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This page holds approved nominations that are waiting to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page. Following DYK approval, nominations are processed and moved into a Prep area, and from there, prep sets are promoted to a queue, and then to the main page.

To create a new nomination or to see those that are yet to be approved, see Template talk:Did you know. For the discussion page see WT:DYK. Click on the link to go directly to the Special occasion holding area.

  If some of the nominations are not showing up properly at the bottom of the page, these alternative pages can be used to view a subset of the most recent nominations.
Count of DYK Hooks
Section # of Hooks # Verified
April 27 1
April 29 1
May 1 1
May 2 2
May 3 1
May 5 2
May 7 1
May 9 1
May 12 2
May 13 1
May 17 1
May 20 2
May 21 1
May 22 3
May 23 2 2
May 25 3 2
May 26 2 1
May 27 4 3
May 28 4 1
May 29 1 1
May 30 5 2
May 31 2 1
June 2 3 3
June 3 2 2
June 4 3 3
June 5 6 4
June 6 4 1
June 7 6 4
June 8 5 4
June 9 4 3
June 10 5 3
June 11 7 5
June 12 4 1
June 13 9 2
June 14 6 6
June 15 7 6
June 16 15 10
June 17 10 7
June 18 9 3
June 19 8 4
June 20 10 3
June 21 12 5
June 22 15 7
June 23 16 10
June 24 10 5
June 25 6 2
June 26 9 3
June 27 10 4
June 28 6 1
June 29 5 1
June 30 1 1
Total 256 126
Last updated 07:31, 30 June 2025 UTC
Current time is 07:35, 30 June 2025 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators

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This page is for those nominations that have already been approved and are waiting to be promoted. If yours has been approved but has not yet been run on the main page, it should either be on this page or will soon be moved here, or already promoted to a Prep area or Queue ahead of an appearance on the main page.

If you wish to create a new nomination, please go to the Template talk:Did you know page; there are instructions there in a section similar to this one on how to nominate an article for DYK.

Frequently asked questions

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Backlogged?

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This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until someone promotes it to a preparation area. To alleviate this problem, if the approved page has more than 120 approved hooks, then sets will change twice per day (every 12 hours) instead of once per day (every 24 hours). When the backlog falls below 60 approved nominations set frequency returns to once a day.

Where is my hook?

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If you can't find the nomination you submitted to the nominations page, and it also isn't on this page, in most cases it means your article has been approved and is either in one of the prep areas, has been promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.

Instructions for other editors

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How to promote an accepted hook

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  • See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for full instructions.
  • In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote.
  • In another window, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.
  • In the prep set...
    • Paste the hook into the hook area (be sure to not paste in that that)
    • Paste the credit information ({{DYKmake}} and/or {{DYKnom}}) into the credits area.
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted [[Jane Fonda]]", preview, and save
  • Back on DYK nomination page...
    • change {{DYKsubpage to {{subst:DYKsubpage
    • change |passed= to |passed=yes
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted original hook to Prep 3", preview, and save

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to the nominations 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 the nominations 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.

Nominations

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Special occasion holding area

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Shortcut
Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section on the regular nominations page, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began, or it was listed as a Good Article; be sure to indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
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 between 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 WT:DYK, but requests are not always successful. Discussion clarifying the hold criteria can be found here: [1]; discussion setting the six week limit can be found here: [2].
April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.
Note for promoters: please be sure to add an "invisible" comment after a hook when you've placed it in prep, noting that it's a special occasion hook and including the date it is supposed to run. This should keep the hook from being moved after promotion, as sometimes happens to hooks when a queue needs a slot filled or a prep set needs to be made more balanced by swapping hooks between preps.

July 2

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July 6

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Kate Nash

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Kate Nash in 2017
Kate Nash in 2017
Created by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 304 past nominations.

Launchballer 19:39, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: If I'm reading the history correctly, Kate Nash was promoted on June 21, 9 Sad Symphonies Tour and Butts for Tour Buses were moved from userspace on June 21, and the expansion for 9 Sad Symphonies happened in May but got uncommented on June 21. Seems fine to me, but it might be good to clarify if workarounds like these are actually needed for multi-article hooks (at least, I'd like the DYK requirements to be flexible enough that they aren't!).

If the image is used, ALT1 is preferable since the parenthetical note is easier to understand. A cropped image that would be clearer at 100px is available at File:Kate Nash UPROXX interview (cropped).jpg. hinnk (talk) 07:08, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


July 14

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Concours de la meilleure baguette de Paris

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A member of the 2004 jury examines baguettes
A member of the 2004 jury examines baguettes
  • Source: "As the 10 billion baguettes sold each year in France indicates, some cultural clichés stem from reality. The French truly do have bread at every meal; it’s the most fundamental element of sitting down to eat, whether you’re invited to someone’s for dinner, or ordering lunch at a bistro. But it was still remarkable to see, on a recent gray spring afternoon in Paris, a line of boulangers snaking up the stairwell to the second floor of the Chambre Professionnelle des Artisans Boulangers-Pâtissiers, all carrying what they hoped would be awarded this year’s Grand Prix de la Meilleure Baguette de Paris — otherwise known as the official “Best Baguette in Paris” competition. Held annually since 1994, the competition is a badge of honor and warrants serious bragging rights. Moreover, the contest carries real consequences: The winner provides baguettes to the French president for the calendar year, gets a 4,000 Euro prize, and — perhaps most important — sees a lasting bump in business." Grub Street
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 174 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I definitely would prefer it to run on Bastille Day. I'll make a request once it is approved. Thriley (talk) 15:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: As in, it running on Bastille Day is non-negotiable for you? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:23, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. It's only two more weeks to ask. Seems reasonable. Thriley (talk) 00:59, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The page was created as a draft in 2022 but was not moved to mainspace until May 13, 2025, so it meets the newness guidelines. It is also long enough. A QPQ has been done. I'm getting a 55.9% Earwigs hit with this link, although it's mostly to do with the list of awardees. Moreover, the list uses French quotation marks instead of English ones, so that will need to be fixed. The hook is also not directly supported in the article: nowhere in the article says it is "yearly", only the fact that the competition exists and has a jury. A new hook will be needed.
As a note to the promoter: unless this nomination gets an exemption at WT:DYK, please do not hold it until July 14. However, if such an exemption is granted, then by all means put it in the Special occasions section. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:31, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just to be sure, asking Nikkimaria if the list having a high positive rating with the aforementioned link is still acceptable per WP:LIMITED, or if the list will have to be changed to avoid close paraphrasing concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:43, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The link with the Earwig hit? It's not in a language I speak so unfortunately I'm not in a position to assess closeness. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:56, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: This is the link in question, and according to Earwig the main hits involve the names repeating in both lists. Should that be okay or not? I did notice though that the Wikipedia list includes items with French quotation marks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I really can't say whether it's okay or not - an Earwig result is only a marker, you'd have to assess the source phrasing either way, and in this case I cannot. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:18, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: Oh, I see what you mean now. From what I can tell, I think the list in the article was directly copied, word-for-word, from the link (although another editor has since edited the list so that the French quotation marks were replaced with English ones). The question I have is if this would still count as a copyvio or at least close paraphrasing, or if it might be allowed per WP:LIMITED. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:25, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: Per a message Nikkimaria left on my talk page, the addresses probably need to go because otherwise the list was copied wholesale from the link I mentioned. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:31, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you talking about this 2021 article:[3]? If you look at the edit history of the French Wikipedia article which I got the list from, it existed before that 2021 article was published. Thriley (talk) 00:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: If that's the case then the addresses could probably still be removed as unnecessary. Otherwise there are still other issues raised in the nomination that need to be addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given that there has been no response to the hook and sourcing concerns despite a ping and a talk page message as well as activity elsewhere, marking this for closure. The nomination can resume if those are addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:21, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the addresses from the list of winners. Everything else ok? Thriley (talk) 01:32, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, because the sourcing issue remains unaddressed and a new hook is still needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:39, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What sourcing issue? Thriley (talk) 01:41, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The contest being held every year is not referenced in the article, only mentioned. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ...that the best baguette in Paris has been determined by a jury (member pictured) each year since 1994? Thriley (talk) 21:46, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. My issues are resolved. Per my reasoning above, I am declining the special occasion request and recommending that this run as a regular hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:58, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approved nominations

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Articles created/expanded on May 22

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Heat: Pedal to the Metal

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

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Since DYK is currently in backlog mode, one more QPQ is required. Otherwise, everything else checks out. Scratch that, I misinterpreted that message. Alright, everything's good now. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 00:07, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CanonNi: Please do not reuse QPQs, as you have done for this, New Star GP, and MiLinguall Party. You will need a new QPQ for all three.--Launchballer 16:58, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Ah, my bad, didn't realize that. Alright, I've replaced the QPQ with a new one I just did, and will go and do two fresh ones for my other DYKs. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 00:53, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies. Yes, the QPQ checks out. I recommend adding that this is a tabletop game, as I assumed this was a video game, for which the hook would not meet WP:DYKINT (there are tons of racing video games).--Launchballer 03:19, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that players of a 2022 strategy board game have to manage stress, overheating, and tight cornering?--Launchballer 17:10, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 23

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2025 St. Louis tornado

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The St. Louis tornado as seen from the Gateway Arch
The St. Louis tornado as seen from the Gateway Arch
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Spytek
  • Comment: I think both of these claims in tandem will be interesting, especially given the year. This happened less than two weeks ago but I found enough sources for an article.
Converted from a redirect by Departure– (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Departure– (talk) 01:08, 24 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Panamitsu: If it's not too much trouble, could you approve the image I've added? Good chance it doesn't run but I think it's one of the best free tornado images of the past decade, and I'd love to see it on the main page with this. Departure– (talk) 15:22, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That does seem to be good although I'm not too familiar with CCTV copyright. Needs a caption though. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu: "The St. Louis tornado as seen from the Gateway Arch"? Departure– (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good! ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reformatted the image to make promotion easier, Rjjiii (talk) 05:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KJZZ-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 772 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 21:20, 23 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article is in good condition, long enough, fulfills the criteria. Hook is cited and interesting. Pic is not used, QPQ complete. Splendid! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 06:12, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 25

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2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres final
Women's 400 metres final
  • Source: "Poland’s Justyna Swiety-Ersetic produced a stunning performance to snatch gold in the dying strides of the women’s 400m, the 25-year-old clawing back Greece’s Maria Belibasaki to win in 50.41, mere inches in front of Belibasaki’s 50.45 national record." (link)
Maria Belimpasaki, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, and Lisanne de Witte
Maria Belimpasaki, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, and Lisanne de Witte
Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 22 past nominations.

Editør (talk) 17:56, 27 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is certainly long enough and passed GA three days ago. Quality is not an issue, sourcing looks good. Hook fact is present in article, cited, and directly attributed which is also good to see. No problems with the hook for me, both images are free to use (the action shot is especially cool), Earwig raises no concerns (all proper nouns or direct quotes), and both QPQs are done. Nice work! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:47, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your review. – Editør (talk) 10:08, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ennis House

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Ennis House
Ennis House
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 726 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:33, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I checked the primary hook as that seems to be the most interesting (especially when coupled with the image). Image is correctly CC-BY-3.0 licensed. Both QPQs are done. The article was 5X expanded on May 24 and is long enough and NPOV. The hook is correctly and inline cited to the Los Angeles Times, which is RS. Earwig returns 24.8% on a copyvio check (violation unlikely). A spot check fails to find any close paraphrasing. Overall, looks great! Chetsford (talk) 04:55, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 26

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Rupert Campbell-Black

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Converted from a redirect by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 145 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 19:00, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Just adding a note for promoters, there's been recent discussion about over-frequency of hooks related to Jilly Cooper's works, so please could you space this one out? Many thanks
  • That's a new phrase for one. Regardless, QPQs have been provided (one is technically not done but it's very close to being so). Hook fact verified in source, certainly interesting. Article's referencing is adequate. Copyright violation has not been detected - Earwig has a 20% score due to a direct quotation. Good to go then. Juxlos (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Johann Sebastian Bach

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  • ... that for the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach in 2000, three record companies issued recordings of his complete compositions?
Improved to Good Article status by ErnestKrause (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 113 past nominations.

Storye book (talk) 17:31, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Storye book: Wow, Bach as a GA! New enough (promoted May 27), much more than long enough (50 KB), no copyvio (Earwig flags a copy of Wikipedia as well as an attributed quote). However, DYK has more specific sourcing requirements than GA, and there are a few statements in this article that are unsourced—in the second paragraph of "18th century" and the second paragraph of "20th century". The latter statement, in particular, requires some good sourcing as it's about popular culture depictions.
    As for the hooks, I don't think ALT0 is that interesting, but ALT1 is quite interesting. Hook cited and verified in source (which does appear to be reliable). — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Gerda Arndt has just edited those sections for 18th century and 20th century; they should be ok now. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:51, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) *: Thank you for the review! - That a GA lacks references comes as a surprise. I added one for BWV 71 being his only cantata with an extant printing during his lifetime (which wasn't mentioned above but came without a ref), and thank goodness the same ref also served for all other prints during his lifetime being of keyboard music (18th century). I dropped the mysterious sentence following that fact. - I worked on the list of 20th-century adaptations a bit, dropping advertisement of labels and recordings. All these things have articles, so it shouldn't be too difficult to copy some references. I'll try but everybody could. - The arrangement of the refs remains a mystery to me, but that is no DYK requirement I guess.
    The hooks: I don't see anything interesting in that some person's grave remained unmarked for a long time, - what does it tell you about that person? We need to write for our famous broad readership, who may not know what JSB did, - why should they care to find out, just because his grave was unmarked?
    After edit conflict: no, not ok yet. We still need refs for the 20th century facts. Everybody welcome, and make your edits short to avoid conflicts ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:59, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Just added the 20th century citation. ErnestKrause (talk) 15:07, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks to Gerda Arendt for adding citations. (When I saw that Bach was a GA, I expected you would've been the one who wrote it. :P) The article now has zero unsourced statements. For "20th century", I think a better source would be preferable to make statement about Fantasia—per MOS:POPCULT, we should use a source about Bach, rather than a source about Fantasia, to show that it is significant enough to be in this article. But that is beyond the DYK criteria, and the source does verify the statement, so we're good to go.
      I get the concerns about ALT1 not being interesting enough, but I personally think it is. Yes, the hook will partly be interesting to people who know who Bach is, but for those who don't, I think it's still interesting that a grave would be unmarked for that long. If anyone has any other suggestions, that'd also be great, but I'll approve ALT1 for now. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 17:43, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      I didn't add the Fantasia ref ;) - I didn't write the article, - it was mostly in place when I joined in 2009. The two key authors were later banned. - If we have that after-life hook (instead of presenting the subject active), can we at least run it on his day of death, 28 July? It would need an exception from the six-weeks max (not by much), or you could withdraw your approval for now and bring it back in a week ;) - Formally, I believe, the icon has to be at the beginning of the line (but I'm out of touch with DYK - when it was still a place to present things good to know I wrote most of the 144 hooks in the archives mentioning Bach). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:03, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reluctantly decided to pull this as the hook implies the remains have been positively identified when there is evidently still doubt. I think a new hook will have to be found. Gatoclass (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gatoclass, Vigilantcosmicpenguin, ErnestKrause, and Storye book: How about these?
  • ALT2 ... that some scholars have questioned if the remains of Johann Sebastian Bach are actually his?
  • ALT3 ... that many of Johann Sebastian Bach's manuscripts were lost due to a lack of interest from some family members in preserving them?
I don't know how widespread ALT2's fact is (i.e. if it has gained traction), so it might be undue. ALT3 could use workshopping. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:39, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the hooks, Narutolovehinata5. I don't think ALT2 is appropriate for an anniversary of Bach or for the celebration of a GA article. I would accept ALT3 if I could find the fact (+citation) in the article. Where did you get the "due to a lack of interest from some family members" from? Or have I missed something? How about:
@Gerda Arendt:? Storye book (talk) 10:01, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: It's based on a part from the "18th century" section: Bach's surviving family members, who inherited many of his manuscripts, were not all equally concerned with preserving them, leading to considerable losses. It's a paraphrase though, so maybe the hook could be reworded to be closer to the article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah thank you. The citation is offline, but that is fine. Yes, I can accept ALT4, then. It's awkwardly worded, though. How about, "because some family members did not care about preserving them"? Storye book (talk) 10:34, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I can accept ALT3a. Note to promoter: ALTs 0, 2 and 4 are also still in play, should you prefer one of those. Storye book (talk) 11:52, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since you're the nominator, I don't think you're allowed to approve ALT3a. Asking Vigilantcosmicpenguin to take a look at ALT3a and ALT4, in addition to the other hooks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:08, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approving ALT3a. I would also support a hook about the St Mark Passion, if someone can think of a catchy enough phrasing. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:44, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As an addendum to this discussion, I'll mention that during upgrade edits to the article that it was mention of the Mark Passion, now lost to antiquity, which appeared to receive the largest daily page count spike from readers of the article. It looks something like this which might offer an alternative for this discussion: "The 1731 St Mark Passion (German: Markus-Passion), BWV 247, is a lost Passion setting by Bach, first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 23 March 1731. Though Bach's music is lost, the libretto by Picander is extant, and the work can to some degree be reconstructed from it.[1]" ErnestKrause (talk) 23:22, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ErnestKrause? Storye book (talk) 09:35, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the wording would be something like "...potentially reconstructed..." See comment from Vigilant Cosmic Penguin above. ErnestKrause (talk) 14:20, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's basically it; when it was added to the main article then there was a large daily page count spike. "Might be...", or, "Potentially might be..." ErnestKrause (talk) 20:31, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a good version. ErnestKrause (talk) 15:38, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Luis Aranaz

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Created by Luis7M (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Luis7M (talk) 17:22, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: @Luis7M: The hook is verified, but it's on the border for me if it's "interesting". I'll mark it down as such since leading a team to 2 titles is notable. The article does not read neutrally/encyclopedic. I know that the tone of sports articles is different on Wikipedia, but this one sounds too promotion in my opinion. I think it should be rewritten to be more neutral. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 00:10, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PizzaKing13: I gave this a rudimentary copyedit. Which bits do you consider unduly promotional?--Launchballer 12:06, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I thought the beginning of the second paragraph of the club career section sounded to promotional, but I went ahead and copyedited it myself to make it more neutral. I believe the article is ready for DYK, though I suggest that Segunda División should be linked. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 17:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
information Note: @PizzaKing13 and Luis7M: I don't find the hook that interesting, for the reasons PK13 notes above; as DYK slots are currently under high demand, I won't be promoting it. Other promoters may disagree. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:24, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: Fair enough. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 00:31, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on May 28

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Isabel Gutiérrez del Arroyo

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Created by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 85 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 22:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: New enough and long enough. Interest factor is not the greatest, but it works. Don't see any issues with paraphrasing, but AGF on Spanish.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 29

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Western Air Lines Flight 34

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The aircraft involved, prior to the crash
The aircraft involved, prior to the crash
  • ... that when the aircraft operating Western Air Lines Flight 34 crashed in Wyoming, it took searchers three days to find the crash site?
  • Source: The Casper Tribune-Herald, Monday, March 1, 1954, page 1, "Searchers Find Nine Aboard; All Are Dead" .. "The downed plane, missing since Friday, was found on the Keeline Ranch in Campbell County..." and "on the third flight [on Monday morning] they relocated the splattered airliner one half to three-quarters of a mile southwest of Bacon Creek."
Improved to Good Article status by RecycledPixels (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

RecycledPixels (talk) 19:27, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Converted to GA status. QPQ completed. Passes Earwig check and interesting hook. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 04:39, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 30

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G: Gaya Hidup Ceria

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

Kaythehistorian (talk) 12:58, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Appreciate the addition of the sources and further expansion. New and long enough, QPQ still not required, copyvio is not detected by earwig (it flagged the journal article title, doesn't count). Inline citations are provided. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Kaythehistorian and Juxlos: Per WP:DYKHOOK, superlative hooks are discouraged - what else have you got?--Launchballer 11:28, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Li Jinhua (diplomat)

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Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 54 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 05:06, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Toadboy123 -- note that two QPQs are currently required since we're in backlog mode. Chetsford (talk) 14:31, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford Done. Toadboy123 (talk) 04:41, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Queue it up! Chetsford (talk) 05:52, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Yulius Selvanus

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Created by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 265 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 00:11, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article and hook fulfills all requirements set in the DYK criteria. All good! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:39, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 2

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WGBX-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 776 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:24, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 10:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not familiar with this field, but I think the bolded text in this source verifies the hook. The source notes: "Lynn DuVal of WGBH tells us WGBX (Channel 44) is indeed the only station in the country to carry the signal and has been doing so since Aug. 1, 1986, under special license from the Federal Communications Commission. Ch. 44, she explains, takes a raw radio signal, feeds It through a pulse code modulator and encodes the signal into "square snow," or digital audio (stereo), which cannot be heard on regular receivers. The station then combines the stereo signal with a regular monaural radio signal. About 100 persons in the Ch. 44 broadcast area have pulse-code modulators. When they receive a visual signal on a videotape, to which they have connected their PCMs, they can decode the signal into clear, pure stereo audio, free from the usual hiss and other distractions, as it was originally fed into the Ch. 44 PCM." Cunard (talk) 10:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie

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  • ... that Angelina Jolie payed homage to Marilyn Monroe with a dress?
Improved to Good Article status by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

jolielover♥talk 04:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall: @Jolielover: QPQ is met, hook is mildly interesting, article was upgraded to GA on June 2, and I cannot find any problems in the article stopping it from being a DYK. Jon698 (talk) 04:11, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Jolielover please consider adding a WP:FAIRUSE image of Jolie's dress to the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:31, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • AirshipJungleman29 Hi there, I tried twice and it didn't work out. First, Sydney Sweeney wearing the dress as distributed by Vogue Taiwan; ultimately, a Commons discussion on the copyright status of such images determined they were not suitably licensed, and hence the image deleted (1). I also tried Jolie herself wearing the dress back in 2004, however, all the photos I found were press releases and deemed inappropriate and in violation of NFC (2). I'm ultimately not very versed in copyright laws and such, so if there is a loophole I've missed, or if there is an image with appropriate licensing, please feel free to add it :) although I have tried without luck to get the image, maybe there's something I missed. jolielover♥talk 18:23, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here Will I Nest

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  • Source: Pages 3 and 20 Stage-Bound: Feature Film Adaptations of Canadian and Québécois Drama by André Loiselle
5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 98 past nominations.

Jon698 (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

QPQ: No - Awaiting QPQs Done.
Overall: @Jon698: Article is new enough (freed from redirect on 6/3) and long enough. Hook is interesting, though I'll have to AGF on its source since I don't have 165 bucks to spend on the book. (I probably have access through the Wikipedia Library, though...) 2 QPQs are needed since DYK is in backlog mode again, but other than that, this nomination is good to go. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 08:13, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CanonNi: QPQ done. Jon698 (talk) 04:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approved. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:19, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 3

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Fugitive Doctor

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  • ... that writers on Doctor Who used location shoots with the returning Judoon species to distract from the Fugitive Doctor's introduction?
Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Lbal (talk) 05:02, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Reviewing this! Been recently dipping my toes back into DW after a little while away, so figure it's a good start. It's my first review, so apologies if I goof anything up.
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: On one hand, I lean towards ALT1 as it's less technical/DW knowledge-based than the original hook, but on the other, the original hook is also a bit more positive/"fun," to say the least. Otherwise, not seeing any issues - Earwig didn't pick up anything besides the attributed quotes, the article is extremely well-written (being a new GA), and the original hook + ALT1 are interesting facts to the average reader. Congrats! The Kip (contribs) 23:45, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Lbal: @The Kip: Comment, but as the one who promoted this to GA in the first place I do oppose the usage of ALT1. The Junkee source is the only source that's saying this in the article; using it as a blanket statement as if every critic was saying the same is just inaccurate, and citing only one critic's opinion just isn't really interesting and can show potentially UNDUE weight towards one specific idea. This criticism of the character is valid, but when it's the only source actually saying this, I feel touting it by itself as if it's the only point being said just doesn't really work no matter how you slice it.
A few further hook suggestions to help:

Can obviously be trimmed or adjusted a little bit but I do believe at least one of these could serve as a replacement to ALT1; I'm similarly a bit iffy on ALT2 since the whole timeline thing kinda hinges on you caring about said timeline in the first place, so hopefully these will be helpful in that regard if you're still iffy on it. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:39, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

      • I do quite prefer ALT3 and ALT4, I'd be willing to have those replace ALT1 and ALT2.

Blasius Mataranga

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  • ... that during the 1363-64 Balsha-Thopia war, Blasius Mataranga tried to seize Durrës, but Karl Thopia defended the city and captured his ally Gjergj I Balsha?
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Arberian2444 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Arberian2444 talk 20:14, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

References

  1. ^ Work 01680 at Bach Digital website, 17 October 2015
  2. ^ Fine, Jr, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 371-372. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5. ...In the 1363-64 Balsic-Thopia war the Matarangos were allied to the Balsici. One would expect the Balsici to be opposed to the Matarangos if, in fact, the Matarangos were trying to establish themselves in this northern region. Thus, if the Matarangos did indeed have both northern lands and an alliance with the Balsici, one might conclude they were clients or vassals of the Balsici for these lands. However, it makes more sense to see Matarango involvement in the war as resulting from a Matarango-Thopia quarrel to the south. This view is confirmed by the fact that the citizens of Durazzo supported the Thopias. Possibly Blaz Matarango had attempted to take that town and Karlo Thopia had gone to the defense of the Angevin city with which he was allied. In the spring of 1364 in the course of a skirmish Karlo Thopia took George Balsié prisoner and held him captive until 1366 when Dubrovnik mediated peace and procured his release...

Articles created/expanded on June 4

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Two Associates v. Brown

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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 86 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 14:53, 6 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall: Good to go. ALT1 is more interesting in my opinion. Sahaib (talk) 17:38, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinmonkey

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Improved to Good Article status by TenPoundHammer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:40, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Everything is in good condition and passes standards. Next time, provide the quote for the hook. I believe the relevant quote for the hook, based on the source, is: "As for the name, a few years before, a friend who did booking at a Nashville club said they needed to pick a name to get on an advertisement. At the time, Reynolds was watching The Simpsons. Homer's big ambition was to get a job at bowling alley setting the pins. Thus, the name Pinmonkey." Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 05:02, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Muse

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  • Source: The Patriot Ledger - "While working as a paraprofessional aide at Canton High and later a history teacher at Archbishop Williams, he was brought on as an assistant at Milton Academy by head coach Paul Cannata. 'I was actually at the open house for Suffolk (University) Law, and made my decision there,' Muse said. 'I love teaching, I love coaching – I want to teach hockey.'"
Created by The Kip (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

The Kip (contribs) 23:57, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. ALT0 or ALT1 is probably best; ALT2 kind of relies on knowing who Leonard is. Approved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:44, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on June 5

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Shi Bangfan

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  • ... that Shi Bangfan was the first Chinese pilot to shoot down a Japanese plane?
Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 55 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 14:34, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough and long enough. Double QPQ present. ALT1 looks to check out to the new source and is the only approved hook. I added a citation invocation to satisfy DYK requirements. Good to go. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 23:54, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alphonso Lisk-Carew

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Bundoo Girls, Sierra Leone, by Alphonso Lisk-Carew, 1911
Bundoo Girls, Sierra Leone, by Alphonso Lisk-Carew, 1911
  • ... that in 1920, an observer said: "There is probably no establishment in Freetown that is visited by more passengers from the steamers than that of Messrs. Lisk-Carew Bros."?
  • Source: In 1920, an observer said: "There is probably no establishment in Freetown... See ref. 3: Geary, Christraud M. (2018). Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive. Boston: MFA Publications. ISBN 978-0-87846-855-3, p. 21.
5x expanded by Munfarid1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

Munfarid1 (talk) 17:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment: @Munfarid1: I'm happy to review this nom, as I always enjoy your articles, and this one more so, but I did notice that 1) you've got a stray HTML tag ("mark") that is used to highlight The red book of West Africa and 2) you've got an appendix like "Publications" in the middle instead of the end of the article. See MOS:LAYOUT. Viriditas (talk) 19:43, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Viriditas:, thanks for your positive remarks and useful observations. I just corrected the two issues you mentioned. When you comment on the hooks, please let me know, if something should not correspond to WP:DYKCRIT, as sometimes a promotor has found some inconsistencies that I might have overlooked. Also, it would be useful for you to say, which of the hooks you approve of. Enjoy reading the article and regarding its images. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:05, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will complete a review in the next hour or so. Viriditas (talk) 21:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, won't be able to get to it until later tonight. Viriditas (talk) 03:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's unclear if File:Studio of Lisk-Carew Bros., Freetown.jpg is actually in the public domain for several reasons. I updated the commons page to note that the photo is held by the Myrta and Emory Ross Collection of African Photographs at Syracuse University.[5][6] As far as I can tell (and I'm just guessing based on the info I found), the collection was bequested to SU by the estate of Estelle Muriel Linzer (1918–1997) just before or after she passed away. I've noticed that the bequest dates are often a year off from the death date, indicating that the legal arrangements were made in 1996 before Linzer died (I think). This indicates to me that the photo was never published until 1996. I'm not familiar with copyright law as much as others, but I do wonder if it is in the public domain based on the above. Viriditas (talk) 10:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for your helpful corrections on the article page and for this remark. As Geary (2018) p. 21 mentions the year of 1938 for this photograph, I think this is a reliable source for the date it was taken. In any case, it was taken in Freetown, so Sierra Leone copyright applies, which is only 25 years after the death of the unidentified photographer. Unfortunately, this site of Syracuse University does not give me any information. Further, the document for the Zurich exhibition says: "Alphonso Lisk-Carew’s studio in Freetown with postcards on the signboards, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1938, Reproduction, 2022, Emory and Myrta Pearson Ross." So this seems to indicate the original date again, and its 2022 reproduction by the Emory and Myrta Pearson Ross collection for the exhibition. - What do you think we should do? Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Probably nothing for now. What I personally do when I run into this kind of thing is I nominate my own photo uploads for deletion on Commons and argue against myself. That tends to work best for generating discussion and resolution, but that kind of style doesn't appeal to everyone. Also, as you are likely aware, Commons has a totally different approach to deletion arguments than we do here. Viriditas (talk) 22:28, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your paragraphs in the "Scholarship about Lisk-Carew's work" subsection could be cut in half for readability. While I don't mind the size of your paragraphs (and actually prefer it), I've been informed repeatedly that younger people have far different reading habits and prefer paragraphs half the size. It's up to you, but I did want to point this out as I've only become aware of it recently. Viriditas (talk) 10:39, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this, too. I recently discovered a WP add-on for readability. But when I applied it, the suggested changes were much too truncated for this kind of articles. Also, the WPF has recently published a questionnaire about the idea of introducing an AI-generated short summary for certain articles. - In my view, WP as an encyclopedia presenting reliable information should not tend towards the lowest common denominator we already see in many so-called social media. Probably, readers who prefer shorter texts will mainly turn to AI, which already gives short and rather reliable summaries of WP articles. - Anyway, I will look at the lenght of paragraphs again and make reasonable changes. Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and expanded just under 11x from 31 May (620 chars) to 5 June (6587 chars); it is long enough. It is sourced and neutral and free from plagiarism. Hooks are cited. I prefer ALT1, although ALT0 could be reworked and rewritten without a quote to show that Lisk-Carew had a good business selling postcards to tourists and running a store. I'm uncertain if you need to attribute ALT1, but if you do, art curator Julie Crooks could be linked as she is notable. If you do go with ALT0, you should consider using one of the postcard images instead. If you go with ALT1, I think the Bundoo Girls image still works, but the caption might need to be changed to indicate it is Lisk-Carew's photo. Not really a fan of the other hooks, so I won't comment on them. ALT1 really sticks out for me as the best, but I think ALT0 has potential if it isn't quoted and paraphrased instead per the source.[7] I questioned the free license of File:Studio of Lisk-Carew Bros., Freetown.jpg up above, but I don't think that should hold up this nom. I made a series of minor copyedits.[8] I do notice two issues: the birth date of Alphonso Silvester Lisk-Carew might be 1883 (not 1887) per Geary 2018. I assume the 1883 date is a typo? Also the Duke visited in 1910, which means the Souvenir album of Freetown source has the wrong date. Viriditas (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, too. I have just made the necessary changes you indicated and deleted this image from the article. As for ALT1, let us wait which one the promotor prefers, and I will make any necessary changes according to that. Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oduwa

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  • ... that Oduwa's son was discovered through a "mother’s dish test" after, according to a legend, royal wives gave birth to creatures like a monkey and a lizard? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997). Great Benin: The age of Ogiso Reform (1050–1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 83.
    • ALT1: ... that under the reign of Oduwa, cowries became so widespread as currency in Igodomigodo that nobles stitched them into their clothes—causing runaway inflation? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997). Great Benin: The age of Ogiso Reform (1050–1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 80.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Niamey
Improved to Good Article status by Vanderwaalforces (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:06, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Good article promoted four days before nomination with a coveted 0.0% by Earwig. Heavily suggest promoting ALT1 over ALT0 as the latter is kind of convoluted and unclear. Great work on this page. Good to see more African history pages get GAs. ThaesOfereode (talk) 20:43, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nurtami Soedarsono

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Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 82 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 05:04, 6 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: Good article, all in shape. Just awaiting the extra QPQ. Otherwise good to go. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great - thanks for doing so quickly. All good to go! Onceinawhile (talk) 06:10, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Robert Jacomb-Hood

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Jacomb-Hood in 1865
Jacomb-Hood in 1865
Berington; Chadwick, E.; Cole, H.; Graham, Peter; Mechi, J. J.; Morley, Samuel; Nicholay, J. A.; Travers, J. Ingram; Le Neve Foster, P. (9 July 1858). "Journal of the Society of Arts". The Journal of the Society of Arts. 6 (294): 537. ISSN 2049-7865. JSTOR 41323670 – via JSTOR.
Created by JacobTheRox (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 09:38, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Great article. Reads well, long enough, new enough, no copyvios identified. QPQ not required because nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
  • The hooks are all good. I have a slight preference for ALT2._Marshelec (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marshelec: thanks for the review and for your comments. I've ever so slightly changed ALT1 to use the possessive so its more concise. If alt 2 remains your preference then I'm more than happy with that. Thanks again, JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 11:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Korean science fiction

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Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 563 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Passing comment: Irregularities like "sf" and "SF" might trip up this nomination. Bremps... 20:31, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article is new enough and long enough and earwig returns a low probability of copyvio. I cannot access the sources so I will assume good faith on that. The hook is definitely interesting in my opinion. The main issue I see with the page is the inconsistency between "sf" and "SF" but that's a minor thing that can be fixed with copyediting and I have no issue with doing that myself. I think this should be good to go. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 21:26, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was going to review this but Artemisia beat me to it by a few seconds, lol. In any case I have some comments already typed out: New enough, long enough, well sourced and quite interesting. I have some questions over the first half of the hook, if it is the first, which is a reoccurring issue at DYK. It does seem to be well cited and science fiction had a relatively recent emergence. Do the sources seem confident it is the 'first' or is there any question (it also might be worth redlinking the story)? Have you searched to see if there is any other work people claim is a first work of Korean sf? If that is not so it should be fine - just gotta be very careful with "first" hooks. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:29, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @ArtemisiaGentileschiFan, PARAKANYAA, and Piotrus: a problem. according to one source I found, the first Korean sci-fi novel may have actually been Ideal Village by Jeong Yeongyu, published 1921. ―Howard • 🌽33 22:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT0a: ... that since the first work of Korean science fiction appeared in 1920s, the field has split into distinct North and South branches?
This alt seems fine. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 02:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking through this with a view to promoting it but the current hooks have a problem. They talk of a "split" but the article does not use this word. Instead it explains that "the genre failed to develop during Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945) due to limited science education and..." So, there was no unified field to split when the countries became independent under separate administrations. The genres have developed independently afresh and this took some time – the article says that the first works in the North/South were in the 1950s and 60s respectively. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:57, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, [[User:]]. See ALT0b below (changed the word split to evolved). Ping User:ArtemisiaGentileschiFan so they can tick it as well, hopefully. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:51, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch, my bad for not noticing that wording issue. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 12:51, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Winter of 1917–18

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  • Comment: Look at scan of book in source for page numbers rather than wayback machine.
Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 08:48, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • A few issues stand in the way of approving this. One is the sourcing: where does the scanned page "The winter of 1917-18 was one of the severest in many years" come from? It looks to be part of a book, but there's no indication of this in the citation. Is it reliable? Does it contribute to notability? Another is that the hook raises the question of whether this ice bridge was unusual–something that the article doesn't answer. Further, the article is improperly named: please move it to Winter of 1917–18 in the United States. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Pbritti: "one of the severest in many years" refers to the current time of the article's time of publishing: 1918, when the winter was still publicly relevant. Its part of a volume of Geographical Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal, and is written by Charles Franklin Brooks, founder of the American Meteorlogical Society, so yes it’s reliable, and establishes notability, for its one of the most in-depth sources on the topic. And I’m not sure the specifying of the country is correct, because Winter of 1886–87 and Hard Winter of 1880–81 don’t specify the United States.
    • and you’re correct about the interestingness of the fact itself. Consider this alternative instead.

... that the winter of 1917–18 caused snowfall in parts of Ohio during the summer?

I think The issue is that you have a scanned page of uncertain provenance in the article. Please correct the citation in the article to indicate where the scanned page comes from. Further, while some American-centric articles do not indicate the place in question, most do: see Winter of 2009–10 in Europe, Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom (a GA), and 1976 European heatwave. The unspecified American articles probably need a move. Additionally, a 1918 source (even if it is peer-reviewed) might pose some limitations towards establishing notability. I think we clear GNG here, but it's close. Once the citation is fixed, I'll be comfortable passing this. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: With the full journal, the reference is: Brooks, Charles F. (May 1918). "The "Old-Fashioned" Winter of 1917-18". Geographical Review. 5 (5). Taylor & Francis: 405, 408–414. doi:10.2307/207470. ISSN 0016-7428. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20 – via JSTOR..

As for moving the articles, 1917–18 and 1880–81 are moved/in the process, but I think the hard winter is fine as is because of the “hard” label separating it from the other places.

Drag in France

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  • Reviewed:
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article is good enough with length. Hook is interesting, good to go. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 23:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment: The source is dated May 6, 2024 (which is relevant because it establishes when the "this weekend" in the quote was).
Created by MidnightAlarm (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

MidnightAlarm (talk) 22:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Enterprise Radiation Forest

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Moved to mainspace by Sawyer777 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

... sawyer * any/all * talk 00:35, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:02, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Macau incident (1601)

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  • Source: Wills (2010), p. 46: "In 1601, when the first Dutch ship to appear in Chinese waters anchored near Macao, the Portuguese captured a party sent to sound the coastal waters and executed seventeen of the twenty Dutch captives."
Created by Underbar dk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

_dk (talk) 01:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Looks good, no copyvio issues afaict. Scribd link leads to a scan of a journal article so that's fine. Recommend a minor change to hook as:

ALT1: ... that when that when Dutch ships reached China for the first time, seventeen out of the twenty members of Dutch crew were executed by the Portuguese?

Or something to that effect. Either way would be fine, but I find this much more engaging, having the reader asking what happened to the other three. Interesting episode of Dutch colonial/Chinese history. Great work! ThaesOfereode (talk) 11:53, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I agree with your adjustment to the hook and have struck mine out. To the closer: go with ALT1 please! _dk (talk) 21:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imogen (novel)

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Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 146 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 12:33, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is solid, new enough, long enough, and QPQs done. The source says what we are citing it for. My only issue is I find the way the hook is written to be a bit weaselly. "Was described"? Might be useful to say by who - a newspaper? A reviewer? Etc. In this case it's The Guardian, which seems more important than if it was a small town paper. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
do either of these work PARAKANYAA? Lajmmoore (talk) 07:58, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christ Church, Amherstburg

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Christ Church, Amherstburg
Christ Church, Amherstburg
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 741 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:25, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Size 3654 B, made just this morning. There's a WP:GOOGLEMAPS ref but it's for basic info. Cleaned up a few potential cparas to be safe. Otherwise it's good overall. ミラP@Miraclepine 16:24, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ohuede

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  • ... that in 12th-century Igodomigodo, King Ohuede proposed allowing women to inherit the throne in the absence of male heirs? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997a). Great Benin: The Age of Ogiso Reform (1050-1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 75.
    • ALT1: ... that King Ohuede of Igodomigodo often retreated to his estate to smoke a long pipe, leaving his kingdom to run itself? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997a). Great Benin: The Age of Ogiso Reform (1050-1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 73.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert L. Rankin
Improved to Good Article status by Vanderwaalforces (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:33, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: i like this - interesting topic, and easily meets all criteria. i'm AGF-ing on the offline source. slight preference for ALT0, but i think they're both good hooks. ... sawyer * any/all * talk 00:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mackenzie Hall

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Mackenzie Hall
Mackenzie Hall
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 742 past nominations.

QPQs: Template:Did you know nominations/Bukit Brown Cemetery, Template:Did you know nominations/The Reality War  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Note that this is my first DYK review so patience is appreciated. Most of the requirements have been met, I suggest getting rid of the "designed by an American" for ALT0 since it doesn't really have any significance imo. I prefer ALT0 over ALT1 since it's more interesting but am willing to change if needed. Also, even though earwig shows 25.9%, it's a bit high for my fancy. If you plan on arguing for ALT1, I would suggest adding Wikilinking "first Black Canadian King's Counsel" to Delos Davis. @Crisco 1492 Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 05:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Icepinner. Designed by an American is a deliberate inclusion as it highlights the interconnectedness of Canadians and Americans; the contrast works toward the interest factor. For Earwig, the number is not the only factor you are looking at; also look at what is being flagged. In this case, there are two correctly attributed quotes and several specific names ("the City of Windsor" is flagged despite being the legal name of the owner, for example). I have reworked one sentence, though that might have arguably been under WP:LIMITED. As for the FOP question, FOP is only required where copyright subsists; there is no copyright on a 170-year-old building.
That being said, I have added ALT2 and ALT3, in case the promoter agrees with you:
ALT2 ... that the former Essex County Courthouse was built by Canada's future prime minister?
ALT3 : ... that the first Black Canadian King's Counsel practised at the Essex County Courthouse?
Thank you for the review, and welcome to DYK! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah I see! Well in that case, I'll go for ALT0. Approved! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 11:08, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Cannot Hold (book)

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  • ... that Elyn Saks won a MacArthur Fellows Program "Genius Grant" after publication of her book The Center Cannot Hold, a memoir about her life with schizophrenia?
5x expanded by Therapyisgood (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

Therapyisgood (talk) 20:17, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall:

Articles created/expanded on June 10

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Mary Kahil

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  • Source: Keryell, Jacques (2010). Mary Kahîl: une grande dame d'Égypte: 1889-1979. Paris: Geuthner. p. 12: "En 1920, elle rentre au Caire et participe activement à la fondation du Mouvement de l'Union féministe égyptienne avec Houda Chaaraoui. Elle travaille comme secrétaire et animatrice dans l'œuvre musulmane de bienfaisance 'Mohammed Ali'."
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: No further comment—I think I have everything lined up and there shouldn't be any hiccups with sourcing.
Created by M.A.Spinn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

M.A.Spinn (talk) 02:17, 11 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@M.A.Spinn: Please ping me once you have rectified the issue observed by AirshipJungleman29. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:08, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pbritti: Consider yourself pinged. M.A.Spinn (talk) 21:26, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fletcher Ransom

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  • ... that after years of working as an illustrator of books and magazines, Fletcher Ransom authored and illustrated a book of satirical cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt titled My Policies in Jungleland?
Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 37 past nominations.

Kimikel (talk) 21:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Review: Images are free-use. Nominator performed a QPQ review (I validated the review, linked above). CopyVio tool does not show any issues. Article is neutral, and uses citations and reliable sources. Article meets minimum size requirement (contains 427 words and 2600 characters). Article is new: created June 10, 2025, nominated on the same day. The hook is interesting, and the citation is valid and supports the fact in the hook. I took the liberty of updating the original hook by adding the title of the book. (Nominator: if you prefer the original wording, feel free to revert, and I can add the other wording as an Alternate hook.) All DYK criteria are met, passing this. Noleander (talk) 17:37, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guilty as Sock!

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Created by CanonNi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - ALT2 does not check, ALT1, and ALT0 check out
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I'm iffy about ALT2 cause the PCGamer article does not explicitly mention randomly generated evidence and will not be approving it, however, ALT1 and ALT0 are good to do. Sohom (talk) 14:05, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Diagon Alley

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Converted from a redirect by Mikeycdiamond (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Mikeycdiamond (talk) 04:26, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall: ALT1 doesn't seem to be the most appropriate for this article, as it implies the Hogwarts Express article is the main subject, and Diagon Alley is merely a footnote. I think a hook that's much more relevant to the article can be found. ALT0, the source doesn't mention a temporary move, and also doesn't specify a correlation between Diagon Alley and Fallon. Unfortunately, ALT2 also fails due to WP:FORBESCON; Forbes contributor articles are considered unreliable. Here are some alt hooks:

@Mikeycdiamond: let me know which one you like better! jolielover♥talk 13:29, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolielover: While the following quote implies he moved the show: "Jimmy Fallon took a road trip to Orlando, bringing 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon' and guest stars like Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez to the Sunshine State. Fallon continues to tape episodes from Universal this week.", I can understand how it could be seen as a stretch/OR to connect the two events. I think alt4 is the most interesting, thanks! P.S, if this is formatted wrong, sorry, I am not used to using wikimarkup for comments. Mikeycdiamond (talk) 22:53, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Sangalang, Jennifer. "Lumos! Universal lights up Diagon Alley". Florida Today. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  2. ^ Sekula, Sarah (2014-06-20). "Sneak peek: Harry Potter's Diagon Alley". CNN. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  3. ^ Pocock, Emma. "J.K. Rowling Debunks 'Harry Potter' Inspiration Claims". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-07.

Perdiccas

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Silver tetradrachm of Philip III Arrhidaeus struck under Perdiccas in Babylon, circa 323–320 BC
Silver tetradrachm of Philip III Arrhidaeus struck under Perdiccas in Babylon, circa 323–320 BC
  • ... that Perdiccas, regent of Alexander the Great's empire after Alexander's death, was proposed as king to great support but hesitated to accept the role?
  • Source: Anson, Edward M. (2014). p. 15. Alexander's Heirs: The Age of the Successors. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444339628.
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Harren the Red (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Harren the Red (talk) 02:01, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • article recently promoted to Good Article. NO QPQ needed. Hook is interesting and cited inline. Citation verified using Google Books preview. No copyvio detected. Image is properly licensed and works at small size. Nihil obstat. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 15:31, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Harren the Red, it seems that more interesting hooks could perhaps be proposed. I find the line about Perdiccas taunting assassins into running away quite funny, for example. Great article! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:03, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • AirshipJungleman29, thank you for the feedback! I guess I chose the king moment because I think it's interesting for a lay reader. "This guy could have succeeded Alexander... but didn't? Why?" But you're right, the assassin moment is quite funny. If a few other people also think it's a better DYK than the king one, I am very willing to rewrite this. Thanks again! Harren the Red (talk) 08:41, 27 June 2025

National Geographic Society Headquarters

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Stone Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
Stone Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
On eventual size: "In normal, nonpandemic times, Society staff work at the National Geographic headquarters, which sits on a nearly 900,000-square-foot campus only a few blocks north of the White House..." Fairbanks, Amanda M. (Winter 2022). "National Geographic Reinvents Itself". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Vol 20. no. 1. pp 16-23 (no link, but available through TWL)
  • Source: On original size: "Although modest in size (some 7,659 square feet), the building has a strong presence along 16th Street." Adams, Anne H.; Mellon, Jonathan (January 2023). "National Geographic Society Headquarters Nomination Form". National Park Service. (Form linked at the bottom of this page)
On eventual size: "In normal, nonpandemic times, Society staff work at the National Geographic headquarters, which sits on a nearly 900,000-square-foot campus only a few blocks north of the White House..." Fairbanks, Amanda M. (Winter 2022). "National Geographic Reinvents Itself". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Vol 20. no. 1. pp 16-23 (no link, but available through TWL)
Moved to mainspace by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: No - @DrOrinScrivello: Are there any other hooks you can propose? If you're talking about floor area, then this is technically correct, but for a set of buildings with such a long history, surely there has to be something else that's interesting about the topic? If not, that's fine; I can just approve ALT1.
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Epicgenius, thanks for your review, and I understand your concern. While I do think it's interesting that the site has grown as much as it has, I agree that there should be a better hook somewhere in the article. What I've struggled with is coming up with something that focuses on the headquarters itself, rather than just the society (Alexander Graham Bell was its second president!) or something that happened at the site (Lady Bird Johnson made a video phone call from there!). I'm going to be offline more than on until Monday, but let me think on it and I'll ping you then after I've come up with an ALT or two. Thanks again. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source: "In 1912–13, the Society began by building the north wing of the building. In 1931, it completed Heaton's design by building the center pavilion and the wing that extends to its south, mirroring the north wing." Adams, Anne H.; Mellon, Jonathan (January 2023). "National Geographic Society Headquarters Nomination Form". National Park Service. (Form linked at the bottom of this page). Also, I'll note that the NRHP form is almost certainly incorrect about the year of the southern wing's completion: see this article from 1932.
  • ALT3: ... that a 1932 building (pictured) of the National Geographic Society Headquarters was constructed in part to house the group's collection of 300,000 photographs?
    • @Epicgenius: What do you think of the two above ALTs? And for the record, if it's decided to use either of ALTs 2 or 3, I'd prefer the use of the image to the right rather than the Stone Building pic (if, of course, it's decided to use an image at all). DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:06, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Administration Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
    @DrOrinScrivello: Thanks for coming up with these. As an architecture editor I might be a bit biased, but I don't think ALT2 is as interesting because it's actually fairly common for annexes to be constructed decades after the original building was completed. ALT1 and ALT3 seem reasonably interesting to me (a building constructed for 300,000 photographs isn't something you see every day), and the source and image both check out. Epicgenius (talk) 17:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Katherine Balch

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 14:37, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Chapel at George Fox University

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    Interior of the chapel, completed in 2024.
    Interior of the chapel, completed in 2024.
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:55, 11 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article is new: developed in a sandbox and then moved to mainspace on 11 June, the date of the nomination.
    • Length is fine @ 4KB. Correctly assessed at B-grade.
    • Copyvio/close paraphrasing checked. I have reworded one sentence. Quotes have been used and correctly attributed where appropriate.
    • Sourcing is fine; four independent sources of good quality have been used, and sources published by the university itself are used sparingly and only for basic facts.
    • The article is neutral and well written.
    • Hooks: both hooks are supported by the source quoted here (while "art students" is not specifically stated, it is stated that the students in question are studying under the professor of art and design, so no quibbles there). I have added (pictured) to both hooks.
    • The image (from Flickr) is suitably licensed and is clear and engaging at thumbnail size.
    • QPQ review done.
    • Nice article on an interesting building. Both hooks are suitably interesting, but with my subject matter expert(ish) hat on I would like to point out that ALT1 is especially interesting because imagery that is explicitly traditionally Christian is not normally associated with Quaker buildings (although I appreciate that it is an interdenominational place of worship rather than a specifically Quaker one). Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:20, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    207 East 32nd Street

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    207 East 32nd Street
    207 East 32nd Street
    Created by Transpoman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 728 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 16:13, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: I think ALT1 is the most interesting hook. (Note: The source provided in the DYK nom did not verify every fact, but I checked the sources in the article and every fact is verified with a footnote by the end of the sentence in which the claim appears.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:28, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Lynching of Preston Porter Jr.

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    A sketch of Porter from The San Francisco Call
    Moved to mainspace by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 90 past nominations.

    PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:18, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Væb

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    Væb in 2025
    Væb in 2025
    Improved to Good Article status by History6042 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 302 past nominations.

    Launchballer 16:40, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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    Audrey Hawthorn

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    • Source: Gregory, Valerie (2000-12-08). "Creator of museum for native artifacts". National Post. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-06-10. "Because of UBC's nepotism rules, she could not work on staff"
    • ALT1: ... that Audrey Hawthorn's concept of visible storage meant showing pieces that would otherwise be stored out of the public eye? Source: Gregory, Valerie (2000-12-08). "Creator of museum for native artifacts". National Post. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-06-10. "Her philosophy of inclusion extended to the innovative concept of visible storage that allowed visitors access to the museum's entire collection in one vast room"
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Joy Laking
    • Comment: Joy Laking DYK review was done in May 2025, and my details are archived on that talk page.
    Moved to mainspace by DaffodilOcean (talk) and LemonFontana (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    DaffodilOcean (talk) 14:54, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment I don't expect people to know that UBC is University of British Columbia, but that is the direct link to the museum's article. At the same time, I don't want to make the hook too long. DaffodilOcean (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Interesting life and work on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the first hook. The ALT is hard to understand without museum context. - In the article, I think you should link to the university in lead and body. Nice to meet you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks @Gerda Arendt: for the review. As suggested, I have edited the article to add a link to the University of British Columbia in the lead. Do you think it would make more sense to have the DYK hook as this:
    ALT0a: ... that Audrey Hawthorn volunteered as curator while she spent over 20 years establishing the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia? DaffodilOcean (talk) 02:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    that's also good, - the promoter can decide. I like it better but sometimes brevity seems more important than information ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:02, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Morocco

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    • Source: [10] Curiously, while Morocco sets a specific requirement regarding spousal authorization, the legislation does not make mention of the need for the woman herself to give her consent.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 03:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Nagoya skipping

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    Created by AlphaBetaGamma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 09:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - As a non-Japanese person, I would say that Nagoya is reasonably well known. I suggest either unpiping both Nagoya and Kyoto consistently, or piping both of them (i.e. referring to them as the fourth- and ninth-largest cities in Japan). However, the latter would require another source.

    QPQ: No - Not done
    Overall: @AlphaBetaGamma: Nice work on this page. I just have a few comments. Epicgenius (talk) 17:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Epicgenius Hopefully the issues, along with QPQ are addressed.
    ALT2:... that one bullet train service once skipped Nagoya and Kyoto? Source: same as original hook
    AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 13:23, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for addressing these. ALT2 looks good to me. Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chad McCharles

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    • ... that before he became a bishop, Canadian priest Chad McCharles moonlighted as a school bus driver?
    • Source: "When he initially got the call to let his name stand for bishop of Saskatoon, the Rev. Chad McCharles, a Manitoba priest and part-time school bus driver, said his first impulse was “a hard no.”... McCharles was elected bishop of the diocese of Saskatoon March 8. ... In his current parish, he also drives a school bus twice a day, supplementing his income to support two children in post-secondary school." https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-chad-mccharles-elected-bishop-of-saskatoon/
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:31, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Paul Among the People

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    • Source: "This is the first book about Paul I have ever read that treats him alongside Homer, Aristophanes, Plautus, Virgil, Hor ace, Ovid, Petronius, Juvenal, and Apuleius, among others—not as their literary equal (Ruden speaks teasingly of Paul’s “rough art”) but to convey a sense of attitudes and assumptions that were pervasive in the classical world, against which Paul’s message stands out in stark contrast." John Wilson, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=48988682&site=eds-live&scope=site
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:40, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Great work! It's new enough (nominated on the day it was created), long enough, well-sourced, interesting, and written in a neutral tone. QPQ is done too. The only thing that needs adjusting is the hook. It’s currently at 206 characters, just over the 200 limit. I'd suggest trimming it slightly. Maybe reword or tighten the phrasing a bit? I like the rhythm of the three classical authors, so I wouldn't Aristophanes. Something like “comparing them to Homer, Aristophanes, and Virgil for insight into Greco-Roman cultural attitudes?” could work? Mariamnei (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Mariamnei for reviewing it. I aimed to keep it under 200, and my calculation is 177 characters including spaces (per WP:DYK200 the question mark and ellipsis are not included in the count). I'm not seeing where the 206 comes from? Don't mind a shorter one but if this one is otherwise compliant I hope it can be approved. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, you're right, I'm so sorry! I just double checked and it's definitely under 200 (and yep, I'm replacing my automated character counter, no doubt about it). Thanks for catching that, and also for writing the article, I really enjoyed reading it. We're good to go! Mariamnei (talk) 19:35, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Saiyuud Diwong

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    • ... that Saiyuud Diwong's cookbook "Cooking with Poo" won an Oddest Title of the Year award?
    Created by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 303 past nominations.

    Launchballer 01:58, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • I will review this one. BD2412 T 13:35, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • New enough? Yes, created a few weeks ago, but expanded five-fold within the past few days.
      • Long enough? Yes, about 2,650 characters of main article text.
      • Well sourced/neutral/BLP-compliant/copyvio-free? All good. A bit cheery, but that reflects the cheeriness of the sources.
      • Presentable? Yes (but it would be nice to indicate how much bhat amounts to in dollars).
      • Hook cited/short enough/interesting? Yes, yes, and subjective, but I think it is.
      • Images licensed? There are no images (the article would benefit from one, but the subject is recent so a freely licensed image would be hard to come by); there is a set-out quote from a review that basically serves the function of an image.
      • QPQ done? Yes.
      • Other issues? Article was lacking categories, now added; no DYK issues.
    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: BD2412 T 14:13, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Horvat Midras

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    Stepped pyramid at Horvat Midras, Israel
    Stepped pyramid at Horvat Midras, Israel
    • Source: Gardner, Gregg E.; Peleg-Barkat, Orit (2024). "Conspicuous Construction: New Light on Funerary Monuments in Rural Early Roman Judea from Horvat Midras". Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research. 391 (1). doi:10.1086/728460. p. 17. "The recent excavations at Horvat Midras have shed light on the pyramidal funerary monument, including its construction methods and connection to the burial cave to its north... The burial complex and nefesh are an impressive example of a monumental family display tomb from the end of the Second Temple era. Its location in a rural site in the Judean Foothills indicates that grand burial complexes existed not only in Jerusalem and other large cities, but also in these extra-urban regions."
    • ALT1: ... that a stepped pyramid at Horvat Midras, Israel, has been identified as the remnant of a monumental family tomb from Second Temple Judea? Source: Gardner, Gregg E.; Peleg-Barkat, Orit (2024). "Conspicuous Construction: New Light on Funerary Monuments in Rural Early Roman Judea from Horvat Midras". Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research. 391 (1). doi:10.1086/728460. p. 17. "The recent excavations at Horvat Midras have shed light on the pyramidal funerary monument, including its construction methods and connection to the burial cave to its north... The burial complex and nefesh are an impressive example of a monumental family display tomb from the end of the Second Temple era. Its location in a rural site in the Judean Foothills indicates that grand burial complexes existed not only in Jerusalem and other large cities, but also in these extra-urban regions."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Among the People
    Created by Mariamnei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    Mariamnei (talk) 07:02, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - ALT 1 preferred
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: An interesting read! MumphingSquirrel (talk) 21:07, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


    3.5% rule

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    • Source: Statement from Hands Off protests organizers: "April 5 was our fourth national day of action, and it won't be our last. We are committed to building our peaceful People's Movement and achieving 3.5% participation. History shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained peaceful resistance – transformative change is inevitable." source: UPI
    Converted from a redirect by Tryptofish (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Tryptofish (talk) 21:42, 20 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Expanded from redirect five days before nom and sized at 5307 B. Everything else is good. Since post-1992 US politics is a contentious topic (and I usually try not to touch them with a ten-foot pole), need a second opinion on the Trump hook per Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Guidelines#Special_considerations; otherwise another hook not related to post-1992 US politics (or any contentious topics) is fine, Tryptofish for ideas. ミラP@Miraclepine 22:04, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the review. I don't think the American politics subject matter is a problem in this case, because the hook does not take, and does not imply, a position about Trump or those politics. I don't think that it's anti-Trump, simply because it's about anti-Trump protests. There are verifiably protests about Trump, and sourcing shows that the page subject plays a role in those protests. Since the 3.5% rule is defined as being about changes in government, there's going to be a political element to pretty much any possible hook. I welcome a second opinion, and I can think of alternative hooks if that opinion is against any mention of Trump or Trump protests:
    • ALT1: ... that the 3.5% rule describes the percentage of a population that participates in a successful change of government?
    That's certainly not "contentious", but I also believe that it's not nearly as "hooky". It's wordier, and it's bland, and that's what happens if one tries to take the politics out of any possible hook for this page. My reading of the "special considerations" guideline is that hooks that fall under CTOPs need to strictly satisfy the same policies about NPOV, sourcing, and the like, that content about such topics would – not that hooks cannot mention them at all. So I would still argue that the original hook is the way to go. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:46, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tryptofish: Well, my interpretation is that a contentious hook (which an anti-Trump hook inherently is) would need a second opinion, and also that if the article wasn't US politics-related a non-US politics-related hook would be preferred instead (also helps that one of the proposed hooks uses global politics instead of US politics). And yeah, I agree that it's bland, compared to my proposed hooks:
    If the promoter wants to use ALT0, that's fine. ミラP@Miraclepine 23:59, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks so much for this thoughtful reply. I think you have some good ideas there, and I'm happy to look for a mutually agreeable solution. (One option I've thought about is to base the hook on one or more of the successful campaigns cited by Chenoweth, which would get us out of the US, but pretty much all of those are in other CTOP areas, alas.) Anyway, building on your idea for ALT2B, I can suggest:
    I think that addresses what you are concerned about. My reasoning is that Chenoweth has stated that not all movements that reach 3.5% are successful, and that the success rate may be changing, so I'm looking for a way to avoid saying in Wikipedia's voice that something is or isn't "usually enough", when "usually" is left undefined. Just saying that it "can" happen is interesting and "hooky", and there's no issue with verifiability. I left out "peacefully" in the interests of concision, but I wouldn't object to "peacefully change" instead. So for me, either ALT0 or ALT4 would be fine. Thanks again. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:11, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tryptofish: Apologies for the double ping since I rescinded a previous approval. I considered ALT4 and actually approved it, but then rescinded the approval after realizing it wasn't really matching the spirit of the article topic by not connecting a country and its population to their government. So how about these two, which address my issue with ALT4?
    ALT4B: ... that 3.5% of a country's population can change its government? Historical studies suggest that it takes 3.5% of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple brutal dictatorships.
    ALT5: ... that 3.5% of a country's population can bring government change? Same as ALT4B
    ミラP@Miraclepine 01:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Miraclepine: No worries about the pings; I was away from editing yesterday anyway. For me personally, all of these potential hooks are fine, and I'd be happy with any of them. If I were to split hairs (on the basis of being the clearest about which government), I'd say my top choice is ALT4B (with me continuing to root for ALT0 in case the promoter likes it, but I'm happy to compromise). Thanks again for all your attention to this. --Tryptofish (talk) 16:48, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tryptofish: Okay, then I'm agreement with ALT4B, so let's just give this a for the promoter. (Sorry for the delay, I was also away for commitments, and I was gone longer than I expected.) ミラP@Miraclepine 02:12, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Urien

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    • ALT1: ... that eight poems to the sixth-century Brittonic king Urien Rheged may be some of the oldest European literature not in Latin or Greek? Source: Williams, Ifor (1968). The Poems of Taliesin. Translated by Williams, J. E. Caerwyn. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies. pp. xxvi–xxviii.
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Tipcake (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Tipcake (talk) 16:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was promoted to GA status on June 15, satisfying the criteria of being new enough, reliably sourced, and presentable. Article is quite nice. Also long enough. Hooks are interesting, short enough, and properly sourced. I like both ALT0 and ALT1 about equally here, would probably go with ALT0. QPQ not applicable here. Very good job here on getting it to GA status. Should be good to go for the DYK section. Soulbust (talk) 07:44, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Applying a tick so this can move in the process and fixing some syntax. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 22:39, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Aceh–North Sumatra islands dispute

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    Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 267 past nominations.

    Juxlos (talk) 02:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: I'd prefer ALT0 since the entire article is interesting enough to warrant a hook. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 03:21, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Millard House

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    The Millard House
    The Millard House
    5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 729 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 17:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    May 1995 Pale air strikes

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    • Source: González, Miguel (25 May 1995). "Cazas de España y EE UU atacan a los serbios de Bosnia" [Spanish and US fighter planes attack Bosnian Serbs]. El País (in Spanish).
    Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Nice work on the article. I've confirmed ALT0, and I'll AGF on the source for ALT1. Epicgenius (talk) 17:47, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Lucie Lagerbielke

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    Lucie Lagerbielke
    Lucie Lagerbielke
    • Source: [15] "One of Lucie Lagerbielke’s most noted books, Själens liv: en bok tillägnad de ensamma, from 1911, received a blistering review from Poul Bjerre, initiating a public spat between the two in the press".
    • ALT1: ... that Lucie Lagerbielke's grave depicts her sitting naked looking at the sky? Source: [16] "The funeral monument at her grave comprises a representation of her, seated and naked, with her gaze turned heavenward."
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Spiderpig662 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Spiderpig662 (talk) 22:34, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough, long enough, and QPQ not required. The article relies on three references, which seem reliable. Otherwise, the article is presentable, the hook is short enough, images work. I recommend spicing up the hook a bit: "after he castigated one of her books?" User:Spiderpig662 842U (talk) 12:24, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 New York corrections officers' strike

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    Moved to mainspace by Apocheir (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Apocheir (talk) 02:29, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    An actual review needed.--Launchballer 18:10, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: No outstanding issues. Going to approve ALT0 here, ALT1 feels too heavy, since the deaths were very recent. jolielover♥talk 14:00, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    John V. Griffith

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    5x expanded by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 91 past nominations.

    PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:00, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Kenaz Kaniwete

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

    Arconning (talk) 09:25, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Aristasia

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I think this topic is interesting, though there are a number of difficulties in covering it well. Kind of classic Wikipedia content. Curious to hear other people's takes.
    Created by Prezbo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Prezbo (talk) 10:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Passes DYKcheck and copyvio check, hook looks good and is interesting. Article was re-created (from being a redirect) on 16 June 2025 and submitted as an DYK on 19 June 2025, so within the 7-day limit. Article in good shape. No QPQ needed. CaptainAngus (talk) 01:10, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Vatican Taekwondo

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    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:14, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The page has been expanded 5x recently enough. QPQ has been done. Earwig turns up fine. The main issue here is that the sources don't actually say that Giampaolo Mattei is both the president of Vatican Taekwondo and a Vatican News writer. The article linked is written by him, and the second link does say that he's the president, but to combine those sources is a WP:SYNTH issue. Per WP:SYNTH: Do not combine material from multiple sources to state or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. Similarly, do not combine different parts of one source to state or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by the source. If one reliable source says A and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C not mentioned by either of the sources. I think a new hook is needed, and I think that claim should be removed from the page itself as well. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:13, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert

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    • ... that the editors of the first volume of Felix Klein's books on the history of mathematics omitted to mention the three women who had prepared the typescripts of the lecture notes? Source: Tobies 2021 [20], p. 537
      The typewritten transcriptions of “Seminar Presentations on the History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century” were prepared by Klein’s widowed daughter Elisabeth Staiger (winter semester, 1914/15; summer semester, 1915) and by Käthe Heinemann and the Swiss mathematician Helene Stähelin (winter semester, 1915/16).55 These texts served as the foundation for the first volume of Klein’s posthumously published Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert (1926) [...]. Richard Courant and especially Otto Neugebauer prepared this text for publication. [...] Nowhere in the book, however, is there any mention of the women who had prepared the original text.
    Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

    —Kusma (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: I definitely prefer ALT0. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2025 (UTC) Hi, could you link "relativity" in the article, as there are several types of this concept? And I hope it was alright to add the red "subscription" tags, which were suggested by OAbot. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you! Various links have been added. The source can be accessed via TWL's Springer subscription. —Kusma (talk) 08:25, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Fanuel Magangani

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    • Source: "Right Reverend Bishop Emmanuel Fanuel Magangani of the Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi is the first prominent church leader to announce that he was recently circumcised as part of the country’s efforts to promote Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC).... 'HIV and AIDS continues to take many lives; we must try every possible way available to fight reduce further transmission.' ... Studies show that the procedure reduces the risk of female-to-male sexual transmission of HIV by approximately 60 percent." https://www.go2itech.org/2013/07/malawi-bishop-promotes-male-circumcision/
    5x expanded by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:27, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Bal Krishna Kaul

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    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 437 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 14:20, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: @Soman: Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is interesting, though I'll have to AGF on the offline source. One small suggestion I have is to slightly rephrase it so that the links aren't adjacent to each other, per WP:SOB. Something like this could work: "... that Bal Krishna Kaul, the first Home and Finance minister of Ajmer State, had undertaken a 22-day hunger strike in Ajmer Jail?" Either way, this DYK is good to go. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 12:10, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ri Suk

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    • ... that after a four year absence from international competition, weightlifter Ri Suk set eight world records in a single competition?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article expanded 5x. QPQ done. Interesting one and hook is accurately cited. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Hurricane Erick (2025)

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    Hurricane Erick on June 19
    Hurricane Erick on June 19
    • ... that Hurricane Erick (pictured) was the earliest major hurricane to hit Mexico since records began?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by HurricaneEdgar (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    HurricaneEdgar 13:15, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article is new enough (created on 17 June) and long enough. Article is well-sourced and neutral. Hook is interesting and sourced. Picture is in the public domain. No QPQ needed since this is your first DYK nom. Nice work! Riley1012 (talk) 23:25, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Orthetrum japonicum

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    Male Orthetrum japonicum dragonfly
    Male Orthetrum japonicum dragonfly
    Created by Cremastra (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Cremastra (talk) 14:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough, long enough, well-referenced, and QPQ done. While the original hook is interesting, it is not strictly speaking true (nor confirmed in the cited source): O. japonicum was endemic to Japan before 2012 too, we just did not know it. ALT1 is better, but I see an opportunity for a great multi-hook featuring O. japonicum, O. internum, O. albistylum (if slightly expanded) and O. poecilops (if slightly expanded), something about how O. japonicum and O. internum cannot be the same species unless O. albistylum and O. poecilops are also in that species. Surtsicna (talk) 22:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Surtsicna Good plan with the multi-hook, but I honestly don't have time to work on those articles (real life and all). I'm happy to proceed with ALT1
      • Regarding the first hook. I suppose it's not strictly speaking true, but regarding endemic to Japan before 2012 too, we just did not know it: would a taxonomic revision tomorrow that synonymizes japonicum with internum make it "not endemic" all along? Cremastra (talk) 12:28, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A question for the philosophers! Let's go with ALT1 then Surtsicna (talk) 12:38, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ben Franklin (song)

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    Created by Leafy46 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Leafy46 (talk) 20:35, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article was nominated for DYK within 7 days of being moved to mainspace. It is over 1,500 words, written neutrally, and is sourced. Earwig picked up an unlikely copyright violation of 9.9% and most of what Earwig picked up are quotations from the article. The article does not overquote the source and the sources used . QPQ is done. ALT0 is a good hook, but I also rewrote it for further elaboration; let me know if it's OK. Suggesting ALT0b: ... that the title of "Ben Franklin" originated from the "presidential-type beat" Internet meme? lullabying (talk) 02:39, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for the review! I do still like my original hook just because less is more when it comes to punchiness, but there's obviously some bias in that analysis and I would be fine if a set-builder preferred your phrasing over mine (of course, assuming that this doesn't make the cut for an April Fools' hook). Leafy46 (talk) 02:54, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Dick Mize

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    • ... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage over a forty-year period?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article is 5x within the time frame. No image to review. Hook fact is cited, and Earwig only shows 20% likelihood of issues; none of the highlighted phrases appear problematic. Hook is sufficiently interesting. Good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:51, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht

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    • Source: Olav Teichert. Die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Westberlins. Untersuchung der Steuerung der SEW durch die SED. kassel university press GmbH, 2011.
    5x expanded by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 438 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 11:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article new enough, long enough and in a decent condition. The hook is quite interesting and cited. I have changed the article's quality listing from stub to start. Llewee (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Adam Hall (baseball)

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    • ... that Adam Hall is the first-ever professional baseball player to have been born on the North Atlantic island of Bermuda?
    Created by The ed17 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

    Ed [talk] [OMT] 22:07, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Florida!!!

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    Improved to Good Article status by Ippantekina (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

    Ippantekina (talk) 03:36, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • QPQ checks out, article recently promoted to GA, hook is interesting, sourced, and cited inline. No issues detected by Earwig. My one suggestion is that perhaps the hook should contain the name of the song, unless you're trying to spike intruige by not saying it. Nihil obstat ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 16:42, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 18

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    Seal Island, Anguilla

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    • ... that although Seal Island attracts tourists due to its reef, transport to the island is hard due to its reef?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:03, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Newly expanded 5x (just), long enough and within policy. The hook is nice and supported by inline citations; the ones I could access checked out. No image, QPQ done. Should be fine, good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 19:05, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Redhill MRT station

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    Improved to Good Article status by Icepinner (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 14:59, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    St Anne's Church, Lewes

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    The church seen from the southeast in 2022
    The church seen from the southeast in 2022
    • ... that Little Benjamin the Ruler is buried in the churchyard of St Anne's Church, Lewes (pictured), but nobody knows who he was?
    • Source: Arscott, David (1991). Curiosities of East Sussex: a County Guide to the Unusual (p. 60) (current reference [5]). It is also described in reference [9] from the church's comprehensive website.
    Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.

    Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:40, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article looks good. The hook is interesting and matches the article and reference [9]. That reference says that there is "a small stone commemorating Litle Benjamin the Ruler" but does not say that he was buried there. I trust that the other reference does say it though. Image is freely licensed. Everything looks good to me. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:08, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Many thanks. I forgot to add a quote from the book (sorry!); here it is, confirming it as a tombstone and therefore that he is buried beneath it: "Close to the lychgate in the churchyard is a curious tombstone which nobody has ever been able to explain. It is 'Little Benjamin the Ruler', who died in 1747 at the age of 89. His name isn't in the church register." Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 08:48, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 19

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    Ivan I of Moscow

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    1672 portrait of Ivan Kalita
    1672 portrait of Ivan Kalita
    • ... that Ivan I of Moscow earned the nickname "Kalita", which literally means "money bag"?
    Improved to Good Article status by Mellk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Mellk (talk) 17:29, 20 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are interesting and sourced. QPQ is not needed. I have added the stunning image from the article for consideration. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 19:01, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Viet Flakes

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    • Source: Women's Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks: "During the performance, the audience, unaware of their contribution, controlled the electronics, the slide projectors, and film projectors so that they could speed up or slow down the images depending on how they were responding to the graphic horror."
    Created by Hinnk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

    hinnk (talk) 07:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article created within seven days before its DYK nomination (20 June). It is long enough (4586 characters), well-written, sourced, no copyvios seen (10.7%). The hook is interesting and sourced. Damian Vo (talk) 07:15, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus

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    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
    Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 152 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 19:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Hook is indeed interesting since that's an oddly specific thing to inspire your interior design. I'll have to assume good faith with the citation as it is in German and I can't access it anyway. Article is long enough, new enough, is sources, is neutrally written. Earwig says article is originally written. I'd say this article is ready. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 04:52, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ipuk Fiestiandani

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    Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 268 past nominations.

    Juxlos (talk) 12:44, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Moved to mainspace by user. QPQ done. Hook is cited and also is engaging. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 14:12, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 20

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    Girl Ray

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    • ... that British indie rock band Girl Ray named themselves after the surrealist visual artist Man Ray?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: First expanded article from a stub on 20 June. That version might be slightly under the fivefold threshold, but current version should be long enough (24 June). Don't know if the fivefold expansion needs to be in one fell swoop, or if it's ok if done in the seven day timeframe. Apologies if this isn't formatted correctly, this is my first DYK submission so still learning!
    5x expanded by Abirose (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Abirose (talk) 15:24, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Regrettably, the fivefold expansion threshold has still not been met. This assessment was done through DYK Check, but I've also double-checked the numbers: the article was originally at 567 characters of prose and is currently at 2757 characters, meaning that it has only been expanded 4.86x, just shy of the 5x mark.
    However, given that it's so close and that this is your first nomination (not to mention that this article is still in the 7-day timeframe from its first expansion on the 20th), I'll give you an opportunity to expand the article a bit more instead of outright failing the nomination. I'd suggest looking for information about what the band has been up to between 2022 and the present day, and perhaps changing some of the structure to prose (see WP:PROSELINE). Let me know when you've expanded this article, and I'll finish up the review :) Leafy46 (talk) 17:51, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for reviewing and giving me some grace, I really appreciate it! I've updated the article and it should be over the x5 threshold now. By my count it's at around 3,390 characters (although I've learnt I can't trust my maths haha!) Thanks again :) Abirose (talk) 11:18, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Brilliant, the size looks good enough now. Time for a proper review.
    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: Yes
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes
    • Other problems: No - I think I may be a bit picky here and ask that the citations be given consistent names (particularly how some of them are "Under the Radar Magazine" and others are "undertheradarmag.com"). Also, fix the irregular commas and citations in the "Musical style" section.
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Great job for your first DYK submission! Earwig shows a 10.7% similarity, which is excellent. I genuinely could find very little about the article to nitpick or make suggestions on, so I've left my only concerns above. Leafy46 (talk) 17:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks again. I've tidied up the punctuation and fixed the source names now – that's on me for not double checking what the automatic citation throws out! Abirose (talk) 10:38, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wonderful, thank you for your hard work on this article! I'm happy to approve the hook, and will eagerly wait to see it hit the front page :) Leafy46 (talk) 15:24, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    WTVP

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 778 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:23, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Eligible as a recent GA promotion, obviously long enough. Sourcing is appropriate, tone is neutral, no CV concerns. Hook is interesting and handles the death as tastefully as possible given the circumstances. It is cited and present in the article. QPQ has been completed. Good to go here. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 15:02, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Saidur Rahman Dawn

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    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:02, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 21

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    Avery r. young

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 89 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 19:27, 28 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Miraclepine: Article was created June 19, and nominated June 21, so it’s new enough. 2609 B, so long enough. On main/ALT 1: ABC News is a reliable source. Hook itself is somewhat interesting, though, I might just be uninterested because I'm not the Mr. Chicago Poetry connoisseur. I prefer the main one as it gives the year.
    • On ALT 2: Newcity is an established source, and the article is authored by the paper's editor, so he's established. Overall, I don't prefer it, as I'd prefer not having non-Wikipedia quotes on the main page So for main.

    Federal Hall

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    The present Federal Hall
    The present Federal Hall
    Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 731 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    The Big Con (2023 book)

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

    —Femke 🐦 (talk) 06:59, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: @Femke: Good article, well written. I find the second hook more interesting. As an aside, I spent like 7 minutes making this html version of the title on the front cover: "The Big CCONonsultancy". I know it won't be used on the article, but I think it's neat. ―Howard • 🌽33 12:59, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Another note, not strictly required to pass DYK, but the article should probably be titled "The Big Con (book)" since there aren't any other articles about books with the same name. ―Howard • 🌽33 14:00, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's impressive html magic :). There are two books with the same name according to The Big Con (disambiguation), one of which does not have a subtitle. I was waiting a bit on the pageviews to stabilise before making a judgement on WP:PRIMARY (and before dusting my P&G knowledge here). My hunch is that we should move the page about the game to The Big Con (game), and make The Big Con a pure disambiguation page. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:12, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    WQHS-DT

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk) and Nathan Obral (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 779 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:45, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is easily long enough and made GA on 21 June (congrats!). Hook fact is interesting, present in article, and cited (present in source exactly as written in article). Unsurprisingly, all article sourcing looks solid and Earwig looks good. QPQ is done. Looking good to me, nice work! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:49, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Emma of Jericho

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    • ... that Patriarch Arnulf's "niece" Emma probably really was just his niece?
    Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 223 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 09:50, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 22

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    James Tengatenga

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    5x expanded by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:06, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Frederick L. Scarf

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    ISEE-3 trajectory
    ISEE-3 trajectory
    • ... that Frederick L. Scarf stole a satellite to study a comet (satellite trajectory pictured)? Source: [32] And when the United States decided not to send a spacecraft to Halley’s Comet, Scarf and a couple of colleagues came up with a bold idea. They bypassed several layers of bureaucracy in Washington to gain control of an orbiting research satellite that had already outlived its usefulness. “We stole it,” Scarf gleefully told The Times then.
    Created by Artem.G (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

    Artem.G (talk) 14:37, 27 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough (created 22 June and nominated 27 June), appears to be reasonably neutral, well written, well sourced and QPQ is done. Earwig doesn't bring any hits, with the exception of blockquotes. Cited hook is spotchecked. I would quote "stole" in the hook to avoid any clickbait. Cattos💭 02:22, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    South Coast Rail

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    Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:24, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: 07:45, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

    @Jeromi Mikhael: I don't follow what you are saying - what is a quote needed for? Also, you are supposed to inform the nominator on their talk page when there is an issue with the nomination. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:31, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pi.1415926535: My bad. I misinterpret WP:DYKCITE which basically says that quotations are only needed for offline source. I've found the hook mention in the source. Approved. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael

    Proto-Siouan language

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    • ... that some evidence for when Proto-Siouan was spoken comes from the archeological record of a gourd?
    Converted from a redirect by ThaesOfereode (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

    ThaesOfereode (talk) 01:29, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Nice article! I think that main hook and ALT2 are good and interesting, ALT3 is interesting but a bit too technical, and ALT1 tells me nothing (I'm not a linguist, and I don't know how surprising it should be). Artem.G (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the review, Artem! ALT1 is not terribly surprising if you're a linguist (Proto-Indo-European was probably from the Pontic Steppe region), but I thought it might be surprising to a layperson. ThaesOfereode (talk) 19:18, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Artem.G (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mbah Suro

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    • ... that Mbah Suro did not consume anything except coffee and cigarettes in 1960?
    • Source:"Tak makan nasi sudah selama 2 tahun. Cuma rokok dan kopi.": [He] had not eaten rice for two years. Only cigarettes and coffee."[1]
    • ALT1: ... that Mbah Suro secured 100% votes in the village head election?
    • Source: Abdullah, Taufik; Abdurrachman, Sukri; Gunawan, Restu (2012). Malam Bencana 1965 Dalam Belitan Krisis Nasional: Bagian II Konflik Lokal. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. p. 208.:
    • "Tingkat karisma dan ketokohannya di lingkungan desanya itu sebenarnya sudah bisa teraba sejak dia terpilih sebagai Lurah, karena dalam pemilihan tersebut ia menang mutlak dengan dukungan suara 100%.":The level of his charisma and fame within the village had already been evident when he was elected as the Village Head, as he won the election with 100% of the votes."
    Created by Faldi00 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Faldi00 (talk) 16:37, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    References

    1. ^ "Pengalaman ketemu mbah suro". Tempo. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
    • @Faldi00: Article new and long enough. Sources check out. QPQ not yet required. I'd recommend rewording the hooks a little:
    • ALT0a: ... that Indonesian mystic Mbah Suro reportedly did not consume anything except coffee and cigarettes in 1960?
    • ALT1a: ... that Indonesian mystic Mbah Suro was elected head of his village with 100% of votes?
    Strongly prefer ALT0a since unanimous village head elections aren't that rare, all things considered. Ping me if you're okay with the changes to the hook. Juxlos (talk) 09:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Juxlos: Thanks for the improvisation. I agree with you that I prefer the ALT0a since it sounds more intriguing. Faldi00 (talk) 21:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Juxlos (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    East Island (Hawaii)

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    East Island before (top) and after the hurricane (bottom)
    East Island before (top) and after the hurricane (bottom)
    Improved to Good Article status by MallardTV (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    MallardTV Talk to me! 22:59, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Newly-promoted GA. Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:34, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chuck Hockenbery

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    5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 441 past nominations.

    SL93 (talk) 16:03, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Looks good. Nice work. The hook is okay, but @SL93: it might be more hook-y if it was more simply like ... that baseball player Chuck Hockenbery had to refuse an offer to join an MLB team? What do you think? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:19, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    BeanieFan11 That sounds better. SL93 (talk) 18:20, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, this should be good to go (I don't think we'll need another reviewer since the hook I proposed is just a rewording of the original hook). BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:22, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 23

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    Sarabande (collection)

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    • ... that the flowers falling off of the final dress in Alexander McQueen's Sarabande (Spring/Summer 2007) was a serendipitous effect? Source: Bowles, Hamish (2014). Vogue & the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: Parties, Exhibitions, People, p 176 & Deniau, Anne (2012). Love Looks Not with the Eyes: Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen, p 23
    Moved to mainspace by Premeditated Chaos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:11, 26 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Roy Soemirat

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    Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 84 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:45, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:51, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Phemeranthus sediformis

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    Okanogan fameflower in bloom
    Okanogan fameflower in bloom
    • ... that the Okanogan fameflower Phemeranthus sediformis (pictured) was independently named for its appearance, origin, and collector in under 2 years?
    • Source: Poellnitz (Apr 1933) "Plant resembling a Sedum"., English (Oct 1934) named for Okanogan County and the Syilx peoples; Eastwood (Dec 1934) for K. C. Way who introduced the plant to the rock and Alpine garden trades
    • ALT1: ... that the Okanogan fameflower Phemeranthus sediformis (pictured) possibly spent the last ice age in a glacial refugium? Source: Goward, T.; Knight, H. (1994) page 7 "It is interesting that the modern range of the Fameflower was entirely ice-covered at the height of the Fraser glaciation (see, for example, Prest 1969). This suggests that it must have passed much of the last Ice Age in refugia entirely south of its present range, and that it has subsequently disappeared from those areas.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Leucocrinum
    Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 371 past nominations.

    Kevmin § 18:56, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Hooks are long enough, interesting. ALT1 has a problem, though; "likely" is overselling the strength of the argument. I'd say "may have", which is less conclusive in Wikipedia's voice. Earwig finds no significant issues. QPQ done. Overall, it's good... just that one alt.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:34, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Crisco 1492: I've replaced likely with possibly in the hook.--Kevmin § 22:02, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Town Mill, Mansfield

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    Town Mill
    Town Mill
    • ... that the 18th-century Town Mill (pictured) in Mansfield housed a 2,000-plant illegal cannabis farm?
    • ALT1: ... that the Town Mill (pictured) in Mansfield, England, produced flour, textiles and cannabis? Source: offline source, but is supported by the West Bridgford Wire also: "s water-powered milling gear produced flour for the town’s bakers. It was later used for textile production and then became a public house."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kathryn Maple
    Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 920 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 20:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article new and long enough. Copyvio not detected and QPQ has been provided. Referencing adequate, hooks are interesting and cited, with factoids confirmed in sources. Image is appropriately licensed and looks good enough at that size. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 04:43, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Space Invaders (Atari 2600 video game)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Andrzejbanas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    Andrzejbanas (talk) 10:42, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall:

    Cova de les Dones

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

    Graearms (talk) 18:59, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Red Fićo

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    Red Fićo monument
    Red Fićo monument
    • Source: "The red Fiat received a monument in 2011 in Osijek, which permanently reminds of the event, symbolising the resolution and resistance of the small man against force and aggression. “Fićo Crushes a Tank” or “Red Fićo” is an art installation in Osijek. It symbolizes the Croatian victory over the Yugoslav Army and Serbian aggressor." from: "The Day when a Small Red Fiat became a Hero". Total Croatia. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
    Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 922 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 21:32, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Megalobulimus dryades

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    M. driades in its natural habitat
    M. driades in its natural habitat
    • Source: Page 9:
    "Etymology: The comprehensive classification of the Brazilian phytogeographic regions proposed by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1840‑1869) divided the country into phytogeographic provinces named after nymphs from Greek mythology. The name Dryades was used to designate the region roughly corresponding to the current Brazilian Atlantic Forest. This biome has been reduced to about 15% of its original territorial coverage. The Vale do Ribeira region is the largest continuous reserve of this threatened biome, thus our inspiration for the specific epithet, which is used herein as a noun in apposition."[1]
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Recently promoted to GA. A very interesting fact related to Greek mythology that I believe warrants the attention of the general public.
    Improved to Good Article status by Daniel Cavallari (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Daniel Cavallari (talk) 17:25, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Fontenelle, J.H.; Simone, L.R.L.; Cavallari, D.C. (2021). "Megalobulimus dryades, a new species from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Megalobulimus gummatus (Gastropoda: Strophocheilidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e202161442/17. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.44. S2CID 235534920.

    Abortion in Ivory Coast

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    • ... that in Ivory Coast, some medical professionals run clinics dedicated to illegal abortions?
    • Source: [33] [my translation] Attracted to the bargain, some health workers have gone as far as to open clandestine abortion clinics in populous neighborhoods of Abidjan.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 41 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

      • Reviewd


    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: The article is good enough with length. Hook is interesting, good to go. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 12:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Don't Tell the Dog

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    Moved to mainspace by Georgeykiwi (talk) and Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 305 past nominations.

    Launchballer 14:38, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: @Launchballer: The hook and the article imply that the album won an actual award for the "annoying delivery," although the cited source seems to jokingly describe such an award as a hyperbolic way of saying it was annoying. I am not sure the hook, in its current form, can be allowed on the main page as it doesn't seem to be exactly factual. The text in the article should probably also be changed to clarify that there was no actual award. Graearms (talk) 18:58, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    ALT1: ... that the way one publication received an advance copy of Don't Tell the Dog led them to describe it as "the most annoying album delivery we’ve probably ever had"?--Launchballer 19:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: Graearms (talk) 19:56, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 24

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    Alca Electronics

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    Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 207 past nominations.

    Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:07, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes

    Image eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: History6042😊 (Contact me) 15:18, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thomas Lincoln Tally

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    Thomas Lincoln Tally in 1935
    Thomas Lincoln Tally in 1935

    Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations. Gb321 (talk) 04:44, 26 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Tres Marias cottontail

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    Sylvilagus graysoni
    Sylvilagus graysoni
    • Source: Cervantes, Fernando A. (24 October 1997). "Sylvilagus graysoni". Mammalian Species (559): 1–3. doi:10.2307/3504378. JSTOR 3504378. "Sylvilagus graysoni is a tranquil rabbit and easy to catch since it does not fear humans."
    Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    -- Reconrabbit 18:45, 25 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Reira Ushio

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    • ... that the limited edition of Reira Ushio's debut EP "No one" includes a booklet featuring short stories written by her? Source: [34] ("初回生産限定盤に付属する小説風ブックレットには、新進気鋭のクリエイターたちが、収録されたそれぞれの楽曲からインスピレーションを受け制作したイメージビジュアルと共に、本人が各曲の歌詞や世界観をもとに書き下ろしたストーリーが収められている。")
      • ALT1: ... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reira Ushio could not publish a novel she wrote for school, so she released it digitally with a song? Source: [35] ("「コロナが感染拡大し始めた時はまだ大学に通っていたのですが、大学のゼミで出た課題が小説の執筆だったんです。そしてコロナ禍なので本を出版する工程がなくなり、ネットで配信しようってことになりました。そこで、ネットなら音楽を一緒にのせても良いかも……という話になり、既存の曲を使用すると色々と準備が大変そうだったので、じゃあ作っちゃおうと思い、自分の執筆した小説に沿って曲を書き下ろしたんです。")
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House
      • Comment: ALT1 was a suggestion from Epicgenius on Discord.
    Created by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 112 past nominations.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:31, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Timebomb (Kylie Minogue song)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Damian Vo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    Damian Vo (talk) 06:24, 25 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article promoted to Good Article status 24 June and nominated for DYK the next day. Earwig comes up as 13%%. ALT0 is interesting, however I personally don't find ALT1 or ALT2 interesting. Hook is supported by a reference and used in the article. QPQ done. Good to go for ALT0. TarnishedPathtalk 07:56, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 25

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    Water's Edge Event Centre

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    Former Our Lady of the Rosary
    Former Our Lady of the Rosary
    • ... that a language riot broke out between members of Our Lady of the Rosary (pictured) in Windsor, Ontario, in 1917?
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 744 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough, easily long enough, and well footnoted. All sources appear reliable; I am a bit skeptical about the use of Google Maps as a source but the claims it is used for appear to be very basic and uncontroversial. I chose this to review because I was very intrigued by what a "language riot" might be (though because Canada I could guess) so I strongly prefer ALT0. Earwig found 34% similarity with https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/oha/details/file?id=202, a high number, but on inspection almost all of the matches were proper noun phrases; one exception, "spark from a passing train", is small enough and specific enough that it seems difficult to rephrase and non-problematic. Language riot verified from both sources. "Sold for a dollar" hook needs better sourcing (if we're going to use it): we have a source for the statement that it was offered for a dollar but neither a statement nor a source for the claim that the eventual sales price was still a dollar. QPQ done. Image is legible and properly licensed. Good to go with ALT0 (but would need more work for ALT1). —David Eppstein (talk) 02:26, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks, David. I don't think we're going to get much more specific than 'a conditional agreement to buy for a dollar'. That being the listed price was fairly well documented, and the need for massive repairs disincentivizing perspective buyers is noted, but I didn't find anything saying that that was the specific amount that changed hands. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:45, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Huw Ware

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

    Greenflipper (talk) 18:08, 25 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Prefer the original hook. Good work... Game on! KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 14:54, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 26

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    Helical strake

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    A two-start helical strake
    A two-start helical strake
    • ... that helical strakes (example pictured) can be used to reduce structural fatigue on structures such as chimneys and pipelines?
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 745 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:28, 26 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: I would suggest a slightly more concise version of the hook, ALT01: "... that helical strakes (example pictured) can reduce fatigue on structures such as chimneys and pipelines?" But the original is fine too. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 09:49, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Momo (manga)

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    • Source: Ribon (link): Q4: このお話を思いついたきっかけは何ですか？ / A4: ロキヘブの晶のセリフ「地球なんて滅びちゃえばいいのに」。ほんとにきっかけのきっかけくらいなんですけど。年頃の女の子ってささいなことでも大きいこ とでもこういうこと考えるよな～とか。 [Question 4: How did you come up with the story? / Answer 4: The line from Akira in Rockin' Heaven, in which she says, "It'd be better if the world was destroyed." It really kicked off something. It's like, girls around that age would think like that no matter how small or big the problem is.]
    Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 70 past nominations.

    lullabying (talk) 03:10, 27 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: From what I have seen, this is appropriate. However, I think ALT1 would be better understood by readers. Let me know if you agree. Z. Patterson (talk) 02:05, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks! I'm fine with ALT1. lullabying (talk) 19:07, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Literature of Nova Scotia

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    • ... that the literary heritage of Nova Scotia includes the first newspaper and the first literary journal in Canada? Source: First newspaper: Atlantic Business Magazine, Nova Scotia Archives: "On 23 March 1752 ... John Bushell sold copies of the Halifax Gazette — Canada's first newspaper." ... First literary journal: The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature: "Published in Halifax between July 1789 and Mar. 1792, it was the first literary journal in Canada."
      • Reviewed:
    Created by MediaKyle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MediaKyle (talk) 22:26, 26 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 27

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    Sue Anderson (musician)

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    Created by Ssilvers (talk) and 4meter4 (talk) Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    SchroCat (talk) 18:17, 29 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article created 27 June. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. The hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 19:10, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Muscatine Mall

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    Created by TenPoundHammer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

    Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:38, 28 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article was nominated for DYK within 7 days of creation. It is more than 1,500 characters in prose and properly cited. Earwig picked up an unlikely copyright violation of 1.0%; I looked through the wording and didn't see any close paraphrasing. The hook is relatively interesting and caught my eye. QPQ done. I would say this is good to go. lullabying (talk) 00:35, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Nezuko Kamado

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    Yuki-onna, a common character in Japanese fiction
    Yuki-onna, a common character in Japanese fiction
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Z. Patterson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Z. Patterson (talk) 20:05, 27 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Bhutan at the Olympics

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    5x expanded by History6042 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    History6042😊 (Contact me) 15:18, 27 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 28

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    Alicella

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    Alicella gigantea
    Alicella gigantea
    • ... that Alicella gigantea (pictured) grows up to 34cm in length, making it the world's largest amphipod?
      • Reviewed:
      • Comment: This is my first nomination.
    Improved to Good Article status by AxonsArachnida (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    AxonsArachnida (talk) 07:37, 28 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 29

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    Marisa Dick

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    Dick in 2016
    Dick in 2016
    • ... that Marisa Dick (pictured) has two balance beam elements named after her – the Dick and the Dick II?
    5x expanded by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

    Riley1012 (talk) 23:30, 29 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Character count expanded by 5x. Pic used is free and clear. Note that the articles and the page both specify that she has "balance beam elements" named after her - I am changing the hook to reflect as such, although I should note I'm unaware of gymnastics terminology. I just feel like this reflects the page & articles better. The sources I checked are [38] and [39], which are cited alongside the text in the page. Good job! jolielover♥talk 05:07, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 30

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    Sicilian business

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    • Source: *Weiler, Björn K.U. (2006). Henry III of England and the Staufen Empire, 1216–1272. Royal Historical Society: Boydell Press. p. 147. ISBN 0-86193-280-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
    Improved to Good Article status by Unlimitedlead (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

    Unlimitedlead (talk) 02:05, 30 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: Well-written article, no identifiable copyvio, recently promoted GA. Hook cited in article. Assuming good faith as the source is inaccessible to me. Good job! jolielover♥talk 04:35, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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