WP:ECHO me when replying, if my response is needed. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Culinary Class Wars

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Senior judge Paik Jong-won is a celebrity chef in Korea.
Senior judge Paik Jong-won is a celebrity chef in Korea.
  • ALT1 ... that the judges of the Culinary Class Wars suffered from over-eating but judge Paik Jong-won (pictured) still ate his packed lunch too?
  • ALT2 ... that the dishes in the Culinary Class Wars were discarded after judging to prevent others from tasting them and disagreeing with the judges? (pictured)
    • Created by Andrew Davidson (talk) and Windershaker (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 131 past nominations.

    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]
    * @Z1720: The article looks in better shape now, but the alt you provided is not well written, nor would it be very interesting if it was. Good day, Wuju Daisuki (Talk? 뭐 그까이꺼 대충!) 02:22, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Z1720: Thanks to Z1720 for taking an interest. I'm not understanding Wuju Daisuki's objections to the ALT1 hook, which seems fine to me. Maybe we just have different tastes. To help avoid an impasse and establish a consensus, please could Z1720 say what they think of the hooks? Andrew🐉(talk) 10:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Andrew Davidson: My opinion is that I am confused by ALT1 because I do not know who Paik Jong-won is. After looking at the image caption and clicking on Jong-won's link I was able to piece together that he is a judge, but it takes too long for me to understand the hook. I like ALT0 more because it is succinct and understandable. If the image is going to be used, it needs to be included in the article. Z1720 (talk) 11:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hanif Kureshi

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    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]

    • Extremely no-fun comment: If this goes on the main page, the copyright status of the images in it should be clear. I'm looking at c:Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/India, and it says that there is not freedom of panorama "For copyrighted 2D (paintings, drawings, maps, pictures, engravings, etc.)". It seems that only sculptures, and art that is not "Paintings, drawings, or photographs", has FOP. So.. did Hanif Kureshi dedicate his art to the public domain? Is his estate (if any) willing to, if he didn't? I'm not demanding the images be removed or anything, just that if we can't be sure, it may be better to withdraw the nom and keep the possibly questionable images than proceed with the nom if the image copyright status can't be ascertained. (Of course, if the copyright status can be ascertained to be good, then great.) SnowFire (talk) 03:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I believe we should be good on Indian freedom of panorama due to the 'permanently situate' clause. Specifically, this would be included in the freedom of panorama clause in India because the work is "permanently situated in a public place or premises to which the public has access". Will wait for the DYK review. Ktin (talk) 03:23, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • If I may ask, which country's street murals did you upload? If it was Indian street murals and the murals were in a public place, they should not have been deleted. Specifically as quoted above, if the work of art is permanently situated in a public place or premises to which the public has access, that should be allowed under freedom of panorama, in India. Ktin (talk) 00:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Street art in India is permitted under Freedom of Panorama if they were in a public place, specifically under clause Section 52(t) which says (the following acts shall not constitute an infringement of copyright) ... if such work is permanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public has access. So if you had uploaded pictures of murals in India, they should not have been deleted. Ktin (talk) 03:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I will take your word for it; but others might not. I've never seen a lead image in the PNG format before, especially one that represents a screen capture from a video. Viriditas (talk) 08:50, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm doing a read through and random spot checks. I don't like how you use multiple sources after a sentence; when I look at the source, I see that only one of the two (for example) supports the material in whole or in part, rather than both. I'm guessing this is due to older versions and too many cooks in the kitchen. Best practice is to have one citation at the end of a sentence or phrase or a word. I find it helpful to bundle sources if you need to use more than two, such that one appears inline only. Example: there's no reason to have two citations after "Kureshi was born on 12 October 1982 in Palitana, a town in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat", when the entire statement is supported by just one.[2] Viriditas (talk) 09:18, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And now I see that neither of the cited sources supports his birth date of 12 October. Please go through this article and make sure each citation is used judiciously and supports the material. Viriditas (talk) 09:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This source supports the birth date, but is not currently in the article. Also, because it was published on October 30, we don't know if there's a problem with citogenesis. Looking at the page history, the only source for his birth date is yourself. Perhaps you can fix this issue? Viriditas (talk) 06:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, the birth date comes from the social media account for the St+art India Foundation which announced his death on September 23.[3] It doesn't look like anyone else used it until much later, either copying it from Facebook and Instagram or from this article. I'm not clear how we go ahead and cite that other than IAR. Viriditas (talk) 06:48, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Okay, I think I figured out a workaround. Vogue India posted a piece just before or after you created the Wikipedia bio. They directly cited a portion of the original Instagram post (an image), which preserves the chain of evidence in a reliable secondary source without citogenesis. I will go ahead and add this now. Viriditas (talk) 06:56, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm slowly making way through every sentence, and virtually every paragraph has the wrong source or a missing source. I am attempting to fix this, but this article was not ready for DYK when it was nominated. Viriditas (talk) 09:50, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Almost done, but I have to go to sleep now and won't be able to finish until tomorrow. If anyone reads this, the lead doesn't mention the Handpainted Type Project and it really needs to do so. I would be embarrassed to run this if it didn't. Viriditas (talk) 11:40, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ktin: your hook has to be based on information in the article. Currently, you don't mention anything about Daku inline. You will need to add that. In addition to adding it to the body, I would also add it to the lead along with the Handpainted Type Project. Viriditas (talk) 11:50, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Viriditas: I don’t have access to a computer that I can edit from. But I had a brief look and an IP editor and another one-edit editor has edited the article after I nominated the DYK to remove content from both the body and the lede. Please have a look. Alternately, I will when I get access again. Ktin (talk) 23:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ktin: Thanks for letting me know. I will take care of the issues, but by doing so, I won't be allowed to review the nomination. Please confirm that all of these images of murals were completed in whole or in part by Hanif Kureshi. I have added commons categories to all of them in good faith, but there is no identifying information in the image uploads indicating Kureshi is the author. Viriditas (talk) 23:54, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I will attempt to add sources to the images later tonight. Viriditas (talk) 03:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Slop (artificial intelligence)

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    “Shrimp Jesus” is a commonly cited example of AI slop
    “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?
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    • 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]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

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    Image eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Welcome to DYK Jenny8lee, I hope you have a wonderful time here, and I hope I can help facilitate your entry the best I can! Created and nominated within a week, long enough, sourced and neutral. QPQ not required because of the nominator being below 5 nominations. I have some questions regarding the hook, since the original article's wording was as such:
    "One increasingly intuitive answer is “garbage.” The neuroscientist Erik Hoel has called it “A.I. pollution,” and the physicist Anthony Aguirre “something like noise” and “A.I.-generated dross.”"
    It seems like these terms were used by one or two people, rather than being in use beyond those individuals quoted within the article. I believe it might be a good idea to re-word the hook(something along the lines of "AI slop has been referred to as "garbage", "pollution", and "dross"), or find something else altogether. The quotes within the lead of the article should be attributed to their sources as well. In addition, I'm not entirely sure whether the AI generated image is free (regarding the copyright of a derivative work, this is a fairly new policy as well). I'm going to ping @Theleekycauldron: to see what they think regarding the matter. Ornithoptera (talk) 02:34, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • ALT1 that thousands of people showed up in Dublin, Ireland for a non-existent Halloween parade due to an article on an AI-produced website in what became a viral example of AI slop in the physical world.

    Source 1: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dublin-fake-halloween-parade-ireland-ai-advert-b2639505.html Source 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/opinion/ai-annoying-future.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenny8lee (talk • contribs)

    Per WP:DYKTRIM, I suggest ALT1a: ... that a viral example of slop prompted thousands of people to visit Dublin for a non-existent Halloween parade?--Launchballer 13:50, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Old City of Gaza, Old City of Nablus

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    Church of Saint Porphyrius and the Katib al-Wilaya Mosque
    Church of Saint Porphyrius and the Katib al-Wilaya Mosque
    • 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.
    Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 80 past nominations.

    Onceinawhile (talk) 09:57, 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]

    WIT Press conferences are scams. That source must absolutely be replaced. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:34, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Onceinawhile: Please address the above.--Launchballer 00:18, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Launchballer thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have removed the source referred to above and replaced it with this: Abujidi, Nurhan; Verschure, Han (2006-07-01). "Military Occupation as Urbicide by Construction and Destruction: The Case of Nablus, Palestine". The Arab World Geographer. 9 (2). Allen Press: 206. ISSN 1480-6800. Given the large number of frequent Israeli army invasions of the Old Town, the so called Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002 is considered the heaviest single operation. It caused damage to 47.5% of the housing blocks that structure the Old Town's urban fabric… During other invasions, a shift in the mechanism and location of destruction is evident. Highly focused, limited-scale demolitions targeting specific sections of the city were identified. The size and scale of destruction are not always determined by the type of invasion. For example, the scale of destruction resulting from the overnight incursion of January 2005 was larger than that of the short-term invasion of January 2004, which lasted 10 days. Moreover, a repeated rhythm in invading and destroying the same buildings during the several invasions was registered over the past four years, with each invasion accompanied by destruction, looting, and vandalism.
    Onceinawhile (talk) 23:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That's fine. I still see unsourced content in both the articles though.--Launchballer 11:53, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds

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    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]

    @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]
    PanagiotisZois, this is not a review either, but I'm afraid retaining ALT1's bit about sex in a toilet would be borderline "excessively sensational or gratuitous" as per WP:DYKINT; concealing the scene in question through ALT1a should arguably make for an "Intriguing hook that leaves the reader wanting to know more". Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 16:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @PanagiotisZois: Please respond to the above. Z1720 (talk) 23:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think this requires PZ's attention as there is still a valid hook on this page, i.e. ALT1a. This needs a reviewer.--Launchballer 23:20, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: I don't find any of the hooks up above usable or interesting, and I don't get the hold up on writing new hooks as there are many available in the article. The nom has had two months to offer new ones. Viriditas (talk) 00:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Do you intend on doing a full review? Until that happens and someone reviews this nomination, why bother coming up with new ones now? Once someone actually performs a proper review, there's nothing on my part to do.PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:33, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's pretty much the opposite to how I work, so I'll leave the review to someone else who will work with you. The "why bother" attitude is disturbing to me, as you could easily add new hooks and attract a reviewer. Viriditas (talk) 23:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Henri Claireaux

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    • Source: [4] ("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
    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]

    • Hi BeanieFan11, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 2 October and exceeds minimum length; article is cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources; the sources are either in French or paywalled so not much I can check on paraphrasing but Earwig is clear; QPQ has been carried out; I've struck ALT1, although it is supported by the source the overall length of his tenure was just shy of 22 years; on ALT0 the source and article don't say "first French senator from Saint Pierre and Miquelon" but first to represent the place in the Senate. Unlikely I know but it leaves open the possibility that someone from there was elected to the senate as a representative of somewhere else. Perhaps AL2 below works? Happy to consider alternatives. - Dumelow (talk) 17:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • ALT2: ... that Henri Claireaux was the first representative for Saint Pierre and Miquelon elected to the French Senate?
    Thanks, I think it technically needs another reviewer to approve - Dumelow (talk) 05:47, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @BeanieFan11 and Dumelow: I'm sorry, I find ALT2 far too person-does-their-jobby to meet WP:DYKINT. What else have you got?--Launchballer 18:34, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @BeanieFan11, Dumelow, and Launchballer: How about ALT3 ... that Henri Claireaux criticized the devaluation of the French franc in 1958, claiming it devolved Saint Pierre and Miquelon into "a state bordering on poverty"? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:02, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be fine with that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not quite sure that it is supported by the source which has:

    Henri Claireaux prend régulièrement la parole en séance publique au début de la Ve République. Il a ainsi, avec Jacques Soustelle, ministre délégué auprès du Premier ministre Michel Debré, un échange assez vif le 17 novembre 1959. Henri Claireaux estime en effet que « le fait d'avoir réduit de 25 millions la subvention au fonds de compensation » en faveur de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon accule la population de l'archipel à « un état voisin de la misère ». En outre, la dévaluation de décembre 1958 a, selon lui, eu des conséquences désastreuses sur le pouvoir d'achat des Saint-Pierrais.

    My French is a bit rusty but between that and Google Translate I get something like: "Henri Claireaux spoke regularly in the public sessions at the start of the 5th Republic. He had, with Jacques Soustelle, minister delegate to Priem Minister Michel Debré, a quite heated exchange on 17 Noember 1959. Henri Claireaux considered that in "the fact of having reduced by 25 millions the subsidy" for Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon had reduced the population of the archipelago to "a state bordering on poverty". In addition, the devaluation of December 1958 had, he said, had disastrous consequences for the purchasing power of the people of Saint-Pierre." From the sounds of things Claireaux's claim of a "state bordering on poverty" related to the reduction in subsidy and wasn't explicitly linked to the devaluation - Dumelow (talk) 07:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe ALT4 ... that in 1959, Henri Claireaux claimed that a reduction to a subsidy to Saint Pierre and Miquelon would devolve the territory into "a state bordering on poverty"? Up to the reviewer if "French senator" should go before his name or not. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:36, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @BeanieFan11 and Launchballer: Fine by me but the text of the article needs to reflect this - Dumelow (talk) 07:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Brick by Brick: How Lego Rewrote the Rules of Innovation

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    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]

    • New enough, long enough, and neutral if a tad quote-heavy. Sources are good although many are on the short side. The hook is sourced (if not the main focus of the piece... which is a bit sus researched in general, the Guardian article mention Mindstorms approvingly but that was one of the things Knudstorp cut as money-losing?!) I made some edits - feel free to adjust if you disagree, I don't think they were so major as to impede the ability to review. QPQ is done.
    • While this is DYKN not GAN, in the realm of more subjective issues, there are currently just three sentences on Content. Granted, the last time I nominated a book for DYK reviewers complained that there was too much content so maybe I'm not a median source here, but this seems a bit shallow, merely verifying this is a book on Lego's business turnaround. Do Breen & Robertson have anything deeper to say? Not asking for a huge expansion or anything, but even a small one might help.
    • (As side chatter, I got to see Knudstorp speak once, although inexplicably no one has taken a better photograph than my blurry 2010 one yet. Interesting fellow.)
    • Anyway, in querying, I think the hook may be a little too mysterious by only saying "a 2013 book". I'm personally a fan of not forcing hovers (which don't work on mobile) to find out where a link will go. Any thoughts on this alternative hook that spells out the name of the book?
    • SnowFire (talk) 05:57, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Light Weight Air Warning Radar

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    • ... 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
    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]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ?
    • Interesting: No - ?
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

    QPQ: No - ?
    Overall: Article was created on October 3, and nominated the same day. Length and sourcing are adequate. I am stil reviewing the article for neutrality, and have no yet decided. I found no plagiarism concerns. I note that this Earwig result highlights proper nouns and a properly attributed quote. The original hook was far too long. ALT1 is not hooky as per my above comment. The nominated image is clear at a low resolution, and used in the aticle. Depending on a reworded hook, it may or may not improve the hook. I also note that File:Mark 1A Light Weight Air Warning Radar. 6091121.jpg has already appeared in the picture slot of DYK on Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2018/November#9_November_2018. The QPQ requirement is insufficient since it only commented on eligibility, and was not a full review of all DYK criteria as per WP:DYKRR. Please provide a complete review for QPQ. Flibirigit (talk) 15:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Flibirigit: Let me know when you have decided. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:36, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Fort clarity, I do not expect any neutrality issues but I have not completely read the article. I shold have that completed by tomorrow. My primary concerns are the hook and QPQ. Flibirigit (talk) 19:21, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I did some minor copyediting, and no neutrality concerns noted. Please see above comments for the hooks and QPQ. Thanks for this nomination! Flibirigit (talk) 22:43, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Leonardo da Vinci (Isaacson book)

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    Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    ―Panamitsu (talk) 03:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article has nothing on the writing/background of the book and next to nothing on its content. The only facts about Isaacson are in the lede (unincorporated into the article) and uncited. It therefore fails to be complete or well-sourced. If we were to remove the uncited passages, the article would fall under the required prose length of a DYK. Unfortunately, I don't think this article would be ready for DYK without substantial further work, so in spite of the interesting hook, I'm failing it. Tenpop421 (talk) 22:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Panamitsu: Pinging for a response to the above review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:24, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tenpop421: I have looked for sources about the writing/backgroundof this book but haven't been able to find anything. I recall Isaacsoon saying that Steve Jobs wanted him to write the biography, but can't find where I heard that. I've added a bit on the content of the book, but there is not much to write. It's a biography of Leonardo da Vinci. I've added a source for the text about the author. With that in mind, I don't believe WP:DYKCOMPLETE applies. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:04, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Panamitsu: I think there is more to say here. In the introduction and acknowledgments of the book (and to some extent in this interview), he talks quite extensively about writing the biography. Reviews in The Guardian, WaPo, and Psychology Today discuss Isaacson's particular contentions in the book (he agrees and disagrees w/ other historians, he focuses or doesn't focus on various topics). Also worth writing about in the Contents section is the "Learning from Leonardo" section in Chapter 33, which is mentioned by most reviewers (and in this wiki article, but only in summarising a review). Tenpop421 (talk) 01:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tenpop421: Thanks for the help, you were right. Does it look better now? ―Panamitsu (talk) 01:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Echoes of Life Tour

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    Created by Henni147 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Henni147 (talk) 04:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC). Alright, I'm going to attempt reviewing this. First review for me, so it'll take a bit of time. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 23:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - refer to comments
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: 3.8% at earwig, not too sure about hookinterest. Will need a second opinion. Pinging User:Sky Harbor. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 23:27, 10 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

    Hook discussion
    Thank you very much for taking on this review! I was not sure about the hook myself. Alternatives could be that it's (1) the second solo ice show tour to be ever produced or (2) that the show deals with the ethics of artificial intelligence among others (which is a rather unusual topic for an entertainment event). Do you think, that might work? If yes, I will try to figure out how to phrase and source the hook best. Henni147 (talk) 07:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think the current hook would pass scrutiny per WP:DYKSO: The hook should not put emphasis on a commercial release date of the article subject. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:13, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Pinging @Henni147:, I guess ALT1 (...that Echos of Life Tour is the second solo ice show tour to be ever produced?) may do the job? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 01:22, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5 and AlphaBetaGamma: Then let's go with ALT1? I just need to find a source that explicitely mentions 'Echoes of Life' as the second solo tour production. It's quite a clear fact because Hanyu's Repray Tour in 2023–24 was the first one, and no other skater has ever produced or performed a solo ice show. But we need to support it by a reliable secondary source. Henni147 (talk) 08:23, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT1 is probably not a good idea as it is an exceptional claim and thus would require exceptional sourcing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:21, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: We just got the news that a full story book will be published before the first show for better access and understanding of the story. Would that be suitable for a hook text? It's quite unusual that a show or concert tour is accompanied by a book. I expect Japanese newspapers to publish some detailed reports within the next few hours. Henni147 (talk) 09:57, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No, because a hook about a book being published would arguably count as advertising and would not fly among the DYK regulars. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:00, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Narutolovehinata5: True, didn't think of the promotional aspect. There is one more idea for a hook:

    ALT3: "... that the Echoes of Life Tour by two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu is directed by Mikiko who also choreographed the Tokyo handover segment at the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?"

    This hook is supported by the source above and this one by the Japan Times newspaper: "The Tokyo handover segment of the Rio 2016 closing ceremony balanced cool imagery, references galore and meme-worthy moments. That team included musician Sheena Ringo and choreographer Mikiko Mizuno [...]" Henni147 (talk) 11:08, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    According to the tool I'm using, the hook is 203 in prose, which exceeeds the 200 limit. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 00:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @AlphaBetaGamma: Oh okay, so the "that" at the beginning is not included in the count. Does this adjustment work?

    ALT3 (shortened): "... that the Echoes of Life Tour by two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu is directed by Mikiko who was also involved in the choreography of the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?"
    Sources: Hanyu Yuzuru to unveil 'Echoes of Life' show on 30th birthday (Olympics.com) and The Olympic opening ceremony that wasn't (The Japan Times).

    This hook should have 195 characters now, but better check as well to be sure. Henni147 (talk) 07:25, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Yeah, that's 195 characters. Guess that's a wrap? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 09:31, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @AlphaBetaGamma and Narutolovehinata5: Thank you very much for checking the hook and taking on this review in general. I hope, all issues have been fixed now. I wonder if the review template at the top needs to be updated to conclude the review? I'm not familiar with the system. Henni147 (talk) 10:11, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Henni147 and AlphaBetaGamma: I'm not sure I find the hook too enticing. Like, the fact that the performer and director were both in/at the Olympics is cool, but not the kind of thing that would make someone likely to read the full article. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Theleekycauldron: The idea behind this hook is that the Echoes of Life Tour is a solo tour of figure skating performances, and figure skating is an Olympic winter sport. Having the only two-time Olympic champion of men's skating since 1952 as the main performer and an Olympic choreographer as a director is basically like watching an Olympic-level performance, which should be triggering enough to read more about it.
    Background info: The athletic content of Hanyu's last two solo shows levelled the complexity of the current world record in men's singles (6 clean quadruple jumps among others) and featured multiple Olympic-winning programs. This is not just some fancy ice show, but a serious sports performance as well. Since 'Echoes of Life' is the third installment of the series, the athletic merit is expected to be of the same caliber as its predecessors.
    I'll try to figure out how to adjust the hook in a way that it sounds more exciting. I'm open to smart suggestions. Henni147 (talk) 10:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that this is a figure skating article, maybe Figureskatingfan might have some hook suggestions? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:29, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Since you asked, I think that ALT3 is fine. How 'bout this for a shorter version, though: ALT4: "... that the Echoes of Life Tour by two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu is directed by Mikiko, a choreographer of the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?" Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:07, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Sanewashing

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    • Source: Tornoe, Rob (2024-10-01). "The 'sanewashing' phenomenon". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved 2024-10-05. So, how do you avoid sanewashing Trump or any other politician? The first thing you can do is employ a 'truth sandwich' in your coverage. Developed by author and linguist George Lakoff and promoted by New York University professor and author Jay Rosen, it basically means to surround a lie or misstatement with the truth.
    5x expanded by Soibangla (talk), Jonathan Deamer (talk), and Superb Owl (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Jonathan Deamer (talk) 08:22, 12 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • 2 bits of jargon readers are unlikely to know is too many for a hook. I would try another one that focuses on sane washing specifically without introducing other terms. (t · c) buidhe 23:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • ALT2: ... that Will Bunch, columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, believes sanewashing "has all but clinched Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2024"? The Philadelphia Inquirer: "I think sanewashing has all but clinched Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2024 — not just for its cleverness, but because finding the right language may be having a positive impact on our politics and our future."
      • ALT3: ... that according to Urban Dictionary, the word sanewashing was coined in a Reddit forum for neoliberals in 2020? Columbia Journalism Review: "The term itself actually isn’t new, and it wasn’t born in media-criticism circles, per se; according to Urban Dictionary, it was coined in 2020 on a Reddit page for neoliberals (which Linda Kinstler wrote about recently for CJR), and meant “attempting to downplay a person or idea’s radicality to make it more palatable to the general public."
    @buidhe Thanks for the feedback! Fair point. I've added two alternatives above. I'm trying to keep it about language/journalism rather than go into an (even more) political territory for DYK purposes. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT2 doesn't seem like a hook unless it happens, the etymology mentioned in ALT3 is not particularly noteworthy for 21st century neologisms. I feel like you should have some good material in the article, maybe a hook focusing on a particular alleged instance or in relation to the main political figure to which it's applied (i.e. trump) would be better. (t · c) buidhe 14:10, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @buidhe I hear you on "focusing on a particular alleged instance or in relation to the main political figure to which it's applied". Here are a couple of different spins on a similar idea:
        • ALT4: ... that both Tim Walz and JD Vance were accused of sanewashing in the 2024 vice presidential debate? MSNBC: On Tuesday, Vance took that same "sanewashing" approach to the debate stage in New York. When pressed by the moderators about Trump calling climate change a "hoax," for example, Vance deflected. Instead of answering yes or no, Vance tried to "interpret" for Trump. The Hill: The term 'sanewashing' is going around among liberal media critics, the idea that the media is too willing to normalize [former President] Trump and Vance's behavior," Silver said in a Substack post Wednesday. "Wasn't Walz sanewashing Vance? He said nothing about the Republican ticket's conspiratorial claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets, for instance.
        • ALT5: ... that Nate Silver suggested Tim Walz was sanewashing by not mentioning Donald Trump's "conspiratorial claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets" in the 2024 vice presidential debate? The Hill: The term 'sanewashing' is going around among liberal media critics, the idea that the media is too willing to normalize [former President] Trump and Vance's behavior," Silver said in a Substack post Wednesday. "Wasn't Walz sanewashing Vance? He said nothing about the Republican ticket's conspiratorial claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets, for instance.
    Not a full review. I'm not sure about notability. WP:NEO specifies that use of a term does not count towards the notability of the term, only mentions of it do. It's why we don't have a page for, say, kiwi (word) but do for antidisestablishmentarianism (word). Mediaite, for instance, only indirectly mentions the term in passing by embedding a Tweet. The October New York Times source does not mention the term at all.
    All non-primary sources (all sources not directly coining the term) come from 2024, and the term might just be a passing fad that disappears with the conclusion of the election. It might even be folded into Rhetoric of Donald Trump, as it just seems to be a spinoff. Bremps... 21:32, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Bremps. This was discussed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sanewashing with a result of keep. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 08:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Jurong East MRT station

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    • ... that it was proposed for the Jurong East MRT station in Singapore to have a recurring disco to increase its vibrancy?
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    • 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)[reply]
    Hello @Narutolovehinata5? Can we continue with the DYK nomination? Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 23:56, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm still waiting for the discrepancy to be resolved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:00, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5 fixed the DYK hook to "a recurring disco" since the newspaper source said that it was proposed for people to host a disco. Yeo's quote of justifying his proposal implied that the disco would recurring ("maybe in the evenings", evenings in this context implies reccurance imo). Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 10:49, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know. The source doesn't outright say "recurring", and while one could argue that the meaning is implied, the lack of a direct support from the source probably makes that specific wording unsafe. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:19, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just to follow-up, the article and hook still need to match the source before this can be approved.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:25, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, I've been busy the past few days and forgot about this. Anyways, I was wondering if it's possible to get a third party to comment on this matter? It's unclear what the news article meant so I think we should get someone else's oponion.Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 15:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Trainsandotherthings and SounderBruce: Would it be okay if either of you take a look at this and give feedback on the hook sourcing and wording? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:43, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi, thanks for the ping. Based on my interpretation of the source, the person proposing the disco wanted to hold it in the evenings (plural) which implies a recurring event. That's just my reading of the source, so I don't claim to be objectively correct. I've placed this discussion on my watchlist for a month, so I'm happy to help out further if needed. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:20, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    FYI, I'm still waiting for @SounderBruce:'s response. In the meantime, I agree with Trainsandotherthings's interpretation. Or I could propose another DYK for this article.Imbluey2. Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 02:52, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hermance Edan

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    • Source: French Patent office, Brevet n° 396.795
    • ALT1: ... that little is known of Hermance Edan before she patented her first board game in 1908, at the age of 57? Source: French Patent office, Brevet n° 396.795
    • ALT2: ... that L'Attaque, the board game that became Stratego, was patented in 1908 by its designer, a 57-year-old woman? Source: French Patent office, Brevet n° 396.795 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farrest (talk • contribs) 05:06, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I translated this article from the French, so the references in the article may need some work, but Edan's age at the time of her patent seems well-attested. Thanks for your consideration!
    Created by Farrest (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Farrest (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    How about this reworking?

    • ALT0a: ... that Hermance Edan designed the board game that would become Stratego without any professional game development experience?

    theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hmm, your version flows better as a sentence than my original ALT0, but what interested and inspired me when I came across the French article was Edan's gender and her age when she designed the game (especially given the time), so I think it would be more compelling if those facts were included in the hook... what do you think of ALT2, or something like it? Farrest (talk) 04:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      My preference would be for ALT2 or ALT. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:32, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 6

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    Middle East International

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    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]

    @Padres Hana: Please address the above.--Launchballer 10:54, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    ZIZ

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    • 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]

    • Starting review...
    • Article is long enough.
    • DYK Check is claiming that the 5x requirement is not met. Slgrandson could you walk me through the details of when you began and finish the 5x expansion?
    • QPQ supplied, although based on recent discussions, some might not consider it a full review.
    • Sourcing generally appears fine with WP:RS (except see below) and appropriate in-line citations.
    • Earwig doesn't call out any copyvio problems.
    • TIL the word "calypsonian"
    • Hook fact is mentioned in the article, but I'm not sure we can accept the source. WP:SCHOLARSHIP says Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence. Can that be shown for this thesis? If not, then we'll need a different hook. RoySmith (talk) 02:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 7

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    The Children's Book of Virtues

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    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]
    @Sir MemeGod: Sorry, I mixed up my reviewers days ago; see above for correction. (You actually approved Children's, while Bkissin approved Compass.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 20:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    LaTasha Barnes

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    • ... that one of the most popular places to learn swing dance and lindy hop is in Malmo, Sweden?
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    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]
    Hi Wroliver, just a reminder on this. If I don't hear back in the next couple of days I will close the nomination as unsuccessful. All the best - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd propose ALT1: ...that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes began her career as a sergeant in the U.S. Army? Sdkb talk 05:29, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Marking for closure as article continues to have significant citation issues. It has also been tagged for promotional content - Dumelow (talk) 08:40, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Wroliver has requested to keep this open for another day or so. There is significant work to be done here to address the tags on the article though - Dumelow (talk) 22:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Alt DYK proposed for LaTasha Barnes article: DYK that dancer/choreographer LaTasha Barnes began her career as a sergeant in the U.S. Army? [1]

    Note: I have made some revisions to the article to address concerns mentioned, including removing the Wikipedia reference and replacing it with a better reference. I've attempted to keep a neutral tone throughout, and changed some of the language for that purpose. Please let me know if any other changes are needed.Wroliver (talk) 21:31, 29 October 2024 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTasha_Barnes[reply]

    Hi Wroliver, thanks for getting back to me. I have been through "Early years" and "Performing career" and noted a few bits that are not supported by the sources cited. Can you look to resolve these and any other similar parts of the article before I continue the review - Dumelow (talk) 10:43, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've also tagged a sentence copied verbatim from the cited source. Please address this and also any other similar instances, we cannot violate copyright in this way - Dumelow (talk) 10:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Wroliver, further to your message on my talk page I have looked at the next section "Cultural Ambassador and Educator". Again it is full of statements not supported by the source cited or where better sources are needed. Can you please address these and look at the remaining two sections to check for similar issues. It is very frustrating to have to go through this article line by line. It is basic policy here that anything stated in the article should be supported by the source - Dumelow (talk) 08:25, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Wroliver: Please respond to the above. Z1720 (talk) 14:53, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I see my comments have been addressed for the "Cultural Ambassador and Educator". Can you please confirm you have checked the final two sections of the article for similar issues (including that everything stated is backed up by the source cited) ; it is very frustrating to go through it line by line to find the same issue repeated - Dumelow (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 8

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    Diane Leather

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    • ... that Diane Leather was the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes?
    5x expanded by Oldelpaso (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Oldelpaso (talk) 22:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Can we do better than this? If any woman has run the mile in under 5 minutes, someone had to be the first, and the hook doesn't provide any more information. (t · c) buidhe 23:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Are you saying a world record isn't notable and/or hook worthy? Or are you asking for more context such as a link to Mile run world record progression? I was trying to keep the hook as succinct as possible. Oldelpaso (talk) 02:01, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Another issue is that the hook proposed is a "first" hook, which per WP:DYKHOOK usually needs exceptionally strong sourcing given the exceptional claim involved (how are we sure that no other woman before Leather ran a mile in under five minutes?) Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:21, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The article includes cites describing her in those terms from the World Athletics website (the organisation that ratifies world records in the discipline, formerly known as the IAAF)[5], the BBC [6], Guardian [7], NYT [8], Washington Post [9] and others. Oldelpaso (talk) 21:37, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I could work in some reference to Roger Bannister in the hook, as his far more well-known first sub-four minute mile occurred the same month and thus they are frequently compared, but I'd rather not. It was how overlooked Leather's achievement was compared to the male equivalent that prompted me to expand the article in the first place! Oldelpaso (talk) 21:55, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Amaury du Closel

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    Du Closel in 2015
    Du Closel in 2015
    • ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive the music of composers whose voices were silenced by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century? Source: [10]
    Created by Jmanlucas (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2121 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. I didn't find any close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been fully completed. As the article was only featured on RD rather than as a blurb, it is still eligible for DYK. The image is properly licensed and is suitable at its resolution.
    The hook doesn't meet WP:DYKCITE at this time as the footnote supporting it comes later in the paragraph than it should. The hook is referenced to a French source so AGF, although a Google Translate translation seems to verify the information. Apart from the sourcing, my only real concern (since the hook is interesting) is the language in both the hook and the article might not meet the guidelines on words to avoid in articles, specifically WP:PEACOCK since they're arguably more flowery. Rather than using "silenced", or the lead section's current wording, perhaps it may be toned down a little more to suit the guidelines. The nomination will be approved once those wording and citing issues are addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for reviewing. I duplicated the references to a sentence earlier. I tried to translate the name of the organization and his book: "Erstickte Stimmen", which was originally in German. I understand that "erstickt" means "suffocated" and believe that "silenced" is almost too harmless compared to that. Other options from my translator are "suppressed" and "stifled", the latter being a word I never heard before and therefore hesitate to use. If you say it is better, I'll believe you. Or what would you suggest? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The current hook is also really long, at 183 characters, so it might be a good idea to shorten it a bit. If that can be done while making the hook/article meet WTW, that might help. Perhaps Launchballer or CurryTime7-24 can propose such revisions to ALT0? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:44, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Knowing Gerda's strong feelings on DYK hooks, I'm not sure I can be of help here. However, I do agree that this hook is a mouthful and would benefit from a trim. Also, the phrase "whose voices were silenced" ought to be modified per WP:SUBJECTIVE, MOS:EUPHEMISM, and possibly MOS:CLICHE. It would be clearer to say "to revive the music of composers suppressed by totalitarian regimes". —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:51, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    CurryTime7-24, did you read (just above) that I tried to translate the name of the organization in a more elegant way than putting it in brackets? I believe that you could help with that. Voix Etouffées, Erstickte Stimmen, what is it best in English? It's their program. I would seriously like to find out even if we don't use it for the hook. - In an earlier hook, we said "music banned by the Nazis" which is of course shorter but too narrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It seems to be officially known by its French name, so I'd stick with that. Sometimes organizations are internationally known by their native name (e.g. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde). For what it's worth, "etouffée" translates to "stifled", "smothered", or "muffled". —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am sorry that I was not precise: of course I didn't want to replace the French name of the organization, but translate it for those who don't know French. All three words are new to me, so I can't tell what would be best. Or give up the idea? Then what would you suggest? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Trying without "voices":
    ALT0a ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive music that was suppressed by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century?
    Trying simple translation:
    ALT0b ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées (Stifled voices) to revive music suppressed by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Didn't grasp what you were telling me at first; I'm sorry for my pedantic reply. :) Although these are not literal translations, I think "suppressed", "persecuted", or even "oppressed" better convey the intended spirit of "etouffée" in the context of the organization name. Both ALT0a and ALT0b seem great to me! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I like ALT0a. As long as the wordings in the article are also fixed we should be good to go with it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    In the hook, we have no space. In the article, I replaced a duplicate "persecuted" in the lead by "suppressed", but in the prose used "voices stifled" (in quotation marks) to make the connection to the name. It appeared there only for the Nazi regime. If you have better ideas please try. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @CurryTime7-24: Are you okay with the way "voices stifled" is used in the article, or do you think it should be rephrased? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5 and CurryTime7-24: Is this hook approved? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 14:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am still waiting for CurryTime's reply, or at least an opinion from a third party, on the appropriateness of the "voices stifled" quote in the article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5 and Z1720: I think the second instance of "voices stifled" in the article ought to be reworded or at least have its quotes removed as it unintentionally suggests MOS:SCAREQUOTES. As I mentioned earlier, "suppressed", "persecuted", and "oppressed" are preferable in conveying the implication of threat and force in the French original. "Stifled", while technically correct, is often used to indicate something/someone has been discouraged, frustrated, or deterred. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:49, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    CurryTime7-24, would you please just change it as you think is best. I just can't nuances well enough to be secure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Done! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 9

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    Musa al-Gharbi

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    • ... that Musa al-Gharbi has argued since the 2016 election of Donald Trump that media outlets including The New York Times opinion page and MSNBC have failed to understand his supporters?
    • Source: "For the past four years, Al-Gharbi tried to tell anyone who would listen that Trump supporters did not in fact fit the sociological profile offered on The New York Times opinion page or on MSNBC’s nightly pearl-clutching roundtables." Tablet
    Created by Thriley (talk) and Oganguly (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 148 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 07:16, 18 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:57, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Although all checks are okay, I am not happy with how the proposed hook is worded? 183 characters is quite close to 200. Could you please suggest a few more hooks? Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:57, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    MrBeast Lab

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    • ... that the MrBeast Lab toy line first debuted in a pop-up store in the shape of an overturned tanker truck carrying toxic waste?
    Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

    Johnson524 17:08, 12 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Manga and anime fandom in Poland

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    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]

    Articles created/expanded on October 10

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    Florentina Holzinger

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    • ... that Florentina Holzinger's work includes nude all-female casts, live sex, self-mutilation, dildo use, defecation, coprophagia and live piercing, leading to severe nausea for some theatregoers?
    • Source: "Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart’s state opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood." The Guardian etc
    Created by Edwardx (talk) and Deborahjay (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 336 past nominations.

    Edwardx (talk) 19:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    ALT1: ... that over the opening weekend of Florentina Holzinger's first opera, eighteen audience members required medical treatment for severe nausea?--Launchballer 18:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Santa Maria Maggiore, Venice

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    Created by Bogger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Bogger (talk) 08:13, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • The current hook is a bit hard to read and might need some trimming. How about:
    ALT1 ... that following its deconsecration, the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Venice and its grounds have been used as a stable, a tobacco warehouse, and a prison?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The article also has a couple of stub tags (which it shouldn't have, since it's not a stub); both need to be removed before this is approved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Last Call BBS

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    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]

    Articles created/expanded on October 11

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    Salmon n' Bannock

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    • ... that Salmon n' Bannock's notoriety led to the owner reconnecting with her long-lost family?
    Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.

    Ornithoptera (talk) 02:55, 12 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. Full QPQ has been done, and no close paraphrasing was found apart from the cited quotes. All of the hooks are cited inline, but I only focused on the original hook as it is the most interesting option. It and ALT2 (the backup option) are verified in the source. My only concern is that ALT0 doesn't exactly match either the article or the source: the hook says "notoriety", but that wording is not supported and neither the article nor the article suggests that the restaurant is notorious. So ALT0 will need some rewording. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:45, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for your time in undergoing this review Narutolovehinata5. I hope you enjoyed reading the article. It is true that the source articles do not explicitly mention notoriety, which can hamper the hook a bit. If you have a suggestion on an alternative wording for ALT0, I would appreciate it. Urwin's article under "Soon after opening, the restaurant was met not only with accolades..." has the whole story. The restaurant was well known enough (thus the notoriety piece) to have individuals from the Nuxalk nation come by and reconnect her, but it is difficult for me to figure out an alternative way to phrase it. Ornithoptera (talk) 04:14, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ornithoptera: Maybe: ALT0a ... that the opening of Salmon n' Bannock led to the owner reconnecting with her long-lost family?, or even ALT0b ... that the public interest in Salmon n' Bannock after opening led to the owner reconnecting with her long-lost family? Given the introduction of new facts, a different editor would be needed to sign either off. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT0a should check out with me, the alternative wording in ALT0b is a tiny bit too convoluted in my eyes. Ornithoptera (talk) 04:21, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Cool. I guess we'll need a new reviewer to sign off ALT0a. I was about to say that ALT2 might need tweaking to meet the "unlikely to change criterion" since there's no assurance that it will be all-indigenous forever, but I doubt it will change so I'll let it slide. Once ALT0a is signed off, the final choice will be left to the promoter. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:12, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Aaj Ki Raat (2024 song)

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    Created by KunalAggarwal95 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    KunalAggarwal95 (talk) 16:44, 11 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Anatolii Brezvin

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    Created by Flibirigit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 156 past nominations.

    Flibirigit (talk) 21:52, 11 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Reviewing...:
    • New enough: yes.
    • Long enough: more than long enough (very nice!).
    • Adequate sourcing: given that most of the sources are in Ukrainian or Russian, I had to use translation tools to verify that the basic facts of the biography are well-sourced.
    • Neutral: yes.
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Not sure if closely translating is considered plagiarism or paraphrasing? I'm inclined to accept this as is.
    • Hooks cited: yes.
    • Hooks interesting: maybe? The original hook could be interesting enough. The two alts don't seem particularly interesting to me compared to the original. But I think the original could be improved by mentioning that the target 60 wasn't reached but I'm unsure if this can fit within the 200 character limit and/or whether this violates WP:DYKHOOKBLP. Basically I'm kinda okay with the original hook but would like to workshop this more. Maybe something like: ... that Anatolii Brezvin began an ambitious program to open 60 ice rinks in Ukraine within five years but only managed to complete 12 and refurbish two? (148 characters).
    • QPQ: Both done.
    Overall, the article is a very nice addition to Wikipedia, but maybe we could have a better hook? —seav (talk) 22:36, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Expanding ALT0 to include what resulted from the program is not going to entice anyone to click the link, since they already know that he failed. I feel that I identified the three most interesting aspects in the biography and proposed a hook for each. Possible more interesting hooks would be from odd juxtapositions. I will comment further tomorrow. Flibirigit (talk) 17:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Here are some other hooks based on odd juxtapositions. I have struck the hook from the reviewer as per my comments above. Flibirigit (talk) 23:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm okay with ALT3 or ALT6 —seav (talk) 05:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Requesting a second opinion on all hooks listed above. No detailed rationale was given for six hooks not being approved. Best wishes. Flibirigit (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Ragnvi Torslow

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    • ... that Ragnvi Torslow, a five-time Swedish figure skating champion in 1920s went on to be one of the founders of the Bilkåren voluntary defence corps, training 3000 women to drive during World War II?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by MumphingSquirrel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MumphingSquirrel (talk) 18:19, 13 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 13

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    Ewa Ligocka

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    • ... that Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose?
    Created by David Eppstein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 187 past nominations.

    —David Eppstein (talk) 00:19, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: A pleasure to read, thank you! Good to go. Innisfree987 (talk) 09:10, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • Can I push back on that a bit? The confusion arises in how the word is used. Depending on the context, an anecdote can indeed refer to something based on an assumed fact, but in English, an anecdote has some underlying baggage, as it carries connotations of apocrypha at best and rumor and hearsay at worst. Viriditas (talk) 01:28, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • You did notice that the source is not in English, yes? And it uses the same phrasing to talk about this detail as it does for the larger story it is part of, giving a goose to another mathematician as a prize, for which there is no doubt of its factuality (we have photographs). —David Eppstein (talk) 05:15, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        • Having read your discussion on leeky's talk page, I am sympathetic to your position, and in general, I agree with you in the abstract. But anegdotę seems fairly straight in terms of translation, and only because of direct experience do I agree with leeky. I can't tell you how many times I've run into anecdotes while writing articles that turned out to be false or misunderstandings. For that reason I would like to suggest we tread carefully. I have no problem with keeping the hook while also noting it is a story, and I think we've run many hooks like that before; this one should be no different given that slight modification, and I think leeky says as much on her talk page. Viriditas (talk) 09:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
          • When I get to it, I'll try to find better sourcing. I'm sympathetic to David's concerns. (And I feel the need to say that "sexism" should never have been brought into the discussion. After all, what David has done here is to create a new page about a significant female mathematician, whom Wikipedia had overlooked until now. That's a good thing.) Under the pretty bad constraints of Google Translate, I looked quite carefully at the cited sources, and although they are reporting a group email, it was an email within an academic group, from someone who apparently knew the page subject personally. As such, I think it is a primary source, but a reliable primary source. And after careful consideration of the entire passage, in context, I think the writer was using a word that Google translates as "anecdote" to mean something akin to "a pleasant reminiscence", rather than as "a funny story that might or might not be true". As I said, I hope to find better sourcing, but I lean towards thinking that this particular source is saying that this happened as a matter of fact, rather than as the kind of "anecdote" that might turn out to bite us. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
          • Hmm. I've been looking for sources. A Google Books search seems to indicate that there are multiple books that mention both "Ewa Ligocka" and "goose", but I've been unsuccessful at finding any that allow me to "search inside" for the two together. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't know if this will satisfy everyone or not, but I'll suggest this compromise:
    • ALT1:
    • ... that Ewa Ligocka is remembered as having cooked another mathematician's goose?
    • I think "remembered" is a little awkward here; it has the tone of an obituary, and it doesn't totally flag the sourcing issues. How about
    ALT2: ... that legend has it that Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose?
    Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 22:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The cited source is an announcement of her death. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:47, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    "Legend" is not appropriate. That wording suggests that we believe the story to be apocryphal. I think the opposite is the case: the sourcing suggests that the story is true, while recounting it at second hand (the dean who wrote it became active well after the date of the event). As for "is remembered as": it lacks the punchiness of the original hook but I think it is otherwise mostly harmless. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with that, thanks.
    And for what it's worth, here is the best that I can make of the translation of the email in the source:
    "Many people have heard the famous anecdote about the live goose that Per Enflo was given in 1972 from Stanisław Mazur for solving problem no. 153 from the Scottish Book. The goose was left later eaten in mathematical company, which fewer people know about; another anecdote says that it was plucked by Ewa Ligocka before baking."
    For context, the email begins:
    "Ladies and Gentlemen, a few days ago, the Faculty received news that prof. died on October 28, 2022. Eve Ligocka, retired employee of the Faculty. She dealt with complex analysis and had in it world-class achievements; in 1991, together with S. Bell, she was awarded the Bergmana, established in 1988 and awarded by the American Mathematical Society for outstanding achievements in the fields covered by its patron."
    The person writing the message is Paweł Strzelecki, Dean of the Faculty.
    I continue to believe that a good-faith reading of the source, allowing for the fact that the translation is imprecise, is that the "famous anecdote" is best understood as a fond remembrance, rather than as a tall tale. I suppose we could conclude that we have sourcing for her plucking the goose, more so than for cooking it, but I also think that's overthinking it. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Again, the "famous" part of the anecdote is something we have photographs and book sources for. It is only the second part about plucking and roasting the goose that readers here seem unwilling to accept as equally factual. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Just say it's an anecdote (legend, etc.) in the hook. I mean, if it's as factual as you say, we should have other sources supporting it. We don't, hence the problem. Viriditas (talk) 00:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What part of both destroying the wordplay and falsely presenting this as counterfactual do you not understand, having had this stated repeatedly earlier in both threads on this? You obviously are not convinced that it is factual, but that is a very different thing from presenting it as counterfactual. What is your evidence that it is counterfactual? What source do you have saying it didn't happen? If you have no such source then calling it a "legend" is worse than the proposed hooks, because that implies counterfactuality, something we have no evidence of. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies for any misunderstanding. From where I stand, I read about anecdotes like this all the time. Some of my favorite have to do with the hijinks by Richard Feynman. IIRC, there's a relatively new book out that confirms some and dispels others, although I haven't had a chance to read it. My point is that this genre of anecdotes is fairly well established but it's slightly more difficult to prove they are true as the bar is higher in terms of sourcing. In case it isn't clear, I fully accept this anecdote as real and assume it happened. That's not the issue. Viriditas (talk) 00:39, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    To be clear, it is not your personal belief I am concerned about, so much as the level of belief conveyed by the hook. I do not want to be involved in a hook that even hints at disparaging the subject by suggesting that stories about her were false. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I completely understand, and I see that's where our interpretations differ. I think there are many options available. "Accounts" and "story" are fairly neutral and conveys the information without disparaging the subject, such as "that according to one popular account, Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose?" Or, "that Ewa Ligocka cooked another mathematician's goose, according to one popular story?" I realize it's not ideal, but DYK generally treats anecdotes that way. Viriditas (talk) 01:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Is "popular" accurate? —David Eppstein (talk) 01:19, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's probably not accurate given the source since the author says "fewer people know about" the anecdote, so I have stricken it. Viriditas (talk) 01:26, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to me that the decision here comes down to whether, as Viriditas says, the word "anecdote" in the Google translation indicates uncertainty about whether we can state it as fact in Wikipedia's voice, or whether, as I have suggested might be the case, the source is actually saying that this happened, as a fact. Instead of us non-Polish speaking editors going back and forth about it any longer, I'm hoping to hear from some editors who can read the source in its original form, and give us advice.

    @Piotrus and Volunteer Marek: Could you please be so kind as to look at this source: [13], page 2, and tell us whether the word anegdotę/anegdota should be understood by us as indicating that the story of Ewa Ligocka cooking a goose is something that actually happened, or as something that is a story that might or might not be true? Thanks so much! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:52, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The source uses the word “anecdote” twice, in two consequent sentences relating to 1) Enflo getting the goose and 2) Ligocka being the one that prepared it for coooking. The first use of the word is *definitely* in the sense of “a story of something that actually happened”. We also know this because we know that Enflo did indeed get the goose. Based on that I would say that the second use of the word is also in the sense of “a story of something that actually happened”. More broadly, the meaning and truth value of “anegdota” is pretty close to the English word “anecdote”. The issue with anecdotes is not that they’re false but rather that they can be unrepresentative and as such don’t constitute proof of anything other than that something happened (I have not read the extensive discussion above so maybe this was already pointed out). Volunteer Marek 21:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Much appreciated. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:25, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    At this point, it appears to me that we have confirmed that there is reliable sourcing for the goose-cooking having actually happened. Would anyone object to restoring the original hook (the one at the top), and passing the nomination with that? --Tryptofish (talk) 22:14, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Elin Falk

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    Elin Falk
    • ... that Elin Falk revolutionised the teaching of gymnastics in Swedish schools in the early twentieth century?
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    Created by MumphingSquirrel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MumphingSquirrel (talk) 21:01, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Gutidara

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    Created by FaysaLBinDaruL (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    I have already completed 2 QPQs (1, 2). FaysaLBinDaruL (talk) 18:37, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Chen Qiyou

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    • ... that Chen Qiyou, a would-be assassin, later became part of the Chinese Committee for World Peace?
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 688 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:45, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh

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    • Source: Who's who in the Manipur Legislative Assembly. Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat., 1964. p. 10
    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 405 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 15:15, 13 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    1957 Manipur Territorial Council election

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    • Source: V. Venkata Rao. A Century of Government and Politics in North East India, 1874-1980: Manipur. S. Chand, 1991. pp. 92-93, 194
    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 404 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Anastasia Somoza

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    Created by Innisfree987 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

    Innisfree987 (talk) 09:30, 13 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Nazi crimes against children

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    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:09, 13 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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    Common fixed point problem

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    • Source: "The purpose of this paper is to answer Dyer's question in the negative by the construction of a pair of commuting functions which have no fixed point in common. [...] This paper is a condensation of the author's 1967 doctoral dissertation", from a paper by Boyce . "It has been conjectured that any two continuous functions f, g mapping the closed unit interval into itself which commute under composition [...] must have a common fixed point [...] Chapter 2 defines a pair of functions which show that the conjecture is false", from Huneke's 1967 PhD dissertation.
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: If the reviewer doesn't have ProQuest access, I can provide a copy of Huneke's dissertation over email.
    Created by WillisBlackburn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    jlwoodwa (talk) 19:15, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Bliss (photograph)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:06, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Bliss is still copyrighted right? DYK doesn't allow fair-use pictures to be used on the Main Page unfortunately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it is copyrighted and owned by Microsoft. It would be cool to include the photograph but I'm unsure if DYK rules allow this. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    From WP:DYKIMG: The media must be freely licensed—fair-use images are not permitted on the Main Page. So the answer is no. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:44, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd rather prefer other proposed blurbs. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Yen and Ai-Lee

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    • ... that the director of Yen and Ai-Lee created the film to collaborate with his actress wife?
    Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 14:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    1. ^ Siebert, Brian. "From the Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop in One Improvising Body". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
    2. ^ Chou, Inna (4 October 2024). "《小雁與吳愛麗》入圍釜山影展、金馬8項大獎！劇情、上映日期、預告⋯電影資訊一覽". Vogue Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 October 2024. 導演林書宇也進一步透露拍攝《小雁與吳愛麗》的靈感，就是來自於想要和妻子夏于喬一起拍一部電影 [Director Tom Lin Shu-yu further revealed that the inspiration for Yen and Ai-Lee came from his desire to make a film with his wife, Kimi Hsia.]
    3. ^ Liao, Yu-yang; Lai, Sunny (11 October 2024). "Taiwanese film wins top prize at Busan Int'l Film Festival". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 15 October 2024. Taiwanese film "Yen and Ai-Lee" (小雁與吳愛麗) won the Busan International Film Festival's (BIFF) top prize "Kim Jiseok Award" on Friday, marking the first Taiwanese film to receive the award.
    4. ^ 許瑞麟 (1 October 2024). "林書宇專訪／《小雁與吳愛麗》寫過最沒把握的劇本 接受自己的「工整」：這是我的天性". Yahoo! News (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 October 2024. 「一開始在寫劇本的時候，我只是想要看到一個更生人的夏于喬，同時我也想要看到另外一個在上表演課的夏于喬，但這兩個角色是怎麼一回事，其實寫的時候我不知道。」沒想到寫著寫著，便將片中「兩個夏于喬」連結在一起，為觀眾增添了一點驚喜。 ["At the beginning of writing the script, I just wanted to see a rehabilitated Kimi Hsia, while also wanting to see another Hsia taking acting classes, but I did not know how these two characters would connect." Unexpectedly, as he continued writing, he merged the "two Kimi Hsias" into one, adding a surprise for the audience.]
    5. ^ Howell, June (3 October 2024). "夏于喬、林書宇首度合作《小雁與吳愛麗》成金馬獎贏家，亮眼成績背後藏深刻夫妻相處之道：「下班就不要談公事！」". Tatler Asia (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 October 2024. 選擇黑白的視覺呈現方式，並非一個單純的美學決定，而是一種深刻情感的凝聚與放大。林書宇指出，這部電影並不是史詩般的宏大敘事，而是細膩捕捉母女之間複雜的情感流動。他認為，黑白影像能夠去除色彩的干擾，使觀眾更專注於演員的表演。 [The choice of a black-and-white visual style is not merely an aesthetic decision but a way to condense and amplify deep emotions. Tom Lin Shu-yu pointed out that this film is not an epic narrative, but rather delicately captures the complex emotional flow between a mother and daughter. He believes that black-and-white imagery removes the distraction of color, allowing the audience to focus more on the actors' performances.]
    6. ^ Scott, Matthew (10 October 2024). "It's all there in black and white in 'Yen and Ai-Lee'". Taiwan News. Retrieved 14 October 2024. First, the film deals with domestic violence, and Lin chose to shoot in black and white.
    7. ^ "平衡直覺與現實，在限制中找到自由──專訪《小雁與吳愛麗》導演林書宇". Filmaholic (in Chinese). 10 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024. 他親自開車到處尋找鄉鎮，一個個拍照、調成黑白看感覺，因景觀樣貌而非文化特性挑中了美濃。 [He (Tom Lin Shu-yu) personally drove around searching for towns, taking photos and adjusting them to black-and-white to gauge the feel, ultimately choosing Meinong based on its landscape rather than its cultural characteristics.]
    8. ^ "平衡直覺與現實，在限制中找到自由──專訪《小雁與吳愛麗》導演林書宇". Filmaholic (in Chinese). 10 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024. 本片令人印象深刻的長鏡頭開場，便是情急之下生出的靈光──原本林書宇安排很多分鏡，小雁會騎腳踏車經過夜市，鏡頭先帶到眾人看她的反應，才轉而見到小雁本人。景都勘好了，卻無奈碰上無法控制的雨，如果將就在有雨的狀況下拍了一顆，下一顆鏡頭便要考慮連戲問題，但又沒預算發水車⋯⋯。為此，林書宇連夜苦思後決定：改用一顆長鏡頭搞定，並利用多 roll 的空景時間拿來放片頭 credit。 [The film’s iconic long take opening scene was born from a moment of urgency—originally, Tom Lin Shu-yu had planned many shots where Yen would ride her bicycle through the night market, first showing the reactions of those watching before revealing Yen herself. The locations were scouted, but unfortunately, they faced uncontrollable rain; if they filmed in the rain for one shot, they would have to consider continuity for the next shot, but there was no budget for a water truck... As a result, after a night of contemplation, Lin Shu-yu decided to use a single long take to accomplish this and utilized the extra roll of empty scenery to display the opening credits.]

    Ratnākara

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    • ... that Ratnākara may have invented the poetic device of vakrokti ("verbal distortion")?
    • ALT1: ... that Ratnākara's Vakroktipañcāśikā contains fifty verses of dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, employing the poetic device of vakrokti ("verbal distortion")?
    • ALT2: ... that a now-lost chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, covering two "gaps" in Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅginī, is attributed to Ratnākara?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by TryKid (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    TryKid [dubious – discuss] 07:48, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    It might be better to just focus on ALT2 as ALT1 still seems to rely on specialist knowledge and not something that's self-evident from a reading. ALT2 is still slightly specialist but it's at least more understandable. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:02, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2018 Batman by-election

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    GraziePrego (talk) 03:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    TarnishedPathtalk 06:38, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 21:16, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Frank A. Kimball

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    Portrait of Frank Augustus Kimball.
    Portrait of Frank Augustus Kimball.
    Moved to mainspace by RightCowLeftCoast (talk), SDPLPauline (talk), Dasee8y (talk), and Thinkstationx220 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 36 past nominations.

    RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 03:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Hi @RightCowLeftCoast:! This article is new enough, long enough, no copyvio, certainly well-sourced. I think the first hook is the most interesting. QPQ done.
    This is nice work, but I have some problems to address: I don't understand the phrase "build a transcontinental railroad Pacific terminus" on the page, could you clear it up? Do we know why Kimball wrote a family history of Estudillo? Was he a relation? Otherwise that sentence is a bit out of left field. The information in the lede about him donating land for cemeteries, schools, and churches is not in the body, could you incorporate it (and maybe elaborate on it)? The current DYK image is not sufficiently clear at this resolution (but this image, which is already used on the page, probably would be). Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 19:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, the first hook probably has the wrong citation. I can't see anything about thousands of acres. Maybe a citation to this would be more appropriate? Tenpop421 (talk) 19:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Lyncoya Jackson

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    • ... that the adoption of a Muscogee orphan Lyncoya by Andrew Jackson was framed by Jackson's political allies as a defense against charges that Jackson was a bloodthirsty Indian killer?
    5x expanded by Jengod (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 199 past nominations.

    KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Susanne Craig

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    • ... that Susanne Craig was born in the same hospital as Ted Cruz a year apart?
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    Improved to Good Article status by Lisha2037 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Lisha2037 (talk) 00:23, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - Hook doesn't appear to be supported by article. Cannot find mention of Cruz in edit history.
    • Interesting: No - Is there more context that can be given that signals why this is interesting, beyond coincidence? It looks like there might be at this article, but it's paywalled.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Updated - see ALT1 and ALT2 below. Great work getting this article to GA status! It looks like this hook isn't in the article - please take a look at WP:DYKHOOK. Even if it were, I'm not sure it's the most interesting hook there could be for this article unless there's missing detail from the source. Please take a look and see if this one can be improved, or if there's another you'd suggest. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 09:08, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Jonathan Deamer it’s my first time nominating for DYK so I’m still getting used to what that entails regarding style and interest. If you would be done to suggest something? I think since elections are coming up maybe something related to that and the Trump a tax story? Lisha2037— Preceding undated comment added 15:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    How about something on the fact they she received the first batch of tax return documents anonymously in her mailbox? The NPR source has some additional colour on this.
    The early career section could be expanded with some of the details on her time at the Guantlet from this piece. Pullitzer prize winner only started journalism to get free dinner theatre tickets could be a fun hook if you can find the right wording :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 12:42, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jonathan Deamer I think the tax idea is better for the current events. Did you know the journalist who won the Pulitzer for breaking the story on Trump’s taxes received them anonymously in her mailbox? Lisha2037— Preceding undated comment added 23:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lisha2037 Thanks! I've taken the liberty of building on this with a couple of alternatives:

    • ALT1: ... that Susanne Craig won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on Donald Trump's taxes after receiving his tax records anonymously in her mailbox? NBC, 2016: ""I opened it up and there was three pages of Donald Trump's tax returns there and I just went 'No way!'" she said in an interview with NBC News on Monday. Craig said she was instantly intrigued but skeptical about the authenticity of the documents she’d received anonymously." Pulitzer.org: "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting [...] David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times. For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges."
    • ALT2 (in case direct mentions of politicians is not desirable in DYK for the next few weeks): ... that Pulitzer Prize winner Susanne Craig advises her fellow reporters to check their snail mail? New York Times: "The whole experience has left me eager to share a bit of advice with my fellow reporters: Check your mailboxes. Especially nowadays, when people are worried that anything sent by email will leave forensic fingerprints, “snail mail” is a great way to communicate with us anonymously." Pulitzer.org: "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting [...] David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times. For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges."

    I think either ALT1 or ALT2 is good to go, but to avoid approving "my own" hook, and given this is potentially a contentious subject right now, could another reviewer please take a look just at these two hooks? Thanks in advance! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jonathan Deamer / I like the first hook better. Let me know what I need to do next! :)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisha2037 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lisha2037 No further action needed from you! When another editor checks these hooks we're good to go. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lisha2037 and Jonathan Deamer: ALT1 is more interesting than ALT2, though could do with being truncated at 'taxes' per WP:DYKTRIM. Article says Craig won the prize, the article says she shared it with two others. Did they each get one?--Launchballer 18:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Launchballer The Pulitzer Prize is given digitally to all of them with all of them receiving the prize and the $15,000 award. :::::@Lisha2037:
    Fine by me. For your information, pings don't work unless you sign, and you sign with ~~~~. The cited source is down and I'd prefer to see a secondary source anyway; when you've done that, I will approve this.--Launchballer 11:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Launchballer- did you mean a source citing the monetary award given? It’s here [1] Lisha2037 (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)@lisha2037[reply]
    No, what I meant is that the source currently being used to cite the hook - currently ref #25 - is broken. It is not displaying what it is supposed to display. I suggest swapping it out with a secondary source such as Vogue.--Launchballer 20:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Launchballer- the source works just fine for me. It’s straight from the website of the Pulitzer Prizes. Lisha2037 (talk) 23:39, 9 November 2024 (UTC)@lisha2037[reply]

    Liliget Feast House

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    Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

    Ornithoptera (talk) 22:16, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 17

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    Port Mercer, New Jersey

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    5x expanded by Lbal (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Lbal (talk) 22:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Anne Marie Armstrong

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    • ALT2: ... that in high school, professional basketball player Anne Marie Armstrong won three state titles in volleyball, three state titles in basketball, and four state titles in track and field?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 15:59, 17 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Nice work on the article about Armstrong, WikiOriginal-9! It is sufficiently long enough and was created on the same day as this nomination was, so that is not an issue. Same goes for copyright violations as well. The one concern I have is that I don't find the hook interesting – if I were to read this on the Main Page at the moment, I'd think to myself, "who is Armstrong and in which area or sport did she win 10 state titles in?". Thus, I think it needs a little more work in terms of context and clarity as noted above. The source for it is fine, though. Thanks! ~ Tails Wx 20:42, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @WikiOriginal-9: Please address the above.--Launchballer 12:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Added ALT2. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    White Party (Sean Combs)

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    Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 122 past nominations.

    No Swan So Fine (talk) 21:17, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Griffin–Spalding County Airport

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    • Source: Despite the relatively short length of its then 3,100-long runway, Griffin's airport hosted various large piston aircraft including the Douglas DC-3 and the Aviation Traders Carvair, a cargo conversion of the DC-4 from the 1970s until the 1990s.
    Created by Mccunicano (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

    ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 18:29, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Rada Dyson-Hudson

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 21:28, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Kenneth Creer

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Interesting fact snippet on a page I just made.
    Created by Helge Kragh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Spiralwidget (talk) 12:09, 20 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    References

    1. ^ "Pulitzer FAQs".
    2. ^ Kragh, Helge (29 November 2019). "Varying Constants of Nature: Fragments of a History". Physics in Perspective. 21: 257–273.

    Luo Shiwen

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    Luo Shiwen
    Luo Shiwen
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 691 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:06, 18 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - Much of the article is cited to sources like "Devoting One's Efforts to the Party and the People is the Least of One's Worries——Deeds of Martyr Luo Shiwen", which doesn't speak well to their reliability. There is no consensus that Chinese government published sources are reliable for heroic deeds of party members (see, eg, WP:XINHUA).
    • Neutral: No - Unclear, see above
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - ? Unable to evaluate translation copyvio from Chinese language sources

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - Hook could use improvement. Such underground groups developed in so many locations that political prisoners are jailed together

    Image eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: (t · c) buidhe 04:59, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi Buidhe. Thank you for taking a look at this article, though I note that you are supposed to notify the article's creator if you find issues.
    Referring to WP:XINHUA, which you mentioned in your review, the quorum mentioned there reads "Caution should be exercised in using this source, extremely so in case of extraordinary claims on controversial subjects or biographies of living people. When in doubt, try to find better sources instead; use inline attribution if you must use Xinhua." Little mentioned in the Luo Xinhua article crosses the bar of "extraordinary claims", and what does cross that bar is specifically attributed to the source (with an indication that it is state-owned). He lived, he did something, he was detained, he was executed. Where these government sources have been used, I have been careful not to use their description of persons whom the CCP has no reason to like (for example, the conflict with Zhang Guotao is cited to Howard rather than the decidedly less neutral CCP sources, and discussion of Xifeng is cited predominantly to a Harvard University Press book). Likewise, I have deliberately excluded politically charged claims such as Luo's father being bankrupted by the high ROC taxes.
    As per WP:PARTISAN, "reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective." WP:CONTEXTMATTERS clarifies that "Each source must be carefully weighed to judge whether it is reliable for the statement being made in the Wikipedia article and is an appropriate source for that content." In this case, the sources are used specifically for basic statements of biography. Where statements were extraordinary, such as Mao and Zhou specifically asking for Luo's release, it has been attributed to the source with an indication of the source's potential bias.
    As for the hook, I am deliberately avoiding claims that are sourced exclusively to state-media. How do you feel about:
    ALT1 ... that Luo Shiwen (pictured) led a secret cell of the Chinese Communist Party that negotiated better conditions for inmates at their concentration camp?
    That ALT is supported entirely by Mühlhahn. Regards,  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Xinhua is, according to consensus, generally reliable for factual reporting except in areas where the government of China may have a reason to use it for propaganda, but this topic is exactly one where the Chinese government would have an interest in distorting its own history in order to make the CCP look better. Perhaps other reviewers would have a different opinion, but I don't think that Chinese government published sources should be cited so heavily. (In case you are looking for additional sources, this one is accessible via TWL and seems to mention the article subject). (t · c) buidhe 00:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think I have Wakeman sitting around somewhere. I'll cite that for a few points, and I can cite some more to the pithy provided by Howard. That being said, a blanket prohibition against mainland Chinese sources (we've been talking about Xinhua, but Sichuan Annals are cited more prevalently, and both the original books and the web edition have the same government ties) for a figure of little interest to KMT historians does seem counter-productive. It may be best to have a third opinion. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I also don't think there should be a ban on CCP sources for uncontroversial statements. I'll investigate further when my head's a bit clearer.--Launchballer 10:55, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Or indeed, any Chinese government-backed sources; claims should be assessed on their merits. (They probably aren't making up "son of a saltmonger", for example.) @Buidhe: what specific sentences are you objecting to?--Launchballer 13:06, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My interpretation (see above) is that there is a consensus that the Chinese government sources are not reliable where they have an incentive to lie for propaganda purposes. When it comes to the heroic deeds of a Communist party member, there is an obvious incentive for propaganda. This does not apply to basic biographical information that does not reflect positively or negatively on the subject (t · c) buidhe 02:12, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Lizzie Esau

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    Created by Launchballer (talk) and Georgeykiwi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 254 past nominations.

    Launchballer 09:03, 18 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


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    Michel Klein (veterinarian)

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    Michel Klein in 1996
    Michel Klein in 1996
    • ... that in the 1950s, Michel Klein (pictured) opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?
    • Source: "Michel Klein, born in 1921 in Romania, studied at the veterinary school in Toulouse, a city where he joined the resistance before fleeing to Spain. Back after the war, he was one of the first to open a veterinary office in Paris in the 1950s."
    Le Parisien
    Created by Thriley (talk) and ForsythiaJo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 150 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 22:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada

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    • Source: А. А Росляков. Большевики Туркменистана в борьбе за власть Советов. Туркменское государственное изд-во, 1961. p. 328
    Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 406 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 17:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam

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    Created by Zanahary (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

    ꧁Zanahary꧂ 07:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • I'm not sure how this hook squares up against the rules to avoid hooks solely based on the content of works, but regardless of that, I am not sure how it's interesting or relevant that, basically, the filmmaker changed his mind about something... (t · c) buidhe 23:35, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • That rule is: If the subject of the hook is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must be focused on a real-world fact. This is a real-world fact about a nonfiction work. As for the fact, I think it's definitely unusual and remarkable for a filmmaker to make a film criticizing his own work. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 08:12, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: Yes
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - Earwig says that phrases like "advent of the dam" and "through the lens of salvage ethnography" and "with an eighteenth-century BCE limestone statue of the goddess Ishtar excavated from the" are identical to what's in the abstract of ref 2, so they could be changed to avoid close paraphrasing unless it can't be avoided. "Naive early enthusiasm" is similar to "earlier naive enthusiasm" in ref 4, so "Naive early" or just "early" could be changed to "initial" if possible. Otherwise the whole thing's good.
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Nominated on creation day and sized at 2360 B. Can't access refs 2 and 3 to verify anything so will AGF. @Zanahary: I have to agree with you this hook is interesting based on your explanation, but fix the paraphrasing issue and you're good to go. Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam, which is linked in the hook, is a stub sized at 233 B, so if you want to expand it and make it a second bold, feel free to do so and ping me if you're done; I can even hold the nom for you for the time being. ミラP@Miraclepine 19:01, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the review Miraclepine! I’ll fix the paraphrasing. I can also try to expand A Flood in Ba’ath Country. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 20:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Zanahary: I've found the fix satisfactory. I'll approve Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam, but ping me once A Flood in Baath Country is sufficiently expanded. ミラP@Miraclepine 20:33, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Miraclepine: I've done it! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 20:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Zanahary: Thank you. I'm busy with school right now and with other things, but I'll review this tonight or tomorrow. ミラP@Miraclepine 20:50, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Zanahary: Since your hook now has two bolded articles, please do a second QPQ. ミラP@Miraclepine 16:48, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Miraclepine: Done! here. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Zanahary: Thank you, I'll start reviewing the article now. And for the record: I'm putting it to where the first QPQ is listed for convenience. ミラP@Miraclepine 17:43, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - See below.
    • Neutral: No - Ref 21 says that the report of the cancellation (but not what the report led to) was a rumor; fix Jeune Afrique sentence to say that, and also to for due weight to note that the JCC organizers affirmed their anti-censorship guarantee at the time. I think the "strongly" in "strongly criticizes" is MOS:EDITORIALizing? Otherwise it's all good.
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - See below.
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: @Zanahary: Yeah, this article has serious problems with close paraphrasing which need to be fixed, as well as some issues with WP:V.

    Regarding WP:V issues:

    • About the infobox: need a source for the producers, cinematography, editor, distributor, running-time, country, and languages.
    • Ref 1 said "some film pirates" but not "two", fix that. Ref 9 says "mistake" but ref 10 says "distress", fix this to clarify what word to use. Ref 9 says it was named after his family but not him himself. Fix "nephew of a local Ba'ath Party leader" -> "nephew of said village's chief" since the ref says the local Baath Party leader is the nephew, not the chief. Refs 32 and 33 don't say he was going to Beirut (but rather Jordan), that it was an airport he was detained at, or (directly) that the Al Arabiya broadcast was in Syria, just that it was to Syrian viewers, so change "aired in Syria" -> "was also seen by Syrian viewers"
    • Ref 12 only says he was a tribal chief but not what tribe and is redundant anyway because ref 14 says he was a leader of the tribe and what tribe it was; relocate ref 12 from that sentence to fix the confusion. Ref 19 is literally redundant to 24. The "won the award for best short film" needs only ref 20. Ref 27 is redundant to 25/26 (and I don't speak Arabic anyway, so I'll AGF since video is not something I can easily translate unlike text)
    • I also need clarity on what the working title is: NYT and Reason say Fifteen Reasons Why I Hate the Baath (both caps), but Fifteen Reasons Why I Hate the Baath Party is used by The Douglas Hyde (uncaps) Masress (uncaps) Eclipse of the Sunnis by Deborah Amos (caps) (worst case scenario we use a footnote).

    Now, this is the full list of CLOP issues:

    • "one of the leaders of Busha’ban tribe admits in the documentary: A Flood in Baath Country directed by Omar Amiralay in 2003 that he sent his tribesmen to Aleppo in the 1970s to help President Hafez al-Assad fight against the Muslim Brotherhood" = "Shaykh Diab al-Mashi, a former leader of the Busha'ban tribe, admits that he'd sent his tribesmen to Damascus in the 1970s to assist in President Hafez al-Assad's fight against the Muslim Brotherhood"
    • "As a reward, al-Mashi was granted a permanent seat in the Syrian Parliament. His tribe's villages were also provided with electricity, and many of the men were exempted from compulsory military service" = same as ref 16 "Το reward them for their loyalty, Sheikh Dayyab al-Mashi was granted a permanent seat in Syria's Parliament. Additionally, the villages of his tribe were provided with electricity and many of his tribesmen were exempted from military service (Dukhan, 2019)." I can't access 15 and it's redundant anyway. Also I think it's way too tangential to note in the article.
    • Sort the list of filmmakers protesting the festival's decision in alphabetical order to prevent close paraphrasing.
    • Change "A Flood in Baath Country was pulled from the lineup of the 2004 Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia" to "the 2004 Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia cancelled a screening of the film". "allegation that the film had been pulled to begin with" should be changed to "news that the screening was cancelled" to carry over paraphrase cleanup. "reported" should be added between "Following" and "political pressure" since the ref says it's apparent. Also, there's a conflict between the Jeune Afrique ref which says the news on the cancellation was a "real-fake "scandal" with a persistent rumor ... [that] turned out to be unfounded" and the Variety/Bidoun refs that together say that the screening was cancelled but put back on the program on the last day; need to sort this out per NPOV.
    • "asked the network to include a dedication to a friend" = "asked the network to include in their broadcast a dedication to his friend", so change to "later requested that said network also air a dedication to his friend" (and also since it seems ambiguous if the dedication was directly part of the broadcast)
    • "a Lebanese journalist and critic of the Syrian regime who was killed on June 2 by a bomb hidden in his car" = "a Lebanese journalist who'd been critical of the Ba'athist regime before being killed in 2005 by a bomb hidden in his car" -> "a Lebanese journalist who had been critical of the Ba'athist regime before his assassination in 2005"
    • "Since Bashar al-Assad had permitted satellite television, this meant the movie would be shown in Syria after all" = "and since Bashar al-Assad had recently permitted satellite broadcasts in Syria, the film would be viewable there after all", so -> "allowing the film to be viewable in Syria since satellite television was legalized by Bashar al-Assad's government"
    • "introduced by writer Farouk Mardam Bey and followed by a debate" is lifted straight from the source after being translated into English. Change it to "featuring a debate and an introduction from writer Farouk Mardam Bey" and move it a little earlier between "Baath Country" and "was held in"

    As for overquotes: The "I wanted ... of my life" can stay, but the "thing that ... eleven thousand years before Christ" should be rewritten. I don't think we need that Ba'athist textbook quote in full, just a sentence describing what it says.

    Oh, and this was expanded from 233 B to 9718 B within a few days of being bolded. ミラP@Miraclepine 05:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 20

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    Mwene Muji

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    • ... that Mwene Muji was a polity in the Congo Basin which declined in the late 19th century, and when the Belgians collected traditions in 1926, grand claims of its once imperial status were dismissed?
    • ALT1 ... that Mwene Muji was a polity in the Congo Basin, and when the Belgians collected traditions in 1926, grand claims of its once imperial status were dismissed?
    • ALT2 ... that the grand claims from the ruler of Mwene Muji of them once having imperial status were dismissed by Belgian colonial authorities?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Kowal2701 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Kowal2701 (talk) 19:48, 20 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    @Kowal2701: I've also checked the article and right now it's less than 1500 characters long. DYK requires a minimum of 1500 characters of prose to be accepted. If you can expand the article further so that it meets the guidelines then less us know, but if that is not feasible then unfortunately the nomination will have to be rejected. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:20, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @User:Narutolovehinata5 the hook is 197 words long, and it gives context the fact which is that their grand claims were dismissed. I wouldn't say it summarises the article, just the last few sentences. I can expand it further, I think at the moment it's at 1200 words. Are you sure the hook isn't okay?

    Yes, the hook is far too long for DYK, even if it is slightly under the character limit. Perhaps another editor like Launchballer can give some advice on what makes a good hook, especially one that isn't too long. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:50, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:Narutolovehinata5 but surely if it's under the character limit then the length is okay?
    I’ve added alts, I think I know what you were getting at, that the initial hook had too much information in it and wouldn’t entice the reader to click on the article. I think ALT2 is okay? Kowal2701 (talk) 13:18, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, ALT2 would work. Since the original issues about length and hooks are now addressed this is ready for a full review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Victoria Espinosa

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    Victoria Espinosa
    Victoria Espinosa
    Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 109 past nominations.

    Lajmmoore (talk) 11:35, 20 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - I think ALT0 could be rewritten, as currently the focus isn't on the subject. Something like "... that Victoria Espinosa (pictured) directed the first performance of The Public, almost 50 years after it was written?" would be better.
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Happy to pass this after the prose issues in the lead are fixed and ALT0 is rewritten to focus on the subject. Ping me when these are addressed. Grnrchst (talk) 11:18, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • Thanks very much Grnrchst, I've fixed the lead, and another ALT is below:
    ALT3 ... that Victoria Espinosa (pictured) directed the first performance of The Public by Lorca, almost 50 years after it was written? Source: "One of her career highlights was directing the 1978 world premiere of the play “El público” (“The Audience”) by Federico García Lorca, a work that could not be released when it was written around 1930 because it frankly addressed homosexual issues." https://globalvoices.org/2019/07/12/victoria-espinosa-farewell-to-a-tireless-activist-for-puerto-rican-theater/
    Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 10:44, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't be certain, but I doubt that User:Eorti made the image as claimed. It might be a copyright violation. Bremps... 23:27, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I did a reverse google image search Bremps (which is not infallible), but didn't see a similar one. If there's concern the image doesn't need to be used Lajmmoore (talk) 09:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Lova Rajaona

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    • ... that, after living in Norway for almost twenty years, Lova Rajaona returned to her hometown of Antanifotsy in Madagascar to run for mayor?
    Created by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

    Yue🌙 19:08, 21 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: While recognizing the importance of articles for under-represented groups, it does seem that this article has a significant Notability problem. It relies almost entirely on one source, which itself may be too tied to the subject to be deemed independent. The other issues could be eventually be resolved through substantial editing, such as to remove repetitive text and for NPOV. As an aside, might have tried an ALT hook that considers, for instance, the mayor's struggles in the community. Glad to discuss further, since I am a new reviewer, and certainly this article took time and effort. ProfGray (talk) 04:14, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Yue: This isn't insurmountable, but should probably be addressed anyway.--Launchballer 19:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @ProfGray and Launchballer: With how busy I am abroad right now, I am fine with this being closed as a failed nom. I unfortunately do not have the time at the moment to fix my old work. Cheers. Yue🌙 01:46, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Lou Rash

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    • ... that in his first year in the NFL, Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?
    Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 266 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:49, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was nominated seven days after it was promoted to GA so it meets that requirement. No close paraphrasing was found, a QPQ has been done, and the hook is interesting and cited inline. My main concern is that I'm not sure if the article meets WP:DYKCOMPLETE: is there no known information about him after his gridiron football career ended? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Narutolovehinata5: WP:DYKCOMPLETE says nothing about having to provide details about every part of a person's life. Parts of a football player's life, such as when they are in elementary school or after their career often aren't notable, and thus not reported on. This does not run afoul of WP:DYKCOMPLETE, which provides the following example: For example, an article about a book that fails to summarize the book's contents, but contains only a biography of the author and some critics' views, is likely to be rejected as insufficiently comprehensive. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:17, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It probably at least violates the spirit of that rule, or at least the "articles that fail to deal adequately with the topic" aspect. I've seen articles in the past that were held for similar reasons. Or at least, that's how I've seen DYKCOMPLETE be implemented in practice. If no information can be found, that's okay, but usually that has to be confirmed first. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That should work at least. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Added. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Castlereagh–Canning duel

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    Improved to Good Article status by Michael G. Lind (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Michael G. Lind (talk) 22:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Al LeBoeuf

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    Created by Muboshgu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 537 past nominations.

    – Muboshgu (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Hi Muboshgu, review follows: article created 22 October and exceeds minimum length; it is well written and cited to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any problems with overly close paraphrasing from the sources; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article (I added "rare" to support the hook, it appears in the source), and checks out to the source cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Thee minor comments:
    • The lead says he was "a coach and manager in the minors from 1989 to 2024" but the article says he joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010 and their article says they are a major league team? I don't know anything about baseball so I might be missing something.
    • His birth place and date are stated only in the lead and/or infobox and not cited
    • The article says "LeBouef was diagnosed with multiple myeloma" but the source cited only says "a cancerous spot"
    Once these are addressed should be good to go - Dumelow (talk) 22:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Revant Himatsingka

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I think this is quite an interesting feat on the part of the influencer that a viral video was able to get Cadbury to reduce added sugar in Bournvita (marketed as children's health drink in India) by almost 15%, even as they sent legal notices and filed lawsuits against him. Also, I am new to DYK, and not sure if the hook could be made better than this. Thanks!
    Moved to mainspace by CX Zoom (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 20:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Bern Shanks

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    Created by Chetsford (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 152 past nominations.

    Chetsford (talk) 22:53, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Aaron Kennedy

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    Created by B3251 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    B3251(talk) 21:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    @Narutolovehinata5: Done. B3251(talk) 03:12, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    National Gingerbread House Competition

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    2008 competition entries
    2008 competition entries
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Hkeely (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Hkeely (talk) 15:55, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Thanks Hkeely. The length is now fine, article was created on time (22 October), sources used look to be reliable for the content and I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing, image is good (I trimmed the caption quite a bit). A couple of questions on sourcing:
    • I couldn't see in the Fox Carolina source where it said this was the only time the event had been cancelled?
    • Can you add a citation in the article for the last sentence of the first paragraph about the TV channels it has been broadcast on?
    Apart from that I think this is good to go - Dumelow (talk) 07:32, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Dumelow. Thank you for checking this and trimming the caption. I've added a citation for the TV channel coverage. The cancelation information is because the contest started in 1992 and this would have been the 32nd annual event. Since there were 31 events prior, that adds up mathematically. I did include new information about the public display portion being canceled during the Covid pandemic in 2020, though judging did continue that year. - Hkeely (talk) 17:47, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Hkeely, if the first event was held in 1992 and it was held every year then 2024 would have been the 33rd event. There are 32 years between the first and last event but 33 events (see fencepost error) - Dumelow (talk) 08:28, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Robot Alley

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    Robot Alley and its creator
    Robot Alley and its creator
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    • Comment: Awaiting VRT clarification on the photo, shouldn't post until that's complete.
    Moved to mainspace by Dmartin969 (talk) and Another Believer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    –DMartin 15:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Henry Parnell, 5th Baron Congleton

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    War grave of Henry Parnell
    War grave of Henry Parnell
    Created by Moondragon21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Moondragon21 (talk) 12:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 23

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    Bob Hobman

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    • ... that in 1984, Bob Hobman and a group began a journey to sail a wooden outrigger boat from the Philippines to Madagascar to recreate a possible voyage by Neolithic humans?
    • Source: "TAWI TAWI, Philippines -- On a tropical island miles from nowhere, Robert Hobman's dream is taking shape from a century-old tree chopped down in the jungle.

    The British-born adventurer has watched local boatbuilders on the Moslem island of Tawi Tawi carve the hardwood tree into a replica of a ship he believes Southeast Asians used to migrate to Africa hundreds of years before Christ.

    Seeking to unravel the mysteries of the migration, Hobman, four other adventurers and a Filipino navigator plan to set sail later this month on a 4,600-mile voyage from Tawi Tawi through the Indonesian Archipelago and across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar."

    UPI
    Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 151 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 18:46, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Jugtown Historic District

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    • ... that a brass band from the New Jersey community of Jugtown was rumored to have drank and fought the police instead of playing at Ulysses S. Grant's funeral?
    • ALT1: ... that an underground tunnel between two houses in what is now Jugtown Historic District was used to hide fugitive slaves? Source: Zink, Clifford (2024). Jugtown/Queenston: Jugtown Historic District. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Landmark Publications, pp. 6-7
    • ALT2: ... that a pottery's presence in a New Jersey village gave it the name Jugtown? Source: Zink, Clifford (2024). Jugtown/Queenston: Jugtown Historic District. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Landmark Publications, p. 4
    • Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/The_Bear_season_2
    5x expanded by Lbal (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Not sure where or how to add the QPQ? I've reviewed another article but not sure if I did it correctly. Lbal (talk) 22:40, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Abortion in Gabon

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    • Source: [20] The draft amendment to the Penal Code extends the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy to some extent, although it remains highly conditional. "It is not yet the right time" to liberalise it, Ms Ossouka Raponda said.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:45, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Tiny Glade

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    • ... that Tiny Glade was the fourth most played demo on 2024's Steam Next Fest?
    Moved to mainspace by JuniperChill (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    JuniperChill (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Foreign policy of the Masoud Pezeshkian administration

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    Created by Sportsnut24 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Sportsnut24 (talk) 13:45, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 24

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    Jing Tsu

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    • ... that Jing Tsu's schoolteachers called her "female tiger" because their punishment had no effect on her?
    Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    Kimikel (talk) 04:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    A Nail Clipper Romance

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    Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

    Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 06:17, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    1. ^ 羅偉強 (16 April 2017). "【指甲刀人魔】彭浩翔關智耀專訪 拆解人魔由來". HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 October 2024. 《指甲刀人魔》雲集兩岸三地演員，而香港代表僅得鄭伊健一人。在戲中作為唯一香港演員，卻不融入一眾內地與台灣演員中一起說普通話，到底為什麼有這樣的安排呢？莫非導演想令《指甲刀人魔》保留多一點香港氣息？原來導演與監製別有心思。「我們想演員以他最熟悉的語言去演繹，會令他以最自然的狀態去完成演出。」關智耀這樣說。而一旁的彭浩翔則從夏威夷的角色出發，他說：「我們在夏威夷所見的，就是很多華人根本就是廣東話與普通話夾雜。他們有一部分人從香港來，亦有部分從內地台灣來。因此我們覺得鄭伊健說廣東話，而其他人說普通話是很夏威夷的一件事。」無論原因是何，作為香港人的大家在戲中聽著伊健講廣東話，都會有多一分親切感吧。 [The film A Nail Clipper Romance features a cast from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with only Ekin Cheng representing Hong Kong. As the sole actor from Hong Kong, he does not speak Mandarin alongside the Chinese and Taiwanese actors. Why is this arrangement in place? Could it be that the director wants to retain a bit of Hong Kong’s essence in A Nail Clipper Romance? It turns out the director and producer have their reasons. "We want the actors to perform in the language they are most comfortable with, as it allows them to present their most natural state", says director Jason Kwan. Meanwhile, Pang Ho-cheung reflects on the Hawaiian context, stating, "What we see in Hawaii is that many Chinese people mix Cantonese and Mandarin. Some come from Hong Kong, while others come from the mainland and Taiwan. Therefore, we felt that having Ekin Cheng speak Cantonese while the others speak Mandarin is very representative of Hawaii". Regardless of the reason, as Hong Kongers, hearing Ekin speak Cantonese in the film adds a sense of familiarity and warmth.]
    2. ^ Ku, Daniel (6 April 2017). "愛情奇幻喜劇《指甲刀人魔》，張孝全、周冬雨夏威夷浪漫談情". Vogue Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 October 2024. 到2010年，彭導與網路大電影合作，拍了名為《4夜奇譚》的網路短片系列，其中一夜就是由曾國祥和尹志文執導的《指甲刀人魔》，女主角更是找來周迅。當時影片獲得極高評價，大家都想知道故事的後續發展，因此彭導便有延伸為長篇電影的計畫，只是沒想到計畫一擱就是七年。 [By 2010, director Pang [Ho-cheung] collaborated with an online production company to create a series of web shorts called 4+1 Project, one of which is A Nail Clipper Romance, directed by Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan, starring Zhou Xun as the female lead. At the time, the film was positively received, and everyone wanted to know what happened next in the story. As a result, Pang decided to expand it into a feature film, although the project ended up being put on hold for seven years.]
    3. ^ "鄭伊健去夏威夷拍戲勁開心 周冬雨讚張孝全性格夠獨特". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2024. 由於全片在夏威夷取景，周冬雨因此愛上衝浪，她更透露跟監製彭浩翔一起衝浪有無比的榮耀感，彭浩翔學了七八節課，但她學了兩節就追上了。 [Since the entire film is shot in Hawaii, Zhou Dongyu falls in love with surfing. She also reveals that she was proud to surf with producer Pang Ho-cheung, as Pang took seven or eight lessons, while she only took two lessons before catching up to him.]
    4. ^ 翁新涵 (25 November 2016). "尷尬了╱阮經天緋聞女友 來台喊許瑋甯「奶奶」". Nownews (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2024. 根據周冬雨表示，她主演的新片《指甲刀人魔》，有邀請許瑋甯客串 [According to Zhou Dongyu, in her new film A Nail Clipper Romance, [she] did invite Tiffany Ann Hsu to make a cameo appearance.]
    5. ^ Wong, Silva (16 March 2017). "'Love Off The Cuff' director talks Hong Kong festival opener". Screen Daily. Retrieved 24 October 2024. Despite his busy schedule as a writer/director, Pang takes time out to produce for new filmmakers such as Wan, Luk and Jason Kwan, the DoP on both Love In A Puff and Love In The Buff. The latter's directorial debut A Nail Clipper Romance, starring Zhou Dongyu and Joseph Chang, opens on April 14.

    Soviet atrocities committed against prisoners of war during World War II

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    Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 531 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:15, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Looks great! Very good work, thank you. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm concerned about fundamental issues with POV and NOR with this article, please see my comment on talk. In terms of the hook, although "murder" is probably an appropriate word when dealing with the (unsanctioned) executions of enemy combatants by Soviet forces, it's not clear whether it's appropriate to describe the high mortality rate caused largely by the dire humanitarian situation in the Soviet Union (which also caused the deaths of many Soviet civilians in this same era). Hooks are expected to be neutral, but this one is one-sided. Multiple sources are cited and it's unclear where the comparison cited in the hook is made, or whether it's a calculation by Wikipedia editors. Overall I would not pass this DYK. (t · c) buidhe 06:34, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I replied on talk there; I don't believe any issues you raise here are relevant for the DYK. The article is not tagged for NPOV issues, nor I can see why it should be, given your rather vague concerns. The basic term murder is indeed uncontroversial and commonly used in sources cited and listed here, which serve to confirm the basic facts mentioned in the hook; and the estimates cited are also uncontroversial; I opted to use broader ranges rather then precise figures for readability. For sources that mention Katyn and German POWs together, there are numerous, including, again, many of the ones cited in the article. Others: [21], [22], etc. TL;DR the topic is obviously notable (take it to AfD if you disagree) and the hook simply summarizes some uncontroversial but prominent and attention-grabbing details. PS. I feel the hook is perfectly neutral; what would make it less "one sided"? The mention that USSR did not kill all of the POWs it held? Are you seriously trying to argue that the murder of Polish officers at Katyn was motivated by "the dire humanitarian situation in the Soviet Union"? (And yes, as the article states, the deaths of some of the German POWs were attributed to that situation - but this detail is too niche and uninteresting for the hook). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If the sources call it murder, then murder it is. I don’t see a valid controversy here. — Biruitorul Talk 09:12, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 25

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    Trisha Stafford-Odom

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    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Murder of Wang Lianying

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    Selection from Awakening from a Dream
    • ... that the murder of Wang Lianying was followed by a blitz of newspaper coverage, books, stage performances, a film, and songs (example pictured)?
    • Source: Everywhere in the article, but probably the best overview is
    He, Qiliang (2018). Newspapers and the Journalistic Public in Republican China: 1917 as a Significant Year for Journalism. New York, London: Routledge. pp. 224–245. ISBN 978-0-429-79669-2.
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 698 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:22, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Voltairine de Cleyre

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    Voltairine de Cleyre (age 35)
    Voltairine de Cleyre (age 35)
    Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.

    Grnrchst (talk) 11:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 26

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    Kim Ju-ae

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    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Xu Xinfu
    • Comment: I chose not to include the name "Kim Ju-ae" in this hook because her name has not been confirmed by either of the two Korean governments, as of the time of this nomination.
    Improved to Good Article status by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

    Yue🌙 04:17, 27 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment I think having the hook be something like "... that the name of the daughter of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has not yet been confirmed by either Korea?" may be fun. Probably needs to be reworded to be less wordy though. seefooddiet (talk) 09:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • ALT1: ... that North Korean media has never referred to Kim Jong Un's daughter by name, only as his "respected", "precious" or "beloved" daughter?
    Sources:
    ALT2: ... that the name of Kim Jong Un's daughter has not been confirmed by either of the two Koreas?
    Source: Kang, Hyun-kyung (16 November 2023). "North Korean leader's daughter known by wrong name: expert". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    ALT3: ... that the name of Kim Jong Un's daughter is not publicly known?
    Source: Same as ALT2's.
    The descriptors "Supreme Leader", "North Korean leader" or "its leader" could be added by the promoter to any of the hooks if they are successful, but I personally do not think the descriptors are necessary. I am confident that most readers would know who Kim Jong Un is, or at least be able to make the connection with the context of North Korea already there. Having so many extra words just makes the sentence wordy and unnatural. Yue🌙 22:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I like ALT3. Punchy and concise. In my orig proposal the reason I mentioned "either Koreas" is because the nature of their confirmation would differ, which is somewhat interesting. It means that North Korea did not announce it and South Korea hasn't figured it out yet. I think it's hard to communicate that though, so maybe just not worth mentioning. seefooddiet (talk) 00:21, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. Yue🌙 00:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Your Girl

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    • Source: The New Zealand Herald: "A sample from their New Zealand number one single 'A Life With You' features in 'Your Girl' on her new album, The Emancipation of Mimi."
    Improved to Good Article status by Heartfox (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Heartfox (talk) 21:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Ornithoprion

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    A skeletal restoration of Ornithoprion
    A skeletal restoration of Ornithoprion
    Improved to Good Article status by Gasmasque (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Gasmasque (talk) 18:58, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article GA promotion new enough, and article long enough with full citations and neutral tone to prose. no copyvios or close paraphrasing detected in the writing, with 3 word groupings detected by earwig coming from specific terminology names and descriptors. I feel Alt0 is the strongest hook but I would suggest swapping radiography with x-rays.--Kevmin § 19:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Changed radiographs to X-rays, let me know if there are any further problems. I agree that Alt0 is probably the strongest hook, and it fits well with the given diagram of the skeleton. Gasmasque (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur"

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    • Source: Е. Н. Данилова. ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОГО СОЮЗА АССИРИЙЦЕВ В 20-30-е ГОДЫ XX в. Э О , 2005 г., № 2
    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 409 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 12:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    The Christmas Invasion

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    • Source: [Pixley, Andrew (9 November 2006). "Series Two Companion". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 14 – Special Edition. Page=13]
    Improved to Good Article status by DoctorWhoFan91 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:46, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 27

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    Bob Hainlen

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    Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 267 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:51, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    History of Key West

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    A Key West street car on Greene Street in 1904
    A Key West street car on Greene Street in 1904
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    • Comment: Key West's wrecking, cigar, and salt manufacturing industries allowed it to become one of the wealthiest cities in the United States per capita.
    Created by Bronson Fotiadis1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Bronson Fotiadis1 (talk) 00:03, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - Some of the sources used are not reliable (such as Conch Tour Train, WorldPopulationReview, nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com [a non-official site], etc.).
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - Some close paraphrasing picked up by Earwig is a cause for concern, such as the Federal Wrecking Act paragraph.

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - WorldPopulationReview is not a reliable source.
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - The link is far, far too long.

    Image eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: The article needs some polishing and some new hooks would be appreciated. SounderBruce 01:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm slightly surprised that the Conch Republic doesn't get even a brief mention in the article since that would work great as a hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Diana Edwards-Jones

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    Created by EnthusiastWorld37 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) 20:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 28

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    Gilopez Kabayao

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    • Source: "As the first Filipino violinist to perform at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York in 1950, Gilopez Kabayao broke new ground and brought pride to the nation." —Philippine Daily Inquirer / Inquirer.net; "He performed in prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York in 1950, making him the first Filipino violinist to do so." —SunStar
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anatolii Brezvin
    • Comment: Many sources state that Kabayao's Carnegie Hall performance in 1950 was done when he was 19 years old, but this is impossible if he was born in 1929 so I omitted this from the article and therefore the hook. This error might affect the hook under WP:EXCEPTIONAL and especially since a different source (Manila Bulletin) says, "Kabayao is widely believed to be the first Filipino to play at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City".
    Created by Seav (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    seav (talk) 23:53, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Charles de Gaulle's trip to South America

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    • Source: "L'invitation avait été renouvelée par le maréchal CASTELO BRANCO, mais, au moment du voyage, la situation intérieure brésilienne est tendue. En mors, un différend auquel on a donné lenom de «guerre de la langouste» a opposé la Fronce et le Brésil. L'ambassadeur de France, J. BAEYENS rappelé en consultation à Paris, n'est pas revenu. La France n'a pas répondu à une demande d'agrément en faveur de l'ambassadeur Leitào do CUNHA. Des représailles brésiliennes contre les Alliances Françaises duBrésil sont même un moment envisagées. De GAULLE aurait alors prononcé cette phrase assassine que l'onvous ressert malicieusement ou amèrement sons cesse ou Brésil «Comme le disait votre grand président, le Brésil n'est pas un pays sérieux!», Ces paroles seraient en fait, paraît-il, celles d'un membre del'Ambassade duBrésil en fronce, lancées dons un moment d'exaspération... On ne soit plus. Toujours est-il que les relations franco-brésiliennes s'étaient détériorées. Le Gouverneur de Rio deJaneiro, Carlos LACERDA décide deboycotter l'arrivée dugénéral dons sa ville etc'est le président de la République brésilienne qui doit aller accueillir son hôte à l'arrivée du «Colbert» dons la plus fameuse rode dumonde" Leprun (1994), p. 12
    • Reviewed: [[]]
    • Comment: Found this article while new page patrolling.
    Created by Sintropepe (talk) and Kimdime (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 00:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Can you provide a quotation from the source linking the refusal to the lobster war, so it can be translated and verified? The article makes frequent opinion statements and makes liberal use of opinion adjectives. I think greater attribution in the article of who is stating such opinions is necessary. Also, inline citations are missing from the ends of the following paragraphs:

    • "By 1964, France had essentially completed..."
    • "De Gaulle arrived in Mexico on..."
    • "Francia trata de ayudar..."
    • "He was greeted by President Belaúnde Terry..."
    • "Peruanos, Francia, tierra..."
    • "The following day..."
    • "On 6 October, the President..."
    • "Brazil was not initially on the French..."
    • "In the short term..."
    • "The Colombian government gave various..."

    Ergo Sum 03:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    here is a quotation : "Le Gouverneur de Rio de Janeiro, Carlos LACERDA décide de boycotter l'arrivée du général dons sa ville et c'est le président de la République brésilienne qui doit aller accueillir son hôte à l'arrivée du «Colbert»" rough translation : " Rio's Governor, Carlos Lacerda decided to boycott the General's arrival in the city, so instead the President of the Republic had to meet his host when the Colbert arrived" Kimdime (talk) 08:58, 4 November 2024 (UTC) The link to the Lobster war is made on the previous paragraph (p.12 of the same source)Kimdime (talk) 09:32, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding inline (= online I guess ?) citations, well, that's the point, some stuff isn't available online and still has to be found in paper sources, in libraries, I tend to think that this is one of the added values of the work that has been done for this article. If I had relied only on online sources, I would not had been able to write the original article.Kimdime (talk) 09:49, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No, I meant inline as in WP:INLINE. Every paragraph must end in a citation. Ergo Sum 16:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Ergo Sum, I didn't know about this en:wp jargon. Yet I'm not sure to understand what you mean. Let's take one example : "De Gaulle arrived in Mexico on...". Could you specify what' missing there ? Kimdime (talk) 11:54, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That paragraph does not have an inline citation at the end of it. As with the others. I suspect you could reuse the inline citation at the end of the following block quotation paragraph, but I have not examined the sources. Ergo Sum 16:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ergo Sum I don't get it, it does have a reference at the end of the paragraph which is : Gruat (2010, pp. 119–132).Kimdime (talk) 11:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There should be one following "has gone down in history" in addition to following "en la mano." Ergo Sum 12:32, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Chromakopia

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    • ... that the physical version of Chromakopia contains an extra song?
  • ... that Tyler's album-related truck could be seen in Tyler?
    • 5x expanded by MontanaMako (talk).
    • Reviewed:
    Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MontanaMako (talk) 21:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    @Narutolovehinata5; just added a new one. Is it any better? MontanaMako (talk) 16:38, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Near-miss effect

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    • ... that gamblers have an inflated confidence when they choose a lottery ticket or throw the roulette ball compared to when another agent does so?
    • Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2658737/
      (However, it is repeatedly observed that gamblers have inflated confidence (indicated by wager size, for example) when given the opportunity to choose their lottery ticket or throw the dice or roulette ball themselves, compared to conditions where the action is performed by another.)
    • ALT1: ... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill? Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2658737/
      (The presence of personal control may be a core factor in causing the gambler to mistake a game of chance for a game with some skill component, which is effectively controllable.)
    • Reviewed: [[]]
    Moved to mainspace by Anonymous1261 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Who am I? / Talk to me! / What have I done? 13:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Zeng Laishun

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    Zeng, c. 1880s
    Zeng, c. 1880s
    • ... that Zeng Laishun (pictured) was the first Chinese person to attend college in the United States?
    • Source: Rhoads, Edward J. M. (2011) Stepping Forth into the World: The Chinese Educational Mission to the United States, 1872–81. Pg. 3
    Moved to mainspace by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 87 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:33, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Comment to the reviewer: given that this is a "first" hook, and a pretty exceptional one at that, please be sure to check if the sources adequately support the claim, and see if counterexamples can be found. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:14, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: Since Blervis looks like a pretty new reviewer, and this is a hook with higher sourcing standards than usual, should I put this up for second opinion? I think that might be a good idea. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:33, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    We can have a second opinion from an experienced editor, who at the same time could try teaching Blervis the ropes. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:36, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Sounds like a good idea. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:17, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on October 29

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    Timeless Voyage

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    • ... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion? Source: Abgrall, Jean-Marie (1999). "Sectes Ufologiques". Les sectes de l'apocalypse: gourous de l'an 2000 (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy. p. 95. ISBN 978-2-7021-2954-8. Troisième et dernier mouvement exclusivement ufologique répertorié dans le rapport parlementaire sur les sectes : le groupe Siderella, connu sous les appellations successives de Isozen, Futura, Galacteus, Euro-Culture, Italia, Résonances nouvelles, Azur Mieux-Ëtre, les Voyageurs intemporels et, enfin, Siderella. Fondé et dirigé par Jean-Paul Appel — de son nom de gourou Appel Guery [...]. Appel Guery est aussi l'auteur du scénario de la bande dessinée par Sergio Macedo, Voyage intemporel [...]
    Created by PARAKANYAA (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:56, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 30

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    Karl Thielscher

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    Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 268 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Tommy Suggs

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    Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 02:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    7th National Eucharistic Congress (United States)

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    Moved to mainspace by Maximilian775 (talk) and Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 21:55, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Charel Allen

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    • ALT2: ... that basketball player Charel Allen was a five-time Bulgarian Cup champion despite only knowing a few words of Bulgarian?
    • Sources: Five-time champ, "a few words", further context on language barrier: "Halftime speeches are usually all in Bulgarian,” Allen said of the language barrier. “Coach (Stefan Mihaylov) trusts me, though. With my knowledge of the game, I know what he's saying and what we need to do. If not, he'll translate for me later and let me know what I needed to do."]
    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Interstate 59 in Georgia

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    • ... that Interstate 59 only has three exits in the U.S. state of Georgia?
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    • Comment: Even though the source shows a blank site, simply click the drop-down menu below and select "Interstate 59" from there. It should display the exits the Interstate has.
    Created by NoobThreePointOh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    NoobThreePointOh (talk) 13:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    If that's the case then it might be for the best to let this one go. Unfortunately not all articles are meant for DYK and this could be one of those. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:01, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know if this is a good idea, but in my opinion, I think this review should get the feedback of another reviewer. At least that's based on my thoughts. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 00:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: Something you could mention is that only one of the three interchanges is with a state-maintained road. It is somewhat unusual in this part of the country for a majority of an Interstate's exits to be with local roads. Bneu2013 (talk) 05:46, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Also skeptical of that angle. It might not be as understood by readers outside of the United States, or indeed even many within the US, given it would require familiarity with how highways work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 31

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    Tony Pajaczkowski

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    Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 269 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:53, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Gifted (2022 novella)

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    • ... that in 2022, all five book nominations for the Akutagawa Prize were written by women, including former Japanese adult actress Suzumi Suzuki, who wrote Gifted after her own experiences?
    • Source: (Translated from Japanese to English)

    Suzuki Suzumi, whose book "Gifted" (Bungeishunju) was nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize, says that while her unexpected background has attracted attention, it has also led to prejudice and labelling.

    For the first time in history, only female writers have been nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize, which will be announced on July 20th. Among them, Suzuki Suzumi, who was nominated for "Gifted," made her AV debut while studying at Keio University. After that, she worked for a newspaper company and graduated from the University of Tokyo, and is now active as a writer and columnist, which has attracted attention for her unusual career.

    Source: Oricon News (https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/59840/)
      • ALT1: ... that former adult film actress Suzumi Suzuki pivoted to writing literature in 2022 with her novel, Gifted, which became one of five books nominated for the Akutagawa Prize that year? Source: Same as first source
      • Reviewed:
    Created by Phibeatrice (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Phibeatrice (talk) 00:51, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • If anything, the fact that the writer of the novel is a former adult film actress is the interesting part here, not the award (which not all readers may recognize, even if it's prestigious). Suggesting a far simpler hook:
    ALT3 ... that the 2022 novel Gifted was written by a former adult film actress?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:51, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT4 ... that former Japanese adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:08, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Details Cannot Body Wants

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    Created 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 06:29, 2 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Bejeweled (video game)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Lazman321 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

    Lazman321 (talk) 22:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Backflip (figure skating)

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    French figure skater Surya Bonaly
    French figure skater Surya Bonaly
    Created by Figureskatingfan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 51 past nominations.

    Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Adrenal crisis

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    Forty-nine year-old with an adrenal crisis.
    Forty-nine year-old with an adrenal crisis.
    • ... that the death rate from adrenal crises can amount to 6%? Source: Hahner et al. 2015
      • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by IntentionallyDense (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    IntentionallyDense (talk) 03:39, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Zhu Baosan

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    Zhu Baosan
    Zhu Baosan
    • ... that the fortune left by Zhu Baosan (pictured) was reported to have been greatly diminished by his philanthropic activities?
    • Source: "The Mourning Ceremonies for Mr. Chu Pao-san". The North-China Herald. 6 November 1926. p. 257. "Although Mr. Chu Pao-san was a successful merchant and had such numerous business interests, friends believe that he left only a small fortune, as his contributions to charity were so large."
    • ALT1: ... that the business interests of Zhu Baosan (pictured) ranged from banking and insurance to shipping and coal mining? Source: "The Mourning Ceremonies for Mr. Chu Pao-san". The North-China Herald. 6 November 1926. p. 257. "He promoted the Commercial’ Bank of China, the Ningpo Commercial Bank, the Chekiang Industrial Bank and the Chung Hua Commercial. and Savings Bank. He was an organizer of the Wah An Fire and Marine Insurance Company, the Wah Sing Insurance Company, and the China United Assurance Society. He was a director of the Liu Kiang and Chang Hsin Mining Companies. He was interested in the Nantao Tramway Company, the Tinghai Electric [Construction “Company” and the Chousan Electric Company. He was a director of the Chousan Steam Navigation Company, the Yung An Steamship Company, the Yung Leo Shipping Company, 'the Chang Ko Navigation Company, the Ta Tah Navigation Company and in several other shipping interests. He was a prominent shareholder in many cotton and flour mills, pap factories and other industrial enterprises."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Falcón state (1 of 2)
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 700 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]


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    The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate

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    Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    Viriditas (talk) 04:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting painting, covered well and detailed on fine sources, subscription sources accepted AGF. I am less happy with the hook. My understanding - which of course may be wrong - is not that they found it too modern, but that they thought those who had bought it earlier should have found it too modern, which is a completely different thing. I would prefer to get a bit more info in the hook about the subject than "a 1914 painting" - painter, style, subject, whatever. The title alone didn't prepare me for the beautiful thing I saw, and the hook would not have made me look, - it was your name that hooked me ;) - If you still want that hook, I'll approve it, of course. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:06, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gerda Arendt: This controversy is covered by the NYT,[30] so I won't go into it too much here other than to say that this subject, American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859–1935), was called "conservative to the core" by New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl in 2004, and that is the accepted opinion by art historians. To address this slightly further, Hassam embraced an older, antiquated kind of modernism dating to about the 1870s, which represented the art of the generation before him. Ironically by the time the American art world accepted Hassam as status quo, perhaps by the time of the Armory Show of 1913 or thereabouts, the time of the American Impressionists had come and gone. Hassam was on record expressing his extreme displeasure at the ascendancy of the new Cubism, so his conservativsm as an artist was well known. I won't go into Hassam's social conservatism, as there is quite a bit written on that subject, similar to that of Renoir, and it's somewhat separate from his conservative approach to art. The quirky nature of the hook is centered around a 110-year-old painting by an artist who vocally objected to the trajectory of modern art in 1913 and yet was considered "too modern" by Valparaiso University in 2024 based on a specious legal argument that hinges on the definition and interpretation of "conservative" art, a definition that is disputed by art historians and legal experts. I should like to add one final thing: while writing a series of articles about this topic, I found that the legal argument made by Valparaiso University doesn't hold up based on the history of art. It turns out that the techniques and philosophy found in the Hudson River School, attributed to its founder Thomas Cole, which forms the underlying basis of Valparaiso's argument that Hassam's work is too modern to be included in the university collection, are in fact, almost identical to the working technique and philosophy of Childe Hassam. I laughed out loud when I realized this (and I think I woke up my neighbors at 2 AM) because it means Valparaiso's case should never have been approved by the courts. It turns out that Hassam used the same technique that Cole talks about in the 1840s and 1850s. This involves "creating compositions of both representational and imaginative landscapes, where the artist creates a fusion of what is both in the natural world and in the mind on the canvas". Hassam famously did this throughout his career, most notably in the painting Point Lobos, Carmel (1914) to such an extent, that the artist he was working with, Francis McComas (1874-1938), had a fit and complained to his wife about Hassam's conservative, anti-modernist approach, and the incident made its way into the history books. To summarize: I think it's possible you missed the point I was making. With that said, I am open to creating new hooks as always. Viriditas (talk) 00:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Verificado 2018

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    Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 83 past nominations.

    Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 02:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Museiliha inscription

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    • ... that the Museiliha inscription, a boundary marker from the first century AD, hints at a Roman legal judgment setting boundaries between ancient Caesarea-ad-Libanum and Gigarta, suggesting a structured legal resolution?
    • Source: de Ruggiero 1893, p. 443.
      Louvre Museum, 2024
    • ALT1: ... that the Museiliha inscription, a boundary marker from the first century AD, helped delineate ancient territories between the citizens of Caesarea-ad-Libanum and the Gigartans? Source: Renan 1864, p. 149.
      Mommsen, Hirschfeld & Domaszewski 1873, p. 31, insc. 183.
      Louvre Museum, 2024
    • ALT2: ... that the Museiliha inscription, a boundary marker from the first century AD, is considered a rare ancient example of a documented border dispute? Source: de Ruggiero 1893, p. 443.
      Louvre Museum, 2024
    • ALT3: ... that the Museiliha inscription, a boundary marker from the first century AD, includes carefully erased names, likely of Roman officials, effectively concealing their identities? Source: Mancini 1884, pp. 71–72.
      Louvre Museum, 2024
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abu Sulayman Da'ud
    Created by Elias Ziade (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 38 past nominations.

    el.ziade (talkallam) 10:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    1931 Barcelona rent strike

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    Created by Michalis Vazaios (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 257 past nominations.

    Launchballer 13:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough, long enough and adequately sourced, including the hook. QPQ done. Automated and spot checks find no copyvios or plagiarism. Only issue is that the hook is not that interesting. Maybe
    Sure. Might I also suggest ALT2: ... that the 1931 Barcelona rent strike resulted in 18 deaths, dozens of injuries and arrests, and an agreement on the reduction of rents?--Launchballer 20:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Tel al-Sultan attack

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    Improved to Good Article status by Personisinsterest (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Personisinsterest (talk) 12:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • I'd like to propose some alternative hooks, if that's okay:

    1. ALT1 = ... that the "Kuwaiti Peace" tent camp, struck by Israeli fighter jets, was located only 200 meters from the largest UNRWA humanitarian aid storage warehouse in the Gaza Strip? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hamas-rockets-central-israel-gaza-strip-sirens/

    2. ALT2 = ... that a viral image showing tents in Rafah arranged to spell "All Eyes on Rafah" called for global attention to the humanitarian crisis following the Tel al-Sultan attack? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/middleeast/all-eyes-on-rafah.html

    3. ALT3 = ... that the Tel al-Sultan attack was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive? Source: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/27/rafah-tent-camp-strike-biden-israel-red-line

    Dolichostachys

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    5x expanded by Ethmostigmus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Ethmostigmus 🌿 (talk

    Articles created/expanded on November 2

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    Naz Arıcı

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    • Source: "İkiz gibi büyüdüğü arkadaşı ölünce kararını verdi! 29 yaşında başladı, 5 kez şampiyon oldu", "29 yaşında sıfırdan başladığı buz pateninde 32 yaşında yetişkinler artistik buz pateni dünya şampiyonu oldu." [31]
    • ALT1: ... that electrical/electronics engineer Naz Arıcı quit her profession at the age of 34 to devote herselt to competitions of adult figure skating she started when she was 29? Source: "... Naz Arıcı,“İlk şampiyonluğumdan sonra 2016 da katılacağım yarışma için işimi bıraktım ..." [32]", "29 yaşında sıfırdan başladığı buz pateninde 32 yaşında yetişkinler artistik buz pateni dünya şampiyonu oldu." [33]
    • ALT2: ... that Naz Arıcı paved the way to the establishment of the adult figure skating branch in Turkey in 2016? Source: " Yetişkinler dalını 2015 yılında dünyada aldığı ilk şampiyonlukla (15 ülkeden 38 kişinin katıldığı Naz’ın ilk yarışması) Türkiye’ye getirdi ve 2016 yılında ülkemize yeni bir dalın açılmasını sağladı." [34]
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur France
    Created by CeeGee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 223 past nominations.

    CeeGee 11:43, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Peanut (squirrel)

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    Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 256 past nominations.

    Launchballer 22:08, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    ALT1... that the death of squirrel named Peanut was a Republican rallying cry in the last days before the 2024 United States presidential election? Source: Washington Post Thriley (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Eastern Venus

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    Eastern Venus at Kobe
    Eastern Venus at Kobe
    • ... that on the ship Eastern Venus (pictured), the "Modern" suite is not in modern style?
    "The largest cabins onboard Pacific Venus are 4 Royal Suites (65 m2) located behind the bridge, named "Archaic" (1001), "Modern" (1002), "Elegant" (1003), "Noble" (1004). They are decorated in two styles, with "Modern" and "Archaic" in traditional Japanese style, "Noble" and "Elegant" being more contemporary."
      • Reviewed:
    Created by Memer15151 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    UserMemer (chat) Tribs 21:03, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Puff-puff (onomatopoeia)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Cukie Gherkin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Cukie Gherkin (talk) 04:43, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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    Marie Denizard

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    Marie Denizard's publicity image from 1913 French presidential election.
    Marie Denizard's publicity image from 1913 French presidential election.
    • ... that Marie Denizard (pictured) was the first woman to stand as a candidate in a French presidential election even though French women did not achieve suffrage until 1944?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by MumphingSquirrel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MumphingSquirrel (talk) 00:23, 12 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Jordan Watkins

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    • Source: Clarion Ledger ("Much has changed for Ole Miss football receiver Jordan Watkins recently. Two weeks ago, he had a different life perspectiv, and he'd never had a multi-touchdown game ... Watkins was a huge part of Ole Miss' offensive explosion. He had eight catches for 254 yards and five touchdowns. ... The five receiving touchdowns are also a record")
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 270 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Radio City Music Hall of the Air

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    Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 93 past nominations.

    4meter4 (talk) 23:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Saybrook Colony

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    • ... that the Saybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for annual payment of 130 pounds of one-third wheat, one-third peas, and one-third rye or barley?
    Improved to Good Article status by Gazingo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Gazingo (talk) 16:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Gail Damerow

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    Created by Silver seren (talk) and Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 133 past nominations.

    SilverserenC 01:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Interesting hook but slight problems that could be resolved before I can complete a final confirmation for it to be approved for DYK. Overall the article has no copyright problems and both the hooks are mentioned in the article. But the problem is related to how the hooks are mentioned in the article. As I see when it comes to ALT1, it mentions that ' that Gail Damerow's book described by the New York Times as the "authoritative book on ice cream" was created because of the lack of good recipes in her ice cream maker's recipe booklet?. However in the article where the hook ('Awards and Honors') is mentioned, it just states 'described by The New York Times as the authoritative book on ice cream'. Hope you can fix this issue by adding more of the ALT1's fact here. The first hook is fine. So just fix the stated issue and after that I can give green light for your article for DYK. - Toadboy123 (talk) 09:54, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Toadboy123, do you mean the part of the hook on why the book was created? Because that's in the beginning of the Career section, with the source I gave above. SilverserenC 22:45, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Silver seren I suggest that you mention the hook also in the 'Awards and Honors' section so that readers can easily notice it when they read the article. - Toadboy123 (talk) 13:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Toadboy123, I wasn't aware of that being a requirement for hooks? I've had a number of hooks that involved multiple parts of an article. And the info about the inspiration for the book doesn't really fit in an Awards section, particularly since it has to do with events in her life and where she was living. SilverserenC 22:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Moe's Books

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    • ... that in 2016, two thieves stole a van filled with $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell first editions of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy to Moe's Books nearby?
    • Source: He’s been in the book dealing business for more than 15 years, but Lawrence Van De Carr said he’d never come across such a jewel of a title: a mint copy of Isaac Asimov’s 1950 classic “I, Robot” valued at $8,500.

    That novel, once a prized possession of Van De Carr’s, is now gone, along with around 400 of his other books worth well over $350,000. Someone stole his van while it was parked outside a friend’s Oakland home this week.

    Joshua Anderson, 30, went to Moe’s Books in Berkeley shortly after the bookseller’ association sent out an alert. He and an alleged accomplice had four books, valued around $14,000, that they were trying to sell, said John Wong, manager at the store.

    Among the classic first-editions they were trying to deal were “A Hornbook for Witches: Poems of Fantasy” by Leah Bodine Drake, one of only 563 known copies; “No Country for Old Men” by McCarthy, “Always Comes Evening” by Robert E. Howard, and “Pylon” by William Faulkner.

    Source: SFGate (https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Van-filled-with-350-000-rare-books-stolen-in-6843521.php)
      • Reviewed:
    Converted from a redirect by Phibeatrice (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Phibeatrice (talk) 23:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Cathedral Cemetery

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    • Source: It was founded in 1849 by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and is the first catholic cemetery founded in Philadelphia. (guidetophilly.com)
    Created by Dwkaminski (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    Dwkaminski (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Ethanoligenens harbinense

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    5x expanded by Hmsuth4770 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Hmsuth4770 (talk) 17:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Technically, it's not far off, but either way it's a few hundred off 1,500 characters and very stubby. I say give @Hmsuth4770: a chance.--Launchballer 22:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ian (Wiki Ed), this actually almost a 5x expansion: 235 prose characters prior to the recent edits, and 1102 at present (5x would be 1175). However, it fails to meet the 1500 prose character minimum required of every article nominated for DYK. When nominators come up short—mainly because they're not counting prose characters, which DYK check can count for you—we typically allow them to expand the nominated article, if they can do so in a timely manner. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

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    Femke Bol wins the 400 m
    Femke Bol wins the 400 m
    • Source: "1 49.26 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NED 1 Omnisport, Apeldoorn (NED) (i) 19 FEB 2023 1269" / "3 49.85 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NED 1 Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) (i) 04 MAR 2023 1245" / "4 49.96 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NED 1f3 L'Anneau-Halle d'athlétisme de Metz, Metz (FRA) (i) 11 FEB 2023 1240" (link)
    5x expanded by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

    Editør (talk) 11:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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    Clifton House School

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    • ... that sports teacher Harold Styan of Clifton House School was a gymnast who played the music halls when young, and knocked out two attackers in his old age?
    Created by Storye book (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 110 past nominations.

    Storye book (talk) 11:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Bunt sind schon die Wälder

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    J. F. Reichardt
    J. F. Reichardt
    Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2124 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:16, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]


    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ?
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Thank you for this interesting article. I would like to hear this one. A few comments:

    • Earwig finds only quotations and proper names. No problem there.
    • The hook citation (above) for ALT0 was not in the article, so I added it there. I also gave the article a very minor copyedit. That does not affect this DYK review.
    • One issue: The citation given above for ALT0 does not confirm popularity. Popularity is mentioned in the name of the website, but not in the main text of the website. Also, the website name says (if I understand correctly) "popular and traditional lieder", so according to that, this piece could be in traditional style (which does not imply popularity). So I think we need to EITHER find another citation OR another hook. Storye book (talk) 11:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Storye book: Not really a fan of the proposed hook, since the context given does not seem to make it clear why it is important that it has remained popular, and the context of it remaining popular is not clear (what is intended by "remained popular"?). I was going to suggest a hook involving Schubert, but the meaning of "different setting" is not clear: does it mean he wrote another melody to the song, or that Reichardt's melody was later re-used by Schubert? If it's the latter then perhaps that could work as a hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:39, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The wording I had in mind was something like "... that the melody of "Bunt sind schon die Wälder" (Colourful are the forests already) by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (pictured) was later used by Franz Schubert?", but I'm not sure if that was the intended context of the "Schubert wrote a different setting" part. That suggestion could probably still be worked on, I just threw it out here for brainstorming purposes. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:42, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you - both - for thinking. I am open to rewording. Grammar: in German, "und" says that something is both, both traditional and popular", - if it was only one, German would use "oder". As you will have seen, there were multiple melodies, before and after, but this is the one in most publications, recorded, sung. Take Hannes Wader, a singer-songwriter himself: singing that old melody. (yt at the bottom) - Schubert wrote a different setting (= different melody + different piano), which didn't become popular, - note that only one of the uses mentioned has his version, - it remained for art singers and higher school education. What word would you choose instead of "popular" for: is the one that people know and sing? Schubert is really only a side note here, his setting didn't get popular in any sense, it's not Erlkönig. I didn't know he wrote a melody, but now he wrote 700 (as DYK once informed us). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:35, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Would it help to add that it was recorded among the "80 most popular Volkslieder" [36]. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:39, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The new reference given by Gerda Arendt is satisfactory, and it explains the meaning of popularity in the article's context. Gerda, could you please give us an ALT1, and put the new sentence and citation in the article? Thank you. Storye book (talk) 08:16, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Storye bookYou mean a sentence about that collection? (In another nom, someone mentioned "promotional". Anyway, ref added, which supports "remained popular. Will search for more. As a little gift: a children's tv version ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I added two more indications of popularity, a 2011 poll and a 2017 collection. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT0a: ... that the Volkslied "Bunt sind schon die Wälder" (Colourful are the forests already) has remained popular with the 1799 melody by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (pictured)?
    to avoid the impression that only the melody remained popular. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:14, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    James Michael Reardon

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    Msgr. Reardon speaking in the Basilica of Saint Mary
    Msgr. Reardon speaking in the Basilica of Saint Mary
    Created by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 02:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Palaeotherium

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    Palaeotherium medium skull, first described in 1782.
    Palaeotherium medium skull, first described in 1782.
    • ... that a skull of the distant horse relative Palaeotherium (pictured) was first described as belonging to an amphibian then later to a canine?
    • Source: Chapter 10: From Quarry to Paper. Cuvier's Three Epistemological Cultures; Sur les ossemens qui se trouvent dans le gypse de Montmartre"
    Improved to Good Article status by PrimalMustelid (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    PrimalMustelid (talk) 23:58, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin

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    • Source: summary of the entire article
    Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 145 past nominations.

    Constantine ✍ 19:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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    Revelation of the Magi

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    • Source: Landau, Brent (2017). "Under the Influence (of the Magi): Did Hallucinogens Play a Role in the Inspired Composition of the Pseudepigraphic Revelation for the Magi?". In Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions, a monograph collection. It's not online... but you can read chapter titles at https://www.tonyburke.ca/fakes-forgeries-and-fictions/ ... and I think just the title of this work is sufficient!

    I prefer the original or ALT1. Providing ALT2 mostly in case people really, really don't want to include the drug use. (I don't think ALT2 fails the DYKFICTION as fiction & mythology are two different things IMO and describing mythology / religion is okay, but mentioning that issue here if you want to be a stickler about real-world stuff.)

    Converted from a redirect by SnowFire (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    SnowFire (talk) 21:15, 9 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Oasis (Minecraft clone)

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    Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Loytra (talk) 13:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment The disambiguation is incorrect - if this is considered a video game, then per WP:NCVGDAB it should be (2024 video game) instead (since there is already a 2005 video game of the same name). That said, I am not sure I would consider it a video game, given that it does not work according to anything but dream logic, and is more of a vague approximation of a game. Therefore, (simulation) or (AI simulation) could be a better disambiguation. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • If it's not clear exactly what Oasis is, then why would the disambiguation be considered incorrect? The software is most notable for being a clone of Minecraft, surely that should be mentioned in the title for clarity sake? Hell, half the time it's referred to as "AI Minecraft" rather than its actual name. Loytra (talk) 01:43, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        • It is incorrect because "Minecraft clone" is overly specific and therefore goes against disambiguation guidelines. It is like using (black dog with long fur and floppy ears) instead of (dog). It must be made more broad, whether by calling it "video game" or "simulation". Furthermore, calling it a "clone" may in fact be incorrect. It is literally Minecraft, as played by interpreting the game through an AI, whereas "clone" is typically used to describe games that are similar to, but not identical to another. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
          • Most of the sources referenced in the article describe it as a "version of Minecraft" or simply "AI-generated Minecraft". It really isn't commonly referred to as "Oasis"; I don't think most people would recognise the software if it was under the title "Oasis (2024 video game)" or "Oasis (simulation)". Imo it has to have "Minecraft" in the title. I know naming conventions are pretty strict but I'd almost argue that this is an WP:IAR situation. Loytra (talk) 11:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
            • I can confidently say it's not an IAR situation. After looking at the sources more, I am convinced that (AI model) is the best DAB for this as it is first and foremost a model that can be "played" using a game interface. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:43, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment. I don't think arguing over the title should block this from DYK. Only truly egregiously wrong titles would cause that kind of problem, and the current title is clearly not that bad - as noted, the COMMONNAME is something like "AI Minecraft". (And I don't think the case is as open-and-shut as Zxc thinks it is, either.) Zxc, you should file a WP:RM and see what the community thinks IMO. SnowFire (talk) 19:21, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • I agree. Its now time to keep discussion in this template related to DYK reviews and any discussion about the name of this article, should take place via an RM and any discussion about improving this article should take place at the relevant talk page. Article titles are outside the scope of a DYK review. side note: sounds like I'm a forum moderator at this point JuniperChill (talk) 16:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus

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    Britten in 1968
    Britten in 1968
    Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2123 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 6 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - n
    • Other problems: No - Too complicated.
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: The article itself is very fine. It is long enough and new enough; Earwig detects no problems. The chosen ALT, however, would not be attractive to people unfamiliar with classical music. Looking at the second paragraph in "Background" I find two pieces of information which could provide better hooks: 1.) Britten composed the Canticle V in the wake of his heart surgery and 2.) he revised its instrumentation because his declining health left him unable to play its piano accompaniment as he originally intended. I'm sure there's more material in the article that could be used for alternative hooks. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Can you please word that for me? I have a hard time thinking about something I don't like, such as a hook about his health problems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @CurryTime7-24: Perhaps:
    ALT1 ... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus after recovering from heart surgery? (This might require revisions to the article, as it is not mentioned when the piece was composed or when the surgery took place).
    ALT2 ... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus for tenor and harp as he was unable to play the piano following heart surgery?
    Another possible alternate could be the connection to Narcissus from Greek mythology, but that might be slightly more specialist than the heart surgery angle hooks so I'll only suggest such wordings if you think that would be better. I agree that the original hook is too long and complicated to meet either DYKINT or DYKTRIM. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for your help! ALT2 would be best here, but it needs a further tweak. It ought to make clear to the reader that Britten had originally conceived the accompaniment for piano and that he intended to play it himself, but that failing health precluded this option. Therefore he rescored it for harp instead. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I fail to understand why you want to focus on his health problems, instead of mentioning that he wrote the music with friends in mind, tenor Peter Pears who was his partner at a time when that was a problem, harpist Ellis for whom he had written many parts, and in memory of his libretto-writing friend. - I have no source for times of surgery and composition, just a serious source saying that he couldn't play the piano because of it ("not well enough"), and a less serious source saying that his right hand was partly paralyzed. I haven't heard that he had to rescore, - just that in the four previous canticles, written over decades, there was piano, and he had played it in the premieres, accompanying his partner. - I'll leave for vacation in two days, with unpredictable access to the internet (I won't take my laptop). Perhaps I just let you do it and unwatch what was intended as a memorial of lasting friendship. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:39, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ps: I believe that the title of this piece alone is already interesting, raising curiosity. As it's not obvious from that title that is is a composition for tenor and harp, I believe this information should be presented in some form, which ALT0 and ALT2 have but not ALT1. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    pps: Template:Did you know nominations/Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi (6 January 2022), Template:Did you know nominations/Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac (22 November 2022), Template:Did you know nominations/Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his (22 November 2023). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @CurryTime7-24: I was going by what was written in the article, so ALT2 reflects the current article wording. Your suggestion would need to be reflected in the article. Still, maybe:
    ALT3 ... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) intended Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus to be scored for piano, but scored it for harp instead due to health reasons?
    @Gerda Arendt: Perhaps CurryTime, or another editor like 4meter4 or Theleekycauldron may be able to explain it better than I can, but this is not about wanting to highlight his health issues. In fact, I would rather not if there were alternatives and it wasn't the most interesting or eyecatchy part of the article. It's not about focusing on his health problems: it's about highlight a hook fact that is likely to catch the attention of readers and entice them to click on the article and learn more about the Canticle. By contrast, a hook mentioning the writer and the tenor is unlikely to have the same effect. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You will have read in the article that all five canticles were written with the tenor voice of Peter Pears in mind. Compare last year's. Not to mention at least the word "tenor", better his name, seems against the composer's sentiments for his beloved. - The article title alone is catchy, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There's lots I could say about ALT0, but (a) I was pinged and (b) I don't have much to say outside of what I already said at the RfC where we decided we didn't want hooks like ALT0. I will say that Canticles I, II, and IV, which Gerda linked above as examples of her successful hooks, were all in the bottom 10% of hooks by viewcount in their respective months. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:45, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't link to "successful" hooks, but to hooks in a series, begun in 2013, the composer's centenary. I am happy to take low viewcounts, it spares others to be blamed. Template:Did you know nominations/A Hymn of St Columba (2019), Template:Did you know nominations/Te Deum in C (2013).
    I would like to mention the poet, because Britten liked his writing, + the youthful work was printed late.
    I would like to mention the dedicatee because he wrote many librettos for Britten. However, trying to please:
    ALT0a: ... that Benjamin Britten (pictured) composed Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus to be performed by his friends, tenor Peter Pears and harpist Osian Ellis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:07, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Respectfully, if you are trying to please, then please drop the Pears/Ellis angle, as it simply is not going to happen. If you want to avoid long DYK discussions and have brief ones, either propose hooks that will catch the attention of most readers as opposed to just yourself, or agree to such hooks proposed by others. Again, please drop ALT0's angle as no matter how it is worded, no such hook is going to be approved here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:46, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Two things. One, not even most Christians know who Saint Narcissus is, so I don't think most readers will find the title alone catchy. Second, consensus can change. What may be acceptable angles or focuses for hooks in the past will not always be so. Just because it was accepted before to use angles related to Pears does not mean necessarily mean that such proposals will be accepted now. Indeed, consensus develops from previous experience. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:49, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    1) You will have read in the article that the character is none of two Christian Saints, but rather Greek mythology in disguise. What I meant is more that "Death of" (whoever) may raise curiosity. It seems to be the title of that poem. 2) Re-reading the former reviews, I enjoyed their brevity. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I was talking more about the title of the song, not the article. You were asking if the article title alone is catchy, and the article title mentions Saint Narcissus, so I was commenting based on that fact, not about the article. Death alone will probably not raise interest without additional context. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:46, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think I understood that, and we see again that we find different things interesting. And so may readers. I find this title enigmatic and would like to find out more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Miles Rock

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    Page 979, "he graduated as Civil Engineer with the first class of Lehigh in 1869". Page 979, "he served as Chief of the Guatemala Boundary Commission, charged

    with the duty of determining and locating the disputed frontier between Guatemala and Mexico"

      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Peel's Cut
      • Comment: Just created the article, fascinating individual, will try to get a photo uploaded... Also, I did a QPQ because I have a bunch of DYK's from a few years ago
    Created by Dmadeo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    dm (talk) 23:44, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Abortion in Kyrgyzstan

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    Created by PhoenixCaelestis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    -Emily (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) 15:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • @PhoenixCaelestis: The article looks good. No copyvios. QPQ not needed. Hook is interesting. I would add a link to haram. In the sources I was unable to find the part that said that it is haram, and that women refuse to do it for this reason. I see that part about that woman in Osh, but the source doesn't say the "haram" bit. Could you provide one that does say "haram" please? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:14, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Panamitsu: I've added a link to haram, and here's a source for the part on whether or not abortion is haram. It is from the Australian National Imams Council, an organization of mosque leaders.

    https://www.anic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/THE-ISLAMIC-POSITION-ON-ABORTION.pdf

    ―PhoenixCaelestis (talk) 07:26, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • @PhoenixCaelestis: Thank you for working on this article. The source you suggest states the formal position as haram, but I do not see information in the article or the source you added to support the statement "that women refuse to do it for this reason". You need statistics if you want to support this claim. The only case mentioned is one woman doctor who says that she is now afraid to counsel people about abortion. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:18, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: I've added two more sources to the article to back the claim, and I will provide them here as well.

    https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Review/responses/KYRGYZSTAN-English.pdf https://europe.ippf.org/blogs/kyrgyzstans-cocktail-conservatism-and-apathy-bitter-draught-women

    -Emily (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) 13:05, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • @PhoenixCaelestis: The new sources generally talk about culture and issues in medical care for women, but I don't see that either one clearly presents either a claim or evidence that many women refuse to go through with abortion because it is considered haram. One source even comments (without data?) that women may be more likely to get abortions because contraception is costly. The sources are also not very current. I'm not trying to be difficult here, but I think you'll need to either rephrase the hook or find more explicit sources that clearly support what you state. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:02, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The hook is very unlikely to be true. In addition to what Mary Mark Ockerbloom wrote, I should also note that the claim that abortion is haram is in itself either misleading or outright incorrect, as explained by Islam and abortion. Each of the four Sunni schools considers abortion permitted but under different circumstances, and the dominant school in Kyrgyzstan is the one that is most permitting regarding abortion. Surtsicna (talk) 23:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hikari Kodama

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    • ... that because she went to a high school with strict rules, Hikari Kodama would wear wigs while making public performances? Source: [42] ("はい。中学3年生の冬に初めてオーディションを受けて、そこから3年ほど事務所に所属しました。でも、校則が厳しい高校に通っていたので、表立った芸能活動ができなかったんですよ。なので、その頃はカツラを被ったりしながらライブをしてました（笑）。先生たちに気付かれないように。")
    Created by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 111 past nominations.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Miss Shampoo

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    Created by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

    Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 06:36, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    1. ^ 祁玲 (25 July 2023). "【洗頭妹之戀3】宋芸樺狂洗60顆頭還要當保母 春風髮型百變任他玩". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2024. 宋芸樺為了阿芬這個角色瘦身5公斤，符合劇中展現小蠻腰的洗頭妹造型，還花了不少時間學習剪髮和洗頭。她在2個月內找了5間髮廊，先跟2家傳統家庭理髮的阿姨學洗頭，再去3家較為現代的髮廊學按摩，同時多方了解髮型助理的生活。 [Vivian Sung lost 5 kilograms for her role as Fen to achieve the small waist look of the hairstylist in the film, and she also spent considerable time learning how to hairstyling and hairwashing. Within two months, she visited five salons, first learning how to wash hair from a couple of traditional family hairdressers, and then going to three more modern salons to learn about massage, while gaining insights into the life of a hairstylist.]
    2. ^ 羅子欣 (18 July 2023). "柯震東被狗撞傷「春風天天打電話」 場景太逼真竟騙到居民". TVBS News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024. 劇組特別在西門町重現片中重要場景「美滿理髮廳」，不僅是男女主角春風、宋芸樺第一次見面的地方，也是彼此逐漸產生情愫的定情之地，其實美滿理髮廳全是劇組設計、裝潢而成的，甚至在拍片時，還有當地居民誤以為是真的，走進來說要剪髮 [The production crew specifically recreated the main set "Mei-mun Hair Salon" in Ximending, which is not only the place where the male and female leads, Daniel Hong and Vivian Sung, first meet but also becomes the location where their feelings for each other gradually develop. In fact, the Mei-mun Hair Salon was entirely designed and built by the crew, and during filming, some local residents mistakenly thought it was a real shop and walked in asking for haircuts.]
    3. ^ 祁玲 (25 July 2023). "【洗頭妹之戀4】劇組擬以它為藍本打造理髮廳 遭九把刀否決有原因". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2024. 鄭昀從劇本階段就跟著九把刀，在前製期處理許多相關事宜，例如因應劇情需要尋找棒球隊合作拍攝，卻因台詞問題屢次遭拒，最後花很多時間才找到願意參與的球隊。 [Cheng Yun followed Giddens Ko from the scriptwriting phase and handled many pre-production issues, such as seeking baseball teams for collaboration based on the storyline. However, due to concerns about the dialogue, they were repeatedly rejected, and it ultimately took a lot of time to find a team willing to participate.]
    4. ^ 蕭采薇 (5 July 2023). "樂天神秘球員鄭旭翔是誰！長超像禾浩辰？ 原來跟九把刀新片有關". ETtoday (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 November 2024. 職棒「樂天桃猿」近來在社群上公告將有球員赴日挑戰，包括「全壘打王」廖健富、「最強中繼投手」賴鴻誠、「經典賽戰將」成晉都相繼給予祝福。而該球員公開為「鄭旭翔」，陌生的名字讓球迷一頭霧水，原來是九把刀最新作品《請問，還有哪裡需要加強？》裡的角色，由有健美體魄的禾浩辰飾演。 [The baseball team Rakuten Monkeys recently announced on social media that several players will head to Japan for challenges, including the "Home run king" Liao Chien-fu, "Top relief pitcher" Lai Hung-cheng, and "Classic tournament warrior" Cheng Chin, all of whom expressed their blessings. The player in question is "Cheng Hsu-hsiang", an unfamiliar name that left fans confused; it turns out he is a character from Giddens Ko's latest work Miss Shampoo, played by the muscular Bruce Hung.]
    5. ^ 祁玲 (25 July 2023). "【洗頭妹之戀2】黃立成反悔大哥換人當 春風有喜感拚演技大躍進". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2024. 對此九把刀說：「當時麻吉大哥（黃立成）自己要當主角，就變得超級沒有成本概念，什麼都可以。」後來團隊建議黃立成上表演課，他上完課就反悔不演了，並力薦由春風取代，如此確定男主角人選。 / 過程中發生一件插曲，初期雖已定案，黃立成仍一直打電話給九把刀，叫他不要拍《請問》，改拍另一部多年前籌備卻因故停拍的《功夫》，但九把刀那時只想拍洗頭妹的故事。九把刀說：「麻吉大哥就像小朋友一樣嚷著要拍《功夫》，最後我們決定要拍這個故事時，他就以祝福的心情看著，加上我有用他很喜歡的春風，他的內心應該是peace（平靜）的。」 [In response, Giddens Ko said, "At that time, my buddy (Jeffrey Huang) wanted to be the main character, so we became completely cost-blind and thought anything was possible.' Later, the crew suggested that Huang take acting classes, but after completing them, he changed his mind and decided not to act, recommending Daniel Hong as a replacement, thus confirming the male lead. / During the process, there was an incident where, although the decision had already been made, Jeffrey Huang kept calling Giddens Ko, urging him not to make Miss Shampoo and instead to film another project, Kung Fu, which had been in preparation for years but was halted for various reasons. However, Giddens Ko only wanted to tell the story of the hairstylist. Giddens Ko remarked, 'My buddy was like a child insisting on making Kung Fu, but when we decided to make this story, he looked on with a blessing heart. Plus, I had him cast Daniel Hong, who he really liked, in a role, so he should have felt at peace inside.]

    Gohobi

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    Created by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 109 past nominations.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:26, 5 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Narutolovehinata5:, Thanks for the article. This is a suggestion: could you expand the article slightly to give some idea of what it means to have a "tofu mentality"? For those of us who won't be able to read the original sources if we click through, the current Wikipedia article gives no explanation of the hook. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:26, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    For what it's worth, the sources regarding the band only use "tofu mentality" without further elaboration (other than it was a term they gave to themselves), so I can't really add more to the article without doing original research. Technically, in Japanese, the term "tofu mentality" means something similar to what English speakers would call a "snowflake", although the article uses a literal translation of "豆腐メンタル" rather than the translated version (which is probably still accurate since the literal meaning is correct in Japanese). The full explanation about what the term means would probably not work for the band's article since it would delve into original research or even WP:COAT, but that's the explanation for context. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:06, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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    Perplexities after Escher

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    Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2125 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Will leave this to another reviewer, but a shortened version of ALT1 would probably be a good option:
    ALT2 ... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for the heckelphone, was composed to commemorate the instrument's 120th anniversary?
    ALT2a ... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for the heckelphone, was composed for the instrument's 120th anniversary?
    ALT2b ... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for the heckelphone, was composed as part of the instrument's 120th anniversary celebrations?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:48, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    After giving this some thoughts, I've struck the original hook and ALT1. The original hook is unlikely to be perceived as interesting to those who are not specialists in classical music or art, and the second hook's wording is a bit weird and its point is probably better expressed by the ALT2 variations. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:13, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know what your "some thoughts" were. The fact that this music is not for heckelphone alone, but for an interesting group of chamber musicians, including double bass - these poor people otherwise have just the Trout Quintet - is key to the music, and being able to see one of the inspiring images has nothing to do with classical music, and looking at pictures is no "specialist knowledge in art", to my understanding, but something that children can do. Therefore I actually prefer ALT0. The 120 years seems rather of "specialist" interest, no? Who cares if 110 or 130? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:38, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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    Sims2aholic8 (talk) 18:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    René Vallon

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    René Vallon
    René Vallon
    • ... that René Vallon (pictured) achieved both the first flight and first flight-related death in China?
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 703 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:47, 6 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Dostrotime

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    • Source: On 23 January 2024, the music video for the lead single "Wendorlan" was released on YouTube. The visuals for the music video were made by Jenkinson himself, using an oscilloscope. It was filmed in one take and, according to Jenkinson, he used "custom processing to generate the XY signal from components of track audio and control data". https://thequietus.com/news/squarepusher-wendorlan/
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    Beachweak (talk) 12:55, 6 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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    Ritsuko Taho

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    ミラP@Miraclepine 22:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Pablo Busch

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    Pablo Busch, c. 1930
    Pablo Busch, c. 1930
    • Source: Hollweg 1995, p. 330.
    Created by Krisgabwoosh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.

    Krisgabwoosh (talk) 06:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Kingdom of Characters

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    Kimikel (talk) 05:53, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Kwan Man-ching

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    • Source: Chung, Stephanie (2022). "From Silent Films to Talkies: Rediscovering Moon Kwan Man-ching". Exploring Hong Kong Films of the 1930s and 1940s: Part 1: Era and Film History (PDF). Translated by Chin, Roberta. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive. pp. 32–49. ISBN 978-962-8050-77-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2024. "Later, Kwan would reminisce that his choice to commit to the film industry in his youth was not only a way of survival, but also because of his wish to revitalise China’s industry. He also chose film because of its ability to subtly influence, making it a good tool to educate the people. Another reason was because he was very attracted to actress Mary Pickford, and had hoped for an opportunity to get close to her in the film studio." Number of films is listed at "關文清 Moon Kwan / Kwan Man Ching (1896-1995)". 香港電影導演大全, 1914-1978 [The Ultimate Guide to Hong Kong Film Directors, 1914-1978] (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Directors Guild. 2018. ISBN 978-988-12666-0-6. (I count more than sixty).
    • ALT1: ... that Kwan Man-ching (pictured) advised D. W. Griffith to forego queues with Broken Blossoms? Source: Lester, Jason (2023). Experiments with China in American Modernity (Thesis). University of Oregon – via ProQuest. "Whereas Kwan positioned himself in relation to signifiers of classical Chinese tradition in his endeavors within poetry and fine art, he went to great lengths in Griffith’s production to advocate for the modernity of the Chinese people. He persuaded Griffith against the Chinese protagonist of the film wearing a queue, arguing it would be woefully anachronistic for a narrative taking place in the current day."
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    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 704 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:14, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Organization of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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    John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 00:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Petergofsky District

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    • Source: M. Mitelʹman. Борьба партии большевиков за упрочение советской власти (1917- 1918 гг.). Политиздат при ЦК ВКП(б), 1940. p. 20
    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 410 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 23:33, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    Favre's Dad Game

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    « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:11, 7 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - see below
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Article looks good. The only issue is that I don't see the quote from the hook "greatest games of his fabulous career" in the article? BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    BeanieFan11, it is the second sentence of the article. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 02:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Canaanite ivory comb

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    • ... that the Canaanite ivory comb that contains the earliest sentence in a phonetic alphabet was categorized as a miscellaneous artifact for five years before gaining significance as an important discovery?
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    • Comment: An image would be excellent for this entry. The images are there in the internet but I have been unable to find a suitable one that can be uploaded to commons with proper licensing. Please help me find/upload a picture for this artifact.
    Created by Raydann (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 20:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment: So, between 2004 and 2010 or so, I did a lot of reading about artifacts like this. It turns out that it is extremely common for items like this to be set aside for years, decades, perhaps even a century or more, before someone comes along and decides to give them a second look. I only bring this up because while I like your hook, I could see others objecting to it as mundane. Viriditas (talk) 23:35, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Jim Rivaldo

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    • Source: [52] Politics was as much a passion as a job for Jim Rivaldo, a veteran San Francisco political consultant who worked campaigns for candidates ranging from Harvey Milk and Ella Hill Hutch to Supervisor Bevin Dufty and District Attorney Kamala Harris.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 00:48, 9 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]


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