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This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page, by a "hook" (an interesting note). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a staging area, from which the articles are promoted into the Queue.
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Count of DYK Hooks | ||
Section | # of Hooks | # Verified |
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November 11 | 1 | |
November 29 | 1 | |
November 30 | 1 | |
December 10 | 1 | |
December 12 | 6 | |
December 13 | 1 | |
December 19 | 4 | |
December 20 | 1 | 1 |
December 21 | 1 | |
December 22 | 2 | |
December 23 | 1 | |
December 24 | 1 | |
December 25 | 1 | 1 |
December 26 | 3 | 1 |
December 27 | 1 | 1 |
December 28 | 2 | |
December 29 | 2 | 1 |
December 30 | 2 | |
December 31 | 5 | 2 |
January 1 | 3 | 2 |
January 2 | 7 | 5 |
January 3 | 2 | 2 |
January 4 | 9 | 7 |
January 5 | 4 | 2 |
January 6 | 4 | 2 |
January 7 | 4 | 2 |
January 8 | 3 | 1 |
January 9 | 3 | |
January 10 | 6 | 2 |
January 11 | 5 | 1 |
January 12 | 9 | 7 |
January 13 | 6 | 4 |
January 14 | 8 | 5 |
January 15 | 11 | 8 |
January 16 | 12 | 7 |
January 17 | 12 | 8 |
January 18 | 14 | 8 |
January 19 | 12 | 4 |
January 20 | 7 | 4 |
January 21 | 12 | 5 |
January 22 | 11 | 5 |
January 23 | 10 | 1 |
January 24 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 213 | 100 |
Last updated 18:17, 24 January 2021 UTC Current time is 18:31, 24 January 2021 UTC [refresh] |
Instructions for nominators[edit]
Create a subpage for your new DYK suggestion and then list the page below under the date the article was created or the expansion began or it became a good article (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion (if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of the DYK project talk page with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose); self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination (consider watchlisting your nomination page).
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How to review a nomination[edit]
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.
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Frequently asked questions[edit]
Backlogged?[edit]
This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until an editor reviews it. Since editors are encouraged to review the oldest submissions first (so that those hooks don't grow stale), it may take several weeks until your submission is reviewed. In the meantime, please consider reviewing another submission (not your own) to help reduce the backlog (see instructions above).
Where is my hook?[edit]
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How to promote an accepted hook[edit]
- See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for full instructions.
- Hooks that have been approved are located on the approved nominations page.
- In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote.
- In another window, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.
- In the prep set...
- Paste the hook into the hook area (be sure to not paste in that that)
- Paste the credit information ({{DYKmake}} and/or {{DYKnom}}) into the credits area.
- Add an edit summary, e.g. "Promoted [[Jane Fonda]]", preview, and save
- Back on DYK nomination page...
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How to remove a rejected hook[edit]
- 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
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. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.
How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Older nominations[edit]
Articles created/expanded on November 11[edit]
Alligator Rainwear
- ... that an Alligator in PVC gave Mary Quant a wet look? Source: "Quant launched her 'Wet Collection' in April 1963 at the H?tel de Crillon, Paris, featuring entirely PVC garments. ... The material was so innovative that it took another two years before a collaboration with British manufacturer Alligator Rainwear resulted in a commercially viable range of Mary Quant PVC raincoats." ([1])
- Reviewed: Submarine Sadko
Created by Edwardx (talk), Philafrenzy (talk), and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 01:20, 17 November 2020 (UTC).
Unless the intention was to make the hook vague on purpose (or invite readers to read the Alligator link), I don't think the hook works unless you know what PVC is or are familiar with Quant. Could something less vague be suggested here too? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:44, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Yes it is deliberately ambiguous and intended for the final slot as there are no suitable free images for a picture hook. I think ALT1 will make a good hook there. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:35, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, surely all hooks ought to aim to get the reader to click on a link. Quant, Dior and Chanel have been called the three most important fashion designers of the 20th century. PVC is a commonly used and well-known material, not just in fashion. Edwardx (talk) 11:38, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Perhaps the hook could work as an AFD hook with the current wording, but otherwise it still seems too vague personally. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Edwardx: Would you be okay with the nomination running as an April Fools Day hook? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:08, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination, and is free from close paraphrasing. Whispy provided a QPQ. The "Wet Look" wording is only mentioned (uncited) in the lede, and Mary Quant is not linked in the body but only in the lede. In fact, several statements in the lede are only mentioned there (without a reference) and are not found anywhere else in the article. In addition, the "Recent history" section appears incomplete, as it makes no mention about when the brand was acquired. Meanwhile, the relationship between Alligator Mill and Alligator Rainwear is not made clear in the relevant section. As mentioned earlier, I have some reservations about approving either hook except as part of the AFD set, though I'm willing to request a second opinion from another editor who may be more willing to accept it. As a possible alternative, a hook about how one of the company's owners was a victim of the Munich air disaster is a possible option, though due to it being a negative event, not going with it is acceptable. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 18:10, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Edwardx: As the nomination is almost a month old and article issues remain, the nomination may be failed unless there is a prompt response and the issues are addressed. Courtesy ping to co-nominators Whispyhistory and Philafrenzy. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 07:28, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
- I see that Whispyhistory has been expanding the article further and has addressed several concerns that were raised above. Please let me know when you're done working on it so that the review may continue. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:38, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks @Narutolovehinata5:...Not sure what else to do there. Maybe the others can think of a hook relating to Alligator's assistance being sought to fix/secure the PVC garment seams which led to Quant's PVC products being sold commercially. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:10, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Whispyhistory: For one thing, the exact relationship between Alligator Mill and Alligator Rainwear is never elaborated on in the article and isn't immediately obvious in any case. There's also no mention of when and why they were acquired by Baker Street Brands, although if no sources (online or offline) that can elaborate on this, then it's okay. As for the hooks, I'm willing to approve either provided that they run on April Fools, as otherwise the hooks just feel too vague or misleading to be in the quirky slot as is. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:32, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- I will look at the sourcing but the whole point of the last slot is to be vague, misleading, and humorous. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:45, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Philafrenzy, Whispyhistory, and Edwardx: Any updates on the sourcing part? I see that the article has had some expansions since the last comments made here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5:. Thank you for being patient. I have done what I can. Will leave rest to @Philafrenzy and Edwardx:...unless you think I need to do more. Whispyhistory (talk) 21:13, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm just waiting for a confirmation that the expansion is finished and the review will continue. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:09, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5:. Thank you for being patient. I have done what I can. Will leave rest to @Philafrenzy and Edwardx:...unless you think I need to do more. Whispyhistory (talk) 21:13, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
- Is the article expansion done now? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:31, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- Just pinging @Whispyhistory to get this moving again - apparently nominator is awaiting your answer. --LordPeterII (talk) 21:58, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sure...Go ahead with review....I don't have anything further to add to the article. Apologies, I didn't realise a reply was awaited from me. Whispyhistory (talk) 22:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Also waiting for a response from Edwardx regarding the other article concerns. @Whispyhistory: Would you also be open for ALT0 to be an April Fools hook? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:48, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Thankyou. ALT0 on April fool's day okay with me. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have just read it and everything in the lead now appears in the body. There is certainly a long section explaining the relationship with Quant. All this pinging is fine but perhaps the reviewer could state specifically anything they are not happy with so that it may be fixed. We know they don't like the hook, but they are completely wrong about that. It's a very good hook (Alt1) with a nice play on words where "wet look" (shiny PVC raincoats that looked like they were wet) is reversed to "look wet" juxtaposed with "an Alligator", i.e. a raincoat made by Alligator. It's British surreal humour, but that's appropriate and appreciated by most English speakers. Readers will immediately understand that it's a little cryptic play on words that they have to decode in their mind and that it is not intended to be read literally. Their curiosity aroused, they will then click on the link for the "reveal" where everything is explained. Philafrenzy (talk) 09:52, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- As of right now I'm really only willing to approve the original wording if it goes up as an April Fools Day hook, because otherwise it personally just feels too misleading even for a quirky slot. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:14, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Also waiting for a response from Edwardx regarding the other article concerns. @Whispyhistory: Would you also be open for ALT0 to be an April Fools hook? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:48, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sure...Go ahead with review....I don't have anything further to add to the article. Apologies, I didn't realise a reply was awaited from me. Whispyhistory (talk) 22:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Just pinging @Whispyhistory to get this moving again - apparently nominator is awaiting your answer. --LordPeterII (talk) 21:58, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- OK, do you have any other objections? Philafrenzy (talk) 12:19, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- The article is almost good to go: it just needs a little more clarification about the relationship between the mill and the brand (as far as I can tell, the mill was the brand's factory? The wording is somewhat confusing). In addition, as the article is written in British English, shouldn't "Willie" be 'Willie' like the other quotes? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Have changed "Willie" to 'Willie', even though British English has no firm position on this. As for Alligator mill and the Alligator brand, factories are of course usually named after brands/companies, not vice versa. Philafrenzy has gone to some effort to clarify the usage of Alligator, but ultimately we can only summarise reliable sources, and seeking to make inferences can be WP:OR. The US and UK courts are littered with such unresolved trademark disputes. Edwardx (talk) 12:59, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- I wonder whether we should just remove all the quotation marks from Alligator as the capital A seems sufficient. Philafrenzy (talk) 13:19, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Have changed "Willie" to 'Willie', even though British English has no firm position on this. As for Alligator mill and the Alligator brand, factories are of course usually named after brands/companies, not vice versa. Philafrenzy has gone to some effort to clarify the usage of Alligator, but ultimately we can only summarise reliable sources, and seeking to make inferences can be WP:OR. The US and UK courts are littered with such unresolved trademark disputes. Edwardx (talk) 12:59, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- The article is almost good to go: it just needs a little more clarification about the relationship between the mill and the brand (as far as I can tell, the mill was the brand's factory? The wording is somewhat confusing). In addition, as the article is written in British English, shouldn't "Willie" be 'Willie' like the other quotes? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on November 29[edit]
Valentina (singer)
- ( Article history links: Valentina (singer)
- J'imagine )
- ... that Valentina with her song "J'imagine" is the first French to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest?
- ALT1:... that Valentina with her song "J'imagine" is the first to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for France?
- ALT2:... that Valentina with her song "J'imagine" gave France its first victory at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest?
Created/expanded by Moscow Connection (talk). Self-nominated at 20:45, 6 December 2020 (UTC).
Interesting song and singer, and I'm looking at both. Good foreign sources accepted AGF. Please mark the language of each source not English. No copyvio obvious. I am not happy with the hooks' wording. How about something like
- ALT3: ... that Valentina won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest singing "J'imagine", as the first victory of France in the contest? - Also waiting for qpq. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry, I forgot about the QPQ. Could you please wait till Tuesday or Wednesday? I'm also going to expand the first article a bit. (Look at the French one I wrote. It's better.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 08:17, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
- Any updates on the QPQ? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:51, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- oscow Connection QPQ? SL93 (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Moscow Connection fix ping. SL93 (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry. Give me an hour. --Moscow Connection (talk)
- I added a QPQ. But I still want to expand the articles somewhat. Could you please wait till tomorrow? I can't do it right now. --Moscow Connection (talk) 16:10, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Moscow Connection fix ping. SL93 (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Moscow Connection: It's been almost a week since your last comment here, if you can't expand further the nomination will have to move on without it. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:29, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Why would you think so? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Moscow Connection, thanks for the QPQ. However, as you have nominated two articles, you must supply two QPQ reviews, not just one. Please do another one as soon as possible. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- BlueMoonset I will donate a QPQ - Template:Did you know nominations/Minoru Makihara. SL93 (talk) 03:33, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Moscow Connection (talk) 04:21, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I will do another QPQ now. --Moscow Connection (talk) 04:22, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- With my donation, you don't need to do one if you don't feel like that. That would be QPQ #2. SL93 (talk) 04:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- You're so kind, but I think you can find a better use for your QPQ than that. :-)
Sorry, I was busy with something else lately. And yes, you are right, I didn't really feel like doing anything right now... But it was my responsibility, so I did another review. And now I will make myself expand the articles. --Moscow Connection (talk) 06:27, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- You're so kind, but I think you can find a better use for your QPQ than that. :-)
- With my donation, you don't need to do one if you don't feel like that. That would be QPQ #2. SL93 (talk) 04:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I will expand the articles today. --04:21, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on November 30[edit]
AlphaFold
... that the results of DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 program in the CASP 14 protein structure prediction competition have been called "astounding" and transformational?Source: "astounding": CASP14 scores just came out and they¡¯re astounding transformational: ¡®It will change everything¡¯: DeepMind¡¯s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures (Nature)
- Comment: Note: I am one day over in submitting this, because it was previously up for consideration at WP:ITNC (discussion), and only fell off the page there at midnight this morning. So any leeway you could give it would be appreciated.
- Reviewed: The Adults Are Talking
Converted from a redirect by Ktin (talk), Jheald (talk), and My very best wishes (talk). Nominated by Jheald (talk) at 18:36, 8 December 2020 (UTC).
The article is new enough and long enough. The rationale for the two nonfree images is perfectly argued. I had some doubt for the first image, but searching in google-images didn't show the same image anywhere else. The article is neutral and well sourced. The "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" don't show any copyvio (it just marked the quoted part). You have done a great job, congratulations. Alexcalamaro (talk) 20:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: in spirit of MOS:PEACOCK, I suggest the following blurb:
... that AlphaFold 2 won the 14th biannual CASP competition achieving 92% accuracy, essentially solving the decades-old protein folding problem.--bender235 (talk) 01:26, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Bender235: While claims such as "In a serious sense the single protein single domain [prediction] problem is largely solved" have been widely made (that quote is from conference chair John Moult's closing presentation to the conference), were very widely featured as a top line in media coverage, and have also been supported in thoughtful commentary by eg Mohammed AlQuraishi [2], they have also met with opposition; and so we are not currently running them on the article. (Though this could be changed). See article talk page for extended discussions. That is why I submitted the DYK text as above.
- Note also that while AF2 has made a very significant advance in the protein structure prediction problem, this is a different question to the question of how protein folding develops in nature, so caution should be taken not to confuse the two. ¡ª Preceding unsigned comment added by Jheald (talk ? contribs) 09:43, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- I would suggest the following:
... that a team of researchers who used AlphaFold 2, an artificial intelligence-based software, won the 14th biannual CASP competition in protein structure prediction and achieved high accuracy for almost all single domain protein targets.See discussion here. My very best wishes (talk) 21:11, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
- Folks @Jheald, My very best wishes, Alexcalamaro, and Bender235:, this one has been open for sometime now, let's go ahead and drive this one to closure. I think the below text is the best that someone on homepage would be able to follow; anything more and we run the risk that folks find it
too wordy
ortoo complex
. Let's move ahead, if you are good. Also @Yoninah: I do not want to presuppose your background but can you read the below two hooks as a layperson and let me know if you a) find it interesting b) generally get the gist of this one? If you are not a layperson for this topic, I am happy to go chase down some laypersons for this topic. Cheers.Ktin (talk) 22:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT 3.0
.... that DeepMind's protein-folding AI AlphaFold 2 has solved a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology?(source: MIT Technology Review). - OR
- ALT 4.0
.... that DeepMind's AI AlphaFold 2 can predict the shape of proteins to within a width of an atom?(source: MIT Technology Review).- @Ktin: I am a layperson, and I really like ALT 3.0. ALT 4.0 is also more understandable than ALT0. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:35, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks @Yoninah:. Wonderful. @Alexcalamaro and Bender235: -- if one of you have a moment, please can you review the above two hooks per the standard WP:DYK hook review guidelines? Cheers. Ktin (talk) 22:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- I agree with Yoninah, ALT 4 blurb is very catchy. Probably the best choice. --bender235 (talk) 23:04, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Ktin: I prefer ALT 3.0, I think fits better with the achievement and is more attractive for "the layperson" ;-) . Alexcalamaro (talk) 23:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- Wonderful. Thanks both of you @Alexcalamaro and Bender235:. Please can one of you review the hooks per our guidelines and approve both the hooks, we can choose one from the two post that or empower the posting Admin to make a choice. But, first step, lets approve the hooks. Cheers. Thanks again folks. Ktin (talk) 23:14, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT 3.0
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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Overall: Both hooks ALT 3.0 and ALT 4.0 meet our guidelines Alexcalamaro (talk) 18:08, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Wonderful. Thanks much Alexcalamaro.
- Passing the baton over to you Yoninah to take it from here. I am good with either of the hooks (ALT3 or ALT4). I know you had prefered ALT3 and Bender235 had prefered ALT4. Alexcalamaro -- do you want to cast the tie-breaker vote? ;) Ktin (talk) 18:54, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- I vote for ALT 3.0 option (after all, we are talking about folding proteins). Alexcalamaro (talk) 19:24, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks much Alexcalamaro. Passing the baton to Yoninah. Over to you now for next steps :) Thanks everyone. I want to specially thank @Jheald and My very best wishes: who have done and continue to do lots of good work on the article. Genuinely thank you folks. Ktin (talk) 19:27, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- I vote for ALT 3.0 option (after all, we are talking about folding proteins). Alexcalamaro (talk) 19:24, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
I think all these versions of hooks, including ALT3 and ALT4 misinform a reader. No, the "50-year-old grand challenge of biology" has not been solved. There will be many future CASP meetings to assess further progress in this direction. Just saying that it "predicts the shape of proteins to within a width of an atom" is also wrong. No, it does not. AlphaFold-2 makes sufficiently precise predictions only for 2/3 of proteins, according to CASP assessors. But even in these good cases it does NOT predict protein structure with such precision for all atoms, as a reader would assume. Actually, such claim is simply ridiculous because there is protein dynamics and there is no such thing as width of an atom. There are only atomic radii, but but this is not a single number; they are very different for different types of atoms. Also, this is not "shape", but a three-dimensional structure. The referencing is to a misleading opinion piece. Author does make a claim that AlphaFold can predict the shape of proteins to within the width of an atom, but he apparently does not have a slightest idea what he is talking about. Let's not multiply the misinformation in Wikipedia. Please see the hook I suggested above (it can be shortened if needed). My very best wishes (talk) 19:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- All, very good points My very best wishes, but, this gets very close to WP:OR unless substantiated with a clear note from WP:RS. For now, the statements are sourced perfectly from WP:RS, and I think they meet the layperson's needs on the homepage. My suggestion is let's move forward with ALT3 as discussed above. Ktin (talk) 20:12, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, there are indeed WP:News sources about it (some of which claim nonsense like predicting "the shape of proteins to within the width of an atom"). However, this is an extraordinary and exceptional claim about solving a fundamental scientific problem, and not everyone agree (some similar WP:News type sources claim the opposite). I think we do need some WP:MEDRS quality sources here, such as serious independent scientific reviews. There is none. The method (AlfaFold-2) has not been published. The official assessment on CASP has not been published in any peer reviewed journal.
- For example, as this article tells, "DeepMind¡¯s press release trumpeted ¡°a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology¡± based on its breakthrough performance on a biennial competition dubbed the Critical Assessment of Protein Structure Prediction (CASP). But the company drew criticism from academics because it made its claim without publishing its results in a peer-reviewed paper. ... ¡°Frankly the hype serves no one,¡± and so on. I just do not think we should multiply this "hype" in WP. My very best wishes (talk) 20:29, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- @My very best wishes: in a literal sense the protein folding problem is not "solved," since we can obviously always move the goalposts regarding the necessary precision (¡Ý90% accuracy? ¡Ý99%? ¡Ý99.99%?). The jump in precision at this year's CASP certainly deserves to be called a "breakthrough." I agree that the catchy "width of an atom" is not a precisely determined length (just as the even more popular "width of a human hair" is not); the press release said less than two angstrom, which we could use, too. --bender235 (talk) 21:31, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, one can say a "breakthrough" (I agree), but one can not say that "the problem was solved" for a number of reasons, such as (a) the protein set on CASP is absolutely not a representative set of proteins (it included only one membrane protein and the group was ranked #43 for this target, it did not include any "intertwined" protein structures or any linear peptides or any proteins with unique sequence in genomes, and so on.), (b) the method has not been even published and is not publicly available for independent evaluation, (c) AF2 has failed for a single multi-domain protein in CASP14 data set, while such proteins represent a majority in Eukaryotes, (c) the method was not tested for protein complexes. This is not at all about the percentage. We simply do not know that percentage. We do not even know the percentage on CASP until the assessment has been officially published. My very best wishes (talk) 18:52, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- I would oppose to most of these hooks. OK, let's keep it simple. We do have page AlphaFold. I think this is fair page. However, any hook above (except my suggestion) simply contradicts this page. Does it follow from our AlphaFold page that it "has solved a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology"? No, it does not. Does it follow that AF2 "can predict the shape of proteins to within a width of an atom?" No, it does not. Not at all. Take the lead of this page and summarize it in the hook please. That is what I was trying to do. My very best wishes (talk) 15:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Now, let's consider first hook at the top that the results of DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 program in the CASP 14 protein structure prediction competition have been called "astounding" and transformational?. Well, this is actually much better than last versions. Yes, this is advertisement (just as others), but at least this is not an explicit misinformation. Some people did say that, and most important, yes, the results were very good. My very best wishes (talk) 15:23, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- In the spirit of serving our homepage readers, I will still recommend that we go with either of ALT3 or ALT4. Sufficient backing form WP:RS to move ahead. Ktin (talk) 00:00, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Maybe we could change the "problematic" word solve by crack (also used in the MIT review), so we keep the catchy hook for the "layperson", without multiplying the "hype". What do you think of this one? :
- ALT 3.1 ... that DeepMind's protein-folding AI AlphaFold 2 has cracked a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology? (source: MIT Technology Review).
Alexcalamaro (talk) 04:06, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Alexcalamaro: I am good with this hook (i.e. ALT 3.1). Ktin (talk) 06:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
OK, we need an uninvolved reviewer to review ALT3.1. Striking unused hooks Yoninah (talk) 12:48, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
- OK. I am an uninvolved reviewer because I was not on CASPs for a long time and I do not have connections to CASP organizers or any participants. I only helped with editing page about AF2 in WP. Here is my independent assessment. Yes, there was a great progress with protein structure prediction on CASP14. True. However, "protein folding problem" was NOT solved by AF2 (yet). This is hype. Here is why:
- There was only one transmembrane protein in CASP14 dataset, and AF2 team was ranked #43 for this target; the prediction for this target by AF2 or other groups is far cry from solving the structure. Transmembrane proteins constitute at least 25-30% of proteins in human genome [3] (more by other estimates)
- The performance by AF2 was not great for multidomain proteins, as could be expected because AF2 was not tested for predicting protein complexes. The subunits in complexes are similar to domains. Up to 80% of all eukaryotic proteins are multidomain proteins [4].
- Was it solved by AF2 at least for single domains of water-soluble proteins? There is no proof of that because
- Many proteins are represented by just a single or by a few related sequences in sequence databases, when one can not make large sequence alignment. However, AF2 method is actually based on using large high quality sequence alignments. We do not know if AF2 was tested for such cases and how did it perform.
- As follows from presentations on CAS14 (for example, [5]) AF2 did NOT achieve the accuracy of experimental methods. Moreover, looking at the distance cutoff-sequence coverage graphs here for specific CASP14 targets (T1024, T1027, T1028, T1029, T1030, T1032, T1040, T1047, T1052, T1061, T1070, T1091, T1092, T1099 T1100), one can see they are not even very close. For example, T1024 has only 50% of residues covered by best models for distance cutoff of 2A. Yes, they correctly predicted protein "fold", even family where it belongs (which is great!), but this is far cry from "solving protein folding" problem.
- AF2 is not publicly available for an independent evaluation
- AF2 and assessment of AF2 were not published not only in WP:MEDRS sources, but in any peer reviewed sources.
- GDT measure used by CASP assessors is a poor (insensitive) measure of performance for high-precision modeling. Having GDT of 90 or 60 (e.g. [6]) does not mean that 90% or 60% of the structure was predicted with the same accuracy as provided by X-ray crystallography, for example.
- My conclusion Hook ALT 3.1 is misinformation. Do not do it. My very best wishes (talk) 14:31, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Alexcalamaro: I am good with this hook (i.e. ALT 3.1). Ktin (talk) 06:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
- Following the comments above by My very best wishes and aiming to reach a wide consensus, I propose the following alternative hook :
- ALT 3.2 ... that DeepMind's protein-folding AI AlphaFold 2 has made great progress towards a decades-old grand challenge of biology? (source:
MIT Technology ReviewNature)).
- ALT 3.2 ... that DeepMind's protein-folding AI AlphaFold 2 has made great progress towards a decades-old grand challenge of biology? (source:
Alexcalamaro (talk) 08:05, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, I think that's OK, with one correction: if you need a ref, it should be this [7]. That MIT writer makes too many incorrect claims, such as AF2 used 170,000 PDB structures for training (they used less), etc. My very best wishes (talk) 21:19, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I have changed the source of ALT3.1 to Nature, and added the hook text to the "Responses" section of the article (to meet Hooks criteria). We need more reviewers to validate the proposal. Alexcalamaro (talk) 06:31, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hey @Yoninah and Ktin: I think we have a consensus here with ALT3.2. I am not very familiar with these matters. What is the next step in the DYK process? Thank you. Alexcalamaro (talk) 21:40, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
- Missed this one. @Yoninah: as an uninvolved editor, please can you help review this one? I know this has been waiting for a long time, but, worth wrapping this one imo. Appreciate your helping hand in the review. Ktin (talk) 22:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
OK, ALT3.2 looks good but there is a bit of run-on blue linking in the beginning of the hook. What words don't need to be linked? I also would like to know why the two images from a CASP presentation are licensed as fair use. It seems to me that OTRS permission should be obtained from the author. Alternately, can't someone draw up a similar graph that would be freely licensed? Yoninah (talk) 18:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- The last point is addressed in the fair-use rationales. Regarding OTRS permission, before Christmas I emailed the DeepMind press account for the block-diagram image, and both the CASP account and John Moult for the graph, and didn't get back a reply from any of them. Jheald (talk) 19:12, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Missed this one. @Yoninah: as an uninvolved editor, please can you help review this one? I know this has been waiting for a long time, but, worth wrapping this one imo. Appreciate your helping hand in the review. Ktin (talk) 22:56, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 10[edit]
Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement
- ... that as part of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement, the US agreed to recognize Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, contrary to the UN position? Source: Al Jazeera
- ALT1:... that as part of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement, the US agreed to recognize Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, a decision condemned by multiple countries? Source: multiple sources in the article
- ALT2:... that Republican Senator Jim Inhofe slammed the Trump administration for recognizing Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, a move he described as "shocking and deeply disappointing"? Source: Politico
- Reviewed: 1974 Vincentian general election
Created by Thepharoah17 (talk) and Feminist (talk). Nominated by Feminist (talk) at 18:01, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
- The article does not support the hook statement that the recognition is "contrary to" the UN position. And ALT2 is not appropriately even-handed - the article reflects both support and the opposite by various parties. Neither of those are appropriate. 2604:2000:E010:1100:8813:945C:33AD:2B50 (talk) 17:11, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
- The article reports that the UN says its position is "unchanged", with a message "to avoid any action that could further aggravate a tense situation", implying disapproval of the new US position. ALT2 is notable because Inhofe is generally known as close to Trump and his administration. A DYK hook does not have to be reflective of all of the article's viewpoints as a whole, as long as the hook, viewed in isolation, meets neutrality requirements. feminist (talk) free Hong Kong 04:14, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- As to the first hook - I looked at it again, and at the effort in the above statement to demonstrate that the hook reflects accurately what the article says, and still believe it does not.
- As to ALT1 (I apologize-that is what I was referring to, not ALT2), it is not at all a neutral reflection of what the article states - though it would be fine if it were to say it were condemned by some parties and lauded by some parties. We should not be using DYK to give a mistaken impression of what the article says-that's contrary to our goals, and simply inappropriate.
- I don't have a problem with the language of ALT2, which I see as the only acceptable hook-sorry for the confusion.
- Another ALT that would be acceptable in my view is simply ALT 2A " ... that as part of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement, the US agreed to recognize Morocco's claim to Western Sahara."
- 2604:2000:E010:1100:7462:CB4D:B27A:20DE (talk) 09:04, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- I agree that the normalization agreement has received both statements of support and opposition, but I don't think any country has specifically said anything positive about the US's recognition of Morocco's claim over Western Sahara? For what it's worth, I consider Al Jazeera to be a biased source on any issue relating to Israel, though this particular article is reliable for what it is used to support. feminist (talk) free Hong Kong 12:39, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
I find the recognition of the Western Sahara claim to be hooky enough, perhaps adding a subsequent clause to the hooks dilutes the impact of this change. The hooks could use a link to Political status of Western Sahara. That said, the article is not in great shape. It's a poorly organised stub, and needs to be reworked and could use a bit more expansion. The source used for the Western Sahara recognition doesn't mention the topic. CMD (talk) 05:43, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT3:... that the United States' recognition of Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, part of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement, has faced bipartisan domestic and international opposition? Source: Trump faces bipartisan, international pushback on Western Sahara recognition
- Proposed ALT3 above. Onceinawhile (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis: I have expanded the article a bit to provide some context and more details. Other editors are of course welcome to aid in its expansion. Regarding ALT3, I have slight concerns that non-Americans may not be sufficiently aware of what "bipartisan" means in the context of American politics. feminist (talk) 09:17, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Feminist, we could link Bipartisanship? Onceinawhile (talk) 09:32, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- The new structure is an improvement, but the article is still mixing up the Reuters sources, and thus mixing up definite results of the agreement such as the recognition and potentially unrelated effects such as the drone sails. I'm also surprised it doesn't mention the commitment for a US embassy in the Western Sahara, which is a concrete statement of recognition. For the hook, I continue to suggest leaving reactions and other opinions to the article rather than the hook. CMD (talk) 13:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- I agree w CMD's observation that "I find the recognition of the Western Sahara claim to be hooky enough, perhaps adding a subsequent clause to the hooks dilutes the impact of this change."2604:2000:E010:1100:6014:F444:B44D:4B1D (talk) 07:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hmm. Average readers will not understand the huge significance of this, with the Trump administration having unilaterally broken ranks with a half-century-old global consensus. Onceinawhile (talk) 09:07, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- I agree w CMD's observation that "I find the recognition of the Western Sahara claim to be hooky enough, perhaps adding a subsequent clause to the hooks dilutes the impact of this change."2604:2000:E010:1100:6014:F444:B44D:4B1D (talk) 07:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- The new structure is an improvement, but the article is still mixing up the Reuters sources, and thus mixing up definite results of the agreement such as the recognition and potentially unrelated effects such as the drone sails. I'm also surprised it doesn't mention the commitment for a US embassy in the Western Sahara, which is a concrete statement of recognition. For the hook, I continue to suggest leaving reactions and other opinions to the article rather than the hook. CMD (talk) 13:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Feminist, we could link Bipartisanship? Onceinawhile (talk) 09:32, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis: I have expanded the article a bit to provide some context and more details. Other editors are of course welcome to aid in its expansion. Regarding ALT3, I have slight concerns that non-Americans may not be sufficiently aware of what "bipartisan" means in the context of American politics. feminist (talk) 09:17, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Proposed ALT3 above. Onceinawhile (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- The only reason this is making the news at all is because of Trump's giveaway recognition, approved of by no-one so far. The UN will discuss it on Monday, why not wait for input from that.https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/2020/12/western-sahara-consultations-7.phpSelfstudier (talk) 10:18, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
So after the meeting (closed door) only new thing is South African ambassador comments to the press after:- "decisions contrary to multilateral collective decisions must be discouraged and unequivocally disregarded. We believe that any recognition of Western Sahara as part of Morocco is tantamount to recognizing illegality as such recognition is incompatible with international law," he said.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-usa-morocco-un/u-n-security-council-talks-western-sahara-after-trump-policy-switch-idUSKBN28W01B Selfstudier (talk) 10:49, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
- https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-morocco-to-israel-normalization-pact-not-part-of-trump-brokered-abraham-accords-1.9392662 and now there is this.!.Selfstudier (talk) 15:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT4: ... that Morocco is fourth Arab country to recognize a Jewish State after Bahrain, UAE and Sudan in 2020? Source: [8]
- Proposed ALT4 above. I think it most neutral --Shrike (talk) 08:45, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- IMHO ALT4 is best, in part because it is most neutral, but also because it is most hooky. 2603:7000:2143:8500:949A:D11A:56E8:1AB8 (talk) 08:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
- Unfortunately it is the least notable part of the topic. Per our article Israel¨CMorocco relations, this event has changed little about the relations between Morocco and Israel. But the proposed change of status of Western Sahara is potentially seismic for global international relations. Onceinawhile (talk) 08:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- First, I wouldn't point to a wp article as a source. Second, this article suggests that the Trump position may be of no consequence, if it is at odds with the UN position--which may perhaps be something less than "potentially seismic" impact. Third, as has been pointed out, Biden can in a month switch the US position on the Western Sahara .. which isn't really on the tip of everyone's tongue ... sort of what our former Libertarian candidate might call the "Aleppo" of the moment. I think its pretty clear that the Israel-Morocco actual agreement is of greater moment. But others can judge. 2603:7000:2143:8500:875:774:88D6:7C29 (talk) 09:17, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- Unfortunately it is the least notable part of the topic. Per our article Israel¨CMorocco relations, this event has changed little about the relations between Morocco and Israel. But the proposed change of status of Western Sahara is potentially seismic for global international relations. Onceinawhile (talk) 08:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- IMHO ALT4 is best, in part because it is most neutral, but also because it is most hooky. 2603:7000:2143:8500:949A:D11A:56E8:1AB8 (talk) 08:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
- Proposed ALT4 above. I think it most neutral --Shrike (talk) 08:45, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- I can't agree that the normalization, which Morocco itself denies is a normalization, is of any great consequence, nothing has really changed that much except that most commentators agree that Morocco got a sweetie from Trump that it should not have got. Morocco has gone out of its way to say that the deal is a package so what happens to the "normalization" if the package gets changed? The only notable aspect of this "deal" other than the sweetie is that it is subject to a full court press from the Trump admin looking for a cheap policy win, claiming it is a part of the Abraham Accords (it isn't) that it's a peace agreement (it isn't), that embassies will be exchanged (they won't), Kushner visit and so on. And while the impact at the UN may not be "seismic" this is not the first time that the US (via Trump) has in effect contradicted its own signature at the UN and that will have consequences.Selfstudier (talk) 11:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- Sounds like subjective OR (its a "sweetie," "Trump admin looking for a cheap policy win," "ot isn't" part of the Abraham Accords, "Kushner visit," "Trump .. has contradicted .. own signature," "will have consequences"). This editor's subjective view isn't the sort of thing we should base these decisions on. This is an article about the Agreement. The hook should relate to the Agreement. And the hook asserting "bipartisan domestic and international opposition" ignores the domestic (two of the three senators speaking-and not sure what "bipartisan" has to do with this anyway) and international (many countries) support - also seems as subjective as the prior editor's comments.2603:7000:2143:8500:481B:DDBA:F6D9:9AB9 (talk) 09:57, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- I can't agree that the normalization, which Morocco itself denies is a normalization, is of any great consequence, nothing has really changed that much except that most commentators agree that Morocco got a sweetie from Trump that it should not have got. Morocco has gone out of its way to say that the deal is a package so what happens to the "normalization" if the package gets changed? The only notable aspect of this "deal" other than the sweetie is that it is subject to a full court press from the Trump admin looking for a cheap policy win, claiming it is a part of the Abraham Accords (it isn't) that it's a peace agreement (it isn't), that embassies will be exchanged (they won't), Kushner visit and so on. And while the impact at the UN may not be "seismic" this is not the first time that the US (via Trump) has in effect contradicted its own signature at the UN and that will have consequences.Selfstudier (talk) 11:05, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- OR is allowed on talk pages and not allowed in the article, as you have been doing. You may not like my wording but it reflects the sources I have provided. ALT 3 remains the best hook. And your unsigned ALT 5 is "about the agreement", how, exactly? Selfstudier (talk) 11:33, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT5: ... that Morocco plans to teach Jewish history in its schools, in the wake of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement?Source: [9]
- Good Hook I support either 4 or 5 --Shrike (talk) 12:07, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- This hook is incorrect, as "The decision to add Jewish history and culture to lessons was discreetly launched before the diplomatic deal was announced."[10] I like the idea - it is certainly notable (and hard to believe) that the country of origin of the second-largest Jewish ethnic group in Israel had not previously taught any Jewish history - but it seems strange to have a hook about a topic that is not directly linked to the article. Onceinawhile (talk) 15:06, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT6:... that recognition of Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, part of the Israel¨CMorocco normalization agreement, has been considered the United States' "biggest policy concession" in its attempts to win recognition of Israel?
Another suggestion above.[11] Onceinawhile (talk) 15:06, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
A full DYK review of this nomination against all the criteria is still needed (one has never been done), including the latest hook suggestions. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:54, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 12[edit]
Kirka Sharif
... that Kirka Sharif is an Islamic shrine located in present-day Kandahar, Afghanistan?ALT1: ... that Kirka Sharif became notable in literature during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, when the British Indian Army were trying to gain influence in Afghanistan?- ALT2: ... that Kirka Sharif is believed to house the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam? Source: [12]
ALT3:... that next to the Kirka Sharif is Ahmed Shah Durrani's tomb?Source: [13]
Created/expanded by Zakaria1978 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:48, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
Hi Zakaria1978, welcome to DYK. This article is currently not eligible for DYK. It is a little under the minimum length of 1,500 characters of text and there are no citations for the "Mosque" section (the DYK rules are listed here for reference. If you can remedy this then I will happily take another look for you - Dumelow (talk) 07:20, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Nominator is no longer editing. Marking for closure as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 22:36, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- Dumelow and Yoninah, I am so sorry for the late response. I work in the medical field and I have been super busy at work because of the global pandamic. Had to be on call and do overtime the last few weeks. I added more references and content to the article. Please reconsider my DYK, I sincerely apologise for this. Again, my work became very stressful. As you know, the Global South on Wikipedia is not well covered per Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Politics, and this religious site is very important to WP:Islam and WP:South Asia/WP:Central Asia. Please reconsider and kindly let me know what I need to do. Zakaria1978 ?? ??????? (talk) 17:46, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Zakaria1978, apologies for delay in replying, I have been away over Christmas. Happy to look again at this. One query though, is this the same as the Shrine of the Cloak (Kherqa Shar¨©fa) which we already have an article for? - Dumelow (talk) 09:54, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- One is the actual building and the other is about the sacred object. Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 13:50, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Zakaria1978: The way that Shrine of the Cloak is written currently seems to refer to the building. For example it is listed on the "Mosques in Afghanistan" template and is in the "Mosques in Afghanistan" and "Buildings and structures in Kandahar Province" categories. If Shrine of the Cloak is about the cloak alone it should be at Cloak of Muhammad or possibly Kherqa - Dumelow (talk) 14:20, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Zakaria1978, apologies for delay in replying, I have been away over Christmas. Happy to look again at this. One query though, is this the same as the Shrine of the Cloak (Kherqa Shar¨©fa) which we already have an article for? - Dumelow (talk) 09:54, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
Yes, just like Kanishka casket which was found in the Kanishka stupa (now located in Peshawar Museum), the sacred cloak which was worn by prophet Muhammad (PBUH) during the famous Isra and Mi'raj can be moved to another location or museum - like the Kanishka casket has been taken from the famous stupa to Peshawar museum. The Kirka Sharif on the other hand is the structure with its own history and importance surviving centuries and empires, from the Durranis to the British. Yes, the other article's true name is Cloak of Muhammad. Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 14:36, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
Zakaria1978: OK, I've moved the old shrine article to Cloak of Muhammad and linked it back to this one. I've also move content relevant to the shrine to this article from the other. I've probably become too involved to carry out an objective DYK review so I'll relist this for a second opinion - Dumelow (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 19:30, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
New enough, long enough. Passes earwig. No QPQ needed. Approving Alt 2. --evrik (talk) 23:29, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this. I edited and reorganized the article, and removed most cites from the lead. However, the fact about the shrine becoming notable in literature is not cited anywhere in the article. Also, as we are talking about a shrine, there is no description of the architectural design or its date of construction; a section called History or Description should be added right after the lead. Does anyone visit the shrine? This should be part of this new section too. Yoninah (talk) 14:42, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Yoninah, I will look over your recommendation soon. I am very busy at work, I am in the medical profession. So, very busy right now. But, will have something within the next few days. Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 18:32, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Yoninah! The description is noted on the "Friday Mosque" section. Stats on how many people visit Kirka Sharif are unavailable due to the War in Afghanistan (2001¨Cpresent), where it is located. If you could consider my DYK in view of this, that would be awesome! Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 05:12, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Zakaria1978: There seem to be two different structures here, a shrine and a mosque. The description of the mosque is under Friday Mosque. Where is the description of the shrine? Yoninah (talk) 11:39, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Yoninah! The description is noted on the "Friday Mosque" section. Stats on how many people visit Kirka Sharif are unavailable due to the War in Afghanistan (2001¨Cpresent), where it is located. If you could consider my DYK in view of this, that would be awesome! Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 05:12, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
The only RS that talks about a description of Kirka Sharif mentions that "walls are decorated with carvings of trees and other foliage, each design different from the next." This is already in the article. That's probably the best I can do. Zakaria ?? ??????? (talk) 00:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Jaffna Stallions in 2020
- ... that Jaffna Stallions, a team participating in Lanka Premier League is owned by a Sri Lankan native, Anandan Arnold and co-owned by Rahul Sood, the Calgary-born founder of VoodooPC and CEO of Unikrn? Source: https://www.nsnews.com/national-sports/jaffna-stallions-cricket-team-a-winner-for-calgary-born-co-founder-rahul-sood-3165108
- ALT1:... that Jaffna Stallions won the final of the inaugural Lanka Premier League by defeating the Galle Gladiators? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/galle-gladiators-vs-jaffna-stallions-final-1238774/match-report
- ALT2:... that the most-wickets of LPL were taken by Wanindu Hasaranga belonging from the champions 2020's Jaffna Stallions? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=865;type=trophy
- ALT3:... that 2020's Jaffna Stallions' batsman Avishka Fernando hit the most-sixes in the inaugural LPL? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/engine/records/batting/most_sixes_career.html?id=13778;type=tournament
- ALT2:... that the most-wickets of LPL were taken by Wanindu Hasaranga belonging from the champions 2020's Jaffna Stallions? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=865;type=trophy
- ALT1:... that Jaffna Stallions won the final of the inaugural Lanka Premier League by defeating the Galle Gladiators? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/galle-gladiators-vs-jaffna-stallions-final-1238774/match-report
Created by Empire AS (talk). Self-nominated at 09:13, 17 December 2020 (UTC).
- @Empire AS: I am not going to spend my time editing this as I did Galle Gladiators in 2020, but please look at my edits on that article to clarify the numbers you're using in the Season Summary here. Please link cricket terminology on the first mention, and avoid slang language, as in the very first sentence of the Season Summary. Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- OK, it looks like another editor has been editing this. I did additional copyediting and I think the text looks good now. I would like to look at the other cricket articles that you've nominated and then make my suggestion for a multi-hook here. Yoninah (talk) 22:33, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, thank you. I've been waiting for a long time. Thanks
Empire AS Talk! 06:23, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Full review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Awaiting changes to the charts per discussion at Talk:Galle Gladiators in 2020#Article issues. Then this will be incorporated into the multi-article hook suggestion. Yoninah (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, thank you. I've been waiting for a long time. Thanks
- OK, here is my suggestion for a multi-hook. The hook facts have to be cited in at least one of the bolded articles, which I believe they are:
- ALT4: ... that the Jaffna Stallions took home the trophy for the 2020 inaugural season of the Lanka Premier League, besting the Galle Gladiators, Dambulla Viiking, and Kandy Tuskers, though they failed to record a win against the Colombo Kings? Yoninah (talk) 21:53, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Yoninah, the hook looks fine and alright to me. Thank you. Empire AS Talk! 07:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- It should be noted that, as the currently-proposed hook has five bolded links (meaning you will hit 5 DYK credits with this one hook), the next time you nominate an article for DYK, you will be required to perform a QPQ. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: four of the articles were nominated by one editor, one by another. They're still working out the charts on all 5 articles, but when that's finished, I'll incorporate all the articles onto this template and do a full and detailed review. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 10:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Galle Gladiators in 2020 isAll 5 articles are now at AFD. Yoninah (talk) 18:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- It should be noted that, as the currently-proposed hook has five bolded links (meaning you will hit 5 DYK credits with this one hook), the next time you nominate an article for DYK, you will be required to perform a QPQ. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Dambulla Viiking in 2020
- ... that Dambulla Viiking, a team participating in Sri Lanka's Lanka Premier League, is owned by famous Bollywood actor and producer, Sachiin J. Joshi? Source: https://www.cricketage.in/2020/11/13/bollywood-actor-sachin-joshi-buys-lanka-premier-league-team-dambulla-hawks/
- ALT1:... that Dambulla Viiking won 5 out of 8 matches in the qualifier round but lost to the second semi-final from Jaffna Stallions in the inaugural Lanka Premier League? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/dambulla-viiking-1238375/match-results
- ALT2:... that the highest partnership of LPL was made by Upul Tharanga and Niroshan Dickwella belonging to the semi-finalist 2020's Dambulla Viiking against Galle Gladiators? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=13778;type=tournament
- ALT3:... that 2020's Dambulla Viiking changed its name from Dambulla Hawks to Dambulla Lions and later finalized Dambulla Viiking? Source: [14] [15]
- ALT4:... that in 2020, Dambulla Viiking, 'Dambulla Hawks' changed its name to 'Dambulla Lions' and 10 days later, finalized 'Dambulla Viiking'? Source: [16] [17]
- ALT3:... that 2020's Dambulla Viiking changed its name from Dambulla Hawks to Dambulla Lions and later finalized Dambulla Viiking? Source: [14] [15]
- ALT2:... that the highest partnership of LPL was made by Upul Tharanga and Niroshan Dickwella belonging to the semi-finalist 2020's Dambulla Viiking against Galle Gladiators? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=13778;type=tournament
- ALT1:... that Dambulla Viiking won 5 out of 8 matches in the qualifier round but lost to the second semi-final from Jaffna Stallions in the inaugural Lanka Premier League? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/dambulla-viiking-1238375/match-results
Created by DT Truth (talk). Nominated by Empire AS (talk) at 08:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC).
I edited the article and added a number of tags where information is not clear. I removed the Game 4 write-up, which seems to be about two different teams other than the Viiking. It's not clear which team the players belong to in Game 5. Yoninah (talk) 12:45, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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- @Empire AS: thank you. But what about Game 4? And that word "However" in Game 5 is throwing me off; could you identify which teams the players in the previous sentence play for? Yoninah (talk) 13:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:, I've corrected it too :). But a user has raised some issues about team articles on Talk:Galle Gladiators in 2020 which I think should be solved first. Thank you. Empire AS Talk! 15:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Currently at AFD; on hold until discussion there concludes one way or the other. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Colombo Kings in 2020
- ... that Colombo Kings, a team participating in Sri Lanka's Lanka Premier League, is owned by Murfad Mustafa, a Dubai-based Indian businessman? Source: https://www.theweek.in/news/sports/2020/11/18/meet-murfad-mustafa-the-indian-who-owns-lpl-team-colombo-kings.html
- ALT1:... that Colombo Kings won 6 out of 8 matches in the qualifier round but lost to the semi-final from Galle Gladiators in the inaugural Lanka Premier League? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/colombo-kings-1238372/match-results
- ALT2:... that in 2020, Colombo Kings was the most-successful team of the season by winning 6 out of 8 matches though lost to the semi-final? Source:[18] [19] [20]
- ALT3:... that Laurie Evans (from England) and Qais Ahmad (from Afghanistan) both foreigners were the top-scorer and top wicket-taker of the 2020's Colombo Kings, respectively, in LPL? [21] [22]
- ALT4:... that the only century of LPL was made by Laurie Evans belonging to the semi-finalist 2020's Colombo Kings? Source:[23] [24]
Created by Fade258 (talk). Nominated by Empire AS (talk) at 08:22, 16 December 2020 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. However, several references are bare URLs, per Rule D3. I gave the article a copyedit and added tags where I did not understand what it was talking about: balls, runs, wickets? I also added a question in a hidden note. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits.
- I will address the hook when all the articles are ready for a multi-article hook suggestion. Yoninah (talk) 14:13, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Currently at AFD; on hold until discussion there concludes one way or the other. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:41, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Galle Gladiators in 2020
... that Galle Gladiators, a team participating in Sri Lanka's Lanka Premier League, is owned by Nadeem Omar, a Pakistani organizer?Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1586521- ALT1:... that Galle Gladiators won 2 out of 8 matches and qualified for the semi-final due to having a higher runrate than Kandy Tuskers and later qualified for the final? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/galle-gladiators-1238373/match-results
- ALT2: ... that Danushka Gunathilaka scored the most runs than any other batsman in LPL belonging from the 2020's Galle Gladiators, although the team won only 3 matches in the league? Source:[25] [26]
- ALT3: ... that the only fifer of the LPL was taken by Mohammad Amir belonging from 2020's Galle Gladiators? Source:[27]
- ALT2: ... that Danushka Gunathilaka scored the most runs than any other batsman in LPL belonging from the 2020's Galle Gladiators, although the team won only 3 matches in the league? Source:[25] [26]
- ALT1:... that Galle Gladiators won 2 out of 8 matches and qualified for the semi-final due to having a higher runrate than Kandy Tuskers and later qualified for the final? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/galle-gladiators-1238373/match-results
Created by Tahaaleem (talk) Self-nominated at 20:08, 16 December 2020 (UTC).
The article has numerous cleanup tags on it. I have also struck ALT0 because we do not print unlinked names on the main page. Yoninah (talk) 20:07, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, thank you for reviewing, however I will ameliorate the article as soon as possible. Thank you. Tahaaleem Talk 20:27, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, I've added the 2nd hook. What do you think about it? Thank you. Empire AS Talk! 09:25, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, the tags have been removed. So please can you view it again. Thank you. Tahaaleem Talk 09:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
OK. I read through the article and frankly, I understood nothing. I left tags at every place where you're talking about a number and not defining what that number means¡ªballs? wickets? runs? Or what? It would help when you're writing these articles to link unfamiliar terms on their first mention, such as "batting", "bowling", "run rate", and "target". I also deleted the Squad and Administration sections, which belong in the 2020 season template at the bottom.
- Regarding the hooks, ALT1 is practically a news report, not a hook. Shorter is always better. In ALT2, "LPL" is going to have to be spelled out, which is going to send the character count over the 200-character limit. As someone who knows nothing about cricket, this hook also doesn't make sense to me so I wouldn't want to click on it. In ALT3, same problem: if you don't know what a fifer is, the hook holds no interest. Try to write something that will appeal to an international, non-cricket audience. Yoninah (talk) 21:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, thank you for reviewing it again, however, I will clarify all the salient parts as soon as possible. Thank you. Tahaaleem Talk 21:24, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
The article reads very well now. It is new enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Putting on temporary hold pending suggestion of a multi-article hook with other LPL cricket nominations. Yoninah (talk) 13:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, thank you for reviewing it again, however, I will clarify all the salient parts as soon as possible. Thank you. Tahaaleem Talk 21:24, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
Kandy Tuskers in 2020
... that the LPL team the Kandy Tuskers are owned by Bollywood actor Sohail Khan?Source: https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/sohail-khan-becomes-proud-owner-of-kandy-tuskers-franchise-in-lanka-premier-league-2020-1370130- ALT1:
... that the Kandy Tuskers came last in the inaugural LPL?Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/points-table-standings- ALT2:
... that the Sri Lankan Lanka Premier League cricket team the Kandy Tuskers are owned by Bollywood actor Sohail Khan?Source: https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/sohail-khan-becomes-proud-owner-of-kandy-tuskers-franchise-in-lanka-premier-league-2020-1370130- ALT3:... that LPL cricket team the Kandy Tuskers won 2 out of 8 matches in the 1st LPL meaning they finished last? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/points-table-standings
- ALT4:... that the Kandy Tuskers replaced Chris Gayle with Brendan Taylor after Gayle withdrew from the Lanka Premier League? Source: https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/news-lpl-2020-kandy-tuskers-sign-brendan-taylor-chris-gayle-s-replacement
- ALT6:... that the highest total of the 2020 Lanka Premier League was made by Kandy Tuskers, despite the fact they won only 2 matches? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=865;type=trophy
- ALT7:... that both the highest and the lowest total of the 2020 Lanka Premier League were both made by Kandy Tuskers in 2020 against the same team the Colombo Kings? Source:[28][29]
- ALT8:... that in 2020, Kandy Tuskers made the Lanka Premier League's highest and also the lowest target against the same team Colombo Kings? Source:[30][31]
- ALT7:... that both the highest and the lowest total of the 2020 Lanka Premier League were both made by Kandy Tuskers in 2020 against the same team the Colombo Kings? Source:[28][29]
- ALT6:... that the highest total of the 2020 Lanka Premier League was made by Kandy Tuskers, despite the fact they won only 2 matches? Source:https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=865;type=trophy
- ALT4:... that the Kandy Tuskers replaced Chris Gayle with Brendan Taylor after Gayle withdrew from the Lanka Premier League? Source: https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/news-lpl-2020-kandy-tuskers-sign-brendan-taylor-chris-gayle-s-replacement
- ALT3:... that LPL cricket team the Kandy Tuskers won 2 out of 8 matches in the 1st LPL meaning they finished last? Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2020-21-1237339/points-table-standings
- ALT2:
- ALT1:
Created by Fade258 (talk). Nominated by CreativeNorth (talk) at 12:45, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
The source reflects the hook, and the article appears appropriate, but the hook doesn't make sense to an average reader. Suggest something like: that the Sri Lankan Lanka Premier League cricket team the Kandy Tuskers is owned by Bollywood actor Sohail Khan? Sadads (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Sadads: I've took your advice with ALT2, does it look any better. Thanks. CreativeNorth (talk) 18:49, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
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Sorry, but none of the hooks are accurate because they make you think you're clicking on Kandy Tuskers, not an article about their 2020 season. Please write a different hook that clues the reader to the topic. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:57, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Is ALT3 alright? Thanks. CreativeNorth (talk) 21:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- @CreativeNorth: well, it's almost identical to another nomination, Template:Did you know nominations/Galle Gladiators in 2020. Try to be "hooky" rather than spell everything out. Yoninah (talk) 22:10, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Sorry if I'm being annoying. But I've tried to make ALT3 less wordy and also added an ALT4. Thanks. CreativeNorth (talk) 17:17, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- @CreativeNorth: as I said above, these new hooks also make it seem like you're clicking on the team article, not the article about the 2020 season. I took a look at the article and gave it a complete copyedit. Please check to see that I understood what you were talking about (I know nothing about cricket) and then I will suggest an alt. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:05, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Thanks for the copyedit, in your opinion what would you suggest for a hook then. Thanks CreativeNorth (talk) 18:30, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Really? I got everything right? I think I mixed up wickets and runs in several places.
- The Squad and Administration and support staff charts need cites, per Rule D2.
- ALT5: ... that though their captain scored the most runs of any batsman in the Lanka Premier League in 2020, the Kandy Tuskers finished in last place? Yoninah (talk) 18:40, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, I've created 3 new ALTs (6, 7 and 8). What have you to say about them? Moreover, the most runs wasn't made by Dambulla's cricketer but by Galle' batsman. Thank you. Empire AS Talk! 10:24, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Empire AS: Thanks for this, I've edited the hooks a bit to make them more hooky. @Yoninah: What do you think?
- @CreativeNorth:@Empire AS: the new hooks are better. But what is a total? What is a target? You're writing for an international audience who may not know what you're referring to.
- Regarding my request for sourcing on the Squads and Administrative charts, you'll see I removed them from the article because you have the squad members at least in the template below. Perhaps add the administrative members there and you won't need sourcing. Yoninah (talk) 18:18, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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I went over the article again in advance of suggesting a multi-article hook and it looks all right. The number of charts in this and the other articles, though, seems to violate WP:CITEKILL. Yoninah (talk) 14:22, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Thanks for going over this again. As for the article violating WP:CITEKILL, does this need to be fixed? If so then how can this be fixed. Thanks for the feedback. CreativeNorth (talk) 17:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @CreativeNorth: See discussion at Talk:Galle Gladiators in 2020#Article issues. Yoninah (talk) 17:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Currently at AFD; on hold until discussion there concludes one way or the other. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:42, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- @CreativeNorth: See discussion at Talk:Galle Gladiators in 2020#Article issues. Yoninah (talk) 17:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 13[edit]
Troy, Montana
- ... that Troy, Montana, once part of the US EPA's first Public Health Emergency due to asbestos contamination, has flying squirrels? Source: "In 2009, the EPA declared a Public Health Emergency (the first in the EPA's history) "to provide federal health care assistance for victims of asbestos-related disease." https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0801744 (and then flying squirrels https://www.cityoftroymontana.com/recreation.html)
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mebrure Aksoley
- Comment: Not sure about the flying squirrels thing. It just seems hookier than saying the cleanup is finished.
5x expanded by Originalmess (talk). Self-nominated at 04:28, 20 December 2020 (UTC).
This article is a fivefold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. (I didn't know there were flying squirrels in North America.) A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:50, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but there are a number of paragraphs without any cites, per Rule D2. I also think that shortening the hook would make it punchier:
- ALT1: ... that Troy, Montana, has flying squirrels?
- However, I don't see this mentioned in footnote 17. Yoninah (talk) 22:13, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Whoops, you're absolutely right. I must've forgotten to copy and paste a source after the squirrels, and I'll source the rest of the paragraphs within a few days and ping you. Thanks! originalmessbusta rhyme 00:05, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
Some paragraphs under Geography and 2010 Census still lack cites. Yoninah (talk) 12:09, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
The nominator has not posted on Wikipedia since January 1. Marking for closure as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 22:53, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Hi, sorry, I've been MIA because I've moved and started a new job. Could I possibly get a few more days to fix the sources? originalmessbusta rhyme 05:10, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 19[edit]
Leslie Landau
- ... that Leslie Landau was the manager of the first newsreel theatre in the UK?
- Reviewed: Moral blindness
- Comment: The article is new and was hung up being relisted at AfD for a while. It was expanded significantly during that time.
Created by Adin-Atherton (talk). Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk) at 10:35, 3 January 2021 (UTC).
The lead needs to be expanded to show more of how the subject is notable. In the Early life section, "and Rose Bertha Friedlander" needs to be referenced. The last two sentences in the article need to be referenced. Otherwise - The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I cannot access. A QPQ has been completed. The hook is directly cited. SL93 (talk) 21:56, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
GPT-2
- ... that the artificial intelligence program GPT-2 can summarize, respond to, generate, and even translate human-level writing, despite being trained to do nothing more than predict the next word in a sequence? Source: OpenAI paper, ref in article
- ALT1: ... that ...
- Reviewed: S?dermanland runic inscription 140
5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 17:25, 26 December 2020 (UTC).
Going to be a harsh review because I think it's important we get this topic right.
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- Under "Architecture", the last paragraph is lacking citations, as is the last sentence of the first paragraph.
- Neutral:
- I have some concerns. Claims that GPT-2 "often" passes the Turing test (implied with an Easter egg link) is not implausible, but it's such a high-impact claim that I think it needs secondary sources to show that this is accepted within the field. Throughout the article I do have concerns that the prose is parrotting primary claims a little bit without the appropriate prose attribution of viewpoint, or sounding a bit too much like a pitch to investors ("While its objective is simple", "GPT-2 became capable of performing well"). A copyediting run with this in mind should solve it¡ªmost claims could be toned down or attributed, the alternative being more academic secondary sources.
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
- Other problems:
- "Scale-up" and "tokenization" are dab links. When it comes to the lead image, can you explain to me why it's freely licensed? Screenshots are not in general, of course, and while lots of OpenAI content might be open-source, all I see on this specific website is a "? 2020 InferKit".
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Hook is interesting and its claims are uncontroversial enough for the primary source to be fine. It would be good if the article could mention the stages of source code release¡ªam I right that all the code is now released? Or just some? But of course, the researchers initially had concerns. Possibly the topic is not quite D7 "complete" without some description of the source code releases. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 23:02, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
- I appreciate the brutality. Truth be told, I was planning to write an article at least twice this size (if not more); the technical background took me longer than I anticipated, and I ended up getting buttonholed by IRL goings-on halfway through. There is definitely a lot of stuff that ought to be in there, and isn't; I was contemplating just doing it when I got back home, but I was running out of time to submit a DYK! OpenAI's claims are, indeed, wild and outrageous, but there are a lot of secondary sources to back them up (and, for a while at least, it was possible to go try it out yourself on a few websites and get your mind blown in real time). I don't know when I will have time to go through and put those sources in, but I can try to carve out some time in the next couple days. As for the image, well, TalkToTransformer is currently part of some gee-whiz startup, but prior to that I believe it had different licensing information (will try to find it for you). Would be an interesting quandary to figure out whether GPT-2 holds copyright to its own works, huh? Anyway, I have to do some stuff tonight but I will try to get started on all this crap tomorrow. And thanks for the review! jp¡Ág 00:37, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
- No worries, often getting a foothold can be the hardest part and I'll give you a few days, know it's a busy time of year for many. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 14:47, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
- @JPxG: at the one week mark, I see you've not really been active since but since the problems could take a while to fix, I think I'll have to fail this in a few days unless you can find a time in your schedule to commit to resolving the above. Either way I hope the comments are useful for the article's future progress. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 01:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- Have got some free time today, will finish it off. jp¡Ág 15:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- @JPxG: I'll give you 24 hours but after that I think I'll have to fail this, sorry. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 23:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, adding the relevant sections now. jp¡Ág 23:48, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to fail this. It's been an additional 24 hours and improvements have been made, but I believe there are still neutrality issues that are a barrier to showing this on the main page. I hope the feedback is useful and would look forward to future development of the topic. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 23:37, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Bilorv: I've added some more citations to the claims you mentioned above (like its output being plausibly interpreted as human, which most of the sources support, and which I've clarified in the lede suffers on longer passages); I'm not sure what action can be taken to give it more neutrality. In your initial review you mentioned phrases like "its objective is simple" sounding like an investor pitch. The reason for this specific phrasing is because, well, its objective was simple: unlike previous ML models measured on the same benchmarks (which often involved extensive task-specific fine-tuning), GPT-2 was not reinforced on its performance on any task other than text prediction. That is to say, during its training, it was not assessed on any metrics for machine translation or summarization; similarly, "perform well" is based on things like its performance on the WMT-14 French-English test set on which it achieved 11.5 BLEU (comparable or superior to other unsupervised translation models, but unlike them, it contained only 10MB of untranslated French in its training corpus). jp¡Ág 02:05, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- We've still got the Easter egg link asserting that the model "sometimes" passes the Turing test, which would need explanation in prose in the body with attribution of this view. I didn't hear back on that licensing point. At the time I wrote the above, there were still uncited parts and none of this WMT-14 evidence in prose (which is absolutely a great improvement). I'm not happy to extend this review indefinitely, after setting a hard time limit that was not met after quite some leeway. I will reluctantly call for a new review if you insist on this. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Bilorv: I've added some more citations to the claims you mentioned above (like its output being plausibly interpreted as human, which most of the sources support, and which I've clarified in the lede suffers on longer passages); I'm not sure what action can be taken to give it more neutrality. In your initial review you mentioned phrases like "its objective is simple" sounding like an investor pitch. The reason for this specific phrasing is because, well, its objective was simple: unlike previous ML models measured on the same benchmarks (which often involved extensive task-specific fine-tuning), GPT-2 was not reinforced on its performance on any task other than text prediction. That is to say, during its training, it was not assessed on any metrics for machine translation or summarization; similarly, "perform well" is based on things like its performance on the WMT-14 French-English test set on which it achieved 11.5 BLEU (comparable or superior to other unsupervised translation models, but unlike them, it contained only 10MB of untranslated French in its training corpus). jp¡Ág 02:05, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, adding the relevant sections now. jp¡Ág 23:48, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- @JPxG: I'll give you 24 hours but after that I think I'll have to fail this, sorry. ¡ª Bilorv (talk) 23:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- Have got some free time today, will finish it off. jp¡Ág 15:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Made in Canada
- ... that the certification mark Product of Canada may be used for a good if at least 98% of all direct costs to create it are incurred in Canada? Source: "The Competition Bureau requires that at least 98 per cent of a good¡¯s total direct costs of production or manufacturing are incurred in Canada before that good can be legally advertised as a "Product of Canada."" (Made in Canada or Product of Canada? There's a difference)
- ALT1:... that a company that makes fraudulent Made in Canada or Product of Canada claims can incur fines of up to CAD $10 million? Source: "Corporations that break the law can face fines up to $10 million dollars. Individuals found guilty can be fined up to $750,000." (Made in Canada or Product of Canada? There's a difference)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lydia Purdy Hess; see my DYK tracker
Moved to mainspace by Mindmatrix (talk). Self-nominated at 22:55, 19 December 2020 (UTC).
- Comment: please note that there was a previous DYK about Made in Canada, but it was about the television series (Made in Canada (TV series), not the product labelling certification mark. See also Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Previous DYK article to be moved Mindmatrix 22:58, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: there is a request to move this article to a different name. Results of the DYK review should be suspended until that discussion resolves. Mindmatrix 22:45, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: I did some expansion of the article, so it might be a good idea to hold a full review for a bit. I think the only major missing content is how "Made in Canada" is received internationally. Everything else seems sourced and just needs a bit of layout and tidying. ¨C Reidgreg (talk) 19:18, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that journalist Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Choini¨¨re lived for a year on Made in Canada goods? Source: The Globe and Mail: "French-Canadian journalist and TV host Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Choini¨¨re ... decided to embark on a challenge of living for one year exclusively on Canadian goods ... As his made-in-Canada experiment winds down, Choini¨¨re says what he's learned over the year is that incorporating Canadian-made goods into his lifestyle was easier than he thought it would be"
- ALT3 ... that journalist Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Choini¨¨re lived for a year using only goods Made in Canada? Source: The Globe and Mail: "French-Canadian journalist and TV host Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Choini¨¨re ... decided to embark on a challenge of living for one year exclusively on Canadian goods ... As his made-in-Canada experiment winds down, Choini¨¨re says what he's learned over the year is that incorporating Canadian-made goods into his lifestyle was easier than he thought it would be" - same as ALT2 but grammatical. Johnbod (talk) 18:09, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Note: the requested move discussion has been closed. Mindmatrix 19:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- This is only a comment but I'm not sure if ALT2 or ALT3 can be passed; from what I remember there's an (unofficial) guideline on DYK that mentioning people who don't have articles in hooks is to be avoided unless necessary. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Allochronic speciation
... that the timing of reproduction (such as breeding season in animals or the timing of flowering in plants) can cause the formation of a new species in a process known as allochronic speciation?Coyne & Orr (2004)- ALT1:
... that allochronic speciation has occurred in periodical cicada populations that only emerge every 221 years?Source: Taylor & Friesen (2017) - ALT2: ... that the timing of flowering or breeding seasons in organisms can cause the formation of new species in a process known as allochronic speciation? Coyne & Orr (2004)
- ALT1:
Created by Andrew Z. Colvin (talk). Self-nominated at 20:36, 19 December 2020 (UTC).
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Overall: I think the one about cicadas and 221-year cycles is much more interesting, but either could be fine. jp¡Ág 05:12, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- I recently reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Rohana Muthalib. I also cited the paragraph in question. I also like the ALT1 as it's more interesting. Andrew Z. Colvin ? Talk 19:22, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
- Excellent! Looks good to me. jp¡Ág 18:22, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
Returned from prep per discussion at WT:DYK#Allochronic speciation. The ALT1 is incorrectly phrased and the ALT0 reads like a textbook entry. Please suggest a different hook. Yoninah (talk) 00:28, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- We didn't have a page on allochronic speciation?
- ALT3: ... that an Inurois moth species is allochronically speciating into early and late winter species due to it being too cold to breed mid-winter?
- ALT4: ... that some marsupial mice may have become different species due to breeding at different times, thanks to their responses to daylight?
- Or wait till April: ALT5: ... that having sex at different times may produce new species?
- CMD (talk) 07:09, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
- The April one would be pretty funny.
- Maybe: ALT6: ... that allochronic speciation may partially cause the high biodiversity found along Earth¡¯s equator? Martin et al. (2009) Andrew Z. Colvin ? Talk 02:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hmm so I just wanted to say that while all the new hooks sound good, I would personally vote for the April Fool's version. That one is so witty! --LordPeterII (talk) 00:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Honestly, I¡¯d have to agree. All the DYKs I submit are speciation-based, so why not have one happen for a unique day? Andrew Z. Colvin ? Talk 10:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hmm so I just wanted to say that while all the new hooks sound good, I would personally vote for the April Fool's version. That one is so witty! --LordPeterII (talk) 00:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- The April one would be pretty funny.
- We didn't have a page on allochronic speciation?
Articles created/expanded on December 20[edit]
2021 Moroccan general election
- ... that, in advance of the 2021 general election, the nation of Morocco made it illegal to make certain types of posts online? Source: Morocco Enacts New Law to Fight Fake News, Cybercrime
ALT1:... that, despite rumors of potential delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Moroccan general election has been confirmed to be taking place in September 2021?Source: NAP article,
- Reviewed: Allochronic speciation
5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 07:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC).
@JPxG: New enough and long enough expansion. QPQ present. No textual issues. However, given that I approved a similar hook for 2021 Chadian presidential election, can we find another? (Potentially in characterizations of the reversal of democratic reforms due to COVID) Sammi Brie (she/her ? t ? c) 06:32, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
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- @JPxG: Looks good, though I'd suggest one very minor wording tweak (to remove redundant 2021 if you're okay with it and link to the Morocco-specific pandemic article: Sammi Brie (she/her ? t ? c) 23:30, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1a:... that, despite rumors of potential delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Moroccan general election has been confirmed to be taking place in September?
- That looks great to me. jp¡Ág 00:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: On second thought, since the hook for 2021 Chadian presidential election has been changed, would it be possible to use the main hook for this one? I am still fine with ALT1a if not. jp¡Ág 06:48, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- @JPxG: That'd also be permissible too. Sammi Brie (she/her ? t ? c) 08:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: On second thought, since the hook for 2021 Chadian presidential election has been changed, would it be possible to use the main hook for this one? I am still fine with ALT1a if not. jp¡Ág 06:48, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- That looks great to me. jp¡Ág 00:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- Is there anything else that needs to happen for this DYK to be ready? jp¡Ág 06:52, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- I probably needed to put a
on it, oops! ALT0 or ALT1a both work. Sammi Brie (she/her ? t ? c) 17:52, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- I probably needed to put a
Articles created/expanded on December 21[edit]
Duo Yun Xuan

... that Duo Yun Xuan (example pictured) is the first art institution with auction function established on the Chinese mainland?Source: The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Created by Jujiang (talk). Self-nominated at 16:18, 21 December 2020 (UTC).
This article was created on November 10. To qualify as a new article per DYK rules, it should have been nominated within 7 days of creation. As it is the nomination was made over 6 weeks later, so we can't accept it at this time. If the article is brought to GA status, it could be nominated again¡ªwithin 7 days of receiving the GA. Best, Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
Yoninah, the article was created as a draft, then moved to article space. MANdARAX ? XA§ÁAb§ªAM 19:28, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
You are right; I misread the history. Here is a full review:
- New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. As all sources are foreign-language, unable to check for close paraphrasing. However, I am unsure of the grammar in several places. I added the first sentence calling it an
art institution
, but maybe a better description would bean art auction house
? This would replaceauction company
elsewhere in the article. Footnote 1 is a dead link. Under "Contribution and influence", what doesestablished on the basis of
mean? Was it modeled after Duo Yun Xuan? Please add an inline cite to each of these sentences: In 1993, Duo Yun Xuan held its first art auction, which was also the first art auction in Mainland China.
In 2006, Duo Yun Xuan was recognized as the first batch of "Chinese Time-honored" enterprises by the Ministry of Commerce.
In 2006, the woodblock watermarking technique inherited by Duo Yun Xuan was listed as Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage.
- What is
a national demonstration base
? Should this be in quotes? - The hook is okay; foreign-language hook ref AGF and cited inline. It does seem a little wordy; why do we have to know it was "identified"? Why can't we just say:
- ALT1a ... that Duo Yun Xuan is the first art company including auction functions established on the Chinese mainland? Source: The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
- The image is freely licensed. It is pretty, but it doesn't do anything for the hook; it looks like the heart of the entertainment district or something.
- No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Yoninah (talk) 19:50, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
Done Thank you @Mandarax and Yoninah:The question has been changed to ALT1a. Duo Yun Xuan is really located in the famous entertainment center of Nanjing East Road in Shanghai. I made some improvements to the article. Thanks. Best. --Jujiang (talk) 04:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. But I have no idea what
an art institution with auction function
is. The article is still calling itthe first batch
; how is an auction house a batch? Perhaps you can find translation help at WikiProject China or WP:GOCE. BTW we refer to the alts as "hooks", not "questions". Yoninah (talk) 12:07, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Done Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 14:05, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Jujiang: Sorry, but you're calling it
an art company
(whatever that is) in one place andan art institution with auction function
in other places. It would be helpful to know what the Ministry of Commerce is calling it on its website. It seems like you are not completely familiar with English grammar, so it would be a good idea to get copyediting help at WP:GOCE. Yoninah (talk) 16:29, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:
Done Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 18:47, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Jujiang: I don't think you understand what I'm asking for. Please show this to a native English speaker. Yoninah (talk) 20:01, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Could you please make some minor changes to the article if there is no big problem and no trouble? Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 21:02, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- I could, but I need a translation of the Chinese sources. I will try to look at this again when I have more time. Yoninah (talk) 21:04, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Is there a problem with DYK? Could you please make minor change for it? After all, this is not the selection of GA. This China's first auction company deserves to be known to more people. Thanks. --Jujiang (talk) 03:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
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I see I have no patience for reading Chinese sources in Google Translate and trying to figure out what you're trying to say here. If you cannot find a Chinese-speaking editor to help you improve this article for a main-page appearance on the English Wikipedia, we'll have to close it as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 22:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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- @Yoninah: Is there a problem with DYK? Could you please make minor change for it? After all, this is not the selection of GA. This China's first auction company deserves to be known to more people. Thanks. --Jujiang (talk) 03:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Could you please make some minor changes to the article if there is no big problem and no trouble? Thank you. --Jujiang (talk) 21:02, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah:
- @Jujiang: Sorry, but you're calling it
- Thank you. But I have no idea what
I've dropped a note at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_China#Translation_request_for_DYK. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 09:24, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- "1992Ä꣬¶äÔÆÐù×¢²á³ÉÁ¢Öйú´ó½µÚÒ»¼ÒÒÕÊõÆ·ÅÄÂô¹«Ë¾£¬1993Ä꣬¶äÔÆÐùÇÃÏìÖйú´ó½ÒÕÊõÆ·ÅÄÂôµÚÒ»é³" Roughly: "In 1992, Duo Yun Xuan registered and established the first art auction company in mainland China. In 1993, Duo Yun Xuan sounded the gavel of mainland China's first art auction." For the DYK hook, maybe "... that Duo Yun Xuan held the first art auction on the Chinese mainland?"
- I will try to copyedit the article later today. ¡ªGranger (talk ¡¤ contribs) 10:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done. @Yoninah: Thoughts? ¡ªGranger (talk ¡¤ contribs) 18:46, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 22[edit]
The Social Network
- ... that The Social Network received eight nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards?
ALT1:... that Jesse Eisenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network?ALT2:... that The Social Network received eight Academy Award nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards and won three?ALT3:... that The Social Network was chosen as the best film of 2010 by the National Board of Review?ALT4:... that Aaron Sorkin is interested in writing a sequel to the 2010 film The Social Network?[32]
Improved to Good Article status by Horacio Vara (talk). Self-nominated at 00:17, 28 December 2020 (UTC).
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Overall: Excellent article, no need for QPQ (only three previous DYKs), Earwig is ok (the top hit is a wiki mirror, the others pick up quotes only). Sensible fair use for lead picture. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:08, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- I eliminated the unnecessary redundancy in the remaining hook: "received eight
Academy Awardnominations at the 83rd Academy Awards". MANdARAX ? XA§ÁAb§ªAM 21:12, 3 January 2021 (UTC)Why were all the hooks struck? What's left is the most unhooky of them all. Yoninah (talk) 21:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: it was hooky to me, because I remember thinking the film was mediocre when I watched it, so receiving 8 nominations was a real surprise. ALT1 and ALT2 are just more detail, ALT3 is less notable I think, and ALT4 sounds like an advert. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Onceinawhile: if you gave it some context and said it was mediocre, or that its nominations were a surprise, then it might work. But an awards tally could be said about so many other films. Yoninah (talk) 21:06, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: fair enough. Rotten tomatoes rates it very highly, so I am clearly in the minority. @Horacio Vara: how about an ALT based on the Lefsetz quote along the lines of "...The Social Network fueled the perception that techies are rock stars¡±. Onceinawhile (talk) 22:10, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Onceinawhile and Yoninah:
- ALT5:... that Bob Lefsetz said The Social Network helped fuel an emerging perception that "techies have become the new rock stars"? [33]
- ALT6:... that The Social Network has been referred to as the Citizen Kane of "the Internet age"? [34]
- ALT7:... that Quentin Tarantino called The Social Network the best film of the 2010s for its "active dialogist" script? [35] ¡ª Preceding unsigned comment added by Some Dude From North Carolina (talk ? contribs)
- @Yoninah: fair enough. Rotten tomatoes rates it very highly, so I am clearly in the minority. @Horacio Vara: how about an ALT based on the Lefsetz quote along the lines of "...The Social Network fueled the perception that techies are rock stars¡±. Onceinawhile (talk) 22:10, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: it was hooky to me, because I remember thinking the film was mediocre when I watched it, so receiving 8 nominations was a real surprise. ALT1 and ALT2 are just more detail, ALT3 is less notable I think, and ALT4 sounds like an advert. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Some Dude From North Carolina: You forgot to sign your comment above, so the ping to Onceinawhile and Yoninah likely did not work. Anyways, I think we can do way better for an interesting hook. How about:
- ALT8:... that in the 2010 film The Social Network, the same actor¡ªArmie Hammer¡ªplays both of the Winklevoss twins?
- ALT9:... that the first scene of the 2010 film The Social Network took 99 takes to finish?
- We'll need to recreate Winklevoss twins as a disambiguation page (it was recently AfDed) if we go for ALT8. {{u|Sdkb}}?talk 20:40, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Alice in Borderland (TV series)
- ... that the Netflix series Alice in Borderland was renewed for a second season two weeks after its first season's release? [36]
- ALT1:... that the empty Shibuya Crossing featured on the series Alice in Borderland was filmed on a large green screen set outside of Tokyo? [37]
- ALT2:... that Academy Award winner Erik-Jan de Boer supervised the production of a computer animated tiger featured on Alice in Borderland? [38]
- ALT3:
... that the Ashikaga Scramble City Studio, a large green screen set outside of Tokyo, was created for the series Alice in Borderland? - ALT3a:... that the Ashikaga Scramble City Studio, a large replica of the popular Shibuya Crossing, was created for the series Alice in Borderland? [39]
- ALT4:... that the score for Alice in Borderland was composed entirely by Yutaka Yamada? [40]
Created by Horacio Vara (talk). Self-nominated at 00:06, 29 December 2020 (UTC).
ALT3 is the most interesting. ALT1 isn¡¯t as unusual as it seems. But where are the sources for the hooks here? The article itself does not appear to have sourcing issues and obviously surpasses the character count requirement. Nothing looks to be a copyright violation or out of neutrality.
- As this is your third DYK nomination, you don¡¯t need to do quid pro quo. Trillfendi (talk) 20:35, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Trillfendi: Added sources. Horacio Varawanna talk? 02:23, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
- Trillfendi. SL93 (talk) 23:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
A new reviewer is needed because the original one appears to have abandoned the review. SL93 (talk) 04:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- I've left them a talk page message as they still appear to be editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- I thought I already responded to this several days ago but I guess it got lost in session data limbo. The
is ready as far as I¡¯m concerned. Trillfendi (talk) 14:57, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote ALT3, but the article is not calling the studio
a green screen set
¡ªit is a studio in which they used green-screen sets. Also, the Premise section is lifted entirely from the Netflix website and needs to be rewritten in your own words. Yoninah (talk) 12:56, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I think I fixed the issue by mentioning it was a replica of a popular crossing. Some Dude From North Carolinawanna talk? 15:23, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Restoring thread. Please do not write over hooks as it makes it impossible to follow the conversation. Yoninah (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm not sure what to do now. the reviewer said he preferred ALT3, but the nominator has changed it to something else. Trillfendi, are any of these hooks interesting/verified, or should we ask for something else? Yoninah (talk) 18:19, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Since it was changed, ALT1 would be suitable as the source is sufficient and it is similar to what ALT3 was anyway. Good? Trillfendi (talk) 06:05, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- I thought I already responded to this several days ago but I guess it got lost in session data limbo. The
- I've left them a talk page message as they still appear to be editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Trillfendi: Added sources. Horacio Varawanna talk? 02:23, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 23[edit]
Pueblo pottery
- ... that Pueblo pottery (example pictured) has been created by Pueblo people and their antecedents in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico for almost two thousand years? Source: several
- Reviewed:
to come - Comment: User's second article for DYK - the first is on the Main page right now - I'm just the nominator. The source is a book.
- Reviewed:
Created by Netherzone (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 16:45, 30 December 2020 (UTC).
The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. The hook is directly cited and the image is free use. The information about the list of pueblos, underneath the Current Era section, needs to be referenced. A QPQ is needed. Gerda Arendt SL93 (talk) 20:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review. I reviewed now Template:Did you know nominations/C¨¦cile Nobrega. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- This article is interesting enough. I would like to see the banner at Pueblo_pottery#Contemporary_period removed during the time that it is featured on the main page.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 04:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Epiphyllumlover, thank you for your suggestion, the banner has been removed, and am now satisfied with the section. Thank you Gerda Arendt for the nomination. Netherzone (talk) 16:50, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- This article is interesting enough. I would like to see the banner at Pueblo_pottery#Contemporary_period removed during the time that it is featured on the main page.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 04:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 24[edit]
Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan
- ... that Ahmad Kasravi in his book Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan, proved that the Azeri language has Iranian roots? Source: KASRAVI, A?MAD i. LIFE AND WORK He shows that the word ¨¡?ari found in most books of medieval history, especially those from the first centuries of Islam, is the name of the old language of Azerbaijan that was related to the Iranian languages and was a descendant of the language of the Medes with no relationship to Turkish
5x expanded by Amir Ghandi (talk). Self-nominated at 08:55, 8 January 2021 (UTC).
- The article was created on Dec 24th not January 1st, but it was nominated here within ~7-8 days. Probably ok (ping User:BlueMoonset)? QPQ not found but not required. Size, refs, neutrality, copyvio spotcheck, GTG, but I am not happy with the hook that states the book has "proven" something, that's a rather strong claim and I am not convinced the article is comprehensive enough to warrant such a claim (are there no dissenting views?). I, therefore, propose ALT1 below which is more neutral. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that Ahmad Kasravi in his book Azari or the Ancient Language of Azerbaijan argued that the Azeri language has Iranian roots?
I want to approve ALT1, but I have two issues with the article. There is a long quote in the article and I can't tell if it's one quote or if it is combined with another quote. It looks like just one quote at first, but within that quote at the end is "It is for these reasons that European scientists have considered my writings as why and why and all have accepted them." So if it's one quote, why would there be quotation marks within the quoted content? I can't access that source. Another issue is that the 14th reference seems to be an unreliable source. Otherwise - the hook is directly cited, the article is long enough, the article is new enough, and a QPQ is not needed. SL93 (talk) 01:04, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 26[edit]
Epsom College in Malaysia
- ... that Epsom College in Malaysia was the brainchild of Tony Fernandes (pictured)?
Source: "Bringing a British Dimension to Malaysia's Education System", expatgo.com, 13 June 2012- ALT1:... that Boris Johnson and Tony Fernandes (pictured) were at the opening ceremony of Epsom College in Malaysia in 2014?
Source: Heidi Salmons, Epsom College¡¯s first overseas campus opens its doors, hmc.org.uk, 7 December 2014
- ALT1:... that Boris Johnson and Tony Fernandes (pictured) were at the opening ceremony of Epsom College in Malaysia in 2014?
- Reviewed: Shanti Stupa, Delhi
- Comment: First nominated on 26 December here
Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 20:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
The overall article is new enough and long enough. Regarding neutrality, the first paragraph of Origins feels unencyclopaedic in tone. The Scholarships sentence on a pupil being offered scholarships also feels out of place. On citations, I am wary of expatgo.com, and would prefer to hook from another source. On hooks, ALT0 is currently lacking, but I can see it working with a bit of expansion. ALT1 is hooky if you know who the two individuals are, but would not be otherwise. The sources seem to abbreviate it to ECiM not ECM. CMD (talk) 12:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Chipmunkdavis: ¡°Regarding neutrality, the first paragraph of Origins feels unencyclopaedic in tone.¡± It has two sentences. The first of those is strictly factual and seems to me to give the critical fact in the section. The second is about the motivation of Fernandes, based on the source. If there is anything there you find not neutrally written, do please say exactly what it is, and I¡¯ll see how I can improve it. ¡°The Scholarships sentence on a pupil being offered scholarships also feels out of place.¡± It is an achievement of the school as well as the pupil. Where would you prefer to put that? ¡°On citations, I am wary of expatgo.com...¡± Expatgo is a publisher in Kuala Lumpur which has been publishing Expat magazine there since 1996, now employing about twenty journalists and editors. Do please say what your objection to it is. ¡°On hooks, ALT0 is currently lacking, but I can see it working with a bit of expansion.¡± What is it lacking, please, and what would you want to add to it? ¡°ALT1 is hooky if you know who the two individuals are, but would not be otherwise.¡± Most DYK hooks are about people and topics the world has never heard of, and there is no DYK rule that hooks can only mention famous people. But have you really not heard of Boris Johnson? ¡°The sources seem to abbreviate it to ECiM not ECM¡±. The school, yes, but not the ECM Libra Foundation, which is not the same thing, see ecmlibrafoundation.com. Moonraker (talk) 00:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Strictly factual text can be unencyclopaedic in tone, and what is not neutral is the tone of those sentences. They're very promotional, perhaps magazine-like. The scholarships information is also promotionally written, is it needed on the page? Have the expatgo journalists done journalism elsewhere? What is the reputation of the magazine, and/or its credentials? Both hooks are short and rely on name recognition. The source used says "ECiM Libra Foundation co-founder Dato¡¯ Lim Kian Onn...". CMD (talk) 01:57, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Chipmunkdavis: ¡°Regarding neutrality, the first paragraph of Origins feels unencyclopaedic in tone.¡± It has two sentences. The first of those is strictly factual and seems to me to give the critical fact in the section. The second is about the motivation of Fernandes, based on the source. If there is anything there you find not neutrally written, do please say exactly what it is, and I¡¯ll see how I can improve it. ¡°The Scholarships sentence on a pupil being offered scholarships also feels out of place.¡± It is an achievement of the school as well as the pupil. Where would you prefer to put that? ¡°On citations, I am wary of expatgo.com...¡± Expatgo is a publisher in Kuala Lumpur which has been publishing Expat magazine there since 1996, now employing about twenty journalists and editors. Do please say what your objection to it is. ¡°On hooks, ALT0 is currently lacking, but I can see it working with a bit of expansion.¡± What is it lacking, please, and what would you want to add to it? ¡°ALT1 is hooky if you know who the two individuals are, but would not be otherwise.¡± Most DYK hooks are about people and topics the world has never heard of, and there is no DYK rule that hooks can only mention famous people. But have you really not heard of Boris Johnson? ¡°The sources seem to abbreviate it to ECiM not ECM¡±. The school, yes, but not the ECM Libra Foundation, which is not the same thing, see ecmlibrafoundation.com. Moonraker (talk) 00:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Chipmunkdavis You say Strictly factual text can be unencyclopaedic in tone, and what is not neutral is the tone of those sentences. They're very promotional, perhaps magazine-like. You are entitled to your personal opinion, but in this context please say which element(s) you object to and what conflicts you see with a policy on tone and/or neutrality. The scholarships information is also promotionally written... Again, this is your personal opinion. I have not the slightest interest in promoting anything, the text is simply reflecting the contents of the best source available. ...is it needed on the page? Yes, some information on scholarships is clearly needed for a fee-paying school which can accept non-fee-paying students. Leaving that out would seriously affect the neutrality of the page. Have the expatgo journalists done journalism elsewhere? I have not the slightest idea. What is the reputation of the magazine, and/or its credentials? I can find nothing which casts any doubt on its good reputation. If you want to discredit it, that is surely up to you. Both hooks are short... They are a good length. There is a DYK limit on the length of hooks, but not on shortness. ...and rely on name recognition. I do not agree at all, and even if they did there would be no rule against that. The source used says "ECiM Libra Foundation co-founder Dato¡¯ Lim Kian Onn...". So it does. Clearly both are used, life is like that, not neat and tidy. I have edited ¡°ECM¡± to ¡°ECiM¡±. Moonraker (talk) 03:09, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- As a sample element, "the brainchild of Tony Fernandes" is a positive spin lifted directly from the source used. The next sentence is similar, and I can't see what information it really adds to the first sentence. On scholarships, it is a common practice for fee-taking international schools in Southeast Asia to provide scholarships to local students, and so one instance feels unremarkable. CMD (talk) 10:05, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Chipmunkdavis As a sample element, "the brainchild of Tony Fernandes" is a positive spin lifted directly from the source used. You can¡¯t have it both ways, either it is ¡°lifted directly¡± or else it is ¡°positive spin¡±. It is indeed lifted directly and is offered as the main hook, which you haven¡¯t objected to, except to claim without any policy support that it isn¡¯t long enough. The next sentence is similar, and I can't see what information it really adds to the first sentence. Not the least bit similar, but to humour you I have taken it out. On scholarships, it is a common practice for fee-taking international schools in Southeast Asia to provide scholarships to local students... It is indeed, but not universal, and the information is needed. ... and so one instance feels unremarkable. There is no policy which insists on everything in an article being remarkable. It has not struck you that 100 per cent scholarships are very unusual, but no matter. I have to say, I am not finding you constructive. If you are feeling so negative, why don¡¯t you start an AfD to try to get the page deleted? Moonraker (talk) 02:51, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't understand that both ways comparison, if you're suggesting magazines cannot spin things positively I will have to disagree. The relevant hook policy is 2.1, interesting to a broad audience. A hook lifted directly from a source also seems an issue for Article 3.3 though, on close paraphrasing. As for deletion, I don't see where the notability of the page has been called into question. Is there an issue there? CMD (talk) 03:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Vadakkekara Grama Panchayat
- ... that the project initiated by Vadakkekara Grama Panchayat for encouraging all households under the local body to launch vegetable cultivation during the lockdown became a role model for society on ensuring self-sufficiency in times of adversity brought on by COVID-19? Source: Vadakkekara sets a model with vegetable cultivation, The New Indian Express
- ALT1:... that the project initiated by Vadakkekara Grama Panchayat for encouraging all households under them to launch vegetable cultivation during the lockdown became a role model for society?
- ALT2:... that the project initiated by Vadakkekara Grama Panchayat for starting vegetable cultivation in all households under them for ensuring self-sufficiency during lockdown due to COVID-19?
Created by Path slopu (talk). Self-nominated at 12:38, 26 December 2020 (UTC).
- Comment: you need to significantly shorten the hook, as it is 268 characters; hooks should generally be less than 200 characters. Mindmatrix 18:08, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
- @Mindmatrix: Hi greetings, thank you for the advice. I added two alternatives of smaller size. Regards.--PATH SLOPU 07:46, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
- Comment: As a foreigner I am a bit confused as Gram panchayat seems to be people governing the place but this article seems to be mostly about the place not the people running it Chidgk1 (talk) 13:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 28[edit]
Looking for Magical Doremi
- ... that the film poster for Looking for Magical Doremi appeared in an episode of Healin' Good Pretty Cure to promote the film? Source: Oricon (link): "µÚ16Ô’¤ËµÇˆö¤·¤¿¥Ý¥¹¥¿©`¤Ë¤Ï¡¢¤ª¥¸¥ãħŮ¥á¥ó¥Ð©`¤Î¤É¤ì¤ß¡¢¤Ï¤Å¤¡¢¤¢¤¤¤³¡¢¤ª¤ó¤×¡¢¤â¤â¤³¤È¡¢¡ºÄ§Å®ÒŠÁ•¤¤¤ò¤µ¤¬¤·¤Æ¡»¤Î¥½¥é¡¢¥ß¥ì¡¢¥ì¥¤¥«¤ÎÓ‹8Èˤ¬Ã褫¤ì¤Æ¤¤¤¿¡£[The poster in episode 16 contains the 8 characters that consist of Ojamajo members Doremi, Hazuki, Aiko, Onpu, and Momoko, as well as Sora, Mire, and Reika from Looking for Magical Doremi]."
- ALT1:... that the film Looking for Magical Doremi depicts real-life locations of where Ojamajo Doremi is based? Source: Anime News Network (link): "They go on trips together across Japan, doubling down on some serious anime tourism by visiting a ton of different places seen in the various seasons of Magical DoReMi."
- ALT2:... the dandelions seen in Looking for Magical Doremi was a reference to the production staff's previous work, Yume no Crayon Oukoku? Source: Natalie (link): "ÓQ¿Í¤«¤é¤ÎQ&A¥³©`¥Ê©`¤Ç¤Ï¡¢¡¸¤É¤ì¤ß¡¹¤È¡¸Ä§Å®ÒŠÁ•¤¤¡¹¤Ë¹²Í¨¤¹¤ë¡¸¥¿¥ó¥Ý¥Ý¤Î¾d롹¤È¤¤¤¦¥â¥Á©`¥Õ¤Ë¤Ä¤¤¤ÆÙ|†–¤¬¡£¤¹¤ë¤È×ôÌÙ±O¶½¤Ï¡¸¤³¤ì¤Ï¡º‰ô¤Î¥¯¥ì¥è¥óÍõ¹ú¡»¤Þ¤Ç¤µ¤«¤Î¤Ü¤ëÔ’¤Ê¤ó¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢¡º¥¯¥ì¥è¥óÍõ¹ú¡»¤Ï¾d뤬¤Õ¤ï¤Ã¤Èïw¤ó¤Ç¤¤¤¯ˆöÃæ¤Ç½K¤ï¤ë¤ó¤Ç¤¹¡£[In the Q & A corner from the audience, there was a question about the "dandelion fluff" commonly seen in [Ojamajo] Doremi and Looking for Magical Doremi, to which director [Junichi] Sato said, "This goes all the way back to Yume no Crayon Oukoku, where Yume no Crayon Oukoku ended with a scene were a fluff flutters and flies [to the sky]."]."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum
- 5x expanded by Lullabying (talk). Self-nominated at 07:39, 28 December 2020 (UTC).
- I have decided not to review this nomination formally, but I have a couple of comments. 1. Can a flesh-and-blood actor "star" in an anime? 2. I think ALT1 is the most interesting, but it doesn't look grammatically correct to me ("Locations where the anime is based on"). --Moscow Connection (talk) 14:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Moscow Connection: For your first point, yes, they can -- all three women in the film have starring roles. Other anime that has starred "flesh-and-blood actors" include Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and Michiko and Hatchin. Also, lately, anime has starred stage actors due to the popularity of 2.5D musicals, such as Shohei Hashimoto, Shogo Sakamoto, Asami Tano, etc. ALT1 should say "locations of where the anime is based." lullabying (talk) 21:02, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 29[edit]
See You in the Cosmos
... that See You in the Cosmos Asian-American author Jack Cheng did not incorporate Asian-American themes on boredom of the rising trend of ethnic-based works?Source: https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/entertainment/books/article/3062182/2017-golden-kite-award-winning-ya-author-jack-cheng- ALT1:
... that children's book See You in the Cosmos was not initially written as a children's book, with there being adult themes throughout?Source: https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/04/jack-cheng-detroit-see-you-cosmos/98681836/
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Created/expanded by Gerald Waldo Luis (talk). Self-nominated at 17:15, 1 January 2021 (UTC).
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Overall: ALT1 preferred. Main hook has some problems with political correctness, probably? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael (marhata) 09:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Jeromi Mikhael, thanks for the review! GeraldWL 10:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Gerald Waldo Luis: There's a purpose. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael (marhata) 10:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Returned from prep. An entire section about characterization is unsourced. It is also unclear what the word
puzzled
means in the lead. Yoninah (talk) 10:17, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, I think that the novel itself is a primary source for the characters of the novel. As for the lead, I've tweaked it. GeraldWL 10:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Then you have too much unsourced text here, between the plot and the characterization. Yoninah (talk) 10:38, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, I suppose you mean WP:UNDUE. I've removed repetitive points in Characters and removed vague details in Plot, see if it's now good. GeraldWL 11:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
@Gerld Waldo Luis: no, I didn't mean WP:UNDUE, but Rule D2. But it looks much better now, and I'm happy to restore the tick. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks! I nearly died when it's re-discussed; happy to restore it back in minutes. GeraldWL 11:09, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Returned from prep. I asked another editor for help with the hook and he pointed out that the article does not describe the book as a
children's book
, but as young adult fiction. Considering the grammatical problems in the hook, please suggest a different hook angle. I also notice that one paragraph under Background is not cited, per Rule D2. If the cite is from the book, please provide the page number. Yoninah (talk) 11:58, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, ah, I see! I've changed the infobox genre to children's, the category of YA is merely because some source opined it as such. Feel free to reinstate your version of the ALT1 if that's grammatically correct, as I said in my talk page. I've also cited the page in Background. GeraldWL 12:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- If an ALT is needed, I could propose ALT2: ... that See You in the Cosmos, published as a children's book, has adult themes throughout? GeraldWL 12:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- ALT3: ... that novel See You in the Cosmos, which contains adult content, was published as for children? GeraldWL 16:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, can you review the above? GeraldWL 07:32, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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OK, I went through the whole article and edited it as I went along. I think you can do a lot better with the hook than the angle you keep pushing. Please choose another interesting fact from the write-up and suggest an alt hook that readers will be inspired to click on to read more. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I could try ALT4: ... that See You in the Cosmos follows an Asian-American character, although author Jack Cheng stated that he did not include Asian-American elements in the story? (https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/entertainment/books/article/3062182/2017-golden-kite-award-winning-ya-author-jack-cheng)
- Here's a sightly unrelated one. ALT5: ... that Yuan Cheng, author of See You in the Cosmos, chose "Jack" as his forename, taken from a playing card of the same name? (https://bookpage.com/interviews/21049-jack-cheng-childrens)
- Or best for WP:DYKAPRIL. ALT6: ... that in See You in the Cosmos, the main character recreates the Voyager Golden Record as the Golden iPod? (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/books/review/see-you-in-the-cosmos-jack-cheng.html)
- GeraldWL 09:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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- @Gerald Waldo Luis: There's a purpose. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael (marhata) 10:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 30[edit]
Erin O'Toole
- ... that during his leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin O'Toole (pictured) started marketing his party to unionized workers? Source: National Post
- ALT1:... that Erin O'Toole (pictured) pursued law following the completion of his military service? Source: Archived
- ALT2:... that during his 2020 campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin O'Toole (pictured) successfully marketed himself to socially conservative voters despite being pro-abortion? Source: Toronto Star National Post
- ALT2A:... that during his 2020 campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin O'Toole (pictured) successfully marketed himself to socially conservative voters despite being pro-choice? Source: Toronto Star National Post
- Reviewed: 4th nomination
- Comment: No preference between the first two hooks
Improved to Good Article status by Username6892 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:30, 31 December 2020 (UTC).
Acer cascadense
- ... that the extinct maple Acer cascadense was described from a helicopter found in the 1950s? Source: "Collections were made by Eleanor Gordon Thompson in the 1950s (donated to University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley ¨C specimens with catalog numbers prefixed by UCMP)." (Manchester et al 2018)
- ALT1:... that the extinct maple Acer cascadense is named for its type locality in the Oregon Cascades? Source: "Type locality is in the northern part of the Cascade Range of Oregon" (Wolfe & Tanai 1987 pg.102)
- Reviewed: Electra posidoniae
Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 30 December 2020 (UTC).
Article meets DYK requirements, no close paraphrasing was found, a QPQ has been done. ALT1 is cited inline and uses an offline source so AGF, but it feels rather routine so it doesn't really seem very interesting; as such, I would suggest not going with it (I have nonetheless made some typographical errors). If we have to use a hook, it would be ALT0. However, there are currently a number of issues with it. Firstly, the source doesn't seem to mention that the fruit was found in the 1950s, the closest wording I could find was the aforementioned donation. Secondly, I understand that "helicopter" is an alternative name for the samara (I will leave it to another editor to decide on the appropriateness on using "helicopter" since it could be hooky and fitting for the quirky slot but nevertheless misleading since readers would likely think of the aircraft and not the fruit). However, the source only uses "samara" and does not use "helicopter" (or indeed any of the other nicknames). Once these have been clarified we should be good to go with some variant of ALT0. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:00, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Helicopter is a common alternative to the technical term samara, most people will not know what a samara is, and is makes a very bland hook at that point. The secondary source (Manchester) addresses the UCMP collections Moose mountain flora, which were collected by Thompson in the 1950 and then donated to the UCMP.
- What makes alt1 banal to the lay public?--Kevmin ¡ì 01:14, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- I know admittedly little about botany, but I'm pretty sure that a species being named after where it was found (or its discoverer) is so commonplace it's not even quirky. If there was a story behind said naming (like for example, if the type was named after a place or person because of a particular interesting reason), then that would have been an interesting fact. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:50, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- You are missing that many lay people like finding out where and what things are named for. I have not seen any issues with similar hooks that I've proposed before. I feel it will be interesting to a broad audience. You have to remember you do not have an unbiased view of hooks, since you work with them daily rather then the one time the vast majority of the millions of viewers who look at the mainpage daily. --Kevmin ¡ì 17:03, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- I know admittedly little about botany, but I'm pretty sure that a species being named after where it was found (or its discoverer) is so commonplace it's not even quirky. If there was a story behind said naming (like for example, if the type was named after a place or person because of a particular interesting reason), then that would have been an interesting fact. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:50, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Lay person and biologist chiming in: Alt1 is a neat fact, but not really 'hooky': it doesn't seem likely to draw readers if posted on the main page, which is the primary purpose of the hook. An etymology-based hook would be more suited to a more unusual namesake, like Gagadon or Aptostichus stephencolberti. --Animalparty! (talk) 03:51, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- Alt2... that helicopters from Acer cascadense were found in Moose Mountain?--Kevmin ¡ì 15:40, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Really not a fan of ALT2 but perhaps another editor may think otherwise. @Animalparty:? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on December 31[edit]
Agitu Ideo Gudeta
- ... that Ethiopian¨CItalian refugee environmentalist Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed "the Queen of Happy Goats"? Source: "She became a national symbol for environmentalism and integration after Radical Party politician Emma Bonino singled her out as an example of successful integration and courageous female entrepreneurship." (The Telegraph); "La 'regina delle capre felici' ¨¨ stata uccisa [The 'queen of happy goats' was killed]" ([41])
- ALT1:... that Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed "the Queen of Happy Goats"?
Created by TJMSmith (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 22:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC).
Article was new enough and long enough. Both hooks are interesting and cited inline: the Telegraph source was paywalled, but I managed to get around it with the stop loading trick, but it only mentions her goat farm but not her nickname. However, the Italian source mentions it; AGF on the translation, although Google Translate seems to check out. No real preference for which hook is to be used. A QPQ has been performed. Although the article has appeared on ITN, it was on Recent Deaths and so it is still eligible for DYK. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:16, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
per DYK talk, this article has become unstable ¡ªvalereee (talk) 20:49, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Rosemary Margaret Smith
- ... that botanist Rosemary Margaret Smith defined an entire genus of the ginger family that she called Pleuranthodium after successfully identifying the physical characteristics between the plants? Source: "Several nomenclatural problems were present in this system, but its principal failing was that it only worked for the species of Malaysia. Later authors, therefore, returned to the concept of Alpinia sensu Schumann until Smith (1990) recognized a group of 22 species in New Guinea that she segregated under the generic name Pleuranthodium (K. Schum.) R.M. Sm." (The Molecular Phylogeny of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): A Complex and Polyphyletic Genus of Gingers)
- Reviewed: Great Michigan Pizza Funeral
Created by Thriley (talk) and Silver seren (talk). Nominated by Silver seren (talk) at 22:18, 4 January 2021 (UTC).
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- The hook is rather unremarkable: nearly every taxonomist who describes a genus uses physical characteristics (at least before the genetic revolution), and the number of species within is irrelevant. Terms like "successfully " and "entire genus" read as promotional.
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Overall: New enough and long enough at just over 2,000 prose characters. A more interesting hook is needed. However my overall impression from this article is that it relies too heavily on primary sources and brief mentions, which, along with the tone, gives the subtle appearance of overselling notability and misrepresenting the significance of what may be rather routine accomplishments, i.e. telling a collective story that has not yet been told outside of Wikipedia (a form of novel synthesis that runs afoul of WP:PSTS). The statement "first person to describe the Malay Rose", albeit sourced, is at odds with the fact the species now known as Etlingera maingayi was described by Baker in 1892 and simply placed into Etlingera by Smith. What is missing are secondary sources that discuss Smith in better depth, to more firmly establish notability and assess how much due weight to give any accomplishments. This article lists things Smith did, which is not necessarily what she is known for; an obituary or other biographical source would be useful for the latter. Her IPNI listing mentions a 2005 article in Guild News, Edinburgh, which might provide better context and balance. --Animalparty! (talk) 22:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Animalparty: "However my overall impression from this article is that it relies too heavily on primary sources and brief mentions"
- I don't understand this statement at all. There is only a single primary source from Smith in the article and then a few database record sources. But all the rest of the references are secondary sources discussing Smith's research. And several go into extreme depth or are almost entirely about Smith's research and classification efforts. Including [42], [43], [44], and [45]. Her efforts have informed the entire field of research into the ginger family. SilverserenC 00:54, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- I should have said primary literature (i.e. scientific papers) and brief mentions, being that most of the discussions and references of Smith in primary literature seem to be routine science, and there is little way from the current sources to assess the significance of previous work (to address the "so what?"). Taxonomists cite the relevant work of any previous researcher, from Charles Darwin to lowly grad students with 1 paper to their name. From Julius et al. 2008 we learn Smith divided Plagiostachys into two informal groups' from Nagamasu & Sakai (1996), that she divided Amomum into 5 groups. From Poulsen & Searle 2005: Smith reviewed 4 species of Scaphochlamys from Borneo. Syazana et al. 2017 briefly mention Smith's work on Zingiberaceae of Mulu National Park. Yes, and? Was she a genius? a quack? Are her classifications still relevant? Smith's previous work is verifiable, but from the primary literature references it's tough to glean meaningful context. Aside from delving into intricacies of Smith's classifications (which is of interest chiefly only to ginger taxonomists) Kress et al. 2005 seems to give the most 'in depth' summary of Smith's work with Alpinia, namely that her "elegant and intricate classification of Alpinia was an attempt to provide a modern interpretation of the complex array of species placed in this genus. Her two subgenera, 11 sections, and 12 subsections encompassed the 221 species known at that time." That's a sliver of historic context, but more is needed. Kress et al. also note that their results are incongruent with Smith's classification, but meticulous dissection of scientific papers like this is beyond the scope and purview of Wikipedia, which is why sources that explicitly state (rather than infer) the significance of Smith's work are needed. Encyclopedia articles shouldn't be checklists of accomplishments (verifiability doesn't guarantee inclusion), but discussions of the significance of achievements with appropriate weight. A reliable source that clearly states "Smith made important contributions to X, especially Y and Z..." would vastly clarify what is worth including in her encyclopedia article, and why. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- I very much don't agree with you on that, but i'll keep looking. It's strange though. I would have originally said that her work was extensive, but in such a specific area and time period where it was unlikely to get actual news coverage. But it feels like it's more than that. Her scientific partner for many publications, Brian Laurence Burtt, had a lengthy obituary published in the Edinburgh journal for where they both worked when he died in 2009. They even have an extensive article congratulating him on his 90th birthday in an earlier edition. But there's nothing for Rosemary. No obituary or anything, despite said journal publishing a ton of papers written by her. It honestly just feels like...a brick wall of really blatant sexism. SilverserenC 05:36, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- I should have said primary literature (i.e. scientific papers) and brief mentions, being that most of the discussions and references of Smith in primary literature seem to be routine science, and there is little way from the current sources to assess the significance of previous work (to address the "so what?"). Taxonomists cite the relevant work of any previous researcher, from Charles Darwin to lowly grad students with 1 paper to their name. From Julius et al. 2008 we learn Smith divided Plagiostachys into two informal groups' from Nagamasu & Sakai (1996), that she divided Amomum into 5 groups. From Poulsen & Searle 2005: Smith reviewed 4 species of Scaphochlamys from Borneo. Syazana et al. 2017 briefly mention Smith's work on Zingiberaceae of Mulu National Park. Yes, and? Was she a genius? a quack? Are her classifications still relevant? Smith's previous work is verifiable, but from the primary literature references it's tough to glean meaningful context. Aside from delving into intricacies of Smith's classifications (which is of interest chiefly only to ginger taxonomists) Kress et al. 2005 seems to give the most 'in depth' summary of Smith's work with Alpinia, namely that her "elegant and intricate classification of Alpinia was an attempt to provide a modern interpretation of the complex array of species placed in this genus. Her two subgenera, 11 sections, and 12 subsections encompassed the 221 species known at that time." That's a sliver of historic context, but more is needed. Kress et al. also note that their results are incongruent with Smith's classification, but meticulous dissection of scientific papers like this is beyond the scope and purview of Wikipedia, which is why sources that explicitly state (rather than infer) the significance of Smith's work are needed. Encyclopedia articles shouldn't be checklists of accomplishments (verifiability doesn't guarantee inclusion), but discussions of the significance of achievements with appropriate weight. A reliable source that clearly states "Smith made important contributions to X, especially Y and Z..." would vastly clarify what is worth including in her encyclopedia article, and why. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't understand this statement at all. There is only a single primary source from Smith in the article and then a few database record sources. But all the rest of the references are secondary sources discussing Smith's research. And several go into extreme depth or are almost entirely about Smith's research and classification efforts. Including [42], [43], [44], and [45]. Her efforts have informed the entire field of research into the ginger family. SilverserenC 00:54, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- I found that there was also a genus named after her. At least her fellow scientists in the field cared about her contributions.
- "This new genus is named for Ms. Rosemary M. Smith formerly of the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh in recognition of her great contributions to our knowledge of the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae"
- - Smithatris, a New Genus of Zingiberaceae from Southeast Asia SilverserenC 06:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.
- ... that Mr. Touchdown (pictured) won a promotional contest for "Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.", a song composed by Ms. Roberts?
- ... that Bobby Reynolds (pictured) won a contest to promote the song "Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A."'?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ernie Calcutt
- Comment: Could this be queued for January 11, which is the College Football Playoff National Championship?
Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 03:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. However, none of the Newspapers.com articles are clipped; if you could clip those, I could check them too. QPQ done.
- I find the hook repetitively worded and therefore not so interesting. Can you suggest another hook angle? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:50, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 1[edit]
Kurt Wolff (aviator)
My apologies to all. I will not be submitting DYK noms for a while. Looking at the below, I realize I have fallen into another occurrence of my PTSD. I am going into seclusion to get my head straight. I will be inactive or, at most, semiactive in WP for a while, probably until after Tet. I leave the DYK to whomever, to do whatever. Again, I apologize to those I offended.Georgejdorner (talk) 06:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- ... that Kurt Wolff decorated his room with machine guns? Source: Franks & Giblin, Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces, p. 142. "...Kurt Wolff became an avid collector of souvenirs from the aircraft he had shot down. His room on the airfield was soon 'decorated' with numbers, guns, and parts looted from the machines of his vanquished foes."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/SS John V. Moran
- Comment: I have an ALT1 hook in reserve, but believe this a more interesting one.
Improved to Good Article status by Georgejdorner (talk). Self-nominated at 05:17, 1 January 2021 (UTC).
GA checks out, QPQ checks out, hook is interesting but I have one topic for discussion, that of "his room". The article says he had a room at the airfield, perhaps we could make the hook clearer to say that he decorated his room at La Brayelle Airfield with machine guns? Otherwise I have no complaints here. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- Is making the hook more detailed adding clarity, or is it subtracting "hookiness"? I think the latter. As it is, the hook is literally true while being a bit mysterious.Georgejdorner (talk) 17:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
very well. It sounds like he's a student to me, with "his room", but you're right that it adds four extra words and possibly unnecessary clarity. Go with your choice. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but I agree with The Rambling Man that a little more description needs to be added here. People are so on edge from Capitol Hill rioters and other gun-toting anarchists that putting this on the main page, sounding like some college kid decorating his room, is asking for trouble. Here are alt ideas:
- ALT1:
... that Kurt Wolff decorated his room at La Brayelle Airfield with machine guns? - Or:
- ALT2: ... that fighter ace Kurt Wolff decorated his room with machine guns? Yoninah (talk) 00:00, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- The watering down of the original hook into ALT1 and ALT2 does nothing to change the hook's supposedly controversial hook, but does lessen reader appeal. And to think that an obscure historical listing in WP would spark some sort of civic unrest in the first place is ridiculous.
- Needless to say, I disapprove of ALT1 and ALT2.Georgejdorner (talk) 01:22, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- I might add that ALT1 is factually incorrect.Georgejdorner (talk) 01:28, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- One more try, then it's your turn.
- ALT3: ... that Kurt Wolff kept shot-down airplane parts and machine guns as souvenirs? Yoninah (talk) 11:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Somehow, fiddling with the meaning of my suggested hook will keep armed yobbos from running amok in the streets? Please, have some respect for reason. If my mention of firearms in the DYK is somehow so upsetting it must be censored, you should censor all mention of firearms in DYK to be consistent. After you justify censorship to the WP community. But rather than submit to censorship of my ALT1, I would rather have the nomination killed.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:42, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Why not add just a little extra to the original hook:
- ALT4: ... that Kurt Wolff decorated his room with machine guns from the planes he shot down?
- That's still an interesting hook, while giving some context. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:22, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- It's unfortunate that you did not bother to read the above, or you would realize ALT4 is just as poorly conceived as the other alternatives suggested above. I am really baffled by the insistence that watering down interest in the DYK hook to make it less interesting will prevent the Proud Boys and Antifa from rioting. Is there an explanation for that? A news article, blog, tweet, whatever? From anyone?Georgejdorner (talk) 21:20, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Alt5 ... that World War I fighter ace, Kurt Robert Wilhelm Wolff shot down 33 enemy aircraft in four months, including 22 victims during Bloody April?
My contribution. --evrik (talk) 23:24, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- ALT5 is probably the definitive hook on the subject matter. The other offered hooks would need some work. People who love guns tend to use their walls to display whatever they use as trophies, animals, human heads, or objects, or the weapons themselves. Not necessarily notable to state the obvious. ¡ª Maile (talk) 02:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- "When you write the hook, please make it "hooky", that is, short, punchy, catchy, and likely to draw the readers in to wanting to read the article ¡ª as long as they don't misstate the article content."
- Look familiar? It should. It's WP policy for writing hooks.
- Now read my original hook. It does not misstate the article content. It is definitely catchy and mysterious.Georgejdorner (talk) 13:37, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Now read the following suggestions by other editors. Notice that as they get longer, they lose their punch and catchiness and become less likely to attract readers to click the link and read the article. They devolve in quality to ALT5.
- ALT5 is flatter than last week's beer. It is a flat out bore.Georgejdorner (talk) 13:37, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- And yet, it is still not as boring as "someone decorated his room with something". ¡ªDavid Eppstein (talk) 20:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I request that this discussion not yet be closed because there is a Rfc pending. Thank you.Georgejdorner (talk) 13:42, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I would request that I am not dragged into this please. I made my feelings clear in my initial review and don't need or want the drama at all. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Am I the only one noticing that ALT5 consists of facts cherry-picked from various locations within the article, with no supporting cites there or here?Georgejdorner (talk) 19:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Noticing what? The hook is a restatement of the second sentence of the page, which takes its facts (cited) from the article. I'm tapping out on this one. Good luck. --evrik (talk) 19:51, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- It's so strange that every hook suggestion from a good faith editor is receiving backlash. It's just simple fixes like adding "fighter ace" before his name or restating the article's content. If there are "no supporting cites there or here", that would only be on the nominator. I also do see David Eppstein's point about the hook being boring. Even a common non-notable person could have stuff on their walls of any room based on their interests and a notable person is no different. A difference would be ALT4 because not many people would place guns on their wall that were from planes that they actually shot down. Georgejdorner should probably just accept that they are in the minority about what hook is interesting and move on. SL93 (talk) 14:28, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, I concede. A careful review of the DYK policies has shown me that only nominators are required to supply cites and supporting evidence for cites. Reviewers are under no such restriction to prove truth. This clears the way for ALT5, even though it is not followed by a cite because it is from the lead. In fact, it clears you reviewers to run any hook you want. It has also made me realize that defense of a hook in DYK is pretty much wasted effort, because reviewers can still run whatever they can dream up.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:54, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Georgejdorner "Reviewers are under no such restriction to prove truth." is wrong. If the lead in the article is not referenced there or in the body of the article, it's on you for even trying to nominate it. Though I do see that the information in ALT5 is also in the body of the article with citations so you seem confused. SL93 (talk) 05:04, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- SL93 I'm surprised you do not know the requirement that the sentence that originates a hook must be followed by a citation. By your scheme, two-thirds of ALT5 should be proven by two cites buried in the body of the text to account for victories, with the four-barreled name unaccounted for.
- If you can show me where you have ever supplied cites and supporting evidence for a hook as a reviewer, I will withdraw my above statement and apologize for it.Georgejdorner (talk) 05:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Georgejdorner "Reviewers are under no such restriction to prove truth." is wrong. If the lead in the article is not referenced there or in the body of the article, it's on you for even trying to nominate it. Though I do see that the information in ALT5 is also in the body of the article with citations so you seem confused. SL93 (talk) 05:04, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, I concede. A careful review of the DYK policies has shown me that only nominators are required to supply cites and supporting evidence for cites. Reviewers are under no such restriction to prove truth. This clears the way for ALT5, even though it is not followed by a cite because it is from the lead. In fact, it clears you reviewers to run any hook you want. It has also made me realize that defense of a hook in DYK is pretty much wasted effort, because reviewers can still run whatever they can dream up.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:54, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- It's so strange that every hook suggestion from a good faith editor is receiving backlash. It's just simple fixes like adding "fighter ace" before his name or restating the article's content. If there are "no supporting cites there or here", that would only be on the nominator. I also do see David Eppstein's point about the hook being boring. Even a common non-notable person could have stuff on their walls of any room based on their interests and a notable person is no different. A difference would be ALT4 because not many people would place guns on their wall that were from planes that they actually shot down. Georgejdorner should probably just accept that they are in the minority about what hook is interesting and move on. SL93 (talk) 14:28, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Noticing what? The hook is a restatement of the second sentence of the page, which takes its facts (cited) from the article. I'm tapping out on this one. Good luck. --evrik (talk) 19:51, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Am I the only one noticing that ALT5 consists of facts cherry-picked from various locations within the article, with no supporting cites there or here?Georgejdorner (talk) 19:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- I would request that I am not dragged into this please. I made my feelings clear in my initial review and don't need or want the drama at all. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Misplaced comments moved from article's talk page
A suggested historical hook for a DYK on Kurt Wolff (aviator) is under discussion because reviewers believe that mention of a 1917 event in certain words will spark rioting in the streets.Georgejdorner (talk) 21:51, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- What are you asking people to comment on? --evrik (talk) 19:53, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- That is an extremely biased, misleading, and missing-the-bigger-picture summary of the archived discussion at WT:DYK, which also included significant discussion on how boring and non-hooky the suggested hook is. ¡ªDavid Eppstein (talk) 20:53, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- The original hook is just not that interesting (X put machine guns on his walls). It might be more interesting with some context, but the nominator isn't interested in that, or indeed in anything that isn't the original hook. So much so that they trashed the latest proposal even though it echoed one of their own sentences in the article's lede. I believe one person thought this might not be the best time for such a hook, but the reason the rest of us have chimed in is that the hook doesn't meet the basic "interesting" criteria. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:15, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Georgejdorner, Evrik, David Eppstein, and BlueMoonset: The DYK hook should be discussed at Template:Did you know nominations/Kurt Wolff (aviator)
, not here. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:49, 19 January 2021 (UTC)- "People are so on edge from Capitol Hill rioters and other gun-toting anarchists that putting this on the main page, sounding like some college kid decorating his room, is asking for trouble."
- This quote is what sparked my Rfc. Pardon me for bothering the WP community with such petty concerns as censorship. It is much easier to critique me for insisting that reviewers conform to the same standards as nominators.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:30, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
ALTs 3 and 4 would both make good hooks IMO if the phrase "German fighter ace" was added. I think they'd attract plenty of interest. Gatoclass (talk) 11:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 2[edit]
Bully Hill Vineyards 150
- ... that in the 1997 Bully Hill Vineyards 150, Ron Fellows became the first Canadian driver to win a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race?
- Reviewed: Trinidad euphonia
Created by ZappaOMatic (talk). Nominated by The Bushranger (talk) at 01:58, 14 January 2021 (UTC).
The article and hook are fine, but the nomination unfortunately came too late. The article was created on 2 January and the nomination on 14 January, which is beyond the allowed period of seven days. I'm sorry, but despite the good work it's not eligible for DYK. Ffranc (talk) 12:29, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Ffranc: Please see supplimentary rule D9?
The "seven days old" limit should be strictly enforced only if there is a large backlog of hooks. Otherwise nominated article may still be approved if it were created or expanded after the oldest date listed in Template talk:Did you know#Older nominations.
- The Bushranger One ping only 16:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- I'll leave the decision to the person who closes the nomination then. I've looked at the article and everything in it looks good. The hook is short, interesting, supported by the article, cited etc. The only problem is that the nomination should have come a week earlier. If that's OK, then it should be promoted. Otherwise it should be rejected. Ffranc (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for the review! :) - The Bushranger One ping only 16:54, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Ffranc: Please see supplimentary rule D9?
- Coming here merely to comment and not to approve/reject the nomination, but in practice D9 is almost never invoked these days anymore, except for hours-to-one day misses or nominations by new editors (and even then it's usually cited to IAR and not D9). As long as the article has no other issues there is nevertheless still a chance that the nomination will be allowed (more likely under IAR as opposed to D9 specifically), but given that editors on WT:DYK tend to act as if DYK is perpetually backlogged I'm not really sure what to do here. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
With 222 nominations, D9 doesn't fit; there is a large backlog of hooks at the moment. Five days late (and no chance at a 5x expansion) is more likely to get IAR if it's a new nominator, though it's been since early 2018 since The Bushranger last nominated here, so IAR may be appropriate. I'll let the eventual reviewer decide. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:11, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- I guess things changed over time; when I was DYKing regularly some years back the general standard was "as long as it's more recent than the oldest unreviewed hooks in the queue, it's A-OK". - The Bushranger One ping only 20:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- One possible way to get around the nomination date issues would be to bring the article to GA status and treat the article as a newly-promoted GA if/when that happens. @The Bushranger: Do you think you will be able to bring the article to GA status within a reasonable timeframe? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 14:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5:
Alas, the answer to that with the brain-space I have available is 'almost certainly not'.Actually, having looked at the article, it's not that far off I think, so...I may take a stab at this. - The Bushranger One ping only 17:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)- Nominated. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. I think we should put the nomination on hold at least until the GA review has been accomplished. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:50, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5:
- One possible way to get around the nomination date issues would be to bring the article to GA status and treat the article as a newly-promoted GA if/when that happens. @The Bushranger: Do you think you will be able to bring the article to GA status within a reasonable timeframe? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 14:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Leon Rains
- ... that Leon Rains, a bass singer who studied in New York City and Paris, took part in the world premiere of Salome and an early recording of Tannh?user? Source: several
- Reviewed:
to come
- Reviewed:
Created by LouisAlain (talk), Grimes2 (talk), and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 21:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC).
- If it's alright with you, may I suggest a possible alternate hook?
- ALT1... that later in his life, operatic bass singer Leon Rains also worked as an art furniture carpenter?
- ALT1a... that later in his life, operatic bass singer Leon Rains also worked as a carpenter?
- Looking at the article, I noticed that hook fact and thought it was interesting and unusual that a singer, let alone an opera one, also worked as a carpenter. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:28, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- I hear you, but while the world premiere of Salome (opera) gives him a place in time, internationality, and importance (even if that was a minor role), the hobby during retirement says nothing about why he is notable, and what kind of music he made. An "operatic bass singer" could be someone singing in a small home town theatre. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hooks do not always need to be about a person's claim to fame or their most notable achievement, they could also be about something interesting or unusual about their lives. For example, Winston Churchill is best known for being a British prime minister, but when he was featured on DYK, the hook instead highlighted his interest in bricklaying, which is something that most people do not know about him (including myself before seeing the nomination). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:59, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- I hear you, and of course you are free to say whatever you like about someone like Churchill, or Beethoven, who are known already. I'd appreciate if you did "your" hooks as you like them, and I do mine as I like them, and our reader get a mix. I don't like focus on my subjects' retirement occuations, but on what fascinates me about them. - Today, I need to nominate 2 bios (last day and overdue one day), should look for refs for yesterday's, am overdue in qpqs (estimated 10), really want to work on a FAC-to-be: this perennial discussion about different taste - a very personal matter - is just a distraction. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:50, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Anyway, I reviewed now Template:Did you know nominations/1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- DYK is about writing hooks that appeal to readers, not necessarily the author(s) or nominator(s), so writing a hook solely because it "fascinates me" with little-to-no regard as to if it will also fascinate others is in my opinion not exactly the right philosophy when writing hooks, as it essentially defeats the purpose of DYK (to make a hook interesting to as many people as possible and encourage more readers). But in any case as I already suggested hooks here another editor will be the one to make the final decision. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:32, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- We are in a loop, I think, and I just noted something about too much discussion vs. content on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- DYK is about writing hooks that appeal to readers, not necessarily the author(s) or nominator(s), so writing a hook solely because it "fascinates me" with little-to-no regard as to if it will also fascinate others is in my opinion not exactly the right philosophy when writing hooks, as it essentially defeats the purpose of DYK (to make a hook interesting to as many people as possible and encourage more readers). But in any case as I already suggested hooks here another editor will be the one to make the final decision. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:32, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hooks do not always need to be about a person's claim to fame or their most notable achievement, they could also be about something interesting or unusual about their lives. For example, Winston Churchill is best known for being a British prime minister, but when he was featured on DYK, the hook instead highlighted his interest in bricklaying, which is something that most people do not know about him (including myself before seeing the nomination). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:59, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- I hear you, but while the world premiere of Salome (opera) gives him a place in time, internationality, and importance (even if that was a minor role), the hobby during retirement says nothing about why he is notable, and what kind of music he made. An "operatic bass singer" could be someone singing in a small home town theatre. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:08, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 4[edit]
Winston Churchill as painter
- ... that Winston Churchill (pictured) was an amateur but his paintings now sell for more than Hitler's professional work?
- Reviewed: bill hopper
- Comment: There's going to be a lot more expansion but I'm getting the nomination started while the timing is ok. For evidence in support of the hook, please see Churchill v Hitler - Who was the better artist?, "Churchill's art outvalues Hitler's today".
5x expanded by Andrew Davidson (talk) and No Great Shaker (talk). Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk) at 21:45, 11 January 2021 (UTC).
- I am interested and willing to review when I have time. Two things: we need to show somehow that the article is not about Churchill but "as a painter", and the piped link doesn't. The caption needs the work italic, and is it worth knowing what he wears? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 5[edit]
UNOH 188, Sunoco 159
- ( Article history links: UNOH 188
- Sunoco 159 )
... that NASCAR races on the Daytona International Speedway infield road course (2020 Xfinity event pictured) for the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series were added to those series' schedules two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic?- ... that NASCAR races on the Daytona International Speedway infield road course (pictured) for the Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series were added to the schedule two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Reviewed: DZ203; Judith Weinshall Liberman; Winnie ille Pu
Created by ZappaOMatic (talk). Nominated by The Bushranger (talk) at 03:29, 15 January 2021 (UTC).
- Edited as I had missed the first time around that all three of the Daytona road-course events had new articles. Submitted per supplemental rule D9. - The Bushranger One ping only 06:50, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Siegfried Borris
- ... that Siegfried Borris lectured at the Musikhochschule Berlin from 1929, was dismissed by the Nazis, but from 1945 taught as professor, composed for young players and became president of Deutscher Musikrat? Source: [46]
- Reviewed: Guy J
Created by LouisAlain (talk), Grimes2 (talk), and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 15:04, 12 January 2021 (UTC).
Gerda, too much is being packed into the hook to qualify it as remotely hooky. Can you give it a trim please? Yoninah (talk) 22:48, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry to jump in again, but how about keeping just the main points, like this:
- ALT1: ... that Siegfried Borris was dismissed from Musikhochschule Berlin by the Nazis, but after WW2 returned and became a professor there, and later president of Deutscher Musikrat?
- --LordPeterII (talk) 23:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- ... only that the main point about this person is the music for young people. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hmm, okay then maybe
- ALT2: ... that music educator Siegfried Borris was dismissed from Musikhochschule Berlin by the Nazis, but after WW2 became a professor there and president of Deutscher Musikrat?
- ALT3: ... that Siegfried Borris lost his job at Musikhochschule Berlin under the Nazis, but after WW2 became a professor there and composed music for young players?
- or even more catchy (might be too short for you, but I like it):
- ALT4: ... that the Nazis prevented Siegfried Borris from teaching music to young people?
- That's about it with my ideas for now, but you could mix&match some parts. I am not sure which ones you'd like to keep Gerda Arendt. --LordPeterII (talk) 21:51, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the offers. You are right that the last is a bit too short for my taste, because ultimately, they didn't prevent it ;) - "lost his job" could be a job as a cleaning person, "WWII" is unacceptable for the Main page. My version:
- ALT5: ... that Siegfried Borris, who taught music at the Musikhochschule Berlin, was dismissed by the Nazis in 1933, but became professor there after the war, and composed music for young players? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hmm, okay then maybe
Articles created/expanded on January 6[edit]
Richard Sharp (BBC chairman)
- ... that the new Chairman of the BBC has a twin sister who is a leading judge? Source: "He has a twin sister, Victoria, who is a senior judge. " ([47])
- Reviewed: not yet done
Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 23:50, 13 January 2021 (UTC).
Hi Edwardx, review follows: article created 6 January and exceeds minimum length; sourcing is generally good but there is one citation needed and a bare URL to sort out; the lead will need to be expanded to resolve the orange tag; Earwig shows some similarity in wording from the sources that you may want to review but I think this is acceptable as it is mostly limited to names of institutions and so forth; a QPQ is needed. The fact that Victoria is his twin is not in the source used to support the sentence in the article (only states that they are siblings). The hook currently focuses on his sister, I think it would be good to provide one or two alternatives that are focussed on Richard - Dumelow (talk) 08:54, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 7[edit]
Bang Rak Subdistrict
- ... that Bangkok's Bang Rak neighbourhood is home to Buddhist temples, mosques, a Chinese shrine, and the city's Catholic cathedral (pictured)? Source: "Bang Rak has been home to multicultural groups of people. They are those who have different beliefs, ranging from Buddhism to Taoism, Christianity and Islam..."[48] (each also mentioned separately in sources)
- ALT1:... that the enterprising businessman Nai Lert's seven-storey emporium in Bang Rak (pictured) used to be the tallest building in Bangkok? Source: "Later, in 1927, the road saw the construction of the capital¡¯s first high-rise building ¨C a seven-storey building built by Nai Lert..."[49], and other Thai sources listed in the article
- Reviewed: Beyond LIVE
Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:23, 13 January 2021 (UTC).
Usmani family of Deoband
- ... that the father and uncle of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi from the Usmani family of Deoband were co-founders of Darul Uloom Deoband? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Fazlur Rahman Usmani, the father of Aziz-ur-Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, from the Usmani family of Deoband, was a co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband? Source: [2]
- ALT2:... that Nehal Ahmad, a member of the Usmani family of Deoband and the grandfather of Zafar Ahmad Usmani was a co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband? Source: [3]
- ALT3:... that four members of the Usmani family of Deoband were co-founders of Darul Uloom Deoband? Source: [4][5][6]
- ALT4:... that Atiqur Rahman Usmani, a member of Usmani family of Deoband co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat? Source: [7]
- ALT5:... that Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Zafar Ahmad Usmani, who hoisted the flags of Pakistan in Karachi and Dhaka in 1947 in the presence of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, belonged to the Usmani family of Deoband. Source:[8]
Created by TheAafi (talk). Self-nominated at 19:17, 7 January 2021 (UTC).
References
- ^ Iqbal Hasan Kh¨¡n, Shaykh al-Hind Mawl¨¡na Mahm¨±d Hasan: Hay¨¡t awr Ilmi K¨¡rn¨¡me, Aligarh Muslim University, p. 116
- ^ Muhammad Tayyib, Qari. Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in Urdu) (July 1999 ed.). pp. 58¨C59.
- ^ Muhammad Miyan Deobandi, Ulama-e-Haqq Aur Unke Mujahidana Karname, 1, pp. 22¨C23
- ^ Iqbal Hasan Kh¨¡n, Shaykh al-Hind Mawl¨¡na Mahm¨±d Hasan: Hay¨¡t awr Ilmi K¨¡rn¨¡me, Aligarh Muslim University, p. 116
- ^ Muhammad Tayyib, Qari. Bukhari, Akbar Shah (ed.). 50 Misaali Shaksiyaat [50 Exemplar personalities] (in Urdu) (July 1999 ed.). pp. 58¨C59.
- ^ Muhammad Miyan Deobandi, Ulama-e-Haqq Aur Unke Mujahidana Karname, 1, pp. 22¨C23
- ^ Mehdi, Jameel (ed.). "Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901-1984)". Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan (November 1987 ed.). Delhi: Nadwatul Musannifeen. pp. 506¨C507.
- ^ https://dailytimes.com.pk/324380/asia-bibi-pakistanis-need-to-bridge-the-mister-mulla-divide/
Articles created/expanded on January 8[edit]
Biserka Cveji?
... that Biserka Cveji? (pictured), a mezzo-soprano from Serbia who appeared at the Vienna State Opera in 372 performances, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1960, as Amneris in Verdi's Aida?Source: [50] Vienna [51] MET
- Reviewed:
to come - Comment: For counting look at this. She first appeared in Vienna in 1959 in the very same role, as a guest, becoming a member in 1960. Elegant ways to say that welcome. From Belgrade to New York in one year!
- Reviewed:
5x expanded by LouisAlain (talk), Gerda Arendt (talk), Grimes2 (talk), and Espresso Addict (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 07:45, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
- The Debut in New York's Met was in 1961. Grimes2 (talk) 10:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- You are right, but could have simply corrected, as one of the authors.
- ALT1: ... that Biserka Cveji? (pictured), a mezzo-soprano from Serbia who appeared at the Vienna State Opera in 372 performances, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961, as Amneris in Verdi's Aida? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:15, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- I reviewed now Template:Did you know nominations/1987 FA Cup Final. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- The Debut in New York's Met was in 1961. Grimes2 (talk) 10:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 9[edit]
Uniterm
- ... that Mortimer Taube designed his Uniterm indexing system for easy automation, and then built a punch card version as the IBM 9900?
Source:Taube's original 1951 paper has this in the abstract
Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 15:35, 9 January 2021 (UTC).
QPQ: Nuclear Gandhi
Article is new, long enough and interestng. It cites sources with inline citations. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no significant text similarities on online sources. I AGF for offline sources. The hook is well-formatted and interesting. I assume that IBM 9900 is not a machine, but a type of punch card. Its length is within limit. The hook's fact needs to be cited inline, right after the sentence. It seems that no QPQ is required as having less than five DYK credits. Aprova? will follow after the a.m. issue is addressed. CeeGee 17:13, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @CeeGee: This is a composite hook formed from the content of the chapter with ref #4. QPQ is required and provided. Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:49, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Would you please name the DYK-nom you reviewed for QPQ? I wanted to be sure that IBM 9900, which is compared with punch card, is not a machine. CeeGee 07:51, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- @CeeGee: The QPQ was there, just not printing out for some reason. The IBM 9900 is a machine. I don't understand the issue with the punch card? The hook states the 9900 is a type of automation using punch cards. I do not see a grammar issue. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
I am not satisfied with your respond. Sorry! Maybe a wiser reviewer can help. CeeGee 18:03, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't see an issue with the punched card wording. It's quite clear to me that the IBM 9900 was a machine that used punched cards as their method of information input. The hook's wording does make it seem like Taube built it himself (rather than partnered with IBM, and with a team). CeeGee's concerns about in-line citations remains. Per DYK rules, the citations need to appear at the end of the relevant sentences in the article. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:55, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
WCBR
- ... that the original owner of Kentucky radio station WCBR, a pastor, asked his employees each week if they wanted their checks or if they wanted to donate them? Source: http://countryaircheck.com/images/upload/file/03-2009/HOF-House.pdf
5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 04:48, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
Hi, Sammi Brie, review follows: 5x expanded, long enough, referenced, reasonably well written, neutral, referenced, free from copyvio, QPQ has been done. Hook could be better phrased to line up with the source, I think— I'm not convinced that House's quote can support that the pastor asked multiple employees, and does "give it to the Lord" necessarily equate "donate"? Curious to hear your thoughts. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:46, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, it means donate. Could change to format to the singular. "asked an employee each week if he wanted his check..."--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 06:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- That sounds really awkward to my ear... I did a little digging to see if there was more to work with and I'm afraid I'm not finding that much else to base a hook off of. Sammi Brie (she/her ? t ? c) 06:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, it means donate. Could change to format to the singular. "asked an employee each week if he wanted his check..."--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 06:17, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
Bill hopper (furniture)
- ... that the spaces between the shelves of the United States Senate bill hopper shorten with height as so few proposed bills became law? Source: "This U.S. Senate bill hopper offers clear evidence of how few bills actually became law. The upper shelves¡ªwhich represent the final phases of legislative consideration¡ªwere built to accommodate the fewest bills." (https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/smithson-smithsonian/all-american-compromise From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution, Smithsonian Institution)
- Reviewed: Jibba
Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 16:19, 9 January 2021 (UTC).
I just read through this and several issues seemed apparent:
- It's not clearly explained how this basket or box has the shelves to which the hook refers. I still don't understand the construction.
- At least one picture is sorely needed. As pictures taken by the US government are commonly PD, this shouldn't difficult to arrange.
- It doesn't appear that a hopper is used in the Senate as Bill (United States Congress) says "In the Senate, the bill is placed on the desk of the presiding officer."
- What happens in other legislatures such as the individual states and in other countries? A start might be made on addressing this with a See also section with links such as reading_(legislature)#First_reading
- So, please flesh the article out to address these points and I'll then take another look. Andrew?(talk) 18:56, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Having browsed some pictures, the construction is clearer but there were clearly different pieces of furniture at different times and places. The shelving system pictured here is quite different from the hopper currently used here. Andrew?(talk) 19:14, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- I've clarified that it is for congressional use only and added a link to the Westminster system. I think a form must be submitted here for image reproduction to the US House of Representatives, which I shall do. No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:19, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 10[edit]
Everard F. Aguilar
- ... that stamp dealer Everard F. Aguilar proposed that the Jamaican Post Office issue stamps to mark the death of James Bond creator Ian Fleming but the idea was not accepted?
- ALT1:... that stamp dealer Everard F. Aguilar wrote a chapter on Jamaican postage stamps for James Bond creator Ian Fleming's guide to Jamaica?
- Reviewed: To be done
- Comment: Still working on it. Part of the career section was copied from Philip Saunders but there is sufficient new material for a new DYK
Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 15:58, 17 January 2021 (UTC).
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QPQ: - ?
Overall: ALT0 is fine, and has an online citation ("Between the devil and the deep blue sea") in the text. However there are minor issues. 1. Regarding the language and citation of ALT1: its language is unclear to me. I had to read the article and the citation ("Between the Devil") to work out that it meant that Aguilar had contributed one of the chapters in the book which was written by Fleming. On re-reading ALT1, yes the hook does say that, but it's not clear at first glance. It just needs to be clearer and simpler. 2. Also, ALT1 is not written out in the same way in the text with its citation next to it, so if ALT1 is to have a chance, you must do that. 3. The phrase, "third and youngest son" rings the plagiarism bell (re The Daily Gleaner: "Mr Everard Aguilar dies") - OK no-one would sue WP for that, but to get it through DYK you need to rephrase it. 4. QPQ pending. Apart from those minor issues, which are easily remedied, this is a nice article, and I thank you for this. I like the way that you make his difficult personality clear, while keeping the article neutral - I think all the best biogs are like that. Keep up the good work! Storye book (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, I am looking into the Fleming connection and will expand on it shortly. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:45, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols, Chickie Geraci Poisson, Betty Shellenberger, Alice Putnam Willetts, Joan Moser, F. Elizabeth Richey, Adele Boyd, Ruth Heller Aucott, Phyllis Stadler Lyon
- ... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included a WASP pilot, a World War II Marine, a "Chickie", a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, a world champion softball player, an All-College basketball player, the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States, a professor and a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and Phyllis Stadler Lyon (pictured)? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67804810/field-hockey-hof/
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:42, 16 January 2021 (UTC).
Mary Aldis (science writer)
- ... that in 1887 ¡°noted controversialist¡± Mary Aldis (depicted) tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon? Source: "Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, has appealed to the City Council to stop the performances of Delo, the woman fired from a cannon at the City Hall."Otago Daily Times 22 Jan 1887, via PapersPast "Information was received by the mail of the death of Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, wife of Professor Aldis, late of Auckland. She was a noted controversialist, and an opponent of the CD. Act" Christchurch Star, 12 August 1897
- ALT1:... that Mary Aldis (depicted) was told by a Presbyterian minister ¡°Mrs. Aldis, all the bad men in Auckland hate you¡±? Source: "One Presbyterian minister commented at the time, "Mrs. Aldis, all the bad men in Auckland hate you."" Royal Society of New Zealand 150 women in 150 words 2017 profile on Mary Aldis
- Reviewed: Kyra Nichols
- Comment: Article moved from user space 10 January (NZ time).
Created by DrThneed (talk). Self-nominated at 03:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
- (not a review) Welcome to DYK, DrThneed. I bolded and linked the subject for you, now at Mary Aldis (science writer). It also needs the hooks connected by some (pictured) to the image. Mandarax, move-miracle please? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done. MANdARAX ? XA§ÁAb§ªAM 07:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Cyclone Meena
- ... that Severe Tropical Cyclone Meena was the first of four severe tropical cyclones to impact the Cook Islands during February 2005? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Comment: The article is still being developed but the hook can be cited back to the seasonal summuary.Jason Rees (talk) 17:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Created/expanded by Jason Rees (talk). Self-nominated at 17:51, 15 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 11[edit]
Al-Wathiq
- ... that the 9th-century Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians as unremarkable, gave his name to the 18th-century Gothic fantasy novel Vathek? Source: "...his brief reign was not distinguished by remarkable events" from the Encyclopaedia of Islam article, and being linked with the novel at Kennedy 2006, p. 231.
- Reviewed: George Harper (lawyer)
Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 16:31, 11 January 2021 (UTC).
Interesting enigmatic person, fine GA on good sources, no copyvio obvious. It may be my lack of English, but "gave his name" sounds like activity after death to me, no? Also waiting for qpq. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda Arendt, QPQ is now done. On the "gave his name", it is not necessary to be an active, deliberate act by the namesake. For example, Amerigo Vespucci "gave his name" to America, but this was something done in his honour by Martin Waldseem¨¹ller, not intended by Vespucci himself. Cheers, Constantine ? 21:46, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- thank you for explaining. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:49, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Cplakidas I agree with Gerda Arendt's earlier statement. I don't think that one example will work for this particular case and I see how it could confuse readers. What about ALT1: ... that the 9th-century Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians as unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century Gothic fantasy novel Vathek? SL93 (talk) 02:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi SL93, I like your suggestion, thanks a lot! Constantine ? 13:24, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda Arendt, QPQ is now done. On the "gave his name", it is not necessary to be an active, deliberate act by the namesake. For example, Amerigo Vespucci "gave his name" to America, but this was something done in his honour by Martin Waldseem¨¹ller, not intended by Vespucci himself. Cheers, Constantine ? 21:46, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit
- ... that "Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit" for New Year in the current Catholic Gotteslob hymnal takes two stanzas from a 1851 song by Heinrich Bone, a third stanza and refrain from 1969, and a 1529 popular melody by Luther? Source: several
- Reviewed: Glorioso Islands Marine Natural Park
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 15:35, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
Meets DYK requirements for length and recent creation of new article. References all in German checked and verified, no copyvios detected. As a musicologist myself, it's always a delight to read Gerda's interesting articles about German hymnody and composers, and this is no exception. JGHowes talk 18:18, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Kathryn Garcia
- ... that 2021 New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia resigned as Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department after budget cuts forced a 60% reduction in public trash basket pickups? [52]
Created by 2603:7000:2143:8500:9D0F:6A81:4224:6C2A (talk). Nominated by Evrik (talk) at 02:50, 15 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 12[edit]
Bambang Suryadi
- ... that Bambang Suryadi, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, was buried with the flag of the party above him? Source: "Pemakaman Bambang Suryadi: Istri Histeris "Itu Bukan Bapak kan, Bapak Masih Dirawat kan..."". Haluan Lampung (in Indonesian). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-12. (source #8)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Halit ?zg¨¹r Sar?
- Comment: Idk if this hook is interesting. Most politicians and state officials were buried with the national flag above them, but this guy chose to be different.
Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Self-nominated at 13:11, 12 January 2021 (UTC).
Gabriel Sterling
- ... that Gabriel Sterling has debunked Donald Trump's allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Parks, Miles (January 4, 2021). "Georgia Election Official: Don't Let Misinformation 'Suppress Your Own Vote'". NPR. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ALT1 ... that Gabriel Sterling warned that Donald Trump's false allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election would result in deaths? Fowler, Stephen (December 1, 2020). "'Someone's Going To Get Killed': Ga. Official Blasts GOP Silence On Election Threats". NPR. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 03:39, 12 January 2021 (UTC).
- Comment. It's interesting. My only question is whether we should identify Sterling as an election official and Republican politician. I think so. 2603:7000:2143:8500:41B1:E48F:A84A:FEDC (talk) 23:30, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 13[edit]
Sidney Hill
- ... that Sidney Hill (pictured) began a new life in England as a gentleman farmer, adding stables to the estate, a dairy and Langford Bullock Palaces for his prized red scotch shorthorn cattle? Source: [1] Mako, Marion (2013). "Langford House". The University of Bristol Historic Gardens (PDF) (2 ed.). Bristol: University of Bristol. pp. 42¨C51. ISBN 978-0-9561001-5-3. OCLC 982673700. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020. [2] "O'er Hill and Dale". Western Daily Press. 21 July 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ALT1:... that Sidney Hill (pictured) gave ?550 towards the construction of the original Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Russell Road, Port Elizabeth? Source: Whiteside, Reverend Joseph (1906). History of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of South Africa. London: Elliot Stock. p. 126. OCLC 1113337571. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
Improved to Good Article status by Amkgp (talk) and Gricharduk (talk). Nominated by Amkgp (talk) at 17:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC).
- Comment. Isn't it overlinking to link "England"? 2603:7000:2143:8500:41B1:E48F:A84A:FEDC (talk) 23:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- No, as per WP:DYKHOOK its acceptable.¡ª Amkgp ? 05:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- I skimmed that link, but am not sure what is being relied on by amkgp. But do think even if it is as the editor says acceptable, it will bring the readers eye away from the thrust of the hook, so is better as fedc says not linked. 2603:7000:2143:8500:6960:9DFE:CAD2:CC8E (talk) 19:11, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- No, as per WP:DYKHOOK its acceptable.¡ª Amkgp ? 05:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Corn Belt Weekend, Pinty's Dirt Truck Race
- ( Article history links: Corn Belt Weekend
- Pinty's Dirt Truck Race )
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that Knoxville Raceway (pictured) will host the first NASCAR nationally-sanctioned race in its 120-year history during 2021, joining a race at Bristol Motor Speedway as dirt-track races on the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule?ALT1: ... that the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule includes dirt track races at Bristol Motor Speedway and the 120-year-old Knoxville Raceway's first major NASCAR race?
- Reviewed: Sigmund Strochlitz; Jincheon Gilsangsa
Created by The Bushranger (talk) and ZappaOMatic (talk). Nominated by The Bushranger (talk) at 01:40, 13 January 2021 (UTC).
- Not a review, but while this is hovering around the 200 character mark after removing the second bolded article (and depending on whether you count (pictured)), I found it very hard to follow. It feels like two hooks combined into one (DYK: that it's the first race in 120 years and DYK: that there are two dirt-track races on the schedule). IMO they should be better combined or split into two DYK noms. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Eddie891: That's a good point, I've tagged in an ALT1. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:02, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Alt2 that in 2021, the Knoxville Raceway (pictured) will host the first NASCAR nationally-sanctioned race in its 120-year history, joining a race at Bristol Motor Speedway as dirt-track races on the NASCAR Truck Series schedule?
Both are new enough and long enough. QPQs done. Passes earwig. hooks cited. Image featured Proposing new hook. --evrik (talk) 17:59, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Evrik: I've made a small tweak to the linkage so it's clear the second link isn't Bristol Motor Speedway (i.e. the track page), aside from that that is much better thank you! - The Bushranger One ping only 18:03, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 14[edit]
- ... that in 1781 Dutch Rear-Admiral Willem Krull with a single war ship chose to fight a British fleet where he lost his life? Source: Botta, 1834, p. 332; Hannay, 1903, p. 153
Created by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 20:01, 20 January 2021 (UTC).
Turkey and the Holocaust
- ... that Turkey has used Holocaust commemoration to deny both the Armenian Genocide and antisemitism in Turkey? Source: Quotes from Turkish officials: "In our history, there does not exist any genocide." "Turkish society has always been away from anti-Semitic feelings [sic], has never shown any feelings of anti-Semitism and xenophobia. Our people has [sic] always embraced their Jewish brothers." https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fsocf.12521
Analysis by Baer: Beginning in 2014, Turkish Jewish community leaders have been joined in their annual Holocaust commemoration by high-ranking Turkish officials who have used the occasion each year to promote the image of Turks as rescuers of Jews, from 1492 through to World War II. Playing the part of Jewish savior against the tide of genocide, the Turkish government can vaunt its pride and claim never to have engaged in such historical crimes, thereby denying, sometimes obliquely, sometimes explicitly, the annihilation of the Ottoman Armenians. ¡ª Baer 2020 p. 207
"A second theme, unique to the Turkish case, is the determination to deny the Armenian genocide by acknowledging the Holocaust." https://pen.org/professional-ethics-and-the-denial-of-armenian-genocide/
Created by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 18:06, 14 January 2021 (UTC).
- buidhe This does not look like a neutral hook. Many hooks can be made on this article that are both interesting and neutral.VR talk 03:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- There is no requirement for hooks to follow NPOV. See WP:DYKRULES. It is factual and sourced to RS which is what matters. (t · c) buidhe 03:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- If you go to WP:DYKRULES and look under "Content", it says
The hook should be neutral
.VR talk 04:05, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- How is it non-neutral? It is just a fact. One that doesn't reflect well on Turkey, but many hooks don't reflect well on their subjects and have always been allowed on DYK. (t · c) buidhe 04:10, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Now that's a tricky one. I understand the NPOV concern and believe Vice regent is right about pointing to the DYK rules; but on the other hand after reading the article I believe the statement in the hook is correct, Turkey seems to do that (at least according to the sources in the article). So I would personally have difficulties wording the hook another way to present Turkey in a better light. @Vice regent could you maybe think of an example alternate hook that would satisfy NPOV for you? (Caveat: I am really not an expert on the subject, just a random Wikipedian chiming in.) --LordPeterII (talk) 15:27, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- If you go to WP:DYKRULES and look under "Content", it says
- My previous hooks have often portrayed various institutions, people, or countries in a negative light. Just a few examples,
- "that memorial director Jens-Christian Wagner blames Alternative for Germany for the increase in heckling at former Nazi concentration camps in recent years?"[53]
- "that in September 2019, far-right politician Milan Mazurek became the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat due to a crime after comparing Romani children to "animals in the zoo"?"[54]
- "that after the Greek Civil War, 20,000 leftists were exiled to Gyaros (pictured), dubbed "Dachau of the Mediterranean"?"[55]
- "... that the European Commission of Human Rights found in 1969 that the Greek junta systematically tortured dissidents, leading to Greece's exit from the Council of Europe?"[56]
- " ... that the Israeli Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law was intended to punish Holocaust survivors rather than Holocaust perpetrators?"[57]
- "that death squad commander Otto Ohlendorf claimed that the extermination of 90,000 Jewish men, women, and children was a justified act of self-defense?"[58]
- Generally, the only negative hooks that were rejected were for BLP reasons. I don't really see NPOV as something that occurs in isolation for one fact or sentence, rather for an article as a whole, but I proposed hook ALT0 as I found it the most interesting element of the article. (t · c) buidhe 18:16, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
buidhe and LordPeterII How about something that actually discusses Turkey's WWII policies and considers both sides of the story:
- Alt1: ... that during World War II Turkey helped thousands of European Jews escape the Holocaust even as it enacted a law that discriminated against Turkish Jews?
- This is interesting because it shows the contradicting nature of Turkish policies. It also shows the good and the bad that Turkey did to Jews during WWII.
- Source:
"In November 1942, the [Turkish] government introduced a Property Tax (Varl¦Ék Vergisi) ...[which effectively discriminated against Jews]. Meanwhile, and quite paradoxically, Turkish intervention saved many thousands of eastern European Jews from the Holocaust, by aiding their clandestine immigration into Palestine. There thus seems to have been a complete disconnect between internal and external policies.
William Hale (professor), Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774, page 67VR talk 17:54, 19 January 2021 (UTC)- Not suitable, as I explained on talk, "saved" is not a WP:IMPARTIAL way to characterize giving a limited number of transit visas. Nor is it particularly interesting or unusual because that also Spain's policy at the same time was not dissimilar, although in the spanish case the laws discriminating against non-Catholics were passed before wwii. (t · c) buidhe 18:17, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have trouble understanding buidhe's comments. 1. The word "saved" only applies to the indicated "saved" people. So the fact that it is a "limited number" is not an issue - the number is indicated. There is no statement that all were saved. 2. The fact that Spain - not a Muslim country - had a similar approach does not as buidhe suggests make it not "particularly interesting or unusual". 2603:7000:2143:8500:6960:9DFE:CAD2:CC8E (talk) 19:16, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- If you read other books that focus on this topic, such as Tuvia Friling's Arrows in the Dark, you would find that all of these transits were organized and paid for not by Turkey but by Jewish organizations, who faced many restrictions in their work. Furthermore, if you are going to contrast the transit visa issue with another Turkish policy, surely it would be denaturalization. (t · c) buidhe 19:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Okay, now Vice regent your suggestion is problematic in the exact opposite direction: If buidhe's original hook shows Turkey in a negative light, yours show it in a very positive. I mean, if they enacted laws to discriminate against Jews, but then saved lots anyway, surely the law was more of a farce? (At least it sounds like that imo.)
- More importantly, ALT1 does contradict the article, as both the lede and the history section quite explicitly state that Turkey did not actively seek to rescue/save Jews, and rather let them pass through at best. There are notable examples, sure, but your hook would suggest it was a general and official rescue scheme. Especially this part of the lede, "Turkey and parts of the Turkish Jewish community have promoted exaggerated claims of rescuing Jews", is such a sentence as it directly contradicts the message of ALT1.
- I understand that this is a delicate topic, and I admit that I do not have nearly enough knowledge about it (or time to acquire it) to weigh in on the neutrality discussion about the article itself. My argumentation thus will revolve solely around the eligibility of hooks for the current article.
- Going back to the original hook ALT0, I must say that I am convinced by buidhe's point that they had previously gotten hooks approved that are quite critical - not unlike ALT0. Now I have previously made the mistake of invoking WP:OSE, but I do not believe this is the case here: If the DYK rules allowed several hooks to be approved that were critical extremely of Greece and Israel, why would a hook critical of Turkey be disallowed?
- So in conclusion, while I value the discussion and still agree that we must be careful not to break NPOV, I do not think that this is actually the case with ALT0. Instead, ALT1 is unsuitable because it contradicts the article (in its current form). Maybe you two will want to discuss the neutrality of the article itself first (and I see at least one uninvolved editor has weighed in there), and then this DYK discussion can resume once we know what the hook should be compared against. --LordPeterII (talk) 11:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
?atala?z? power station
... that ?atala?z? power station received 5 million lira capacity payments for 2020?Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: To do
- Comment: By the time I have done a review the value of X should have been published
Created by Chidgk1 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:56, 14 January 2021 (UTC).
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Overall: I changed the "X Million" to "5 Million", as Roman numerals in the Main Page may look weird to others without context. GeraldWL 07:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Gerald Waldo Luis Thanks very much for approving this. Just to clarify the 5 million lira is only for November 2020. As the figures are released 3 or 4 weeks after the end of the month I expect the December figure to be published soon. Then I should be able to insert the total for 2020. Meanwhile I am doing my QPQ review which I hope to complete in the next few days. However it is possible I may have miscounted and still have one free before I need a QPQ - if so please let me know. Chidgk1 (talk) 08:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- So I have miscounted things. Considering you have 5 DYK credits, you need to review a nomination. I see that you're still reviewing a nomination, is that true? If you've approved that nomination, I'll go ahead and approve this nomination too. GeraldWL 08:48, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Ah is there a tool or easy method you used to count 5? If so it would be useful for me to check for the review I am now doing. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:39, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Chidgk1, use this tool. Insert your user name there (exclude the "User:"). GeraldWL 08:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
This hook barely scrapes by our minimum character count requirement with 1513 characters. Is there anything more you could add? BTW, what is a
5 million lira capacity payment
? Capacity is usually measured in volume, not in monetary terms. Yoninah (talk) 14:36, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
-
- Good question - in my opinion the use of "capacity payment" by the government here is an example of greenwash designed to confuse the public. In theory a "capacity payment" is a payment to make sure power generation capacity (such as a power plant you can turn up or down regardless of wind and sunshine) remains available in case of need. But here it is just a euphemism for a subsidy, as there are so many idle or underused gas and coal plants that even if you scrapped all the coal plants there would still be no risk of blackouts (I can cite that to a reliable source if necessary).
- Chidgk1, use this tool. Insert your user name there (exclude the "User:"). GeraldWL 08:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Ah is there a tool or easy method you used to count 5? If so it would be useful for me to check for the review I am now doing. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:39, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- So I have miscounted things. Considering you have 5 DYK credits, you need to review a nomination. I see that you're still reviewing a nomination, is that true? If you've approved that nomination, I'll go ahead and approve this nomination too. GeraldWL 08:48, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Gerald Waldo Luis Thanks very much for approving this. Just to clarify the 5 million lira is only for November 2020. As the figures are released 3 or 4 weeks after the end of the month I expect the December figure to be published soon. Then I should be able to insert the total for 2020. Meanwhile I am doing my QPQ review which I hope to complete in the next few days. However it is possible I may have miscounted and still have one free before I need a QPQ - if so please let me know. Chidgk1 (talk) 08:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- I was thinking of giving a total amount of money for the year(which is why I have not cited it yet), so is it possible you could put this on hold until next month as I now think the December payment will not be published until then? If not I will add up Jan to Nov (with cites) and revise the hook to say "over ........ million dollars subsidy in 2020". And if the hook should be longer I can add stuff about it being closed due to a smoking chimney and then reopened. Chidgk1 (talk) 15:13, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
@Chidgk1, why is lira cited in the hook? That is more or less a disambiguation article, since "lira" is the name of several denominations. I suspect that it is Turkish lira, you could use a piped link to link there. And anyway, do you think wikilinking the currency is neccessary? The lira doesn't seem to have anything to do with the article (I mean you wouldn't link dollar any time a US payment is mentioned). Imo it makes sense to wikilink it in the article for clarity (and then to the specific Turkish lira), but not in the hook. --LordPeterII (talk) 15:10, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
OK, I did some editing on the article and see that you have more interesting facts to build a hook from than the one you proposed, which frankly doesn't make sense. Here are some alts for your consideration:
- ALT1: ... that according to Greenpeace, air pollution such as that produced by the coal-fired ?atala?z? power station increases the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey?
- ALT2: ... that after Turkey's Environment Ministry granted a one-year temporary licence to reopen the coal-fired ?atala?z? power station, the Right to Clean Air Platform complained it was still emitting thick smoke? Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Between the two alts, I think alt1 is hookier. 2603:7000:2143:8500:6960:9DFE:CAD2:CC8E (talk) 19:20, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Articles created/expanded on January 15[edit]
St Peter's Medal
- ... that the British Association of Urological Surgeons's St Peter's Medal is named for St Peter's Hospital which is named for Saint Peter? [59][60]
- ALT1:... that the St Peter's Medal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons was first awarded for the detection of bladder cancers in the dye industry? The very first medal winner was ... awarded the prize in 1949. ...described the first series of tumours of the bladder attributable to dye-manufacture in England.
- Reviewed: Orbexilum pedunculatum
Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 20:56, 22 January 2021 (UTC). [61]
Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd & others
... that in a rare leapfrog appeal the UK Supreme Court decided that insurance companies are liable for business losses arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic?Source: [62][63]
- Reviewed: QPQ exempt
- Comment: I'm looking into 5x expanding leapfrog appeal and possibly running a double hook, so would like to delay promotion for a bit; still need to do some more research into the topic this week to decide if I can expand it.
Created by ProcrastinatingReader (talk). Self-nominated at 08:39, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
Date and length fine. However @ProcrastinatingReader:, why is a leapfrog appeal rare? It doesn't say why in the article. QPQ not needed as this is his second nomination, no close paraphrasing. I'd be happy to hold off promotion to make this a double hook if you'd like, when would you be able to get it done by? Ping me when its sorted. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 08:51, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Certain criteria need to be met to do a leapfrog appeal, the consent of both parties, and it needs to meet a bar of being a case of 'public importance'. [64] The lower courts were also bound by, I think, the previous decision in the Orient Express case, which I imagine is how this case met the criteria (combined with time sensitivity, probably) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Re expansion: going to look this week to do some research on the matter. If I can expand it should be done sometime this week. Will ping once ready. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:59, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- It needs to be put in the article that it was rare. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Done. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 14:30, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
- The adjectival use of "UK" is not ideal, Supreme Court of the UK is better than UK Supreme Court. GPinkerton (talk) 14:18, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- The court often refers to itself as "UK Supreme Court" eg here, & also styled as such by RS eg. But mainly I went with that because it's shorter and flowed better imo. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 14:21, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- It needs to be put in the article that it was rare. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Comment, the hook is inaccurate as written, insurance companies are not "liable for the losses made by businesses" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, where a business had a business interruption policy in force, the ruling means that the insurance companies can not deny liability and refuse payouts on the grounds that the COVID-19 lockdowns were not covered. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- How about ¡°are liable¡± -> ¡°can be liable¡±? That seems accurate / true? I don¡¯t want to word it too technically, though. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:53, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- That sounds better. Let's make it ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 21:07, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that in a rare leapfrog appeal the UK Supreme Court decided that insurance companies can be liable for business losses arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Sucker Punch Productions
- ... that Sucker Punch Productions had trouble finding a publisher for their debut video game, Rocket: Robot on Wheels? [65]
5x expanded by OceanHok (talk). Self-nominated at 14:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC).
- 5x expansion is met. Hook is interesting and can be verified in the referenced website. I noticed a few grammatical and wording issues in the article that need to be addressed; otherwise, this looks good.
Articles created/expanded on January 16[edit]
Driveways (film)
- ... that the crew of Driveways went to a local real estate broker to find the two houses (pictured), with front porches and a driveway between them, used in the film? Source: "We searched far and wide throughout Poughkeepsie, looking for houses with porches attached to them. We had our location manager looking, I was looking, my producers were looking, etc. We ultimately found these two houses through a real estate agent that we went to and asked, 'Hey, we have an interesting challenge for you¡', Filmmaker; May 14, 2020.
- ALT1:... that Christine Ebersole was able to film her scenes in Driveways and perform on Broadway on the same days? Source: "We were also close enough to New York City where someone like Christine Ebersole, who has a supporting role in our film, could come and do a couple hours on our set and then go back down to New York City for an evening performance." Filmmaker Andrew Ahn interview linked above.
- ALT2:... that Driveways director Andrew Ahn said that the experience of directing a script he didn't write improved both his writing and directing? "Directing something that I hadn't written is something that I practiced a little bit before on the TV show Disclosed, but it is different when it's a film. There's a certain kind of objectivity that you can have with the material when you haven't written it. But I also experience the opposite in a way where sometimes I was more generous with the material, where if something was confusing to me I would really try and find some reason behind the confusion. I would really investigate the material. If I had written it myself, I might just be like, ¡°Oh this doesn't work, let me just rewrite it.' The Film Stage; May 8, 2019. "I've found that directing other people¡¯s writing makes you become a better writer. You begin to see, in a very intense way, what other writers are doing. It's not the same as just reading someone else¡¯s screenplay and thinking, 'Oh, I've learned some lessons from this.' When you actually have to direct that other person¡¯s screenplay, the lessons that you learn about writing really come across. What I've learned from Hannah and Paul's script for Driveways are lessons about intense character development and humanity." Filmmaker Ahn interview.
- Reviewed: Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
- Comment: While I have expanded this to the point of eligibility, I'm not done, so there's no need to rush.
5x expanded by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 19:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
March of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
- ... that the March of the Indonesian National Armed Forces was the first march composed by Addie MS? Source: #2 in the article
Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Self-nominated at 14:09, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Zane One, L.A. Woman (Zane One album)
- ( Article history links: Zane One
- L.A. Woman (Zane One album) )
- ... that rapper Zane One stated in an interview that she does not actually listen to much hip hop music, and her debut album features samples from classic rock and folk songs?
- Comment: Women in Red
- Reviewed: Mat and Savanna Shaw and Historic Cherokee settlements
Created by 3family6 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:08, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Dele Fadele
- ... that although the Nigerian-English music journalist Dele Fadele died in August 2018, his passing was not well known until two years later? Jonze, Tim. "'He was a groundbreaker and a visionary': music writer Dele Fadele remembered". The Guardian, 14 September 2020
Created by Ceoil (talk). Self-nominated at 01:34, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
- Reviewed: In the Night (ballet)
- Beginning Review
- Article is new enough and long enough.
- Hook is correctly formatted.
- Should "extensive" pieces be "long" or "detailed"?
- This sentence seems confused: "He was gregarious in life; according to Andrew Collins, in the 1990s Fadele arrived at the NME office each morning from a squat, but was always "absolutely impassioned"."
- New Order need disambiguating.
- linked to New Order (band) Ceoil (talk) 23:59, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
- Could you add anything about his early life? The article seems to start when he is already in his 30s.
- Well referenced and neutral. Long book may as well be put with the other sources as it is only used once (needs a page number).
- Hook fact needs a ref immediately after (I added CN in the place)
- Is it true that Morrissey's career "never really recovered"? Not according to our article on him.
- Awaiting QPQ.
Will finish later. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:17, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Joel Farabee
- ... that in 2019, Joel Farabee became the first player born in the 2000s to become a Philadelphia Flyers player? Meltzer's Player Profiles: Joel Farabee "Joel Farabee holds the distinction of being the first player born in the 2000s to play for the Flyers."
- ALT1:... that Joel Farabee closed his eyes before recording his first career National Hockey League goal? POSTGAME 5: Shootout Stunner! "He admitted afterwards that he closed his eyes, fired it on net and was relieved that it went in to finally grab his first tally."
- ALT2:... that in 2020, Joel Farabee became the first player born in the 2000s to score a goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs? Flyers notebook: Joel Farabee ¡®ready to go dancing¡¯ with Montreal up next "Farabee, born Feb. 25, 2000, became the first NHL player born in the 2000s to score a postseason goal, even if it was only a round-robin game."
- Comment: His birthday is February 25, so if this could go out on that day I would appreciate it. Otherwise, it's fine.
Improved to Good Article status by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC).
- article promoted to good article on Jan. 16 - check.
- Way long enough at 9000 characters - check.
- Citations exist, are plentiful, and pass spot-check. Hook is directly cited. Check.
- No disputes, BLP-compliant. Check.
- No close paraphrasing, via the Earwig tool. I made one wee change. Check.
- Neutral. Check.
- Hook looks properly formatted and appropriate length to me. The main hook was hook-y enough to catch my attention. (Really, they let people born in the 2000s into pro sports now? They didn't in my day! Get off my lawn!) I strongly prefer the main hook to alt-2, which is just a more-specific version of the main hook. That said, others may prefer the second hook, which is also cited and clearly written. I'd go with the first 'cause it's more general-interest, but YMMV.
- I don't see a QPQ review. I might be missing something - I'll ask the nominator on their talk page. Once that's done, this is good to go!Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 02:06, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
Current nominations[edit]
Articles created/expanded on January 17[edit]
Nil¨¹fer Verdi
- ... that Nil¨¹fer Verdi is considered as the first female jazz pianist of Turkey? Source: "T¨¹rkiye¡¯nin ilk kad?n caz piyanisti olarak an?lan Nil¨¹fer Verdi ..." (in Turkish) [66]
- Reviewed: Uniterm
Created by CeeGee (talk). Self-nominated at 17:23, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
Much of this article checks out, but there are a multitude of grammar and (minor) spelling errors that make it look like a mechanical translation. Also "considered...the first female jazz pianist" is likely an artifact of the same, as either she is the first or she isn't - it's an objective matter, not subjective. This needs a copyedit pass before it can be considered for the front page. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:41, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for your efforts. Requested copyediting. by the Guild CeeGee 05:45, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Glad to help - ping me once it's done and I'll take a re-look!
- The Bushranger One ping only 06:08, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Glad to help - ping me once it's done and I'll take a re-look!
Zeyan Shafiq
- ... that Zeyan Shafiq developed KashBook during an internet ban in Kashmir valley and it operates without Virtual private network? Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/jammu-kashmir-social-media-ban-kashbook-facebook-version-977342-2017-05-16
Created by Hums4r (talk). Nominated by TheAafi (talk) at 14:22, 17 January 2021 (UTC).
- TheAafi, indeed it is true, it was back when the social media's got banned here, the only way to access them was VPN, but i remember kashbook was the only one which worked without a VPN, that was the reason why it got viral, i don't understand about DYK thing, but responding to your question yes it worked without a VPN. Hums4r.(Talk to me here) 14:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
The page creator has admitted to a COI, and I would question the subject's notability. It appears he's only been doing this for a few years, hardly any time for notability to develop. Yoninah (talk) 14:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have to agree. The gist is KashBook is a Facebook clone that was used by around ten thousand users in 2017 in order to circumvent a social media ban. Perryprog (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, while I agree that this article has COI issues around but its tone and notability is clear-cut, and I don't think KashBook is just one thing that adds to his notability, there's significant coverage in multiple sources (due to KashBook and Stalwart Esports) and I'm sure that the subject may add more to his notability in future. Just 18 yo rn! ©¤ The Aaf¨© (talk) 15:05, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- The notability is not clear cut. And the sourcing still isn't great. Most of the sources are repeating each other which is indicative of a PR campaign. CUPIDICAE? 15:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- I trust you Praxidicae. Please can you just post a detailed analysis of the available sources on article's talk page? Perhaps, I'd withdraw my nomination then but... ©¤ The Aaf¨© (talk) 16:54, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- TheAafi, as far as i have read about DYK, i don't think this is eligible to meet the requirments, since it's is a very old news, the page is i guess more old then 7 days, and i don't know if it is listed as good article. ¡ª Preceding unsigned comment added by Hums4r (talk ? contribs)
- Hums4r Since, you don't know a thing, you should stop commenting on it; the fact doesn't need to be quite new to merit DYK, and please sign your messages every time. The article was moved to mainspace just four days ago. Good Article status is something that is very hard. But DYK doesn't demand an article to be GA or FA. ©¤ The Aaf¨© (talk) 17:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- TheAafi, as far as i have read about DYK, i don't think this is eligible to meet the requirments, since it's is a very old news, the page is i guess more old then 7 days, and i don't know if it is listed as good article. ¡ª Preceding unsigned comment added by Hums4r (talk ? contribs)
- I trust you Praxidicae. Please can you just post a detailed analysis of the available sources on article's talk page? Perhaps, I'd withdraw my nomination then but... ©¤ The Aaf¨© (talk) 16:54, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- The notability is not clear cut. And the sourcing still isn't great. Most of the sources are repeating each other which is indicative of a PR campaign. CUPIDICAE? 15:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yoninah, while I agree that this article has COI issues around but its tone and notability is clear-cut, and I don't think KashBook is just one thing that adds to his notability, there's significant coverage in multiple sources (due to KashBook and Stalwart Esports) and I'm sure that the subject may add more to his notability in future. Just 18 yo rn! ©¤ The Aaf¨© (talk) 15:05, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have to agree. The gist is KashBook is a Facebook clone that was used by around ten thousand users in 2017 in order to circumvent a social media ban. Perryprog (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- TheAafi, indeed it is true, it was back when the social media's got banned here, the only way to access them was VPN, but i remember kashbook was the only one which worked without a VPN, that was the reason why it got viral, i don't understand about DYK thing, but responding to your question yes it worked without a VPN. Hums4r.(Talk to me here) 14:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
YaYa Gosselin
- ... that while filming We Can Be Heroes, YaYa Gosselin usually pointed her toes when she kicked but she was told several times not to until she "[couldn't] even count"? Source: Gosselin, YaYa (December 23, 2020). "Exclusive Interview: YaYa Gosselin Talks ¡®We Can Be Heroes¡¯, Superpowers, and More!". Nerds and Beyond (Interview). Interviewed by Lindsey.
Created by Pamzeis (talk). Self-nominated at 14:17, 17 January 2021 (UTC).
Why does this meet WP:GNG? The article also needs to be sourced better; I have tagged her birthdate and Filmography. Yoninah (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I believe Gosselin meets WP:NACTOR as she has had major roles in FBI: Most Wanted and We Can Be Heroes (film). I'm currently working on sources and removed claims that can not be reliably sourced. However, there's this sentence:
Gooselin stated the physicality, harness and stunt work was "so much fun to learn" but said she "[couldn't] even count how many times [the film crew] told [her] not to point [her] toes when [she] kicked."[citation needed]
which is only cited using the interview. Pamzeis (talk) 11:38, 18 January 2021 (UTC)- I'm sorry, but Nerds and Beyond does not sound like a reliable source. You may have to rewrite the article and suggest another hook. Yoninah (talk) 11:44, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I believe Gosselin meets WP:NACTOR as she has had major roles in FBI: Most Wanted and We Can Be Heroes (film). I'm currently working on sources and removed claims that can not be reliably sourced. However, there's this sentence:
- ALT1: ... that while filming We Can Be Heroes, Robert Rodriguez said "Happy Birthday" to YaYa Gosselin when it was not her birthday to surprise her with Taylor Dooley as Lavagirl? Source: Gosselin, YaYa (December 25, 2020). "We Can Be Heroes Star YaYa Gosselin Reveals the Biggest Life Lesson She Learned On Set". Sweety High (Interview). Interviewed by Amanda McArthur.
- @Yoninah: I've rewritten the article with a new hook. If the source given is unreliable, consider my nomination withdrawn. Pamzeis (talk) 04:04, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
Croton alabamensis var. texensis
- ... that Texabama Croton (pictured) was nearly simultaneously discovered at Fort Hood and Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge in 1989? Source: "In 1989, it was almost simultaneously discovered at Fort Hood and on the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge"[67]
- ALT1:... that Croton alabamensis var. texensis (pictured) is separated from the nominate variety of C. alabamensis by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)? Source: "In a surprising discovery in 1989, C. alabamensis was found in central Texas, more than 1000 km from the Alabama populations" [68]
- Reviewed: Sucker Punch Productions
Created by TDogg310 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:19, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 18[edit]
Gary Kates
- ... that historian Gary Kates turned down recruiters seeking to make him a college president so that he could teach undergraduate history? Source: [69] "When you¡¯re lucky enough to become a dean of a college like Pomona in your 50s, you are naturally primed to be a college president. I¡¯ve been approached by headhunters, so I¡¯ve had to think about that. As interesting as being a college president would be, my ambitions and fantasies for the next stage of my life are much more in a Pomona classroom."
- ALT1:... that historian Gary Kates wrote a book about the Chevalier d'?on, an 18th-century French diplomat who grew up as a man but subsequently lived as a woman? Source: [70] and others (see article)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Social Network
- Comment: Please let me know which hook you think is more interesting; thanks!
Created by Sdkb (talk). Self-nominated at 20:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
- I haven't done all the DYK checks on this, but just a note: as an academic, I would say that the first hook needs tweaking, since headhunters can't make anyone president, just suggest names to an internal committee. Perhaps: "recruiters seeking to nominate him for a college presidency" etc. But I prefer ALT1 anyway--d'?on is quite interesting. blameless 04:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Mehmet Ismet Ba?aran
- ... that Mehmet Ismet Ba?aran has a gold medal winning collection of the first stamps of the Ottoman Empire?
- ALT1:... that ...?
- Reviewed: logging camp
Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 13:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Snowflake ID
- ... that Twitter and Discord use snowflakes as unique identifiers for their messages and users? Source: API Reference, Discord Developer Portal
- ALT1:... that Twitter's switch to snowflakes in 2010 required app developers to update their code? Source: Twitter's Snowflake Project To Update Tweet IDs Really Is More Like A Blizzard Now
- Reviewed: Yaoi
- Comment: Can provide more hooks if necessary.
Created by Elliot321 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:31, 20 January 2021 (UTC).
Maude Ballou
- ... that Martin Luther King Jr.'s secretary Maude Ballou edited early versions of his iconic I Have a Dream speech? "¡°Though I was much more than that,¡± says Ballou, her elegant tapered fingers resting on her freckled cheek. ¡°I booked flights, research, writing. I did it all.¡± This included editing versions of the ¡°I Have a Dream¡± speech that King delivered at Southern churches long before the 1963 March on Washington." [71]
- ALT1:... that Maude Ballou, Martin Luther King Jr.'s secretary, was described by a historian as "the number one person he¡¯s relying on to get the work done¡±? "Historian David Garrow, author of the monumental King chronicle ¡°Bearing the Cross,¡± says that ¡°Maude was dealing with both King¡¯s travel schedule and this huge amount of incoming mail¡± in the years after he landed on the cover of Time magazine and was perpetually overextended. ¡°You look through the papers of the Montgomery period, and up to 85 percent of the signatures are in Maude¡¯s hand. There¡¯s no question that she¡¯s running his life, that she¡¯s the number one person he¡¯s relying on to get the work done.¡±" [72]
Created by Philepitta (talk). Self-nominated at 21:15, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
Thomas Ashburton Picken
- ... that Thomas Picken's lithograph of the 1834 conflagration of London's Houses of Parliament (detail pictured) was published when he was around 16 years old? Source: London Picture Archive: "Palace of Westminster: Destruction of both Houses of Parliament, as seen from the Surrey side, 1834, Picken, T." Geographicus: "Thomas Ashburton Picken (1818-March 1891)"
- Reviewed: Everard F. Aguilar
Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 16:13, 18 January 2021 (UTC).
- Will review this. Espresso Addict (talk) 17:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is new, long enough and was nominated in time; it appears neutral. Earwig found no issues and spotchecks found no paraphrasing issues (but there is little in the way of freely available online sources with any extended material; see below). QPQ done. Image is attractive at size and appropriately licensed.
- The hook is concise and mildly interesting, though I wonder how common it was at that date? I'm not seeing any explicitly cited source for this. The London Picture Archive states it was executed in 1834 but says nothing about the publication date. The British Museum source linked by the image in Commons covers that, but needs to be added explicitly. More problematic is the birth date. I can't check the birth year source to calculate the age, but it appears to be based on the 1881 census? Not sure how reliable that would be (presumably it just means the census person asked him or someone else in the household how old he was) and how much dependence on primary documents is allowable without becoming original research.
- More generally, a lot of the problem here is that this article appears to be the first time that anyone has attempted a coherent biography of the subject? I don't know how far it is possible to go without hitting the No original research rule; the creator is a probably lot more conversant than I am in this area.
- Much of the material in the lead isn't developed in the body and sourced.
- The figure legends under Some lithographs and commentaries, and elsewhere, need sources for everything except the work's title. A lot of this, in the absence of any sourcing, looks like original research/personal opinion.
- How reliable is Geographicus (which is cited four times, including for the fact he never married)? It looks like an online shop.
- The refs seem to be include a great deal of repetition of identical sources or the same newspaper article accessed in different ways; these need amalgamating.
- Not necessarily essential for DYK but... I also found the article rather oddly organised, with snippets of information about his career in the figure legends and then in the Reviews section right at the end. It would read much better if there was a proper works section in which each of the important works was discussed and sourced in the text, even if the over-abundance of images meant that they had to be placed in one or more galleries. The material on his personal circumstances and later life/death doesn't fit well in Background. You don't need to give detailed dates and places of birth/death for his relatives; it interrupts the flow, feels bloated, and the long list of sources for material unrelated to the subject starts to look like ref bombing. You use "Day and Haghe" a lot, as if they were a company but with separate links, which I found rather odd. Either give the names as full names at least once in lead and body, or link to the article on their company. Hope this helps in developing the article on this interesting figure. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:02, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- OK, I have started to adapt the article to your opinion. Please note that the broadband is very slow in my village, especially as my house is at the end of the line, and during lockdown, everyone is using their broadband. Also my pc is overloaded with images due to this type of work, so the overload slows it down. So please understand that every task takes me a long time, and I cannot always get back to you with completed tasks quickly. Also please note the time difference. I have been working since 7am, and it is now around 9.30 pm, and it is difficult to work such long hours and keep to one's best standard, while dealing with such a long question. I am concerned as to whether you are attempting a GA review, rather than a DYK review.
- Date of publication 1834: I have provided citations for that, in the text, in the way that you suggested.
- Birth year of Thomas A. Picken: I have made it clear at all times that the birth date is approximate (e.g. "around" and "circa"). This is because there are no official birth registration records in UK before 1837. We have to calculate it from Census and GRO bmd indexes, plus GRO certificates if we can afford to pay for them (ten cost over ?100). If all the censuses plus the death certificate say the same thing, then it is reasonable to conclude the approximate year of birth. In Picken's case all the census information and the GRO death index information concur in a birth year of 1818-1819, so we can reasonably say it is around 1818. If your theory about the enumerator's questioning of unreliable witnesses had been correct, we would have seen an inconsistent record of age at the time of census, especially as Picken was residing at different addresses with different people each year. As it is, the consistency is impressive and I think we have to respect that.
- Primary sources: I have already explained that the aforementioned census and GRO indexes can be considered reliable for an approximate year of birth in a case like this. You ask why I have used these citations so much for so many reasons. If you would kindly read my long explanation for this on the talk page, you would understand why. I have gone to a great deal of trouble to clarify certain matters, and you need to understand this. (Note: I am not going to copy that whole piece from the talk page here: please kindly read it?) Doing a lot of work is not a crime. Trying hard to explain things is not a crime. All new WP articles are in development, and where there are primary sources, they are there waiting to be replaced in due course by secondary sources which have not been written yet, or found yet. Removing those sources will make everything very difficult for everybody. All the citations are verifiable by somebody, especially UK residents who have a library ticket from a major library or institution.
- Original research is not about original research being a crime per se. It's about protecting WP from people who may misinterpret it, or misuse it by combining primary sources which they do not understand into a new but unjustified construct. I have used this material merely for its content, e.g. the age of Picken at each census, and have been clear about how I am using it. There is no suspect activity here. We should use WP rules as intended, i.e. to improve WP, not as a way of denigrating editors and creators of articles.
- The content of the leader: I have taken your advice, and repeated the content of the leader in the Career section, with citations. If you want more citations I would be happy to add them.
- The Some lithographs and commentaries section: A commentary on WP, as I understand it, does not need citations, and can contain what may look like opinion, so long as it is titled as a commentary. I have made a number of commentaries, titled as such, in articles and this is the first time I have seen a complaint. If you really can't handle it, I would be happy to remove all uncited material from the caption sections under the images. However the commentaries that I have added are not controversial. They are merely there to assist the reader to appreciate the detail and content. Normally, people don't bother to notice anything about art until you tell them, in my own experience - sadly.
- Background section: The reason why I had to write that long explanation on the talk page (which you have now read?) was that I expected that sort of reaction about length and number of citations, so I explained exactly why the background section is like it is. If you are trying to establish whether you are writing about one person, or two people conflated, then you certainly do need to cover all bases regarding the family background, dates and so on. You have to check out all secondary sources (with primary sources if there is nothing else), then you have to look again and find more. There is no way around it. I feel that I cannot rest in this matter until we have all the identifiers in the Autnority control corrected. This will take some time. If you don't like it, then I will have to withdraw this nomination from DYK. I would rather do the job properly than have one more DYK credit.
- Day and Haghe: They did in fact function as a single company when the two men were working together in the early days. When Haghe left, William Day carried on with his son (Charles, I think?), as Day & Son. The early lithographs say, in small letters in the border beneath the pictures, that the printer/publisher is Day and Haghe, as if it were a single company, so I have followed suit. There is no single link on WP for that, so I have not pretended that there were.
- Well, I hope that I have begun to answer your questions, and to adjust the article to your opinion. I am primarily interested in improving the article to the benefit of WP, and I'm sure you are, too, otherwise you wouldn't have spent so much time and effort on the above review. I am now thinking about removing the article from DYK. Forgive me but this reply is probably full of typos because I can no longer see properly due to long hours. I must stop now. Storye book (talk) 22:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC) It took me nearly an hour to write this. Please have patience. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 22:20, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Atsugiri Jason
- ... that comedian Atsugiri Jason also works full-time as an executive at an IT company in Japan? Source: The Japan Times (link): "In fact, I still work full time at a Japanese IT company, managing the operations of its U.S. office from Japan."
- ALT1:... that comedian Atsugiri Jason is the first non-Japanese finalist on the R-1 Grand Prix in 2014? Source: Oricon (link): "½ñÄê¤Î¡ºR-1¤°¤é¤ó¤×¤ê2015¡»(¥Õ¥¸¥Æ¥ì¥Óϵ)¤Ç´ó»áÊ·Éϳõ¤ÎÍâ¹úÈË›Q„ÙßM³öÕߤȤ·¤ÆÔ’î}¤ò¼¯¤á¡¢¸÷¥á¥Ç¥£¥¢¤ËÒý¤Ãˆ¤ê¤À¤³¤È¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤ªÐ¦¤¤Ü¿ÈË?ºñÇФꥸ¥§¥¤¥½¥ó¤¬¡¢14ÈÕ¤è¤ê¹«é_¤µ¤ì¤¿¥¢¥ë¥Ð¥¤¥ÈÇéˆó¥µ¥¤¥È¡º¥Þ¥¤¥Ê¥Ó¥Ð¥¤¥È¡»¤ÎWEB„Ó»¤ÇµÃÒâ¤ÎÈÕ±¾¤Î¡°¤¢¤ë¤¢¤ë¡±¥Ä¥Ã¥³¥ß¥Í¥¿¤òÅû¶¤·¤Æ¤¤¤ë¡£[Atsugiri Jason, a comedian who has been attracting attention as the first non-Japanese finalist in the history of the tournament at this year's R-1 Grand Prix 2015 (Fuji TV) and is curently sought after by various media, will be showcasing his relatable jokes in Japan in an online video on the part-time job recruitment website My Navi Beit.]."
- ALT2:... that comedian Atsugiri Jason is famous in Japan for his tendency to scream, "Why Japanese people?!" about the Japanese writing system? Source: Oricon (link): "ÈÕ±¾ÈˤˤȤäƵ±¤¿¤êǰ¤È¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤ëÈÕ±¾¤ÎÁ•‘T¤äÑÔÈ~¤Ë¶À×Ô¤ÎÄ¿¾€¤Ç¥Ä¥Ã¥³¥ß¤òÈë¤ì¤ë¡ºWhy Japanese people!?¡»¥Í¥¿¤Ç¥Ö¥ì¥¤¥¯¤·¤¿ºñÇФꥸ¥§¥¤¥½¥ó¡£ [Atsugiri Jason made his big break in Japan with his "Why Japanese people?!" narrative, giving a unique perspective on Japanese customs and words that are ordinary to the Japanese.]"
- Reviewed: Hamilton Fish Park
Created by Lullabying (talk). Self-nominated at 01:26, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 19[edit]
Walker Railey
- ... that although Dallas minister Walker Railey was acquitted of the attempted murder of his wife in criminal court, a civil court awarded an $18 million judgment against him?
Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 14:21, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Climate change in Brazil
- ... that climate change in Brazil (pictured) can be fixed? (this would have the fire pic) Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT1:... that there are other causes of climate change in Brazil (pictured)? (this would have the cow pic) Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT2:... that Jair Bolsonaro says that foreigners should stop beefing about climate change in Brazil (pictured)? (cow pic obviously)Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT3:... that fire is both a cause and a risk of climate change in Brazil (pictured)? (fire pic obviously) Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT4:... that as well as Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest there are other causes of climate change in Brazil (pictured)? (this would have the cow pic) Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: Phyllodoce lineata
- Comment: A major author of the Portuguese article from which part of this was translated was https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio(a):Tetraktys Although I mentioned the above reviewed article for another DYK in fact that did not need a QPQ as I had miscounted. Image and cites to be added according to which hook(s) the reviewer likes.
Created by Chidgk1 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:08, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
My Love from the Star
- ... that My Love from the Star's popularity led to it being discussed at China's National People's Congress?Source 1Source 2
- ALT1:... that My Love from the Star started a craze for chimaek, a popular Korean snack of chicken and beer, in China?"Korean TV Show Sparks Chicken and Beer Craze in China"
Improved to Good Article status by -ink&fables (talk). Self-nominated at 10:07, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Zach Iscol
- ... that 2021 New York City mayoral candidate Zach Iscol fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah in the Iraq War, and was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery? "Captain Zachary Iscol ... was in charge of a combined action platoon comprised of 200 Iraqi soldiers and 30 U.S. Marines ... fighting on the front lines in the November 4th assault to clear Fallujah ... is a recipient of the Bronze Star medal with Combat-Distinguished V device, and the Combat Action ribbon." "For his bravery in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah, during which he led a combined unit of 30 American and 250 Iraqi National Guard troops, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal."
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Comment: let me know if I got this right!
Created/expanded by CathyF.13 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC).
Bangladesh women's national cricket team record by opponent

- ... that Bangladesh women team won the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup? Source: Bangladesh beat six-time champions for maiden Asia Cup title
- ALT1:... that Bangladesh women won the very first international cricket match they played? Source: BD women's dream start
Created by Pratyya Ghosh (talk). Self-nominated at 20:43, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo
- ... that Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo shocked the authors of Suharto's Festschrift by demanding Suharto to resign from the presidency as soon as possible? Source: Source #48 in article: BW (2 June 1998). "SOEHARTO PERNAH MENAMPIK MUNDUR : JITAK USAH YA". Kompas.
- ALT1:... that Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, former ambassador of Indonesia to Japan, authored the first book about Japan in the Indonesian language? Source: Source #41 in article: "Penganugerahan Bintang Jasa Jepang untuk Musim Semi Tahun 2012". Japanese Embassy in Indonesia.
- ALT2:... that as the third best graduate from the Yogya Military Academy, Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo was given the privilege of choosing his post within the army? Source: Source #12 in article
Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Self-nominated at 15:53, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Sjarifuddin Baharsjah
- ... that according to his sister, Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was forced to learn female dances during his childhood because his mother said that "he was really pretty"? Source: Source #2 in article
- ALT1:... that after he resigned from the office of Minister of Agriculture, Sjarifuddin Baharsjah was immediately succeeded by his wife? Source: Source #4 in article
Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Self-nominated at 15:10, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Shane Stewart, Kings Royal
- ( Article history links: Shane Stewart
- Kings Royal )
- ... that Shane Stewart and other winners of the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway (1987 pictured) are given a scepter, robe, and crown, and pose in a throne in victory lane? Source: "After the race, Madsen was declared ¡®King¡¯ in a ceremony that saw him bestowed with all the little things that a monarch needs: A robe, scepter, crown, and finally, a throne."
- Reviewed: BoRit Asbestos; Nil¨¹fer Verdi
Converted from a redirect by The Bushranger (talk). Self-nominated at 02:49, 19 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 20[edit]
Strax affair
- ... that the Strax affair started in the library? Source: "In this case a small protest against iden?tity cards at the library deepened into an overlapping set of crises" ([73]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alan T. Busby
- Comment: New article moved to article space on January 20th
Created by HazelAB (talk). Self-nominated at 13:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
Abudureheman Abulikemu
- ... that Abudureheman Abulikemu became the first boxer from Xinjiang to compete at the Olympics in 2000, but he missed the qualifiers for the 2004 Olympics due to a herniated disk? Source: "н®µÚһλ²Î¼Ó°ÂÔË»áµÄÈ»÷ÊÖ"[74] "°¢²»¶¼ÈȺÏÂü½«Ä¿±êÃé×¼ÁË2004Äê°ÂÔ˻ᣬµ«Êǵ½ÁË2003Ä꣬ÑÏÖØµÄÑü×µ¼äÅÌÍ»³öÆÈʹËû²»µÃ²»ÖжÏÁËËùÓбÈÈüºÍѵÁ·£¬Ö»ÄÜÑÛÕöÕöµØ¿´×ŰÂÔË×ʸñÈü´ÓÑÛǰÁï×ß¡£"[75]
- ALT1:... that the Chinese boxer Abudureheman Abulikemu missed the qualifiers for the 2004 Olympics because of a herniated disk? Source: "°¢²»¶¼ÈȺÏÂü½«Ä¿±êÃé×¼ÁË2004Äê°ÂÔ˻ᣬµ«Êǵ½ÁË2003Ä꣬ÑÏÖØµÄÑü×µ¼äÅÌÍ»³öÆÈʹËû²»µÃ²»ÖжÏÁËËùÓбÈÈüºÍѵÁ·£¬Ö»ÄÜÑÛÕöÕöµØ¿´×ŰÂÔË×ʸñÈü´ÓÑÛǰÁï×ß¡£"[76]
- ALT2:... that Abudureheman Abulikemu was the first boxer from Xinjiang to compete at the Olympics? Source: "н®µÚһλ²Î¼Ó°ÂÔË»áµÄÈ»÷ÊÖ"[77]
5x expanded by Mx. Granger (talk). Self-nominated at 08:41, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Wild Woody
- ... that the video game Wild Woody contains an easter egg that displays a topless mermaid if certain items are collected in order? Source: "At one point in the game, during a level involving pirate treasure, there is an Easter Egg where if you collect treasure in a very specific order, you will be "rewarded" with a topless mermaid who certainly appears as though she was meant to evoke Ariel from A Little Mermaid." [78]
- ALT1:... that musician Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was given a single month to compose the full score for the video game Wild Woody? Source: "I had a 1-month deadline to write and record a title song, 16 game level songs, as well as score the 6 animated story-line and transitional sequences, and 5 different "game over" sequences." [79]
- Reviewed: White House swimming pool
Improved to Good Article status by Cat's Tuxedo (talk). Self-nominated at 05:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 21[edit]
Kyle Larson Racing
- ... that after twelve years of attempts, Kyle Larson won the Chili Bowl Nationals back to back in the first two years he ran the event for his own team?
Could running his own equipment be the fresh start Larson needs to claim his first driller?, Kyle Larson scored one of the biggest victories of his career by ending an 0-for-12 streak to finally win the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, back-to-back Chili Bowl victories in his own No. 01.
- Reviewed: Willie Nelson Statue
Created by The Bushranger (talk). Self-nominated at 21:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
J?rg Widmann
- ... that with compositions such as Con brio, clarinetist J?rg Widmann (pictured) was ranked No. 3 contemporary composer in 2018? Source: [80]
- Reviewed: to come
- Comment: I took the hook suggestion from the user's talk. Not too much a friend of such rankings, and open to suggestions.
Improved to Good Article status by Grimes2 (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 16:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
- ALT1: ... that clarinetist, conductor and composer J?rg Widmann (pictured) uses extended techniques in compositions such as Con brio? Grimes2 (talk) 17:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe
- ... that the documentary Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe explores the life of the musician who signed "Ireland's fastest ever record deal"? Source: "In 1987, he signed Ireland¡¯s fastest ever record deal" (Aherne, van Vliet / 2014) / "one of the few people ever to get a recording contract after a mere three-minute audition" (Irish Times / 28 Oct 2000) / "After just three live appearances he now has a record deal" (RT? / 1987) /
- ALT1:... that the film Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe received the "Best Feature Documentary" award at the 2001 Celtic Film and Television Festival? Source: "Aidan Walsh ¨C Master Of The Universe \..\ Best Feature Documentary, Celtic Film and TV Festival" (Screen Directors Guild of Ireland) / "Winners - Truro 2001" (Celtic Media Festival / 2001) / "Celtic Film and Television Festival, Truro" (Irish Film & Television Network / 2001 )
5x expanded by Guliolopez (talk). Self-nominated at 15:45, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
Anna Utenhoven
- ... that a Dutch poet used the 1597 premature burial of Anna Utenhoven for heresy to rally his compatriots against the Spanish Empire? Source: Stilma, Astrid (2016). A king translated : the writings of King James VI & I and their interpretation in the Low Countries, 1593-1603. London: Routledge. pp. 44¨C47. ISBN 978-1-315-56486-9. OCLC 948604224.
- ALT1:... that Anna Utenhoven, who was buried alive in 1597, was the last person executed for heresy in the Low Countries? Source: Christman, Victoria (2018). Topographies of tolerance and intolerance : responses to religious pluralism in Reformation Europe. Edited by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer and Victoria Christman. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 134¨C135. ISBN 978-90-04-37130-9. OCLC 1050455310.
- Comment: Although I started the AFC draft in December, it was accepted on January 21 at 18:11.
Created by Naddruf (talk). Self-nominated at 03:24, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
Asser Levy Recreation Center
- ... that the Asser Levy Recreation Center's entrance arches (pictured) were described as being "more like portals to a great amphitheatre than frames around doors to a hygienic facility"? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890-1915. New York: Rizzoli. p. 139.
- ALT1:... that Albert H. Blumenthal jumped into the Asser Levy Recreation Center's pool while campaigning in the 1973 New York City mayoral election? Source: Carroll, Maurice (September 4, 1973). "Mayoral Contest Begins in Earnest". The New York Times.
- ALT2:... that the Asser Levy Recreation Center was expanded into a street so the United Nations could build an office tower? Source: Foderaro, Lisa W. (September 30, 2011). "Land Deal With U.N. Would Fill a Big Gap in the Waterfront Greenway". The New York Times.
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:44, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
List of Bangladesh cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
- ... that Naimur Rahman took six wickets for 132 runs in the very first test Bangladesh played in 2000? Source: Sudden Bangladesh collapse leaves India easy winners
5x expanded by Pratyya Ghosh (talk). Self-nominated at 16:35, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
King of Crabs
- ... that a reviewer from Eurogamer considered King of Crabs to be the "the best crab-based Battle Royale" video game he had ever reviewed? Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-07-11-king-of-crabs-is-fortnite-with-crabs-and-you-pretty-much-have-to-play-it
- Reviewed: Nominator has less than 5 DYK credits and therefore is exempt from the review requirement.
Created by DocFreeman24 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:17, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 22[edit]
KRMZ
- ... that after NBCUniversal shut down KMAS-TV in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, its chief engineer suggested it be donated to his former employer, Rocky Mountain PBS? Source: [81]
Converted from a redirect by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 18:44, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
2013 Football League One play-off Final
- ... that Yeovil Town were promoted to the second tier of English football just ten years after being a non-League club after winning the 2013 Football League One play-off Final?
5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 09:50, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Str?ngn?s stone
... that the almost mythical Str?ngn?s stone (pictured) is probably real?Source: variousALT1:... that the Str?ngn?s stone (pictured) was considered a forgery for 49 years?Source: various
- No Review Needed
Created/expanded by Berig (talk). Self-nominated at 18:39, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
- ALT2:... that the Str?ngn?s stone (pictured), long considered a forgery, is probably real?
Georgina Parkinson
- ... that ballerina Georgina Parkinson taught Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Romeo and Juliet to Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne for the film The Turning Point? Source: "Parkinson's first experience of teaching came when her friend Nora Kaye, wife of the film director Herbert Ross, asked her to substitute for MacMillan, who was unable to come and teach Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Brown a Romeo and Juliet pas de deux for Ross's 1977 film The Turning Point." ([82])
- ALT1:... that ballerina Georgina Parkinson created several roles in ballets choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, including Romeo and Juliet, Manon and Mayerling? Source: "Kenneth MacMillan picked her for the plotless Symphony (1963) and for Romeo and Juliet (1965) where she was Rosaline (and where she would later dance the title role)... She was the Tsarina in the three-act version of Anastasia (1971), the gaoler's mistress in Manon (1974), and the Empress Elizabeth (Crown Prince Rudolf's mother) in Mayerling (1978)." (same link)
- Reviewed: Lights Up
5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:43, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
The Dragon and the Doctor
- ... that Barbara Danish wrote The Dragon and the Doctor in 20 minutes? "But, Barbara, whose sensibility was focused on dragons at the time, returned within twenty minutes with a book The Feminist Press still has in print called The Dragon and the Doctor. (Howe, 2014, pp. 143¨C144)
- Reviewed: TBD!
Moved to mainspace by Bobamnertiopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 06:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
Awaiting QPQ :) Kingoflettuce (talk) 14:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
- ... that "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" was Jimmie Rodgers' first hit song? p.39 of Wolff, Kurt (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-858-28534-4.
- ALT1:... that Jimmie Rodgers' 1928 recording of "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" influenced Johnny Cash for a line of "Folsom Prison Blues"? p. 53 of Edwards, Leigh (2009). Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-22061-5.
Improved to Good Article status by GDuwen (talk). Self-nominated at 22:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 23[edit]
2017 EFL League Two play-off Final
- that Blackpool became the most successful club in the history of the English Football League play-offs when they won the 2017 EFL League Two play-off Final against Exeter City?
5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 16:28, 24 January 2021 (UTC).
Miriam Usher Chrisman
- ... that in a 1982 book about the 16th-century Strasbourg print industry, historian Miriam Usher Chrisman demonstrated the scholarly potential of the digital analysis of large archival datasets? Source: Richard A. Crofts: Chrisman's work "has both substantive and methodological importance in that it shows what can be learned about Strasbourg by means of computer analysis of extensive data."
- ALT1:... that Miriam Usher Chrisman, a historian and pioneer of digital humanities scholarship, married her husband after a whirlwind courtship abbreviated by World War II, writing to him succinctly: "I should like to get married when you finish at the city rather than waiting until the war is over"? Source: scholarship: Crofts as above; courtship letter (and context)
- Comment: I have very mixed feelings about ALT1. It's a nice story, and I wouldn't mind highlighting that part of the article, but I'd much rather focus on the historical work of this extremely distinguished scholar. blameless 03:54, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Created by Blameless (talk). Self-nominated at 03:54, 24 January 2021 (UTC).
Five Night at Freddy's (video game)
- ... that Five Nights at Freddy's was created after its developer¡¯s previous game was criticized for its unsettling animatronic-like characters? Source: [83]
Improved to Good Article status by GenericWikiUser1 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:20, 24 January 2021 (UTC).
Ineligible (already featured: Template:Did you know nominations/Five Nights at Freddy's). Nice GA though, I'm sad I have to reject this. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 08:53, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Music City Grand Prix
- ... that the Music City Grand Prix will cross the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, making it one of the few auto races to cross a significant body of water? Source: The Indianapolis Star
- ALT1:... that the Music City Grand Prix will cross the Cumberland River on the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge in downtown Nashville, Tennessee? Source: The Indianapolis Star
- ALT2:... that the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, Tennessee, will be the first new street circuit for the IndyCar Series since Houston in 2013? Source: NBCSN and The Tennessean
- Reviewed: Beulah Mae Donald
Created by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 21:19, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Remsen Cemetery
- ... that the Remsen Cemetery, one of a few remaining private burial grounds on Long Island, contains the remains of an American Revolutionary War colonel and his family members? Source: White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 783.
- ALT1:... that the Remsen Cemetery, where an American Revolutionary War colonel is buried, was spared development because no one came forward to claim the land? Source: "Unclaimed Burial Plot Being Shut In". The Standard Union. April 6, 1925. p. 4.
- ALT2:... that the Remsen Cemetery is the only remnant of Whitepot, an early settlement in modern New York City? Source: Perlman, Michael (November 20, 2013). "Today Forest Hills residents shop and dine on Austin Street patronize the Midway Theatre stroll through Forest Hills Gardens and graduate from Forest Hills High School. These are some of the "landmarks" that give ..." Forest Hills Times.
- Reviewed: QPQ pending.
- Comment: The original article was by CaptJayRuffins but had a serious copyright violation that still has to be cleaned up.
Created by Epicgenius (talk) and CaptJayRuffins (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 20:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
In the Night (ballet)
- ... that Jerome Robbins' ballet In the Night is set to four nocturnes by Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin? Source: "'In the Night,' set to four Chopin Nocturnes, is not merely a 'Son of Dances at a Gathering,' or 'Gathering Revisited'; rather, it is a further extension of Robbins's choreographic thoughts in spired by Chopin's piano music." ([84])
- Reviewed: TBD
5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:40, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Richard Leibert
- ... that
famedRadio City Music Hall organist Richard Leibert eloped twice with the daughter of a U.S. congressman? source: Washington Evening Star, December 7, 1926
- Reviewed: Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit
Created by JGHowes (talk). Self-nominated at 16:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
JGHowes. Hook is interesting and verified. Waiting on QPQ. I'd probably drop 'famed' in the hook because it doesn't add anything imo, but precedent suggests there's nothing actually wrong with it. Article is generally reasonably well written, neutral, and sourced, but I'm not seeing several items reflected in the provided sources, including: his birth date,
first playing at Loew's Palace Theater in Washington, D.C., in 1925
,He attended college at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and studied organ at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. Leibert started a touring dance band
, reflected in the source provided in the article-- though that could be me not reading it correctly.I've taken the liberty of adding newspapers.com clippings to some of the sources I spotchecked-- recommend adding others, if you have the ability. There are a couple phrase matches between sourcing and article (" was a favorite of President Calvin Coolidge, who invited him to play the" and "Wurlitzer pipe organ, the largest Wurlitzer theater organ in the world") that I'd suggest mixing up to avoid closely matching the source. My spotcheck reveals no major copyvio/close paraphrasing concerns. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 15:00, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Aicha Mekki
- ... that Aicha Mekki was one of the very few crime reporters and female journalists in Morocco during the Years of Lead in the later half of the 20th century?
- Comment: the second half of the hook could be trimmed to either 'during the Years of Lead' or 'in the [later/latter/second] half of the 20th century'
Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:33, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Hi Eddie891, nice article. Review follows: created 23 January; exceeds minimum length; no overly close paraphrasing from sources noticed; hook is interesting and part backed up by the Dictionary of African Biography: "Mekki's focus on crime was particularly daring because there was almost no crime reporting in the press at the time". I presume the "female reporter" part is covered by the New Encyclopedia of Africa and am happy to AGF on this; one comment on the hook wording: I don't know how well known the phrase "one of the only" is outside of the US? It is not used in the UK, but I gather it has a meaning similar to "one of the very few"? Also awaiting a QPQ - Dumelow (talk) 09:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
- Dumelow, thanks! QPQ'd Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Leibert and rephrased to "one of the very few" Eddie891 Talk Work 15:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
Sadhana Mahila Sangha
- ... that Sadhana Mahila Sangha protected Bangalore sex workers from the police, from HIV, but they now help feed them during the pandemic? "the police often harass sex workers", "HIV/AIDS outbreak, and are aware of the dangers of Covid-19 too. As far as we know, no one has done any sex work in more than a month"
- ALT1:... that Bangalore's sex workers had to work with condoms after HIV but Sadhana Mahila Sangha has to feed them after coronavirus? "With HIV at least we could use a condom and continue. What will we do now? We cannot wear a full condom suit!¡±
- ALT2 (for IWD day):... that four International Women's Days ago the President of India gave a top award to Sadhana Mahila Sangha who helped to protect Bangalore's sex workers from the police? pic of award and "the police often harass sex workers"
Created by Victuallers (talk). Self-nominated at 21:31, 23 January 2021 (UTC).
Articles created/expanded on January 24[edit]
Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint
- ... that Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint was prefect of the Marne from 1800 to 1838, surviving numerous regime changes? "Claude de Jessaint, prefect of the Marne, managed to serve every regime without interruption or complaint from 1800 to 1838" from: Roberts, Andrew (2016). Napoleon the Great. Penguin Books Limited. p. 682. ISBN 978-0-241-29466-6.
- ALT1:... that Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint was the only pre-1828 prefect to keep his post after the 1830 July Revolution in France? "only seven Restoration prefects remained in office and these, apart from the immovable and legendary Jessaint of the Marne, in office since the creation of the system, had been appointed during the more moderate Martignac ministry" [NB: Martignac was prime minister of France from 1828] from: Pilbeam, P. (1991). The 1830 Revolution in France. Springer. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-230-37686-1.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:19, 24 January 2021 (UTC).
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