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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.

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July 30 12 7
July 31 4
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August 4 12
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Iblis

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Iblis guards the Divine Garden.
Iblis guards the Divine Garden.
  • Source: Barry, M. A. (2004). Figurative art in medieval Islam and the riddle of Bihzad of Herat (1465-1535). Flammarion.: 246
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Improved to Good Article status by VenusFeuerFalle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:49, 14 April 2025 (UTC). [reply]

Original discussion resulting in a GAR and a five-week hold
  • Please read the rules - there are NO LINKS!!! - you need at least 4 here. Put them in & I'll finish the review. Johnbod (talk) 21:00, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ok, you have now done so. GA, AGF on hook fact/ref (the hook is virtually a quote from the article). The hook is not very clear, but nor is the article, frankly. No qpq needed. The pic is ok, if rather tall, but the caption waaaay too long! You won't get more than say "Iblis (right) guards the Divine Garden. Johnbod (talk) 01:48, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Johnbod, this doesn't really strike me as a "yes". I agree the hook is unclear to the average reader. I think a clearer one should be promoted, and the image is not clear at displayed size. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:04, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • It was a yes, but a clearer/snappier hook might be better. I don't feel qualified to suggest one, but as always, anyone else may do so. I can probably understand it better than many of our readers as I know what the Upanishads are, and who Dara Shikoh was. Johnbod (talk) 03:16, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • Not sure if I missed something, but what is the consensus about the hook now? is it fine or do I need somethign else to do?VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 12:41, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
            • I'm not sure either. It passed review as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps one of those who like fiddling with hooks at the last minute will find a better hook after promotion. Zanahary? Johnbod (talk) 16:11, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
              • Just noting that the image is poor at thumb size, which is disappointing as it's a nice image overall and of a different art style than usually featured. If it's possible to isolate Iblis with a crop, that may make it clearer i.e. usable. Kingsif (talk) 01:06, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
                • I could upload an isolated variant for the DYK, as I did with the blue angel on the mosaic in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, in Devil in Christianity. Maybe give me time until weekend. I have not seen your request until now by the way. I apologize for that.
  • VenusFeuerFalle I'd like to double-check the hook fact. Could you send me a copy of the appropriate page from Barry 2004? I can get it on inter-library loan, but it would probably be a lot faster if you could send me a scan. Thanks. RoySmith (talk) 17:42, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sure. I have been back to the library yesterday to take a photo of the page. Would you mind telling me how I sent it to you? RoySmith
      • Since I would like to reach a closure with this article, I would simply leave a quote for the relevant passage:

        "The devil's defective spiritual vision is transcribed in medieval Islamic literature and art by various obvious symbols. Because he may only perceive and therefore only reflect God's transcendent aspect of wrath, and never God's immanent aspect of love, Satan is therefore nicknamed al-A'mash, the bleray-eyed or goggled-eyed (as he appears in Sultan-Muhammad's sixteenth century paintings), or he is called al-A'war, the blind in one eye (the distinctive attribute of the demon Dajjal the Antichrist, who thereby dooms to the same fate such as unwitting followers as the three damned "Calandar" princes in the 1001 Nights). Mystical treatises like Mahmud-i Shabistar's famous fourteenth-century manual of Sufism, the Gulshan-i Raz (Rose Bower of Mystery"), list whole series of various heresies or errorneous theological stands whose defenders are depicted as Satan's brood, and so variously described as one-eyed, bleary-eyed, too near-sighted, too far-sighted, or blind. Satan represents his own opague mental state in God's universe. But the devil is part of God's universe, not other. There is no reality other than God. Here is where Islam's relentless monotheistic drive, under the pends of such spiritual masters as al-Hallaj, 'Ayn-ul-Quzat, Sana'i, Rozbihan, 'Attar, Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, and Jami independently carried Muslim mystical speculation to dizzy conceptual heights akin to the most rarefied summits of ndian cosmological thought. (...) Satan, unknowingly, therefore serves as God's mask. He is himself the veil (iltibas) which the Godhead weaves, as Rozbihan's glosses to al-Hallaj explain, and wherein the Godhead chooses to hide from all those unworthy to perceive the divine therein. That is, the cosmic veil is the visible universe itself, which reveals God's presence to those who known, but conceals God's presence from those who do not know. In this sense, iltibas [the veil], in Sufi speculation, may be regarded as virtually a symbolic equivalent to the traditional Indian concept of maya, the "veil of cosmic illusion." Such philosophical equivelance between Sufism and Hinduism came in fact to be perceived by a few scholars of both faiths when Sufism and Hinduism met on Indian soul, and enlightened thingers familiar with both traditions, like the seventeenth-century Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, sought to reconcile the essence of Ibn 'Arabi's teachings with the Upanishads. Indeed, Sufis's diabolic "Cloake One" also serves, like the maya which protects the secret nature of Indian divinities from the eyes of the profane, a positive cosmic function: the devil becomes God's warden, as it were, a ferocious temple guard or "keeper of the cutrain" who bars access by the unworthy unto the Godhead."

With that, I would also like to ask, if there are any further objections RoySmith, Zanahary, Kingsif, Johnbod?

Indeed - I never had any in the first place. Can we progress this now please. Johnbod (talk) 04:07, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since it is almost a month old by now, and a thing supposed to be done within not more than 2 weeks, can someone just accept it by now? If still after 2 weeks none of the objectors replied, the objection cannot be that strong. And double check should still be possible as the quote has been made accessable for everyone here.VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 11:57, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, I still object. The hook is long-winded and makes no sense to someone unfamiliar with Upanishads, which is a lot of people. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 18:33, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's asking too much from a 200-char hook, really. If you can't suggest a better hook (and nobody has so far), time to let go. Johnbod (talk) 01:13, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Broad comprehensibility is too much to ask of a DYK hook? The hook is incomprehensible, the image is unreadable, and the article is full of prose like If angels can sin or not is disputed in Islam. Those who say that Iblis was not an angel, but a jinni, argue that only jinn (and humans), but not angels are capable of disobedience… This view is also found to be prominent among many Salafis. The Sunni school holds on to the doctrine of predestination, al-Razi being an exception,  and asserts that…. The article consistently uses Iblis' instead of Iblis's, which is ungrammatical. How about this article be subjected to the thorough copyedit and review that it should have received when it passed GA, and then someone can write a coherent hook? If not, then the nominator can let go.꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:31, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It seems your objection is much more than just the DYK nomination then. I wonder why you did not mention anything during the GA review, it took long enough. And it would also be helpful to adress your true concerns earlier rather than waiting almost a month after you raised entirely different objection. This is everything but constructive. But okay, let's put that aside and let's aderss your concerns: Regarding the spelling, both variations are fine: https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-with-words-ending-in-s/ If the source is mistaken, feel free to enlighten us or fix it yourself. It shouldn't take longer than 5 minutes. Now regarding the hook: I do not see how it is incomprehensible. If you know neither Sufism, nor Iblis, nor the Upanishads, maybe it is a great moment to click on the highlighted bright blue Wiki-Links? The article is not about an American subject afterall, so being introduced to something new is unavoidable at this point. If you have a better suggestion, as stated previously, feel free to make a suggestion, be constructive! Because as it is now, the hook does qualify as a hook: It is interesting, something new to learn, offers information the reader probably did not know, etc. ZanaharyVenusFeuerFalle (talk) 12:58, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I didn’t take part in the review. The article is full of truly poor prose, and it shouldn’t be on the front page until it’s copyedited. I think my position—that the article is unsuitable for featuring and that its proposed hook is poor—is clear now.꧁Zanahary꧂ 21:18, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you think the article has serious issues, you should propose a Good article Nominee reassessment. I doubt you will bring it through, as three independent Users had a look at this article, without any major objections. However, this is the DYK nomination, not the GA accessment. And apart from your personal distaste for the article, you are left to explain properly, because it is everything but clear what you mean, you have not contributed anything constructive yet. I do not want to be rude, but I am currently inclined to disregard your opinion on this entirely (WP:WHATISCONSENSUS), as you bring nothing to the table but vague criticism and advises which even contradict grammar rules. Please clarify specifically what your concerns are or I suggest to proceed with the review.Zanahary As you Johnbod have been the reviewer, I would like to invite you to share your current opinion on the DYN. As far as I understood, you were fine with the hook as it is now. The objection raised by Zanahary about the picture has been adressed as well.
I might start a GA reassessment, but I don’t have to in order to oppose this article’s featuring on DYK, because this is a separate review process—if it weren’t, the article could just be checked for basic eligibility and the GA review would stand in for any review of content. The idea that this my comments are based on my “personal distaste” for the article are confusing and unfounded; I’ve been clear that I find the article to have unacceptable issues in its writing, with lots of its prose being ungrammatical and/or unclear. And I still disagree with your arguments that the hook is suitably comprehensible to a broad audience. And please see MOS:POSS. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 18:36, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've touched up some (minor) prose issues, but otherwise I agree you should start a GA reassessment if you feel that strongly. It's not a good situation if an article is a GA but not held suitable to be a DYK on the sorts of issues you mention, and I don't believe the view of a single editor should be enough to bring this about. The subject is one where clarity is next to impossible to achieve, & I still believe the article is ok for Dyk. What do others think? Johnbod (talk) 02:23, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For anyone checking in to see what the fuss is about, I've placed inline tags in the article.꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:23, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just noting that the vast majority of tags at least are valid (I don't care to figure out appropriate weighting) and would be cause for this to quickfail at WP:GA. I strongly recommend a GAR.--Launchballer 10:27, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just noting that to me many seem clearly pointy and excessive. It would have been quicker4 to fix than tag some minor English points. But I suppose thyis just goes to show that a determined editor who dislikes the article for some reason can derail a dyk. Johnbod (talk) 16:14, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good lord, enough about me mysteriously "disliking" the article—it’s a very cool topic and I expressed interest in reviewing it back when it was nominated (someone else got there first). But it is full of ungrammatical prose, truly unclear language (which I couldn’t quickly fix), strange organization (with the story of Iblis refusing himself to prostrate before Adam being repeated many times across sections without variation), and has a habit of stating in wikivoice what absolutely must be attributed in-text. The GAR script isn’t working for me, so if anyone (Launchballer?) can just make a blank reassessment page for me, I can write the rationale.꧁Zanahary꧂ 16:56, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how and where you "expressed interest" (not on the article talk), but yes, I did start a review some 24 hours after the nom went up, since which time you have dogged my review and the article, telling me I think things I don't, not responding to requests, & raising vague complaints, now followed by a carpet-bombing of tags. Johnbod (talk) 17:48, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
telling me I think things I don't I literally don't know what you're talking about. I expressed interest on some contest page or something, and then VFF came to my Talk to ask if I'd like to take up the review, as the original reviewer hadn't been active, and I declined. There's a detailed GAR now, so hopefully you no longer feel my complaints are "vague".꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:57, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I created the GAR page. If this stays GA, you may ask at WT:DYK for this to be reopened.--Launchballer 17:00, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reopened per WT:DYK. New review needed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:28, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@VenusFeuerFalle: Reviewing the article is beyond my capabilities so this will not be a full review, but I agree with Johnbod that the hook as currently written needs to be changed. I'm a big history buff myself, but the hook is probably too specialist and relies a background in Indian history. My suggestion, if it is possible, would be to reword the hook to be less reliant on history knowledge. There's a good point to be made here, but right now it's hard to parse. If that is not feasible, another solution would just be to propose a different angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:09, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Would something along the line like "similarities in function between the Sufistic concept of Iblis's web and the Hindu concept of māyā have been considered?" work?
Yes, it would be better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:40, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can we then just take that one or do I have to officially reqrite a second suggestion?VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 09:19, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@VenusFeuerFalle: I would propose another hook. I would also go much simpler than that.--Launchballer 13:35, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, I still think even the first hook is great. I do not see how this is too specific or anything. If there is a general consensus that you cannot trust the average internet user to have basic education on geography, I am sorry, but when I am the wrong person for a understanding what you can expect from the average reader. I think everyone knows what Maya is and everyone knows what Sufism is. If thats not the case, I am sorry, but what is a good hook. That Iblis is compared to Satan? At this point we are at straightup translations.VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 12:13, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The only thing I can think of which is not basically either directly from the Quran or an inconclusive discussion mgiht be the story of Iblis fighting the jinn: "First the jinn were obedient, but over time immorality increased and, when they became infidels, God sent an army of angels, headed by Iblis to defeat them". But this is only interesting if you already believe in such stories and of no historical or cultural value.VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 12:21, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"If there is a general consensus that you cannot trust the average internet user to have basic education on geography, I am sorry ... I think everyone knows what Maya is and everyone knows what Sufism is." XKCD 2501 is, as quite often, very relevant. For hooks that might actually work (I'm sorry to say that the first hook is light-years away), perhaps we could try:
  • ALT1: ... that similar to how European portrayals of demons depict them with aspects of pagan deities, Islamic depictions of demons such as Iblis showcase attributes of Hindu gods?
    • ALT1a: ... that Islamic depictions of demons such as Iblis showcase attributes of Hindu gods?
  • ALT2: ... that a minority theory holds that the name of Iblis, the leader of the devils in Islam, derives from the Ancient Greek diábolos, which was also the origin for the English word "devil"?
    • ALT2a: ... that a minority theory holds that the name of the leader of the devils in Islam derives from the Ancient Greek diábolos, which was also the origin for the English word "devil"?
  • ALT3: ... that the dispute over the fundamental nature of Iblis, the leader of the devils in Islam, dates back to the formative stages of Islam?
Any of those work? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:18, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would WP:DYKTRIM the first half of ALT1, 'hide' Iblis in ALT2 and ALT3 under "the leader of the devils in Islam", and reword the end of ALT3 to "the religion's formative stages". Gets them out of using commas.--Launchballer 13:10, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reviews needed for ALT1a, ALT2a, and ALT3a. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:36, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking about it, I'd trim ALT2a further, to ALT2b: ... that a minority theory holds that the name of the leader of the devils in Islam derives from the same origin as the English word "devil"?, but as it and ALT1a both use offline sources and would require a quote, I approve ALT3a.--Launchballer 19:42, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Launchballer, for ALT1a, see "And just as medieval Christian European renditions of the devil mostly derive, with an obvious anti-‘pagan’ note of scorn, from Graeco-Roman depictions of the god Pan and the goat-legged and goat-horned satyrs, so the Persianate portrayals of Iblls and his minions are mainly and just as recognizably ferocious caricatures of naked and bangled Hindu deities - also seen in the Mahayana scrolls - but here and now turned into monsters: such as Ganesh, with his characteristic elephant head, and Vishnu in his incarnation as a boar, or rather seen as a human body with the head of a tusked boar." ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:43, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, that's a long sentence. I also approve ALT1a.--Launchballer 20:47, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
First thank you very much for your suggestions. I would go with ALT 2a: it is probably the least controversial. ALT 3 is more interesting but then we are overrun by ultra-conservatives. ALT 1 is true, but I don't think we should emphazize it too much, as this is very specifically for those who portray the demons as Divs. The Indian influence probably coems by accident not by a direct demonization (Persians demonized Indian gods, Muslims accepted the demons of the Persians as demons). So even though it is true (and what the source states), I wouldn't phrase it like this, especially not for a DYN. I think the the Diabolus etymology is fine, but I would remove the "minority" from that quote, as it is pretty much the most widely accepted hypothesis in Islamic studies.VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 19:49, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 6

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1910 Italy v France football match

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Italy team before the match
Italy team before the match
Created by Wikipediæ philosophia (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Wikipediæ philosophia (talk) 22:25, 7 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:

Wikipediæ philosophia, there is uncited material in the article I have tagged which needs citing. The article also needs a copyedit for prose. These are issues I would expect the reviewer to pick up. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:17, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
apologies I reviewed that DYK before the article underwent major changes and was tagged for copyedit. Moondragon21 (talk) 13:52, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720:,  Fixed (Thanks to User Vaseline, who gave me a hand). Wikipediæ philosophia (talk) 19:31, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720:, frankly, no. Concerning the copy edit, probably it would be more sensible to ping someone who may be interested in. I always strive to write as correctly as possible, but my English isn’t C2 yet, lol. Regarding the lacking sources, I’ll fix asap. Wikipediæ philosophia (talk) 16:00, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Wikipediæ philosophia: The Guild of Copy Editors might be able to help with the copy edit. Z1720 (talk) 16:03, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Apologies, but is there a better hook than this? I'm not really sure what is supposed to be interesting here: that Italy won 6-2, or that their first opponent was France. If it's the high score (for a soccer match), I can see that point being overlooked by non-soccer fan readers. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:02, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is totally notable for everybody, as it sure is incredible that the first game was a high score win.
Not really, no. The hook's lack of interest is probably what's made it unattractive to promoters. It'll likely meet WP:DYKTIMEOUT in a couple of days. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:46, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: Given the circumstances, I'll opt for another hook:

...that in their first official match, Italy defeated France 6–2 on 15 May 1910? It emphatises the fact it was Italy's first match. Wikipediæ philosophia (talk) 21:01, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged uncited material in the article five weeks ago, it is still there. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Fixed Wikipediæ philosophia (talk) 21:29, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Airship, is this one good to go? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 06:49, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If a promoter wants it, sure. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 08:49, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If T:TDYKA was less constipated, I'd promote ALT0a: ... that the Italy national football team won their first official match 6-2? I need longer to decide whether I'm actually going to do that.--Launchballer 10:30, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 7

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Selim Al Deen Muktamanch

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Muktamanch from Right entrance
Muktamanch from Right entrance
5x expanded by FaysaLBinDaruL (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 21:05, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

ALT 3: ... that rain unexpectedly began to fall moments after the monsoon song began at same place, twice? Source: Source 1; Source 2

~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 12:35, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The hook may need to be revised as it is hard to understand. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:42, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: "the song gained a legendary reputation after two remarkable performances at Jahangirnagar University’s Muktamanch, rain unexpectedly began to fall moments after song started. In 1991, just moments after the song began, rain unexpectedly began to fall. The phenomenon repeated itself in 1992 at the same venue during another performance of the song—further cementing its mythical connection to the monsoon." - This is the attractive/amazing info linked to the song and place. To keep the hook's length within 200 prose characters, and make it more interesting the hook is abbreviated as the ALT 3 one.
This is a common practice for DYK. For example, you may check Scenes in the Square. There is a Mr. Bean statue. Its is mentioned in article as well. For DYK the nominator make it more interestingly proposed the hooks as ".. that you can sit next to Mr. Bean (pictured) in Leicester Square?" without mentioning the name of article. Also many times two article is represented in one hook. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 15:50, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I take.--Launchballer 15:49, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I just realised this is a double nom, and I'll use this when I have an idea for a double hook, so this can wait until I've completed a single.--Launchballer 15:51, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@FaysaLBinDaruL: GPTZero says Muktamanch is AI-generated and Sraboner is AI-polished, care to explain yourself?--Launchballer 08:48, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Thanks for your concern. Muktamanch is not generated, rather translated using AI comparison between Being Translator and Google Translate from BN to EN. Both of these translator is not always give "close and accurate meaning". It was tiresome for me to translate and compare and determine the best translation. I did write some of my EN articles by selecting best translation before AI arrived. Translator websites often cannot provide the right punctuation. I took help from AI for correct punctuation, according to EN grammar.
As for "Sraboner..." the heading was sounds like "simple English", I tried to put more rich and accurate wording, but the translation from original BN article is not deviated. for "Production" paragraph, I followed songs related good article style. Hook's info are not polished, rather written using best vocabulary. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 23:05, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
PS: None of the original BN wiki articles are AI generated, you may check using GPTZero, for in depth review. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 23:07, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Does the above satisfy your concerns? Z1720 (talk) 16:27, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I'm going to leave this for someone else.--Launchballer 17:54, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not AI-generated, just reflecting the obsequious and promotional nature of the source—very common in South Asian sources. See this edit to the first section FaysaLBinDaruL where such puffery and weasel words are removed. This article needs similar edits in the rest of the body, and Sraboner Meghgulo Joro Holo Akashe requires the same in its lead and in the "popularity and legacy" section. Please ping me when this is done, or if you have any questions. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:32, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29 okey-dokey. I removed some 'puffs' from the lead and "...legacy" paragraph from "Sraboner...". As for Muktamanch, can you please help me to remove those "peackock". You may check "Sraboner ..." for further check. Thanks. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 22:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29 I think, you remove the maximum peacock from 'Muktamanch'. I am removing some now. Please recheck. Thanks. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 22:58, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I removed nowhere near the maximum, and removing a sentence doesn't help. Your edit summaries ("I guess") indicate you don't really understand, so please read WP:WTW. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:57, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29 I scheme through carefully several times to identify the puffer words and possible synonyms of those puffs listed in WP:WTW, for above mentioned paragraphs. As first writer, my edits can be biased. Can you help me improving the articles? you can recheck the ref again. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 16:21, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have copyedited both articles. Now we have to address the hook, which is unintelligible in its current form. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:11, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29 ALT 3 is the best proposed hook, conjoining both articles. Any alter proposal? Don't forget to ping me :) ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 05:44, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, as I said FaysaLBinDaruL, ALT3 is unintelligible. Can you propose any rephrasings? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 08:53, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think the hook's trying to say ALT3a: ... that it started raining during two performances of the song "Sraboner Meghgulo Joro Holo Akashe" at Selim Al Deen Muktamanch?--Launchballer 16:14, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I guess that's true; whether it's interesting is another thing. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:49, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Untill it is within WP:DYK200, good to go. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 16:59, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Starlight (Taylor Swift song)

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Created by Ippantekina (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Ippantekina (talk) 04:56, 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: No - See below
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Ippantekina: Article is new enough (moved to mainspace on 6/4), long enough, and a QPQ has been done. My only concern is the hook - the article doesn't mention the song being "dedicated" to Ethel Kennedy, only that it was inspired by her romance with RFK. Does the WSJ source say that it was dedicated to her? The article is behind a paywall and I can't access it. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:59, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given unresolved concerns about the promoted hook, I've returned this to Prep for further workshopping. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it would be better to use the word "song" in the hook? The hook seems borderline interesting to me, so asking Launchballer if they could propose something else. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:11, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So I guess the Ethel Kennedy hook failed? Ippantekina (talk) 04:23, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There were more editors supporting running the hook than opposing, but not overwhelming enough to meet consensus, so it was probably safer to just pull for workshopping than to keep it in Prep indefinitely. This does not mean that the Kennedy hook can't run (the opposition wasn't against the Kennedy angle entirely), but it would probably require rewriting to address the concerns raised. Are you open to a non-Ethel Kennedy hook then? I have a feeling that just because it's a Taylor Swift hook does not mean it automatically meets DYKINT: Tay-Tay hooks (and really music hooks in general) have underperformed in the past. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ippantekina: Thoughts on ALT1 above? Any other hooks that you would like to propose? The more hooks that are proposed, the more likely it is that at least one will be approved. Z1720 (talk) 23:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Ethel Kennedy hook is the most interesting one and is cited. If this is not approved, I have no alternatives. If this is a dead-end, I would like to withdraw this nom. Ippantekina (talk) 08:49, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies for intruding on this discussion. I can understand the concern about the Ethel Kennedy hook. I think that the "Ethel Kennedy fanfiction" could make the original hook more interesting. So something along the lines of: ... Taylor Swift wrote a song that a critic considered a "piece of Ethel Kennedy fanfiction"? It is just a suggestion of course, and apologies again for jumping into this discussion at random. Again, I just think the "fanfiction" angle may be something to pull some attention (and to be frank, some topics will just not interest some people and that is okay). Aoba47 (talk) 00:19, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think that it's a better hook than the original proposal, but it's probably better to hear from Ippantekina first before approving it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:12, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Aoba47 for the suggestion; if consensus is that that alt is more interesting, then yes I'm happy to nominate that as a hook -- ALT2: ... that Taylor Swift wrote a song that a critic considered a "piece of Ethel Kennedy fanfiction? (already sourced within article) Ippantekina (talk) 02:42, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Checks out, let's roll.--Launchballer 14:12, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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]

ALT1 is definitely a much stronger hook than ALT0. Just provide a quick excerpt of the source here and we should be good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:47, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
^ @User:Harren the Red and @User:AirshipJungleman29, courtesy pings. Toadspike [Talk] 20:27, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the ping! A small rewrite of ALT1 for clarity; ALT1: ... that when Perdiccas, regent of Alexander the Great's empire after Alexander's death, encountered assassins sent to kill him, he taunted and terrified them into running away? I am fine with this. As for the source, it's: Anson, Edward M. (2014). Alexander's Heirs: The Age of the Successors. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444339628, p. 19. Looking forward to the final review, @Narutolovehinata5, and any others who want to give the okay. Thanks. Harren the Red (talk) 18:13, 30 July 2025

Undefeated (band)

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[[File:|140px|Lis Dunckel of Undefeated ]]
Lis Dunckel of Undefeated
  • ... that when Lis Dunckel replaced the previous bassist for Undefeated, she didn't know how to play bass?
Created by 3family6 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 109 past nominations.

3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 12:46, 13 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 eligibility:

  • Freely licensed: No - All images used in the article have lacked permission for more than a week. They should be removed unless permission is received.
  • Used in article: Yes
  • Clear at 100px: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting hook. Well-cited article, although I would personally mark out the primary sources using {{Primary sources references section}}. ―Howard • 🌽33 13:48, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@3family6: Forgot to ping. ―Howard • 🌽33 11:47, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Regarding the images, the band told me ,(via email) that they've sent in the forms, it's the Wikimedia volunteer side that hasn't responded. I'm not sure what the approach is in such situations.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 11:53, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest consulting c:Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard ―Howard • 🌽33 12:16, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll leave a message there.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 20:37, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's currently in process. I reached out to the band again and Meredith is attempting to re-send the information.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 23:28, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Howardcorn33 The file was deleted as the ticket from the band was not satisfactory. I wanted to ahead with your recommendation of including {{Primary sources references section}} but I don't know how to technically use it. The infobox image is still in process, that seems to be the only unresolved issue.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 20:18, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@3family6: Was the issue with images the only remaining concern with the article? I see that Howardcorn33 has not edited since the 3rd. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:13, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that was the only outstanding concern. And theirs was specifically about the image used here. I think the issue with the one in the article does need to get addressed before this could be promoted.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 23:42, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This will need a new review as the current reviewer is not active. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:38, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@3family6: This needs a new QPQ as only full reviews count and you only ticked off my hook.--Launchballer 17:51, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll review another one, with a full review.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 10:45, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This should be fine.--Launchballer 23:18, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Murder of Luigia Borrelli

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Created by Moondragon21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Moondragon21 (talk) 05:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Dull hook. A lot of murder investigations have been reopened after long periods of time (see Murder of Sherri Rasmussen, for instance). Daniel Case (talk) 04:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Better. Just provide a source when you make it ALT1. Daniel Case (talk) 02:18, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: Done. Moondragon21 (talk) 05:22, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I meant here in the nomination, actually, but I checked it in the article and it's fine. I'd put it in the lede where you first mention it. Daniel Case (talk) 04:31, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: Now it's in the lede. Is everything alright now? Moondragon21 (talk) 02:59, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I meant in the article lede, right after that term in Italian is mentioned. Daniel Case (talk) 02:03, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: I think it is already. Moondragon21 (talk) 03:40, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's not. First sentence: "The murder of Luigia Borrelli, known in Italy as delitto del trapano" Right after that is where it should go. Daniel Case (talk) 03:52, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Daniel Case: I am confused. What should the sentence be word-for-word? Moondragon21 (talk) 08:17, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I took care of it. Daniel Case (talk) 18:11, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case: thanks. How is the DYK looking now? Moondragon21 (talk) 17:12, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Better in this department, but given the degree to which I have been involved already I think it better if someone else does the full review Daniel Case (talk) 18:16, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Thanks for the advice on the hook. Moondragon21 (talk) 11:10, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moondragon21 your provided QPQ Template:Did you know nominations/1910 Italy v France football match is a tick-box review which did not pick up on easily-identifiable issues, and is therefore not a "full review" per WP:QPQ. I request that you review another nomination, and do so properly this time. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:19, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
apologies I reviewed that DYK before the article underwent major changes and was tagged for copyedit. AirshipJungleman29 a new QPQ is now provided. Moondragon21 (talk) 15:22, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I take.--Launchballer 15:58, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Moondragon21: Lots to whinge about here I'm afraid; the first two paragraphs of the body are unsourced, I'm uncomfortable with mentioning the murder weapon in the hook per WP:DYKGRAT, numerous sections deserve {{clump}} and these want resolving, and this badly needs a copyedit. As the replacement QPQ is also tickboxy I intend on promoting that hook before I approve this one. That said, however, this is long enough and new enough and Earwig checks out. Ping me when the above is addressed and we'll talk hooks.--Launchballer 16:23, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Thanks for the advice I have tried to solve those issues. How is it looking now? Moondragon21 (talk) 19:37, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Moondragon21: Article's fine, this needs a new hook.--Launchballer 18:09, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Okay. Any advice for an appropriate alternative hook? Moondragon21 (talk) 19:17, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to suggest something regarding it being solved 20 years after the letter, but just noticed that paragraph's still unsourced.--Launchballer 18:28, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A hook about the letter is a good idea definitely a possibility. Moondragon21 (talk) 20:21, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for sourcing the paragraph. I was thinking along the lines of "that the murder of Luigia Borrelli was solved twenty years after the sending of a letter admitting it", but a) I wouldn't be able to approve it and b) I expect a prepbuilder to reword that.--Launchballer 19:53, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: thanks for the advice now it will be re-reviewed. Here is an new hook sourcing reference 21: Alt 1: "that the murder of Luigia Borrelli was solved twenty years after a letter admitting guilt was posted?" Moondragon21 (talk) 21:25, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. That's still my hook reworded, so I must ask for another reviewer.--Launchballer 20:38, 31 July 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: Good to go with main or Alt 1 (both verified); Alt 1 preferred Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:55, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 15

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Rini Widyantini

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  • ... that Indonesia's current state apparatus minister, Rini Widyantini, once took care of one of her predecessors' child? Source: "In September 1970, our first child was born, and we named him Rezal Ashari... When the two of us returned to campus, we left Rezal in the charge of the Nadisah family, who very kindly agreed to babysit him. Pak Nadisah’s youngest daughter, Rini Widyantini, was the most involved in taking care of Rezal." Kusumaatmadja, Sarwono (2020). Steering a middle course: from activist to Secretary General of Golkar. ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Singapore: ISEAS. pp. 100. ISBN 978-981-4881-65-4.
5x expanded by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 83 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 03:40, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hey, Jeromi Mikhael. The article is more than long enough and counts as new. The 2020 book by Kusumaatmadja does not, as far as I can see, mention Widyantini on the cited pages 118–120. It mentions her only on page 100, and there it does not say anything about her date of birth or place of birth. Could you please double check and ensure that everything in the article is sourced and that the cited sources cover the information they are supposed to cover? I also wonder whether a more interesting hook could be produced from the article. One might even wonder whether focusing on a woman minister acting as a nanny for her male predecessor is a sensitive choice of hook. Surtsicna (talk) 08:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Z1720: Hi, really sorry for the late response, I've amended the citation for the phrase and included a relevant citation for the date and place of birth. I'm not so sure if that's offensive, since Rini was acting as a host for her predecessor and that she did it out of kindness? If you think that's offensive I could offer this alternative: ALT 1: "... that Indonesia's current state apparatus minister, Rini Widyantini, was appointed as spokesperson in a coffee morning event?", which could be sourced to citation no. 13 in the article. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 09:07, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is not particularly offensive to me, Jeromi Mikhael, but I can imagine that someone might wonder why we are focusing on that rather than on her accomplishments. As for ALT1, we again seem to be faced with the verifiability problem: I see no mention of a coffee morning event in the (automatically translated) cited source. Surtsicna (talk) 23:43, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Surtsicna: You might want to take a look at the second paragraph of the news. This is the original text:

"Saya menunjuk juru bicara Kemenpan adalah Ibu Rini yang sekaligus Deputi Kelembagaan dan Tata Laksana yang tugas-tugasnya cukup vital. Kedua adalah Pak Herman Suryatman sebagai Kepala Biro Hukum dan KIP," kata Menteri Yuddy dalam acara coffee moring dan talkshow dengan tema Penataan Kelembagaan Kementerian pada Kabinet Kerja di ruang Serbaguna kantor Kementerian PANRB, Jakarta, Jumat (29/5).

, which translates to:

"I appointed the spokesperson for the Ministry of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform to be Mrs. Rini, who is also the Deputy for Institutions and Governance whose duties are quite vital. The second is Mr. Herman Suryatman as the Head of the Legal Bureau and KIP," said Minister Yuddy in a coffee morning event and talk show with the theme of Institutional Arrangement of the Ministry at the Working Cabinet in the Multipurpose Room of the Ministry of PANRB office, Jakarta, Friday (29/5).

The fact that what he said is a form of appointment rather than an announcement is evident by reading the image's caption in the website:

"Deputi Kelembagaan Tata Laksana Kementerian PANRB Rini Widyantini memberikan keterangan kepada wartawan, sesaat setelah ditunjuk menjadi Juru Bicara oleh Menteri Yuddy Chrisnandi dalam acara coffee morning dan talkshow bertajuk penataan kelembagaan kementerian Kabinet Kerja di Kementerian PANRB, Jumat (29/05)

, which translates to:

Deputy of Institutional Management of the Ministry of PANRB, Rini Widyantini, gives a statement to reporters shortly after being appointed as Spokesperson by Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi at the coffee morning and talkshow event titled “Institutional Arrangement of Ministries in the Working Cabinet” at the Ministry of PANRB, Friday (29/05)

@Jeromi Mikhael and Surtsicna: What else needs doing here?--Launchballer 23:32, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose the coffee morning event will do, Launchballer... Surtsicna (talk) 22:57, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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]

ALT2: ... that Presbyterian College moved to NCAA Division I during the presidency of John V. Griffith? Source: [3]
ALT3: ... that under president John V. Griffith, Presbyterian College established a Confucius Institute following a partnership with Guizhou University? Source: [4]
Hopefully those are better options than what's above. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 13:59, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @PCN02WPS: Can you find better sources for those two hooks? I think they're interesting enough, but source 1 only supports that they were nearing entry into NCAA Division I, and source 2 (I had to access through internet archive because it inexplicably became a 404 about a week ago) supports both, but isn't an independent source, and I think it would benefit to support the hooks with an independent source. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2a: ... that Presbyterian College began a move to NCAA Division I during the presidency of John V. Griffith?
Using the same source as ALT3, would this work? PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:01, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @PCN02WPS: I think that, along with the announcement provided, that should be enough to prove the hook. Include this information and fixes into the article, and I don't think there's any other issues as far as I'm aware. Good work! SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:31, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Orthetrum japonicum

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Male Orthetrum japonicum dragonfly
Male Orthetrum japonicum dragonfly
  • Source: Karube, H.; Futahashi, R.; et al. (2012). "Taxonomic revision of Japanese odonate species, based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene genealogies and morphological comparison with allied species. Part I". Tombo. 54: 75–106. ISSN 0495-8314.
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]
  • @Cremastra The source linked uses ResearchGate, which isn't always the best source to use (as I learned a little bit ago when I submitted a draft). So, I think that a better link to the paper should be found (even if it's locked, it'll be from a more reliable website), or a different source altogether to prove ALT1 should be found. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 06:29, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @SonOfYoutubers: I think that's splitting hairs. The source is the same; the URL we happen to use to access the PDF simply doesn't matter. Changing URLS (and RGate is widely used to access PDFs of reliable journal articles) is a waste of time. Cremastra (talk) 22:00, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Cremastra: Quoting directly WP:RGATE, "Determine the original source of what is being cited to establish reliability. When possible, cite the original source in preference to the repository." We already established that the original source is reliable, so there's no issue there. However, citing the original source is preferred over the repository. Again, all you have to do is change the link to one of the two I provided above, which are reliable databases. That should take just about 2 minutes, so it's not a waste of time. That's the only issue, I'm not asking much else because everything else is perfect. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 22:05, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fine. I changed the source link on this page to the one added by Vanderwaalforces to the article. I don't see why we have to change the link on a non-reader facing template to follow vague guidance set out in what is neither a policy nor guideline, but if it will stop this argument I may as well do it. Cremastra (talk) 23:38, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 19

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George Garcia

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  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Wicks
  • Comment: Will complete QPQ within the weekend. What's novel here is while election commission officials vote all the time in general elections, and while there are several special/by-elections, it's not often that a special/by-election happens on the district where an electoral commission is a voter on.
5x expanded by Howard the Duck (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

Howard the Duck (talk) 11:54, 20 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I'm honestly not a fan of hooks that require the nominator to explain its importance or interestingness in the nomination. DYKINT suggests that hooks need to be interesting to non-specialist audiences, meaning the hook should be more-or-less self-evident without requiring too much knowledge. Do you have any other suggestions? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:46, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I mean special/by-elections rather important in many places, and for someone who administers elections to personally vote on one must be rare.
    Other facts are that he counseled for politicians before becoming involved with the Commission on Elections but I thought that's boring. Howard the Duck (talk) 10:51, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It still feels like specialist information at best. It's probably better to just go in a different direction, if possible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:53, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
By-elections are standard fare in English speaking countries. This is not specialist at all. Such elections are standard fare on WP:DYK.
Also some other facts are unsavory and may not pass WP:BLP more so on the Main Page. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:02, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Does the above satisfy your concerns? @Howard the Duck: Are there any additional hooks you would like to propose? Z1720 (talk) 23:29, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Far from it: the reason I did not comment further was because I still thought the hook was problematic, even with the additional context. If a hook requires a nominator's explanation to be interesting, at the very least it meeting DYKINT is tenuous at best. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:45, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I won't be making any further changes as I believe it passes WP:DYKINT and none of the other articles I cited above had been placed in similar circumstances. Special elections are standard DYK fare and this blurb should not be held to a higher standard.
Given the above, I am marking this for closure for lack of a DYKINT-compliant hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:59, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have opened a discussion about this at WT:DYK#Template:Did you know nominations/George Garcia. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:42, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As per the discussion, a new hook can be formed that is more interesting and has some more importance history-wise, ALT1 ... that George Garcia successfully defended Filipino politician Grace Poe's birthright citizenship before the Supreme Court of the Philippines? SonOfYoutubers (talk) 00:44, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be fine with delinking "Supreme Court of the Philippines" and just call it the "Supreme Court". Now this has almost no context whatsoever, so let's see how the gatekeepers like this. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:35, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it should be shortened down to just 'Supreme Court', that's way too ambiguous and can represent the Supreme Court of any country. I also think it's fine linked. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:20, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The blurb already specifies Grace Poe is a "Filipino politician". I don't think Zambia's supreme court determines the birthright citizenship of Filipino politicians. I can be fine with linking to "Supreme Court". Howard the Duck (talk) 14:29, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, hypothetically, it could be any other supreme court. Birthright citizenship can also be acquired from jus sanguinis, maybe in a case where someone fights in another country for citizenship despite being born in another territory. Anyways, no, I think it's fine to keep it because readers could also glance over the 'Filipino' part and might not even notice it. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hypothetically, someone else on the review process may say parts of the blurb are redundant, but I'd yield on this. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:42, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not to go off-topic (and I apologize for this but I see a pattern), but please be more respectful. The other reviewers and I are just trying to do our job to help nominations be approved, including yours. Calling them "gatekeepers" and constantly objecting doesn't exactly help. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:53, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know gatekeepers object to that term, and I do sincerely apologize if the term can be thought of as offensive, but I'd just want to make sure the nomination goes through without any more hitches. I'm trying to cover all bases here. This nomination has lasted for almost a month. People object to every part of the process here, it's not just me who objects. WP:DYKHOOKS have to be pithy as well, that's why I'd want it to be shortened and have redundant parts of the hook - which someone else may object to later(!) - be edited. Also, someone else down the line may object that the hook doesn't focus on Garcia but on Poe; I've been told that this is fine, but like I said, someone else may object to this down the road. Like I said earlier, I'd yield on both just to get this over with. Let's just hope nobody else objects on both accounts. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:01, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's fine if there's another objection/edit, although I would rather, for both your and this nomination's sake, that any minor edits like shortening of the hook occur during promotion rather than here; I understand the frustration of a nomination taking a long time, minor edits shouldn't lengthen it. Certainly now, because of the discussion opened earlier, nobody should object against the hook based on DYKINT, since it seems most agreed that the new hook is interesting enough now; if somebody does, then they are personally objecting rather than using community consensus, although I guess another discussion could always be opened if somebody really wants to. To help quicken the process, I'll add the symbol requesting a new review on this same edit so that the new hook is reviewed. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 15:14, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know that some sort of this fact has already been on DYK? Can we do that instead? LOL. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:29, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no clue if you can just copy past hooks, but either way, it should focus on the article's subject matter (George Garcia). That hook specifically focuses on the case itself and its result/effect. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I approve of the hook, this is ready for DYK. I can't promote this so somebody do this please. Thanks! Earth605 (talk) 16:25, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 22

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Saskatchewan Highway Patrol

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  • ... that the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol was in a controversy in 2020 where firearms were purchased, but were deemed questionable during an audit in 2019?
Converted from a redirect by Ominae (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

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

I've gone in and copyedited it myself. This is long enough, new enough. Earwig is clean and QPQ is done. Not sure 'questionable' is the right word given that other agencies seem able to use them, I suggest ALT1: ... that the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol once bought several firearms it could not use?--Launchballer 16:02, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a bunch, mate. It helps. Wondering if a check mark is needed? Ominae (talk) 05:34, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Er, yep. Not the one I used though. If you're alright with ALT1, then it needs another reviewer.--Launchballer 17:50, 5 August 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: all good with ALT1! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:55, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 23

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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]
Launchballer, I don't think such a meaningless throwaway line deserves to be in an encylopedia, let alone a DYK section. What's next? ... that Don't Tell the Dog's creator likes to throw it at people and go, there it is? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:20, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... that the name of James Marriott's second album took its name from an incident involving a childhood move?--Launchballer 18:58, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Review needed for ALT2. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:57, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I approve ALT2. I think it is interesting and it is verified in the inine citation source, although I tweaked the hook for clarity as I initially did not understand it. It would also be helpful if next time you could include the source/quote in the DYK nomination, as it took me a bit to find it and the quote in the source verifying the info. But anyway, ALT2 is approved and as QPQ has been done and there are no copyright issues etc, it is good to go. Yay! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 20:19, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hooks aren't supposed to be edited after proposal, so I put that back; your hook was ALT2a: ... that the name of James Marriott's second album took its name from an incident involving dog behind left behind during a childhood location move?--Launchballer 20:24, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Where does it say that? I always see editors and reviewers tweak hooks. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 20:35, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, that wasn't quite what I was trying to say, but WP:DYKTRIM says be careful not to introduce new facts that require independent verification. Your edit introduced 'dog left behind'. I purposefully left that part out per WP:DYKNOM (which really needs to be copied into the Guidelines, but anyway): Successful hooks [...] give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more..--Launchballer 20:47, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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]

Update to original hook:

  • ... that although their major investor distributor was one of the founders of Sega, UK-based Alca Electronics was liquidated after being sued by Sega for copying their game Frogger? Source: Meadeas, 166

Still under 200 and I think it makes it clearer why this was non-trivial. Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:45, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, good spot. distributor. Maury Markowitz (talk) 17:12, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@SonOfYoutubers: Has your concern been resolved? Z1720 (talk) 16:30, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720: Yes, although if you're going to promote the original hook, do change "investor" to "distributor". SonOfYoutubers (talk) 16:35, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@SonOfYoutubers: If all issues have been resolved, can you add a new green tick below? I do not want others later on to think that I was the reviewer. Z1720 (talk) 16:37, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, of course. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 16:38, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Juan Bascuñán

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5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 10:18, 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: New enough when nominated. Nice to see a Lugnuts stub getting properly expanded. I find ALT1 much more interesting. It's still a little borderline on interestingness for me, but I don't see any better options in the article. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 02:05, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

information Note: Hi Arconning, the lead composes over a third of this article. As it is largely duplicative of the body, and without it the article would be way under the WP:DYKLEN limit, I won't be promoting this nomination in the article's current state. Other promoters may differ. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem

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Sibylla crowns Guy
Sibylla crowns Guy
  • ... that Queen Sibylla (coronation pictured) agreed to divorce her unpopular husband, Guy, on the condition that she could choose her next husband, only to choose Guy again and crown him king?
  • Source: "...Sibyl agreed to a divorce in 1186 on three conditions ... that she should have the right to choose a new husband herself ... Heraclius crowned Sibyl and then asked her to bestow a second crown on a regent to share the work of government with her, whereupon she called Guy of Lusignan forward and placed the crown on his head..." (Hamilton 2000, p. 220)
  • ALT1: ... that Queen Sibylla (pictured) outwitted her lords by agreeing to their demand that she divorce her husband, Guy, requiring them to promise to accept her next choice of husband, and then choosing Guy again? Source: (Hamilton 2000, p. 220)
  • ALT1: ... that Sibylla of Jerusalem (pictured) defied her brother the king's command to leave her husband, refused to ascend the throne without him, and went to share his hardships at a siege in which she died?
    Source: "Baldwin, it would seem, had reckoned without Sibyl’s great attachment to her husband, which was constant throughout her life." "She was instrumental in his becoming king, and in 1188 left the safety of Tripoli to share with him the hardships of the siege of Acre at which she died." (Hamilton 2000, p. 196)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andrea Enisuoh
  • Comment: It would be wonderful if the nomination could be given some time for the GA review of the article about Guy to be finished. Then we can bold Guy's name too and have a nice double hook.
Improved to Good Article status by Reverosie (talk) and Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 230 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 19:25, 2 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article new enough (GA Jun 25), long enough (26 kB), well-sourced to academic sources, no copyvio (Earwig flags a Wikipedia clone). Hooks verified in Hamilton 2000, and the hook fact made me laugh out loud. I will note, however, that the article does not use the word "divorce", although it is used in the source, so perhaps the word should be added. Approving the nom, but per the nominator's wishes, this should be held until Guy of Lusignan passes GA. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:30, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Surtsicna: interested? A discussion here is trying to find an article(s?) that might feature on August 5th on the front page and at Wikiwomen in Nairobi. Victuallers (talk) 08:14, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 26

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Episode 6994

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Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 00:56, 27 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

It solves the WP:SEAOFBLUE concerns, but I still have reservations about either hook as currently written meeting DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:43, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Surely a character returning to a show after 27 years is interesting? I reworded it slightly now. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 23:45, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is, it's just that I think a better wording could be proposed that would not be reliant on knowledge of EastEnders. I also suspect that "Episode 6994" would turn off readers, so a possible wording could involve piping it without naming the episode by name in the hook. Maybe someone like Sammi Brie could help with that? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:48, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DaniloDaysOfOurLives and Narutolovehinata5: Perhaps try this... These episode number titles remind me of my call signs. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 01:01, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Full review needed now that a new hook has been proposed. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:09, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Approved. QPQ is done. Promoted to GA within the window. Clearly long enough and generally in good shape. No evident plagiarism or BLP concerns; there are a few hits on Earwig, but they are mostly to quotations used with attribution: one or two potentially very minor WP:CLOP sentences that I don't think rise to the level of a problem. Three images; two check out straighforwardly; File:Paul Nicholls Actor 2016 (3zBDh3JZYAg).jpg has both a CC-BY licence and a copyright notice on its YouTube page, but I think the intent is clearly to allow reuse with attribution (and indeed the previous volunteer thought as much). The new hook is stated explicitly in the article and checks out from the sources there -- I think it's interesting enough, too, so we're good to go. UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:44, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]


References

  1. ^ Tyler, Laura-Jayne (19–25 October 2024). "Hits & Misses!". Inside Soap. No. 42. p. 98.

Calle José Ortega y Gasset

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The street in 2015.
The street in 2015.
  • ... that Calle de Lista was renamed due to the death of a philosopher?
  • Source: [9] Madrid es Noticia 4 July 2019
  • Reviewed:
Created by Earth605 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Earth605 (talk) 05:37, 29 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: No - The article contains references to unreliable sources, such as Blogspot and Wordpress.
  • Neutral: Yes
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes
  • Other problems: No - Several claims are only presented in single-sentence paragraphs that could easily be in one or two paragraphs altogether. This is not a policy, but it is something to point out; the "History" and "Notable deaths" sections contain examples of WP:PROSELINE. (Linking may also need work. In one instance, Eva Perón Park is linked to the Argentine politician.)

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - The hook refers to Calle de Lista but this was the former name of Calle José Ortega y Gasset. It would be clearer to mention the current name.

Image eligibility:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: This appears to be a good-faith translation, but the hook needs additional work before it is suitable for appearance on the Main Page. Cattos💭 19:31, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed all problems an thought a new hook:

ALT1 ... that Calle José Ortega y Gasset is named after a philosopher?

And fixed the image caption. If you think anything is wrong please ping me!Pinging @Cathodography.

DYK needs preps. Some reviewer see this. Pinging @Narutolovehinata5, Pinging @AirshipJungleman29 Earth605 (talk) 14:32, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, @Earth605:. Sorry for the long wait; the ping you tried to attempt did not work. You're supposed to sign your comments. You were also not able to ping the two reviewers. Regarding the hook, the original hook was already fine. I only suggested to change the subject name to what was in the article. Regarding the article, I am still worried with the references that are used, such as madrid.city-tour, madrid-nu.nl. These may be promotional tourism websites and I wouldn't be comfortable in using them in an article. You should analyze other citations that are present, not just the two I mentioned. ALT2 ... that Calle José Ortega y Gasset was renamed due to the death of a philosopher? Cattos💭 20:35, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for that mistake! Some of the sites that you are concerned with I will remove in a not very distant future (I am illegally accesing Wikipedia right now ;] ) except the City Tour one, as 1. it's operated by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid (aka it's reliable) 2. it's only purpose in the article is to highlight the parts of the street. Thanks for talking back @Cathodography:! Earth605 (talk) 15:07, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done I've done a total cleansing of unreliable sources. Earth605 (talk) 15:08, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just so you know, @Earth605:, you weren't able to ping me correctly again. You need to ping and sign your comment in the same edit. That said, I saw this DYK anyway. I were still able to find some referencing problems such as the use of primary sources, but I was able to find substitutes for these, particularly of news articles. I also did some copyediting myself. Just a heads-up when you're editing: you used the media outlet's name as the "last name" parameter in citations, but that field is meant for the author's last name. If no author is listed, it's better to leave it blank. Cattos💭 17:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for those failed ping attempts; a great chunk of what I learned in Wikipedia was self thought by look at the source code of pages and memorizing this. BTW, I approve ATL1. If for any reason it isn't possible, then it's ATL2. No need to reply here, just pinging you so you see this, @Cathodography:. Earth605 (talk) 07:15, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Earth605 and Cathodography: The article was already under the DYK minimum of 1500 characters, but after trimming to remove duplication, it is now under 1400 characters. If this is to run, some expansion of non-trivia material is needed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:51, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Woops! Will fix tomorrow Spain hour. Or maybe now. Earth605 (talk) 18:32, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Article has now 1606 characters. @AirshipJungleman29: Earth605 (talk) 05:39, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just about alright, although other promoters might shy away. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:03, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Rusiate Rogoyawa

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5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 15:50, 4 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is expanded five times and is free of copyright violations. QPQ has been done, and the hook is interesting. However, there is an issue. Upon looking at the sources that you provided, there was a conflicting year when Rogoyawa saw the snow for the first time. According to Ledger-Enquirer and Calgary Herald, the year was 1982, while The Baltimore Sun stated that it was in 1983. Can you address this issue? After that, the hook can be promoted. Faldi00 (talk) 16:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Samuel S. Mayerberg

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

Roast (talk) 05:49, 30 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough and long enough. One image (File:Samuel Spier Mayerberg 1960 alt.jpg): the source website says this is PD, but I'm not sure how that's possible given that they also say the author is unknown and that it was created in 1960 -- unless there's some special consideration in play, like the author being an employee of the US Government, a work from that date must still be in copyright. No other concerns regarding copyvio, BLP, plagiarism or similar. I'm not convinced about some of the sourcing: this website, for instance, seems to be used to support a date -- what makes it a reliable source? Similarly, one much-used source is local news, which is dicey per WP:RS. More subjectively, I'd like to see a couple of spit-and-polish tweaks before it hits the main page -- for example, is it normal to refer to a Jewish religious group as a "church"? UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:45, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @UndercoverClassicist: Removed this source; it was a local source from University Academy public school, but I couldn't find any further backing of its reliability. Fixed "church" issue, changed for congregation. Picture is from Harry S. Truman Library, which is federally-ran, so a government employee is extremely likely to have taken the picture.
      • Hm -- I'm not convinced here. A library is a collection of records and documents; it's very unusual for a library not to include materials relevant to its subject made by people to whom it has no relation. Likewise, it's very common for online repositories of this sort to mark media as "public domain" to indicate that they don't know of any copyright, which isn't good enough for us -- we need to be positively sure that no copyright exists. I agree that it's reasonably likely that a government employee took it, but if the source isn't even willing to say that (never mind give a name), I don't think we can use such an assumption as the basis of a PD claim. However, the image would certainly be amenable to an FUR. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:55, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • @UndercoverClassicist: If the picture is questionable, I don’t think a FUR would be possible, because Samuel S. Mayerberg.jpg on Commons also exists, and is lifted from tne Library of Congress. Though, if that also has similar problems, a FUR could be done. Roast (talk) 20:22, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • File:Samuel S. Mayerberg.jpg doesn't have a US PD tag, and almost certainly isn't PD in the United States, for similar reasons to the article image. Perhaps you could ask about both images on Commons and see what the view is there? UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:28, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • @UndercoverClassicist: So given the Wikimedia Commons discussion is going no where, I’d suggest deleting the pictures from Commons to ensure the DYK passes then worry about a non-free alternative in the in-between time of accepting and its appearence on the front page. Though, I'm unsure how to delete files on Commons, and need help with that. Roast (talk) 16:46, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
            • The conversation on Commons has had less than a day; that's very early to be calling it stalled. Indeed, it's been less than 12 hours since I posted the explanation of what exactly the question was. It wouldn't be necessary to delete the images from Commons to get this DYK through, and I wouldn't recommend opening a deletion request there unless there's a positive reason to believe the images are in copyright (however, to use them in a DYK/GA etc, we need a positive case that they're not copyrighted).

UndercoverClassicist T·C 16:53, 2 July 2025 (UTC) Local source is from the Kansas City Public Library, which itself cites other newspapers and books, and such should be given the same verdict as the Dictionary of Missouri Biography source—both of which have a citation im common. Roast (talk) 19:33, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Guerreroast: Please address the above.--Launchballer 23:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You need to ask for a quote per WP:DYKHOOK.--Launchballer 14:36, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's for sourcing, surely? Here, the sourcing isn't in doubt, only the copyright status of an image, and I've received a quote from the email in question -- the AGF element is that the email actually contained the quote, actually exists, actually came from the right person, etc etc. I've no reason to doubt any of that, of course, but I'm not sure I'm in much of a position to vouch for it either. UndercoverClassicist T·C 16:45, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
oh, yeah, you can definitely assume good faith that the nominator isn't cooking a quote. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:42, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on June 29

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5 Calls

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Moved to mainspace by Opm581 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Opm581 (talk | he/him) 22:20, 30 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I think this needs further review before I (or someone else) can promote this. JuniperChill (talk) 08:46, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per above, requesting further review. SonOfYoutubers (talk) 00:22, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Opm581: This article qualifies for MOS:NOLEAD and would dip below 1500 characters if this was removed. This needs more content.--Launchballer 19:21, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I've added more content to the article. Opm581 (talk | he/him) 08:39, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Long enough, new enough, no QPQ needed, Earwig clean, hook checks, no other critical issues. I'll let a promoter pull the MOS:OVERSECTION trigger.--Launchballer 14:46, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hugh II of Jaffa

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Stabbing of Count Hugh
Stabbing of Count Hugh
  • Source: Mayer 1972, p. 110.
  • ALT1: ... that Count Hugh II of Jaffa was accused of high treason in open court by his own stepson, leading to a bitter dispute that culminated in an attempted assassination (pictured)? Source: Mayer 1972, p. 102
  • ALT2: ... that Count Hugh II of Jaffa was stabbed (pictured) while playing dice in the street in an attack widely seen as having been ordered by the king? Source: Mayer 1972, p. 102.
  • ALT3: ... that her husband's treatment of her cousin and alleged lover Count Hugh II of Jaffa (attack pictured) infuriated Queen Melisende so much that her husband feared for his life? Source: Hamilton 1978, p. 150; Mayer 1972, p. 106.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lord Fitzhenry
  • Comment: Which hook do you like best?
Improved to Good Article status by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 228 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 09:27, 30 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
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is promoted to GA, new enough and long enough. It is well sourced and plagiarism free as per Earwig (to be picky I'd welcome alteration to "a slight on her honour" as that feels a bit too close and specific to Hamilton (1978)'s wording). Hooks are cited and interesting, although I am AGF for ALTs 0-2 as I can't access the source. For ALT0 I'm not sure what vanquished means in this context - ?killed/?exiled - clarity would be useful I think. For ALT3, I really like the hook, but wonder if it could be pithier? I had to read it a few times to work out what it meant. Picture is free and clear. It might be nice to have the source in the caption? QPQ is done. I put a ? just while wording for 0 and 3 is clarified, but overall it's very interesting. Thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 15:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank for such a quick review, Lajmmoore. The ambiguity of "vanquished" is intentional because what Fulk wanted is not clear. Did he wish for Hugh to be exiled? Possibly, as that is what ended up happening. Did he want him killed? Possibly, because that almost happened, allegedly at Fulk's command. Melisende's intended fate is even less clear.
  • ALT3a... that Queen Melisende was so infuriated by her husband's treatment of Count Hugh II of Jaffa (attack pictured), her cousin and alleged lover, that her husband feared for his own life?
This version might be clearer. I would prefer to have Hugh mentioned first, but do not know how to achieve that. Surtsicna (talk) 19:39, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
*Thanks ALT3a looks much clearer to me, I'll leave vanquished up to the promoter Lajmmoore (talk) 21:44, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on July 1

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Zhou Bingde

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Zhou Bingde with Zhou Enlai
Zhou Bingde with Zhou Enlai
Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 05:30, 1 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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 was created on July 1st, no copyright problems, images are clear and freely licensed, hook ALT1 is more interesting and the Mandarin source checks out. Good to go!  Lefcentreright  Discuss  16:27, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on July 3

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Lizzie the Elephant

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Lizzie the Elephant pulling a cart
Lizzie the Elephant pulling a cart
  • Reviewed:
Created by Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 16:32, 3 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Well, this is sweet and definitely attention-grabbing, Commandant Quacks-a-lot. Thank you! It is new, long enough and apparently comprehensive. I see no copyright issues. The sources range from excellent (e.g. the BBC article) to much less so; I see two blogs and two self-published websites. I would also appreciate if the sources were properly cited, with the name of author, date of publication, publisher, etc. Surtsicna (talk) 18:03, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I have gone throught and improved all but two of the citations in the article. Now for the blogs and self published sources. In "The Railway Museum Blog", the term "blog" in the name is somewhat misleading. It's a website from the National Railway Museum in the UK, and is mostly devoted to news relating to, well, railway and museum things. The Elephant Database is indeed a self-published blog, but the only website I can find that officially says that Lizzie's birthdate in unknown. Most websites just don't mention her birth. Dissapointing, I know, lol. Anyway, no other websites listed are self-published or blogs. Sorry I couldn't respond to you in the DYK nominations official page. Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 15:08, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest not saying anything about Lizzie's date of birth if the best source we can find is a self-published blog. Not saying anything actually implies that we do not know. Surtsicna (talk) 15:37, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, I shall remove it. Thanks for the tips! Commandant Quacks-a-lot (talk) 18:24, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright. I think this looks ready now. Let's go, Lizzie! Surtsicna (talk) 16:46, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on July 4

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Rusiate Rogoyawa

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5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 15:50, 4 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is expanded five times and is free of copyright violations. QPQ has been done, and the hook is interesting. However, there is an issue. Upon looking at the sources that you provided, there was a conflicting year when Rogoyawa saw the snow for the first time. According to Ledger-Enquirer and Calgary Herald, the year was 1982, while The Baltimore Sun stated that it was in 1983. Can you address this issue? After that, the hook can be promoted. Faldi00 (talk) 16:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tati Penna

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Created by Moondragon21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Moondragon21 (talk) 14:51, 4 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Articles created/expanded on July 5

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Anju Jason

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5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 02:44, 12 July 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: The article was 5x expanded and is long enough. Source verifies hook. No copyvio detected. Hook is interesting and cited. I don't see any issues here. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:47, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Diaphoretickes

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Giant kelp
Giant kelp
  • ... that Diaphoretickes, a group containing an enormous diversity of eukaryotes including plants, ciliates, and kelps (pictured), derives from a Greek word meaning "diverse"?
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Snoteleks (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— Snoteleks (talk) 22:10, 5 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Starting review--Kevmin § 14:42, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Snoteleks: Article expansion new enough, GA new enough, Issues raised during and just after Ga have been resolved. Article is fully sourced and neutrally worded. AI detection came back as human, no copyvios are close paraphrasing identified in the prose. The hook is confirmed and verified in article and source. The hook itself could used some work though, right now its very clunky and a general "rule to live by" is the less extra links in a hook the better. could we reword the center to maybe just listing two or three example taxa, say "...including giant redwoods, ciliates, and kelps (pictured)..." with an image of one of the taxa to draw readers in more.--Kevmin § 01:44, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graham Crowley

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Crowley at his I Paint Shadows exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, March 2025
Crowley at his I Paint Shadows exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, March 2025
5x expanded by Jonathan Deamer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:06, 5 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I will review this, and will take this task up in about an hour. BD2412 T 16:54, 5 July 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: Citation for the hook can be read in full through the Wikipedia Library (under Oxford Art Online). The main section could be further split into subsections, but that is just advice. By my count, prose (excluding citation text) went from 526 characters to 4155 characters, roughly an 8-fold increase. BD2412 T 18:42, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BD2412 Thanks for your work on this review so far! Just in case you missed it, my QPQ is at Template:Did you know nominations/Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery. Please let me know if anything I can address there! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 18:56, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jonathan Deamer: So noted, thanks! BD2412 T 19:06, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer UK & Ireland Tour 2024

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Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 73 past nominations.

JJonahJackalope (talk) 21:32, 7 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Aneirinn: Okay, what about ALT1: ... that while many reviewers described The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer as an odd pairing, their 2024 co-headling concert tour received generally positive reviews?
This fact is well-cited in the article, with multiple sources here. Radio X BirminghamWorld Manchester Evening News Huddersfield Daily Examiner
@Aneirinn:, any opinions on this ALT hook? -JJonahJackalope (talk) 12:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Aneirinn: Does the above satisfy your concerns? If not, what else is needed to be approved? Z1720 (talk) 16:53, 29 July 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: This works. Aneirinn (talk) 15:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Texas Public Radio

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 786 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 04:47, 13 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new, long enough, has no sourcing issues, and is presentable for the main page. The hook is cited to reliable sources, short enough, and interesting. QPQ has been done. No other subjective issues. Well done Sammi Brie! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 01:43, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flag of El Salvador

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Flag of El Salvador
Flag of El Salvador
Improved to Good Article status by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 16:39, 7 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article was promoted to GA on July 7, is long enough and well-sourced. The first hook is interesting; your comment is valid but I think it's ok to state an obvious fact without a source saying that (about El Salvador not having an Atlantic coastline). ALT1 is meh, but maybe is interesting to flag enthusiasts. qpq done. approved! Artem.G (talk) 10:45, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Serenity Cox

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Cox in October 2022
Cox in October 2022
Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk) and SanDiegoDan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 308 past nominations.

Launchballer 21:41, 14 July 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: Everything looks good except for my one minor complaint. QPQ is done. Hook is interesting as the careers could be polar opposites to some. The image looks fine to me, but Launchballer has expressed interest in changing it, so that could be up to him as he wishes. He was also correct about the fiasco of DYK check claiming it is older than it is. Locust member (talk) 16:27, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cox in October 2022
Cox in October 2022
Thanks. I organised the crop, by the way; I also added a duplicate cite. I'm currently working on the American MILF expansion and will ping when done.--Launchballer 22:34, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Locust member: I finished the American MILF expansion. ALT1: ... that the American MILF pornstar Serenity Cox (pictured) was a nurse for fifteen years?--Launchballer 11:55, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, everything looks good. American MILF has an earwig report of 9.1%, which is great. No issues with the article, both hooks look good, but am obviously happy to pass ALT1 (with the cropped picture). Locust member (talk) 15:52, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on July 8

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Andrey Zaliznyak

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Andrey Zaliznyak
Andrey Zaliznyak
  • ... that Andrey Zaliznyak (pictured) invented self-contained linguistic problems that required no prior language knowledge to solve? Source: [15] "In 1963, Zaliznyak published the paper called “Linguistic problems” (Zaliznyak 1963). In this paper, he described a novel genre of exercises for introductory courses in linguistics — self-contained linguistic problems. They were intended not as a pure exercise in logic, but also as a testing ground for structuralist ideas of how language works."
    • ALT1: ... that Andrey Zaliznyak's (pictured) analysis of medieval birchbark letters led to the discovery of the Old Novgorod dialect? Source: [16] "Another major contribution to the linguistic history of the Slavic languages is The Old Novgorod Dialect (Zaliznyak 1995/2004), a description of the until then unknown – or perhaps undescribed – linguistic variety."
    • ALT2: ... that Andrey Zaliznyak (pictured) was sent to study in France not because of his French language skills, but because Soviet authorities didn't trust women to be sent abroad as exchange students? Source: [17] "Почему при наличии целого французского отделения выбрали меня, студента английского отделения? Ответ я узнал много позднее. Он оказался совершенно советским: ни на одном из пяти курсов во французской группе не было ни одного мужчины! А в разнарядке от высшего начальства значился мужчина: девицы считались слишком ненадежным человеческим материалом для посылки за границу." Google translate: "Why, when there was a whole French department, did they choose me, a student from the English department? I learned the answer much later. It turned out to be completely Soviet: there was not a single man in the French group in any of the five courses! And the order from the top brass included a man: girls were considered too unreliable human material to be sent abroad."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of El Salvador
5x expanded by Artem.G (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

Artem.G (talk) 15:03, 14 July 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 eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: As there are 33,220 bytes in revision history compared to 7,284 bytes since you expanded, I am not sure if the article has been 5x expanded. - Could you please check and let me know of your numbers? Munfarid1 (talk) 11:11, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I like ALT0 and ALT2 best, as ALT3 seems too hard to grasp for a non-specialized reader.Munfarid1 (talk) 11:11, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hi Munfarid1, I checked the page size in words: it is 1813 words now, and before the rewrite it was 350 (this revision). Artem.G (talk) 11:51, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hi Artem.G, yes, but strictly speaking DYK refers to prose size in characters, not words. Anyway, Wikipedia:Did you know/DYKcheck says this for the version before rewrite: Prose size (text only): 2349 characters (350 words) "readable prose size", so your nomination is really 5x expanded. - The picture is used in article and clear at 100px. So the final assessment is . Munfarid1 (talk) 17:13, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Megatron (building)

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Photograph of the Megatron building taken in 2006
Photograph of the Megatron building taken in 2006
  • ... that the Megatron (pictured) restaurant was reported to police as a UFO when it first opened?
  • Source: "Startled residents in the Huntingdon area sent police dashing to look for little green men after calls claiming a UFO had been sighted. Control staff at Cambridgeshire police headquarters at Hinchingbrooke went to the scene after several people telephoned to say they had seen a flying saucer." https://dt565gqrz3z7y.cloudfront.net/ce/image/gGIn9c1GuOvi2DirVBDxAA.jpg
Created by Sleuthin' Sarandon (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Sleuthin' Sarandon (talk) 21:25, 8 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Sleuthin' Sarandon: this is a very interesting hook and article. Article is new, long enough, and has no sourcing issues. Hook is short enough. Image meets DYK standards. I prefer ALT0 over ALT1 since the latter seems rather promotional imo (or maybe that's just the wording, idk). I've also taken the liberty of making minor formatting edits to ALT0. Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 03:57, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there more info on the restaurant's architecture considering it's primarily notable as it looks like a UFO?
  • What about the food it served as the Megatron restraunt?
  • Some of the paragraphs in the history section could be joined. Maybe like a "Megatron" paragraph and a "McDonald's paragraph"
  • Add an infobox
  • It would also be beneficial to add links in the sources, if it can be found online (make sure it doesn't go against copyvio)
  • You don't need citations in the lead unless it has info not found within the body
  • Capitalise nonstandard mcdonalds
If you want, I have created and written Chin Mee Chin Confectionery, which is a B-class article (I don't think it's accurate but it should be an appropriate reference for this article). I wish you luck in improving this article and hope to see it for GAN! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 06:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WTWC-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 788 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 05:10, 13 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is well-sourced and well-written and the hook is interesting. QPQ has been done and the article was improved to GA on the 8th, and Earwig shows no copyright problems. This is all good to go - well done! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 13:46, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Villanueva

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  • ... that in 2024, American football quarterback Brian Villanueva came out of retirement after a 13-year hiatus?
Improved to Good Article status by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:28, 8 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Bernard Vacher, Baldwin II (archbishop of Caesarea)

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  • ... that church chancellor Baldwin and the knight Bernard Vacher were sent to tell Pisa and Genoa to stop feuding and fight Muslims together instead, but the Italians would have none of that?
  • Source: "The Jerusalem embassy, with its ideological halo of Orientalis ecclesia, intended to engage Genoa and Pisa to fight together against the Muslim expansion in the Latin East..." (Tessera 2010, p. 9)
Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 234 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 07:36, 9 July 2025 (UTC). Both articles:[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) 17:06, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Gunning (writer), The Packet (novel)

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Caricature of Elizabeth Gunning
Caricature of Elizabeth Gunning
  • ... that Elizabeth Gunning (caricature pictured) was the subject of a pamphlet war about forged love letters, and used her notoriety to market her first novel? Source: "Elizabeth Gunning was no stranger to public attention--even notoriety--when she began her career as an author, and she made a point of capitalizing on that notoriety in her writing. In 1791, three years before the publication of The Packet, she had become a heroine of the popular press, a woman whose character was a matter of public dispute, speculation, and invention. Following the scandalous ending of a courtship, newspapers and pamphlets speculated for months about her character and actions" -- Perkins p85 "Gunning never published anonymously but used her name to increase sales even while ostentatiously lamenting the necessary glare of publicity. After her marriage, she made it clear on her title pages that "Mrs Plunkett" was the former, notorious Miss Gunning." -- Perkins p95.
5x expanded by LEvalyn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:54, 8 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I love these, LEvalyn. Is there any way I can subscribe to your DYK nominations? Of course, both articles are new enough, more than long enough, engagingly written, brilliantly sourced, and with no copyright issues. The caricature is hilarious and I strongly recommend using it. Surtsicna (talk) 14:13, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ranjatai (wood)

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The kanji of Todai-ji fitted into Ranjatai
The kanji of Todai-ji fitted into Ranjatai
  • ... that the name of the 8th century Ranjatai incense wood is was chosen so that the kanji of Todai-ji can fit in its name?
Created by NeverBeGameOver (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

NeverBeGameOver (talk) 21:22, 10 July 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: All good here; both hooks are interesting but ALT1 is strongly preferred for international comprehension of a very Japanese topic. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:54, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good, okay, lets do the ALT1 NeverBeGameOver (talk) 22:32, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Tupí-hú

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  • Source: Fertig, André; Gründling, Guilherme (2013). "O General Câmara na Guerra do Paraguai através de suas correspondências" (PDF). Estudios Historicos (in Portuguese). 10 (5). CDHRPyB.
  • ALT1: ... that 18 guns, gold and silver, thousands of heads of cattle and more than 3000 women were captured after the Battle of Tupí-hú? Source: Doratioto, Francisco (2002). Maldita Guerra: Nova história da Guerra do Paraguai (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-65-5921-286-6. Pages 403-404.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I can transcribe/translate the relevant paragraphs from the sources listed upon request.
Created by Coeusin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Coeusin (talk) 22:36, 10 July 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: Very nice article; ALT0 preferred to ALT1, as shorter and more efficient. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:01, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1997 NFC Championship Game

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Improved to Good Article status by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 69 past nominations.

« Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 02:12, 10 July 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 GA status on July 9 and nominated the next day. Meets the minimum length requirement for DYK. The article is neutral and well-sourced, and the hook is interesting and cited. QPQ has been satisfied. JJonahJackalope (talk) 13:19, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Baldwin I (archbishop of Caesarea)

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  • ... that Baldwin, a crusader who became the first archbishop of Caesarea, allegedly confessed to faking a divine sign by carving a cross into his forehead?
  • Source: "Guibert of Nogent tells of an abbot who, at the time the First Crusade was preached, cut a cross in his forehead and pretended that it had been incised by God." (Hamilton & Jotischky 2020, pp. 172–173)
Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 236 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 08:44, 10 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Review: Thank you for creating an interesting new article and an interesting hook. The article is new enough and just long enough, and does not appear to have any AI content. The cited sources are reliable sources, but are books that are not online, so I am AGFing about their content. Earwig (not surprisingly, for offline sources) finds no copyvios, and I verified this by Googling passages from the page and finding no matches. QPQ is done. The subject matter is encyclopedic and presented in an NPOV manner, and I found it interesting to read.
I have a couple of points that I would like to have addressed; none is particularly serious.
  1. The first sentence (ie, lead paragraph) ought to have an inline citation at the end of the sentence. Reference #1 should be fine for that.
  2. It would be good if that first sentence also indicated the dates when he began as archbishop (I presume 1101, when the king named him) and when he stopped (presumably his death, in 1108). It's fine to indicate that these dates are approximate.
  3. I'm confused about the last two sentences of the second paragraph. The first of these sentences says that Baldwin was the first abbot of Jehosaphat, but the second sentence says that the first abbot might have been Hugh. Please revise this to clarify the issue. Does the uncertainty over whether or not Hugh received money have something to do with it?
  4. I like the hook very much, but perhaps it could be shortened a bit:
ALT1:
  • ... that Baldwin, the first archbishop of Caesarea, allegedly confessed to faking a divine sign by carving a cross into his forehead?
--Tryptofish (talk) 22:03, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I love how thorough your review is, Tryptofish. I had not realized we were to check for AI content now. The lead is normally not expected to contain citations, but there is no harm in having one. The second paragraph explains that Gilbert identified the first abbot of Jehosaphat with the first archbishop of Caesarea and that King Baldwin instead described Hugh as the first abbot. Perhaps the word "instead" will make this clearer. I am fine with the shorter version too. Surtsicna (talk) 11:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good to go, maybe with ALT1 preferred.
Thanks for that. I try to take reviewing seriously, probably a result of my doing a lot of reviewing in real life. Wikipedia is generally paying a lot more attention to AI, and I noticed when I started this review that there is a link for reviewers to use an AI detection tool, so I tried it.
I made an edit, adding parentheses around the sentence about Hugh, which I think clarifies that question further. With that, I think all of my quibbles have been addressed. It's quite a history of someone cutting himself to fake a divine sign. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:25, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nobara Kugisaki

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The ushi no toki mairi
The ushi no toki mairi
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Improved to Good Article status by Z. Patterson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Z. Patterson (talk) 21:07, 9 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough (promoted to GA on July 9th), long enough, well sources and well-written, I found no issue with it, the high Earwig seems to be from quoted interview. Hook is cited and in the article. QPQ is not needed as nom has less than 5 noms. Good to go! Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 12:49, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would support the running as the date is within the time limit provided at WP:DYKSO. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:37, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I'm against the special occasion request: the birthday of a fictional character is not by any stretch of the imagination special, and we have rejected a number of similar requests over the years for precisely that reason. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:00, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've only recalled one case being rejected, and it had more to do with the subject being tangential to the date (in this case, it was requesting that Weathering with You run on the female lead's birthday). In this case, it's the actual character's birthday, and it's been allowed on at least one prior occasion (see Mikoto Misaka). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "「呪術廻戦」釘崎野薔薇の誕生日"8月7日"にスペシャルPV公開！YouTube「ジャンプチャンネル」" [Jujutsu Kaisen - Special PV Opens on Nobara Kugisaki's Birthday "August 7"! YouTube Jump Channel]. Anime! Anime! [ja] (in Japanese). August 6, 2024. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

Respati Ardi

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Created by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 274 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 09:36, 9 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • - Length and sources look good. Hook just makes the character limit. I checked the Kompas source using Google Translate. Everything looks good to me. Interesting biography. Scanlan (talk) 12:09, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Mitzi Myers

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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 91 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 16:44, 15 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough (mainspaced 10 July), long enough (4100 B), well-sourced, no copyvio (Earwig says 7.4%, and no close paraphrasing detected). ALT0 is the most interesting of the hooks, as it immediately got me interested, and verified in source. I have one minor issue with the article, which is the statement Her status as a children's literature expert was widely recognized throughout the world—as the essay WP:Obituaries as sources says, obituaries are biased sources that shouldn't be used for a statement like this. However, this issue is beyond the DYK criteria, so this is good to go. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:51, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Mary Ellen Cable

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  • ... that Mary Ellen Cable established one of the first "fresh air" classrooms to serve Black students during a tuberculosis epidemic in Marion County, Indiana?
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Created by Kacey49ers (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Kacey49ers (talk) 19:05, 14 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, moved to mainspace on 13 July, is long enough, NPOV and QPQ not needed. It scores 16.0% on Copyvio, so violation unlikely. I found the hook interesting, although I would suggest change "during the tuberculosis epidemic" to "during a tuberculosis epidemic" as the specific epidemic is not named. Hook is sourced from the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis website. Image of school in article is fine as it's in the public domain. However, the article has a few issues. The Early life and education section is unsourced and so is the sentence "Cable would go on to become principal of IPS School no. 4, Indianapolis' first African American elementary school located in the Ransom Place neighborhood from 1922 until her retirement in 1933." Also, the date "Sept 19, 1944" needs to be changed to September 19, 1944 per MOS:DATE and a full stop/period needs to be added at the end of that sentence. Spiderpig662 (talk) 19:57, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Spiderpig662: The above isn't required by WP:DYKG, but I have done this anyway. What else needs doing here?--Launchballer 14:53, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Kacey49ers: @Launchballer: I'm happy with the improvements, I think it's ready to go. Spiderpig662 (talk) 15:06, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nipah Dam incident

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Created by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 276 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 08:11, 11 July 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: Recently created article. Hook is interesting and cited. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:07, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spark by Hilton

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Created by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 784 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 00:38, 12 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Crypto: The Game

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Moved to mainspace by HotPotato26 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

JuniperChill (talk) 00:15, 20 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Ghostholding

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  • ... that fans of Jane Remover created a faux backstory for the side project that the album Ghostholding was released under?
Improved to Good Article status by Locust member (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Locust member (talk) 16:27, 15 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - While this hook is pretty interesting, I would be remiss to not point out how it seems to be more about Venturing as a side project than Ghostholding.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article looks pretty good as a whole! Earwig shows a 14.5% similarity, which is excellent. My primary concern with it is the sourcing: The Needle Drop is used several times on this page as a source, despite being listed as an unreliable source on WP:A/S. I wouldn't be comfortable with its inclusion without a cause; is there a particular reason why this review is used? As for the hook, I find that it is more about the origin of this side project than about the album itself, in violation of WP:DYKMAJOR; I request an alternate hook for this reason, though I am of course open to discussion. Leafy46 (talk) 00:21, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would argue that TND's inclusion at WP:A/S is pretty outdated. Per WP:FANTANO, his reviews are to be used in a case by case basis, as he is considered an established expert in the subject by some. I have had three other articles (Census Designated, Teen Week, and Frailty (Jane Remover album)) that have included TND as a source and has been no issue in the review of any of those DYKs. For the problem with the hook, I wouldn't have pitched it if they source didn't relate it to the album. Per the Stereogum source I listed, it stated that in their article announcing Ghostholding included the false fact that Venturing was a fake 90s band created by Remover. However, I do have another hook that might satisfy the qualifications of WP:DYKMAJOR.
    • ALT1: ... that a music publication publicly apologized after falsely reporting that the album Ghostholding was the work of a fictional indie rock band? (Stereogum)
      • I believe this puts more emphasis on Ghostholding and satisfies DYKMAJOR. Locust member (talk) 02:17, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm not so sure if the discussion over TND is *that* outdated, the most recent discussion about its use at A/S was less than a year ago and its "unreliable" status on A/S says the same thing as WP:FANTANO. However, I'm not going to fight the precedent here, as much as I feel that Fantano's review is no better than any other random YouTuber's or blogger's after reading through the relevant discussions.
In regards to the new hook, it's much better! The way it's framed focuses more on the album, which was my intention with my feedback. However, the line added into the article itself ("Initially, the public—and multiple music publications...", particularly the word "multiple") is not supported by the sources: only Stereogum seemed to have reported the fictitious story as true, while the other two pretty explicitly write that the story is false. Either the word "multiple" should be dropped, or another source of a music publication reporting it should be added. Leafy46 (talk) 03:25, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I dropped the word "multiple", and now I think I have satisfied every comment in this DYK. Locust member (talk) 15:33, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good enough for me, approving ALT1. Thank you for your work on this article! Leafy46 (talk) 19:55, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rent a Bridesmaid

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Moved to mainspace by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 20:03, 14 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough (created on 12 July), long enough and NPOV and QPQ has been done. Copyvio returns 41.2% but this is due to the quotes used in the article. The current revision of the image used in the article passes the Non-free criteria. Both hooks are interesting and reliably sourced, however my personal preference is ALT0. Overall good to go! Spiderpig662 (talk) 20:20, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Murder of Claire Broadbridge

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Created by Moondragon21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

Moondragon21 (talk) 18:39, 17 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

ALT1 ... that the murder of the former director of Trinidad and Tobago's national museum in 2017 brought attention to rising crime in the country?
Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:19, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the delay, I have been away for a week or so. I like ALT1, however there are three citations after "The case brought attention to rising crime in the country" in the article but none of them explicitly states that crime in the country is rising - Dumelow (talk) 06:39, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dumelow and Moondragon21: How about this slight modification then? It's somewhat more supported by the sources, although the article would need rephrasing:
ALT1b ... that the murder of the former director of Trinidad and Tobago's national museum in 2017 brought attention to crime in the country?
I'm not 100% if the wording (which I'm not even sure should be "crime" or "criminality") is supported by the sourcing either, but I'm leaving the option here at least. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:03, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1b works for me, I removed the unsupported "rising" from the article - Dumelow (talk) 18:57, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ashling O'Shea

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  • ... that actress Ashling O'Shea found joining the cast of Hollyoaks "surreal" as she had grown up watching the soap?
Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 11:06, 14 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall:

The Old Man and the Sea

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The Old Man and the Sea first edition cover, 1952
The Old Man and the Sea first edition cover, 1952
  • ALT1: ... that The Old Man and the Sea (cover pictured) sold a record 5.3 million copies in two days? Source: Meyers 1985, p. 485; Reynolds 1999, p. 258; Baker 1988, pp. 504–505.
  • ALT2: ... that The Old Man and the Sea (cover pictured) was inspired by a tale told by Cuban fisherman for sixty years? Source: Cruz 1981, pp. 168–170 - i.e. forty-five-ish years between its original telling in 1891 and when it was told to Hemingway in the mid-1930s, and a further fifteen-ish years between then and 1951.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/SS Virago
  • Comment: Nominated two days after deadline, sorry, forgot I hadn't done so earlier.
Improved to Good Article status by AirshipJungleman29 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:58, 23 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Approved. Excellent article that has already passed GA review. As noted, nominated two days late, but per policy this is acceptable. The Saddam hook is bizarre, memorable and well sourced. Ship it! Asamboi (talk) 01:22, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Boston Central Library

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The Boston Central Library
The Boston Central Library
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 736 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 03:22, 15 July 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: Recently expanded, interesting hooks, QPQ is met, and a nice image. Really good work on this article EpicGenius! It probably felt so great to see that green 187,000+ added. Jon698 (talk) 19:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Leontyne Price discography

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Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
Note this is a blog by music historian Randye Jones who has been published by Rowman & Littlefield and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She therefore qualifies as reliable under WP:SPS. That said all of the Grammy Awards are also viewable at https://www.grammy.com/artists/leontyne-price/9780 I just prefer the statistic be cited to something other than a WP:PRIMARY source which is why I cited Jones.
Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 116 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 02:07, 22 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

First let me thank you for a substantial article on the work of one of the most outstanding singers ever! Based on plenty of excellent sources, offline sources accepted AGF, similar wording to her biography is no problem, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed, and for the current hook, carries it alone. The number of Grammies is impressive but doesn't give some uninitiated reader the slightest bit about which music she made where. Imagine the image was not taken: just quantity would be left. We might mention beginning with Barber, or Bess, for which she stood for a long time, or Cleopatra written for her for the inauguration of the new Met, - whatever, just some music instead of only numbers. - In the article, I think that Mozart is a bit over-represented in the lead, - at least where I live she's much better known for Verdi. - Again: thank you for the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt You seem to be confusing the focus/topic of the hook which should be on the discography of Leontyne Price and not on Leontyne Price or her stage career. What music she sang where is totally not appropriate for this article, because the article is about her recording career (largely studio recordings). Samuel Barber is an important composer but rather esoteric for a general audience. Most people won't know his repertoire, or care about it. Opening the Met is impressive, but Price never recorded Antony and Cleopatra on disc (although she did record the arias separately and the concert suite which had significant differences from the original score). The Met did film the premiere for television broadcast on PBS. However, this article is not a videography and does not include her filmed opera appearances so I don't think that really works as its off topic. Porgy and Bess is interesting, but Price spent much of her career distancing herself from the part of Bess which she mainly refused to sing even in concert after 1956 with only a few exceptions. She more often performed Clara or Serena's arias in concert later when she did on occasion agree to sing something from the opera. I wouldn't choose to highlight it. We could go the Verdi route as she made her international reputation as a Verdi singer and the discography could be tied into that, but honestly I think a general audience is going to gasp more at the number of Grammy Awards she won, and the article will get more readers with just focusing on that without bringing in anything else. It is also a recording focused hook which fits the requirement at WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE. Whatever hook is used needs to be clearly about the discography. I would request that you approve it because there is no good policy reason to hold this up, and I don't think your suggestions are likely to attract more readers, and are off topic.
As for emphasizing Mozart, one only has to look at the studio recordings she made to see that Mozart came up repeatedly with two complete studio opera recordings, a studio made Mozart CD, and then later a compilation album dedicated to Mozart which pulled together recordings from a bunch of different albums (such as the Prima Donna collection and some recordings she made with Karajan elsewhere). Plus there are a number of Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, and Cosi Fan Tutti live recordings from San Francisco, the Met, the Salzburg Festival, and the Vienna State Opera on disc (although I didn't include all of them). And she filmed Donna Anna and Pamina with NBC Opera Theatre which later had partial disc releases on minor labels, but again I didn't include everything and this article isn't a filmography. One just has to look at her records by the numbers to see there was a focus on four opera composers: Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Barber. One could also include Strauss as she made a Grammy winning Strauss album and a studio recording of Ariadne auf Naxos; but two recordings is a bit short for me on balance to the others which crop up repeatedly. Remember the focus here is on her records not her stage appearances. But even if we were to include her stage work she sang Donna Elvira and Donna Anna, Pamina, and Konstanze under Karajan at a bunch of places in Europe (including all of them in Vienna and Salzburg and several in Berlin), and sang all of those roles at the San Francisco Opera and most of them at the Metropolitan Opera. Price may not be remembered as a great Mozart singer but she certainly was a busy one in the late 1950s and 1960s. Mozart was a core part of her regular rep in that period. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:48, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for explaining. I won't go into the Mozart topic, - just coming from Norrington ;) - I saw Gail Gilmore as the Composer in Ariadne, and while I liked her burning expressiveness, critics and some in the audience thought her voice wasn't made for Strauss. - Back to here: what I see is a wonderful image and a hook that leaves me cold because I'm not much into award collecting but music. The hook doesn't tell a reader if the Grammies were for singing or song-writing or what. You will for sure find someone else to approve that hook. I'd be open to something like ... that of the 13 Grammies she won, No. x was for - and you pick the one. - I didn't confuse recordings and biography, but think that - as she never had a DYK - we have a chance to pick something vital to make known about her. Sorry about not checking that she never recorded the Barber opera. It was a quick look early in the morning. I agree that the hook should be related to recording. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the hook, I think we should just say "recordings ...", not "the recordings". The article says "Considered "the Aida" of her generation,[37][38] Price made two different Grammy Award winning recordings of this opera for RCA", - I think that would be much more specific for a hook than numbers and only numbers.
ALT1: ... that Leontyne Price (pictured), who was considered "the Aida" of her generation, made two recordings of Verdi's opera that both won a Grammy Award? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:47, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I had time for a closer look at the table. I made some changes in the first operatic entry (studio), forcing the performers' cells to be a bit longer, to avoid white space. I also dropped the well-known composers, and dropped Price's given name. If you like it please follow for the other sections. I have a few suggestions:
  • Make the new-line code consistently "br /", or perhaps better use {{ubl}}
  • Have links to the labels once before the table and define abbreviations, used without links in the table, such as RCA Victor Red Seal (RCA RS), Decca Records (Decca).
  • Put notes regarding labels in the notes cell, instead of blowing up the label cell.
  • Drop composer given names and links, and for famous pieces, drop composers altogether.
  • I don't think explaining what Requiem means is needed in this article, nor adding African-American to spirituals.
  • We have a guideline to link every time within a table, but I think that's more important for sortable tables, - how many links for Karajan do we need? ... and do we need his given name again and again? (that goes for all the others the same, of course)
  • Perhaps give some thought to how the awards can show better, and how we could have less prose about them and their categories in the table. I could imagine coloured symboles for "won" and "nominated", and/or a table of just the awards with a link to the recording details. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt
  • I've mirrored the tables used in other discographies because my knowledge of template language/design is limited. Your proposed template language/code changes are beyond my skillset. The current template design is all I am personally able to contribute.
  • I personally dislike the removal of composers because generally the authors of all classical works are not well known among the general English speaking public (including big names like Mozart). You would be surprised how many Americans have never heard of Aida for example and would not know Giuseppe Verdi wrote it or even who he is. Ditto on the Ninth Symphony and Beethoven. (I can confidently say as a music educator in the United States that opera and classical music literacy is shockingly low among Americans younger than 50.) There is not a single work on the entire page that I think would be easily identifiable to most people in the USA.
  • I've been saying this to you for a while now at DYK with your hook proposals. You have to stop assuming any opera is easily recognizable or that the majority of readers will know the composers. They won't. You need to imagine that your reader has never been to an opera, does not know the names of any operas or opera composers, has never attended a symphony concert, and does not know any classical music. Statistics from the National Endowment for the Arts indicate that only 3.3% of the American population has seen an opera, and that as of 2022 only 4.6% has attended a classical music concert.
  • We are now in an age where classical music literacy in the United States has largely disappeared which partly correlates to disappearing music education programs in the American public school system; the shuttering of regional American opera companies and orchestras; and a decline in church attendance where people no longer experience classical sacred music. The arts and arts literacy is on a rapid decline in my country; at least as it relates to classical music in all its forms. So yes, the names of the composers are needed, as the United States has the predominant share of readers on the English wiki in comparison to any other group. While we write for a global audience, we have to be cognizant of what is going to be recognizable to our largest audience share.
  • If you feel there is some over linking by all means unlink as appropriate. If you wish to add in some abbreviations you may do so. I personally am not bothered by the current design because readers tend to jump to specific places in tables and may have missed the earlier wikilink/ abbreviation explanation. It would not bother me though to have your suggestion implemented if you care to copyedit. Please do not remove any composer names. Best. 4meter4 (talk) 17:06, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let us please distinguish prose and table. In the prose, I always go for adding the composer, at least the surname. My feeling is that I usually, when looking at biographies, add more missing composer names than I delink what I think is redundant to the piece. In the table, I always try to be as succinct as possible, thinking of readers on mobiles or small devices. "Decca" is as informative as "Decca" followed by "Records" in the next line, "Karajan" as informative as "Herbert von Karajan" (split after "von"). After the prose introduced Verdi as the composer of Aida, there's no need to repeat that in the table. - I have no time for a major copyedit, sorry. I'll look at small things, but not today, having three bios on the main page, and two others (both opera singers) in the making.
I looked into Aida discography and had the new idea to drop details from her discography by linking to the opera's, Aida, Aida. (I understand now why the new-line breaks are not consistent: because the opera discographies are not.)
As for Aida in the hook, yes we will have many readers who never heard of an opera of that name (only perhaps of the cruiseships) but who might still be impressed that she did the same things twice and won a Grammy for both. They may never have heard "best Aida of her generation" but perhaps "best ... boxer of his generation" (a topic I saw on the ITN talk): without knowing about Aida before, they see her in a top position, and they are invited to learn something good to know, while a high number of trophies provides no idea what the person stands for. The statistics you mention should perhaps make us talk more about opera than less, or the topic will die, like some languages. We will also have readers who know what Aida is ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:32, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a new opinion.4meter4 (talk) 22:41, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@4meter4: Not comfortable using Randye's blog for that purpose per WP:BLPSPS.--Launchballer 22:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: The statistics are also readily viewable at the Grammy Award website url provided above. Plus the individual Grammy Award wins and nominations are all cited to published secondary book sources in the article itself. There isn't a verifiability issue.4meter4 (talk) 00:00, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright. I swapped out the source in the article and approve ALT0 only; subsequent hooks introduce extraneous information.--Launchballer 16:38, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer did you mean the original hook? or alt1? We don't have an alt0 hook.4meter4 (talk) 17:19, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0 is shorthand for the original hook.--Launchballer 17:24, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for explaining. I never made that connection, obviously. And thanks for the review.4meter4 (talk) 17:29, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note to the closer that the photo was verified by Gerda above. The photographer sent in the correct documentation to wikipedia to release it. The same photo was used on the cover of one of her albums so it would be nice to feature it with the article. Best.4meter4 (talk) 20:13, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Episode 4778

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Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 01:34, 16 July 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:

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Burger King foot lettuce

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Moved to mainspace by Based5290 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Based5290 :3 (talk) 07:19, 17 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Based5290 :3, SFD has now closed as keep, article was created on 17 July and exceeds minimum length; sources used look acceptable (and were reviewed at AFD); hook fact is OK, though perhaps more could be made of the actual incident, and checks out to source cited; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing formt he sources and Earwig check is OK; a QPQ has been carried out. The only thing holding it back is that it is still categorised as a stub, to remedy this I suggest it needs a proper lead and sections (see WP:DYKSTUB)- Dumelow (talk) 14:44, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dumelow I changed the assessment to Start since it has an image and headings. As far as new hook ideas:
ALT1: ... that 4chan users found a Burger King restaurant based on a photo of someone standing on lettuce within 15 minutes of its posting?
Source: [29]
ALT2: ... that "the lettuce you eat at Burger King" was never served to customers?
Source: [30]
Based5290 :3 (talk) 08:40, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for delay, I have been away for a week or so. Approving ALT1, verified to the ACM source, is interesting and snappy, article has headers and start class is appropriate - Dumelow (talk) 06:44, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SACHI (band)

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  • ... that SACHI's big break came after throwing a USB demo through Diplo's car window outside an Auckland restaurant?
  • Source: "They waited an hour or two while Diplo ate, then spotted his convoy of black SUVs, spied the star through a window and ran at him. [...] 'The whole thing unfolded in about five seconds. He wound down the window and I threw the USB stick in and yeah, six months later he played it on [BBC] Radio 1.'" [31]
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: May need copy edit to be more concise, the restaurant part could be dropped but I feel it makes the story more interesting
Moved to mainspace by Nil NZ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Nil🥝Talk 01:27, 17 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough—moved July 16 and nominated July 17, and long enough—1527 B, that's close-cutting. Source is reliable; per community concensus (see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 350#Reliability of The New Zealand Herald). Hook is interesting, though I'd prefer something more concise, by removing the "outside an Auckland resturaunt" part. Context should also be given for both SACHI and Diplo, possibly by prefacing them "New Zealand band" and "record producer"—interchangeable for "music producer", respectively. I'd also prefer "gauned prominence", as how the article describes it, as opposed to "big break". Roast (talk) 01:19, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

on ALT1. Roast (talk) 07:32, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bedok Lighthouse

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Improved to Good Article status by Icepinner (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 02:13, 17 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi Icepinner, review follows: article promoted to GA on 16 July and is written well enough; sources used look to be reliable for the subject and are cited inline throughout; hooks are interesting enough, stated in the article and check out to source cited; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing in a spot check on the sources and Earwig flags nothing of concern; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 06:58, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, that's fine thanks. It's only for nominations after your fifth, don't forget - Dumelow (talk) 06:01, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Fountainhead (Jackson, Mississippi)

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5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 737 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 03:18, 18 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Expanded tenfold, four days before nomination. Earwig says 14.5%, but is primarily caused by proper nouns, with other paraphrases being simple copyedits I can fix myself. I would prefer that Fountainhead the novel be linked. I believe ALT1 is best, as it contains the same fact as ALT0 (most interesting fact), as well as including the extra about Wright. So good on ALT0, with possible extra libk to add to it. Roast (talk) 20:14, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates

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Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 59 past nominations.

CMD (talk) 15:19, 22 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Date, length, hooks check out. QPQ done. Earwig says copyright violation likely, but at a closer look it is quotes from the legislation that would be unavoidable. I prefer ALT0 or ALT2. --Soman (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Matakis

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A World Series of Poker Bracelet
A World Series of Poker Bracelet
  • ALT1 ... that Ian Matakis won World Series of Poker Player of the Year only playing No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha hold 'em events?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:16, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 377 past nominations.

    TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:00, 17 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Neither hook meets DYKINT as I do not see how either hook as currently written appeals to non-poker fans, or to people unfamiliar with poker terminology. Please suggest new hooks: I have struck both. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:15, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • User:Narutolovehinata5, I don't argue that this article would not get a lot of pageviews. Unless you are a conventionally attractive female poker player who is pictured in the set, there is not likely to be a high viewership. Poker players have comparatively boring bios. A huge percentage of their articles just say they won $X at Y tournament, they won XX event at YY tournament. They often talk about how many bracelets they have won. This seems very mundane. It is very difficult to get significant biographical sketch and just as difficult to find DYK-worthy facts. I can try to rephrase, but there just are not very interesting facts for poker player bios in general.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:04, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • This cannot be emphasized enough: not every article is a good fit for DYK, and not every article has information that can work as a hook. There is no shame in not nominating an article if you do not think that there's anything hook-worthy in it. If a page is unlikely to have any DYKINT-compliant information, it is better to just put time and resources into another feasible article than to try and force it into DYK. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:11, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Not only is the new hook way above the 200 character limit, but it does not at all address the issues with interest that I mentioned above. Please suggest a new hook with a completely new angle; if you are unable to do so, I suggest you just let this one go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:43, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If that is the point, then it's difficult to parse it from the hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:40, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    One event was online on his phone and the other was live at a casino. He was competing live at the casino while competing online on his phone in another tournament. I'd love help rephrasing from the perspective of someone who does not know poker.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:10, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • TonyTheTiger, I think it is for the best if we just move away from that particular hook fact. If a proper wording, particularly one that is non-specialist, cannot be proposed, then it would be better to redirect energy towards something more feasible. Looking at the article, the only thing that might be interesting is the fact that he started gambling at 18, taking into advantage Minnesota's gambling laws regarding its minimum age. However, writing an accurate hook based on that is tricky, and in any case I feel it might fall afoul of BLP if unintentionally. Otherwise, I just don't see this article as a good fit for DYK and I would not oppose this being marked for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:49, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    After giving this some thought, I don't see this nomination having a path forward given the lack of suitable hook options, so I am marking it for closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:02, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:Narutolovehinata5, I am not use to the new world where DYK only picks the good hooks. I do concede that poker players rarely get a lot of page views. It seems to me that his winning online while sitting a live tournament is part of a big issue for the world of poker. He placed in the money in a lot of online tournaments that year enabling him to win player of the year. There is no source supporting my supposition, but it seems like the next year the rules were changed to limit the impact of online success on the Player of the Year scoring. Starting in 24 your top 10 scoring tournaments count toward player of the year with maximum of one online tournament being included. So his winning while sitting at a live tournament is very encyclopedic. It does not make poker players in general any stronger of an interest for main page viewers, but it is a very significant fact.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:06, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It is not about poker players having less interest among readers compared to other topics. Plenty of hooks about "obscure" or niche topics still get decent readership from readers, as long as the hook is hooky. The main concern here is simply about the hook meeting DYKINT. Is the hook fact likely to interest readers unfamiliar with poker? That is the million dollar question here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:57, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I am just saying that I have not gotten a lot of page views with most of my poker player hooks: Owen Crowe • Shaun Deeb • Ben Lamb • Mitch Schock • Mikhail Lakhitov • Chris Moorman • Sam Stein • Matthew Jarvis (poker player) • Owais Ahmed • Joe Ebanks • David ODB Baker • Andrew Brokos • Tristan Wade • Elio Fox • Konstantin Puchkov • Viacheslav Zhukov • Greg Merson • Athanasios Polychronopoulos • Marco Johnson • Matthew Ashton • Michael Gathy • Matt Perrins • Loni Harwood • Christian Harder • Ronnie Bardah • Loren Klein • Ian Matakis. I only recall getting a lot of views with poker sex symbol Vanessa Rousso and Joe Cada (both of which had the picture slot). None of the rest have been among my best.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:05, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    P.S. I don't think you would have passed either of my two top ones as hooky hooks even though they both had 10K views in 6 hour runs:
    ... that at 21 years old, Joe Cada (pictured) is the youngest person to win the World Series of Poker main event?
    ... that 26-year-old Vanessa Rousso (pictured) is among the top five females in career earnings in poker history?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:13, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Tony, I suggest you just let this one go. There is no shame if the article never runs on DYK, just writing the article is already an accomplishment. Not all articles are good fits for DYK, we do not need to force them if they lack suitable material. To answer your question though, I probably would have actually, as long as they met WP:DYKHOOKCITE (since both are considered superlative claims). The issue with those two hooks was not interest, but rather possible accuracy (a strong claim like "in the top five" would likely be questioned by other editors). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:27, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Reopened per WT:DYK; full review needed for ALT2a: that Ian Matakis once won a poker tournament while competing in two simultaneously?.--Launchballer 04:28, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Appealed at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#DYKINT feedback.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:55, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • For context, the hook that was proposed at the appeal was:
    ALT3 ... that Ian Matakis once won a poker tournament while competing in two simultaneously?--Launchballer 04:28, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If that was the idea that you were going for, that is a lot better and I am more than happy to let the withdrawal be reversed. With that said, the advice remains the same: do not cram too much into hooks, or you risk running afoul of the DYKINT police.
    Given how the discussion happened above, I'd like to request a different reviewer to sign off ALT3, although I'm happy to give it my support. Courtesy ping to Launchballer. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:51, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT4... that Ian Matakis once won a World Series of Poker tournament while competing in two tournaments simultaneously?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT5... that Ian Matakis once won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet (pictured) while competing in two WSOP tournaments simultaneously?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 10:38, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My advice to you Narutolovehinata5 would be to not pretend that the idea was somehow hard to see when Tony clearly outlined it and you openly acknowledged it. Rather, accept the mistake and move on. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:18, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My apologies to Tony for what happened. I had found the original hook complicated and found it difficult to understand what the intended point was. In hindsight, I should have asked for help in proposing a simplified version of the hook that got the point across. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:26, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My preference remains ALT3. It is the most concise, and I do not think that mentioning the actual tournament by name is important to the hook fact. I also think that linking to the WSOP will just direct views away from Matakis's article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:43, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Article itself is good; image should definitely not be used per WP:DYKIMG. I find the phrasing of "competing in two simultaneously" slightly confusing, because does it mean two others or two inclusive. As it is the latter, I'd suggest the relevant parts to "competing in another at the same time".

    ALT4 on its own is not interesting, because simply the name of the tournament does not convey anything, but the mention of the bracelet in ALT5 has potential. I'm thus approving only the two following adjusted hooks:

    ALT3a: ... that Ian Matakis once won a poker tournament while competing in another at the same time?
    ALT5a: ... that Ian Matakis once won a World Series of Poker bracelet while competing in another tournament at the same time? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:50, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    KTAB-TV

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 789 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 20:29, 20 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Goodenough Bay

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    Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

    CMD (talk) 15:01, 22 July 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: User Chipmunkdavis (CMD) made a great job creating this article. The DYK nomination satisfy all the DYK eligibility criteria. I prefer the first (initial) version of the DYK, but probably I would add a word to it: "... that a bay in Papua New Guinea is called Goodenough?". For me it is an immediately catchy DYK and I prefer it over more complex ALT1 and ALT2 versions, but these alternative DYK versions are also good, so I think it is up to the DYK nominator to choose which one he prefer for the main page. I would definitely check the article if I saw the first (initial) DYK in the main page. -- Pofka (talk) 20:32, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No objection, might also suggest along that idea that "considered" may fit the same purpose. CMD (talk) 12:16, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alberic II of Spoleto

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    • Source: Pages 46 and 47 of Rome in the Tenth Century: A History in Art for Pope John XII being his son
    Page 112 of Tiber: Eternal River of Rome and page 105 of Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes for the five popes appointed by Alberic
    5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.

    Jon698 (talk) 04:51, 19 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • QPQ checks out, hook is sourced and interesting, article passes Earwig. Article does not at this time meet 5x expansion requirements, however, as it has 4299 characters and 736 words; pre-expansion it was 1028 characters and 179 words, requiring either 5140 characters or 895 words. Jon698, I imagine bumping it up to be a little longer shouldn't be to terribly difficult; let me know when you've completed this, and then the nomination can pass. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 22:56, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Darth Stabro: Done. Jon698 (talk) 04:33, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Nihil obstat ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:29, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ardian Wicaksono

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    Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 86 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 23:31, 18 July 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) 00:21, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Max-Emmanuel Mader

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    Mader in 1917
    • ... that German-born French Foreign Legion soldier Max-Emmanuel Mader volunteered to fight against his countrymen when they invaded France in the First World War?
    • ALT1: ... that German-born Max-Emmanuel Mader became the most-decorated non-commissioned officer in the French Foreign Legion during the First World War? Source: "the most decorated NCO in the Legion during the First World War was Adjutant-Chef Mader" from: Holmes, Richard (1986). Acts of War: The Behavior of Men in Battle. Free Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-02-915020-7.
    • ALT2: ... that after losing an arm in battle in 1918 Max-Emmanuel Mader recovered consciousness while the last rites were being administered? Source: "His right arm and shoulder were blown away by a German shell. As the last rites were being administered to him in the base hospital, and his imminent death was being mourned by his devoted colleagues, he regained consciousness" from: Gilbert, Martin (5 June 2014). The First World War: A Complete History. Rosetta Books. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-7953-3723-9.
    • ALT3: ... that French Foreign Legion veteran Max-Emmanuel Mader pretended to be a deaf mute when France was occupied by Nazi Germany so that he couldn't be identified by his German accent? Source: "After the war the discharged, amputed and married ex-legionary Mader worked as a warden in the Palace of Versailles. All his life, he spoke French with a very strong German accent and, during the occupation of France (1940-1944), pretended to be deaf and dumb to avoid problems with the Nazi police." from: Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G. (18 April 2016). The French Foreign Legion: An Illustrated History. McFarland. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7864-6253-7.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harry Potter (TV series)
    Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 930 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 16:36, 18 July 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: Nominated the day after creation, is long enough, is adequately sourced, and is neutral. QPQ done. Earwig says 2.9%. Image works at small resolution and is properly licensed. All hooks are interesting, though all are missing "(pictured)". I cannot access any of the sources but the quotations are listed so I will AGF. I think ALT3 is the best hook. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 05:50, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Oemleria janhartfordae

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    • ... that the fossil osoberry Oemleria janhartfordae was described from a single flower just starting towards fruiting?
    • Source: Benedict et al 2011 Oemleria janhartfordae description last paragraph page 952 "Androecia
    and petals are lacking; the flower is presumably postanthesis" (postanthesis = late flower maturity/early fruit development)
    Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 373 past nominations.

    Kevmin § 17:05, 18 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Barbenheimer

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    Improved to Good Article status by Nub098765 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    nub :) 22:54, 18 July 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. Looks ready. Thriley (talk) 22:06, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Coupvolution

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    Created by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

    Grnrchst (talk) 10:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General eligibility:

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

    Overall: Article created on July 18, so new enough. Also long enough at 1,056 words and 16,171 bytes. All three hooks seem to have sufficient support in the sources. My preference is for Alt 2. No copyvio that I can see. No images. QPQ satisfied. Everything looks good to me. Spookyaki (talk) 06:09, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Rwanda

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    • ... that beginning in 2012, legal abortions in Rwanda required court orders, but there had only been five such court cases by 2018?
    • Source: [33] For comparison purposes, officials told The New Times that from 2012 to 2018, only 5 women went to court to seek approval for a legal abortion.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 46 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:31, 18 July 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: Citations 3, 4, 15, 16, and 54 randomly spot-checked for verification; no issues arose. I think ALT1 is more eye-catching. @Vigilantcosmicpenguin: Fix the one citation and the article is good to go. Yue🌙 19:51, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    College GameDay Emmy scandal

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    Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 75 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 14:29, 18 July 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: Verified the sources and the DYK formality, all good! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 23:28, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Willie Culpepper

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    • ... that American football player Willie Culpepper was fined for dropping a pass in practice?
    5x expanded by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:20, 18 July 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: Very interesting article and hook; checked the sources and verified the hook, article length and newness ok. All good! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael

    Kada Delić, Islam Ðugum

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    • ... that Bosnian Olympic runners Islam Ðugum and Kada Delić were both nearly killed by snipers during their training?
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 392 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:11, 18 July 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: Both were 5x expanded and are long enough. Sources verify hook. No copyvio detected. Hook is interesting and cited. I switched the Delic source to page C9. The wrong page was linked. Just waiting on 2 QPQs. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:05, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Hadiza Bazoum

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    Hadiza Bazoum
    Created by Scanlan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.

    Scanlan (talk) 18:47, 23 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Scanlan: Article is new, long enough, has no sourcing issues, and is presentable. The hook is cited to a reliable source, short enough, and is interesting. Image is within the public domain as it's a publication from the US government. QPQ has been carried out. No other issues on my part. Good work! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 14:37, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Scanlan: interested? A discussion here is trying to find an article(s?) that might feature on August 5th on the front page and at Wikiwomen in Nairobi. Victuallers (talk) 08:10, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Tak Yong-bin

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    • ... that North Korean footballer Tak Yong-bin scored the game-winning goal in a match that was the last time South Korea played in the North for 29 years?
    • Source: Korea Times ("29년 만의 북한 원정경기이자 월드컵 예선으로는 사상 첫 평양 원정경기에 나서는 한국 축구 대표팀이 팬들의 뜨거운 환호 속에 여정을 시작했다." [The South Korean national soccer team, which is playing in an away match against North Korea for the first time in 29 years and the first ever World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang, began its journey amidst the enthusiastic cheers of fans.]) / Yonhap News Agency ("한국은 11일 하오 평양의 5.1경기장에서 벌어진 남북통일축구 1차전에서 전반 25분 崔淳鎬의 도움으로 金鑄城이 선취골을 넣었으나 후반 4분 북한의 윤정수에게 동점골을 내주고 경기종료직전 루스타임에 페널티킥을 허용, 이를 북한의 탁영빈이 성공시킴으로써 석패했다." [In the first match of the inter-Korean unification soccer match held at Pyongyang's May 1 Stadium on the afternoon of the 11th, Korea scored the first goal with Kim Joong-seong's help from Choi Soon-ho in the 25th minute of the first half, but gave up an equalizer to North Korea's Yun Jong-su in the 4th minute of the second half, and allowed a penalty kick in the loose time right before the end of the game, which was converted by North Korea's Tak Yeong-bin, resulting in a narrow defeat.])
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 395 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:41, 27 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • @BeanieFan11: Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant, and copyvio-free (assuming some good faith here since nearly all sources are in Korean). QPQ met. Hook is cited, short and reasonably interesting, although a bit convoluted: would "... scored the game-winning goal in the last match South Korea played in the North for 29 years" work? Asamboi (talk) 09:40, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ann Perkins (historian)

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    Created by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 92 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 16:18, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    The Cat Mummy

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    • ... that a reviewer found the children's novel The Cat Mummy "really quite disturbing"?
    Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 17:21, 25 July 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: Promoted GA. ALT0 is interesting and cited. QPQ done. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:08, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rhene hexagon

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    The Rhene hexagon paratype male
    The Rhene hexagon paratype male
    • ... that the spider Rhene hexagon (pictured) gets its name from the unusual hexagonal shape of one of its principle body parts?
    • Reviewed:
    5x expanded by Simongraham (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
    simongraham (talk) 07:58, 22 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]
    • Article new enough and long enough. Article referenced however the hook does not match the source. The etymology in the paper is specific that "hexagon" is a reference to the hexagonal outline of the carapace as a whole and not a pattern on its abdomen. The article correctly follows the source text. Additionally the source is compatible, can we get an image from the source?--Kevmin § 16:53, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Kevmin: Excellent spot. Please take a look at the amended hook above. As the work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). I have uploaded an image of a male paratype to Wikimedia with the title "Rhene hexagon paratype ♂ (ZFMK 2885)" and added it to the article. I feel this illustrates the shape well. Do you know if we use this in the DYK too please? simongraham (talk) 00:09, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Article new enough and long enough. hook now matches the article and source. Article is fully cited and neutrally written, no close copyvios identified in spotchecking. Image is main page licenced. Looks good to go.--Kevmin § 15:23, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Frederick E. Bakutis

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    Frederick E. Bakutis
    Frederick E. Bakutis
    • ... that the then commander of the United States Naval Support Force in Antarctica Frederick E. Bakutis (pictured) remarked that Antarctica would "remain the womanless white continent of peace" ?
    Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

    Toadboy123 (talk) 10:27, 20 July 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) 23:10, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Dots and Loops

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    • Source: [1] "The digital audio workstation was just then establishing itself as a studio necessity, and Pro Tools was quickly becoming the default option."
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by 100cellsman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    웃OO 03:25, 20 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    QPQ: Unknown
    Overall: Converted to GA status by user. QPQ is not required as this is the first nomination of the user. Hook is cited in the intro and in the main body of the article. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 15:11, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Harvey, Eric (23 July 2017). "Stereolab: Dots and Loops". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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    Yi Kŭmch'ŏl

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    • ... that Yi Kŭmch'ŏl has written approximately one-fifth of all North Korean science fiction literature?
    Created by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 19:32, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New, long enough, no AI-generated text or copyvio, well-written, interesting and stable; QPQ done. The hook is not in fact an exceptional claim -- one can see that sort of point having merit were this about SF literature in general, but it actually refers to a very small set of works (SF literature in North Korea). It is verified by the sources, but the sample size is also why it needs some qualifying: this refers to 20 stories in all, and I think the hook should include that clarification; it could also use a date, tying it to the 2010s -- if some other guy showed up and published 10 stories that are not yet covered, Yi is no longer tied to the claim, as it is no longer a fifth of anything. @ArtemisiaGentileschiFan: please forgive me for not opening this query as a topic on your page, which seems quite redundant to this ping. Dahn (talk) 14:59, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dahn: How about: ALT1: ... that by 2010, Yi Kŭmch'ŏl had written approximately one-fifth of all North Korean science fiction literature? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 15:21, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Again, I would mention the total number of stories as well. Something like: "... that the twenty stories written by Yi Kŭmch'ŏl before 2010 constituted one fifth of all North Korean science fiction literature?" (Please fine-tune this suggestion as you see fit). Dahn (talk) 15:34, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I think that leaving that out makes the hook more hook-y and appealing. I don't really think it's necessary to clarify, because it's not untrue. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 15:52, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Joseph Buh

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    Msgr. Joseph Buh
    Msgr. Joseph Buh
    • ... that Joseph Buh, the first Catholic priest to hold religious services in White Earth, was called Meshi-dong or 'Long beard' by the Ojibwe?
    • Source: Nickname: Coleman, Bernard; LaBud, Verona (1972). Masinaigans-The Little Book: A Biography of Monsignor Joseph F. Buh, Slovenian Missionary in America, 1864-1922. Saint Paul, MN: North Central Publishing Company. p. 238. To [the Indians] Buh was affectionately called Meshi-dong (the Beard, the Long Beard, or the Bearded One).; Religious services at White Earth: "Father Buh Receives the Insignia of Monseignor Extended by Leo XIII". Duluth Evening Herald. 27 December 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alberic II of Spoleto
    • Comment: This is, technically, a "first" hook that would require extraordinary sourcing, but the rather unextraordinary nature of the "first" and historical context would have me personally believe the source provided is sufficient.
    Moved to mainspace by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 22:58, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting life, on good sources, offline source accepted AGF. The hook works for me, but I wonder if his Slovac origin wasn't more interesting than the "first" thing. Want to try, Darth Stabro? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The image is licenses and adds life to it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:14, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, Gerda Arendt! So would you propose something like:
    ALT1 ... that Joseph Buh, a Slovak Catholic missionary priest in Minnesota, was called Meshi-dong or 'Long beard' by the Ojibwe?
    ? ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I like that better, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:29, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Duckabush River

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    The Duckabush River within Olympic National Forest
    The Duckabush River within Olympic National Forest
    • Source: "Look for pillow structures in basalt (note 25) where the trail hugs cliffs and climbs from what looks to be the postglacial gorge of the Duckabush (note 20) to the upper glaciated valley."
    5x expanded by Mccunicano (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.

    ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 21:26, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Starting review--Kevmin § 16:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Article expansion new enough and long enough. Article is well cited, neutral in sourcing and wording. The hook is not fully found in the article however and this needs correction. The article does not specify if the river travels through/across the pillow lavas or just geographically near them, additionally water formation of pillow lavas is not noted in the article at all.--Kevmin § 15:58, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • @Kevmin: Hello and thank you for the review! I have been away for a few days, but I hope the edits I recently made will be sufficient. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 05:50, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • The wording updates now provide the needed prose, the hook matches the article and the article is a summary of the provided points in the source reference. Article expansion new enough and long enough. Article is well cited, neutral in sourcing and wording. No copyvioloations or close paraphrasing are seen in the article. Image is main page appropriate. Looks good to go.--Kevmin § 13:44, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Eritrea

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    • Source: [38] The abortion provisions of the Ethiopian Penal Code reflect those of the Swiss Penal Code in many respects. The Swiss abortion law […] in turn had been greatly influenced by the early French abortion laws. Eritrea inherited the Ethiopian Penal Code with minor amendments following its de facto independence in 1991 for the transitional period.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 01:49, 22 July 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: Interesting hook. I appreciate the italicized excerpt to make the source easier to find. JSTOR taken in good faith. I like how the hook links to legal systems of four countries. No issues that I could find. Someone may double check to make sure I didn't miss anything, but everything seems good to go. Thank you for you other recent DYKs as well! Scanlan (talk) 02:53, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    KAIT

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 790 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:40, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article recently promoted to GA and looks to be in good shape. Article clears Earwig. Hook is interesting and sourced. My one concerns is that it would seem to violate MOS:SEAOFBLUE, with two non-boldlinks text to each other. Can you think of some other way to phrase the hook? Perhaps:
      ALT0a ... that before he was the voice of Squidward, in the 1970s Rodger Bumpass was an announcer, film processor, and cameraman at an Arkansas TV station?
    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 04:01, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I think this is compliant with that policy as "Squidward" and "Rodger Bumpass" are clearly different things. That said, might I suggest the April Fool's hook ALT1: ... that some viewers in Arkansas have been able to watch Kait since 1963?--Launchballer 17:05, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Darth Stabro and Launchballer: I'm fine with ALT0a (I didn't think a comma between the two terms would violate SEAOFBLUE, honestly) and ALT1 if the call sign is capitalized, but I also don't want this to sit until April Fool's Day. (If it were a market I had already covered, I might be singing a different tune.) Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:25, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sammi Brie and Launchballer: I remove my objection. Good to go! ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:28, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    OK-N, Champions of the Future

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    • ... that kart racing has crowned its first female champion in a global series since 1966 within its newly established OK-N category?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Champions of the Future (2,736 words; created 11 days ago) and OK-N (1,685 words; created today) go hand-in-hand with this nomination, a lot of the written content is tabulated or footnoted for concision; OK-N was created to bolster accessibility in the sport and one year later crowned its first female champion.
    Moved to mainspace by Mb2437 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MB2437 20:13, 21 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General eligibility:

    • New enough: No - OK-N is eligible for DYK. Unfortunately, the Champions of the Future article was created 11 days ago, several days past the 7-day deadline for nominations. At least one of the articles is eligible for DYK, so I won't reject this, but I will tweak the formatting:
      • ALT0A: ... that kart racing has crowned its first female champion in a global series since 1966 within its newly established OK-N category?
    • Long enough: Yes
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: @Mb2437: Please see my note above. This nomination is good to go, but with only one bold link. Epicgenius (talk) 22:15, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This isn't that far off, so I'd probably have IARed (it's not taking up any further room), but WP:GARC would make that article eligible again.--Launchballer 19:19, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm okay with it moving forward without but will have a look at GARC for that article. MB2437 02:10, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Aleksandras Olelka

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    • Source: the nominated DYK hook is supported by these two sources:
    • "1430–31 rėmė Lietuvos didįjį kunigaikštį Švitrigailą per šio kovą su pretendentu į Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės sostą Žygimantu Kęstutaičiu." (English: In 1430–31, he supported the Grand Duke of Lithuania Švitrigaila during his struggle against the pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Sigismund Kęstutaitis; source);
    • "Vykdamas į derybas, Švitrigaila su palyda apsistojo nakvynei Ašmenos dvare. 1432 m. rugpjūčio 31 d. naktį iš Alšėnų sąmokslininkai užpuolė Ašmenos dvarą. Jie viską pagrobė: kanceliariją, regalijas. (...) Iš Žygimanto šalininkų, dalyvavusių tame užpuolime, buvo Alšėnų kunigaikštis Simanas (Sofijos Jogailienės dėdė), Kijevo kng. Aleksandras Olelka Vladimiraitis, rūmų maršalka Jonas Goštautas ir Naugarduko vietininkas Petras Mangirdas. (...) DLK Švitrigaila pabėgo į Polocką ir į Smalenską. Buvo Polocke jau rugsėjo 3 d. Žygimantas su savo šalininkais užėmė Trakus ir Vilnių." (English: On his way to negotiations, Švitrigaila and his entourage stayed overnight at the Ashmyany Manor. On the night of August 31, 1432, conspirators from Alšėnai attacked the Ashmyany Manor. They stole everything: the chancellery, the regalia. (...) Among the supporters of Sigismund who participated in that attack were the Duke of Alšėnai Simanas (Sofija Jogailienė's uncle), the Prince of Kiev Aleksandras Olelka Vladimiraitis, the Marshal of the Palace Jonas Goštautas and the Deputy of Novogrudok Petras Mangirdas. (...) GDoL Švitrigaila escaped to Polotsk and to Smolensk. He was in Polotsk already on September 3. Sigismund with his supporters captured Trakai and Vilnius; Vilnius = capital city of Lithuania; pages 21-22 in this source).
    Created by Pofka (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    -- Pofka (talk) 21:26, 22 July 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 article with a good hook, although there should probably be an "initially" in the first phrase and it could drop "personally" later on. Thanks for the quotes, meaning I don't have to accept the non-English sources in good faith! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:32, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chocolate industry

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    • ... that as the US chocolate industry struggled without air-conditioning in early 20th century summers, at least one company made its chocolate confections at night to sell door-to-door the next morning?
    • Source: Allen (2010), page 229 (a note from page 35): "In the United States during the first half of the twentieth century, confectioners had to go to great lengths to deal with the absence of air-conditioning. For example, in the summer months during the 1920s the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company made its Konbar - chocolate combined with coconut, fruits, and nuts - only at night and sold it door-to-door in its hometown of New Haven, Connecticut, early the next morning."
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Rollinginhisgrave (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Rollinginhisgrave (talk | contributions) 07:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, no copyright violation. Hook is interesting, at 199 characters (although just within the 200 limit, you may wish to provide a shorter hook, but is not required), cited to a reliable source and mentioned in article. QPQ not required as nominator has less than 5 nominations. JuniperChill (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Theater am Turm

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    Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2150 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - n
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - The source does not support, despite the note in the comment, that the "premiere" was a "world premiere".
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: How rare, a nomination with immediate potential. First of all though, the policy problems have to be worked on; then there is the issue with the hook sourcing. Finally, although I appreciate that this article was no doubt created after Claus Peymann's death, we don't actually have to mention him. Were all the issues worked out, I'd easily approve a hook such as ALT0a: ... that the Theater am Turm showed the world premiere of Peter Handke's play Offending the Audience in 1966? (in case you're confused, the interesting bit is the play's intriguing title and what that says about the theatre that shows it). You can even add the bit about the riot. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:26, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You will know that I offered the play's intriguing title in the nom for Peymann, as part of that he promoted the works of the future Nobel Prize winner early and consistently for decades, which I thought was unusual and intriguing. This one was only nominated (last minute) in case of the emergency that the other may be rejected. I'll try to improve the sourcing, after improving the sourcing of today's little article, translated from de with - as unfortunately so often - practically no ref. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I implemented one ref that has more context and detail, and found a second, but will add only later today or tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:31, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    AirshipJungleman29, please check again. Expanded and more refs, but I coudn't find a good ref for the Rosa von Praunheim show, only the film of the same name.
    ALT1: ... that the Theater am Turm (TAT) in Frankfurt was the venue of the first production of Peter Handke's play Offending the Audience, directed by Claus Peymann, making theatre history in 1966?
    ALT2: ... that Günther Rühle called the 1966 production of Peter Handke's Offending the Audience, directed by Claus Peymann at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt, "the beginning of modern theatre"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I noticed at the Peymann nom you said that you might want to make this a double hook; do you still want to? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:59, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Approving ALT2a: ... that the 1966 production of Peter Handke's Offending the Audience, directed by Claus Peymann at the Theater am Turm, has been described as "the beginning of modern theatre"? (ALT1 is not viable—too vague) Have moved the credits over, so as not to inconvenience the promoter, and will close the Peymann nom shortly, where Claus Peymann received a full review. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:14, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rendon Labador

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

    AdobongPogi (talk) 12:45, 22 July 2025 (UTC).[reply] 

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: The article is on Good article. QPQ do not require to them. I prefer the ALT1 and please fix and bold, quote and wikilink the name (e.g: "Example") ROY is WAR Talk! 05:20, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your review. AdobongPogimasarap🍛 07:07, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Boogie Knight

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

    JTtheOG (talk) 19:51, 23 July 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 creation. Sources verify hooks. Both hooks are interesting. Nice work! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:42, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Straka, Dean (July 21, 2022). "College football: All-name team for the 2022 season". 247Sports.
    2. ^ Brown, Larry (November 22, 2021). "ULM WR has the best name in college football". Larry Brown Sports.

    Cathedral of Christ the King (Atlanta)

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    Cathedral of Christ the King
    Cathedral of Christ the King
    • ... that the dedication ceremony for the Cathedral of Christ the King (pictured) in Atlanta was attended by both the governor of Georgia and an imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?
    Improved to Good Article status by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 76 past nominations.

    JJonahJackalope (talk) 13:32, 22 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Passes DYKCheck and Earwig, hook cites a reliable source, hook is short and interesting, QPQ done, photo is good. Looks good to go to me. Great review, and one pertinent to interests of mine -- I'm happy I came across this by happenstance! Maximilian775 (talk)

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    Caquetá Department

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    • ALT1: ... that the governor of Caquetá Department was killed within hours of his kidnapping in 2009?
    • Source: "On 21 December 2009, then Governor of Caquetá Department Luis Francisco Cuellar was kidnapped after a shoot out with his security; after a number of hours of military searches, his body was found with his throat slit."
    • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8427582.stm
    • Reviewed: Even though this is the first response to the review, I still request a second reviewer instead of flat-out rejecting. The article was expanded to 3.5x, not 5x, but there are still three days remaining from the beginning of the expansion window (began July 23). If possible, it should he expanded further, or possibly another reviewer throws a bone. As for my opinions on the hooks themselves, ALT0 is alright, but I'd suggest a rewording to distance from the HDI number, as many don't know the meaning of a 0.708 (sounds bad to the uninformed, tbh); perhaps "... that despite its high Human Development Index score, Caquetá Department had a 44.8% poverty rate in 2021?" as for ALT1, I'd suggest mentioning his kidnapping first; something like "that the governor of Caquetá Department was kidnapped and murdered in 2009?" Roast (talk) 05:51, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Guerreroast: I was going based off of the readable prose size of this version (472) and the current version (3787) did I measure it wrong? I will gladly expand it further if so. Thank you, Mason7512 (talk) 14:22, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mason7512: My fault. I checked the guidelines and you're right. My apologies for not understanding the guidelines too well. The article is eligible, but I still have the aforementioned issues with the hooks, and I'm letting you decide between the edited versions; if you want to edit those or make a new hook, feel free to. Roast (talk) 15:18, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Guerreroast: Yeah, I think the ALT0 you proposed is good. I was nervous about reaching OR territory by describing it as just 'high' (not stated in source) instead of the specific number (stated in source), but giving insight into what that number actually means is important. Mason7512 (talk) 18:26, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    for ALT0; edited form. Roast (talk) 05:25, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    5x expanded by Mason7512 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Mason7512 (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Samoa Samoa

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    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:56, 24 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Hi WikiOriginal-9, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 24 July and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and the main text is largely cited inline, however some of the information in the infobox is not stated in the article and not cited so doesn't have a clear source, can you look to remedy this? Otherwise I picked up no issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spot check; hooks is simple, but effective, and checks out to article and source cited; a QPQ has been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 06:45, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks WikiOriginal-9, looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 14:32, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Somalia

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    • Source: [42] Three countries have specific constitutional provisions about abortion: Kenya, Swaziland and Somalia.
    Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:47, 23 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Passes DYKCheck and Earwig, is well-sourced, hook citation is reliable, hook is interesting and short enough, QPQ is done. Maximilian775 (talk)

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    James R. Thompson Center

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    James R. Thompson Center
    James R. Thompson Center
    5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 738 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 02:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Howdy Epicgenius, review is as follows: QPQ checks out. 5x expansion is verified. Article is well written. Earwig clocks it at 32%, but only because both the article and the tested source say "State of Illinois Center" a lot. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are good; ALT3 is a bit confusing to read. Preference for ALT0 or ALT2. (Promoters/queuers: source for ALT0 is available for free here). Image is properly-licensed and clear. Nihil obstat ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 19:22, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on July 25

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    George Short (athlete)

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    • ... that sprinter George Short first started training at age 17, then two years later competed in the Olympics?
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 394 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:43, 25 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Justin Nsengiyumva

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    • ... that the same year he returned to Rwanda after spending over 15 years away, Justin Nsengiyumva was appointed the country's prime minister?
    • Source: BBC article about being named prime minister ("Ubwo yatangazwaga ko yagizwe umukuru wungirije wa Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda mu ntangiriro z'uyu mwaka, hari hashize imyaka irenga 15 atavugwa nyuma y'uko avuye mu Rwanda mu buryo butavugwaho rumwe mu 2008." [When it was announced that he had been appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Rwanda earlier this year, he had been out of the country for more than 15 years after his controversial departure from Rwanda in 2008.])
    Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 397 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:55, 1 August 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: Recently created article. Hook is interesting and cited. I would suggest maybe writing it as "that the same year he returned to Rwanda after spending over 15 years away, Justin Nsengiyumva was appointed the country's prime minister? Waiting on QPQ. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 23:47, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chris Mañon

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    • ... that NBA player Chris Mañon said his role in college was to "make life hell" for the best opposing players?
    • Source: SF Chronicle ("'I found out a lot about myself playing in the SEC,' Manon said, explaining his defensive-minded role and willingness to 'guard the best players on the other team and make life hell for them.'")
    Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 396 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:51, 1 August 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: @BeanieFan11: Nice work on the article. Please ping me when you finish your QPQ so I may approve this. Epicgenius (talk) 03:18, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    HMS Cambrian (1939)

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    • Source: "The area of jurisdiction for Portsmouth CHA has a boundary joining the following positions: ... Cambrian Wreck buoy 50° 44.4 N 1° 03.4 W" from: "King's Harbour Master Portsmouth". Royal Navy. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
    • ALT1: ... that HMS Cambrian was a former fishing trawler? Source: "The CAMBRIAN was requisitioned at the start of World War II and was used as a boom defence vessel. ... Monument Type : Fishing Vessel, Boom Defence Vessel, Trawler" from: "Cambrian". Historic England Research Records. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
    • ALT2: ... that the wreck of HMS Cambrian was partially demolished by explosives in the 1970s? Source: "07-FEB-1978 Not investigated as demolition in progress. ... Although still marked with a wreck buoy, the remains of the vessel are well scattered, having been dispersed by explosives in the late 1970s" from: "Cambrian". Historic England Research Records. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Mooney (American chaplain)
    Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 932 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 12:29, 25 July 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: There are some incidental correlations between the article and the cited Historic England Research Records source, but are pretty much unavoidable. I prefer the lead hook to the two alternates. ✠Saltymagnolia✠ 16:50, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on July 26

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    Tea (app)

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    Created by The Anome (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 311 past nominations.

    Launchballer 22:05, 28 July 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: No - I don't think this hook is particularly interesting by itself, especially in the context of the article. When about half of the article describes the app's data leaks and the resulting backlash, a much more interesting hook would juxtapose the app developers' claims of protecting women's safety with the app's security issues.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: The article itself is fine, but I am concerned that the hook seems to portray the app as a safety aid when the article as a whole tells an entirely different story, which makes the hook appear promotional. An adjustment to the hook would resolve this. — Newslinger talk 15:45, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    When I nominated this, the article looked like this; I intend on pruning this when I get back from shopping.--Launchballer 15:59, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have removed large amounts of criticism per the rationale in my edit summary. ALT1: ... that the app Tea has been praised as an aid for women's safety but sued for jeopardising that of its users?--Launchballer 21:06, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT1 looks good to me, and I have struck ALT0. Your article edits appear to be within the bounds of reasonable editorial discretion, and the new hook satisfies my concern.​ — Newslinger talk 08:31, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Perth Panthers

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    • ... that Scotland-based ice hockey team the Perth Panthers were composed of mainly Americans and Canadians?
    • Source: Advertiser ("The original club, which used to draw big crowds to the old Dunkeld Road rink in the post-war years, folded in the mid-fifties. It had been heavily influenced by American and Canadian ex-servicemen, with a sprinkling of talented locals.")
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Umbilical Cord (Fukushima)
    • Comment: To do QPQ within a day or two. Given that it was only briefly in mainspace in December for a few hours, then draftified, and that the original version was an AI-generated mess, I think this should be eligible as a 'new' article.
    Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 398 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:55, 2 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Okay, good to go then. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:15, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Marin Kitagawa

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    Created by YillowsGiblles (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 113 past nominations.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:37, 28 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Adding a new hook, suggested by SounderBruce over on Discord:
    ALT1 ... that the voice actress for Marin Kitagawa said she would "get very hungry" after recording lines for the role?
    The source is in the cited interview. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:13, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey @Narutolovehinata5: I was doing a full review of this but I cannot find "Marin Monday" anywhere in the source. I also checked the other source ([44]) and I could not find it there either. Could you please provide a quote perhaps of where "Marin Monday" is or maybe tweak the hook? DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:26, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @DaniloDaysOfOurLives: Couldn't find a source about it either, so I've deleted it from the article for now. I've also struck ALT0 accordingly, so we're left with ALT1. Let me know if there's anything else that needs to be done, or if a new hook is needed. Also pinging YillowsGiblles to come here and also participate in issue resolution. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:45, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry for the inconsistency. While writing, I found information about this, but apparently got confused by the sources, and now I can't confirm it. Therefore, deleting it is the right decision for now. YillowsGiblles (talk) 08:57, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No worries! I hence approve the ALT1 - It is cited inline and the source verifies the info. QPQ has been done and the article is new enough and long enough and has no concerns. Earwig also shows no copyright issues. This is good to go :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 16:30, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on July 27

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    Operation Forager logistics

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    Moved to mainspace by Hawkeye7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 450 past nominations.

    Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:33, 2 August 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: All good. Also approving, so that the promoter can decide upon their fave linking organisation, ALT0a: ... that logistical support of Operation Forager involved calling forward ammunition ships to replenish the fleet despite almost daily Japanese air attacks? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:28, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Frank Page (industrialist)

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    • ... that Frank Page built roads in France during World War I and was put in charge of North Carolina's highway system after the war?
    Created by NormalStatisticalAnomaly (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    NormalStatisticalAnomaly (talk) 01:53, 27 July 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: Interesting article, great research and use of citations. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:19, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Russian submarine Dmitry Donskoy (TK-208)

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    Dmitry Donskoy in 2018
    Dmitry Donskoy in 2018

    "In the starboard hull there is a recreation area, including a small gym, solarium, aviary, and sauna."

    2. Yemelyanenkov, Aleksandr (28 December 2021). "Подводный крейсер особого назначения: "Дмитрий Донской" еще послужит флоту" [Special purpose underwater cruiser: "Dmitry Donskoy" will still serve the fleet]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 25 July 2025.

    "Впервые в мире на атомной подводной лодке были созданы очень комфортные условия для экипажа: спортзал, сауна, бассейн и салон для отдыха." ("For the first time in the world, very comfortable conditions were created for the crew on a nuclear submarine: a gym, a sauna, a swimming pool and a lounge for relaxation.")
      • Reviewed:
      • Comment: Expanded the article x5.
    5x expanded by Romanov loyalist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Romanov loyalist (talk) 15:08, 28 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Page was expanded recently enough and is long enough. QPQ is not needed. WP:EARWIG finds copyvio unlikely. I do not have the book so I will assume good faith on that source, but the second source does check out from a spotcheck. The hook is really interesting IMO. I think this is good to go! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 16:04, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jan Jenning

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    • ... that actress Di Botcher was inspired to complete a first aid course after portraying paramedic Jan Jenning in Casualty?
    • Source: Ellis, Sarah (19–25 May 2018). "Jan's world!". Inside Soap. No. 20. p. 45.
    Moved to mainspace by Soaper1234 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Soaper1234 - talk 13:25, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough and long enough and there are no issues as far as I can see. Earwig shows no serious copyright concerns and I ran the iabot the archive the sources. I checked both sources (I have readly so was able to reach the magazine source) and they both confirm the hook. I think both hooks are interested and QPQ has been done, so this is good to go, well done! :) DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 20:08, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hyōtanjima

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    • ... that the shortest prefectural border in Japan is on Hyōtanjima?
    Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 09:09, 27 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Snuff bottle

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    Porcelain snuff bottle, 18th century
    Porcelain snuff bottle, 18th century
    • ... that some Chinese snuff bottles (example pictured) were made to look like people?
    • Source: Perry, Lilla A. (1960). Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures & Studies of a Collector. Tuttle. OCLC 39631633. p. 42
    Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 117 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 15:56, 27 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • article is long enough, recently promoted to GA, and within policy. Hook is short enough and interesting. AGF on the offline source. QPQ is complete. Photo is good to go too. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 00:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alexandra Yeung

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    • ... that cyclist Alexandra Yeung raced on the Himalayas with one hand during the final 20 kilometres (12 mi) of a race and placed second?
    • Source: "楊嘉華重拾單車樂趣" [Yeung Ka Wah Rediscovers the Joy of Cycling]. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 2002-12-14. p. C6.

      The article notes: "透過參賽機會體驗異地文化，並重拾對單車的一份熱誠與樂趣，可算是香港女子越野單車代表楊嘉華在「喜瑪拉雅山爬山單車賽」奪得亞軍之餘的額外收穫。該項於上月下旬一連三天在尼泊爾進行的爬山單車賽，圍繞著首都加德滿都的一帶積雪山脈進行。由於賽段極具挑戰性，故此吸引不少來自歐洲的頂尖好手參加。代表香港完成亞運不久的楊嘉華亦接受這項挑戰，成為報名參賽的唯一港隊成員"

      From Google Translate: "Experiencing a foreign culture through the competition and regaining a passion and joy for cycling are the extra gains for Hong Kong women's mountain bike representative Yeung Ka Wah after winning the runner-up in the "Himalayan Mountain Climb Cycling Race". The mountain climbing cycling race was held in Nepal for three consecutive days in late last month, around the snow-covered mountains in the capital Kathmandu. As the stage is very challenging, it attracts many top players from Europe to participate. Yeung Ka Wah, who recently completed the Asian Games on behalf of Hong Kong, also accepted the challenge and became the only member of the Hong Kong team to sign up for the competition"

      The article notes: "在三天的賽事中，楊嘉華與德國選手施町加爭持激烈，最後她分別取得兩次第二和一次第一，成功在總成績上勇奪亞軍。但令人最讚嘆的，還是楊嘉華在第三天賽事不慎鏟至泥濘滿布的坑洞而扭傷左手，而隨後面對著甚為傾斜的落山路段，她仍能憑驚人鬥志忍痛以一隻手做兩隻手的工作，而隨後面對著甚為傾斜的落山路段，她仍能憑驚人鬥志忍痛以一隻手做兩隻手的工作，更以不比平日慢的速度完成最後的一段廿公里賽事，技驚四座。"

      From Google Translate: "During the three-day competition, Yeung Ka Wah competed fiercely with German player Stingga. In the end, she won two second places and one first place respectively, successfully winning the runner-up in the overall score. But the most amazing thing is that Yang Jiahua accidentally shoveled into a muddy pothole on the third day of the race and sprained her left hand. Then, facing the very inclined downhill section, she was still able to endure the pain with one hand to do the work of two hands, and then faced the very inclined downhill section, she was still able to endure the pain with one hand to do the work of two hands, and completed the last 20 kilometers of the race at a speed no slower than usual, which amazed everyone."

    5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 97 past nominations.

    Cunard (talk) 08:52, 27 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • QPQ is done. Page was 5x'd recently enough and is long enough. WP:EARWIG finds copyvio unlikely. Trusting that the Google translation is accurate, the hooks check out. Both hooks are interesting, I think ALT1 is better because it explains why she used just one hand. This looks good! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 16:15, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Neocicindela tuberculata

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    Neocicindela tuberculata
    Neocicindela tuberculata

    First source is a list of type material described by Johan Christian Fabricius from material collected by the Endeavour voyage. Neocicindela tuberculata (referred to as Cicindela tuberculata in text) is included in this list.

    https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/3857c303-efe0-4d95-9efc-ec26090cb8c3/content (page 113)

    Second source more directly states that it was collected on the Endeavour voyage.
      • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by AxonsArachnida (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    AxonsArachnida (talk) 02:36, 28 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • What a cutey! The article is a new GA and, unsurprisingly, long enough. Earwig turns up the lowest copyvio likeliness result I have ever seen, and I have not seen any indication of copyvio in the sources I have been able to access. The hook could perhaps be a bit amended. Someone might be irritated by the wording because the Maori had presumably discovered it earlier. Is there any way we could make this clearer, AxonsArachnida? Surtsicna (talk) 18:02, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hi Surtsicna. It's probably correct that early Māori had some recognition of this species as these are fairly common here (although this knowledge is since lost). Here I'm just referring to it being discovered by modern taxonomy. It's quite tricky to write this in a clear way in just one sentence but I've suggested an alternative below. The revised hook doesn't quite claim its the first time ever its been discovered, rather its the first time it was collected for typical scientific taxonomy (although the wording is less punchy). If that looks good to you, I'll swap out the hook. AxonsArachnida (talk) 04:40, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • "...that the tiger beetle Neocicindela tuberculata (pictured) was first collected for scientific description during James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand?
    I agree that it sounds less punchy but it is more precise and, arguably at least, more accurate. It is also what is explicitly stated in the article. I suggest going with ALT1 unless you can come up with another. Surtsicna (talk) 18:48, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Surtsicna, I've swapped out the hook for the new one. AxonsArachnida (talk) 19:37, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Surtsicna, is there anything else that needs to be done? AxonsArachnida (talk) 19:58, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's all good, AxonsArachnida. The tick is there already :) Surtsicna (talk) 22:46, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Dan Runge

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    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:34, 29 July 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) 18:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Emperor Tenmu

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    Emperor Tenmu
    Emperor Tenmu
    • ... that Emperor Tenmu (pictured) had all of his sons swear to honor his consort and niece Uno-no-sarara as their mother, including two of her brothers?
    • Source: Duthie, Torquil (2013). "The Jinshin Rebellion and the Politics of Historical Narrative in Early Japan". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 133 (2): 295–320. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.133.2.0295.. pp. 308–309, as well as Duthie, Torquil (2014). Man’yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004264540. ISBN 9789004251717. pp. 248–249
    Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 118 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:53, 31 July 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: Excellent article and excellent hook. No worries whatsoever. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Niger

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    • Source: [45] In addition, those considering abortion employ what Gélis (1984) calls “the ‘sympathy’ of color.” Red is usually the color of choice. For these women, it is a question of “turning to the color red in order, of course, to see ‘red.’ ”
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 17:45, 30 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Andrew Oliver (disabled New Zealander)

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    • ... that a New Zealand dairy co-operative adjusted their collection schedule so that Andy Oliver could go to bed on time?
    Created by Cloventt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 03:18, 28 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: Article created on 28 July, and meets the length requirement. All sources are, as far as I can tell, reliable for the material they are cited for. There are no obvious neutrality issues. Earwig reveals no outright copyvio and I didn't spot any instances of unacceptably WP:Close paraphrasing. The hook is interesting. This is kind of silly, but the hook doesn't technically meet the sourcing requirement since the article doesn't currently state that Fonterra is a "New Zealand milk exporter" (just a "dairy co-operative", without the country or the export side of the business being mentioned) with a source cited no later than the end of the sentence per WP:DYKHFC. QPQ has been done. Some comments about the content:

    • Andrew Francis Oliver – the middle name needs to be sourced somewhere in the article, and it currently isn't.
    • Oliver was born with a swollen head and neck. – I don't find this in the cited source. Did you mean to cite a different source?
    • As an infant, Oliver was diagnosed with Langer–Giedion syndrome. During his childhood he underwent multiple surgeries, and developed epilepsy. – ditto.
    • By age 6, his mother had begun to doubt that his original diagnosis was correct. – ditto.
    • After other diagnoses, he was eventually diagnosed – I don't find this in any of the three cited sources.
    • Oliver was called "Andy" by those that knew him. – the cited source does use both "Andrew" and "Andy", but I think you meant to cite one of the sources that explicitly say that he was known as Andy.
    • Oliver's condition caused him to like strong routines – the cited source does not attribute the preference for strong routines to the condition like this.
    • Fonterra adjusted their collection routine to guarantee a pickup between 6pm and 8:30pm. – the cited source says "Ken is now guaranteed a pick up anywhere between 6:30pm and 8pm."
    • He was buried in a coffin – this is definitely on the pedantic side, but "buried" technically means underground and the sources only say "laid to rest" (which doesn't rule out being entombed above ground).

    Ping Cloventt. TompaDompa (talk) 13:22, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Thanks, very thorough feedback, all resolved now. David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 23:17, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • The article still says "buried" and Fonterra being a New Zealand company is still not mentioned, but the former is as I said rather pedantic (and as far as I can tell not universally accepted either?) and "a New Zealand dairy co-operative" could be taken to mean one operating in New Zealand but not necessarily from there (and this all taking place in New Zealand is amply covered in the article), so I'm not going to hold the nomination up on account of either of those things. If you want to tweak the hook to say "a dairy co-operative in New Zealand" instead that would also be fine by me. TompaDompa (talk) 23:55, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Yoolya

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    • ... that Yoolya, a Nyigina who was taken from his people as a child, was in later life committed to both Aboriginal and Catholic beliefs?
    Created by Aliceinthealice (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

    ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:07, 1 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • A really fascinating article, it is new enough (created on 29 July), long enough and NPOV. QPQ has been done. It scores 28.6% on Copyvio so violation unlikely. Both hooks are interesting and are both supported in their sources. Good to go! Spiderpig662 (talk) 18:16, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Photinia pageae

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    Photinia pageae leaf
    Photinia pageae leaf
    • Source: Wilf et al 2021 "The dataset facilitates new research and education opportunities in paleobotany, comparative leaf architecture, systematics, and machine learning." & Appendix 1 "Rosaceae" entry for Photinia pageae
    Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 375 past nominations.

    Kevmin § 13:59, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Reviewing by list, as I know some people like this. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:59, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • ... that each boldlinked article is new enough. FINE
      • ... that each boldlinked article is long enough. The DYKcheck tool is helpful in evaluating these first two. FINE
      • ... that each boldlinked article is well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant, and copyvio-free. FINE
      • ... that each boldlinked article is presentable. FINE
      • ... that the hook is cited to a reliable source. FINE
      • ... that the hook is short enough. FINE
      • ... that the hook is interesting. This is the issue: I just feel at the moment I'm lacking context. I don't really like 'have been chosen' (it's passive) and it's not clear what being chosen 'for a machine learning database' means. I think the fact is a decent one; I just think it could be better framed! (Also, "three" rather than "3", I think.)
      • ... that any images are freely licensed, clear at a diminished size, and used in the article. FINE
      • ... that each QPQ has been done, where necessary. FINE
      • ... that there are no other, more subjective issues. FINE
    @J Milburn: I worded with "have been chosen" due to the paper authors being very specific in the Fossils/fossil sites they took images from. The database itself is for AI lead and human lead pattern recognition to identify and classify fossil and living plants within known family frameworks.--Kevmin § 16:39, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry; I may have been unclear. My concern was with your use of passive voice, and the fact that the hook doesn't offer much context. (I.e., I have some amateur-level knowledge of both botany and machine learning, but I couldn't make much of it.) I was suggesting you try to rephrase it without the passive voice and with a bit more context. How about something like the following? Josh Milburn (talk) 18:50, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ... that [someone] included images of three leaves of the extinct plant Photinia pageae (example pictured) in an image database for [purpose]?
    ... that [database], a [description], includes images of three leaves from the extinct plant Photinia pageae (example pictured)?
    @J Milburn: We run into the problem that DYK for several years has penalized or told nominators that unless a person can be blue-linked they are not to be included in a nomination (additionally the peer reviewed article makes it clear the database is a group collaboration of 17 coauthors. The database also was not given a name and combines multiple collections in a number of institutions. (Also we run into the 200 character limit by being to verbose fi we have to lay out that amount of detail, while hooks are recommended to be short and catchy).--Kevmin § 22:52, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    They were just recommendations; if the database doesn't have a name or we can't mention the scientists by name, then perhaps we can approach it another way. I agree that a hook should be short and catchy, but they also need to be understandable. Per WP:DYKINT: 'Make sure to provide any necessary context for your hook; don't assume everyone worldwide is familiar with your subject.' Josh Milburn (talk) 07:20, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @J Milburn: That is why I chose the wording I did. if you have been following the DYK:talk page you will have seen the volume of controversy constantly flowing around invocation of DYK:INT (and where I stand on something that is hypersubjective when the mainpage receives over 25 million views in a 12 hour run period). If I wordsmith I would tweak the hook as such:
    Alt1 that 3 fossils of the rose relative Photinia pageae (pictured) have been chosen for inclusion in an AI and human learning database?
    this is a little more wordy but not deviating from the actual source material at all.--Kevmin § 14:04, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    No, I haven't been following conversations on that particular talk page. If you feel it's important I know something, you're welcome to tell me. Clearly, the guidelines at WP:DYKINT require judgement. But that does not make them 'hypersubjective', and nor does it make concerns that appeal to them unactionable. I appreciate that you've made an effort to come up with a new hook, but, as far as I can see, you've overlooked two of the concerns I raised, which were nothing to do with the 'subjective' guideline, but everything to do with plain writing. Could I suggest the following, which I've based on ALT1? I dropped 'human learning' because it was getting a little wordy. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:11, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT2: ...that the creators of a botanic database for machine learning included three images of leaves from Photinia pageae (example pictured), an extinct relative of the rose?
    I am okay with Alt 2.--Kevmin § 15:58, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    for Alt2. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alejo Igoa

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    Igoa in 2016
    Igoa in 2016
    • ... that YouTuber Alejo Igoa's (pictured) parents "almost died" when he told them he was going to drop out of university?
    Created by Sahaib (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 41 past nominations.

    Sahaib (talk) 21:43, 1 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    1. ✅ article created July 29, 2025, so new enough
    2. ✅ it is 3300 characters, so longer than 1500 required
    3. ✅ the sourcing is especially good, as these are Spanish sources with useful English notes. I checked a few sources with a Spanish to English translation tool, and verified that they mirror the original language. I hardly know any Spanish language but it seems on target.
    4. ✅ It is well sourced, as every sentence and entry in the awards boxed is matched to a citation. The sourcing is first-rate. The story is neutral. I have read other biographies of Internet personalities, and they tend to follow the pattern used here of being young then making videos then parents not approving then posting content which viewers find relatable. The Earwig tool does not find anything, but that is not surprising considering that the cited sources are Spanish when the article is an English translation. There are no claims here which trigger BLP concerns, especially in the context of the good sourcing.
    5. ✅ The article is tidy and presentable with formatting features including an infobox, a photograph, an awards table, and appropriate section headings. It was missing an external link to the thing this person is known for, their YouTube channel, so I linked it. There was already a link in the infobox.
    6. ✅ The most interesting hook to me is alt2, noting that this is the most popular Spanish language YouTuber by subscriber count. The claim is matched to a notable source, La Gaceta, which is reliable.
    7. ✅ alt2 is short, 78 characters when 200 is the maximum
    8. ✅ being most popular on YouTube for much of the world is very interesting
    9. ✅ The image is a lucky find for being on another person's YouTube channel, and they are high-profile with 5 million subscribers and know what they are doing, and they put a wiki compatible CC license on it. That is all so unusual. What a great photo from a YouTube screenshot.
    10. ✅ The QPQ is done, is checkwise and orderly, and includes some commentary on the hook.
    11. ✅ There are no other issues with the article. This is a solid submission.

    This is great. It can be featured with ALT2

    Bluerasberry (talk) 22:32, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]


    Koh Sok Hiong

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    Improved to Good Article status by Actuall7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 03:10, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Nice article. Actuall7? The first hook is a no-go because it's quite complicated and not actually about the article subject. The second is good, but much better if her former position was advertised. How about ALT1a: ... that former First Lady of Singapore Koh Sok Hiong wrote a cookbook compiling over 200 of her Perankan recipes? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:44, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, I don't mind ALT1a. Thank you very much for the review, AirshipJungleman29. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 02:27, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT1a approved. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:57, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jorge Meléndez

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    Jorge Meléndez
    Jorge Meléndez
    5x expanded by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

    PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 07:15, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Nigel Williams (Canadian football)

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    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 15:33, 29 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Broc Rutter

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    Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:12, 30 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Pupusa

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    Several prepared pupusas
    Several prepared pupusas
    Improved to Good Article status by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

    PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 02:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC). General eligibility:[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: No - Not done
    Overall: Please do a QPQ. History6042😊 (Contact me) 16:11, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    What did you think 1975 Jubilee ordination was? I'm approving this; rest of review per above.--Launchballer 18:02, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jules LaDuron

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    • ... that medical doctor Jules LaDuron tried to stab someone with a bayonet?
    Converted from a redirect by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:30, 29 July 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. It might be more interesting to specify that it was a police officer that he attempted to stab, which I'll leave up to the nominator. Should be good to go either way. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:41, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]



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    Autocratic legalism

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    • ... that autocratic legalism allows leaders to use the law to undermine liberal democracy while appearing to uphold it?
      • Source: Scheppele, Kim L. (2018). "Autocratic Legalism". University of Chicago Law Review. 85 (2): 345–442. Quote: "Constitutional democracy is indeed a pluralistic category. There is a wide but normatively justifiable variation in the institutional forms and substantive rules that one can find among constitutional-democratic states. Within those legitimate variations, some combinations of these forms and rules prove toxic to the continued maintenance of the liberal forms of constitutional democracy. And the new autocrats are finding those combinations. While democracy, constitutionalism, and liberalism once marched arm in arm through history, we now see liberalism being pushed out of the parade by a new generation of autocrats who know how to game the system. Intolerant majoritarianism and plebiscitary acclimation of charismatic leaders are now masquerading as democracy, led by new autocrats who first came to power through elections and then translated their victories into illiberal constitutionalism. When electoral mandates plus constitutional and legal change are used in the service of an illiberal agenda, I call this phenomenon autocratic legalism."
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Strong Court
    Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

    Viriditas (talk) 11:59, 6 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Gesshizu

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    • Source: Gematsu "The list of characters includes: ... Octodon (Deguu) ... Capybara ... Flying Squirrel (Momonga)" (independent secondary source in English)
    • ALT1: ... that a Gesshizu video game was released internationally under the title Cuddly Forest Friends? Source: Gematsu "Cuddly Forest Friends launches February 2 in the west" "... first launched for Switch on August 4 in Japan as Gesshizu: Minna de Chokomaka Muradukuri." (independent secondary source in English)
    • ALT2: ... that the Gesshizu video game characters were created in collaboration with San-X, who also designed Rilakkuma? Source: Famitsu "Gesshizu ... co-produced with ... Rilakkuma..creator San-X" (translated from Japanese) (WP:ABOUTSELF source (press release) via Famitsu)
    • ALT3: ... that the Gesshizu video game characters got their name from the word gesshirui which means rodent in Japanese? Source: tweet from gesshi1115 "do you know the origin of the Gesshizu name ... rodents (gesshirui) are animals with growing front teeth" (translated from Japanese) (WP:ABOUTSELF source, official X/twitter via official website)
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Siawase (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Siawase (talk) 19:19, 31 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Javier Gómez (sports manager)

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    • ... that Javier Gómez was the president of Valencia CF for 48 hours in June 2009?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Luis7M (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Luis7M (talk) 01:59, 5 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new and long enough, hook interesting, cited inline, verified in the source. Copyvio is not detected and considering only Spanish-language sources are used, unlikely. Referencing adequate, nominator's 3rd DYK so no QPQ needed. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 07:21, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ustrzyki Górne

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    • ... that after Ustrzyki Górne was burnt down and depopulated following World War II, a students' club from Warsaw played the most important role in its reconstruction?
    • Source: Bałda, Waldemar (2019). Serce Bieszczadów. Opowieść o Ustrzykach Górnych. Łódź: KSIĘŻNY MŁYN dom wydawniczy Michał Koliński. ISBN 978-83-7729-498-7. [P]rzyznać jednak trzeba, że prawdziwe nowe życie Ustrzyki Górne zawdzięczają [...] akademikom uczelni warszawskich, zrzeszonym w Studenckim Kole Przewodników Beskidzkich.
    • Reviewed:
    5x expanded by Luxtaythe2nd (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Luxtaythe2nd (Talk to me...) 16:21, 31 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article recently expanded. QPQ not yet required and copyvio undetected (also unlikely due to the preponderance of Polish-language sources). Hook is interesting and cited inline with the appropriate quotation above translated confirming it. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 03:04, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Marquette Stadium

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    • ... that soccer games were still played at Marquette Stadium while it was actively being demolished?
    Created by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 71 past nominations.

    « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:58, 2 August 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) 00:23, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Makeup Is Not (Just) Magic

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    • Source: Voce [ja] (link): "きっかけは、百貨店の美容部員（ＢＡ）として働いていたことです。[It all started when I was working as a beauty consultant at a department store.]"
    Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 72 past nominations.

    lullabying (talk) 05:14, 1 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: New enough, long enough and well-sourced. The earwig's 25.4% hits seems like a false positive. Hook is interesting and cited. QPQ is done. I don't see anymore issue, Good to go Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 13:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jacques Presburg

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    • Sources:
    • Schiweck, Ingo; von Osterhausen, Hans-Jürgen; Schult, Susanne (2005). "Lass dich überraschen--": niederländische Unterhaltungskünstler in Deutschland nach 1945. Münster: Agenda. p. 116. (a translation of the German) Another example is Jack Presburg, born in Amsterdam on December 26, 1881. After a great success in Amsterdam with his operetta "Hello California," he moved to Berlin in 1928 and became known there as the leader of a popular jazz orchestra... As a descendant of a Jewish family, he was forced to leave Germany in 1938 and returned to the Netherlands. That wasn't far enough away from Germany, as it turned out. On February 5, 1943, he was killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
    Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 117 past nominations.

    4meter4 (talk) 01:18, 31 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - Yes, though only the second reference cited here actually backs up the claim in the hook.
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 03:16, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Epicgenius: The first source was to cite the fact that he was a "broadway musical composer". The second that he led a jazz orchestra in Berlin and died in Auschwitz. Multiple facts needed multiple sources. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:59, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh I see, I skipped over the Broadway composer part of the hook. Still GTG. Epicgenius (talk) 04:00, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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