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====Robert Parker Les sept pêchés capiteux====
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===Articles created/expanded on January 14===
====Jet of Iada====
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====Mildred Barry Garvin====
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{{*mp}}... that in 1998 ''']''' were first reported in the United States trying to gain access to a journalist's car?
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====SMS Budapest====
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{{*mp}}... that after ] was sunk in late 1917 while anchored right next to her, ] took on her role of being a floating barracks?
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:*'''ALT1''':... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'', a part of the ] crosses a dry valley at a height of {{convert|55|m|abbr=off}}?
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===Articles created/expanded on January 22===
====USS Elcano (PG-38)====
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{{*mp}}... that during the ] the Spanish gunboat ''''']''''' captured the American bark ''Saranac'' carrying 1,640 tons of coal from Newcastle, NSW, for Admiral Dewey's fleet.
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===Articles created/expanded on January 23===
====Joan Henry====
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====Jehiel R. Elyachar====
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====HMS Sköld====
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====Alfred Lafone====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] Date/length verified, AGF for offline source. ] <sup>]</sup> 19:15, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sea of Japan====
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:*The naming dispute means that having this on the front page ''will'' draw complaints, I think. ] (]) 11:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:*:The dispute is old, slow and "non-controversial" (it was made clear that consensus must be reached before changing the name). If this is a real problem, we can add the South Korean name, but WP should follow the major authorities on this, which use "Sea of Japan". ] (]) 22:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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====Chris Deschene====
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:*] short of the required 1500 char of readable prose. <span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — ] • ] • </span> 13:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:* Yes, it has 1441 characters in prose. ] (]) 17:13, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Added committee memberships: 1441+145=1586. Done. ] <sup>]</sup> 19:01, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:::* It is OK now. ] (]) 19:36, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====NCAA Season 82 basketball tournaments====
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====Michel Maxwell Philip====
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:*This was moved from userspace to the mainspace today, and the hook can be verified by . ] (]) 05:17, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:* ] Good work. ] (]) 10:13, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====History of Sochi====
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:*Using the Englishname would probably make it even more hookier. ] (]) 04:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:*:Thanks! ] (]) 04:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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====Lore Lindu National Park====
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====R. Gordon Hoxie, William Birenbaum====
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====List of Oval Office desks====
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====Veliki Gložac Tunnel====
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====Koserow====
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====Henry Clarence Whaite====
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====Chionoecetes bairdi====
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====HMS Folke====
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====Suiyo Seamount====
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:*Now I know that the source doesn't directly state that the volcano was extinct, but I know from experience that 99.9% of seamounts are dead. Given the low amount of material collected, there was no basis to assume otherwise, and so it was, until the fumarole activity happened. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b><font color="#731A25">]</font></b><font color="#B31023">]</font></span> 21:18, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics====
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====Puebla====
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:*! Quite impressive. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><b><font color="#731A25">]</font></b><font color="#B31023">]</font></span> 21:19, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

::Amazing work. I can't stress how invaluable this work is on Mexican states.♦ ] 14:14, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Manuel the Armenian====
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====St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford====
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====NCAA Season 81 basketball tournaments====
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====Leo Byrd====
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:*Can we change that to "...went on to win..."? I see no need for a conditional type of verb phrase. ] (]) 20:56, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Changed. ] (]) 21:28, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:*] Sourcing and length for article and hook have been verified. ] (]) 01:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Segundo Romance====
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====UAAP Season 65 men's basketball tournament====
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====St James' Church, Stirchley====
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====UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament====
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====John Abel====
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====Santoshi Mata====
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:*I think the hook should specify that she's not actually scriptural - that she's (almost) entirely a creation of the movie. ] (]) 11:41, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:: Not entirely a creation of the movie, though most of the legend is the creation of the movie. She emerged in 1960s and had a regional following before the film. --] <sup> ] </sup> 17:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Asher Noria====
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====Alma (name)====
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====Brenda Lee Eager====
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====British Motocross Championship====
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====Maurice Neligan====
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:*] Length and sourcing for article and hook have been verified. ] (]) 15:30, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====MV Wotan====
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====Mrs. Tittlemouse (character)====
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====Siege of Privas====
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====Marshall Flaum, Let My People Go: The Story of Israel====
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====Sakis Rouvas Collection====
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:*Wikilinked hook. I suggest changing "artist" to "singer" as it is not obvious that he isn't a painter in this context. ] (]) 01:52, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====List of Fab 40 number-one singles====
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====The Temptation of Barbizon====
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====St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham====
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====2010 Nobel Peace Prize====
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:*Note that this article has also been considered for ]. ] (]) 15:31, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::*] ] say: "Articles that have appeared on the main page's In the News section are not eligible." This hit the main page and is still there. ] ] 17:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*] did appear on ITN. ] did not. ] (]) 18:40, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::::*Yes, I can confirm that Shubinator is correct - I was the one who posted the article ] on ITN :) However I suggest we wait until the related item is scrolled off ITN, which will be very soon. --] (]) 21:57, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::* ] Guys, the link on the Main Page is to ], which now makes it ineligible. <span style="text-align: center; clear: both; font-family:Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-style: normal;"> — ] ] —</span> 11:30, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::*Linking from the Main Page and featured on the Main Page are two different things. DYK doesn't accept articles that have been ''featured'' on ITN. ] (]) 14:34, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Alexander Fulton (Louisiana)====
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====Jeff Landry====
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:ALT=... that ] ] ] ] ''']''' carries the endorsement of the ] in the upcoming ]?
::I '''''strongly disagree''''' with having this (or any similar hook describing another candidate) appear on the front page while the campaign is ongoing. It feels like electioneering. ] (]) 11:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:::I would agree with DS. With the election just over three weeks away, having DYK hooks on the Main Page about candidates on the ballot could be seen as electioneering. ] is already going on in some states. --] ] 15:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Qmunity====
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====Double-O Ranch Historic District====
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====Prince Abbas Hilmi====
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====Jalavihar====
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====George Ambo====
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====1995–96 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team, 1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team, 1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team====
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====Adam of Kilconquhar====
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====St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury====
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====Tenczyn Castle====
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====Astley and Tyldesley Collieries====
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====Figaro (genus), Australian sawtail catshark, northern sawtail catshark====
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====Al-'Awasim====
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:* ] Looks good, I placed a citation in the lead just for DYK purposes and rules.--] <small>]</small> 11:44, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====BSA B50====
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====New Academy (Moscopole)====
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====Grandview Apostolic Church====
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====ZETA====
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====List of Top Pops number-one singles====
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====St Bartholomew's Church, Richard's Castle====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] - ready. ] (]) 22:58, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

====Lake Sausacocha====
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Quality of image is too poor..♦ ] 13:03, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sack of Amorium====
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:*] Looking good. Great article. (Strictly speaking, the placement of the footnote isn't making it entirely clear whether the hook is completely covered by the ref, but I trust the author's good judgment in that.) Image would be nice, but I'm not sure it will work well on the main page at this small size. ] ] 15:45, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

====Interspecific pregnancy====
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:*Nifty, but ] applies, yes? Perhaps "has been suggested". ] (]) 02:44, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:*I agree, so a bit of reformulation then:] (]) 07:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
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::: '''ALT3''': ... that fetuses of the endangered ] ''(pictured)'' have been ] in the womb of cats? --] <sup> ] </sup> 15:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::::With the link to interspecific pregnancy in '''bold''', it seems all fine to me. ] (]) 05:55, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I like it, but the article seems to indicate that it's only been done in ''one'' cat so far (and she died of pneumonia before the birth). ] (]) 11:51, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::That's correct. There were two panda fetuses, but only one almost "successful" cat mother. My bad. Ending it with "...in the womb of a cat" is more appropriate. (On the other hand, the occyte was taken from a rabbit - but mentioning it would probably make the entry too long). ] (]) 18:56, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Washington Athletic Club====
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:* ] Nice article, I didn't see where it was one of the few though, just that it had no 13 floor. I think the practice is fairly common too, I have seen in omitted in many buildings, as the ] article explains it commonality.--] <small>]</small> 11:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Adams River (British Columbia)====
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:* ] The article is good but it needs small expansion. ] (]) 16:21, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Is length a problem right now? I wasn't sure if refs are included in calculating the 5X expansion.]] 16:56, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
:::* 677 characters in prose before expansion, 2820 after expansion (5 x 677 = 3385). ] (]) 21:44, 9 October 2010 (UTC)


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====Philipsburg Manor====
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:* ] The states he was arrested in 1776, not 1779. I also don't see an exact date that the manor was sold in that reference. 1779 isn't mentioned. Growing up in Yonkers, and visiting the manor on field day trips I shouldn't have to look at the reference. It is nice to see some Yonkers history being covered, although it isn't upstate!--] <small>]</small> 11:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Sorry about that. I forgot to include an inline to ref #1, which is the Encyclopedia of New York State. I'm puzzled as to why the historic sites website says 1776, however the encyclopedia specifically states that his whole family was attained in 1779, so maybe he was also arrested previously. Not sure, but the Encyclopedia is most definitely the dominant source. ''']]''' 21:18, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Beethoven Monument, Bonn====
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====Kebbi Emirate====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history, reference good. Added "in Nigeria" to the hook. ] (]) 17:57, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sir John Jarvis, 1st Baronet====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Expansion, history, reference good. ] (]) 17:53, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sir Edgar Horne, 1st Baronet====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history good; an ad from the last page of a newspaper isn't the best source, but I'll let it pass. ] (]) 17:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Robert L. Bobbitt====
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====Charles de Lorme====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history good; offline reference accepted in good faith. ] (]) 17:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Susisuchus====
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:*Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find the reference in the source. Are you referring to "the transition from Neosuchia to Eusuchia involved the sagittal segmentation of the paravertebral shield (Bernissartia to Susisuchus)"? Because that just describes a later modification to the shield, which was already in species before Susisuchus. Feel free to point me to a sentence that I missed. ] (]) 17:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::*The shield is called a tetraserial paravertebral shield, which is unique to ''Susisuchus'' and eusuchians. "Tetraserial paravertebral shield" is a very technical term, so I thought that saying "a shield... similar to those of living crocodilians" would show that ''Susisuchus'' has a special type of shield different from those of earlier species. Hopefully this is better:
::'''ALT1''' ... that the ] ] relative ''''']''''' was one of the first ]ns to have a segmented shield of bony ]s over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?
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:::]<small>(checked using ])</small> Alt1 looks good. Interesting article (more so because I've studying alligator skeletons). ] (]) 14:32, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team====
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====Javorova Kosa Tunnel====
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====St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals====
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====About the Mystery of the Letters====
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====James Kennedy Patterson====
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====St Peter and St Paul's Church, Preston Deanery====
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====Sherman J. Maise====
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====Bobby Godsell====
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====Snares Snipe====
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====Tuhobić Tunnel====
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====Antique Motorcycle Club of America====
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:*] Length meets minimums for article and maximum for hook, but the source of the hook is the club itself. Can an independent reliable and verifiable source be added to support the hook? Also, should we use "organizations" vs. "organisations" given that this is an American club. ] (]) 12:35, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

====Laguna de Paca, Jauja====
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::*I'd like to suggest the following ALT. I added an inline ref immediately after the "capital" hook fact. ]&nbsp;<font color="blue">•</font>&nbsp;] 20:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::*'''ALT1''': ... that ''']''', located near ''']''' ''(pictured)'', was the capital of ] before the founding of ]?
:::*Thanks. It is fine.--]</span> <sup>]</sup>. 02:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sulla's civil wars====
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] Not sure why the article link is in red. If you type in "Sulla's civil wars" in the search engine, the page should come up.] (]) 02:34, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:Fixed. ] 02:35, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

:Fixed. Something was wrong with the apostrophe. ] ] 02:35, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::<Insert obligatory cliche about great minds and thinking here.> ] 02:36, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Don't be so hard on yourself Ucucha, haha. I haven't reviewed for DYK acceptability, but I think the original hook is the more interesting one... the ALT seemed to happen a lot in those days... ] ] 02:39, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::The article's bare URL references should be formatted. Also, I'd prefer a more recent and more scholarly ref for the hook fact. ] 02:45, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

====Marko Račič====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history good; foreign language reference accepted in good faith. ] (]) 17:05, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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====The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure====
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====Johnny Edgecombe====
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====Ralph A. Loveys, 26th Legislative District (New Jersey)====
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====Kenneth North====
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:*] ref must follow hook, suggest tweak hook with length of time as pow.<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — ] • ] • </span> 00:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center====
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====Gwichyaa Gwich’in====
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:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history good; offline reference accepted in good faith. Added "in Alaska" to the hook. ] (]) 19:13, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Marguerite Bériza, Orville Harrold====
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:*Bériza is a new article and Harrold is a more than 5x expansion. The hook fact can be found with a citation in the Bériza article.] (]) 06:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)



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====Kathy and Carol====
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:<small>Note: Article started on 7 Oct by Yorkshiresky, 5x expanded on 8 Oct by Ghmyrtle - so do we both deserve credits? ] (]) 14:42, 8 October 2010 (UTC)</small>
:*]<small>(checked using ])</small> Length, history, reference good. Added expansion credit for Ghmyrtle. ] (]) 19:22, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Sean McCorkle====
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:*'''ALT1''':*... that ] ''']''' has been ]d "The Hater", "The Big Angry", "Big Hungry" and "The Alpha Male", and claims he changes his nickname "to keep it interesting"? ] (]) 20:57, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::I'm happy with the ALT hook! Thanks <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #73C2FB">]</SPAN>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE="1">]</FONT> 21:12, 8 October 2010 (UTC)


====Millennium Bailey's Hotel and James Bailey (UK politician)====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] Date, length, hook refs OK. Would you consider a stronger link between the two articles that you've written? Such as:
:*'''ALT1''': ... that ''']''', founded by British politician ''']''', attracted many wealthy and foreign guests &mdash; including ] ], who lived out his last days in the hotel in 1895?
:*'''ALT2''': ... that ''']''', founded by British politician ''']''', attracted many wealthy and foreign guests &mdash; including ] ], who died in a hotel bed in 1895? ] (]) 22:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Hyalella azteca====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] Date, length OK. Offline hook ref AGF. Cool picture. Good to go. ] (]) 00:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)



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====140th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] Date, length OK. The bare URLs need to be formatted per ]. Also, the article has a lot of interesting things to say other than the anniversary happened. How about:
:*'''ALT1''':<s> ... that for the ''']''', ] ] organized volunteers to clean, paint, and restore ] at the ] in ]?</s>
:*'''ALT2''': ... that the ] was ceremoniously read on the ''']''' under the ] where ] taught children of former slaves in 1861?
:*'''ALT3''':<s> ... that during the ''']''' on January 1, 2003, living ]s portrayed ] in ]?</s>
:*] (]) 00:04, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

::I have fixed up the references (removed bare URLs, added details, etc).

::I like all the suggested alts; I asked a few people, and we all preferred the 2nd one, re. the oak tree. I think that is the best choice. Thanks, <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">]]</span></small> 00:52, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:::] Date, length, hook ref all verified. ALT2 good to go. ] (]) 09:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Cloud gaming====
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:*] Date and length look good. AGF for the ref. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:18, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::*I'm not using any non-English or offline sources, so why is it AGF and not just an actual check of the ref itself? <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 01:24, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*Also, ] are you sure the hook fact is actually in the article right now? Console games from ''all consoles''? --] (]) 01:30, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::*Good point, I probably won't be able to back up the "all" part. How about this...
:::::*'''(Alt 1)''' ... that ] uses a type of ] called ''']''' that allows users to play ] from different consoles on their computer? <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 01:34, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::*] That's better. And sorry about the AGF, I forgot it only applied to offline and foreign language sources. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:37, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::] The article doesn't mention anywhere, that the games currently offered are (exclusively or otherwise) console games; it also doesn't mention as a fact, that they are games from ''different consoles'', as opposed to one particular console. As far as I can see, the hook fact is not currently stated within the article. --] (]) 01:54, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::Uh, it directly states "Assassin's Creed" and "Mass Effect 2", which are from different consoles. If you need me to state it directly in the article, I will, since it is directly stated in most of the references. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 04:46, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::::Fair enough, but yes I think it should be stated explicitly in the article if it is used in the hook. --] (]) 09:19, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:'''ALT2''' ... that ''']''' developments allow players to access their saved games at multiple locations, using the same game data on platforms ranging from desktop computers to ]?

:(this is my attempt at a hook for this without a company name or brand name in it) --] (]) 02:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::I would prefer to not use this Alt, since it isn't as interesting as the one I gave. This makes it sound kind of boring and wordy. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 04:46, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Depends what the reader finds interesting - the existing hook, at first reading, makes it sound rather like ]. (I was going to add the word "modern" somewhere to avoid that potential confusion - since some thin client services already offer emulated games from older consoles, and many readers would be most familiar with that.) But whatever hook you prefer is fine, so long as the hook fact is actually stated in the article. --] (]) 09:19, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Actually, after thinking about it, i'm fine with your alt. It does convey more about what cloud gaming does. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 18:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::I've trimmed my suggested ALT2 to make it a bit less wordy. It's quite difficult to get across the potential this concept has, without building a huge unwieldy hook. --] (]) 02:15, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

====Rocky Top's Sundance Kid====
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:*<s>] Date and length look good. AGF for the ref. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)</s>
::*] There isn't a citation after the fact in the lead. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:44, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*Added the citation from the body to the lead. ] ] 11:45, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::*] Date, length, hook ref all verified. Good to go. ] (]) 21:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====National Foundation for Women Legislators====
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::*{{ec}} ] Reevaluated as AGF only applies to offline and foreign sources. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:48, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

====French ironclad Richelieu====
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====Most Ljubavi====
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::*] The article length is 2200 characters, but most of that is from the quote, which I believe we have to exclude when considering length. ] (]) 23:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*Yes, , since it's a block quote. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 23:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::* Why don't you try to the website/board as a source instead of quoting it? This way, the text will be counted for the length requirement. Be mindful of ] though :) <span style="text-align: center; clear: both; font-family:Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-style: normal;"> — ] ] —</span> 07:38, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::* Fix and little expanded. :) Also, source is in the public domain, so ] cannot be used here. --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]<sup>]</sup></span> 10:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::* The length is good now. I think it needs a little copy-editing, though; I'd offer to do this but it might be better if someone more familiar with the bridge and its story (or at least the source language) could do so... I don't want to unwittingly introduce errors due to my unfamiliarity with the topic. ] (]) 15:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::* Indeed, the length is good, but there's definitely close paraphrasing and WhiteWriter is yet to provide evidence as to why the board/website would be public domain. If that's cleared up or if the section is rewritten, it would be good to go, but for now it's too close to the original text and it seems to be copyrighted. <span style="text-align: center; clear: both; font-family:Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-style: normal;"> — ] ] —</span> 11:16, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::::*OK, doesn't matter, i cannot find source that it is in public domain, so i rewrite it. Hope now it is good. Third luck! :) --<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]<sup>]</sup></span> 12:52, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::::* ] Well, comparing it to the original translated quote that you initially used, I think it's far enough from the original to pass. Length, date and hook verified. <span style="text-align: center; clear: both; font-family:Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-style: normal;"> — ] ] —</span> 14:01, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
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====Mycena clariviolacea, Mycena fonticola, Mycena fuscoaurantiaca, Mycena intersecta, Mycena lanuginosa, Mycena multiplicata, Mycena mustea, Mycena nidificata====
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:*] Date and length good for all of them. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:29, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::*] Reevaluated as AGF only applies to offline and foreign language sources. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

====RMAS Typhoon (A95)====
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:*''Comment'': Bit of a rubbish picture, I'm aware, and doesn't really add much to the DYK - but I thought it best to include it anyway. ] (]) 20:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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:*] Only 1200 characters. DYK requires a minimum of 1500 characters of prose. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:54, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::My apologies: I put 'created' when I actually expanded it. Does the 1,500 still apply? ] (]) 16:13, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Yes, all articles on DYK have to have a minimum of 1500 characters of prose. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 22:49, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Samuel May Wiliams House====
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:*] Length and sourcing for article are ok, but there needs to be an explicit source added to the statement in the article that corresponds to the hook. ] (]) 12:46, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::*I think that footnote 8, at the end of the paragraph, covers all the sentences after footnote 2. ] (]) 21:53, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Cheney Racing====
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:*I can't find the fact in the source. ] (]) 19:16, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::It is clearly stated under the first paragraph of the 'History' tab on the ref Cheney Racing web site. (I will put a seperate ref if you like but on my iPhone at the moment) Thanks ] (]) 20:47, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:::]<small>(checked using ])</small> Ok. I'm a little uncomfortable with the fact being sourced to the company itself, but ah well. ] (]) 20:53, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Thanks - and I've updated the ref now so that its easy to find ] (]) 12:40, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Enterprise Allowance Scheme====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] A minimum of ] is required for DYK, it's currently at 792 characters. Hook is fine, it's still within 5 days of creation so if it can be expanded tomorrow (11th) at the latest it should be eligible. ] <sup>]</sup> 11:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::*I like a deadline lol, I'll work on this tomorrow :-) ] (]) 19:32, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*OK, I've expanded the article a little, I think it (just) makes the minimum character limit.... ] (]) 20:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Pendock Church====
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====Legitimate expectation in Singapore====
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====1969–70 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team====
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====Stephen Pace (artist)====
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====Bird class patrol vessel====
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:*''Comment'': Better, ... that two ''']s''' were... -- ] (]) 18:52, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::Done! ] (]) 16:14, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Sorry to nitpick, but the article has 1455 characters of prose; DYK requires at least 1500. Add a few sentences and you'll be fine. ] (]) 19:44, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::Should now be 2000+. ] (]) 20:25, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::]<small>(checked using ])</small> Good to go. ] (]) 20:43, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====UAAP Season 67 men's basketball tournament====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] Date, length, hook ref all verified. Good to go. ] (]) 23:47, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Can someone help me on creating a better blurb? &ndash;''']''' (]) 11:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*What's wrong with your hook? ] (]) 21:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Demon Cat====
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:*] Article has not been 5x expanded. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 01:59, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::I think I might be confused about the rules here, but as far as I was aware the article had gone from 375 characters to 1989 characters in my revision, which is a 5x expansion no? ]<sup>]</sup> 10:12, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
:::The DYK check tool says it has 1880 characters of prose. It needs 5 more characters to reach a 5x expansion. ~<span style="border:2px solid blue;background:beige;font-family:Mistral">''']]]'''</span> 15:52, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::Oh! Well my apologies then. I've corrected that oversight. ]<sup>]</sup> 16:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
::* ] A semi-automatic 5x check shows 364 characters to 1887 which is 5x, albeit very minimal. Everything else checks out.--] <small>]</small> 11:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Perhapsatron====
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====Edentulina moreleti====
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:* ] I see in the reference where is states it is the first but not the only. I see this because nine years past, is it still the only?--] <small>]</small> 12:19, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::I think so. There is about 1000 species of Streptaxidae and all of them are known or are thought to be carnivorous. As far as I know, this species is the only one herbivorous in this family. --] (]) 17:13, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::: ] Ok, sounds good and verifiable, based on sources.--] <small>]</small> 01:39, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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====UAAP Season 68 men's basketball tournament====
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::'''ALT1''' *... that at the end of the first game of the ''']''', a ] assistant team manager ran onto the court and hit opposing player ] ''(pictured)'' in the back of the head? ] (]) 16:23, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Branchinecta brushi====
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:*] Hook doesn't make much sense. —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 8:54pm •'''</span> 09:54, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::*I'm afraid I'm going to need a little more detail than that if I'm to be able to improve it. The fairy shrimp ''Branchinecta brushi'' is a crustacean. It lives at 5,930 m in the Chilean Andes. No other crustacean lives higher. Thus, the fairy shrimp ''Branchinecta brushi'' is the higest crustacean in the world, living at 5,930 m (19,460 ft) in the Chilean Andes. I'm open to suggestions for improvement, but those are the facts that should be reported. --] (]) 09:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*How about "...living at ''an altitude of'' 5,930..." -- ] (]) 10:11, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::* (edit conflict) How about;
:::'''ALT2''' ... that the ] ''''']''''' lives at 5,930&nbsp;m (19,460&nbsp;ft) in the ]an ], higher than any other ] in the world?
:::* And, incidentally, could the height be rounded to either 6,000m (and the ft equivalent) or 20,000ft (and the m equivalent) to make it slightly easier to read? I assume it's that precise because it lives in a specific lake or something that ''is'' at that specific height, but then even the lake has depth so a little rounding might not hurt. Just a thought, I don't know how these things are normally expressed.
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::::* Also, is the fact accurate, since the article states that another crustacean Branchinecta valchetana lives at the same height? Is Branchinecta valchetana also a shrimp, and if not, can we just replace the word "crustacean" with "shrimp"? Or is that not really an accurate enough term? --] (]) 10:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::*I'd be happy with the rounding, provided it's noted (e.g. "at around 6,000 m..."), since the mountain does not actually reach 6,000 m (let alone 20,000 ft, another 96 m higher). ''Boeckella palustris'' (not ''Branchinecta valchetana'') does live in the same place, so one could argue that ''Br. brushi'' is '''joint''' highest, but I think that's probably nitpicking. I would argue that ''Br. brushi'' is the highest, and so is ''Bo. palustris''. Neither, incidentally, is a ], and in any case, that would be a less remarkable fact than being the superlative among a much bigger group. ALT2 looks fine to me, as does John of Reading's suggestion. --] (]) 12:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::::::*] Alt is fine :) —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 11:14am •'''</span> 00:14, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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:*] All good. —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 9:07pm •'''</span> 10:07, 7 October 2010 (UTC)


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====2009–10 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team====
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:*] No problems. —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 9:05pm •'''</span> 10:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

====Herb Wilkinson====
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:*'''Alt2''':... that after winning the ] with ], ''']''' transferred to ] because it offered a dental school? ] (]) 03:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:**] All hooks backed up with appropriate references. —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 9:03pm •'''</span> 10:03, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::Go with the original or with ALT2. Nothing particularly interesting about ALT1. ] (]) 16:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Helmut de Boor====
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====Henry Bergh (sculpture)====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->I wonder if ] of the century old statue is really a fairuse pic. Do U.S. copyright laws cover public art from that long ago? If not, maybe we can use this on MainPage. --] (]) 03:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
:*:See comment from Elcobbola regarding copyright length and statues. In short - it's life of the sculptor + 70. ] (]) 04:04, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::: Thanks, Raul. I can't establish the sculptor's year of death, so I guess we don't know enough to safely use this pic on MainPage. Never mind. --] (]) 05:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::::Everything looks good except two areas in the "Information" section are uncited. I duplicated a reference to other areas as needed and proper but couldn't find that information.--] <small>]</small> 10:56, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

====Pholiota squarrosa====
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::Concur, I have just left a message for the nominator. ] (]) 18:23, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

====1994 College Baseball All-America Team====
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====Michael Salyer Stone House====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] 5x expansion verified. Date, length, hook ref verified. I like the extra factoid on ALT1. ALT1 good to go. ] (]) 11:25, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Len Garrison====
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:*] All good. —<span style="font-family:Tahoma;">''']</span> • <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-variant:small-caps;">] • 9:10pm •'''</span> 10:10, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::*The hook, at 221 characters, is too long. ]&nbsp;<font color="blue">•</font>&nbsp;] 19:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

:::Ah, quite right, sorry; try this, below, which is just under 200, including the '(pictured)'. <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">]]</span></small> 19:54, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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::Hook length is fine now. Note that ''(pictured)'' is not counted, so the hook is actually 186 characters. ]&nbsp;<font color="blue">•</font>&nbsp;] 20:38, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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====Jack Cox (Texas)====
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:*<!--Make first comment here-->] 5x expansion verified. Date, length OK. Offline hook refs AGF. However, the Sources section needs to be filled out better, citing publisher, date, isbn, etc. What do you think about this addition to the first hook:
:*'''ALT2''': that ] ] ] ''']''' lost the 1962 governor's race to ] and the 1964 ] ] to ]? ] (]) 14:34, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

:I can get the ISBN information later, maybe Monday.] (]) 14:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
::Publishing info is usually available on Amazon.com. I filled out the first and second references, but don't know which volume you used for the Texas Almanac. Is it one of ? ] (]) 15:24, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Jaguar C-X75====
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:*] Length and sourcing for article and hook have been confirmed. ] (]) 13:08, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:* ] Image has no alt-text or rollover text? May seem like nitpicking, but it's important. ] (]) 20:38, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::* Oops, you got me on that one, I guess I chose the wrong template, because I did not mean to have a caption or something. I really do not know what an alt-text or rollover text is. Can you help me? If it is a caption, it would be "] exhibited at the ].-] (]) 02:05, 8 October 2010 (UTC){{-}}
::::An by the way, there is a new picture available of better quality, so I did change it.-] (]) 02:13, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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====Gracie Cole====
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====Danni Lowinski====
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::*Yeah, I know about the hooks. I hoped that someone might have a better suggestion how to phrase that =) Regards ''']]''' 19:51, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

====Andy Albeck====
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====St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth====
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====List of Somerset cricket captains====
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:* ] Which one-day trophy did he win? I see three listed under England in the piped "one-day". I don't know much about cricket and I don't expect every reader to but some clarity would be good.--] <small>]</small> 10:39, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
::*Under his captaincy: the ], ], ], ] and the ]. It seemed more succinct to say "five one-day trophies"... ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 16:49, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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:*'''ALT1''' "... that lacking any means to exit the structure in the face of enemy fire, the garrison of a ''']''' ''(pictured)'' could face a fight to the death?" ] (]) 13:44, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

::*I was trying too hard to be pithy - ALT1 is better. ] (]) 16:46, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
:::*] I have problems with this hook; it implies the design favoured a fight to the death, where actually it almost necessitated such a fight. In my opinion misleading. The article itself checks out fine for all criteria, maybe try another hook?
::::I think the ALT1 hook is OK. The occupants might have the option to surrender instead of fighting to the death, or they might succeed in forcing their opponents to withdraw and regroup, rather than killing them. I think "could" covers the likelihood sufficiently, especially since it's hypothetical anyway. Incidentally, I wonder if "the occupants" might read better than "the garrison", since the thing is only a few feet wide. --] (]) 01:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
::::I agree that ALT1's use of the word "could" combined with the explanation in the hook's first clause makes its sufficiently clear what the circumstances might have been. ] (]) 13:21, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
:::::] the main hook is no good, as anyone can face a fight to the death. The alt1 is wrong, there is a means to exit, it's just not very safe during combat. Alt1 is misleading. <span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — ] • ] • </span> 23:48, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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====Boletellus ananas, Boletellus====
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====Jack Parkinson (basketball)====
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====Cement lorry rammed into Leinster House====
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:*] Orphan tag I don't care about, but you need to add categories. Would be good to beef up about notability otherwise this comes across as a minor crime. <span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — ] • ] • </span> 15:04, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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===For a date yet to be determined, possibly around 14 October===
====Manchester Courts====
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:::*Thanks, Avenue. I was just about to deal with the photo and voila, it's already done. Perfect. '''<font color="#000000">]</font><font color="#FF4500">]</font>''' 18:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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===For 17 October, 20th Sunday after Trinity===

====Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162====
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===For October 29, 1AM London time===

====Dragan Tesanovic====
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*] The ''']''' has started early. My interpretation of whats happening is ... 1. Move your hook to the bottom of the page (ie here) 2. You may get some more macabre, funny etc suggestions for a hook and it should get DYKtick'ed. 3. Then after its been there about 24 hours or so it gets moved off to the dedicated page. 4. Then about three or four days before Oct 31 we sort out the 40 or so hooks into "8"s (so they are ready to load on the 36 hours or so that is Halloween internationally). 5. We do the awards and 6 .... and please help with all of this. It only works if we all do a bit ] (]) 08:22, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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{{*mp}}... <s>that ''']''', the "] of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million ]s in 1990?</s>
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::'''ALT1:''' ... that ''']''', the "] of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million ]s in the ] in 1990?
- Hook corrected to show where costumes were sold. - ] (]) 19:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

:*"Halston" means nothing here ... you also have "High Priest of Halloween" ... I'd tic that? oops OK! ] (]) 07:34, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
::*Halston means a lot in the fashion world. I've wikilinked it. (Don't forget to sign your post!) - ] (]) 01:44, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
:::*Only in places where there's a JC Penney. Trust me, that subclause just doesn't work outside the US, and to be honest it's redundant, it could just be struck out entirely. Or as Victuallers says, the "high priest" version is a ready-made alternative that needs no knowledge of US culture, and thus is a better hook. WTGR Tim, you really need to think a bit more globally - 50% of en.wiki users are outside the US, and that proportion is growing. ] (]) 08:54, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
::::*It doesn't appear, Le Deluge, that you know who Halston was. He was internationally famous (he designed Jacqueline Kennedy's iconic pillbox hat outfit, which had worldwide recognition), and was well-known throughout Europe and portions of Asia. His recognizability is perhaps more time-bound (who knows who he is today?), but the quote was from 1979 (when he was still a worldwide icon of high couture and not a budget-conscious caricature as he was at the end). Accusing someone of ethnocentrism is, I don't think, an appropriate response to the proposed hook (especially if you don't know that person, or their contributions). If you are concerned that hooks are not worldwide in nature, I can only respond that 1) That is not a DYK criteria and 2) 17 of the accepted 22 hooks for this year do not involve worldwide topics. A far more appropriate criticism of the hook would be that it does not say ''where'' Ben Cooper, Inc. sold 4 million costumes (a very legitimate issue which I will correct). - ] (]) 19:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
::::*I added an image here. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to scale down as well as I'd like. There are other images from this company on WikiCommons, if anyone wants to take a look. - ] (]) 00:57, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

===For November 1, All Saint's Day===
*''This is a holder for new or expanded articles for November 1, which is All Saint's Day.''

===For January 1, 2011, Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation===

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This nomination is a bit of a special case. I originally nominated ] on August 3 following a 5x expansion (see discussion above under ]). Everyone accepted that it met the DYK criteria but the nomination was derailed by a political dispute over timing. I've put forward a compromise at ], which involves passing this DYK now but scheduling its appearance on January 1, 2011, which is 60 years to the day since the seal was first used. This proposal has been generally welcomed so I'm putting it forward here for formal consideration. I'm aware that the timeframe is somewhat longer than would be usual for scheduled DYKs, but in the circumstances I think a some flexibility would be justified. I've put forward two possible hooks: the original one as proposed earlier, and a new alternative tying the DYK in more directly with the date. -- ] (]) 20:50, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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:*] Interesting compromise. It completely flipped my opinion of the matter. However, prior to providing said opinion, I'd like some clarification: <s>Are we nominating this (with whichever hook) ''sans'' image as you initially suggested on Jimbo's talk page?</s><br />--] (]) 00:39, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
:*''Appended:'' I see that you removed the image from inclusion in the original nomination, so I'll assume this post-dated nomination would not include the image either. However, this necessitates further clarification:
::Are we excluding the image from this DYK solely because of the recent interaction with the FBI?<br />--] (]) 01:05, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
:::In effect yes, but in my view it's a necessary evil if we're to reach a satisfactory compromise on this issue. -- ] (]) 01:16, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
:*] - '''Tentative''' Even if the motivation behind qualifying this article for DYK was questionable, I think you already achieved not just a satisfactory compromise, but a completely valid and justifiable use for it. In fact, it's use is ''<u>so</u>'' valid, refusing to use the image for no other reason than the recent hoobajoo with the FBI is blatantly (]) ]...and I just can't get behind that. If we're going to censor it, we need to go whole hog or don't go at all.<br />Could we put it up for ']' to avoid reasoning for exclusion of the image?<br />--] (]) 01:51, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
:*No opinion on whether to feature on the future date; however, it would be better if this hook didn't remain on the suggestions page for the intervening months, as it is bound to attract further discussion and the page is unwieldy enough as it is. ] <small>(])</small> 01:55, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
::Espresso's suggestion may be useful for more than just making this page leaner. A delay in nomination would lend to better perspective for those establishing consensus. In other words, removing it from discussion for a couple months would also put some time between recent events and the article (and hopefully image) being contemplated for a main page feature (unless such a delay would disqualify it from use in DYK section).<br />--] (]) 02:12, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
:::'''Comment''' This hook should not "disappear" for a few months. It is far better to leave it here to enable a wide input from editors on the issue. I think this is a good compromise that involves common sense, the proposal and special treatment of the timescale fitting nicely under ]. ] (]) 13:53, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
:* Support ALT2 for use on 1 January, 2011. ] (]) 10:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
::*Suggest scrapping this troublesome controversial DYK, the user that instigated the issue has also since retired, suggest retiring this idea as well. ] (]) 13:17, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
:::*Would you please stop with your blatant pushing of the issue? Putting this off until January removes all controversy related to it. <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 13:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
::::*Your comment is just a simple personal attack, I have bigger fish to relentlessly pursue than this worthless disruptive DYK. ] (]) 14:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
:::::*Nothing of what I said was or is a personal attack. I know you greatly dislike ChrisO and myself, but could you please not try and push an already outdated issue? <font color="silver">]</font><font color="blue">]</font><sup>]</sup> 14:42, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
:* I support ALT2 for the 1 January date. The anniversary makes this a very good choice for that day. -- ] (]) 22:55, 2 September 2010 (UTC)


The holding area is ]. Please only place approved templates there; do not place them below.
I do not support 1 January 2011. The DYK section is for new articles. There are exceptions like April Fools and Halloween; I do not see the point of making every day of the year a possible exception. ] (]) 20:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' Anniversary or not, a four-month wait at DYK is an overkill. The point of DYK is to present new or newly expanded articles, not to present "on this day". By then this article will be more than four months old. If this line of though is going to be followed, DYK is going to end up in a mess. The length of this entry is plain evidence for why keeping things around for almost five months is not a good idea. <font>] <sup>]</sup></font> 13:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


:''Do '''not''' nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the ] section above, under the date on which the ] was created or moved to mainspace, or the ] began; indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.''
*] per ]. I would count this as a valid use of IAR. This could have gone up for today. The only reason it isn't going up is for political reasons. I disagree with Jimbo and others on that matter and think we should run it now, but there is no need to reject it entirely on that basis. '''<font color="navy">]</font>''' ''(<font color="green">]</font>)'' 03:03, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
*'''Support''' as this would have been promoted in the usual time window if not for the decision to shelve it until the political heat was off. To kill it now because a delay was agreed to would be an egregious abuse of trust. - ] (]) 09:24, 9 September 2010 (UTC)


:''Note: Articles intended to be held for special occasion dates should be nominated within seven days of creation, start of expansion, or promotion to Good Article status. The nomination should be made at least one week prior to the occasion date, to allow time for reviews and promotions through the prep and queue sets, but not more than six weeks in advance. The proposed occasion must be deemed sufficiently special by reviewers. The timeline limitations, including the six week maximum, may be waived by consensus, if a request is made at ], but requests are not always successful. Discussion clarifying the hold criteria can be found here: ]; discussion setting the six week limit can be found here: ].''
*'''Oppose''' per Arsenikk. ]]/] 22:49, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per NuclearWarfare and Dravecky—<font face="Cambria" size="3">]<sub>]/]</sub></font> 20:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
*'''Support''', per {{user|Chrishomingtang}}. -- ''']''' (]) 06:13, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - This was initially nominated ''in a timely manner'', with an image of the seal, but due to political considerations (public dispute between Wikimedia Foundation and the FBI over the use of the image of the seal) it was agreed that the image should not be used on the main page, and that the hook should be held and run at a later date, when the dispute was not so much in the news. The 60th anniversary of the first use of the seal makes a perfect tie-in, and while it is longer than DYK hooks are normally held for special occassions, Dravecky is correct that it would be egregious to reject it now on the basis of timing. ] (]) 19:07, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - cmadler really sums up the issue for me. The circumstances of the original nomination and the fact of the 60th anniversary are significant enough that we ought to make an exception to the requirement that DYK items be from recently-created articles. -- ''']''' <sup>(])</sup> 19:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)


:''April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see ''']'''.''
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Check list for nomination review completeness
  1. Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: .
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  4. Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot.
  5. Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
  6. Hook should make sense grammatically.
  7. Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
  8. Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set.
Steps to add a hook to prep
  • In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
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  1. For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue.
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  2. Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot.
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  5. Check your work in the prep's Preview mode.
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  6. Save the Prep page.
Closing the DYK nomination page
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    • Also paste the same thing into the edit summary.
  3. Check in Preview mode. Make sure everything is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like }}, at the top or bottom.
  4. Save.

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

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How to remove a rejected hook

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

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to this page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from this page.
  • If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name

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

Nominations

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on November 22

Sugya

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  • ... that the composition of a sugya, or passage in the Babylonian Talmud, has multiple layers, with the latest edited with an anonymous voice?
  • ALT1: ... that a sugya, or passage in the Talmud, may be read as folklore, philosophy, proto-feminist, or legal virtuosity? Source: Folklore -- Stein, Dina (2019). "Linguistic Liaisons: Wives and Vows in the Babylonian Talmud (BT Nedarim 66a-b)". Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues (35). Philosophy: Lévinas, Emmanuel; Aronowicz, Annette; Lévinas, Emmanuel (1990). Nine Talmudic readings. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20876-7. Proto-feminist: Hauptman, Judith (1998). Rereading the rabbis: a woman's voice. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-3400-4. Conceptual "virtuosity: -- Moscovitz, Leib (2003). ""Designation is Significant": An Analysis of the Conceptual Sugya in bSan 47b–48b". AJS Review. 27 (2): 227–252. Let me know if quotes from sources would be helpful.
  • ALT2: ... that anonymous editors may create a sugya, or passage in the Talmud, by rewording quotations by earlier rabbis? Source: Moscovitz, Leib. "'The Holy Blessed One Be He... Does Not Permit the Righteous to Stumble': Reflections on the Development of a Remarkable BT Theologoumenon." In Rubenstein, Jeffrey L., ed. Creation and Composition: the Contribution of the Bavli Redactors (Stammaim) to the Aggada. Mohr Sieback, 2005, p126 "Second, the anonymous BT redactors contributed to the Talmud by reformulating amoraic dicta, not just by adding to their statements." Friedman, Shamma (2005). "A Good Story Deserves Retelling – The Unfolding Of The Akiva Legend" in same book: see p.72 "anonymous voice in the sugyot... original and creative rather than simply preserving or transmitting"
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Pajaczkowski
  • Comment: Open to suggestions with the hook, trying to avoid insider jargon. Also, please help with my faulty template use in the QPQ. Btw, "proto-feminist" isn't quite parallel structure.
Created by ProfGray (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

ProfGray (talk) 04:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC).

  • @ProfGray: Long enough, new enough. QPQ done and Earwig picks up nothing. I added a {{cn}} tag that needs addressing. More serious, however, is the fact that I don't find any of the hooks to meet WP:DYKINT and I can't see anything in the article that would make a good hook, though the latter may because this is extremely technical.--Launchballer 15:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback. How about this? ... that only in the 20th C. were scholars able to prove when a sugya, or passage in the Babylonian Talmud, was invented as if written by earlier authors?
Trying to avoid the plural form, sugyot. "Invented" in the article, could say "composed" in the hook. It's kind of pseudoepigraphic. This finding was crucial to the historical study of Talmud vs the religious. ProfGray (talk) 19:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I still don't find that interesting.--Launchballer 14:28, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Since this is a Judaism-related article, maybe Theleekycauldron might have some ideas? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:16, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 1

Qvadriga

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

hahnchen 00:04, 6 December 2024 (UTC).

Tellus (app)

( ) Created by Red-tailed hawk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 24 past nominations.

— Red-tailed hawk (nest) 06:38, 1 December 2024 (UTC).

  • This is not a review but rather than a comment, but ALT0 and ALT3 will probably have to be rejected due to both WP:DYKINT concerns (reliance on specialist terms that may not be easily understood by non-financial savvy readers, especially outside the US) and for also sounding rather promotional. ALT2 might be the only suitable option at this point. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:44, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
    I understand how one could read Alt0 to be promotional (though I disagree and don’t see why non-insured demand deposit accounts are appealing but for their higher rates, which isn’t in the hook). But I’m really not sure how Alt3 could be seen that way—it’s highlighting that they don't purport to offer mortgage-backed securities even though they make what appears (to at least some professors cited in the body) be some sort of securitized loan offering without registration. That being said, I do take your point that people who don’t know much about managing their finances through investment could find these two hooks’ nuances hard to understand.Separately, I had been considering a book about the mysterious non-existent partnerships with banks that are mentioned in the article and were the subject of Senate scrutiny, but I couldn’t figure out a way to write it concisely in hook form without oversimplifying. I’ll take a crack at that over the next couple days with a clear head. — Red-tailed sock (Red-tailed hawk's nest) 16:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thank you for this carefully-detailed article about financial wheeler-dealing. Contrary to above comments, it would seem to me that any intelligent person can smell he stink emanating from that dodgy company, no matter what country they are in. So well done for alerting us to it, and well done for writing hooks which may guide readers to take a good look at the article. I could tell from the hooks alone that there was something very unsafe about the company's handliing of money, so I would certainly not take the hooks as obscure or uninteresting.

Good to go, with a preference for ALT3, even though it has 199 characters (i.e. close to the max of 200). Please do not prune ALT3, because this kind of financial detail is important and should not be messed about with. Thank you. Storye book (talk) 13:58, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Red-tailed hawk, am I right to read "and is not FIDC-insured" as only indirectly relevant to the rest of the hook? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
@AirshipJungleman29: I am going to give a long-winded answer for posterity’s sake, but the short answer is that it is directly relevant.
The way that the fractional-reserve banking systems works (in a very simplified way) is that banks receive deposits from customers and pool those funds to make loans, while keeping only a minimal small fraction of deposits as actual cash on hand. Banks receive interest payments from the loans they have made, and in turn provide customers with interest in their deposit accounts. In the U.S., banks are required to be FDIC insured—this keeps confidence in banks and prevents a bank run.
Tellus, however, is not a licensed bank. As such, it doesn’t answer to the banking regulators. It also doesn’t hold FDIC insurance, as non-bank financial firms aren’t eligible for it.
There is another to pool money from several individuals in order to issue a loan—securitization. In the mortgage industry, it is common for mortgage issuers to sell mortgages to other banks and Qualified institutional buyers, who would collect the interest in the long run. A mortgage-backed security is a financial instrument that is backed by these sorts of mortgages (alone or pooled with others); the security is broken into shares which are then distributed to other parties. Unregistered securities exist, and can even be sold between third-party banks and other QIBs under SEC rule 144A, but the big rule is that you can’t sell them to ordinary people because.
The way that Tellus boost/reserve works (based on their January 2023 Boost ToS) is that deposits are general obligation debts of Tellus to its account holders, and represents only a debt from Tellus to the account holders. Tellus says that the cash accounts are not mortgage-backed securities because they are not; in fact, they’re backed only by Tellus’s future income as a firm—there is no specific asset backing them.
So, you’ve got something here that they say is not a mortgage-backed security. And they also aren’t claiming that it’s a demand deposit backed by a specific asset, while also claiming in advertising that one can withdraw money (for boost accounts) whenever one would like. So one’s left with concluding that that they’re essentially securing private, apparently callable (in advertising but not in the actual customer agreement), interest-bearing debt financing to themselves from a set of people that apparently includes non-accredited investors. And the company is using that money (based on public statements) for commercial lending of its own.
So, yes, the FDIC part matters, since it indicates that the firm is not acting like a bank would. And the MBS part matters, as it indicates that there is no specific asset backing the deposits. It’s its own thing, and it’s a unique and unusual model for a consumer-facing business’s finance arm.
— Red-tailed sock (Red-tailed hawk's nest) 17:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
  • The hook has been pulled from Prep owing to concerns about the original hook (which is now struck). Per the discussion at WT:DYK, there are two possible options: ALT2, and a hook proposed by RoySmith (labeled as ALT4 here):
  • ALT2: ... that California-based startup Tellus pivoted from being a property management app to a consumer-facing financial services company?
  • ALT4 ... that while Tellus uses non-FDIC insured consumer deposits to make real-estate loans, it states that it does not offer mortgage-backed securities?
While one editor also said ALT2 is suitable, discussion leaned more towards either of these two, so a new reviewer is needed to make a final decision. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:07, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
No, the discussion did not determine that, nor strike those hooks. Please do not strike my comments against the guidance of WP:TPO and please self-revert, as you have become WP:INVOLVED here. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 22:38, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
I did not strike your comments, only some of the hooks above. Striking hooks is a common practice on DYK regarding hooks that are deemed to no longer be under consideration. For what it's worth, there did seem to be (emphasis on "seem" here, so correct me if I'm wrong) loose consensus that the original hook was problematic, so that's probably out of the question now, though the discussion didn't rule out RoySmith's rewording of it. That's why there's the request for a previously uninvolved reviewer, to make sure the final decision is impartial. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
For the benefit of any new reviewers, the abovementioned discussion about this nomination is at Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know#Tellus (app). Storye book (talk) 10:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Now archived at Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know/Archive 203#h-Tellus_(app)-20241229093500. ~Darth Stabro 17:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 2

Influencer

( ) Cavinder Twins in actionCavinder Twins in action Adrien Nunez as a basketball playerAdrien Nunez as a basketball player Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 369 past nominations.

TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on December 10

2024 MLS expansion draft

( ) Created by Demt1298 (talk) and Motdattan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Demt1298 (talk) 00:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC).

@SounderBruce, BeanieFan11, and Gonzo fan2007: Is it okay if any of you propose alternate hooks, if it is possible? Also pinging Demt1298 and Motdattan for their input. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Both hooks are pretty boring, even to this soccer fan. How about this ALT2: ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft took place at a shopping center? Source: San Diego Union-Tribune SounderBruce 00:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Maybe ALT3 ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft featured only five selections? – the next would need to be added, but perhaps ALT4 ... that the 2024 MLS expansion draft featured the selections of a Norwegian, a Senegalese, a German, a Japanese, and a Brazilian – and no one else? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
I like SounderBruce's suggestion the most. Just waiting for a response from the nominator before proceeding. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
I mean as a soccer fan, I don't know why the fact it was at a shopping mall would make it interesting, but I also understand my suggestions were boring, so I don't know I should be the one who defines what is interesting to soccer fans. Demt1298 (talk) 19:58, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Article is new enough, long enough, and adequately sourced. QPQ not needed for a nominator with less than five nominations. The hook is supported in-text, but the relevant sentences lack a footnote: this will need to be fixed before the nomination is approved. More worryingly, the "Format" section appears to be a very close paraphrase of the source. The paraphrasing will need to be addressed for the nomination to succeed. If you need any assistance, don't hesitate to ask a copyright expert. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Pinging nominator Demt1298 or our resident MLS expert SounderBruce for help on the close paraphrasing issue. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Rulesets cannot avoid paraphrasing due to the need to explain the exact rules and not misrepresent the subject. FWIW, Earwig only has 7.5% confidence and most of the hits were specific terms or names of mechanisms that cannot be changed; the one outlier is "end of the season", which could be tweaked. SounderBruce 07:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
@Nikkimaria: Given the above, does the article have close paraphrasing to you, or would the wording slide per WP:LIMITED? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:30, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Earwig checks only direct copying, not close paraphrasing. I think what's present goes beyond LIMITED, but there is also the option of quoting directly if necessary. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:04, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
@Demt1298 and SounderBruce: The above still need addressing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:31, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
This is not my nomination, so I would prefer not to be pinged. I was only here to offer a suggestion. SounderBruce 00:45, 15 January 2025 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on December 13

Madagascar banana

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  • Source: "Only five mature individuals of E. perrieri have been previously identified in the whole of Madagascar, and a recent survey has suggested that now only three of these may be left (Analavelona, Ampefy and Maintirano areas)." https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/madagascan-banana
  • ALT1: ... that the Madagascar banana is critically endangered? Source: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/madagascan-banana
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: No QPQ required as Laffuble will own this DYK as you can see from talk page. I (Chidgk1) just put it in for them and will deal with any questions they might be unsure about being relatively new to Misplaced Pages
Created by Laffuble (talk).

Chidgk1 (talk) 16:13, 16 December 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Hello Laffuble, welcome to DYK, I hope you have a wonderful time here! I have a few concerns regarding the article which I will outline below, and will ping Chidgk1 since there are outstanding inquiries about the state of this article:
ALT0 is truthfully the most interesting of the two hooks proposed. Plenty of things out there are critically endangered, it is a conservation category onto itself. The severely restricted population serves as a much better hook. However, the hook as it stands right now is not supported by the material within the article and the source, which states there are five mature individuals rather than three. I will strike ALT1 from consideration.
iNaturalist is not a good source for the plant's morphology, nor is Rarepalmseeds, which is a site with commercial interests. A much better source for that information is either a study or the original description, if it can be located. iNaturalist's image gallery being a source falls into WP:OR. Google Scholar is a helpful source for finding research papers regarding Ensete perrieri, if you're stuck finding trustworthy sources.
Earwig detects no copyvio issues, long enough, and new enough. I hope this can be of help to you! Ornithoptera (talk) 07:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@Ornithoptera: We have made some changes - is it ok now?

Chidgk1 My apologies but I see that you have simply replaced the problematic sources for the “Description” section, rather than consulting the source and making the necessary changes to the article using the information presented there. That will not be enough to allow for the article to pass scrutiny. Would you be able to take a look at the source rather than simply replacing the original citations? In addition, the hook has not been updated per my request, since it is not supported by the article text. Ornithoptera (talk) 19:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
I've taken a look at the cited article and the description for E. perrieri is as follows: Ensete perrieri (Claverie) comb. nov. ; Musa perrieri P. Claverie in Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris 140 (1905), 1612, nomen, et in Ann. us. Colon. Marseille ser. 2, vol. 7 (1909), p. 74, descr. cum ic. t. 8., this will not serve as a viable source for the passage. I would be most ideal to first consult with the source before using it in the article. I noticed that you and Laffuble had issues with accessing sources, the Misplaced Pages library at WP:LIB, if you have made enough edits, can be a great resource since it has institutional access to several journals that can be of use. Ornithoptera (talk) 19:16, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@Ornithoptera: Thanks for explaining Misplaced Pages Library. Have added quote for hook - is hook OK now? If there are any remaining problems with the description please could you comment in the talk page section below this as it is easier to reply.Chidgk1 (talk) 08:02, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Chidgk1, I really want to emphasize to you and Laffuble that you should both read the issues I have outlined with the article. Only a few significant edits that I have outlined have been addressed properly, I will break the issues down line by line so that it can be easier to guide you in going about the necessary edits.
  1. The text in the original description section has not been changed to match the source. The source was simply replaced, with the passage's text not significantly changed to address the new source. On top of this, Annales du Muśee colonial de Marseille does not explicitly identify this as E. perrieri. Unless the source is beyond a reasonable doubt that it is E. perrieri, it is not the most ideal. I would emphasize that it is most ideal to have the entire section re-written and updated to reflect sources that explicitly include a description of E. perrieri.

Laffuble Are you able to deal with this? If you are at uni maybe the librarian there can advise? I don't think there is any rush now so if you cannot fix it please contact me after Xmas and I will root around in the Misplaced Pages library mentioned above.

  1. iNaturalist is not a reliable source. It is a social media site that provides valuable insight, but the information cannot be considered reliable as anyone can upload an observation and provide faulty information.

@Ornithoptera: You are right that most info on iNaturalist is from members of the public so should not be cited, however the few photos which they classify as "research grade" are reliable in my opinion. If you disgree I will be happy to start a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard so we can get more thoughts on it. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:32, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

I really want to assist this DYK make it through, but I really would like to have all necessary edits be done before I am alerted to allow for it to pass. Ornithoptera (talk) 03:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi Laffuble and Chidgk1, has there been any adjustments to the article since we have had our last conversation? I don't believe there has been any activity since the 30th. In terms of the iNaturalist comment, "research grade" is a meaningless designation exclusive to the site, and has little bearing in many circles outside of that. Compare that concept with "reddit gold" or "subtweet." While it is important in some circles, I don't think it would be a meaningful piece of content for the article, and a statistic that can be in flux if the status of the observations is changed or if another is found. Ornithoptera (talk) 06:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Hello @Ornithoptera:. I am busy now with a GA of mine which is being reviewed. Pretty sure no one else but me will be interested in writing about that coal-fired power plant here in Turkey. Totally guessing but Laffuble might be a student so perhaps busy with studies. Whereas I am surprised no one from the plants project seems to be interested in this - I will ask there one more time. Otherwise I might have time to look at this next week. If none of us have done anything by the end of next week feel free to close it off as out of time. Even if that happens your comments are still useful for the future so I don't think your time has been wasted. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
I think that the statements about saving the Cavendish banana are mostly hype. Resistance factors potentially can be obtained from any species of Musa or Ensete, including members of the Musa acuminata AAA cultivar group.
Also, elsewhere I have seen complaints that research grade at iNaturalist is too easily obtained, and can't be relied upon. Lavateraguy (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
@Ornithoptera: Following the improvements by Lavateraguy is there anything more needed for DYK? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
@Abductive: Unless Ornithoptera says it is essential to pass DYK please can you formally propose renaming on a separate section of the talk page and I will detail my opposition there. Chidgk1 (talk) 13:47, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
You don't think the article title going against longstanding consensus is a problem? Abductive (reasoning) 05:55, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
I don't know whether it is a big enough problem to stop DYK - that is a decision for the DYK reviewer @Ornithoptera: Chidgk1 (talk) 07:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Decolonization is Not a Metaphor

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  • Source: Combination of Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded, and the continued presence of settlers is essentially illegitimate. and which explains how "Decolonization is Not a Metaphor". The paper itself as a primary source also supports the first part of the hook.
  • Reviewed:
Created by Chess (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 05:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC).

Thus far, I have been unable to verify that the paper "calls for the return of the United States to indigenous sovereignty." Neither of the two sources you cite above appear to support the statement, they just say the paper calls for a stricter interpretation of the meaning of the word "decolonization", which is a very different thing. Gatoclass (talk) 22:28, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: That's a very good point. What about "views the United States as fundamentally illegitimate?" Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 22:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
Again, you would need a source for that statement. Gatoclass (talk) 22:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
@Gatoclass: This is very verbose, but what about that the title of a paper describing the continued presence of non-indigenous in the United States as being illegitimate has become a slogan for pro-Palestinian protestors? The claim that settler presence in the United States is supported by the source, the only thing I've done is explained "settler" as being "non-Indigenous" because the average person would be more likely to understand that. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 05:46, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Again, a quote from a source confirming the hook statement would be required at minimum. But these suggestions thus far all look a little tortured to me. How about keeping it simple and straightforward, something like:
ALT4: ... that the title of a 2012 academic paper, "Decolonization is Not a Metaphor", has been adopted as a slogan by pro-Palestinian protestors? Gatoclass (talk) 06:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
@Gatoclass: Sure, that works. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 06:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Having looked a little more closely at the article, I'm not sure your interpretation of the paper is accurate. Certainly, it's a difficult text to come to grips with - at least for me, as it contains a lot of academic jargon that tends to obscure the authors' meaning to a non-professional in the field. But for example, you state: "Tuck argues that ... because the existence of settlers on stolen land is illegitimate must be redressed by decolonization". Did he really say that? Because I would have thought that if he had, the paper would be more notorious than merely influential. On the other hand, if he is only saying that that's what decolonization must mean, he is simply defining a term rather than arguing in favour of it, and there is a world of difference between the two.

However, since most of the article is sourced directly to the paper itself, without clarifying quotes, it's hard to know whether your interpretation is accurate. I'm not even entirely sure if the paper itself doesn't count as a primary source here, which might also be problematic.

So, is there any chance you could provide some actual quotes from the paper, or better still perhaps, reliable secondary sources that have written about it, in order to clarify the point? Because I think it's obviously an important distinction to get right. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 06:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: The article is far from perfect and I welcome suggestions to improve it as I'm less experienced than I should be with writing from scratch.
I looked into this when you raised it the first time. The closest thing in the text I can find right now is We don’t intend to discourage those who have dedicated careers and lives to teaching themselves and others to be critically conscious of racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, xenophobia, and settler colonialism. We are asking them/you to consider how the pursuit of critical consciousness, the pursuit of social justice through a critical enlightenment, can also be settler moves to innocence - diversions, distractions, which relieve the settler of feelings of guilt or responsibility, and conceal the need to give up land or power or privilege. (emphasis mine)
So, the authors explicitly acknowledge a need for settlers to give up land. Likewise, page 10 of the paper criticizes decolonial scholars that enable "settler moves to innocence". I will likely have to make the article more directly explain what Tuck and Yang said, with better inline citations.
Also, Eve Tuck is a woman with she/her pronouns (at least on her website). Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 07:51, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: This is a bit of a drive-by comment (I haven't looked closely at the wiki article itself), but as someone from this academic discipline who has often seen this article cited/discussed in the field, I'd say it's completely accurate to say that "Tuck argues that ... because the existence of settlers on stolen land is illegitimate must be redressed by decolonization", that the article "views the United States as fundamentally illegitimate", and that "the return of the United States to indigenous sovereignty" is what "decolonization" ought to mean. The impact of the article is more like "let's stop saying we're decolonizing when we're just close-reading a novel" than it is "let's decolonize the US for real immediately!" but I haven't seen any exaggerations or misinterpretation of its argument here. I do think ALT4 is the clearest and best hook, though. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but we can't base content-related decisions on the testimony of[REDACTED] editors, we need reliable sources to verify content. So again, either clear quotes from the article that the authors are actually endorsing decolonization of the US, or critiques from reliable secondary sources supporting such an interpretation (although other interpretations would also have to be included if they exist to provide balance). Gatoclass (talk) 07:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

I have to agree with Gatoclass on this; plus I have some other concerns. What we have here is a summary of the paper, but not anything that meaningfully demonstrates why this topic is encyclopedic. A one sentence line saying the paper is influential isn't going to cut it. We need details on how it is influential and who is claiming it is influential. Additionally, we need to see different critical responses to this paper through quotes in published reviews, both positive and negative to meet our WP:POV policies. The current text relies too heavily on the paper itself which is inappropriate as the paper is the subject and is therefore a primary document in this case. Additionally, it isn't clear that the summation of the paper is entirely accurate and is not an original analysis of the paper which would run afoul of WP:SYNTH. What we need here is more reliance on critical analysis and reviews of the paper, and text which more closely aligns with the meaning in the sources without being so close as to be considered plagiarism. The use of clarifying quotes from the paper could also assist in this (ie let the paper speak for itself in key places). It's a difficult line to walk. Additionally, the current text of the article lacks any meaningful critical engagement with the text; to the point that I would consider this incomplete (ie fails WP:DYKCOMPLETE).

In short, we need a decrease in reliance on the paper itself as a cited reference and an increase in reliance on secondary sources about the paper with more critical engagement highlighted. A significant amount of work is needed before this can pass a DYK review. Aside from this, I think Alt4 is a good hook that is usable. It is verified to the cited reference and is interesting. I think these issues are solvable. Ping me when the article has been improved and needs a second look.4meter4 (talk) 20:38, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Update. In just doing a cursory look in google scholar, SAGE and JSTOR, there are many articles that cite and summarize Tuck and Yang's paper which could be used to source the summary. There are also multiple publications which respond to the work, both affirming and questioning the limits of its praxis. This type of critical commentary is exactly what is needed in this article. I suggest the nominator rewrite the summary based on these types of secondary sources, and create a critical reaction section. 4meter4 (talk) 04:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
@4meter4: Can you link some of those or provide the search terms you are using? Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 08:22, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
I gathered some sources for you and put them on the talk page of the article.4meter4 (talk) 09:13, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
@4meter4: What do you think of it now? I've attempted to remove most of the primary sourcing and included reactions to the paper itself. Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 02:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
The summary is too perfunctory to pass WP:DYKCOMPLETE. You have not grasped the main point of the paper, and have not identified who the audience is and what the central problem is which in this case is intimately linked to the audience: educators mostly but also social justice workers who have been influenced by education praxis. The article is fundamentally a critique of education praxis around decoloniality calling out teachers specifically but also social justice workers for engaging with "settler moves to innocence" ("settler moves" is a term; these words go together in this order always) through various forms like "Colonial equivocation", "Free your mind and the rest will follow", etc. You've fundamentally misunderstood this section in some ways because you haven't identified that its educators/social justice workers/activists being addressed as being complicit in some of these practices within their work. Which brings us to the "Ethic of incommensurability" which is the meat of the paper and the first truly original part not based on prior work. You've not talked about this at all, which is not surprising because you never really hit on the earlier identified problem that Tuck and Yang are addressing through this ethic, and who they are encouraging to implement that ethic and why. See the talk page for more comments, but honestly the abstract and opening and concluding sections of the paper are your best resources in crafting a summary. A reminder that you can use clarifying quotes from the paper in the summary. At this point, I'm concerned that you fundamentally are missing basic comprehension of the text because neither your first draft or second draft have demonstrated that you can identify the key terms and conclusions in the paper. At this point we are no closer to being ready for the main page with this particular article. 4meter4 (talk) 06:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 16

Dubai chocolate

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  • ... that Dubai chocolate has become so expensive, it is being smuggled and sold on the black market?
  • Reviewed:
Created by Killarnee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Killarnee (talk) 15:44, 21 December 2024 (UTC).

  • Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall: A newly created article that is long enough. No QPQ required. No copyvio issues.

  • The hook is interesting, but the source in the article says "secondary market", not black market.
  • There is a contradiction. The first section starts with "Fix Dessert Chocolatier was founded in Dubai in September 2022". Immediately below it says "Sarah Hamouda, who founded the company Fix Dessert Chocolatiers in the Emirate of Dubai in 2021, claimed to be the inventor of the Dubai chocolate". Ignoring the "Chocolatier(s)" inconsistency throughout the page, this first needs to be fixed.
  • I added a few maintenance tags that need to be solved as well. (CC) Tbhotch 02:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

@Tbhotch: I've gone ahead and fixed several problems with the article, please have a look now. Thanks, jolielover♥talk 08:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

 Reviewing... (CC) Tbhotch 20:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
@Jolielover: We're missing the secondary market / black market thing. The cited source trademagazin says "The special candy can be bought for up to 250 thousand forints on the secondary market, according to a report by Pénzcentrum." I'm not an economist but the secondary market doesn't sound similar to the black market. (CC) Tbhotch 22:23, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
@Tbhotch: There is a primary market where stocks are rated and sold by the listed company itself and a secondary market where stocks are rated and sold at the stock exchange by the listed company independent traders like you and me. And there is a black market where illegal goods, goods without paying taxes, etc. are sold. I think the difference is quite clear.
I have no idea why some newspapers use secondary market as a synonym for black market, maybe because of the word "black" like the controversy about the black in blacklist, e.g. . In this case, black market or at least when using secondary market linking that word to the article black market and not the article secondary market, is right. Btw, in German media, black market (Schwarzmarkt) is predominant.
Thanks for your work on that. Killarnee (talk) 03:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. My concern would be WP:DYKHOOK since the hook says "it is being smuggled and sold on the black market", which was what hooked me to review this article. When I reviewed the article it did say that it was smuggled and sold on the black market, but the coupled source (mentioned above) was saying "secondary market", which makes it less illegal and attractive for the general audience (i.e. "The hook should be likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest in the topic"). The other sources linked on top of this page just say this: "The smuggling operation unfolded over two separate incidents at the Nickelsdorf", "customs officials at the German-Swiss border stopped a man who was attempting to smuggle around 45 kilograms of the coveted 'Dubai chocolate' into Germany", "products from other brands with both the original Dubai chocolate and its many variations fetching high prices on the resale market", "Limited-edition bars are commanding exorbitant prices, with some enduring long queues and even resorting to smuggling", and the most relevant statement, "Dubai doesn't ship to the U.S. and there is a black market for these chocolate bars now, at exhorbitant prices" from this source that is not used in the article. Both the hook and the article must be in synchrony to be approved. (CC) Tbhotch 03:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
I think the hook is an overbording claim if it remains without an indication as to where this would be- the German Swiss border, maybe....! In fact checking how "expensive" it is, it isnt any more in Germany, and the claim apperas to be sensationalizing and not neutral.Wuerzele (talk) 18:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
I was going to make a similar comment to Wuerzele here, the article reads slightly promotional, with sentences like "She aimed to create chocolate bars that combined unique textures and flavors, focusing on the filling to set her company apart from competitors." There are other prose issues, such as not specifying which border is meant both times the word is used and never explaining what kadayif is. This source , which appears to be unreliable per WP:FORBESCON (written by a "Brand Contributor"), also does not verify the statement that bars are 100g, which is contradicted by the paragraph right above it. Taken together, I am not sure if this article is presentable enough for the main page at the moment. Toadspike 20:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Why not include the photo in the hook? Surtsicna (talk) 11:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
@Jolielover: Any updates to the comments above? (CC) Tbhotch 02:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 21

Sigma Boy

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  • ... that the song "Sigma Boy" is effective as an alarm tone?
Created by Moscow Connection (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

Moscow Connection (talk) 23:58, 28 December 2024 (UTC).

  • @Moscow Connection: In case you weren't aware, DYK rules changed a few months ago to require QPQs at the time of the nomination, rather than up to a week after. As such, please provided a QPQ promptly, as the nomination may be closed without further warning if one isn't given. Thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:03, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
  • The article was fresh when nominated and it meets the length requirements. I see plenty of citations, a bit too many in fact. I do not think that we need 18 citations for a single sentence. Funnily enough, there is also a citation needed tag in the article. The article needs a bit of copy-editing to look more encyclopedic (e.g. "don't"→"do not", "guys with fluffy hair"→possibly "young men with a broccoli haircut"). Is one anonymous video game player's mocking of a haircut encyclopedically notable? I see nothing about an alarm tone in the article and the proposed hooks do not strike me as interesting anyway, but there is plenty of material in the article for very interesting hooks. For one thing, the fact that the performers are 11 and 12 years old is attention-grabbing. Then there is the bit about brain rot and the use of "sigma boy" to catch the attention of non-Russian speakers. Moscow Connection, it is unfortunate that you did not nominate Betsy (Russian singer) for DYK alongside this nomination. I would suggest creating an article about Maria Yankovskaya, if she meets Misplaced Pages's notability standards, and adding it to this nomination. Surtsicna (talk) 15:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    The part about an alarm tone was deleted by an IP editor, I've just reverted it back in: . --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    Frankly saying, I was afraid the Betsy article was not good enough for a DYK. As for Maria Yankovskaya (or Maria Iankovskaia; that is the spelling she uses), she does meet the notability criteria but she is not as famous as Betsy. And she is more of an actress / TV presenter than a singer, her article will be harder to create. (There's a biography on VokrugTV.ru . And now "Sigma Boy" entered the charts, so she is notable. But other than that, she wasn't in the news much yet.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    I will look into it. --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    I have changed "don't" to "do not" and "guys" to "young men". But "fluffy hair" is basically the name of the meme. And it is not the same is a "broccoli haircut". --Moscow Connection (talk) 22:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
    Okay, I will create an article for Maria Yankovskaya. Give me a few days.
    It won't really matter if she or Betsy are nominated for DYK or not. We can still add links to them, they just won't be in bold font. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:35, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
More bold links means more views, i.e. more people reading about the topic you wrote about. It is not a requirement, of course. Surtsicna (talk) 08:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on December 24

2024 drone sightings

( )
  • ... that news outlets reported drone sightings in August 2024 over US military bases in Germany, well before the major wave of sightings in the US in December 2024?
  • C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori)
    • Comment: major overview article for drone sightings worldwide; just began article today.
    • Created by Sm8900 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Sm8900 (talk) 15:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC).

    @Pbritti:, I appreciate your valuable feedback. I have revised the article, and added citations from reliable sources, as you requested. I would welcome any comments on the revised version. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:41, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Sm8900: At the minimum, you must also appropriately link and bold the article you are nominating in both proposed hooks. Please do that and I'll look over the article again. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Pbritti:, ok, sounds fine.  Done thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Sm8900: Sorry to be a grinch, but there are still outstanding issues. I have, as a courtesy, bolded the link in your hook. The other issues will be listed below:

    1. Citations are awkwardly spaced. Since you are an experienced editor (if not necessarily an experienced DYK nominator), I will ask you to fix this substantial formatting issue.
    2. The scope of the final section is, with the exception of the California arrest, fully overlapping with the other drone sightings article. That portion ought to be summarized more succinctly.
    3. Cutting down on redundant coverage may cause a length issue; consider adding further content on the German sightings and more clearly tying them and the UK sightings to the US events.
    4. You oscillate between "US" and "USA" within your hooks. Please pick one for consistency.

    Please let me know if you require further guidance. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

    @Pbritti:, ok, as requested; 1) fixed spacing between refs. let me know if further work is needed. 2) made section on US events more concise. 3) added signficant additonal facts and details to section on Germany. 4) used US consistently. I hope thats helpful. Please free to continue your helpful feedback. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    Sm8900, seems fine to me. is in no way an adequate QPQ review, so I have struck your inclusion of Template:Did you know nominations/Boxheim Documents above. You need to do a complete review of an article (Boxheim Documents, which is all done except for a hook disagreement, is not appropriate), and be sure to address all of the DYK criteria (newness, meets size requirement, hook interestingness and sourcing and length, article sourcing, etc.). See the reviewing instructions and the guidelines for further information. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 21:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
    ok, no problem, glad to help. reviewed. C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori). thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 21:57, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

    Formally requesting a second opinion due to the uncertainty about this article. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:25, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Sm8900: I was going to review this, however the article has an {{updated}} tag and would deserve a {{lead too short}} tag and probably {{globalize}} and {{notability}} tags. The cited QPQ is also massively incomplete and needs to address all of the criteria at WP:DYKRI. I will close this in a week if these aren't fixed.--Launchballer 18:18, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ok, no problem, i understand. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:59, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 25

    Scorsese Baby Daddy

    ( ) Moved to mainspace by PSA (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

    Elias 🦗🐜 07:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC).

    Di (they-them) (talk) 11:56, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - While the hook seems true, the source attached here doesn't explicitly support some of the facts. It doesn't verify that Scorsese is known for crime films (just films in general) nor that SZA didn't expect him to find about it (just that his daughter (and potentially him) found out about it). It's possible his daughter posted the story without sharing the song with him. "SZA was shocked after she received the Scorsese family's blessing." could be partially implied to mean this, but I'd still prefer a more direct statement to confirm.
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Overall, the article presents no problems. Reliable sources exist, the paragraphs are cited, it's new enough, long enough, and there's no copyvio. ALT2 reads as more interesting to me, but it would also need a valid source as the linked one doesn't support the "emotionally unstable boyfriend" portion. I'd be more than happy to approve if this part is resolved. TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 26

    Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

    ( )
    • ... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work on their Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
    • Source: Trachtenberg, B. (2006). Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye, the Holocaust and the changing mission of Yiddish scholarship. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 5(3), 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725880600961601
    Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 98 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on December 27

    2024 Estlink 2 incident

    ( ) M/S Hessu, ordered to do the job on New Year's EveM/S Hessu, ordered to do the job on New Year's Eve

    Kyseiset huoltotoimet kestävät arviolta kaksi päivää.

    – Tyhjennykset tapahtuvat tämän päivän aikana, ja huomenna viedään vesi.
      • ALT1: ... that the nomination wizard doesn't have an option to delete alt hooks? Source: a
      • Reviewed: no previous DYK's
    5x expanded by NotAGenious (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    NotAGenious (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hi @NotAGenious: nice work on your first DYK. This article, over 5x expanded from 775 to 11062 characters, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and copyvio-free. QPQ not needed. The hook is interesting and sourced to the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti (which checks out, per Google Translate), however per WP:DYKHOOK the claim in the hook also has to be in the article. Can you add this fact somewhere in the article?
    The hook also flows flows a little awkwardly. Might I suggest
    Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    I don't know how long this procedure typically takes, but I feel sorry for the guy who has to inspect all that bilge and sewage. kencf0618 (talk) 16:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I think the start of the hook has a grammar issue, may I suggest:
    ALT2: ... that while investigating a power cable failure, it took a day to pump all the feces and bilgewater out of the Eagle S?
    The word "failure" can be exchanged with "break" or "outage" if preferred. Toadspike 08:27, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 28

    Special Operations Brigade (PLA Navy Marine Corps)

    ( ) 7th Marine Brigade members conducting an excercise7th Marine Brigade members conducting an excercise
    • ... that on May 5, 2017, the 7th Marine Brigade (pictured) captured three Somali pirates and handed them in to the Somali authorities?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: The draft was made by me, User:Buckshot06 published it for me

    Additionally 7th Marine Brigade is an alternate name for the Special Operations Brigade (PLA Navy Marine Corps), also known as the Jiaolong commandos as of nominating it for Dyk, the article was published exactly 7 days ago so if i have to may I request the 7 day limit be extended

    Created by Thehistorianisaac (talk) and Buckshot06 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Thehistorianisaac (talk) 13:01, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Note: I have replaced the word "police" in Thehistorianissac's potential hook with the word "authorities." There is no single Somali Police - most are a bunch of clan militia; most are a total mishmash of various feuding armed groups. The information available is not sufficient to even guarantee that the persons concerned were handed over to the Somali Federal Police, the bunch that exploits and rapaciously profits from the security needs of the inhabitants of Mogadishu. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    • Comment: Buckshot06 or Thehistorianisaac, the link in the hook should be in bold text. Also, if this hasn't been reviewed by Friday next week, ping me and I'll review it. Toadspike 16:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
    {{Buckshot06}} There is a {{cn}} tag in the article and the third paragraph of History deserves another. Please fix these. When you've done that, ping me and I will review this.--Launchballer 18:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - There is a citation needed tag in the lead (can be cited to the OE Watch source) and an uncited sentence beginning with "Sixteen". CGTN is deprecated (see WP:CGTN), so it should be replaced with a better source. It is unclear if the CCTV video is an appropriate source, since the same entry at RSP says that "CCTV International" is also deprecated. The other sources look good; the National Interest piece mentions the Somalia incident as well, in case it helps.
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - See sourcing issues above – you should probably change the source in the DYK nom to the SCMP article, since that is a more reliable source.
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Gonna list a few things here, apologize for the rapid-fire writing style. I believe no QPQ is required, as neither nominator has nominated 5 DYKs. Is there a source for the claim that the soldier in the picture is a member of this unit? As the article is currently written, it is unclear if the April 2017 and 5 May 2017 incidents are the same or not. SCMP says they are, this should be clarified. The article also claims that the pirates were handed over to the Somali Police Force, when the description of the CGTN source says they were handed over to the "semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland" – Buckshot correctly adjusted this to "Somali authorities" in the DYK hook but the article text needs to be updated too. Toadspike 20:31, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Buckshot06 and Thehistorianisaac, please see the review above and ping me once these issues are adressed. Launchballer, apologies for stealing the review – I started it earlier today only saw your comment when I caused an edit conflict while trying to publish it. Toadspike 20:35, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Helvis of Ramla

    ( )
    • Source: Hans E. Mayer, "Carving up Crusaders: The Early Ibelins and Ramlas", in Outremer: Studies in the History of the Crusading Kingdom of Jerusalem Presented to Joshua Prawer, ed. Benjamin Z. Kedar, Hans E. Mayer, and R.C. Smail (Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute, 1982), p. 111.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Adam Bishop (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Adam Bishop (talk) 23:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

    • For a long time I have been considering creating this article. Helvis is mentioned rather frequently by the leading historians of the crusades, especially by Mayer. The reason I did not create the article, however, is that I could not find evidence of in-depth coverage. All I could gather was genealogical information, and this is all I see in the article now: a list of her family (parents, brothers, husbands, sons) in which she is covered as a link between various men. Is anything known about Helvis's actions? Surtsicna (talk) 13:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
      • I was thinking about creating it for a long time as well, and I had the same problem. I wasn't sure I should list it here, since you're right, there's not much about her aside from genealogy. The most that seems to have been written about her is by Hans Mayer, about the possible dates of her birth and marriages. I will see if I can squeeze any more information about the sources I have at hand. Adam Bishop (talk) 23:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Adam Bishop: This seems like an unambiguous WP:NOTINHERITED violation as the article talks about little other than her marriages. Am I missing something?--Launchballer 12:58, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
    No, I suppose it was a premature nomination. I'll see if I can expand it in the future but for now this is the best it's going to be. Adam Bishop (talk) 17:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on December 30

    Stretcher railings

    ( ) Strecher railing feetStrecher railing feet
    • ... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to make it easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet from their original purpose as stretchers?
    • ALT1a ... that London's stretcher railings (pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?
    • ALT1b ... that London's stretcher railings were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks (example pictured) that were used as feet?
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by Bobby Cohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Bobby Cohn (talk) 18:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC).

    • A great topic, and the article is new enough and meets the basic GA requirements on length. No evidence of plagiarism; two images, suitably licensed. No need for a QPQ. However, the article relies heavily on Atlas Obscura, which is an unreliable source per WP:RSP. The hook is interesting, but I would suggest trimming for length: something like:

    ... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?

    A search on Google Books turned up a few hits that might help to add reliable sources to the article. UndercoverClassicist 22:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    Hi @UndercoverClassicist, thanks for the notes. When writing, I was a little suspicious of the source as it looked liked WP:UGC, but I was not aware of WP:AOPLACES. I've removed those citations; it just so happened that in the two instances of those citations, the content was also verified in the immediately subsequent citation and there's no paragraph without an inline, so I believe this should satisfy WP:V but let me know if you have additional concerns. As to your suggestion, I agree, my orginal was a little too wordy. I will endorse your ALT1. Thanks, Bobby Cohn (talk) 23:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
    Approved either of the ALT1s. The article could do with a a wider bibliography, as (correctly) removing Atlas Obscura has left it a little thing, but it passes the bar that it needs to at this stage. UndercoverClassicist 14:02, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
    This is my first DYK nom with an image. The set builder will notice the only difference between the ALT1s is the brackets, and I'm okay if they want to take liberties with (example pictured) vs. (pictured) in either location. Thanks all, Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    Or the image caption for that matter. Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Bobby Cohn and UndercoverClassicist: I don't really think "used as feet" in the hook is the best way to phrase it, could we come up with an alternate formulation? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:40, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    @User:AirshipJungleman29, from the source There were two kinks in the poles meaning they could be rested on the ground but still be picked up quickly and easily. Possibly "still have the kinks they were used to rest on"? Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    An alternative would be to rework the whole thing slightly: something like "...that some railings in London have kinks indicating their original use as stretchers?". UndercoverClassicist 15:36, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    Bobby Cohn would you be happy with that? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    AirshipJungleman29, yes, very. UndercoverClassicist has put it much more elegantly than I could have. Bobby Cohn (talk) 17:38, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on December 31

    Antoinette Lubaki

    ( ) Antoinette: Deux hommes trinquant (Two Men Drinking)Antoinette: Deux hommes trinquant (Two Men Drinking)
    • ... that Antoinette Lubaki is considered to the first artist in Congo to create works on paper?
    Created by MumphingSquirrel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MumphingSquirrel (talk) 13:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hello I will review this. New enough and long enough. Please could you check the edits I made.

    I cannot find the original and ALT1 hooks in the cite above. Re ALT2 source says 'It is said that ...." so ALT2 would have to be modified but I would still find it interesting. Would you like to suggest an ALT3 based on ALT2 or shall I? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Nice article - awaiting your response to above and my edits Chidgk1 (talk) 16:56, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hi, thanks! would below work for an alt 3. ALT3: ... that it is said that Congo's first woman artist Antoinette Lubaki painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight? Source: https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/antoinette-lubaki/ MumphingSquirrel (talk) 19:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

    That looks better - I would just like to tweak slightly to

    ALT4: ... that it is said that Congo's first named woman artist Antoinette Lubaki painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?

    @MumphingSquirrel: Ah I see now that the original and ALT1 hooks are supported by other cites in the article so if you prefer you could modify them. Also please could you cite or remove the 2 statements I tagged in the article. Hi, @Chidgk1: cites added. Happy to go with ALT 4

    @MumphingSquirrel: Thanks for citing her other name. Sorry for being picky but I am not sure I am allowed to approve ALT4 myself as I wrote part of it, so I have asked for second reviewer to approve it. Also I am not sure that youtube vid is a reliable source - the second reviewer might also be able to comment on that. Do you know whether "KCongo Art" who made it are reliable? Chidgk1 (talk) 06:35, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Requesting second reviewer to finish off - very little more to do — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidgk1 (talk • contribs) 06:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    @Chidgk1: have removed "KCongo Art" as has been made private. Was created by an arts organisation but can't check it for details now as access has disappeared. Thanks for your help! MumphingSquirrel (talk) 19:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 1

    Penstemon harringtonii, Harold Harrington

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: )
    • ... that despite collecting plant specimens not to identify new species, Harold Harrington was the first to collect a species that would be named for him?
    • Source:
    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 21:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    ALT1 violates WP:N'T. I plan on reviewing both of these in the next 18 hours.--Launchballer 20:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
    Long enough, new enough. The facts check out for both hooks; it just needs tweaking. Both QPQs check out and Earwig is clean for both articles. {{Botanist}} probably shouldn't be where it is on Harold Harrington and I think it should be moved.--Launchballer 04:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: thanks for the review! I didn't add the botanist template and I've removed it as it strikes me as a peculiarly formatted one. When you say the hook should be tweaked, are you talking about phrasing? ~ Pbritti (talk) 05:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    Got it in one. (If I suggest something, I'll want to add something, which would require another reviewer.)--Launchballer 05:04, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: Let's try ALT2 on for size:
    Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Parses much more easily as "that was later named" instead of just "named". DS (talk) 02:54, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

    Fossils of Finland

    ( ) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4522937?searchText=finland&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dfinland%26so%3Drel%26efqs%3DeyJkaXNjIjpbImNHRnNaVzl1ZEc5c2IyZDVMV1JwYzJOcGNHeHBibVU9Il19&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A2c878dedc2455159322a47ff806482bf Created by DogWorldLive64 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    DogWorldLive64 (talk) 10:16, 1 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Hello and welcome to DYK. Right now, Fossils of Finland is only 235 characters long, far below the 1,500 character minimum requirement. The article's wording is also in need of a copyedit. As this appears to be your first nomination and English doesn't seem to be your first language, we can be lenient and give the article a week to be brought up to standards. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to ask for advice over at WT:DYK. Good luck! Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
    It has been almost a week since the nomination, but the article has not made any edits to the article, nor did they properly respond to the above. As the article is nowhere near a state appropriate for DYK and also now has a notability tag, this nomination is marked for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    @GeorgiaHuman: has beefed this up to 899 characters. Would you be interested in expanding further?--Launchballer 11:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Launchballer: I see that you proposed the article for deletion (which DogWorldLive64 then removed). Maybe an AFD is needed to address the notability concerns? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    It seems to me that the DogWorldLive64 profile (used to create/nominate this title) has primarily been used for disruptive editing. And, while "the creator also engaged in vandalism" is not strictly one of the WP:DYKRULES, three of the five WP:DYKAIMs are to: 'showcase' new/improved/quality content, to 'acknowledge' the work of the creating editor, and to 'encourage' such behaviours and recruit others to do the same. Personally I don't think DYK nom is one that deserves/warrants 'showcasing' or the related behaviours should be 'acknowledged' or 'encouraged'. Whatever about an AfD, I think this DYK should be closed/rejected. As an extension of WP:DENY. Guliolopez (talk) 15:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    Which would be a good point, however this was started off by that user as a 200-odd character stub and would now be eligible as a 5x expansion by a different user. (It's currently just over 1,400; might finish the job when I'm feeling less spaced out.)--Launchballer 15:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 2

    Dirini

    ( ) Table Mountain Beauty (Aeropetes tulbaghia)Table Mountain Beauty (Aeropetes tulbaghia)
    • ... that the relationship between the Dirini (example pictured) and its closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"?
    Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    Ornithoptera (talk) 06:29, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Good question Lajmmoore, my line of thinking was that since the Dirini are a tribe of butterflies rather than a single species, I felt the need to specify the genus/species in the pictured term. Since, in my view, a simple "pictured" wouldn't make sense for a group of several genera. However, since most DYK nominations are for a single species rather than a higher level classification, I'm not sure if there is a precedent to work off of. Though, it may be a more elegant solution to just have the "pictured" and then retain the image caption. I'm not entirely sure. Ornithoptera (talk) 17:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Long enough, new enough. Image checks out (I believe the phrase you're looking for is "example pictured"). ALT0 is by far the most interesting hook and checks out AGF. Earwig picks up only WP:LIMITED phrases. One question before I promote; why does Dirini need to be capitalised?--Launchballer 17:09, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
    Hi Launchballer, thank you for the feedback. I'll adjust the hooks to say "example pictured." To answer your question, "Dirini" is a proper noun, the name for a tribe, and thus is capitalized. Per the Florida State University here (download link ahead), it is standard practice for the genus level and above to be capitalized. There is an alternative form of the names that are typically lowercase (frankly I'm not familiar with the proper grammatical term for this, but I am familiar with its usage, possibly lemma?) such as: amathusiine for Amathusiini and satyrine for Satyrini, but "dirine" for Dirini has been too few and far between (I think I saw a single source) for me to really use it. Ornithoptera (talk) 21:32, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Klerykal fiction

    ( )
    • ... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known as klerykal fiction emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics? Source: see sources cited at the end of the sentence: " its period of popularity is attributed to the first half of the 1990s. In Poland, this period was characterized by, among other things, a decline in public trust in the church, combined with the church's entry into politics, which led to the emergence of anti-church movements."
      • ALT1: ... that Polish klerykal fiction has been described as both a critique of institutionalized religiosity and an artistic response to neoconservative views? Source: Mazurkiewicz, Adam (2014). "Fantastyka religijna jako zjawisko osobne (rekonesans)". In Leś, Mariusz M.; Stasiewicz, Piotr (eds.). Motywy religijne we współczesnej fantastyce (in Polish). Białystok: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. pp. 33–50
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye
      • Comment: Disclaimer & trivia. I asked ChatGPT to generate hooks as an experiment, feeding it DYK guidelines on hooks and the article's text. I think these two turned out nicely (I just needed to match the claims with the sources).
    Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 541 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Roller disco

    ( ) 1979 disco skaters in New York, likely at the Sheepshead Bay Roll-A-Palace1979 disco skaters in New York, likely at the Sheepshead Bay Roll-A-Palace
    • ... that Cher, Prince, Grace Jones, Madonna, and Olivia Newton-John all participated in the 1979 roller disco craze?
    • Source: "Undiscarded: Stories of New York: Ep7 – Rollerskate". The City Reliquary. 2023-05-17. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20250103154034/https://www.cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-rollerskate/ -- " Mr. Charisma’s (another moniker for Mr. Butler) stylish tricks and effortless skating style (Brooklyn Bounce, Wobbly Duck) made the rink a HOT destination and drew storied celebrities away from the snooty uptown clubs (Studio 54) down to the warm & accepting Brooklyn Rink. Most famously Cher herself" ............. Other celebrities source: Reaven, M., Zeitlin, S. (2006). Hidden New York: A Guide to Places That Matter. Rutgers University Press, 114. Ortiz, Lori. (2011) Disco Dance. ABC-CLIO, 127.
    • ALT1: ... that The Kalamazoo News described the "Disco Dip" as "the pioneering roller disco record" of 1979? Source: "Faster Than Sound". Kalamazoo News. 15 November 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-01-02. "The “Disco Dip," created by Ed Chalpin of PPX Enterprises, has until now been credited as the pioneering roller disco record. But according to A stound-A Sound Productions, a small New Jersey-based company, its “Roller Palace”.beat out Chalpin's product by one day.....Squabble, squabble. Everybody wants to be credited for jumping on the bandwagon first."
    • ALT2: ... that at the height of the roller disco craze of 1979, there were an estimated "5,000 roller rinks in the U.S.," attracting "more than 28 million young American skaters"? Source: "Brooklyn Sees New 'Disco Dip'". Billboard. 1979-02-17. p. 70. https://books.google.com/books?id=LSUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT97&dq=%22disco+dip%22+wktu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0h4mh89eKAxUVvokEHTbsDzEQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22disco%20dip%22%20wktu&f=false "There are an estimated 5,000 roller rinks in the U.S. They reportedly attract more than 28 million young American skaters. According to Chalpin, 99.9% of these rinks are already programming disco music either in whole or in part."
    • ALT3: ... that during the roller disco craze of 1979, Mr. Charisma's "stylish tricks" made the Empire Roller Disco "a HOT destination"? Source: "Undiscarded: Stories of New York: Ep7 – Rollerskate". The City Reliquary. 2023-05-17. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-03. https://www.cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-rollerskate/ "Mr. Charisma’s (another moniker for Mr. Butler) stylish tricks and effortless skating style (Brooklyn Bounce, Wobbly Duck) made the rink a HOT destination and drew storied celebrities away from the snooty uptown clubs (Studio 54) down to the warm & accepting Brooklyn Rink. Most famously Cher herself"
    • Reviewed:
    5x expanded by Evedawn99 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Evedawn99 (talk) 15:00, 8 January 2025 (UTC).

    • This is good work, Evedawn99, but the article has not been expanded fivefold. The article has the potential to produce very good hooks, however. Perhaps you should aim for improving it to GA status and then nominate it again. Surtsicna (talk) 00:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
      • To be more precise, the article previously had 2219 prose characters, so a 5× expansion would require 11095 prose characters, and currently has just under half that, at 5418. Unless it can be expanded by another 5677 prose characters, and very quickly, it will not qualify for DYK. Surtsicna's recommendation may be the best way for it to become eligible. Best of luck! BlueMoonset (talk) 00:03, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
        • @Evedawn99: Please respond to the above. The current nomination is likely to be rejected, but will you be willing to bring the article to GA status and renominate it for DYK then? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Hi all, thank you so much for reviewing! I will do my best to contribute more research in the meantime regarding various specific roller discos to see if I can get it to GA status and 11095 prose characters, likely tomorrow when I have computer access, but I understand if this article misses the nomination. Thanks again everyone for the support, and I appreciate your breakdown regarding the current fivefold ineligibility. I will do my best to see if I am able to allocate and contribute the appropriate amount of research tomorrow.Evedawn99 (talk) 18:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Hi everyone, I am currently expanding the article with more factual information from several new sources. I cannot figure out how to count the prosesize, but it is currently 6,555 bytes larger than it was yesterday. I will continue to expand the article as I feel is appropriate, but I wanted to update on my progress so far. Evedawn99 (talk) 16:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
          • Up to 27,296 bytes (up 11,333 bytes since yesterday) with plenty of added research! Does it qualify quite yet? Please let me know and thanks again. Evedawn99 (talk) 20:33, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
            • @Evedawn99: To qualify for GA status, an article has to be first nominated over at WP:GAN. Note that nominations can take weeks or even months to be reviewed, so please be patient after nominating. However, once GA status has been given, the article can be renominated for DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
              • Evedawn99, not quite yet, though you've made great progress. You're up to 9515 prose characters (an increase of 7296), with 11095 your goal, so another 1580 prose characters are needed to make a fivefold expansion. (Note to Narutolovehinata5: Evedawn99 is attempting a 5x expansion still, and is already over 4x. No GA needed at this rate.) Keep up the good work! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

    Chinese sanctions

    ( )
    • ... that China has sanctioned over 100 foreign individuals and entities with asset freezes and other restrictions due to alleged interference with China's sovereignty?
    • Source: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/sanctions/china
      Sanction reasons included interference with sovereignty, selling weapons to Taiwan and imposing unilateral sanctions related to Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Until August 2024, over 100 individuals and entities have been placed on the list.
    Created by Haha169 (talk) and The Account 2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    haha169 (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    Fatima Payman

    ( ) Payman in 2022Payman in 2022 Improved to Good Article status by GraziePrego (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    GraziePrego (talk) 07:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    @Pbritti does my edit at Special:Diff/1268309867 suffice to satisfy your concern? TarnishedPath 04:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @TarnishedPath: Looks good! I'm going to do a quick review of the article when I have fresh eyes and should have this approved by the end of the day UTC. Thanks! ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Pbritti: lol on your edit at Special:Diff/1268313206. Actually I was almost going to do this DYK review because I have some articles coming up in the future that I will need QPQ for, but then I realised that I couldn't because I had edited the article a bit. Anyway when I was going to review it, I did a bit of googling about another Australian politician named Pauline Hanson to determine if she was the first female to wear a hijab because a number of years ago in an act of racist belligerence she's decided to wear a Burqa in parliament. Anyway I was glad at the time to see that Hanson wasn't the first to female to wear a hijab in parliament. TarnishedPath 05:11, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    Hi TarnishedPath, just wanted to double check if were you intending to follow through on reviewing Payman's article? If so, I'll leave you to it, but if not, I would love to take a look at it when I have the time to this week! Ornithoptera (talk) 18:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Ornithoptera as I wrote above, I can't because I've edited the article. Also I think Pbritti is already in the middle of reviewing it. TarnishedPath 23:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Elisheva Biernoff

    ( )
    • ... that Elisheva Biernoff paints recreations of found vintage snapshot photographs, including details like lens flare and overexposure? Source: The New Yorker: "Working from found photographs—snapshots—Biernoff creates works that match, in size, scale, and color, what she sees in the original images." Artforum: "For more than a decade, Elisheva Biernoff has painted exquisitely uncanny trompe l’oeil re-creations of vintage found photographs. Taken as a group, the snapshots on which she bases her works are of no great distinction. Some feature a failure of some kind—overexposure, lens flare, water damage, the accidental intrusion of a foot into the frame, or the glaring reflection of a flash on glass or mirror."
    5x expanded by Jonathan Deamer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    Jonathan Deamer (talk) 19:54, 2 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 3

    Jailson Mendes

    ( )
    • ... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first porn film?
      • ALT0a: ... that a bear had to gain weight for his first porn film?
      • ALT1: ... that Jailson Mendes entered the porn industry after a couple randomly approached him?
      • ALT2: ... that a porn star's "hysterically bizarre performance" became one of the most widely spread memes in Brazil?
      • ALT3: ... that a porn star received the nickname "Family Man"?
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sugya
      • Comment: Driveby nom. ALT0a is intended for April Fools' Day.
    Improved to Good Article status by Skyshifter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 266 past nominations.

    Launchballer 15:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    Tanzania. Masterworks of African Sculpture

    ( ) Sukuma mask from TanzaniaSukuma mask from Tanzania
    • Source:
    Created by Munfarid1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

    Munfarid1 (talk) 12:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC).

    References

    References

    1. Kerstin Volker (1995), "Tanzania: Masterworks of African Sculpture", African Arts, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 84–86, doi:10.2307/3337256, JSTOR 3337256
    2. Kecskési, Maria (1994), Jens Jahn, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin und Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München (ed.), "Einleitung (introduction)", Tanzania: Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur. Sanaa za Mabingwa wa Kiafrika. (in German and Swahili), München: Fred Jahn, pp. 17–18, ISBN 3-88645-118-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
    • Thanks for pointing this out. Actually, the only sculpture from the exhibition on Wikimedia is the Sukuma mask I have now exchanged for the first image of a Makonde mask.- I hope this works just as well. (This mask was sold to Stanford Museum by the Jahn gallery after the exhibition took place. I have checked it in the catalogue and this provenance is mentioned on the museum's image file.
    • I want to congratulate you on covering such an important topic. One thing that stands out is the structure and composition related to this exhibition. Misplaced Pages has hundreds of such articles, covering some of the most popular as well as some of the most obscure art exhibitions in history. I would say that none of them are written in this style. Although your article doesn't diverge all that much from best practices, it does do a few things that are unusual that I can go into, but I think it would be more helpful for you to take a look at how other articles cover the subject. One way to do this is to explore Category:Art exhibitions by country. You will find some commonalities in the structure of sections. These include history, floor plan, exhibits, themes, legacy, list of artists, images, and other sections. Catalogues are generally used as sources, not as their own focus. I think the content you added here works, but the way you structure it should not be around the catalog as you do, but around the exhibition itself. It's a subtle change in focus that wouldn't require much modification. It would also take the focus off the authors and put it back on to the art exhibits. Viriditas (talk) 23:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I will answer on the article's talk page, as this complex idea does not stricly relate to the DYK nomination.

    Reviewer requested. Viriditas (talk) 20:31, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Wielka, większa i największa

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 540 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 4

    Christian death metal

    ( )
    • ... that Christian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
    "Of all the unlikely musical developments that could have taken place in the closing years of the 20th century, the avant-tango movement is probably the second least likely (right after Christian death metal)." 5x expanded by 3family6 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 108 past nominations.

    3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 13:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    • This might be the most epic hook among the current nominations, and I suspect that even better hooks might be produced from the article. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me will take this on soon enough. Surtsicna (talk) 17:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
    If there's any more interesting, feel free to suggest.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:34, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

    Jama Masjid, Hyderabad

    ( )
    • Source: Campbell, A. C. (1898). Glimpses of the Nizams Dominions. pp. 168–169. Close to the Char Minar, on the left of the main r o a d, approached by a very narrow lane, is the Juma Musjid, erected by Sultan Mahomed Kuli in 1598. This is the oldest musjid in Hyderabad.
    • ALT1: ... that the Jama Masjid was the first mosque to be built in Hyderabad? Source: Campbell, A. C. (1898). Glimpses of the Nizams Dominions. pp. 168–169. Close to the Char Minar, on the left of the main road, approached by a very narrow lane, is the Juma Musjid, erected by Sultan Mahomed Kuli in 1598. This is the oldest musjid in Hyderabad.
    • ALT2: ... that the inscriptions of the Jama Masjid, Hyderabad "may compare favorably with the best calligraphic specimens of other countries"? Source: Yazdani, Ghulam (1921). Epigraphia Indo-Moslemica, 1917-18. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 43. The bold sweeping curves and fine, crisp vertical and horizontal stroke of these inscriptions exhibit art of a high order and they may compare favourably with the best calligraphic specimens of other countries.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Emmanuel (emu)
    5x expanded by AmateurHi$torian (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The article falls short of a fivefold expansion even when I count the lead section, which repeats information from the rest of the article. Therefore it does not yet qualify for DYK. Surtsicna (talk) 16:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: This version when I started the expansion had 789 characters (136 words), and the article now has 4154 characters (703 words), according to DYKCheck.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 17:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    You are right. I only see 3442 characters when the lead is not counted, however. Would it be possible to add 500 more? I would also suggest improving the citation style; rather than putting all the citations at the end of the paragraph, try putting them right after the sentence to which they relate. I am looking forward to reading a bit more about the masjid. Surtsicna (talk) 22:52, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: Article is now 4718 characters (will be approximately 4000+ when the lead is excluded) according to DYKCheck, and I've added inline citations within paragraphs.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks a lot, AmateurHi$torian! I started with a source spot check. Citation #4 does not seem to cover the first paragraph of the first section (coincidentally where the hook comes from), unless I am missing something. It explicitly says the opposite, that it was not the first mosque, and it does not mention "congregational" at all. Surtsicna (talk) 23:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: Ah, I've just noticed that Sherwani calls the prayer-hall in Charminar a "mosque". This interpretation would make the Jama Masjid the second mosque of the city, so I'll strike the first two hooks. I've altered the article to the same effect. The word "congregational" is used in the second paragraph, and the source for that is #5 (Bilgrami) already cited within the paragraph, who calls it an assembly mosque. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:10, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    Alternate hooks can be ALT3: "... the short height of the minarets of the Jama Masjid, Hyderabad might have been deliberate, in order to emphasize the loftiness of the nearby Char Kaman and Charminar?" or ALT4: "...the the Jama Masjid was one of the first mosques to be built in Hyderabad?", the source for both these hooks being Sherwani p. 30 and 29 respectively.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    Fixed the issue with the first paragraph and a couple other citation issues.AmateurHi$torian (talk) 00:27, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    So far so good. The article is now clearly sufficiently expanded. It is certainly comprehensive and well sourced. I should also note that the expansion is recent enough and that I have not detected any close paraphrasing. I think there is an even more interesting hook hiding in the article:

    I believe this would be the most successful of the proposed hooks, but it should be approved by another reviewer. Your thoughts are obviously welcome, AmateurHi$torian. Surtsicna (talk) 13:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    I don't have any issue with ALT5. Thanks for taking the time to review this :) AmateurHi$torian (talk) 16:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 5

    Ian Wolstenholme

    ( ) 5x expanded by Mattythewhite (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Mattythewhite (talk) 16:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    I'm not really sure either. Isn't it not uncommon for players to save multiple penalty kicks per game? I think even doing it twice in a game is relatively common. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    From my experience of following football I'd say it's very rare for a goalkeeper to save three penalty kicks in the same match. According to this clever looking piece of research, there's a 14.7% chance of a goalkeeper saving a penalty. I've not got the brain capacity to work out the chance of saving three based on this but I'd imagine it's pretty slim. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:29, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Effects of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by Wolf20482 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    wolf20482 🐺 (talk) 02:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 6

    Ayn al-Kurum, Annab

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: )
    • ... that evading the Ottoman authorities' pursuit for leading a local rebellion, the Ibn Shillif brothers found safe haven in the Alawite villages of Ayn al-Kurum and Annab?
    • Source: Winter, Stefan (2016). A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. p. 135
    5x expanded by Al Ameer son (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 180 past nominations.

    Al Ameer (talk) 20:07, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    2025 Orange Bowl

    ( ) 5x expanded by Red-tailed hawk (talk) and Alibene567 (talk). PCN02WPS (talk) and Butters.From.SouthPark (talk) have also made substantial contributions to the article that the nominator would like to note. Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

    — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 03:20, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hans Dieter Beck

    ( ) Beck in 2022Beck in 2022 Created by Thriley (talk), Grimes2 (talk), and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2130 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:11, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The hook is actually interesting, but it lacks focus due to being too long and trying to fit in too many facts into one hook. Suggesting a split into two separate hooks, with the decision on what hook to use to be left to the reviewer:
    ALT1 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) usually used a bicycle to work as a leader of C. H. Beck legal publishing?
    ALT2 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) ran his family business, the C. H. Beck legal publishing house, until the age of 92?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you for the offers, but how about leaving the fact in that I found most stunning: that the used the bicycle until age 92, a few weeks before he died while in office? + I find the office more interesting when knowing what kind of long-run family tradition there is behind it, and he one of two leaders, from 1973. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    ALT3 ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) rode a bicycle to work until shortly before his death at the age of 92?
    ALT3a ... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured), one of the two leaders of C. H. Beck, rode a bicycle to work until shortly before his death at the age of 92?
    Maybe that? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:22, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you for trying, but I'm not happy with wasting characters on mentioning his death, - work at age 92 seems impressive enough, and then in a company-leading function. ALT3a is closer to what I'd like. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:25, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    I too prefer the original, but it is rather long. How about the following rearrangement:
    ALT4 ... that as co-head of the publisher C. H. Beck, Hans Dieter Beck (pictured) rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
    -- Hoary (talk) 23:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    ALT4 sounds good and should resolve any concerns with the original hook while still taking into account the nom's wishes. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:50, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    Thymbra spicata

    ( )
    • ... that although the herb spiked savory is protected under Israeli law, the leaves of the plant are foraged by the local population, in preparation for making a spice mixture?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I have submitted two individual sources; one showing that the plant is protected under Israeli law, and the other showing how that it is foraged by the locals between April and June. I will also begin working on my QPQ, in the article Deval Masjid.
    Created by Davidbena (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Davidbena (talk) 16:26, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Comment, typically for DYK the target article is bolded and usually a single name would be chosen rather than both the common name and the scientific name. In addition, per MOS:COMMONNAME, the common name is rendered in lowercase. Thus, the best approach would be to have it as "spiked savory" for the purposes of the hook. Ornithoptera (talk) 18:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
     Done--Davidbena (talk) 22:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Sanity Code

    ( ) Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 15:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC).

    Reinstatement of capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Moved to mainspace by TNM101 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    TNM101 (chat) 06:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    But since there is so much reporting about the reinstatement itself, I think a separate article is warranted. Although, I do not oppose a merge. TNM101 (chat) 13:27, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    Blow Up (French TV series)

    ( )
    • ... that when the French web series Blow Up briefly aired on television in 2014, its allotted airtime was too short to fit some of its episodes?
    • Source: (in French) "'Blow Up' : les secrets de fabrication du webmag d'Arte" (transl. "'Blow Up': the secrets of the creation of the Arte webmag.") "Elle l'a diffusé une fois, en 2014, pendant six mois. C'était très intéressant, sauf qu'on m'avait imposé une durée de 4,10 minutes par vidéo. Pour certains formats, comme les 'Bio express', je pouvais m'en sortir. Mais pour les 'Top 5', il était impossible de comprimer les séquences." (transl. "It broadcast it once, in 2014, for six months. It was very interesting, except that I was given a duration of 4.10 minutes per video. For certain formats, like 'Bio express', I could get by. But for the 'Top 5', it was impossible to compress the sequences.")
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: In the article, the fact is in the second paragraph of § Release. The citation is at the end of that paragraph.
    Created by CopperyMarrow15 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 05:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. QPQ is not needed for a nom with less than five nominations. I did not find close paraphrasing. Assuming good faith on the French sources. The hook and the article don't exactly match: the hook says episodes, but the article says it was formats that couldn't fit. However, given the intent, I'm willing to let it slide since the point is still essentially the same. A reference also has to be duplicated to the relevant sentence supporting the hook fact per WP:DYKHFC. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:05, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Narutolovehinata5, thank you for reviewing my nomination! I have added the citation as you suggested. Regarding your comment about the mismatching terms, the hook and the article are meant to reflect the same fact. As explained in § Overview, episodes of Blow Up come in various formats (e.g. "Bio express" and "Top 5"), so saying "a format" is equivalent to saying "episodes in a format". If you think this wording is confusing, let me know, and I can rewrite the sentence in the article. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 03:42, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    I would personally let it slide, but it could potentially become an issue at WT:DYK, so it might be better safe than sorry. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:45, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
    Ok. I think I will leave it for now because it is concise and it more closely matches the wording in the cited quote. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 19:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 8

    Peter Miller (photographer)

    ( )
    • ... that in 2014, photographer Peter Miller stated that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
    • Source: "We self-employed Vermonters grumble but we have carried on and every so often we remember that we live in beauty. That’s the Vermont Way and I think it is coming to an end." VTDigger
    Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 159 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 05:19, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Directorate General of Higher Education

    ( ) Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 67 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:38, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Temujin Kensu

    ( )
    • ... that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu over 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
    Created by Michael D. Turnbull (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Maria McDermottroe

    ( ) Created by Bogger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 31 past nominations.

    Bogger (talk) 13:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 9

    California FAIR Plan

    ( )
    • ... that California FAIR Plan could have as much as $30 billion in total losses from the January 2025 Southern California wildfires with only $377 million available to pay out claims?
    • Source: "Because of the fires that started last week, that linchpin may be about to break, with consequences that would reverberate throughout California’s economy. As of last Friday, the FAIR Plan had just $377 million available to pay claims, according to the office of Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California. It’s not yet known how much in claims the plan will face but the total insured losses from the fires so far has been estimated at as much as $30 billion. Because the fires are still burning, that number could grow. Unlike regular insurance companies, the FAIR Plan can’t refuse to cover homes just because they’re in vulnerable areas. As a result, as the risk of wildfires grows, homes deemed too dangerous by major insurers have been piling up on the FAIR Plan’s books. Between 2020 and 2024, the number of homes covered by the plan more than doubled, to almost half a million properties with a value that tripled to about half a trillion dollars."
    NY Times Created by Thriley (talk) and KyaniteAl2SiO5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 160 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 20:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Moneka, Kansas

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

    Aneirinn (talk) 16:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    ToNiePokój escape room fire

    ( )
    • ... that escape rooms in Poland were not required to be inspected by fire officials before the deaths of five teenagers in the ToNiePokój escape room fire?
    • Source: "Podkreślił również, że działalność jaką jest escape room można założyć w ciągu jednego dnia i nie podlega ona obowiązkowi kontroli czy opiniowania ze strony straży pożarnej" ()
    • ALT1: ... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in the ToNiePokój escape room fire led to inspections of escape rooms in Lithuania and Czechia? Source: " W związku z tragicznym pożarem escape roomu w Polsce z pięcioma ofiarami śmiertelnymi przeprowadzone zostaną kontrole podobnych obiektów w Czechach - poinformowali w poniedziałek przedstawiciele czeskiej straży pożarnej." (); " Po tragicznym pożarze w escape roomie w Koszalinie, w którym zginęło pięć nastolatek, litewscy strażacy we wtorek zapowiedzieli kontrole w tego typu placówkach działających na Litwie." ()
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Grumpylawnchair (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Grumpylawnchair (talk) 18:43, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    Miles of Plancy

    ( ) Murder of Miles as imagined centuries afterMurder of Miles as imagined centuries after
    • ... that a contemporary chronicler does not dare say who assassinated Miles of Plancy (pictured), but a later source implicates an in-law?
    Improved to Good Article status by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 198 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 20:16, 13 January 2025 (UTC).

    Alien Mus

    ( ) Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 12:36, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    This does not even have to be saved for 1 April. They are normal hooks, just very good. Surtsicna (talk) 15:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Death Angels (A Quiet Place)

    ( )
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fancy molly
    • Comment: I do not think this hook is a WP:DYKFICTION issue because "Death Angels" and "Happy" are both real-world nicknames, and the hook is stating that they are both used for the same creatures. That being said, I am open to alternative hooks if a better one can be thought of.
    Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

    Di (they-them) (talk) 02:46, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    1939 New York World's Fair

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Nominated by Bebo12321 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Bebo12321 - Talk 18:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    Fennec fox

    ( )
    • ... that the ear to body ratio of the fennec fox is the greatest in the canid family and likely helps in dissipating heat and locating prey?
    • Source:
    Improved to Good Article status by Wolverine X-eye (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Wolverine X-eye (talk) 17:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC).

    @Kingoflettuce: Completed QPQ. Wolverine X-eye (talk) 19:12, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 10

    Andrei Demurenko

    ( )
    • ... that Andrei Demurenko, the only Russian officer graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served with the Wagner Group in Ukraine?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I know this is nomination is slightly late, but I'm hoping that could be overlooked. It's not the 18th yet where I am.
    Created by Romanov loyalist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    John Spytek

    ( )
    • Source: Tampa Bay Times ("When the Bucs decided to pursue Tom Brady in the 2020 offseason, it was Spytek who dubbed it Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the movie Field of Dreams. “If you build it, he will come,’' Spytek would tell Licht. A former teammate of Brady’s at Michigan, Spytek helped land the star quarterback with the Bucs, the biggest free agent acquisition in franchise history") / e.g. Canton Repository (played with Brady in 1999, and it was in 2020 that the Buccaneers signed him: more than 20 years)
    Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 292 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:53, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Girl in pink jacket

    ( ) Created by Mhhossein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 65 past nominations.

    Mhhossein 06:15, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ?
    • Interesting: Yes

    QPQ: No - Unsure
    Overall: @Mhhossein: While this is an interesting nomination, only one source mentioned in the article spells her name the same way as it is written in the nomination. The Persian language source is used twice, although it is the same, and it mentions "the 'girl in the pink jacket'", which seems to make more grammatical sense in the English language. The article needs more citations from reliable sources. The Atlantic Council source written by Holly Dagres does not mention her name, nor the number of casualties, so different sources should be used to support the lead. What was written by Dagres, although used as a source, is not really mentioned in the article. Although this event was an incredibly sad one, there is not a source I could find on the article that mentions her as a symbol, or a "poignant symbol" as it says in the article. The unveiling of the artwork is unnecessarily mentioned two separate times in the same section. Aneirinn (talk) 18:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

      • Some things in the article have been fixed now. I don’t think "the girl in pink jacket" makes sense grammatically. A more appropriate title would be 'girl in the pink jacket' or the 'girl with a pink jacket'. Concerning her name, I think Soltaninejad is a common way her surname is spelled in English. I’ve also seen Soltani-Nejad, "Soltan-Nejad", however, seems unlikely. Has a QPQ been completed? Aneirinn (talk) 15:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Mhhossein: Per a rule change several months ago, QPQs now have to be provided at the time of the nomination rather than up to a week after. Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible, as the nomination will be closed if one is not provided. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:07, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the heads up; I was not aware of such a recent rule. I will soon provide a QPQ. --Mhhossein 11:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
    • @Aneirinn: Thanks for the review and the points. The QPQ is already provided. There's a verification tag added by you. Do you still think there are challenging portions in the text required to be supported by reliable sources? --Mhhossein 12:15, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

    Anti-Mosque campaign in India

    ( )
    • Source:
    Created by Ratnahastin (talk), Jannatulbaqi (talk), and DataCrusade1999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    - Ratnahastin (talk) 14:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The prose needs work, for one thing, @Ratnahastin:. I made several attempts to understand what the article is about from the lead section, but was unable to make heads or tails until I read the entire article. I am also not quite certain that I understand what "evacuation of mosques occupied by non-Muslims" means. This needs further explanation in the article and quite possibly better wording in the hook. Finally, I get a rather strong whiff of bias from the article. Surtsicna (talk) 15:49, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    A Foreign Sound

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

    Cathodography (talk) 20:36, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    History of the National Hockey League (2017–present)

    ( )
    • Source: 1
    Improved to Good Article status by The Kip (talk) and Conyo14 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    The Kip 19:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kit Nascimento

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

    Spiralwidget (talk) 17:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    Eurowhiteness

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

    (t · c) buidhe 09:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC).

    • You have to be very careful when referring to things that don't have physical existence like "internal contradictions". Who says the EU has any? Is it Kundnani, writing the book? Is it Auer, reviewing Kundnani? Is it you, user:Buidhe, paraphrasing Auer? DS (talk) 18:12, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
      • I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Abstract concepts like "internal contradictions" may be different from concrete objects, but that doesn't mean they don't factually exist—WP says they do if RS agree. While researching the article, I found many sources agreeing and none disagreeing that the EU has some internal contradictions. Per WP:NPOV, "Avoid stating facts as opinions"—and there is no reason to believe that it is not factually true other than your skepticism. (t · c) buidhe 03:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
        • I don't want this to be a debate on either euroskepticism or materialism, but which contradictions are those? Can you cite your sources? What if someone disagrees with your flat statement that contradictions exist? Does Kundnani use the term 'contradictions' in the book, or Auer use them in the review, or is that your interpretation? DS (talk) 19:08, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
          • "Internal contradictions" is the exact phrase used by Auer, but that should not matter because we are encouraged to paraphrase from sources anyway. There are so many sources that say the EU has internal contradictions (please do your own research rather than making assumptions that may be incorrect) that it would certainly be a POV violation to suggest this is just one person's opinion. The only potential objection I can see to the hook is that it's not hook worthy, because all political systems contain conflicting values and interests, leading to internal contradictions (for example, name a political party that doesn't engage in hypocrisy). (t · c) buidhe 19:37, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
    You're assuming the validity of the book's political stance, and instead of citing your sources, you're telling me to do my own research. What happens if my research leads me to a political stance that disagrees with (you / the book)? DS (talk) 22:34, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
    I fundamentally disagree with your approach of conflating facts stated in many reliable sources with a "political stance" and discounting such facts on the basis of your own personal disagreement. Please bring some sources that we could discuss (preferably not cherry picked) or stop commenting. (t · c) buidhe 04:17, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    Please cite your sources. "There are internal contradictions in the European Union" is not objectively true or false. You're the one claiming they exist, so the burden of proof is on you. What if we said "the book misleadingly suggests that the EU has contradictions"? What if we said "the book boldly reveals that the EU has contradictions" ? Both sentences are equally true. DS (talk) 04:47, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    This back and forth is clearly going nowhere and no actual review was performed, so I'm requesting another editor's attention. (t · c) buidhe 21:13, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

    • New enough: yes. Long enough: yes. Article is neutral: it needs some work. Copyvio check: 23%, which is fine. Article is presentable: yes. QPQ: yes. Hook is cited: yes. Hook is short enough: yes. Hook is interesting: not even close. Do you have anything else? DS (talk) 04:50, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 11

    Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out (Lambrini Girls album)

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Lambrini Girls in 2024Lambrini Girls in 2024 Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk), Starklinson (talk), Chchcheckit (talk), and Cordless Larry (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 272 past nominations.

    Launchballer 04:37, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    2011 Ringgold–Apison tornado

    ( ) Created by EF5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

    EF 02:07, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    Johann Reinhold Forster

    ( ) The Forsters in the South SeaThe Forsters in the South Sea 5x expanded by Kusma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

    —Kusma (talk) 16:33, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    Diana Vicezar

    ( ) Diana VicezarDiana Vicezar
    • ... that recycled housing for street dogs, a recruitment platform for international students and a podcast about Latin-American students in Ireland were all created by Diana Vicezar (pictured)?
    Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 114 past nominations.

    Lajmmoore (talk) 14:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC).

    Which sources are being used to establish notability for this article? Sdkb  05:01, 13 January 2025 (UTC)


    Articles created/expanded on January 12

    Series fiction

    ( ) Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 543 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:23, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Riko Dan

    ( ) Created by GrimeSpecialist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 269 past nominations.

    Launchballer 14:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Article created 12 January. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. The discography is not sourced. I believe it has to be in order to run on the front page? Once that is done, this will be ready. Thriley (talk) 20:02, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
    There was a time where the works themselves acted as references for their existence, but I think we've moved away from that. @GrimeSpecialist: has made some edits to the Discography section.--Launchballer 15:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hospital of St. John (Jerusalem)

    ( )
    • Source: "According to William, archbishop of Tyre (died c. 1184 ), some merchants from the Italian city of Amalfi asked the caliph of Egypt for a site within Jerusalem where their fellow countrypeople could stay . He gave them a site within the Christian quarter of Jerusalem , near where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands." Nicholson 2001, p. 2
    Created by Borsoka (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 203 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    Transgender health care misinformation

    ( )
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 00:03, 14 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Comment - a careful reading of the source shows that the main hook is not explicitly verified. The source says that misinformation has led to policy restrictions on health care for transgender people in the U.S. (instead of minors' transgender health care in the United States and United Kingdom). The source does go on to discuss bans on gender-affirming care for minors and misinformation continues to impact support for these bans, but then misinformation has been used to justify legislative restrictions is not verified, and the support is not clarified as legislative support or public support. What would be verified is that transgender health care misinformation has been used to justify legislative restrictions on transgender health care in the United States. In any case, a peer reviewed source would be better than the non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation. Also, there is a questionable sentence in the lede to clear up and stuff about Australia too. starship.paint (talk / cont) 13:40, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

    Hows ALT1 ...that transgender health care misinformation, such as the claim most pre-pubertal transgender children "desist", has been used to justify legislative restrictions on minor's transgender health care? Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 16:56, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

    • Quick comment: this is a much better source (accessible by WP:TWL, but I think more elaboration is needed for the above (i.e. desist from what? gender dysphoria / wanting to transition) but the hook has no space for it. I'd propose the below based on this source, but the below hook content will need to be added to the Misplaced Pages article. starship.paint (talk / cont) 14:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    ALT2 ... that transgender health care misinformation has been used by authorities in the American states of Alabama, Florida and Texas to justify legislative restrictions on minors' transgender health care? starship.paint (talk / cont) 14:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Sparkles emoji

    ( ) The Twemoji sparkles emojiThe Twemoji sparkles emoji Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Reviewing. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • New enough (submitted within one day of creation), long enough (2894 characters). Well sourced (wasn't familiar with Emojipedia and wasn't able to find an editorial policy, but it appears to be regularly cited across emoji-related Misplaced Pages entries, Wall Street Journal, etc., and it seems prudent to call it out as a source as many articles do). Doesn't appear to be a problem with close paraphrasing or copyvio per Earwig and spot check via ProQuest. Tone is neutral (controversy regarding "co-optation" of the symbol is not discussed in this article yet but might surface in future if reliable sources are found). QPQ is done. That leaves the hook. It certainly got my attention but I'm stuck on the wording. @Panamitsu: What does "most major software companies" mean? Who decided what "the" set of "major" software companies are? Are we confident that we can back up the claim of "most" when challenged at WP:ERRORS? Cielquiparle (talk) 06:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
      @Cielquiparle: Thanks for the review. Well the I've taken that from the WSJ's reporting that 7/10 of the largest software companies by market capitalisation use the Sparkles emoji. But now that you bring it up I also have doubts about the wording. I think maybe we should change "major" to "largest" (I've modified the hook to reflect this) but I'm not sure if that solves everything. Any ideas? ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
    • As Cielquiparle notes, the hook is interesting but awkward. I would simplify:
    Also, instead of a picture, the emoji itself could be used:
    Jno.skinner (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Articles created/expanded on January 13

    Américo Ramos, Ilza Amado Vaz

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 293 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Communism in Brazil

    ( )
    • ... that Astrojildo Pereira, a supporter of the Russian Revolution, would write to newspapers in Brazil to prevent it from being framed in a hostile way?
    Moved to mainspace by Scratchinghead (talk) and Avelludo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ☢️SCR@TCH!NGH3@D (talk) 06:46, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 14

    Weeping Angel

    ( ) A Weeping Angel as seen on display in 2008A Weeping Angel as seen on display in 2008
    • ... that despite appearing as stone statues, the Weeping Angels are portrayed by actresses?
    Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:46, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    1ES 1927+654

    ( ) Artist's concept Matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654's supermassive black holeArtist's concept Matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654's supermassive black hole Created by Bogger (talk) and Galaxybeing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

    Bogger (talk) 11:51, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    1862 Brooklyn riot

    ( ) Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 16:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 15

    Charlottetown meteorite

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

    Jno.skinner (talk) 01:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    • @Jno.skinner: New enough and barely long enough. Nominator is QPQ-exempt. I have a observation on the hook: it is absolute that it is the first, but the hook fact article says it could be. This needs resolution or a tweaked hook. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    • I was hoping that the qualifier "first known" takes care of this, meaning the first known to science. The article states that a leading scientist in the area of meteorites searched for and failed to find any prior audio recordings of meteorite impacts, saying "It's not anything we've ever heard before. From a science perspective, it's new." Jno.skinner (talk) 22:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    7 Wonders Duel

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

    ''']''' (talk • contribs) 12:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    • @CanonNi: Cool choice in article! Reviewing this both as a fan of the game and having written a boardgame article before. So, this passes newness, length, sourcing, neutrality, and QPQ. I spot two issues with it, though:
      1. Both images in § Gameplay are freely licensed, but appear to be derivative works of the boardgame art itself. Unless the game's art is also freely licensed, these images are copyright violations.
      2. § Reception does not mention any critical reception, even though the article cites multiple reviews. WP:DYKCOMPLETE's example of an incomplete article is one on a book missing a plot summary, and this is essentially the flipside of that.
    • As to the hooks, ALT0 is cited, interesting, and appears in the article. ALT1 does not appear in the article, slightly misrepresents the source (the "basically" in there is important hedging we can't just delete), and I don't think is that interesting or unique, since many products have thematic reskins. So I've struck ALT1. I'm happy to approve ALT0 if the two issues above are addressed, though. -- Tamzin (they|xe|🤷) 05:14, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

    Citybus Route 12A

    ( ) Citybus Route 12ACitybus Route 12A
    • Source: (中巴上世紀八十年代停辦12A線後，此路線在1991年由城巴重新開辦，成為城巴首條專營巴士路線，打破市區近60年來僅由兩間專營巴士公司提供服務的格局。After CMB stopped operating route 12A in the 1980s, Citybus reintroduced the route in 1991. It became Citybus' first franchised bus route, and broke the duopoly in the franchised bus market which had been present in the city area for nearly 60 years.)
    Moved to mainspace by S5A-0043 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    S5A-0043🚎 04:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

    • The hook doesn't really seem all that interesting to a broad audience, or at least those who aren't bus fanatics. Can a different hook be proposed here? I took a look at the article but nothing stands out. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:38, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
      • Well, I thought this hook would work because the DYK for this article on Chinese WP managed to get through on the same fact. I added ALT1 to see if the contrast between "declining ridership" and "unable to cope with demand" could work. Also the "Island" in HKI needs to be there because there's another bus route also called 12A in Kowloon. S5A-0043🚎 08:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    I propose this hook is at least slightly more interesting:
    Jno.skinner (talk) 06:48, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Humphrey III of Toron

    ( )
    • ... that in the early 1170s Humphrey III of Toron may have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead?
    • Source: "It is not inconceivable that Beatrice predeceased Humphrey, which would have made Humphrey the lord-regent of Transjordan for a brief period, though nowhere is he documented as ever having assumed this position." (Fulton 2024, p. 43.)
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 203 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 21:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mesklin

    ( )
    • ... that Mesklin, the first planet in fiction that was based on a suspected real-world detection of an exoplanet, appeared in 1953?
    Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk).


    Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    TompaDompa (talk) 20:38, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    • A bit bloated. How about:
      "The detection was in 1943" feels superfluous to the overall concept, which is that the interesting part here is "the (suspected) exoplanet detection occurred decades earlier than the reader expected", right? It's not "Mesklin was created in 1953", which is the essence of your original hook. So how about:

    ALT1b:... that novelist Hal Clement created the planet Mesklin in 1953 based on the real-world suspected detection of an exoplanet? DS (talk) 19:16, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

    ALT1b works for me. My point was that ALT1a could be interpreted as saying that the suspected detection was in 1953, which is not the case. The interesting part is indeed that "the (suspected) exoplanet detection occurred decades earlier than the reader expected". TompaDompa (talk) 16:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

    Jill Yager

    ( )
    • ... that Jill Yager discovered a venomous crustacean species in 1979 and named its class?
    Created by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 423 past nominations.

    SL93 (talk) 21:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, neutral and plagiarism free. Hook is cited and interesting - although I wonder if it might be 'hookier' if it was flipped i.e. ... that a venomous ... was discovered by Jill Yager? and put her at the end. I hesitated on the sourcing, as (although I not doubt her notability) it felt a little sparse on secondary material. There's a mention here & I think mentioning she has an eponymous species would be good to, see. I'd like to see a link in the article to her Wikispecies entry too (but that's just me being extra). Overall, great addition! Lajmmoore (talk) 20:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Lajmmoore I can add those later today, and I also found this. I'm not sure about flipping it, but I have no strong opinion either way. SL93 (talk) 20:48, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
    Lajmmoore I added more to the article. SL93 (talk) 02:18, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

    The Prosecutor

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    • Source:
    5x expanded by Prince of Erebor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 16:34, 15 January 2025 (UTC).

    References

    1. Coward, Harold (2012-02-01). "Indian Muslim Critiques of Gandhi". Indian Critiques of Gandhi. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-7914-8588-0. When the post-Partition turmoil enveloped Delhi, Gandhi went on a six-day fast (January 12–18, 1948) two weeks before his assassination. Abul Kalam Azad went to Gandhi to ascertain Gandhi's terms for breaking the fast, and then Azad addressed a Delhi crowd of about three hundred thousand people to communicate those terms. Without exception they had to do with Muslim needs: the evacuation of mosques by non-Muslims....
    2. Layton, Robert; Thomas, Julian, eds. (2003). Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property. Routledge. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781134604982. Joseph Tieffenthaler (1710-85) was the first to suggest the Babri mosque stood near a site associated with Rama's birthplace. His account was translated from the French by Johann Barnoulli in 1788. Tieffenthaler stated that Aurangzeb, last of the six Mughal emperors, 'got demolished the fortress called Ramcot, and erected on the same place a Mahometan temple'.
    3. Das, Anjishnu (2025-01-11). "Mosque-temple rows and elections: A look at 11 disputed sites". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
    4. "誤判｜82歲許冠文客串演法官 想有動作戲遭甄子丹派檸檬". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 12 December 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025. 82歲許冠文在甄子丹監製兼主演的新戲《誤判》中客串飾演法官 / 許冠文說︰「我一直想拍動作場面，但以往啲動作戲都落喺許冠傑身上。我今次想演啲動作戲，但又被甄子丹拒絕。
    5. 熊景玉 (20 December 2024). "甄子丹高空墜落急送醫 《誤判》1幕頻重拍老闆好心痛". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 讓觀眾驚豔的「一個打一百個」的天臺酒吧圍毆重頭戲，甄子丹用到空拍機來拍攝，打手不停上陣的場面。他同時間必需不停和幾十位動作替身輪流交手，難度超級高。他表示這場戲完全不用特效協助，一個鏡頭一路拍下去，「真的很難拍到好，一個40、50人打了幾個通宵。」
    6. "誤判｜解構電影7大冷知識 甄子丹用拳頭、法律 據理力爭伸張正義". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025. 黃子桓︰我們要找一個演員，演一名充滿幹勁又衝動的警察。記得有同日同子丹食飯，他問我知不知道誰是MC？他說他不認識，但之前在飯局遇見一個MC的fans不斷跟他說偶像的優點，然後子丹播了一首歌給我聽，說MC唱得很好，我們整餐飯就不斷聽MC的歌。子丹說MC的樣子亦正亦邪，適合演衝動警察。
    7. 熊景玉 (20 December 2024). "甄子丹高空墜落急送醫 《誤判》1幕頻重拍老闆好心痛". Mirror Media (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 《誤判》還有一場保護證人躲避殺手連環追殺，在香港地鐵狹小空間的MMA格鬥設計，劇組為了這場戲以7位數字港幣搭出三節一比一車廂實景
    8. "本報甄雲龍主任片中出演角色 甄子丹《誤判》即將北美上映". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2024. 甄子丹這回還找來親爸甄雲龍客串演出父子，由於甄雲龍先生是首度演戲，劇組一開始還有些猶豫，「結果他第一天來就把台詞背好，大家還說你爸演得比你更好」。
    9. 黃庠棻 (7 January 2025). "甄子丹執導新片…找2大咖老友客串！ 「嚴格不給面子」現場曝光". ETtoday (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 January 2025. 甄子丹當導演更不忘力邀好友一起來為電影增色，像是他多年好友呂良偉，更是二話不說，沒有劇本也不知道演什麼就答應到現場客串
    10. "誤判｜解構電影7大冷知識 甄子丹用拳頭、法律 據理力爭伸張正義". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025. 又例如拍港鐵打鬥場面，鏡頭要怎樣運用，動作設計要合理，兩位執行導演在正式開拍前，會拍片與子丹討論、修改。子丹拍完《殺神John Wick 4》回來後，荷里活就是他拍片的標準。
    11. "检察文化出海的一次有益尝试". Sina Finance (in Chinese). Procuratorate Daily . 11 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025. "最开始我们的设想与电影最终的呈现完全不同。"彭诚笑言，"起初，我们打算做一部传统的法律电影，类似于电影《肖申克的救赎》那样。"
    12. 華朗 (31 December 2024). "《誤判》｜花4個月搭建可動MTR列車 高等法院場景 金像最佳美術指導王慧茵 1句話要甄子丹坐定定飲水". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 January 2025. 王慧茵（Renee）的美術團隊有6名女將

    Current nominations

    Articles created/expanded on January 16

    Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

    ( )
    • Source: ORIGIN STORIES: Signage Dept., by Andrew Marantz, in The New Yorker; Vol. 89, Iss. 24, (Aug 12-Aug 19, 2013) (via ProQuest via the Misplaced Pages Library) (it was surprisingly difficult to find a proper source for "on Jamaica Avenue")
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/South Arcade
    • Comment: Earwig score is high, but that's because I've directly quoted many reviews, and because there are multiple sources analyzing specific lyrics. Also, this should probably be an April 1 hook (if possible, the last one in the set).
    Created by DragonflySixtyseven (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    DS (talk) 22:54, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    WTVJ

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk) and Nathan Obral (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 738 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:12, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    Judicial murder and George, Duke of Clarence

    ( )
    • Source: Hicks, M. A., False, Fleeting, Perjur'd Clarence: George, Duke of Clarence 1449–1478 (Gloucester, 1980), pp. 134–138, 140–141.
    Moved to mainspace by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 15:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC).

    • Ahem, long enough! And very fresh. Sources abound, possibly even to an excess. Incredibly interesting. I am a history nerd and no, I did not know this. Images check out. Sources and paraphrasing checked as part of the FA process. The article title is problematic, as noted by several editors; my concern is that it is a bit POV-ish, so we should wait until that is resolved. I strongly recommend basing a hook on the nomination introduction you wrote here. Thank you for this one, Serial Number 54129. Surtsicna (talk) 08:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Moira Pollock

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    • Source:
    Moved to mainspace by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 13:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 17

    Point the Finger

    ( )
    • ... that in the comic book story "Point the Finger", Robert Crumb calls Donald Trump "one of the most evil men alive"?
    • Source: Worden, Daniel (ed.) (2021). "Introduction: R. Crumb in Comics History". The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museum. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 13-15. ISBN 9781496833808. OCLC 1244620552.
    Improved to Good Article status by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 35 past nominations.

    Viriditas (talk) 01:58, 23 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 18

    Butt of malmsey

    ( ) Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 18:47, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Tabyana Ali

    ( )
    • ... that San Antonio declared January 13 as "Tabyana Ali Day" in honor of actress and writer Tabyana Ali?
    • Source:
    Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 12:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Barbara Neumann

    ( )
    • Source: 'In 2019, BYK Additives ... marked the 55th anniversary of the discovery by Dr Barbara Neumann of the extraordinary product known as Laponite (p 256)... The use of Laponite® led to the development of the first non-drip paints. (p 258). Shafran et al., 2020, Clay Minerals (2020), 55, 256–260. https://doi.dx.org/10.1180/clm.2020.35
    Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    Chaiten1 (talk) 17:57, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    • I love seeing articles about women in science, what can I do? It is rather compact, but well structured. I see a photo of her here. Would you upload it as a fair-use image? I would strongly recommend expanding the Laponite article and nominating it alongside this article. It is so close to meeting DYK requirements, and each of the hooks mentions laponite. Surtsicna (talk) 21:08, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thank you - great suggestion, I'll work on this later and ping you when done! Chaiten1 (talk) 08:00, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    @Surtsicna: thank you again for the suggestions. I have sourced and uploaded an image for Barbara Neumann; I have also expanded the laponite page and completed a second QPQ, so this is now a double hook.Chaiten1 (talk) 21:27, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
    I changed the pipes a bit to make it clear that the subject of the second article is not nanomaterials. I love that you went through the effort of obtaining a free image. Did you contact a relative? Have they sent an email permission to the Commons? Surtsicna (talk) 22:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Swen Swenson (politician)

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    • Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • ALT1: ... that Swen Swenson was considered a pioneer in advocating for a drainage system in Nicollet County? Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • ALT2: ... that Swen Swenson was considered a pioneer for the adoption of a drainage system in Nicollet County? Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
    • Reviewed: ]
    Created by Roc0ast3r (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 08:00, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Pyramids of Mars

    ( ) The story was influenced from earlier mummy films such as The Mummy (1932)The story was influenced from earlier mummy films such as The Mummy (1932) Improved to Good Article status by DoctorWhoFan91 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 21:54, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hard Out Here (Raye song)

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

    CatchMe (talk · contribs) 21:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 19

    Alexander Goehr

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by Gerda Arendt (talk), Aza24 (talk), and Grimes2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2131 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Alia Fischer

    ( )
    • Source: paywalled
    Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 371 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:47, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kasey Morlock

    ( ) Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 370 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:14, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

    Jennifer Jones (curler)

    ( )
    • Source: Quote from article: In 2019, Jones was named the greatest Canadian female skip and overall curler in history by The Sports Network (TSN), the main television broadcaster of major curling events, following a poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.
    Improved to Good Article status by Allthegoldmedals (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Allthegoldmedals (talk) 13:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hollyhock House

    ( ) Exterior of Hollyhock HouseExterior of Hollyhock House 5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 696 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 01:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Lustrous Pearls

    ( ) Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 739 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Finja Church

    ( ) Romanesque murals in Finja ChurchRomanesque murals in Finja Church Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 148 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 14:22, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Pengkalan Kempas, Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex

    ( Comment or view )( Article history links: ) Megaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical ComplexMegaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    CMD (talk) 06:49, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 20

    Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series)

    ( ) Improved to Good Article status by PanagiotisZois (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    PanagiotisZois (talk) 13:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    T. K. Waters

    ( )
    • ... that after defeating 4 other candidates in a special election and runoff, T. K. Waters was unopposed two months later in the 2023 election?
    2022 Jacksonville Sheriff special election Created by Mgreason (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

    Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 01:52, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Kpop4planet

    ( )
    • Source: Kpop4planet invited Melon to attend the Valentine’s Day dance; the company declined because of scheduling conflicts but agreed to meet for a private discussion. That’s when it made the promise to “move all the data to the cloud that does not emit any carbon emissions by 2030,” Lee says.
    Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 00:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Aquilegia alpina

    ( ) An alpine columbine flowerAn alpine columbine flower
    • ... that the misidentification of an alpine columbine resulted in the description of a new variant of a species in a different genus?
    5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 22:05, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mammillaria vetula

    ( ) Thimble cactusThimble cactus
    • ... that thimble cactus (pictured) is one of the most commonly grown nipple cacti because it breaks into pieces at the slightest touch?
    • Source: "Because of its ease of growth and propagation, and its readiness to fall into pieces at the slightest touch, this is probably the most widespread Mammillaria in cultivation..." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • ALT1: ... that thimble cactus (pictured) is regularly seen at plant sale events, "except paradoxically at cactus-oriented events, where it would be ignominious to offer it"? Source: "... this is probably the most widespread Mammillaria in cultivation, featuring commonly at almost any event where plant sales occur, except paradoxically at cactus-oriented events, where it would be ignominious to offer it." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • ALT2: ... that one subspecies of Mammillaria vetula (pictured) is one of the least frequently grown nipple cacti, while the other is "probably the most commonly grown"? Source: "Now expanded to include the well-known M. gracilis as a subspecies, this species combines one of the least grown mammillarias with probably the most commonly grown." (Pilbeam 1999)
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Neumann
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 205 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 21:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC).


    Kerjäläisten valtakunta

    ( )
    • ... that when the band Dingo were doing a photoshoot for their 1985 album Kerjäläisten valtakunta in Morocco, local men started patting them on the behind, having mistaken them for women?
    • Source: Norres, Lasse; Nurmi, Paavo (ed.): Kuunaama : tarinoita tähdistä. Espoo: Mistake Media, 2015. ISBN 978-952-681-654-8.
    5x expanded by JIP (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    JIP | Talk 16:09, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    David and Gladys Wright House

    ( ) David and Gladys Wright HouseDavid and Gladys Wright House 5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 697 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 14:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Mosawo

    ( )
    • ... that a Japanese male singer often sang in a female perspective?
    Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 14:02, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    British Virgin Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics

    ( )
    • Source:
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 13:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC).

    Articles created/expanded on January 21

    Grain Belt Beer Sign

    ( ) The Grain Belt Beer signThe Grain Belt Beer sign
    • ... that after a renovation that LED lighting, the Grain Belt Beer Sign's operating costs went from $48,000 to $7,500 per year?
    Created by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    ~Darth Stabro 05:15, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Hennepin Avenue Bridge (1855)

    ( ) The Minneapolis Suspension BridgeThe Minneapolis Suspension Bridge
    • Source: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof:
    "First Bridge Park". Mississippi National River & Recreation Area. U.S. National Park Service.
    "Grand Celebration, of the Opening of the First Bridge that Spans the Waters of the Mississippi". Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian. 27 January 1855. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
    "Forded River in Early Days". The Minneapolis Journal. 5 October 1913. p. 12. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
    Goodrich, E. S. (26 January 1855). "Opening of the Wire Suspension Bridge Across the Mississippi". The Daily Minnesota Pioneer. p. 2.
    Reicher, Matt. "Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society.
    Created by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    ~Darth Stabro 02:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC).


    Articles created/expanded on January 22

    Thomas Burdet

    ( )
    • ... that in the 15th-century, Thomas Burdet was said to have so many enemies in Wiltshire that had he been present at a riot in 1477, he would have been killed there? Source: *Baker, J. H. (1989). "A French Vocabulary and Conversation-guide in a Fifteenth-century Legal Notebook". Medium Ævum. 58: 80–102, p. 84.
      • ALT1: ... that Thomas Burdet supposedly plotted treason against King Edward IV in 1477 after the King killed Burdet's favourite white deer while hunting? Source: * Hughes, J. (2002). Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV. Stroud: Sutton, p. 289.
      • ALT2: ... that one modern historian has described 15th-century Warwickshire man Thomas Burdet as being a man with "little to lose", because he was already a loser? Source: * Carpenter, C. (1980). "Sir Thomas Malory and Fifteenth-century Local Politics". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. 53 (127): 31–43, p.35 +n.36..
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crabs for Christmas
    Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 13:28, 23 January 2025 (UTC).

    Ren Jinping

    ( )
    • Source: Sugawara, Yoshino (2022). "From Teahouse to Classroom: Educational Screen Practice in Republican Shanghai". Journal of Chinese Cinemas. 16: 9–24. doi:10.1080/17508061.2022.2120750. Note that Sugawara uses the term "new drama", which broadly refers to huaju (spoken-word drama) vis-a-vis traditional drama (i.e., Chinese opera)
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 740 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:49, 22 January 2025 (UTC).


    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: ALT1 looks fine. ALT0 has some issues - firstly, "spoken-word drama" is not mentioned in the text, but there is rather a link to "civilized drama". "Spoken-word drama" is also a rather puzzling term - does it mean he was involved in other kinds of drama instead? If "spoken-word drama" was linked in the hook to huaju, that would be acceptable to me, but then the article would also have to link to that, not to civilized drama. Gatoclass (talk) 10:50, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

      • Hi Gatoclass. This is one of those things that requires a bit of specialized knowledge. Ren was in a Peking opera fan club, though based on the available sources he doesn't appear to have produced any himself. As for the distinction between huaju and civilized drama, it's a matter of degree and labelling; civilized drama was more syncretic than the later attempts at spoken-word drama (huaju), and dramatists from the later generation tended to dismiss people like Zheng Zhengqiu who had penned works that blended Chinese opera with Western-style spoken-word dramaturgy (cited in our civilized drama article with the sentence "Histories of Chinese theatre have generally neglected civilized drama, considering the genre little more than a transition."). I've piped civilized drama to "early spoken-word dramas" to better reflect the wording in the hook. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:47, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
    Chris, why not just use "civilized drama" in the hook? It would make it more intriguing. Gatoclass (talk) 12:10, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

    National Weather Service Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois

    ( ) The Quad Cities forecast office during a severe thunderstormThe Quad Cities forecast office during a severe thunderstorm
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Departure– (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Departure– (talk) 23:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Fatma Al Sharshani

    ( ) Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 117 past nominations.

    Lajmmoore (talk) 20:37, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    Roger Tocotes

    ( ) Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 46 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 19:42, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    John Stacy (alchemist)

    ( ) Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

    Serial (speculates here) 19:16, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

    • I ran to the talk page to see if you had nominated the article as soon as I saw it created. New, long enough, well-sourced, and brilliant. Please do try to compose a Suffolk murder hook! It is too good not to give it a shot. Take your time. Surtsicna (talk) 20:22, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ankarette Twynho

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    • ... that when Ankarette Twynho was hanged for poisoning a Duchess, it was a cause célèbre at the time and has been described by one modern historian as "judicial murder"? Source: * Kittredge, G. L. (1929). Witchcraft in Old and New England. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 138. OCLC 1544433.
    • * Hicks, M. A. (1980). False, Fleeting, Perjur'd Clarence: George, Duke of Clarence 1449–1478. Gloucester: Alan Sutton. ISBN 978-1-87304-113-0.
    • Hicks, M. A. (2004). "George, Duke of Clarence (1449–1478)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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    Mammillaria glassii, Charlie Glass, Bob Foster (horticulturist)

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    Tomodachiga Yatteru Cafe

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    • ... that there is a cafe where you can order “the one I always drink” even though it is your first visit?
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    Separation referendums in Illinois

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