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== Back to 24 hours? == | |||
This is where the ''']''' section on the main page, its policies and the featured items can be discussed. Proposals for changing how Did You Know works were being discussed at ]. | |||
{{DYK admins}} As of this moment, we've got five filled queues. If we can fill another two queues before midnight UTC (eight hours from now), we'll keep running 12 hour updates for another three days. Otherwise we're back to 24. ] ] 16:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== New rule proposal == | |||
:I've promoted one more, but don't think I'll have time for the last one. ♠]♠ ] 21:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
It seems that there should be some sort of rule regarding commercial subjects. I have nominated books on their release dates, tv shows for their premier dates, movies for their premier dates and albums on their release dates at DYK. Each time there has been all kinds of confusion on what is appropriate. In most cases after timeconsuming debate, I have been able to convince people that if the hook is not promotional of the subject it is appropriate. Most recently, the hook did not run on the desired date due to this concern. Can I or someone else write a rule so that we can refer to it in the future?--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 17:49, 11 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Thanks. I'm working on ] right now, so we're good to keep going until 0000 6 Jan UTC. ] ] 22:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Since the special occasion holding area is one of three Nominations subsections, I added ] to Misplaced Pages:Did you know. The top of that page notes: "The DYK section publicizes new or expanded articles after an informal review. This publicity rewards editors for their contributions." The factors I listed in the special occasion subsection generally are based on that. The one reading "bringing additional publicity to the new or expanded article is more important than the additional publicity brought to the article subject" is meant to address your concern above. Obviously, the text can be modified. -- ] (]) 13:59, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::And somebody needs to back-fill the holes that got left in ] after various yankings. ] ] 22:04, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::That rule does not really address the issue that has concerned reviewers and will not lessen the time wasted arguing about timely non-promotional hooks on commercial subjects. The guidance that is needed is something about how timeliness of the date request is an important element of the date request section and in cases where the subject is commercial in nature the reviewer is suppose to guide against hooks that are promotional, but not just commercial hooks that are timely. The confusion that I repeatedly have to expend energy explaining to reviewers is that reviewers think a timely commercial hook is prima facia promotional even if it does not present content that promotes the commercial content.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 19:38, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::{{dykadmins}} just to make sure everybody is aware, we're going to extend 12-hour mode (at least) another 3 days now that we have 7 full queues. We do have quite a backlog to dig out of. By my count, we've got 165 approved hooks, and there's another GAN review drive that just started so I expect another big influx of nominations. I expect it'll take us several more 3-day sprints to get back to normal and it'll be less disruptive to keep them going back-to-back vs flitting back and forth between modes. ] ] 22:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::] - It may be that reviewers in the past focused on the hook itself since there were rules for promotional hooks but no rules by which to additionally deal with the special occasion date request. Now that there is something on the Misplaced Pages:Did you know page that addresses special occasion date requests, nominators should be able focus more on whether an admin should list an approved hook on the date requested rather than mixing that with the separate hook review performed under ]. I added to the section to address your concerns. -- ] (]) 15:28, 19 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::So long as queue 3 is filled by midnight and the two date requests in queues 4 and 5 are suitably kicked back, I have no valid objections.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 22:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::Both items 2 and 3 in this section are now more a point of confusion than anything else. WTF does "whether the editor's contribution merits additional reward" (item 2) have to do with evaluating a hook. What is the additional reward that is being considered. Is having a DYK on the main page considered a reward and having it on a special day an extra reward. I have never even heard this logic in a DYK review and I have been involved in over 1000 of them. Reward? That word needs to be struck from the rule. We don't promote hooks as a reward as far as I know. Item 3 is stated in a way that is likely to lead to more time consuming debate rather than give timesaving guidance. The whole addition is written as if to preserve the right to have muddling timewasting debate on the same issues over and over. What we need is a statement that we evaluate whether the hook is promotional of the subject. That is always what the debate is about.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 16:51, 19 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::I filled one of the holes in queue 3. ] ] 23:11, 2 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::Evaluating whether the hook is promotional of the subject is covered by "The hook should be ''']'''" listed under ]. Whether an admin should list the neutral/non-promotional hook on the date requested is what the special occasion section addresses. If a business etc. is running an advertising campaign to coincide with their special event, it is in Misplaced Pages's interest to not have its Main Page be made part of that external advertising campaign through a timed non-promotional hook posting on the Main Page. I revised old factor two to read "whether the editor's contribution merits listing the hook on the special occasion date" and then removed it. The present factor two is for editors like yourself so that your special date request should ordinarily be granted. That editor's 'contribution merits additional reward' information was there as of your 19:38, 15 November 2013 post above, so what's with the above WTF comment four days later? -- ] (]) 13:34, 20 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::I'm getting confused as to where the SOHA hooks need to go; anyone able to get their head around it? ] (]) 13:11, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::You speak as if you feel that being neutral and non-promotional are the same thing. The problem is that inexperienced reviewers feel that if a hook mentions a commercial item it is promotional. Let's take as an example a very simple statement about a commercial item. Let's suppose a fictional song is going to be released commercially and the commercial version of the song is twelve minutes long. This is an extremely long single and a hook could say something like. "...that "song X" has a listed running time of 12 minutes and 22 seconds, making it the longest single Famous Records (or Famous Band) has ever distributed for airplay." That is an NPOV hook. It is an objective statement of fact. It does not even mention the fact that there is an impending release date for the single or a current ad campaign for its release. However, since the subject is a commercial product many reviewers would say this is promotional. Since it is not publicizing the impending release or current ad campaign it is not promotional (or at least the majority of my DYK reviewers have agreed on this type of subject that it is merely an intriguing fact about a record). Your statement above "If a business etc. is running an advertising campaign to coincide with their special event, it is in Misplaced Pages's interest to not have its Main Page be made part of that external advertising campaign through a timed non-promotional hook posting on the Main Page." is true but the majority of DYK reviewers in my experience have felt a hook like the one above is not making the main page "part of that external advertising campaign", which is where the rub is here. It took you four days to respond to this discussion, what is wrong with me taking four days to correct you?--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 15:44, 20 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::::5 and 6 January, but they're already there. Brain fog is brain fogging, clearly.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 13:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::: ] - I'm sorry it took me four days to respond to the discussion. (Feel free to ping me in the future.) Listing on the special occasion date is a way to get additional click throughs from the Main Page to the article so that more people read the article (and people reading what Misplaced Pages publishes is the point of writing an encyclopedia). Editors such as yourself should not be having the problems you mentioned getting your special occasion hook on the Main Page since your goal is to get more people to read the nominated article. I thought reviewing "whether the editor's contribution merits listing the hook on the special occasion date" would be able to help you out, but realized it does not address the promotional issue directly. Writing rule language to cover all situation is not easy and will improve over time as DYK reviewers address future special occasion request. I feel that a hook being neutral and non-promotional essentially are the same thing. Since new-reviewers are not treating it as the same, I added language in the special occasion section to address it. If the special occasion section needs additional/different language, please let me know. -- ] (]) 12:50, 22 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::::As a reminder, ] says {{tq|The reviewer must approve the special occasion request, but prep builders and admins are not bound by the reviewer's approval}}. The relevance to this discussion is that keeping the queues running smoothly is a higher priority than satisfying special date requests. I'm all for people putting in the extra effort shuffling hooks around to satisfy SOHA requests, but we can't let "perfect" get in the way of "good enough". It would have been a mistake to force a change to the update schedule because of SOHA. ] ] 14:32, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::::{{u|Jreferee}}, the phrase "mentioning the commercial item or business on the Main Page through the hook is not promotional of that item or business" is moving in the right direction. I would add the phrase "in and of itself", "prima facia", or "per se". Furthermore, I would encourage you to remove discussion about rewarding WP with date requests. Timely hooks are a service to WP and not the editors. They make WP look good not the editors.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 04:35, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
===5 January=== | |||
:::::::::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} - Revised and trimmed some more. -- ] (]) 06:22, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
We need one more queue to get filled in the next 8 hours to keep going with 12 hour mode ] ] 16:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::{{u|Jreferee}}, I would change "in and of itself is not promotional of that item or business" to "is not promotional in and of itself", but that is really still going to be confusing. First this should be in a section called date requests rather than special occasion because not all date requests are for special occasions. Also, reviewers like to say, I am failing this for WP:DYK 3b or WP:DYKSG D4. Having this extra prose off in the corner somewhere is not really going to be helpful. What would be most help for us to have a set of itemized items of consideration for date requests formatted in a sort of bullet listed format like most of the other rules that are easy for reviewers to cite.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 07:23, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:I can take the next one if no-one else does in the next five hours. I'd need more eyes on the Tyler hook though.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 16:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} - I made some changes. That phrase may read better as "is not, by itself, promotional of that item or business." The items can be cited as WP:DYK DR1, WP:DYK DR2, etc. -- ] (]) 07:44, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Doing, although Glucoboy in prep 6 looks interesting and I might swap it and Tyler to avoid outsourcing. I'll make that decision after in nine articles' time.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 21:43, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::{{u|Jreferee}} I don't understand 2. 3 & 4 seem redundant.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 08:14, 23 November 2013 (UTC){{Outdent}} | |||
:::Another six sets of 12 hour mode it is.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 00:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:{{u|TonyTheTiger}} - I revised 2. 4. only covers commercial items or business subjects + promotional. 3. is a more general statement for all subjects + non-neutral. -- ] (]) 08:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::{{u|Jreferee}} Since I don't understand rule 2 please provide a sample fictional hook that would violate 2. Also, provide an example that would violate 3 that is not already covered by the standard NPOV rule WP:DYK EC4.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 13:52, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} - Rule 3 and 4 are not so much for reviewers to cite, but a way to lessen confusion on what is and is not appropriate to help focus the discussion on whether an admin should list a hook on the date requested. Rule 3 is more of a catch all. Rule 2 is a measure by which reviewers can indicted whether an admin should list a hook on the date requested. Without rule 2, that would leave a situation where an admin should list a hook on the date requested if the hook is not promotional of the subject. That would not allow reviewers to take into account the effect of listing a hook on the Main Page on the date requested. If you have an alternate wording to Rule 2, please post. I think the Date requests section is a reasonable framework that reviewers can apply. In applying it, it will be improved like all the other sections. There has been no input to this change to Misplaced Pages:Did you know other than you and myself. It may be worth it to open a new thread at the bottom of this page to receive additional input. -- ] (]) 14:25, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::{{u|Jreferee}}, I now see what 2 is saying. It is saying we hope to expose ] rather than promote Subject X. The tone of the listed items differs greatly from the rest of the page. Let's try this. 1. Change "The editor's contribution" to "article". Reconsider my fictional hook above "...that "song X" has a listed running time of 12 minutes and 22 seconds, making it the longest single Famous Records (or Famous Band) has ever distributed for airplay." Then reexamine rule 2. I don't see how rule 2 will help to avert lots of timewasting back and forth on hooks like this. The may even preserve the right to argue about hooks like this. You still have not explained item 3 in any way that helps me understand an example of how it would apply. Please show me an example of how it would apply. Rule 4 "For hooks that mention a commercial item or a business where the nominator requests that the hook be listed to coincide with a requested date, mentioning the commercial item or business on the Main Page through the hook is not promotional in and of itself of that item or business." is way to long. Try "For hooks that mention a commercial item or a business<s> where the nominator requests that the hook be listed to coincide with a requested date, mentioning the commercial item or business on the Main Page through</s> the hook is not promotional in and of itself of that item or business."--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 16:05, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} I made more revisions. For Rule 2, is the hook reviewer aware of something outside of Misplaced Pages to promote the subject on the requested date? In addition to that, there may be a variety of other circumstances that the reviewer needs to consider when indicating whether an admin should list the hook on the date requested. Some people maintain the position that paid editing is OK. Most do not. What standard is the hook reviewer to apply in that situation? There likely is a variety of other situation. Even if the hook is neutral and non-promotional, does listing the hook on the date requested primarily bring attention to the article. Even if listing the hook on the date requested brings attention to the article subject, that is fine as long as listing the hook on the date requested primarily bring attention to the article and secondarily brings attention to the article subject. If listing the hook on the date requested primarily bring attention to the article subject and secondarily brings attention to the article itself, then it should not be listed on the requested date, but can be listed outside of that date if the hook meets the general hook requirements. ] provides a similar balance consideration is "advancing outside interests is more important to an editor than advancing the aims of Misplaced Pages." As for examples, please provide a link to the discussion where the hook did not run on the desired date due and other hook requested dates you know of and we can run through each of the rules to see how they apply to those past situations and revise accordingly. -- ] (]) 17:19, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::{{u|Jreferee}} Why is this written as if only admins move hooks to the prep areas? You should probably remove admin references. ] is the last controversial date request. This one was passively denied. Do you need me to provide a bunch of other examples?--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 17:27, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} I made the revision. Yes, the example helps a lot, please provide a bunch of other examples, particularly the ones with detailed discussion on a date request (whether approved or not approved). The concern in example 1 above was the giving the appearance that someone is using Misplaced Pages's MainPage for "frontpage advertising" to promote commercial products, esp. on the first day the product is available for purchase. There probably is no way to overcome that since the person reading the main page likely won't be aware of how DYK operates. However, if an editor not connected with DYK would read the front page and then come to DYK and make such a complaint, the reply to such a complaint is to link to the nomination discussion and let them see for themselves that the issue was already considered now that the rules list a date request consideration separate from the hook consideration. Also, the new requested date section should help with deciding to move such hooks to the main page on the date requested. It's obvious that the main purpose of saving the hook for the November 5 (album release date) was to bring attention to the new or expanded article rather than the article subject. Muboshgu agreed with you. There was a discussion (so no need for a discussion on WT:DYK as requested on the bottom of ]). The date requested discussion did not stand out on the nomination page because it was not separately considered. I revised Rule 2 some what. -- ] (]) 18:27, 23 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{od}}I am not sure how easy it is going to be to dig these up. Here is one about a movie on its release date: ]. More to come.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 06:03, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:Here is one about a book on its release date: ].--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 06:09, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::IIRC, I tried to make a late date request for the debut of this documentary on the talk page and it got ignored. ].--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 06:19, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::{{u|Jreferee}}, I have dug from my 500th DYK about 2 years ago to present. Will it really benefit us if I keep digging?--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 06:19, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::I think in some cases the date request element of the discussion occurred on the article talk or at DYK talk (like the first example above). I don't think I will find them all looking through the DYK discussion pages. I think there was one regarding my Tony nominees last summer on the DYK talk page.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 06:19, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::That looks to be enough examples. From ]: "timing articles to coincide with commercial releases of movies, recordings, books, etc.: it feels too much like advertising, I'd let this one run whenever it gets picked", see ] (linking to ], "run several days after the premiere or before then, otherwise it would be too easy to level claims of advertising at DYK," "consensus seems to be that having something on the main page when it is in the news (even when it is about a popular culture topic) is not advertising in and of itself." From ]: "will look like an advertisement if it gets featured on the front page" (Original hook read "that The Litigators is the ''upcoming'' John Grisham novel ...), "As long as there isn't much emphasis on the newness, it seems okay to me" (hook then was changed), "Getting there, but too much emphasis on the date" (All timing references were removed from hook and Alt5 approved). -- ] (]) 09:06, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::{{u|TonyTheTiger}} - I made more revisions. From the above, it looks like the main concern is the appearance or giving perception of using the Main Page for advertising, especially on the first day the item is available for purchase, which we discussed above. There are 12,000,000 daily Main Page views, and you can't make everyone happy. However, consensus is that having something on the main page when it is in the news (even when it is about a popular culture topic) is not promotion of the item in and of itself. The hook probably should not include language that increases a likelihood of a Main Page reader's perception of the hook being promotional. For example, if the article is about a something new that is going to be introduced to people on a particular date, then having a timing reference in the hook (such as "upcoming", "released on October 25") relative to that introduction date may raise reviewer concern that Main Page readers might perceive the hook is on the Main Page to bring attention to the article subject and level claims of advertising at DYK. I changed rule DR2 to read "The hook should not put emphasis on a commercial release date of the article subject." -- ] (]) 09:15, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{od}}I am going to have to dig for the stuff about the ] from last summer. I wanted hooks about best play/musical and best actor/actress nominees to run at the time the Tony Awards was being broadcast nationally. I will dig through the DYK talk pages and find those threads. There were two or three, IIRC. I'll get back to you later.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 14:51, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*Having reviewed ], I see that I misremembered the issues on that date.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 19:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
**Actually, going from memory, there was a discussion about whether the now-deleted former main image of '']'' (of ]) should be used on the main page at the time the ] were being broadcast. I can't find that discussion right now.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 19:13, 24 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
***{{u|Jreferee}} although I can't find the discussion, can you comment on whether using an image of ] as the lead image would count as promoting a television show.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 15:08, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
****] - I was away out of town. I found ], ], ], ] and ]. I did not see anything in those discussions about concern over using the image on the Main page. From the other date requested discussions, the main DYK concern with a requested date seems to be a likelihood that an editor may level claims of advertising at DYK. Pieces of a hook by themselves may not increase that likelihood but the collective of the hook might. Whether an image of ] as the lead image would count as promoting a television show over promoting the Misplaced Pages article would depend on context. However, the main issue seems to be the likelihood that an editor may level claims of advertising/promoting the television show at DYK for using an image of ] as the lead image. That also depends on context. -- ] (]) 21:29, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*****Since you are an admin, can you temporarily undelete the Hanks file at issue and look for discussions referencing it?--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 13:28, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
******] was a commons file that was deleted at commons per "Removal of files added by User:Tom Sorensen: Impersonator account operated by Category:Sockpuppets of Chace Watson." and then F2 Misplaced Pages deleted three days later. The Misplaced Pages shows discussions referencing it. The deleted page only contained <nowiki>{{db-noimage}} {{DYKfile|10 June|2013|type=image}}.</nowiki> -- ] (]) 13:26, 3 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
===8 January=== | |||
== DYK is almost overdue == | |||
{{dykadmins}} We've got about 10 hours left in the current sprint. There's only 4 queues filled right now; unless we get 3 more filled today, we'll go back to 24 hour sets at 0000Z. By my count, we've currently got 156 approved hooks, and there's still that GA backlog drive going on, so I would expect another influx of nominations from that. ] ] 14:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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:I see you and {{yo|Hilst}} have queues 1 and 2 in hand. If no-one else does prep 3 in the next four hours, I'll take it.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 17:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
In less than two hours ] will need to be updated, however the ''']''' either has no hooks or has not been approved by an administrator. It would be much appreciated if an administrator would take the time to ensure that DYK is updated on time by following these instructions: | |||
::I took it. Next decision to be made on 11 January. ] (]) 18:00, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
# Check the ''']'''; if there are between 6-10 hooks on the page then it is probably good to go. If not move approved hooks from the ''']''' and add them and the credits as required. | |||
# Once completed edit ''']''' and replace the page with the entire content from the next update | |||
# Add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>|~~~}}</nowiki> to the top of the queue and save the page | |||
Then, when the time is right I will be able to update the template. | |||
Thanks and have a good day, ] (]) 06:05, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
== QPQ: per-nomination or per-article? == | |||
== Proposal: Raise the minimum length of DYK articles == | |||
At ], ] is arguing that the QPQ they previously used for a failed DYK nomination should remain valid for a new nomination for the same article (newly re-eligible after a GA pass). My impression is that a QPQ is per-nomination: once you use one on a nomination, even one that fails, you have used it up and need another one for any future nominations, even of the same article. (I also think that doing a QPQ should be no big deal, so why not just do another one rather than insisting on not doing one.) Can anyone clarify this point in the rules, please? —] (]) 06:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
I've noticed that 1500 characters (the current minimum readable prose count) is really not enough. 1500 characters is barely two or three good paragraphs, in other words, kind of a stub. See ] if you don't believe me. Thus, I propose that the minimum length be raised to 2000 or 2500 characters, but I suppose all currently proposed hooks can be ] if this proposal is accepted. --] <small>(] ])</small> 17:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:The rules aren't 100% clear on this, but based on previous precedent, it is indeed per nomination. For example, if user Example nominates Foo, uses Bar as their QPQ, and Foo's nomination fails, then the QPQ for Bar is already used up. The spirit of this is suggested by ]: {{tq|A review does not need to be successful to count as a QPQ.}} The corollary of that would be that a nomination does not need to be successful for the QPQ to be used up. There may be exceptions for when a QPQ is vacated or pulled for reasons, for example the nominator deciding to withdraw their nomination before it is reviewed, or the QPQ being a donation anyway only for them to take away the donation, but those are the exceptions and not the rule. ] (] · ]) 06:37, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
===Support raising length threshold to 2000 characters=== | |||
::Actually, if there aren't any objections, I'm going to add that clarification to ] later today (a QPQ is used up regardless if a nomination is successful or not). ] (] · ]) 06:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::There's no caveat at ] that it's only tor successful nominations: {{tq2|... you must complete a full review of one other nomination (unrelated to you) for every subsequent article you nominate}} The failed nomination still required someone's time to review it, so that old QPQ was burned. I don't think we necessarily need a special rule for this wikilawyer case. —] (]) 06:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:I don't think we need to clarify this in the rules. In the case at hand (first nomination failed because it did not quite satisfy the 5x expansion rule) I think it is acceptable to leave it to the reviewer's discretion whether to require a new QPQ (basically the question is how much extra work still needs to be done by the reviewer). But indeed a QPQ should be no big deal, so asking for an extra one (especially given our backlog) should usually be fine. —] (]) 12:11, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Excuse me for the hijack, but I just noticed the guideline now says ''"Your QPQ review should be made before or at the time of your nomination"''. Last time I checked, one could complete the QPQ requirement within a week of listing a nomination. When was the change made, and why? I fail to see any good reason why QPQ's should have to be done prior to nominating rather than within a few days of doing so. ] (]) 11:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
===Support raising length threshold to 2500 characters=== | |||
*This is what I'd personally recommend. --] <small>(] ])</small> 17:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Support''' - I think the "quality over quantity" opposes are actually taking the ''opposite'' view -- they're assuming that the quantity of brevity=quality and that somehow more in-depth coverage =/= quality. It is a valid point that most new users don't write larger articles and thus would be "turned off" but, then again, most new editors don't write articles that comply with the litany of ] that DYKs have to comply with either. And we're kidding ourselves if we think DYK is still being used as a recruiting tool for new users. That boat started to pass us a couple years back with the rule creep and the GA invasion has only further pushed DYK away from its original ideals of rewarding new users for producing new content. The fact is that most DYKs are written by experience users and experience users ''should'' be able to write a fully referenced and well developed article on a topic of at least 2500 characters. ]]/] 16:35, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:There was a discussion about it a few months ago, and the consensus was to discontinue the old practice of allowing QPQs to be provided up to a week after the nomination, in favor of requiring QPQs at the time of the nomination. This was because, in practice, many nominators would be very late in providing QPQs, but due to backlogs, this lateness would not be noticed by reviewers even if over a week had already passed. This coincided with a fairly long backlog at the time and was also implemented around the time DYKTIMEOUT became a thing. ] (] · ]) 11:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
===Support raising length threshold to some other amount (please specify)=== | |||
:See {{section link|Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know/Archive_201#QPQ_timeouts}}. —] (]) 11:22, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
* Perhaps we can formally state in the rules that a more richly developed article is very much preferred as the lead hook. Each hook set should at least start with a couple of strong candidates, so as to give people something to read after clicking the bolded links on DYK. And we don't want readers from MainPage to think that any article can cut the mustard. 1500 characters is a minimum cut-off to get onto DYK, but a higher standard, may be 3000 characters, is needed for an article to get to the picture slot, maybe 2500 is acceptable/tolerable if the picture is really nice, imho. --] (]) 16:00, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:: Thank you, ]. I'm not seeing a clear consensus for the change in that discussion, but rather a number of different proposals, so I'm not sure how the conclusion was arrived at that there was a consensus for this. | |||
:: The guideline as it currently stands doesn't even make sense. What does it mean to provide the QPQ "before or at the time of the nomination"? What does "at the time" mean exactly? Within an hour? Two hours? 24 hours? Who decides? If the requirement is for providing a QPQ ''at the same time'' as the nomination, then clearly it would have to be done before the nomination, in which case "at the time" is redundant. | |||
:: Part of my objection to this change is that it was apparently made because some users found it irritating to have to chase up people who didn't get their QPQ's done within the required week. But that could have been addressed simply by adding the clause that the nomination will be failed without warning if the QPQ is not provided within the alloted time. There was no need to require the QPQ ''before'' the nomination to solve this issue, at all. ] (]) 12:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::<small>I'm just the messenger.—] (]) 12:13, 3 January 2025 (UTC)</small> | |||
:::In practice, I think there is still some leeway. But really, for our veterans, best practice is just doing a few reviews when you have time and saving them up so you do not run out of QPQs when you need them. Too many veterans provided their QPQs late, some very late, so we changed the rules to reduce friction. —] (]) 12:15, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::: Again, if the problem is that veterans are providing their QPQ's late, then the solution would be simply to add the clause that nominations which fail to provide their QPQ's within the alloted 7 days will be failed. There was no reason to remove the 7-day grace period ''as well'' - that just penalizes the users who find it more convenient to add their QPQ's after getting the other aspects of their nominations in order. ] (]) 12:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::Is it not difficult to just simply do the QPQs ''before'' making nominations? As Kusma said above, it should be encouraged for nominators to review noms ahead of time and to build up a stash of QPQs, instead of waiting until nominating an article before QPQ. The change was done because, as I mentioned above, even reviewers would themselves forget to fail or remind nominators that their QPQs were late. For example, a nomination that had a pending QPQ several weeks after nominating, but no reviewer noticed until it was too late. The removal of the grace period was regrettable, but it was a response to a situation that had become untenable, to prevent such cases from happening again. | |||
:::::As Kusma said, in practice there is still some leeway given. Nominators are often still given a reminder about their QPQs. The change merely allows discretion in immediately failing a nomination if a QPQ is provided, which can be a big issue especially for veterans who, frankly, should have known better regarding the requirement. ] (] · ]) 12:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::: Well if in practice, there is still "some leeway given", why does the guideline say that nominations without QPQs may be closed "without warning"? The one contradicts the other - either there is "leeway" or there is not. | |||
:::::: I don't think it fair to leave closures of this type to the whim of reviewers. Either provide clearly defined "leeway", say in the form of a compulsory warning before closure, or just state outright that nominations without QPQs will be closed immediately "without warning" and with no do-overs. ] (]) 13:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Leeway is already implicitly stated by the wording "may". It's not "must". It's left to reviewer discretion. For example, if the editor is unfamiliar with the rule, they can be given a notice or warning, but if they're a DYK regular and do not give a QPQ within, say a few days, then it can be closed without warning. In practice, it's usually not a good idea to close a nomination a day or two after it is created without a QPQ. Three days is probably enough time, one week is too long. ] (] · ]) 14:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Our most valuable (and limited) resource is the time volunteers put into the project. When you ask somebody to review your work, you are consuming some of that resource, so it's only fair that you pay the project back by contributing your own review. If you keep that basic concept in mind, then all the wikilawyering goes away. ] ] 14:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::There's also the argument that a strict implementation without a grace period would also discourage tardy QPQ reviews. If nominators were aware that they have to provide a QPQ at the time of the nomination, and know that their nominations can be closed at any time without a QPQ, they may become more likely to do the QPQ instead of putting it off. ] (] · ]) 14:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::: ''For example, if the editor is unfamiliar with the rule, they can be given a notice or warning, but if they're a DYK regular and do not give a QPQ within, say a few days, then it can be closed without warning.'' | |||
:::::::: Well, that's your ''interpretation'', but who's to say anybody shares it? That's the problem with inadequately defined guidelines. | |||
:::::::: But if you want to argue that users should have three days to add their QPQs or have their nominations tossed without warning, I could get behind that. But then, why not codify that in the guideline so that everybody knows exactly where they stand? ] (]) 14:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::The point here is that whether to immediately close a nomination for lack of a QPQ, or to warn the nominator first, is left to editor discretion. It really depends on the case in question. That's the reason for the "may" wording. There's no firm rule. The only rule is that there should be a QPQ provided at the time of the nomination, and a nomination without one provided can be closed at any time. ] (] · ]) 14:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::: Well then, if your nomination can be closed without warning at the whim of a reviewer, then in effect, there is no leeway, is there? If your nomination can be closed without warning if it doesn't include a QPQ, who is going to risk that? | |||
:::::::::: But if that's how you want to play it, what's the difference between closure without warning at the time of the nomination, or closure without warning three days after? The only difference is that the latter puts those who prefer to do their QPQs after their nominations on the same footing as those who like to "bank" their QPQs beforehand. | |||
:::::::::: For the record, I have never "banked" a QPQ. When I am active on DYK, I review nominations frequently, but I don't keep score and don't care to. When I submit a nomination of my own, I provide ''new'' QPQs for the nomination, that way both I and the reviewer can see that they are new and haven't been used previously. I basically use my nominations as an incentive to do more reviews than I would otherwise do. And I happen to know that I am not the only user who operates this way. Forcing us to provide QPQs prior to nomination will remove that incentive to the net loss of the project. I can also see it pushing me to rush reviews in order to get my nomination out in a timely manner. ] (]) 15:17, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::I had never banked QPQs either, but I do now, it's a simple change to make. I have one I haven't even written down yet, maybe I'll get around to that soon. Alternatively, I've done QPQs in the seven days I had to nominate the article. The seven day window is still very much there. ] (]) 16:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::: If it were just one or two QPQs, the idea might not bother me so much. But my nominations are usually multis - for example, I am currently working on a multi with five or six articles. That's one heck of a lot of QPQs to plough through before even being able to list my nom. It's turning the DYK experience from something that is supposed to be fun into just another chore. ] (]) 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Why does the QPQ/nom order affect the overall fun? ] (]) 02:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::I can understand the rules being strict in order to swiftly deal with abusers but I can also understand general leniency given for the most part. I've got 20 QPQs banked so it's no big deal (doing my part to keep this afloat). As mentioned the rules are not 100% clear and I was inquiring about that with the previous reviewer. I don't feel that I was insisting or wikilawyering. I never had a DYK rejected before (it was argued to be marginally below a 5x expansion) and didn't contest that rejection. Anyways, new QPQ up and since I'm paying for it, I'll request a new reviewer to make sure this is above board. – ] (]) 14:12, 3 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
===Oppose=== | |||
*1500 characters can definitely be a non-stub article. Raising the limit will just encourage article bloat. Succinct, clear writing is something we should encourage not discourage. ] (]) 18:36, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*IronGargoyle said that well. --] (]) 19:14, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*I agree with {{U|IronGargoyle}}, in that it would not only encourage waffling in articles; but it would also put new editors off, just looking at ], not one relatively recent page would qualify for DYK; it may not sound like a massive increase, but it is still 30%/60% more than currently. ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 19:26, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*This is not a problem that needs solving. The current number is fine. But what is hard is getting the 5 times expansion. ] (]) 19:47, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*It isn't broken, don't try to fix it. ] (]) 20:08, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*I don't see anything wrong with the current length. ''''']''''' - <sup>]</sup> + <sub>]</sub> 20:10, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
* There are issues with DYK that need to be addressed, but I don't think this is one of them. Also, concur with IronGargoyle's comment. ] <small>(])</small> 20:18, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
* Oppose per others. But I would support adjusting the 5x rule for articles that are already relatively long, by adding a chars/words/bytesize element (eg say x5 or the addition of 15,000 characters). ] (]) 21:05, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' a new topic can be adequately introduced in 1500 characters. Think of how many print encyclopedia entries are less than 1500 characters. We are quite spoiled by the depth that many articles achieve online.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 21:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' – quality over quantity. It's better to have 1,500 characters of solid writing than adding an extra 1,000 characters just to meet the new minimum. —] (]) 05:27, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' - The example of 1500 given by the OP fills the screen of my tablet nicely without scrolling and so is a good size for internet use. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia and so we prefer a terse, ]. Less is more. ] (]) 08:42, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' - 1500 is sufficient, plus there are several topics that are entitled to an article but because of limited sources it is a struggle to get them to 1500 as it is. Raising the threshold takes a lot of articles out of the chance to be seen on DYK and this is unfair in my view, especially for the new editors for whom DYK is initially intended for. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> ''']''' (])</span> 08:59, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' I've written what I think are some pretty Damn good start-class articles in the range of 1700-2000 characters. Sometimes you can't reach 2500 on a newly notable subject within 5 days of creation. – ] (]) 16:51, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' - IronGargoyle sums it up well. ] (] '''·''' ]) 03:24, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''', the key is quality, not quantity of text. 1500 is well enough. --] (]) 04:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' - 1500 characters of well written prose is worth more than 3000 of bloat. Not to mention that making the minimum 2500 characters would, effectively, block most lists from DYK. — ] (]) 23:08, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:*{{ping|Crisco 1492}} An exception could be made for lists. I assume that DYK reviewers will identify people who are gaming the system and stuffing hundreds of extra characters of prose into articles. --] <small>(] ])</small> 23:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::*That would still make the rules much more complicated than they need to be. — ] (]) 23:56, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:*'''Oppose''' It ain't broke, so why try to fix it? ] (]) 20:14, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
===Discussion=== | |||
*I would be inclined to support this. I would also support to reduce the criteria for expansion to four-fold, with a minimum length. The articles that are expanded often cover more notable topics than new articles, and much of the old stuff tend to be rooted out in the expansion because it may be a mess, unsourced or similar. Regards, ] (]) 18:50, 26 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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I would have supported this once but I'm not sure now. What I probably ''would'' support would be a reduction in the expansion requirement - I think x5 is way too much for larger articles, I think x3 is more than enough beyond a certain article size, I'm just not sure where exactly to set the limit. ] (]) 15:54, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{ping| AirshipJungleman29|SL93|Flibirigit}} Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but it looks like there's no credit template for this. ] ] 15:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Fell out in edit. I've added it.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 15:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 |4meter4|Metropolitan90}} The article says "profits ... helped finance" which implies it was one of several sources of funding, but the hook says "was paid for" which implies it was the only source. ] ] 15:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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@{{u|RoySmith}} We could insert the word partially if you think it is necessary.] (]) 16:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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== Reduce to two sets for Thanskgiving weekend? == | |||
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We are having overdues lately. The fact that we have 200+ nominations and 15+ verified doesn't affect how slow the project is getting. Shall we lower to two sets per day until things pack up tremendously? --] (]) 01:00, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 |ProfGray| Vigilantcosmicpenguin}} It seems to me that to get from the the paragraph ("For David Bergelson, hefker refers to expressionist poetry itself...") in the article to the hook requires a bit more insight and interpretation than is typical for DYK, but I'd like a second opinion on this one. | |||
: Or 6 hooks per set? Need to make sure there are some wordy hooks in each shorter set. --] (]) 03:46, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
There was also a question raised on the nom page about whether most readers would understand the word "Talmudic". My guess is that most people, while perhaps not actually knowing what the Talmud is, would at least recognize that it's a historic book associated with Judiasm, but let's see what others thing about that as well. ] ] 15:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== A Boy was Born == | |||
:This also contains some long direct quotes from PD sources. That's fine, but I think they need to be set out as quotes with explicit attribution. ] ] 15:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::The article uses ] to credit the public domain source. As I understand it, this attribution, plus inline citations, is enough to meet the requirements of ]. If I have misinterpreted this policy, I will re-approve the nom once the changes have been made. <span class="nowrap">— <span style="font-family: monospace;">]</span> <small>(] | ])</small></span> 19:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
: I've reverted promotion and moved it to Dec 25. --] (]) 07:56, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::It's good to hear people's thinking about this DYK. Let me clarify that the scholars Naomi Brenner and Harriet Murav are the ones who make the interpretation (or finding) that hefker conveys both senses of freedom and abandonment. FWIW, I think "Talmudic" is acceptable but, to err on the side of caution, I edited the article to give a brief descript of the word Talmud. Please let me know if there's more needed on my end. ] (]) 16:45, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:: Thank you! --] (]) 08:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
== Older nominations needing DYK reviewers == | |||
== Failed joint nomination == | |||
The previous list was archived a few hours ago, so I've created a new list of 30 nominations that need reviewing in the Older nominations section of the Nominations page, covering everything through December 26. We have a total of 283 nominations, same as last time, of which 171 have been approved, a gap of 112 nominations that has increased by 19 over the past 7 days. Thanks to everyone who reviews these and any other nominations! | |||
*DYK nomination: ] | |||
*Background: I created the article ] based on multiple open access articles, and the nom failed because my article did not have attribution templates (which has been fixed since) and it did not have enough original material. I have no problem with this, but the other article (]) was expanded from scratch by {{u|Kevmin}} and was rejected because of my mistakes. I messed up and feel terrible about it, but Kevmin did not do anything wrong. | |||
*Question: can the Trophobiosis article be renominated (without the Slave-making article)? | |||
] ♠] 17:06, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
'''More than one month old''' | |||
::I don't see why not. There's nothing wrong with ] as far as I can see. -] (]) 21:58, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*<s>November 22: ]</s> | |||
:::Shall I renominate ] for Nov 11th then?--]] ] 03:09, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
*<s>November 26: ]</s> | |||
::::Sure, just link to this thread in the comment section of the nomination template, so the reviewer will see why it's nominated "late". -] (]) 05:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Please remember to cross off entries, including the date, as you finish reviewing them (unless you're asking for further review), even if the review was not an approval. Please do not remove them entirely. Many thanks! ] (]) 04:47, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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:It's amazing that we've been running two sets per day for the past five days and the deficit is still moving in the wrong direction. I wonder if we should be looking at 10 hooks per set after we get done beating down this backlog? ] ] 18:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:{{prep|4}} ready to go. Any admins around to review and load this set on queue, please? --] (]) 23:06, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::171 approved hooks per this list, 190 per the last one; 93 non-approved per the last list, 112 per this one. The number of approved hooks is shrinking. Am I missing something?--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 20:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:*{{Done}} — ] (]) 23:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::I guess I interpreted "has increased by 19" as "gotten bigger". Silly me. ] ] 20:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::Mind the gap. If you look at the Approved noms page, last night it was fully transcluded for the first time in weeks. Progress is being made on the deficit; thanks to recent promotions to prep, we're now down to 141 approved hooks, a drop of 30 in the past day and a half. But the number of unapproved hooks is increasing now that we're not in backlog mode and the GA backlog drive is in full swing. ] (]) 16:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== ] (8 January) == | |||
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The last hook in the set, ], is 208 characters long. ] (]) 01:14, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:As we have temporarily reduced from 7 to 6 hooks per set and half the set is composed of hooks with 101 or fewer characters, this one hook being a few characters over the normal limit is not a real problem. --'']'' <sup>]</sup> 02:20, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Why has the number of hooks been reduced to six when there are over 200 nominations including some 35 current approvals? ] (]) 07:42, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::{{U|Nikkimaria}} is probably the best person to answer your question as she is the one who implemented the change to the prep areas (, , , ). My best guess is that the change was made due to a comment at ]. The title for that discussion is also the reason I believe the change is meant to be short-term. --'']'' <sup>]</sup> 13:05, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Oops, sorry; I didn't see that in my review. ] (]) 21:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Thanks and have a good day, ] (]) 06:05, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
The text in this hook is not matched with the text in the article in a two places - (1) the article says "membership within the Cowichan Tribes" was not possible before 1985 rather than "Indian status in Canada"; it's not obvious to me that those are the same thing. (2) the article says "her mother had married a Chinese man", not a "Chinese'''-Canadian'''" as per the hook above. These discrepancies should be resolved so the hook reflects the article and the cited sources exactly. Pinging {{ping|Ornithoptera|Vigilantcosmicpenguin|AirshipJungleman29}} — ] (]) 15:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== Can article be in DYK twice? == | |||
:Good day {{u|Amakuru}}, seems like the hook was altered after approval. I have adjusted the article to say "Chinese-Canadian". The reason why the 1985 date is important is that ] to remove the provisions that were applicable to Toporowski's case had occurred. The Cowichan Tribes barred Toporowski from membership because her mother had lost her Indian status through that act, and therefore she too would not be applicable for membership within the tribes. As a bit of a TLDR, her mother, and Toporowski before she was born, simultaneously lost both their status and their membership. If this is difficult to reconcile, we could use ALT0 or ALT2 as well. ] (]) 18:40, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
] has been nominated. The article has already appear in DYK. Is this allowed? ] <small>]</small> 21:15, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Hello {{ping|Ornithoptera}}, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether this can be reconciled - if it's possible to summarise the above points in the article, so that the hook fact can be married up with what's written there, giving us a close match, then that will be fine. But if that isn't possible, a switch to another hook would be the way forward I think. Cheers — ] (]) 15:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::A bit busy in terms of my work schedule at the moment, if it would be implemented it would probably be a footnote. Would it be possible to switch to ALT0? ] (]) 08:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::{{ping|Ornithoptera}} OK, {{done}}. Thanks — ] (]) 11:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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:I'm not aware of any such prohibition, but perhaps there should be if the DYK appearance is recent, like within the last year. Since this one peared way back in 2005, I don't see any harm in a second appearance. ] <small>(])</small> 21:21, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
* ... that ''''']''''' may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society? | |||
::I probably should have asked here, but I could see nothing in the rules about it. I think the article was in DYK in 2005, so a fair time ago. Thanks, ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 21:36, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::] would say not. cheers, ] (]) 21:43, 28 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::Can we just change the rule? These rules were created before it was decided that GA articles would appear on DYK. Perhaps we can get a consensus for allowing a second appearance once a reasonably long time has passed. ] <small>(])</small> 21:00, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::::I would support a rule change. Do you think we should start a RfC, or just propose it? Thanks, ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 21:06, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
Does this count as a "definite fact" per the stipulations at ]? I'm not convinced that something that merely "may have" been true is legitimate for DYK, given that the hook gives readers no context on which to judge it's likelihood of being true. The article itself is not really terribly forthcoming on the weight of evidence for the different interpretations of this either... {{ping|Generalissima|Tenpop421|AirshipJungleman29}} — ] (]) 16:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*I probably would oppose such a change to the rules. The fact that GAs have been allowed has already opened up enough new possibilities for articles; we don't need to start recycling DYKs as we clearly aren't running out of any. ''''']''''' - <sup>]</sup> + <sub>]</sub> 21:09, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
: It is a definite fact that they ''may'' have been (compare "]", "]" ). The evidence for these terms is limited (the article itself is able to go over more or less all of the attestations), and I think the article well summarises the interpretations that this limited corpus has been given. Best, ] (]) 17:14, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*I also oppose any changes. The rule we have is simple and doesn't need a change, if it's been on DYK once, it cannot again. Plus GA has already been bulldozed (albeit democratically) onto DYK, this is another unnessecary change because we could end up with a situation of an article having 3 DYKs for being made, expanded and then made a GA. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> ''']''' (])</span> 22:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::that's fair, but i'm not sure i agree with that – if that's the standard, then pretty much anything can be a definite fact, since almost anything <em>may</em> be true? what's more accurate and definite is that smart, reputable people have suggested it is true. ] (] • she/her) 19:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' any rule changes per Taylor and C of E. The new GAs→DYK rule was instituted to allow articles that were too big to be 5× expanded to still have the chance to appear on the main page. Allowing multiple DYK appearances for a single article will lead to ] and ] not seen since the Gibraltarpedia fiasco, since this would allow a DYK in at least 3 stages: (1) 1,500 characters (creation); (2) 7,500 characters (5× expansion); and (3) Promotion to GA. No thanks. —] (]) 23:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::While not currently supported by the article, would either of these alternative wordings adddress the concerns? | |||
:*Wouldn't a lengthy time period in between appearances prevent such gaming? It's been ''eight years'' since the above article appeared on the front page. I doubt anyone is playing the long game with DYK. ] <small>(])</small> 23:49, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::* ... that scholars have suggested that ''''']''''' may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society? | |||
::*I still don't see any good justification to recycle. DYK is clearly not running low on articles. ''''']''''' - <sup>]</sup> + <sub>]</sub> 23:52, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::* ... that it has been suggested that ''''']''''' may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society? | |||
::*A lengthy time period in between doesn't prevent promotion. One crosses the line of advertising by placing an article up more than once. That's why ] prevents articles that appeared on ITN to appear on DYK, regardless how much time has elapsed. —] (]) 00:08, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::The idea is that it would better meet the "definite fact" guideline by showing that it is the ''suggestion'' that is definite, and not the third gender claim. ] (] · ]) 00:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose''' changing the rules, per Bloom6132. ] (]) 00:34, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::Hi {{ping|Narutolovehinata5|Theleekycauldron|Tenpop421}} I would be happy with the first of those two suggestions if it could be made to match what's in the article - attributing the claim to "scholars" while also being clear that it's only one interpretation, gives it a sufficient air of legitimacy and IMHO elevates it to the point where the speculation itself is a definite fact. Currently the lead says {{xt|"scholars have suggested that bædlings could represent a third gender"}}, but this is not directly mentioned in this language with a citation in the body AFAICT, so that would need to be done before go-live. As an aside, my interpretation is the same as leeky's that I wouldn't count "X may be true" as a definite fact. Cheers — ] (]) 15:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*How about if there had to be a time gap, say of three years? Thanks, ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 08:54, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::: No opinion on this particular case, but when scholars have said something may be the case, it is a definite fact that they have so opined, which is sufficient to meet ]. ] (]) 15:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:*See my comment above regarding ITN→DYK. —] (]) 14:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::::I've amended to add "scholars have suggested" per above and an update to the article to reflect this. — ] (]) 12:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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* Good idea ! '''We need more hooks'''. Having a few dozens of approved hooks on T:TDYK does not mean we have a lot. Quite often, approved hooks with good picture potential are left for future sets. Each hook set needs variety. Once a hook about a church is taken, the other approved hooks about churches cannot be used till the next set. Ditto for skyscrapers, snails, fungus, ships, films, ... And there really should be more than 3 or 4 biographies per set. Also, hook set builders are not supposed to pick hooks reviewed by him/herself. Even if we disregard time zone concerns, there are not really that many approved hooks to choose from these days. So, if there is a way to increase the number of noms without compromising quality ('''must be both 5x expansion and GA!'''), let's do it. I think '''5 years of moratorium''' is long enough. We also need reviewers. Let's make the nominators of such candidates do '''5 reviews'''. --] (]) 16:24, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
* ... that pilots reported debris at an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,100 m) after the ''']'''? | |||
:*No we don't. We only need more reviewers because there are enough being nominated, it is just a lack of reviewers that gives the illusion that there aren't enough hooks when there are enough. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> ''']''' (])</span> 20:47, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
The article doesn't as far as I can see mention that the debris at 30,000 was reported by pilots. The relevant text simply says {{xt|"Debris from Hickman Mills was found in Iowa, 165 mi (266 km) away, and other debris was carried aloft 30,000 ft (9,100 m; 5.7 mi; 9.1 km)"}}, without saying how the elevated debris was known about... {{ping|EF5|Wildfireupdateman|Departure–|AirshipJungleman29}} — ] (]) 16:22, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*'''Support''' I think articles should be eligible for DYK every time they have a 5x expansion. An article that appears at 1500 characters should be eligible a second time if it 7500 characters and a 7500 character DYK should be eligible at 37500. In each case, another 5x expansion presents mostly new content. Maybe there should also be a 4 year rule that 2nd and 3rd appearances have to wait a certain amount of time. This would encourage editors to keep developing articles.--] <small>(] / ] / ] / ] / ])</small> 16:38, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:*No. This is just getting needlessly complicated. We don't need all these extra rules - once is enough. ''''']''''' - <sup>]</sup> + <sub>]</sub> | |||
:I was in the process of verifying ALT0 and never checked this one. I don't have access to the source, but I did find that the NWS source the figure of 30,000 is sourced to states: | |||
*'''Oppose'''. As much as I would love another Doctor Who DYK, and as much as I would love to be able to re-post some of my old DYKs, this is a bad idea. Once on the main page as a bold link is a simple and straightforward rule and one we should stick with. ] (]) 13:14, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:{{blockquote|On May 20, 1957 the atmospheric wind profile displayed a clockwise change in wind direction from the surface up through 30,000 feet in the atmosphere. This type of atmospheric wind profile often is associated with rotating or supercell type thunderstorms (Figure 6)}} | |||
:This refers to helicity in the atmosphere, not debris. I can't access most of the sources cited there. However, the Weather Bureau May 1957 Storm Data source states: | |||
:{{blockquote|Debris carried to height of 30,000 feet and to many miles from damage path. }} | |||
:I'd remove the "pilots reported" part. Even though I'm not sure how else it would be verified, pilots aren't mentioned in any of the sources I can access. ] (]) 16:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:According to the book Significant Tornadoes, 1880-1989: Volume 2, a Chronology of Events by Grazulis(undoubtedly an RS, archive link https://archive.org/details/significanttorna0002thom/page/400/mode/2up), "A cancelled check from Hickman Mills was found at Ottumwa, Iowa, 165 miles away. Pilots reported debris at an attitude of 30,000 feet." If needed, you can change the source to this book. ] (]) 17:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I don't know if that's WPOR by Grazulis though, so I would be fine if "pilots reported" was removed. ] (]) 17:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::Can a statement by a subject matter expert be considered original research, though? ] (]) 17:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::What I'm thinking is that he might have gone "there's no other way to see debris at 30k at that time, so it must be from pilots" and he would be right, but I'm afraid of that being OR. But again, WP:VNT is a thing, so by that standard the original hook would work. ] (]) 00:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::I've reworded to remove the reference to pilots reporting it. — ] (]) 12:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== DYK time??? == | |||
*'''Oppose'''. Each article gets its one chance to shine on the main page through DYK or ITN, and that's plenty. When the GA expansion came through, it was made clear by the proposers that the only change was that this additional eligibility was only for articles that hadn't previously qualified. We don't allow new 5x expansions of very old DYKs to count; why should we move the goalposts now to allow a special exception for GAs? It makes a mockery of the very recent consensus that GAs should be subject to all other DYK requirements, except for five-day creation or expansion. ] (]) 14:17, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
Under ], we've got: | |||
*'''Oppose''' per ]. ] (]) 15:16, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
<code>The next empty queue is 3. (update · from prep 3 · from prep 4 · clear)</code> | |||
== ] in {{prep|2}} == | |||
What do these links do? I'm afraid to click on any of them to find out for fear of ]. Do these force main page updates from those various sources? ] ] 15:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Where in the article does it say "Lost in Yonkers"? --] (]) 23:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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:I just clicked on all of them. They don't do anything, just take you to various pages. I suspect they are a hangover from the days of manual queueing. ] (]) 15:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | ||
:They open up the editing windows for the next empty queue, next two preps, and ]. See ].--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 15:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I pulled it from the prep area, since we seem to be short-handed this holiday weekend. I've never pulled a hook from prep before, so I'm hoping someone will check that I did it correctly. ] (]) 01:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
== ] (8 January) == | |||
*The nominator left a message on my talk page that they added "Lost in Yonkers" to the text. And another editor added the nomination to a different prep area . Two inline sources at the end of that lengthy sentence, both of which come up "Page Not Found" when I tried to pull them up. I am pulling it once again. The hook needs to be reviewed again on the nom template before it goes into another prep. ] (]) 14:39, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 | Viriditas | Randy Kryn}} The article says "thought to depict the smuggling of alcohol" but the hook presents this as authoritative fact in wiki voice: "portrays the illegal alcohol trade" ] ] 15:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Take another look. The sentence you refer to doesn’t hedge the question of smuggling alcohol, but rather the ''location'' depicted. ] (]) 17:54, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Hi, was to the DYK stats page correct? Thanks, ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 09:00, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Ah, got it. Thanks. ] ] 18:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
: I don't think it is because it doesn't take account the average daily views, which appears to be roughly 10,000 for each of these articles or 20k per article over two days. At least, it used to be that average daily views were taken into account, I don't know if that's still the case. ] (]) 09:11, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:::FWIW, I’m partial to ALT1, but it is long. ] (]) 18:01, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I subtracted the mean of the day before and the day after for each article, as per rule 3. Thanks, ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 09:15, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::: Yes, sorry, I didn't check your sums thoroughly enough. I'm not sure if it's right as I'm not familiar with the standard algorithm, but at first glance it looks okay. ] (]) 09:19, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
::::Thanks. ]]<span style="color: #800080">.</span>] 10:49, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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== ] in ] == | |||
{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 | Prince of Erebor| Artem.G}} I'm a little concerned about the ] aspects here, heightened by the fact that most of the sources are in Chinese, making it difficult to verify. I see that the nom includes English translations of excerpts from the relevant sources; maybe we could include those quotes in the article references so our readers can have access to them? ] ] 16:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Is it possible to slightly change the hook about Dayana Kirillova (in ]). Cause the hook will be on the main page later than I initially expected.<br />These are the changes: | |||
:], Great suggestion! I have added the quote and its English translation to the source that supports the hook fact. —''']<small>(])</small>''' 17:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
# Add the word "today" to the hook. I think it makes the sentence more clear for readers cause it is already November 30 everywhere. | |||
# (Maybe) "is representing" is better cause at somewhere around 19:00 UTC she will already finish her song. First I thought about changing "will represent" to "has represented" as soon as he finishes her song but there will be voting going on for another hour, and possibly a winner reprise... | |||
The hook would become "... that 11-year-old Dayana Kirillova (pictured) '''is representing''' Russia in the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev '''today,''' on November 30?". I think, it is better like this.<br /> | |||
Also: I will be watching the contest and if you let me, I can change "will represent" or "has represented" either when she finishes her song or when the contest ends. Tell me when it would be appropriate to make the change (after she finishes her song or after the contest ends?). --] (]) 09:17, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
== Flag of Okinawa Prefecture == | |||
: I have changed the hook as requested. I don't think it will need to be updated to "has represented" however as "is representing ... today" will IMO be accurate enough regardless. ] (]) 09:25, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
If it's decided to keep the flag as the primary hook in and from Preparation area 1, please add a border so the shape of the white flag is clearly visible. Thanks! <big>]]</big> 20:05, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:: Thank you! --] (]) 10:02, 30 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
:@]: {{done}}. – 🌻 ] (] | ]) 14:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
== ] == | |||
Just a heads up for anyone qualified to review sourcing in the German language. ] seems to be fine, but some of the sourcing, including the hook sourcing, is in the German language. I felt this particular one would be best passed if someone fluent in the language had a look at the hook sourcing. Thanks for your time. ] (]) 20:37, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
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== DYK is almost overdue == | |||
{{yo|Sonovawolf|Ornithoptera|AirshipJungleman29}} I see ] which needs remedying. I also don't find the hook ].--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 23:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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In less than two hours ] will need to be updated, however the ''']''' either has no hooks or has not been approved by an administrator. It would be much appreciated if an administrator would take the time to ensure that DYK is updated on time by following these instructions: | |||
# Check the ''']'''; if there are between 6-10 hooks on the page then it is probably good to go. If not move approved hooks from the ''']''' and add them and the credits as required. | |||
# Once completed edit ''']''' and replace the page with the entire content from the next update | |||
# Add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>|~~~}}</nowiki> to the top of the queue and save the page | |||
Then, when the time is right I will be able to update the template. | |||
Thanks and have a good day, ] (]) 22:05, 1 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:'''Re the CLOP:''' I can see there might be minor parts of common sentences that are similar like "at the age of 28" or parts of quotes like " would travel back to the United States" but nothing major. Are those the problem you are referring to, or if not, can you be more specific? | |||
== Question re tools in the nomination template == | |||
:'''Re the hook:''' I believe there are many parts of this article that could pique people's interest: | |||
:# A Japanese man in the 70s traveled to the USA to learn silversmithing from Native Americans. He was so loved by them that they adopted him and allowed him to attend a Sun Dance. Perhaps it's a problem of rewriting the existing hook? | |||
:# A Lakota family adopting a Japanese man is quite rare and interesting in itself. | |||
:# Celebrities like Eric Clapton and John Mayer collecting the silversmithing work of a Japanese man that learned his trade from Native Americans seems like it would appeal to a more general public, but also seems less edifying to me. | |||
:# Goro starting the whole movement of Native-American inspired jewelry in Japan seems interesting. | |||
:Do you think these are too niche? | |||
:Anyway, thank you for your edits on Goro's page. ] (]) 01:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:: The current hook is: | |||
:: * ... that ''']''', a silversmith adopted by a ] family, was the first Japanese person allowed to attend a ]? | |||
:: Not sure if that was the hook Launchballer was referring to above, but in terms of interest it looks fine to me. ] (]) 14:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::It relies on knowing what Lakota and Sun Dance are. I'm English, and I don't.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 14:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::: Heck man, that's what the links are for. Sheesh. ] (]) 14:46, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::I tend to assume that if I haven't heard of it, a broad audience also won't.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 16:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::I may have to agree with Gatoclass here. I don't really know what a Sun Dance is, although I do know who the Lakota are. To me, the interest here is the "first Japanese person to be allowed to see X" thing, what exactly is X is more secondary to the point. Like, if he was the first Japanese person to see X, it must have been some kind of big deal even if I don't know what X is. I imagine that readers may feel the same way, although of course other editors may disagree. ] (] · ]) 16:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::::I withdraw my objection then, but I still have CLOP concerns. (It's things like "at the age of 28" and "would travel back to the United States".)--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 16:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::::{{u|Launchballer}} I think I took care of the CLOP concerns. ] (]) 16:59, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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Two of the tools in the nomination template are "External links" and "Disambig links", both of which check the article not the hook on the template. Since nobody mentions those two items in a review, I'm guessing nobody runs a check. My question: What practical purpose do they serve, and does a nomination get rejected if a nominator doen't take care of a dab or an external link with a suspicious connection? ] (]) 01:52, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
I'm involved, so must ask for more eyes.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 23:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
: Where is the quote from in the "Background and recording" section? ] (]) 14:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I assumed it came from the same source the previous sentence quoted from. Cut.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 14:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:I don't think this passes DYKNEW. The nomination says it was 5x'd by MontanaMako, . – 🌻 ] (] | ]) 14:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::You don't have to write an article to nominate it, but pinging {{yo|Sammi Brie|MontanaMako|AirshipJungleman29}} anyway.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 14:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::True, but checking ] vs ] shows just a 1.4x expansion. – 🌻 ] (] | ]) 14:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::I reckon it's a 5x expansion from about 10 and a half days before nominating to now and MontanaMako is a newish nominator. I won't pull it, but I won't object if someone else does.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 16:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::It seems I didn't fully understand what 5x meant for DYK. I thought it meant that the article itself was 5x by ''all'' Misplaced Pages editors, not just me. If this mistake means this isn't okay to be on DYK, then so be it. Apologies for all the confusion this simple nomination caused. ] (]) 16:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::You were understanding it correctly. 5x expansion is by all editors, not necessarily the nominator. The question is if a 5x expansion was accomplished within seven days of the nomination, regardless of who expanded it. ] (] · ]) 17:10, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::Ah, I see. To be honest, I kind of assumed it would be 5x because I nominated it after the album released, thus there’d be a lot more info for the article. I could’ve been wrong though. ] (]) 17:52, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
== DYK late == | |||
From Prep 5: | |||
It's five hours late - IMO might as well wait a couple more hours and it will be more or less aligned with the usual update time. ] (]) 05:15, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
* ... that land vertebrates and freshwater fish like ''']s''' ''(example pictured)'' have been hypothesized to have colonized the Caribbean islands via ''']'''? | |||
: It turns out that DYKupdatebot ignores comment code, so the update got executed anyway. ] (]) 05:55, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Yeah, DYKUpdateBot's "parser" was hand-written, so markup like comments sometimes doesn't work the way you'd expect. Ideally it would use MediaWiki's parse engine, but the API wasn't flexible enough to support that before (and I believe it still isn't). You can control next update timing through ]. ] (]) 06:11, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
::: Hmm, I'm not going to play with that as I don't want to screw anything up. You are welcome to align the next update to the usual time if you want though. ] (]) 06:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
::: Okay, I think I fixed it :) ] (]) 13:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
Apart from the clunkiness of the prose (ie, "have been hypothesized to have"), the phrase "a controversial land bridge" is just confusing. How can a piece of land be controversial? What the phrase is trying to say is that a certain land bridge ''hypothesis'' is controversial. A better hook might perhaps be something like: | |||
== Nomination with a forward slash causes display error == | |||
*'''ALT1:''' ... that ''']''' may account for the presence of certain land vertebrates and freshwater fish like ''']s''' ''(example pictured)'' in the Caribbean islands? | |||
I have just added ] to the template talk page, but clicking on the 'review' button takes me to a page marked "5A". What to do? --<small><span style="background-color:#ffffff;border: 1px solid;">]</span></small>] 09:31, 3 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:Fixed. ] <span style="color:blue">•</span> ] 09:52, 3 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
Any comments? ] (]) 12:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== Older nominations needing DYK reviewers == | |||
:Your ALT1 is definitely an improvement and I agree with your concern. "may account" could be weakened to something like "has been suggested as an explanation for", but of course that is getting a bit long. —] (]) 12:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I think the really interesting thing here is a land bridge enabling fish to migrate, so perhaps the hook should concentrate on that aspect. ] ] 15:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::: The fact is already implied in the suggested hook. But the article doesn't really expand on the method by which that may have occurred, so highlighting that particular angle further would only lead to reader disappointment. In any case, it would be a tough job combining that with the info about the bridge being hypothetical. It was a pretty tough job coming up with a hook that successfully linked the two bolded articles already, and I don't think I can do any better. ] (]) 15:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::... that ''']''' may have allowed ''']''' ''(example pictured)'' to island-hop from South America to Cuba?" | |||
::::Neither article explicitly mentions Cuba, but the cited Rodríguez-Silva et al paper does, so that could be added. ] ] 15:56, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::: I'm fine with that, so long as the fact is in the article and cited. | |||
::::: Please note that I will probably be unable to respond further here today, as I'm about to take a break. ] (]) 16:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
{{resolved}} - substituted above alt (with minor tweak for verification). ] (]) 07:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
=== Richard Stratton === | |||
Also, the ''']''' hook has way too many quotes in my view - and few of which add any information of real value. Pinging the nominator ]. ] (]) 12:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
* The hook only has one quote? ] (]) 16:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:: Not the hook ], the article. ] (]) 16:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::I agree there's lots of quotes, probably too many, but ] isn't a ]. ] ] 16:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
{{resolved}} - I gave it a copyedit. ] (]) 07:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
=== Details Cannot Body Wants === | |||
Two paragraphs lacking cites. Pinging the nominator ]. ] (]) 13:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Done. ] (formerly Imbluey2). ] me so that I get notified of your response 13:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
{{resolved}} | |||
== Tick marks in preps == | |||
@] and I have disagreed on whether its OK to mark up prep sets with tick marks as in ]. I know this was discussed once but I can't find the thread, and I don't believe his assertion that it "is an accepted method of reviewing" is correct. ] ] 16:01, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:See ] and ]. That said, given that all nine have been assessed I can't see why it can't be queued.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 16:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== ] (10 January) == | |||
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{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 | 4meter4| Pbritti }} The hook conflates {{tq|Some sources claim he was the "first American born in San Francisco"}} with {{tq|Greene himself, who controversially claimed he was "the first white child born in San Francisco"}} ] ] 16:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:There are two sources cited in the lead that looked to verify the statement "first American born in San Francisco" statement. While one is an old headline, it is from the NYT and there's a secondbut offline source present. ~ ] (]) 16:51, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::It's not an issue of what the sources say. It's that the hook says something that the article doesn't say. Per ] {{tq|The wording of the article, hook, and source should all agree with each other with respect to who is providing the information}} ] ] 17:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::Ah, I was confused as to the issue. Would appropriate resolutions be rephrasing to something like "claim he was 'the first American' born in San Francisco" or dispensing with the quotation marks entirely? ~ ] (]) 17:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::I'm not understanding what the issue is here.] (]) 17:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::The issue is that the hook says that Greene {{tq|claimed he was the "first American born in San Francisco"}}. That is not what the article says. ] ] 17:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::::See the lead paragraph. Second sentence. It states what is in the hook. The selective quote about Greene's comments later in the article is not representative of all of Greene's statements on this subject as he repeated these claims in various words across many speeches. ] (]) | |||
@{{u|RoySmith}}. would this hook be more suitable as it more closely matches the lead: ... that multiple sources state that playwright ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was the first American born in San Francisco; a controversial claim spread by the writer?] (]) 18:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Why not just do the obvious thing and use the wording from the aricle: | |||
:* ... that playwright ''']''' ''(pictured)'' claimed he was the "the first white child born in San Francisco"? | |||
:that would solve the problem. ] ] 18:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::@{{u|RoySmith}} Ok. If that is what you think is necessary. In digging up that source again and double checking for accuracy, the exact quote is "the first American white child born in San Francisco". I modified the text accordingly in the article to exactly match the source. Best.] (]) 19:47, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::Thanks. I'll make the corresponding change to the hook. BTW, I tried to read the source, but newspapers.com seems to be broken at the moment. Do you have a URL where I could get at it? ] ] 19:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::I had a hard time digging it up again myself as something weird is going on (i used newspaperarchive and not newspapers.com) I had to physically go into the archive for that publication and open the date of the page for that specific newspaper as a word search wasn't getting a hit. It was really odd. Here is the link through the wikipedia library: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1933/05-24/page-4 Best.] (]) 19:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::::Ah, I see the source of the confusion. I was expecting to see a direct quote of Greene saying, "I was the first American white child born in San Francisco", which is why I was insisting on reproducing the text exactly. But that's not the case. Regardless, I think what we've got now is fine, so let's go with that. ] ] 23:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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{{ping| AirshipJungleman29| Crisco 1492 | Yue}} The article uses the word "criticism" which got turned into the stronger word "condemnation" in the hook. I'm not sure that's justified. ] ] 16:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*I've used "condemnation" in place of criticism in the article. Source supports it: "In the increasingly anti-Japanese atmosphere of the times, this freshly made-in-Japan appearance was a liability much heavier than the first generation of Lingnan painters had had to bear twenty years earlier. ... After the outbreak of full-scale war in 1937, such appeals to cultural conscience were useless and the Japanese background even more damaging to the Lingnan School. ... With Japanese armies transcending China's borders, a cosmopolitanism that included the national enemy was not in style." (Croizier), "Despite some explicitly anti-Japanese art by Gao Jianfu and his followers at the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, most works displayed unmistakable signs of Japanese stylistic influence, which aroused the ire of patriots as well as artistic conservatives." (Croizier and Liang) — ] (]) | |||
*Then the solution would be to change "criticism" in the article body to "condemnation" because as the source suggests, it was not merely artistic criticism. <big>]]</big> 20:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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A citation is needed at the end of the first paragraph under the section titled Tornado summary. ] (]) 20:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Fixed. ]<sub>]</sub><sup>]</sup> 14:57, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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{{ping|SL93|Gonzo fan2007|OlifanofmrTennant}} Why is the statement in the hook in quotes? ] ] 17:46, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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:Its a direct quote from the source <b>] ] ]</b> 18:27, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Please remember to cross off entries as you finish reviewing them (unless you're asking for further review), even if the review was not an approval. Many thanks! ] (]) 16:37, 3 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
::Then it should also be in quotes in the article. ] ] 18:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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==About "old" articles and expansions== | |||
{{ping|SL93| MumphingSquirrel |Chaiten1 |AirshipJungleman29}} I question whether SKBL (cited in the nom) is a ], and this is the kind of "first" which can be problematic; it's really hard to know if any woman in Sweden had ever driven a bus before she did. There's also a fair amount of ] vs skbl.se/en/article/BertaPersson; not just the exact matches Earwig highlights, but continuing to the surrounding text. As an aside to Airship; you said in the nom that "I don't have time to check fully". If that was the case, then wouldn't it have been better to not approve it yourself? ] ] 18:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
I have been working with an old GA that (with adequate reference formatting) and now sits at . All of the added content is "new" to the article and taken from several new books (it is now sourced by twice as many books as it did before the overhaul), none of it was taken from other Misplaced Pages articles. Could this be considered as an exception to the rule based on the 3x expansion? - ] 09:37, 4 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
:Probably would have been best, yes. ] (]) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:I can go ahead and fix the CLOP, but the made it seem to me as reliable. ] (]) 19:02, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:{{u|RoySmith}} Earwig now reports the article as violations being 0% across all sources. SKBL is a reliable source per this on the About SKBL page - "The project leaders are Lisbeth Larsson and Maria Sjöberg. The editorial board comprises Berith Backlund, Linus Karlsson, Ulrika Lagerlöf Nilsson, Cecilia Pettersson, Scharolta Siencnik, and Linnea Åshede. The dictionary entries were written by experts and researchers (listed under the entry for ʻArticle authors’) and translated into English by Alexia Grosjean. The database was developed by Språkbanken and is managed by Swe-Clarin. The database and the dictionary form part of KvinnSam – the National Resource Library for Gender Studies at the University of Gothenburg... As for the hook fact, Sweden's official Facebook page . I don't see a reason to doubt the Swedish government in this case. ] (]) 21:57, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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:From what I know, we usually wouldn't apply ] to any expansion less than 4×. And the GA→DYK rule works only for new GA within 5 days of promotion. However, given the impressively comprehensive expansion you made, you could try getting it to Featured Article status, then ] it so that it'll still be featured on the Main Page. Cheers! —] (]) 14:14, 4 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{ping| AirshipJungleman29 |Reidgreg |Nineteen Ninety-Four guy}} I don't understand this hook at all. I can't parse {{tq|... that the comedy film Starbuck and the Holstein bull after which it was named both had cloned remakes?}} as an English sentence. ] ] 18:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Oh, maybe it's supposed to be {{tq|... that the comedy film Starbuck, and the Holstein bull after which it was named, both had cloned remakes?}} ] ] 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::I mean, both seem comprehensible to me, and maybe more comprehensible if you move the "both" to after the "that"? ] (]) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:::Perhaps just go with Airship's suggestion sans the serial comma, Roy? ] (]) 18:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::::updated ] ] 20:29, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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== Laura Hale revisited == | |||
Maybe it's just me, but that picture looks like the plant from ]. ] ] 21:37, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
Slightly over a year ago, I proposed to ban ] from DYK because of a string of low-quality or incorrect nominations. The proposal was not accepted, but the closer stated "FYI, I have closed the discussion there as "no topic ban", but suggested that LauraHale might want to read and reflect upon the comments made (particularly by those who opposed a topic ban but could see problems with her articles); I also anticipated that DYK reviewers would in the meantime be extra-careful when looking at any nominated article of hers, in light of the issues raised. BencherliteTalk 22:36, 6 November 2012 (UTC)" (] | |||
===] (])=== | |||
Seeing a DYK of her, I became curious at the current state of affairs. I'm sad to say that I was too late to prevent it from being on the main page. This was yesterday posted on the main page, for hundreds of thousands of people to see: | |||
{{ping|Pbritti|BeanieFan11|SL93}} it may be my poor understanding of botanical literature, but the source seems to say that a specimen was collected as early as 1906? ] (]) 18:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
*"... that ] ''']''' was ranked 20th in the world in ] in October 2013?" | |||
:{{re|AirshipJungleman29}} Sloppy work on my part. I have added the collection of the 1906 specimen, now characterized as a ], to the article. If you would be so kind, please adjust the hook to read "that specimens of ''Aquilegia daingolica'' were collected in 1906 and 1909, but it was first described as a new species in 2013?" Apologies, and outstanding catch! Best, ~ ] (]) 18:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::Thanks for the clarification. I see that I became confused. ] (]) 18:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
The problem is that Daniel Caverzaschi ''never'' was a Spanish Paralympic alpine skier, not in 2006 and not in any other year. The fact that he was only '''twelve years old''' at the time of the 2006 Paralympics might have been a clue to this. The source for this claim, , doesn't make this claim, it discussed (Google translate) "Ramón Homs, Turin 2006 Paralympic and Caverzachi Daniel, one of the young Spanish securities in this sport and in tennis wheelchair." Homs participated in 2006, Caverzachi is a young talent... This isn't hard to find, but one needs to take ''some'' care in writing and researching articles of course. I don't get why ] didn't see this in the review either... | |||
=== ] (]) === | |||
I hope that further review of other Laura Hale DYKs won't show the same problems, but it is disheartening to see that a ban proposal and one year haven't made any difference apparently, and that DYK is still not functioning as it should. ] (]) 13:36, 4 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
An interesting hook, but it says that " the harsh treatment of Allied prisoners of war in Japan is well known in the West but mostly forgotten in Japan itself?". The article, however, says that it is "ignored or glossed over", which do not appear to be synonyms of "forgotten". ] 21:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
:Pinging nominator {{u|Piotrus}}. ] (]) 22:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
=== ] (]) === | |||
: I admit that I made a mistake because of a bad Google translation. I have tried to be as diligent as possible to insure I make very few mistakes of this kind. Problems of potentially misunderstanding a source is why we have a review process though, to try to correct any unintentional insertions of non-factual information. It's also why DYK requires articles to be fully sourced. --] (]) 13:59, 4 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{ping|AirshipJungleman29}} Your edit to the hook improved my admittedly clunky syntax but I think also introduced ambiguity. The reason I had worded it such a way was to indicate that the quote refers to the one individual song, whereas I think the updated wording loses that distinction and makes it sound like the quote refers to the album as a whole. Would it be an improvement to say, | |||
:'''ALT0a''' ...that when asked about a song on ''''']''''', its principal songwriter asked listeners to "love it for me, for I cannot"? | |||
If you or others think my concerns are unfounded then I will defer, just thought I'd propose the alt. Thanks, ] (]) 21:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
== Manual update needed == | |||
::I'm surprised that his age didn't alert you to a need to check up on your translation, particularly as (e.g.) the long interview (in English) didn't mention his double claim to fame, which would be a point of interest for an interviewer. is another handy way of checking such things. The primary failure here is by you, not the reviewer. You must be more careful when using sources in a language that you do not understand. ]] 14:08, 4 December 2013 (UTC) | |||
{{DYK admins}} {{yo|DYKUpdateBot}} appears to be down.--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">]]]</span> 00:22, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
::*older and wiser, i hope. google translate botches translations and it's unwise to use it .especially if it's for translatin more than single words, and don't use it all if ye r life depends on it. --<small><span style="background-color:#ffffff;border: 1px solid;">]</span></small>] | |||
:I've restarted DYKUpdateBot, it's updating now. ] (]) 00:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC) |
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Back to 24 hours?
@DYK admins: As of this moment, we've got five filled queues. If we can fill another two queues before midnight UTC (eight hours from now), we'll keep running 12 hour updates for another three days. Otherwise we're back to 24. RoySmith (talk) 16:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've promoted one more, but don't think I'll have time for the last one. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm working on Queue 5 right now, so we're good to keep going until 0000 6 Jan UTC. RoySmith (talk) 22:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- And somebody needs to back-fill the holes that got left in Queue 3 after various yankings. RoySmith (talk) 22:04, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- @DYK admins: just to make sure everybody is aware, we're going to extend 12-hour mode (at least) another 3 days now that we have 7 full queues. We do have quite a backlog to dig out of. By my count, we've got 165 approved hooks, and there's another GAN review drive that just started so I expect another big influx of nominations. I expect it'll take us several more 3-day sprints to get back to normal and it'll be less disruptive to keep them going back-to-back vs flitting back and forth between modes. RoySmith (talk) 22:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- So long as queue 3 is filled by midnight and the two date requests in queues 4 and 5 are suitably kicked back, I have no valid objections.--Launchballer 22:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- I filled one of the holes in queue 3. RoySmith (talk) 23:11, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'm getting confused as to where the SOHA hooks need to go; anyone able to get their head around it? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:11, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- 5 and 6 January, but they're already there. Brain fog is brain fogging, clearly.--Launchballer 13:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- As a reminder, WP:DYKSO says
The reviewer must approve the special occasion request, but prep builders and admins are not bound by the reviewer's approval
. The relevance to this discussion is that keeping the queues running smoothly is a higher priority than satisfying special date requests. I'm all for people putting in the extra effort shuffling hooks around to satisfy SOHA requests, but we can't let "perfect" get in the way of "good enough". It would have been a mistake to force a change to the update schedule because of SOHA. RoySmith (talk) 14:32, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- As a reminder, WP:DYKSO says
- 5 and 6 January, but they're already there. Brain fog is brain fogging, clearly.--Launchballer 13:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- So long as queue 3 is filled by midnight and the two date requests in queues 4 and 5 are suitably kicked back, I have no valid objections.--Launchballer 22:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- @DYK admins: just to make sure everybody is aware, we're going to extend 12-hour mode (at least) another 3 days now that we have 7 full queues. We do have quite a backlog to dig out of. By my count, we've got 165 approved hooks, and there's another GAN review drive that just started so I expect another big influx of nominations. I expect it'll take us several more 3-day sprints to get back to normal and it'll be less disruptive to keep them going back-to-back vs flitting back and forth between modes. RoySmith (talk) 22:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- And somebody needs to back-fill the holes that got left in Queue 3 after various yankings. RoySmith (talk) 22:04, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm working on Queue 5 right now, so we're good to keep going until 0000 6 Jan UTC. RoySmith (talk) 22:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
5 January
We need one more queue to get filled in the next 8 hours to keep going with 12 hour mode RoySmith (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I can take the next one if no-one else does in the next five hours. I'd need more eyes on the Tyler hook though.--Launchballer 16:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Doing, although Glucoboy in prep 6 looks interesting and I might swap it and Tyler to avoid outsourcing. I'll make that decision after in nine articles' time.--Launchballer 21:43, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Another six sets of 12 hour mode it is.--Launchballer 00:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Doing, although Glucoboy in prep 6 looks interesting and I might swap it and Tyler to avoid outsourcing. I'll make that decision after in nine articles' time.--Launchballer 21:43, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
8 January
@DYK admins: We've got about 10 hours left in the current sprint. There's only 4 queues filled right now; unless we get 3 more filled today, we'll go back to 24 hour sets at 0000Z. By my count, we've currently got 156 approved hooks, and there's still that GA backlog drive going on, so I would expect another influx of nominations from that. RoySmith (talk) 14:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- I see you and @Hilst: have queues 1 and 2 in hand. If no-one else does prep 3 in the next four hours, I'll take it.--Launchballer 17:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- I took it. Next decision to be made on 11 January. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:00, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
QPQ: per-nomination or per-article?
At User talk:Reidgreg, User:Reidgreg is arguing that the QPQ they previously used for a failed DYK nomination should remain valid for a new nomination for the same article (newly re-eligible after a GA pass). My impression is that a QPQ is per-nomination: once you use one on a nomination, even one that fails, you have used it up and need another one for any future nominations, even of the same article. (I also think that doing a QPQ should be no big deal, so why not just do another one rather than insisting on not doing one.) Can anyone clarify this point in the rules, please? —David Eppstein (talk) 06:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- The rules aren't 100% clear on this, but based on previous precedent, it is indeed per nomination. For example, if user Example nominates Foo, uses Bar as their QPQ, and Foo's nomination fails, then the QPQ for Bar is already used up. The spirit of this is suggested by WP:QPQ:
A review does not need to be successful to count as a QPQ.
The corollary of that would be that a nomination does not need to be successful for the QPQ to be used up. There may be exceptions for when a QPQ is vacated or pulled for reasons, for example the nominator deciding to withdraw their nomination before it is reviewed, or the QPQ being a donation anyway only for them to take away the donation, but those are the exceptions and not the rule. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:37, 3 January 2025 (UTC)- Actually, if there aren't any objections, I'm going to add that clarification to WP:QPQ later today (a QPQ is used up regardless if a nomination is successful or not). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- There's no caveat at WP:QPQ that it's only tor successful nominations:
The failed nomination still required someone's time to review it, so that old QPQ was burned. I don't think we necessarily need a special rule for this wikilawyer case. —Bagumba (talk) 06:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC)... you must complete a full review of one other nomination (unrelated to you) for every subsequent article you nominate
- I don't think we need to clarify this in the rules. In the case at hand (first nomination failed because it did not quite satisfy the 5x expansion rule) I think it is acceptable to leave it to the reviewer's discretion whether to require a new QPQ (basically the question is how much extra work still needs to be done by the reviewer). But indeed a QPQ should be no big deal, so asking for an extra one (especially given our backlog) should usually be fine. —Kusma (talk) 12:11, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Excuse me for the hijack, but I just noticed the guideline now says "Your QPQ review should be made before or at the time of your nomination". Last time I checked, one could complete the QPQ requirement within a week of listing a nomination. When was the change made, and why? I fail to see any good reason why QPQ's should have to be done prior to nominating rather than within a few days of doing so. Gatoclass (talk) 11:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- There was a discussion about it a few months ago, and the consensus was to discontinue the old practice of allowing QPQs to be provided up to a week after the nomination, in favor of requiring QPQs at the time of the nomination. This was because, in practice, many nominators would be very late in providing QPQs, but due to backlogs, this lateness would not be noticed by reviewers even if over a week had already passed. This coincided with a fairly long backlog at the time and was also implemented around the time DYKTIMEOUT became a thing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- See Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know/Archive 201 § QPQ timeouts. —Bagumba (talk) 11:22, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, Bagumba. I'm not seeing a clear consensus for the change in that discussion, but rather a number of different proposals, so I'm not sure how the conclusion was arrived at that there was a consensus for this.
- The guideline as it currently stands doesn't even make sense. What does it mean to provide the QPQ "before or at the time of the nomination"? What does "at the time" mean exactly? Within an hour? Two hours? 24 hours? Who decides? If the requirement is for providing a QPQ at the same time as the nomination, then clearly it would have to be done before the nomination, in which case "at the time" is redundant.
- Part of my objection to this change is that it was apparently made because some users found it irritating to have to chase up people who didn't get their QPQ's done within the required week. But that could have been addressed simply by adding the clause that the nomination will be failed without warning if the QPQ is not provided within the alloted time. There was no need to require the QPQ before the nomination to solve this issue, at all. Gatoclass (talk) 12:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'm just the messenger.—Bagumba (talk) 12:13, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- In practice, I think there is still some leeway. But really, for our veterans, best practice is just doing a few reviews when you have time and saving them up so you do not run out of QPQs when you need them. Too many veterans provided their QPQs late, some very late, so we changed the rules to reduce friction. —Kusma (talk) 12:15, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Again, if the problem is that veterans are providing their QPQ's late, then the solution would be simply to add the clause that nominations which fail to provide their QPQ's within the alloted 7 days will be failed. There was no reason to remove the 7-day grace period as well - that just penalizes the users who find it more convenient to add their QPQ's after getting the other aspects of their nominations in order. Gatoclass (talk) 12:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Is it not difficult to just simply do the QPQs before making nominations? As Kusma said above, it should be encouraged for nominators to review noms ahead of time and to build up a stash of QPQs, instead of waiting until nominating an article before QPQ. The change was done because, as I mentioned above, even reviewers would themselves forget to fail or remind nominators that their QPQs were late. For example, a nomination that had a pending QPQ several weeks after nominating, but no reviewer noticed until it was too late. The removal of the grace period was regrettable, but it was a response to a situation that had become untenable, to prevent such cases from happening again.
- As Kusma said, in practice there is still some leeway given. Nominators are often still given a reminder about their QPQs. The change merely allows discretion in immediately failing a nomination if a QPQ is provided, which can be a big issue especially for veterans who, frankly, should have known better regarding the requirement. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well if in practice, there is still "some leeway given", why does the guideline say that nominations without QPQs may be closed "without warning"? The one contradicts the other - either there is "leeway" or there is not.
- I don't think it fair to leave closures of this type to the whim of reviewers. Either provide clearly defined "leeway", say in the form of a compulsory warning before closure, or just state outright that nominations without QPQs will be closed immediately "without warning" and with no do-overs. Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Leeway is already implicitly stated by the wording "may". It's not "must". It's left to reviewer discretion. For example, if the editor is unfamiliar with the rule, they can be given a notice or warning, but if they're a DYK regular and do not give a QPQ within, say a few days, then it can be closed without warning. In practice, it's usually not a good idea to close a nomination a day or two after it is created without a QPQ. Three days is probably enough time, one week is too long. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Our most valuable (and limited) resource is the time volunteers put into the project. When you ask somebody to review your work, you are consuming some of that resource, so it's only fair that you pay the project back by contributing your own review. If you keep that basic concept in mind, then all the wikilawyering goes away. RoySmith (talk) 14:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- There's also the argument that a strict implementation without a grace period would also discourage tardy QPQ reviews. If nominators were aware that they have to provide a QPQ at the time of the nomination, and know that their nominations can be closed at any time without a QPQ, they may become more likely to do the QPQ instead of putting it off. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- For example, if the editor is unfamiliar with the rule, they can be given a notice or warning, but if they're a DYK regular and do not give a QPQ within, say a few days, then it can be closed without warning.
- Well, that's your interpretation, but who's to say anybody shares it? That's the problem with inadequately defined guidelines.
- But if you want to argue that users should have three days to add their QPQs or have their nominations tossed without warning, I could get behind that. But then, why not codify that in the guideline so that everybody knows exactly where they stand? Gatoclass (talk) 14:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- The point here is that whether to immediately close a nomination for lack of a QPQ, or to warn the nominator first, is left to editor discretion. It really depends on the case in question. That's the reason for the "may" wording. There's no firm rule. The only rule is that there should be a QPQ provided at the time of the nomination, and a nomination without one provided can be closed at any time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well then, if your nomination can be closed without warning at the whim of a reviewer, then in effect, there is no leeway, is there? If your nomination can be closed without warning if it doesn't include a QPQ, who is going to risk that?
- But if that's how you want to play it, what's the difference between closure without warning at the time of the nomination, or closure without warning three days after? The only difference is that the latter puts those who prefer to do their QPQs after their nominations on the same footing as those who like to "bank" their QPQs beforehand.
- For the record, I have never "banked" a QPQ. When I am active on DYK, I review nominations frequently, but I don't keep score and don't care to. When I submit a nomination of my own, I provide new QPQs for the nomination, that way both I and the reviewer can see that they are new and haven't been used previously. I basically use my nominations as an incentive to do more reviews than I would otherwise do. And I happen to know that I am not the only user who operates this way. Forcing us to provide QPQs prior to nomination will remove that incentive to the net loss of the project. I can also see it pushing me to rush reviews in order to get my nomination out in a timely manner. Gatoclass (talk) 15:17, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- I had never banked QPQs either, but I do now, it's a simple change to make. I have one I haven't even written down yet, maybe I'll get around to that soon. Alternatively, I've done QPQs in the seven days I had to nominate the article. The seven day window is still very much there. CMD (talk) 16:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- If it were just one or two QPQs, the idea might not bother me so much. But my nominations are usually multis - for example, I am currently working on a multi with five or six articles. That's one heck of a lot of QPQs to plough through before even being able to list my nom. It's turning the DYK experience from something that is supposed to be fun into just another chore. Gatoclass (talk) 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Why does the QPQ/nom order affect the overall fun? CMD (talk) 02:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- If it were just one or two QPQs, the idea might not bother me so much. But my nominations are usually multis - for example, I am currently working on a multi with five or six articles. That's one heck of a lot of QPQs to plough through before even being able to list my nom. It's turning the DYK experience from something that is supposed to be fun into just another chore. Gatoclass (talk) 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- I had never banked QPQs either, but I do now, it's a simple change to make. I have one I haven't even written down yet, maybe I'll get around to that soon. Alternatively, I've done QPQs in the seven days I had to nominate the article. The seven day window is still very much there. CMD (talk) 16:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- The point here is that whether to immediately close a nomination for lack of a QPQ, or to warn the nominator first, is left to editor discretion. It really depends on the case in question. That's the reason for the "may" wording. There's no firm rule. The only rule is that there should be a QPQ provided at the time of the nomination, and a nomination without one provided can be closed at any time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Leeway is already implicitly stated by the wording "may". It's not "must". It's left to reviewer discretion. For example, if the editor is unfamiliar with the rule, they can be given a notice or warning, but if they're a DYK regular and do not give a QPQ within, say a few days, then it can be closed without warning. In practice, it's usually not a good idea to close a nomination a day or two after it is created without a QPQ. Three days is probably enough time, one week is too long. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Again, if the problem is that veterans are providing their QPQ's late, then the solution would be simply to add the clause that nominations which fail to provide their QPQ's within the alloted 7 days will be failed. There was no reason to remove the 7-day grace period as well - that just penalizes the users who find it more convenient to add their QPQ's after getting the other aspects of their nominations in order. Gatoclass (talk) 12:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- I can understand the rules being strict in order to swiftly deal with abusers but I can also understand general leniency given for the most part. I've got 20 QPQs banked so it's no big deal (doing my part to keep this afloat). As mentioned the rules are not 100% clear and I was inquiring about that with the previous reviewer. I don't feel that I was insisting or wikilawyering. I never had a DYK rejected before (it was argued to be marginally below a 5x expansion) and didn't contest that rejection. Anyways, new QPQ up and since I'm paying for it, I'll request a new reviewer to make sure this is above board. – Reidgreg (talk) 14:12, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 1
Josie Childs
@AirshipJungleman29, SL93, and Flibirigit: Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but it looks like there's no credit template for this. RoySmith (talk) 15:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Fell out in this edit. I've added it.--Launchballer 15:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Thomas P. Fenner
@AirshipJungleman29, 4meter4, and Metropolitan90: The article says "profits ... helped finance" which implies it was one of several sources of funding, but the hook says "was paid for" which implies it was the only source. RoySmith (talk) 15:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
@RoySmith We could insert the word partially if you think it is necessary.4meter4 (talk) 16:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Hefker
@AirshipJungleman29, ProfGray, and Vigilantcosmicpenguin: It seems to me that to get from the the paragraph ("For David Bergelson, hefker refers to expressionist poetry itself...") in the article to the hook requires a bit more insight and interpretation than is typical for DYK, but I'd like a second opinion on this one.
There was also a question raised on the nom page about whether most readers would understand the word "Talmudic". My guess is that most people, while perhaps not actually knowing what the Talmud is, would at least recognize that it's a historic book associated with Judiasm, but let's see what others thing about that as well. RoySmith (talk) 15:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- This also contains some long direct quotes from PD sources. That's fine, but I think they need to be set out as quotes with explicit attribution. RoySmith (talk) 15:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- The article uses Template:Source-attribution to credit the public domain source. As I understand it, this attribution, plus inline citations, is enough to meet the requirements of WP:FREECOPY. If I have misinterpreted this policy, I will re-approve the nom once the changes have been made. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 19:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's good to hear people's thinking about this DYK. Let me clarify that the scholars Naomi Brenner and Harriet Murav are the ones who make the interpretation (or finding) that hefker conveys both senses of freedom and abandonment. FWIW, I think "Talmudic" is acceptable but, to err on the side of caution, I edited the article to give a brief descript of the word Talmud. Please let me know if there's more needed on my end. ProfGray (talk) 16:45, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The article uses Template:Source-attribution to credit the public domain source. As I understand it, this attribution, plus inline citations, is enough to meet the requirements of WP:FREECOPY. If I have misinterpreted this policy, I will re-approve the nom once the changes have been made. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 19:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Older nominations needing DYK reviewers
The previous list was archived a few hours ago, so I've created a new list of 30 nominations that need reviewing in the Older nominations section of the Nominations page, covering everything through December 26. We have a total of 283 nominations, same as last time, of which 171 have been approved, a gap of 112 nominations that has increased by 19 over the past 7 days. Thanks to everyone who reviews these and any other nominations!
More than one month old
November 22: Template:Did you know nominations/SugyaNovember 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Family Stress Model- December 1: Template:Did you know nominations/Tellus (app)
December 3: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in India
Other nominations
- December 11: Template:Did you know nominations/Step by Step (Braxe + Falcon song)
- December 12: Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Browning
December 13: Template:Did you know nominations/Tarif-i Husain Shahi- December 16: Template:Did you know nominations/2014–15 College Football Playoff
- December 18: Template:Did you know nominations/Aon v Australian National University
December 19: Template:Did you know nominations/Wilson WarbirdsDecember 19: Template:Did you know nominations/Yogini with a Mynah BirdDecember 20: Template:Did you know nominations/Lars ChemnitzDecember 20: Template:Did you know nominations/Troupeau BleuDecember 20: Template:Did you know nominations/Theresia Bauer- December 20: Template:Did you know nominations/Wu Zhong (general)
- December 21: Template:Did you know nominations/Sigma Boy
- December 22: Template:Did you know nominations/Legend of Aphroditian
December 22: Template:Did you know nominations/Dhumnath TempleDecember 22: Template:Did you know nominations/Devarani and Jithani templesDecember 24: Template:Did you know nominations/Roddy MacLellanDecember 25: Template:Did you know nominations/Armand Ceritano- December 25: Template:Did you know nominations/Scientific Research Institute of Medicine of the Ministry of Defense in Sergiyev Posad
- December 25: Template:Did you know nominations/Sitaleshwar Temple
- December 25: Template:Did you know nominations/Scorsese Baby Daddy
- December 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye
December 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Kerekorio Manu RangiDecember 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Joy to the World (Doctor Who)- December 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick W. Hinitt
December 26: Template:Did you know nominations/Orphic HymnsDecember 26: Template:Did you know nominations/East Kangqiao station
Please remember to cross off entries, including the date, as you finish reviewing them (unless you're asking for further review), even if the review was not an approval. Please do not remove them entirely. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 04:47, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's amazing that we've been running two sets per day for the past five days and the deficit is still moving in the wrong direction. I wonder if we should be looking at 10 hooks per set after we get done beating down this backlog? RoySmith (talk) 18:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- 171 approved hooks per this list, 190 per the last one; 93 non-approved per the last list, 112 per this one. The number of approved hooks is shrinking. Am I missing something?--Launchballer 20:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I guess I interpreted "has increased by 19" as "gotten bigger". Silly me. RoySmith (talk) 20:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Mind the gap. If you look at the Approved noms page, last night it was fully transcluded for the first time in weeks. Progress is being made on the deficit; thanks to recent promotions to prep, we're now down to 141 approved hooks, a drop of 30 in the past day and a half. But the number of unapproved hooks is increasing now that we're not in backlog mode and the GA backlog drive is in full swing. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I guess I interpreted "has increased by 19" as "gotten bigger". Silly me. RoySmith (talk) 20:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- 171 approved hooks per this list, 190 per the last one; 93 non-approved per the last list, 112 per this one. The number of approved hooks is shrinking. Am I missing something?--Launchballer 20:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 2 (8 January)
Debra Toporowski
- ... that Debra Toporowski (pictured) was unable to receive Indian status in Canada before 1985, because her mother had been forced to relinquish her status after marrying a Chinese-Canadian man?
The text in this hook is not matched with the text in the article in a two places - (1) the article says "membership within the Cowichan Tribes" was not possible before 1985 rather than "Indian status in Canada"; it's not obvious to me that those are the same thing. (2) the article says "her mother had married a Chinese man", not a "Chinese-Canadian" as per the hook above. These discrepancies should be resolved so the hook reflects the article and the cited sources exactly. Pinging @Ornithoptera, Vigilantcosmicpenguin, and AirshipJungleman29: — Amakuru (talk) 15:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Good day Amakuru, seems like the hook was altered after approval. I have adjusted the article to say "Chinese-Canadian". The reason why the 1985 date is important is that adjustments to the Indian Act to remove the provisions that were applicable to Toporowski's case had occurred. The Cowichan Tribes barred Toporowski from membership because her mother had lost her Indian status through that act, and therefore she too would not be applicable for membership within the tribes. As a bit of a TLDR, her mother, and Toporowski before she was born, simultaneously lost both their status and their membership. If this is difficult to reconcile, we could use ALT0 or ALT2 as well. Ornithoptera (talk) 18:40, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello @Ornithoptera:, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether this can be reconciled - if it's possible to summarise the above points in the article, so that the hook fact can be married up with what's written there, giving us a close match, then that will be fine. But if that isn't possible, a switch to another hook would be the way forward I think. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- A bit busy in terms of my work schedule at the moment, if it would be implemented it would probably be a footnote. Would it be possible to switch to ALT0? Ornithoptera (talk) 08:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Ornithoptera: OK, Done. Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 11:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- A bit busy in terms of my work schedule at the moment, if it would be implemented it would probably be a footnote. Would it be possible to switch to ALT0? Ornithoptera (talk) 08:46, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello @Ornithoptera:, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether this can be reconciled - if it's possible to summarise the above points in the article, so that the hook fact can be married up with what's written there, giving us a close match, then that will be fine. But if that isn't possible, a switch to another hook would be the way forward I think. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Bæddel and bædling
- ... that bædlings may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society?
Does this count as a "definite fact" per the stipulations at WP:DYKCRIT? I'm not convinced that something that merely "may have" been true is legitimate for DYK, given that the hook gives readers no context on which to judge it's likelihood of being true. The article itself is not really terribly forthcoming on the weight of evidence for the different interpretations of this either... @Generalissima, Tenpop421, and AirshipJungleman29: — Amakuru (talk) 16:08, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- It is a definite fact that they may have been (compare "Ellen Thesleff's self-portrait may have been drawn in a trance-like state?", "an enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar (pictured) may have been built by Zoroastrians?" ). The evidence for these terms is limited (the article itself is able to go over more or less all of the attestations), and I think the article well summarises the interpretations that this limited corpus has been given. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 17:14, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- that's fair, but i'm not sure i agree with that – if that's the standard, then pretty much anything can be a definite fact, since almost anything may be true? what's more accurate and definite is that smart, reputable people have suggested it is true. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- While not currently supported by the article, would either of these alternative wordings adddress the concerns?
- The idea is that it would better meet the "definite fact" guideline by showing that it is the suggestion that is definite, and not the third gender claim. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Narutolovehinata5, Theleekycauldron, and Tenpop421: I would be happy with the first of those two suggestions if it could be made to match what's in the article - attributing the claim to "scholars" while also being clear that it's only one interpretation, gives it a sufficient air of legitimacy and IMHO elevates it to the point where the speculation itself is a definite fact. Currently the lead says "scholars have suggested that bædlings could represent a third gender", but this is not directly mentioned in this language with a citation in the body AFAICT, so that would need to be done before go-live. As an aside, my interpretation is the same as leeky's that I wouldn't count "X may be true" as a definite fact. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- No opinion on this particular case, but when scholars have said something may be the case, it is a definite fact that they have so opined, which is sufficient to meet WP:DYKCRIT. Gatoclass (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've amended to add "scholars have suggested" per above and an update to the article to reflect this. — Amakuru (talk) 12:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- No opinion on this particular case, but when scholars have said something may be the case, it is a definite fact that they have so opined, which is sufficient to meet WP:DYKCRIT. Gatoclass (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Narutolovehinata5, Theleekycauldron, and Tenpop421: I would be happy with the first of those two suggestions if it could be made to match what's in the article - attributing the claim to "scholars" while also being clear that it's only one interpretation, gives it a sufficient air of legitimacy and IMHO elevates it to the point where the speculation itself is a definite fact. Currently the lead says "scholars have suggested that bædlings could represent a third gender", but this is not directly mentioned in this language with a citation in the body AFAICT, so that would need to be done before go-live. As an aside, my interpretation is the same as leeky's that I wouldn't count "X may be true" as a definite fact. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- that's fair, but i'm not sure i agree with that – if that's the standard, then pretty much anything can be a definite fact, since almost anything may be true? what's more accurate and definite is that smart, reputable people have suggested it is true. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
1957 Ruskin Heights tornado
- ... that pilots reported debris at an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,100 m) after the 1957 Ruskin Heights tornado?
The article doesn't as far as I can see mention that the debris at 30,000 was reported by pilots. The relevant text simply says "Debris from Hickman Mills was found in Iowa, 165 mi (266 km) away, and other debris was carried aloft 30,000 ft (9,100 m; 5.7 mi; 9.1 km)", without saying how the elevated debris was known about... @EF5, Wildfireupdateman, Departure–, and AirshipJungleman29: — Amakuru (talk) 16:22, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I was in the process of verifying ALT0 and never checked this one. I don't have access to the source, but I did find that the NWS source the figure of 30,000 is sourced to states:
On May 20, 1957 the atmospheric wind profile displayed a clockwise change in wind direction from the surface up through 30,000 feet in the atmosphere. This type of atmospheric wind profile often is associated with rotating or supercell type thunderstorms (Figure 6)
- This refers to helicity in the atmosphere, not debris. I can't access most of the sources cited there. However, the Weather Bureau May 1957 Storm Data source states:
Debris carried to height of 30,000 feet and to many miles from damage path.
- I'd remove the "pilots reported" part. Even though I'm not sure how else it would be verified, pilots aren't mentioned in any of the sources I can access. Departure– (talk) 16:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- According to the book Significant Tornadoes, 1880-1989: Volume 2, a Chronology of Events by Grazulis(undoubtedly an RS, archive link https://archive.org/details/significanttorna0002thom/page/400/mode/2up), "A cancelled check from Hickman Mills was found at Ottumwa, Iowa, 165 miles away. Pilots reported debris at an attitude of 30,000 feet." If needed, you can change the source to this book. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 17:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I don't know if that's WPOR by Grazulis though, so I would be fine if "pilots reported" was removed. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 17:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Can a statement by a subject matter expert be considered original research, though? Departure– (talk) 17:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- What I'm thinking is that he might have gone "there's no other way to see debris at 30k at that time, so it must be from pilots" and he would be right, but I'm afraid of that being OR. But again, WP:VNT is a thing, so by that standard the original hook would work. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 00:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've reworded to remove the reference to pilots reporting it. — Amakuru (talk) 12:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- What I'm thinking is that he might have gone "there's no other way to see debris at 30k at that time, so it must be from pilots" and he would be right, but I'm afraid of that being OR. But again, WP:VNT is a thing, so by that standard the original hook would work. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 00:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Can a statement by a subject matter expert be considered original research, though? Departure– (talk) 17:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I don't know if that's WPOR by Grazulis though, so I would be fine if "pilots reported" was removed. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 17:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK time???
Under Template:Did you know/Queue#DYK time, we've got:
The next empty queue is 3. (update · from prep 3 · from prep 4 · clear)
What do these links do? I'm afraid to click on any of them to find out for fear of doing something I might regret. Do these force main page updates from those various sources? RoySmith (talk) 15:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- I just clicked on all of them. They don't do anything, just take you to various pages. I suspect they are a hangover from the days of manual queueing. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- They open up the editing windows for the next empty queue, next two preps, and Template:Did you know/Clear. See Misplaced Pages:Did you know/Admin instructions#Moving a prep to queue 2.--Launchballer 15:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 3 (8 January)
The Bootleggers (Hopper)
@AirshipJungleman29, Viriditas, and Randy Kryn: The article says "thought to depict the smuggling of alcohol" but the hook presents this as authoritative fact in wiki voice: "portrays the illegal alcohol trade" RoySmith (talk) 15:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Take another look. The sentence you refer to doesn’t hedge the question of smuggling alcohol, but rather the location depicted. Viriditas (talk) 17:54, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, got it. Thanks. RoySmith (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- FWIW, I’m partial to ALT1, but it is long. Viriditas (talk) 18:01, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, got it. Thanks. RoySmith (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Blossoms Under Somewhere
@AirshipJungleman29, Prince of Erebor, and Artem.G: I'm a little concerned about the WP:BLP aspects here, heightened by the fact that most of the sources are in Chinese, making it difficult to verify. I see that the nom includes English translations of excerpts from the relevant sources; maybe we could include those quotes in the article references so our readers can have access to them? RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- RoySmith, Great suggestion! I have added the quote and its English translation to the source that supports the hook fact. —Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) 17:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Flag of Okinawa Prefecture
If it's decided to keep the flag as the primary hook in and from Preparation area 1, please add a border so the shape of the white flag is clearly visible. Thanks! Yue🌙 20:05, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Yue: Done. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 4
Goro Takahashi
@Sonovawolf, Ornithoptera, and AirshipJungleman29: I see WP:CLOP which needs remedying. I also don't find the hook interesting.--Launchballer 23:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Re the CLOP: Using Earwig I can see there might be minor parts of common sentences that are similar like "at the age of 28" or parts of quotes like " would travel back to the United States" but nothing major. Are those the problem you are referring to, or if not, can you be more specific?
- Re the hook: I believe there are many parts of this article that could pique people's interest:
- A Japanese man in the 70s traveled to the USA to learn silversmithing from Native Americans. He was so loved by them that they adopted him and allowed him to attend a Sun Dance. Perhaps it's a problem of rewriting the existing hook?
- A Lakota family adopting a Japanese man is quite rare and interesting in itself.
- Celebrities like Eric Clapton and John Mayer collecting the silversmithing work of a Japanese man that learned his trade from Native Americans seems like it would appeal to a more general public, but also seems less edifying to me.
- Goro starting the whole movement of Native-American inspired jewelry in Japan seems interesting.
- Do you think these are too niche?
- Anyway, thank you for your edits on Goro's page. Sonovawolf (talk) 01:27, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The current hook is:
- * ... that Goro Takahashi, a silversmith adopted by a Lakota family, was the first Japanese person allowed to attend a Sun Dance?
- Not sure if that was the hook Launchballer was referring to above, but in terms of interest it looks fine to me. Gatoclass (talk) 14:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- It relies on knowing what Lakota and Sun Dance are. I'm English, and I don't.--Launchballer 14:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Heck man, that's what the links are for. Sheesh. Gatoclass (talk) 14:46, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I tend to assume that if I haven't heard of it, a broad audience also won't.--Launchballer 16:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I may have to agree with Gatoclass here. I don't really know what a Sun Dance is, although I do know who the Lakota are. To me, the interest here is the "first Japanese person to be allowed to see X" thing, what exactly is X is more secondary to the point. Like, if he was the first Japanese person to see X, it must have been some kind of big deal even if I don't know what X is. I imagine that readers may feel the same way, although of course other editors may disagree. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I withdraw my objection then, but I still have CLOP concerns. (It's things like "at the age of 28" and "would travel back to the United States".)--Launchballer 16:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Launchballer I think I took care of the CLOP concerns. SL93 (talk) 16:59, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I withdraw my objection then, but I still have CLOP concerns. (It's things like "at the age of 28" and "would travel back to the United States".)--Launchballer 16:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I may have to agree with Gatoclass here. I don't really know what a Sun Dance is, although I do know who the Lakota are. To me, the interest here is the "first Japanese person to be allowed to see X" thing, what exactly is X is more secondary to the point. Like, if he was the first Japanese person to see X, it must have been some kind of big deal even if I don't know what X is. I imagine that readers may feel the same way, although of course other editors may disagree. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I tend to assume that if I haven't heard of it, a broad audience also won't.--Launchballer 16:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Heck man, that's what the links are for. Sheesh. Gatoclass (talk) 14:46, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- It relies on knowing what Lakota and Sun Dance are. I'm English, and I don't.--Launchballer 14:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Chromakopia
I'm involved, so must ask for more eyes.--Launchballer 23:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Where is the quote from in the "Background and recording" section? Gatoclass (talk) 14:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I assumed it came from the same source the previous sentence quoted from. Cut.--Launchballer 14:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think this passes DYKNEW. The nomination says it was 5x'd by MontanaMako, but I'm not seeing this expansion in the user's contribs. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- You don't have to write an article to nominate it, but pinging @Sammi Brie, MontanaMako, and AirshipJungleman29: anyway.--Launchballer 14:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- True, but checking the revision from just before the nomination vs a revision from seven days before shows just a 1.4x expansion. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I reckon it's a 5x expansion from about 10 and a half days before nominating to now and MontanaMako is a newish nominator. I won't pull it, but I won't object if someone else does.--Launchballer 16:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- True, but checking the revision from just before the nomination vs a revision from seven days before shows just a 1.4x expansion. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- It seems I didn't fully understand what 5x meant for DYK. I thought it meant that the article itself was 5x by all Misplaced Pages editors, not just me. If this mistake means this isn't okay to be on DYK, then so be it. Apologies for all the confusion this simple nomination caused. MontanaMako (talk) 16:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- You were understanding it correctly. 5x expansion is by all editors, not necessarily the nominator. The question is if a 5x expansion was accomplished within seven days of the nomination, regardless of who expanded it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 17:10, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. To be honest, I kind of assumed it would be 5x because I nominated it after the album released, thus there’d be a lot more info for the article. I could’ve been wrong though. MontanaMako (talk) 17:52, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- You were understanding it correctly. 5x expansion is by all editors, not necessarily the nominator. The question is if a 5x expansion was accomplished within seven days of the nomination, regardless of who expanded it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 17:10, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- You don't have to write an article to nominate it, but pinging @Sammi Brie, MontanaMako, and AirshipJungleman29: anyway.--Launchballer 14:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Prep 5
From Prep 5:
- ... that land vertebrates and freshwater fish like limias (example pictured) have been hypothesized to have colonized the Caribbean islands via a controversial land bridge?
Apart from the clunkiness of the prose (ie, "have been hypothesized to have"), the phrase "a controversial land bridge" is just confusing. How can a piece of land be controversial? What the phrase is trying to say is that a certain land bridge hypothesis is controversial. A better hook might perhaps be something like:
- ALT1: ... that a hypothetical land bridge may account for the presence of certain land vertebrates and freshwater fish like limias (example pictured) in the Caribbean islands?
Any comments? Gatoclass (talk) 12:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Your ALT1 is definitely an improvement and I agree with your concern. "may account" could be weakened to something like "has been suggested as an explanation for", but of course that is getting a bit long. —Kusma (talk) 12:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think the really interesting thing here is a land bridge enabling fish to migrate, so perhaps the hook should concentrate on that aspect. RoySmith (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The fact is already implied in the suggested hook. But the article doesn't really expand on the method by which that may have occurred, so highlighting that particular angle further would only lead to reader disappointment. In any case, it would be a tough job combining that with the info about the bridge being hypothetical. It was a pretty tough job coming up with a hook that successfully linked the two bolded articles already, and I don't think I can do any better. Gatoclass (talk) 15:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- ... that a hypothesized land bridge may have allowed some fish species (example pictured) to island-hop from South America to Cuba?"
- Neither article explicitly mentions Cuba, but the cited Rodríguez-Silva et al paper does, so that could be added. RoySmith (talk) 15:56, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'm fine with that, so long as the fact is in the article and cited.
- Please note that I will probably be unable to respond further here today, as I'm about to take a break. Gatoclass (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The fact is already implied in the suggested hook. But the article doesn't really expand on the method by which that may have occurred, so highlighting that particular angle further would only lead to reader disappointment. In any case, it would be a tough job combining that with the info about the bridge being hypothetical. It was a pretty tough job coming up with a hook that successfully linked the two bolded articles already, and I don't think I can do any better. Gatoclass (talk) 15:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I think the really interesting thing here is a land bridge enabling fish to migrate, so perhaps the hook should concentrate on that aspect. RoySmith (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- substituted above alt (with minor tweak for verification). Gatoclass (talk) 07:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Richard Stratton
Also, the Richard Stratton (diplomat) hook has way too many quotes in my view - and few of which add any information of real value. Pinging the nominator User:BeanieFan11. Gatoclass (talk) 12:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- The hook only has one quote? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Not the hook User:BeanieFan11, the article. Gatoclass (talk) 16:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I agree there's lots of quotes, probably too many, but WP:OVERQUOTING isn't a DYK criteria. RoySmith (talk) 16:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Not the hook User:BeanieFan11, the article. Gatoclass (talk) 16:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- I gave it a copyedit. Gatoclass (talk) 07:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Details Cannot Body Wants
Two paragraphs lacking cites. Pinging the nominator User:Icepinner. Gatoclass (talk) 13:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Done. Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 13:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Tick marks in preps
@Gatoclass and I have disagreed on whether its OK to mark up prep sets with tick marks as in Special:Diff/1267766097. I know this was discussed once but I can't find the thread, and I don't believe his assertion that it "is an accepted method of reviewing" is correct. RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- See Misplaced Pages talk:Did you know/Archive 200#Adding comments in-line with hooks in preps and WP:DYKPARTIAL. That said, given that all nine have been assessed I can't see why it can't be queued.--Launchballer 16:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 7 (10 January)
Clay M. Greene
@AirshipJungleman29, 4meter4, and Pbritti: The hook conflates Some sources claim he was the "first American born in San Francisco"
with Greene himself, who controversially claimed he was "the first white child born in San Francisco"
RoySmith (talk) 16:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- There are two sources cited in the lead that looked to verify the statement "first American born in San Francisco" statement. While one is an old headline, it is from the NYT and there's a secondbut offline source present. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:51, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's not an issue of what the sources say. It's that the hook says something that the article doesn't say. Per WP:DYKHOOK
The wording of the article, hook, and source should all agree with each other with respect to who is providing the information
RoySmith (talk) 17:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)- Ah, I was confused as to the issue. Would appropriate resolutions be rephrasing to something like "claim he was 'the first American' born in San Francisco" or dispensing with the quotation marks entirely? ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not understanding what the issue is here.4meter4 (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The issue is that the hook says that Greene
claimed he was the "first American born in San Francisco"
. That is not what the article says. RoySmith (talk) 17:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- The issue is that the hook says that Greene
- I'm not understanding what the issue is here.4meter4 (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, I was confused as to the issue. Would appropriate resolutions be rephrasing to something like "claim he was 'the first American' born in San Francisco" or dispensing with the quotation marks entirely? ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's not an issue of what the sources say. It's that the hook says something that the article doesn't say. Per WP:DYKHOOK
@RoySmith. would this hook be more suitable as it more closely matches the lead: ... that multiple sources state that playwright Clay M. Greene (pictured) was the first American born in San Francisco; a controversial claim spread by the writer?4meter4 (talk) 18:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Why not just do the obvious thing and use the wording from the aricle:
- ... that playwright Clay M. Greene (pictured) claimed he was the "the first white child born in San Francisco"?
- that would solve the problem. RoySmith (talk) 18:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- @RoySmith Ok. If that is what you think is necessary. In digging up that source again and double checking for accuracy, the exact quote is "the first American white child born in San Francisco". I modified the text accordingly in the article to exactly match the source. Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:47, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll make the corresponding change to the hook. BTW, I tried to read the source, but newspapers.com seems to be broken at the moment. Do you have a URL where I could get at it? RoySmith (talk) 19:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I had a hard time digging it up again myself as something weird is going on (i used newspaperarchive and not newspapers.com) I had to physically go into the archive for that publication and open the date of the page for that specific newspaper as a word search wasn't getting a hit. It was really odd. Here is the link through the wikipedia library: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1933/05-24/page-4 Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, I see the source of the confusion. I was expecting to see a direct quote of Greene saying, "I was the first American white child born in San Francisco", which is why I was insisting on reproducing the text exactly. But that's not the case. Regardless, I think what we've got now is fine, so let's go with that. RoySmith (talk) 23:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I had a hard time digging it up again myself as something weird is going on (i used newspaperarchive and not newspapers.com) I had to physically go into the archive for that publication and open the date of the page for that specific newspaper as a word search wasn't getting a hit. It was really odd. Here is the link through the wikipedia library: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/us/nevada/reno/reno-evening-gazette/1933/05-24/page-4 Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:58, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll make the corresponding change to the hook. BTW, I tried to read the source, but newspapers.com seems to be broken at the moment. Do you have a URL where I could get at it? RoySmith (talk) 19:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- @RoySmith Ok. If that is what you think is necessary. In digging up that source again and double checking for accuracy, the exact quote is "the first American white child born in San Francisco". I modified the text accordingly in the article to exactly match the source. Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:47, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Lingnan School
@AirshipJungleman29, Crisco 1492, and Yue: The article uses the word "criticism" which got turned into the stronger word "condemnation" in the hook. I'm not sure that's justified. RoySmith (talk) 16:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've used "condemnation" in place of criticism in the article. Source supports it: "In the increasingly anti-Japanese atmosphere of the times, this freshly made-in-Japan appearance was a liability much heavier than the first generation of Lingnan painters had had to bear twenty years earlier. ... After the outbreak of full-scale war in 1937, such appeals to cultural conscience were useless and the Japanese background even more damaging to the Lingnan School. ... With Japanese armies transcending China's borders, a cosmopolitanism that included the national enemy was not in style." (Croizier), "Despite some explicitly anti-Japanese art by Gao Jianfu and his followers at the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937, most works displayed unmistakable signs of Japanese stylistic influence, which aroused the ire of patriots as well as artistic conservatives." (Croizier and Liang) — Chris Woodrich (talk)
- Then the solution would be to change "criticism" in the article body to "condemnation" because as the source suggests, it was not merely artistic criticism. Yue🌙 20:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
2008 Picher–Neosho tornado
@EF5: A citation is needed at the end of the first paragraph under the section titled Tornado summary. SL93 (talk) 20:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Fixed. EF 14:57, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 2
2020 NFC Championship Game
@SL93, Gonzo fan2007, and OlifanofmrTennant: Why is the statement in the hook in quotes? RoySmith (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Its a direct quote from the source Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 18:27, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Then it should also be in quotes in the article. RoySmith (talk) 18:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Added. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Then it should also be in quotes in the article. RoySmith (talk) 18:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Berta Persson
@SL93, MumphingSquirrel, Chaiten1, and AirshipJungleman29: I question whether SKBL (cited in the nom) is a WP:RS, and this is the kind of "first" which can be problematic; it's really hard to know if any woman in Sweden had ever driven a bus before she did. There's also a fair amount of WP:CLOP vs skbl.se/en/article/BertaPersson; not just the exact matches Earwig highlights, but continuing to the surrounding text. As an aside to Airship; you said in the nom that "I don't have time to check fully". If that was the case, then wouldn't it have been better to not approve it yourself? RoySmith (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Probably would have been best, yes. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- I can go ahead and fix the CLOP, but the About page made it seem to me as reliable. SL93 (talk) 19:02, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- RoySmith Earwig now reports the article as violations being 0% across all sources. SKBL is a reliable source per this on the About SKBL page - "The project leaders are Lisbeth Larsson and Maria Sjöberg. The editorial board comprises Berith Backlund, Linus Karlsson, Ulrika Lagerlöf Nilsson, Cecilia Pettersson, Scharolta Siencnik, and Linnea Åshede. The dictionary entries were written by experts and researchers (listed under the entry for ʻArticle authors’) and translated into English by Alexia Grosjean. The database was developed by Språkbanken and is managed by Swe-Clarin. The database and the dictionary form part of KvinnSam – the National Resource Library for Gender Studies at the University of Gothenburg... As for the hook fact, Sweden's official Facebook page agrees. I don't see a reason to doubt the Swedish government in this case. SL93 (talk) 21:57, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Starbuck (film)
@AirshipJungleman29, Reidgreg, and Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: I don't understand this hook at all. I can't parse ... that the comedy film Starbuck and the Holstein bull after which it was named both had cloned remakes?
as an English sentence. RoySmith (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, maybe it's supposed to be
... that the comedy film Starbuck, and the Holstein bull after which it was named, both had cloned remakes?
RoySmith (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)- I mean, both seem comprehensible to me, and maybe more comprehensible if you move the "both" to after the "that"? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Perhaps just go with Airship's suggestion sans the serial comma, Roy? Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 18:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- I mean, both seem comprehensible to me, and maybe more comprehensible if you move the "both" to after the "that"? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Lilium lophophorum
Maybe it's just me, but that picture looks like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. RoySmith (talk) 21:37, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Queue 3
Aquilegia daingolica (nom)
@Pbritti, BeanieFan11, and SL93: it may be my poor understanding of botanical literature, but the source seems to say that a specimen was collected as early as 1906? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- @AirshipJungleman29: Sloppy work on my part. I have added the collection of the 1906 specimen, now characterized as a paratype, to the article. If you would be so kind, please adjust the hook to read "that specimens of Aquilegia daingolica were collected in 1906 and 1909, but it was first described as a new species in 2013?" Apologies, and outstanding catch! Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:34, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification. I see that I became confused. SL93 (talk) 18:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Allied prisoners of war in Japan (nom)
An interesting hook, but it says that " the harsh treatment of Allied prisoners of war in Japan is well known in the West but mostly forgotten in Japan itself?". The article, however, says that it is "ignored or glossed over", which do not appear to be synonyms of "forgotten". Black Kite (talk) 21:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging nominator Piotrus. SL93 (talk) 22:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Always Happy to Explode (nom)
@AirshipJungleman29: Your edit to the hook here improved my admittedly clunky syntax but I think also introduced ambiguity. The reason I had worded it such a way was to indicate that the quote refers to the one individual song, whereas I think the updated wording loses that distinction and makes it sound like the quote refers to the album as a whole. Would it be an improvement to say,
- ALT0a ...that when asked about a song on Always Happy to Explode, its principal songwriter asked listeners to "love it for me, for I cannot"?
If you or others think my concerns are unfounded then I will defer, just thought I'd propose the alt. Thanks, DrOrinScrivello (talk) 21:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Manual update needed
@DYK admins: @DYKUpdateBot: appears to be down.--Launchballer 00:22, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- I've restarted DYKUpdateBot, it's updating now. Shubinator (talk) 00:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)