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This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the third-most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.

Gravity Blanket edit

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  • Source: Look at the URL TIME
  • ALT1: ... that while the Gravity Blanket didn't invent the weighted blanket category, Time magazine considered it to have "perfected the art of marketing them to the masses"? Source: "Although the year-old startup didn’t invent the accessories—which apply gentle pressure that studies say calms the nervous system—it perfected the art of marketing them to the masses." TIME
  • ALT2: ... that the Gravity Blanket was funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that went viral and raised more than US$4.7 million? Source: See the subheading FastCompany
  • ALT3: ... that the Gravity Blanket was funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that raised US$150,000 on its first day, when it only wanted US$21,500? Source: "The company’s original fund-raising goal had been $21,500. Its campaign brought in a hundred and fifty thousand dollars on the first day, and then Gravity started buying paid advertising; within two weeks, the total had surpassed two million dollars. The campaign closed in May, with $4,729,263." New Yorker
  • ALT4: ... that the Gravity Blanket was funded by a viral Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that raised more than US$4.7 million, when it only asked for US$21,500? Source: "The company’s original fund-raising goal had been $21,500. Its campaign brought in a hundred and fifty thousand dollars on the first day, and then Gravity started buying paid advertising; within two weeks, the total had surpassed two million dollars. The campaign closed in May, with $4,729,263." New Yorker
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wu Dao
Created by TheSandDoctor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

TheSandDoctor Talk 04:53, 18 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   All DYK criteria are fulfilled. I've done some copy-editing, and it's good to go. The first three hooks are, rather, a touch generic and not so interesting. The last two are, however. ALT4 is the best of the lot. Although, it needs a bit of delinking. There's currently a heap of blueness on it. The linking of the words 'viral' and 'crowdfunding campaign' is redundant IMO. X (talk) 14:14, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Xoak: Could we by any chance perhaps have the hook be a new alt? Just discovered that they collaborated with Pizza Hut…this could make for a humorous DYK: ’’’…that Pizza Hut’s most expensive pizza was a blanket?’’’ source --TheSandDoctor Talk 00:55, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@TheSandDoctor: Yes, we always can. List your newer ALT hooks in bold in reply to this if you have more. The one you already provided let's name it ALT5. It is pretty hilarious and more intriguing than the previous ones, obviously. However, the source mentions it as Pizza Hut’s most expensive pizza is ... a weighted blanket?, per DYK rules we'd need to add that part to the article somewhat as is. You could probably add to the partnership section: [...] "It was sarcastically dubbed as Pizza Hut's most expensive pizza." Also, we could go for ALT6 …"that Pizza Hut’s most expensive pizza was a weighted blanket?" to reflect the source's statement more closely. Let me know your thoughts. X (talk) 04:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Xoak: Added to the article. I prefer ALT5 or 6 personally. Discovered that tidbit and it's far more hilarious. --TheSandDoctor Talk 05:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  ALT6 it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xoak (talk • contribs) 05:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@TheSandDoctor and Xoak: Single-sentence WP:PARAGRAPHs are discouraged, could these be merged? (Also pinging @Z1720:, as the date request is for a set queued by him.)--Launchballer 11:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Launchballer: I've made some copy-editing. Better now? I felt it was okayish since those single sentence paragraphs were part of separate subsections. Anyway, I've merged them now. X (talk) 11:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Works a treat, and everything checks out. (Not a DYK issue, but this should have some more categories added.) How come this is for 31 May?--Launchballer 11:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Cool. And I've added some cats. X (talk) 12:36, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: figured because that is Pizza Hut's founding anniversary and they're mentioned/related here in the preferred hook. If that isn't strong enough we can bump. Thanks for the work @Xoak:. I would've been on here earlier but time zones put this activity in the middle of the night for me. --TheSandDoctor Talk 16:34, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I will defer to Z1720.--Launchballer 16:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sounds good. I imagine prep 4 (which hasn't yet been queued) would also probably work as a secondary option given that Pizza Hut is a North American (originating) brand and the flip over would result around 17:00 May 31st for New York. Not terribly attached to either, just food for thought. --TheSandDoctor Talk 16:56, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
If you want this added to a queue, please post a message on WT:DYK after its promotion stating why and an admin will do it for you. Feel free to ping me in the message. Z1720 (talk) 21:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Z1720, TheSandDoctor, I really don't think this is an appropriate special occasion request, since the date in question is tangential at best to Gravity Blanket, the nominated article. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

David W. Music edit

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  • ... that David W. Music has taught music, composed music, conducted music, and written about music?
  • Source: Sourced to his entry in the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
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  • Comment: The hook gains its interest as an example of nominative determinism. If you think a different hook would be better, let me know.
Created by Mystery Merrivale (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

 Mystery Merrivale  (talk) 19:06, 24 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • ALT0a: ... that David W. Music has taught, composed, conducted and written about music?
  •   Approved: Article is new enough, long enough, well-cited, presentable, and with no policy issues detected. QPQ waived. Hook is formatted and of good length. Hook fact cited in article (will assume that when he "led" a Sacred Harp sing ["directed" in source] this is equivalent to "conducting"). This is roughly verifiable from the summary preview of the subscription-required online source. Hook is interesting. Could probably do an alternate about the nominative determinism, but for non-April Fools, I don't think it'd be any more interesting than ALT0 which is excellent. I put up ALT0a just so the promoter can see them side-by-side, I think the slight repetition of phrasing in ALT0 (while less concise) makes for a better hook. All good! – Reidgreg (talk) 02:03, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ryu Sung-hyun edit

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Ryu at the 2019 Junior World Championships
  • ... that Olympian Ryu Sung-hyun (pictured) taught himself gymnastics for four years because his father did not want him to become an athlete?
5x expanded by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

Riley1012 (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Comment I'm an IP user so I think I can't approve the overall DYK, but just a heads up that I'm a Korean speaker and I verified that both hook 1 and ALT1 are supported by the sources given. I'll give a slight comment that I'd prefer ALT1 be worded as "... that Ryu Sung-hyun (pictured) will become the first Korea National Sport University student athlete to compete at two Olympic Games?" Think the meaning of this is slightly clearer and it's slightly more concise. I prefer the main hook to ALT1 though; think it's more interesting. 104.232.119.107 (talk) 07:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks for your input. I have changed the wording on ALT1. I was trying to figure out how to emphasize that he is competing in two Olympics while enrolled in the school- there are multiple alumni who have competed in multiple Olympics. -Riley1012 (talk) 12:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Comment: hooks that treat the future as definite are problematic. I'm assuming Ryu Sung-hyun has qualified for the Olympics, but even athletes on their country's Olympic teams sometimes don't end up competing due to injury, illness, accident, or some other complication, so "will" is a problem (see WP:CRYSTAL). Perhaps "is set to become" could be used (though, like the IP user, I prefer the original hook):
    Note that if you want the Olympics in the original hook, you can do so simply by adding "Olympian" before his name. —BlueMoonset (talk) 04:33, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Okay, that is totally fair. I've incorporated both of your suggestions. -Riley1012 (talk) 10:44, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall:   The article is well-written, well-sourced, and well-organised. Both English-language and Korean-language sources were checked for close paraphrasing; no issues arose. Both hooks are interesting and verified, but I strongly favour the initial hook over ALT1. Yue🌙 03:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Vasantha Krishna Prasad edit

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

— DaxServer (t·m·e·c) 20:01, 18 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Length, date, hook all checks out. In terms of grammar, "erstwhile-" isn't exactly needed in the hook sentence. No close paraphrase found. QPQ still pending though. --Soman (talk) 13:59, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  •   good to go. --Soman (talk) 23:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Amazing Digital Circus edit

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  • ... that Gooseworx's original pitch for The Amazing Digital Circus was more chaotic and silly before becoming deeper and more nuanced?
  • Source: Placido, Dani Di (2023-12-22). "The Amazing Digital Circus Team Talk The Making Of A Viral Hit". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 12, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
Improved to Good Article status by Skyshifter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Skyshiftertalk 11:25, 18 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Good to go! Approving ALT4. 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 11:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

@LunaEclipse: sorry, I made a mistake. The source for ALT4 says that Goose "hadn't worked a lot with 3D", not that she never had worked with it. My mistake. I've fixed the article accordingly. Skyshiftertalk 23:18, 18 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Approving ALT1 then. 🌙Eclipse (talk) (contribs) 11:23, 19 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The End of Everything (novel) edit

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

Sammielh (talk) 17:01, 19 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article clears the criteria. Passed GA review within 7 days of nom, long enough, well-sourced for sure. Presentable. For the hooks, they're both sourced properly and both are interesting. I personally prefer ALT0. QPQ has been completed, so good job and this is good to go to the DYK section. Soulbust (talk) 01:59, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Siege of Durham (1006) edit

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Created by CSJJ104 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

CSJJ104 (talk) 16:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • I will gladly review this in the coming days! WatkynBassett (talk) 06:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • The article was created on 19 May 2024‎ and nominated on the same day. It is thus eligible.
  • The article is sourced. I did two spot checks and the references checked out.
  • The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
  • Earwig did not pick up anything noteworthy.
  • QPQ done.
  • Hook review: I think the original hook is the best one and it is ODNB sourced and thus viable. I nevertheless have small questions:
    • In my opinion "earl of Bamburgh" should be wikilinked. Probably to Rulers of Bamburgh (even though Earl of Bamburgh redirects to Earl of Northumbria [is this a redirection mistake, I am not knowledgeable here]?)
    • The flow of the wording might be improved: What do you think about "... that Uhtred became earl of Bamburgh after his victory at the siege of Durham, even though his father seems to have still been living?"
    • "his father" should probably also be wikilinked to Waltheof of Bamburgh - what do you think?
    • Thanks for creating free and interesting knowledge! I will approve this nomination once these small questions have been addressed! WatkynBassett (talk) 07:27, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Created Alt0a to address the above suggestions. I have no strong feelings about whether this is better than the original. The question about Earl of Northumbria vs Rulers of Bamburgh is a question I've no clear answer for. CSJJ104 (talk) 19:49, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Looking at this again I notice Waltheof of Bamburgh is a stub. I'm unsure if this might be an issue for inclusion in the hook?
While I have no issue with whichever hook the promoter chooses when that point is reached I do like Alt2 as being distinct from the sort of hook which typically appears on DYK. CSJJ104 (talk) 20:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your work on the hook. In my experience many hooks with doubtful reliability are extensively discussed and often challenged at the promotion stage or even later when the sets are put together therefore, I did not pick the more unusual hook ALT2 (which has the qualifier "tradition"). I think ALT0a is fine and that a stub article is wikilinked is no issue at all. I approve hook ALT0a.   WatkynBassett (talk) 05:25, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Great Martyrdom of Edo edit

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Created by WatkynBassett (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

WatkynBassett (talk) 20:43, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:32, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Edna Hibel edit

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  • ... that Edna Hibel painted over 10 different decades?
Converted from a redirect by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 398 past nominations.

SL93 (talk) 21:47, 19 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:07, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Jan Leike edit

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Created by Thriley (talk) and Alenoach (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 132 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 01:31, 26 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   The lede could be expanded, however, that does not block promotion. Both hooks are fine, with a preference for the modification proposed above by CaptainAngus. Sohom (talk) 02:19, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your review. I agree, the alt hook works much better. Thriley (talk) 22:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Homeric Hymns edit

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  • Source: Richardson, Nicholas (2010). Three Homeric Hymns to Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 33. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511840296. ISBN 9780521451581.
Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist T·C 06:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   A fascinating article! All ready to go. All of the hooks are cited and interesting - I would suggest either ALT1 or ALT2 for most main page interest.  Mystery Merrivale  (talk) 07:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Edward M. Zimmerman, Marie Kunkel Zimmerman edit

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1915 sheet music
  • Source: Crew, Danny O. (2015). Suffragist Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music Associated with the Women's Rights and Suffrage Movement in America, 1795-1921, with Complete Lyrics. McFarland & Company. p. 337. ISBN 9781476607443.
Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 81 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 20:59, 26 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Articles nominated for double hook are new enough and long enough. Passes earwig, no close paraphrasing was found. The hook is interesting, cited inline, and verified. Image appropriately licensed. 2 QPQs done for each article nominated. GTG. Pseud 14 (talk) 23:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mary A. Wray edit

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Created by Xoak (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

X (talk) 05:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •  New enough, long enough, and neutral with all reliable sources. The hook is directly cited. I assume good faith on the book reference. I prefer the first hook. A QPQ is needed. SL93 (talk) 18:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@SL93: QPQ done. Re AGF, you could also access them by Wikipedia Library repositories such as Newspapers.com and NewspaperArchive.com. But Google News archive in itself is freely accessible and reliable. And yes, let's go with ALT0. Regards. X (talk) 06:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Xoak   I was only referring to the Moulton source, which I just now noticed I could have read from the external links section. This is now ready to go. SL93 (talk) 08:31, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis edit

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

Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 04:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

Bali Regional House of Representatives edit

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Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 226 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 05:07, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   AGF the one page the Google Books preview doesn't show, article otherwise looks fine. ミラP@Miraclepine 01:20, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Two Roosters Ice Cream edit

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Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Johnson524 15:19, 24 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Looks good. Nice work. @Johnson524: I wonder though whether the section titled "Criticism and awards" is appropriate since everything mentioned there seems to be positive. Not someone required to be changed for this to be approved, though. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done @BeanieFan11: I appreciate the feedback and have updated the page, cheers! Johnson524 11:35, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Last of Us season 1 edit

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Neil Druckmann
Improved to Good Article status by Rhain (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

– Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

Natives Representative Council edit

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  • Source: "Instead, the first session was postponed for six months from August to December 1937 when it was held in a cramped Pretoria school hall and addressed by the deputy prime minister General Smuts. This set the tone for subsequent sessions that were always held in dingy halls around Pretoria (Rich, 1996)."
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Created by Iamawesomeautomatic (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Iamawesomeautomatic (talk) 22:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Reviewing this, new article and no copyvio according to Earwig. No QPQ needed as this is first nom, the sentence also cited in the article. However I have one suggestion for the prep to maybe truncate it to just "held meetings in school halls" as the other part feels subjective and not stated outright in the source. Otherwise it's good to go for me. Nyanardsan (talk) 12:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Henry Street salamander tunnels edit

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Amphibian tunnel in Germany
Created by Bruxton (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 148 past nominations.

Bruxton (talk) 05:00, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Very interesting article. Needed a good chunk of minor copy editing, which I've done. It's good to go. Strong preference for ALT0 with possible wikilinking to amphibians. Given its subject, I couldn't think of a relevant infobox. X (talk) 06:36, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Boom (Doctor Who) edit

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  • ... that while filming the Doctor Who episode "Boom" some takes lasted up to seven minutes?
Moved to mainspace by OlifanofmrTennant (talk), TheDoctorWho (talk), and Alex 21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:35, 21 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article is neutral, free from copyvio, suitably referenced, and meets the length and newness criteria—moved to mainspace on 21 May, the same day as this nomination. The hooks are succinct, neutral, interesting, and reliably sourced (though I would recommend adding timestamps to the video refs). My pick would be ALT2, then ALT0; I find ALT1 interesting personally, but I'm not sure general audiences would as well. QPQ is done (albeit a bit brief). This is good to go! – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • Timestamp for ALT2 is from 6:08 to 6:28; it's a quote from Russell. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Answers Research Journal edit

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Created by Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 22:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   LGTM, tho I don't love the hook. Given that this is Psuedoscience territory, it might be best to err on the side of being a bit verbose.

How about ALT 1: ... that according to one creationist journal, HIV has its origins in the Fall?

Thoughts Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d? Sohom (talk) 21:59, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sohom Datta, Alt1 looks good to me! Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 23:37, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Approved, per above. Sohom (talk) 00:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mindar edit

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

gobonobo + c 16:23, 28 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Great article! Both hooks would work but approving the original for a more compelling link description. Good on length, recency, no copyvio issues. Spaghettifier (talk) 01:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Deir ed Darb edit

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The facade of Deir ed Darb, a monumental Jewish tomb from the Second Temple period
  • Source: Raviv D., 2013, "Magnificent Tombs from the Second Temple Period in Western Samaria - New Insights", In the Highland's Depth - Ephraim Range and Binyamin Research Studies, Vol. 3, Ariel-Talmon ,pp. 109-142. (Hebrew); Peleg-Barkat, Orit; Raviv (2019). "שלושה פריטים ארכיטקטוניים מן התקופה הרומית הקדומה מאזור הכפר קרוות בני חסן" (PDF). במעבה ההר. 9: 43–58; Palmer, H (1881). "The survey of western Palestine". p. 228.
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Created by Owenglyndur (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Owenglyndur (talk) 13:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Image eligibility:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:   Mariamnei (talk) 11:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Mariamnei: Did you mean to post a "maybe" status (purple slash) instead of an "again" status (red arrow)? The again status is for DYK that need another new reviewer, while the slash is for indicating that there is a concern with the article/nomination. Z1720 (talk) 23:27, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Z1720: Hey there! This DYK overall looks pretty good, but since it's my first time doing a DYK review, I thought it'd be better to get another view. What do you think? Mariamnei (talk) 18:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Mariamnei: Since you outlined some concerns above, I'll let the nominator, Owenglyndur, address them. Z1720 (talk) 19:57, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi, thank you for your comments and help to get the DYK right. I did not know i'm not allowed to copy some sentances from another Wikipedia article, especialy whemn it is so relevant for the article i wrote. I will not do it again in the future. Owenglyndur (talk) 07:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hey @Owenglyndur:, thanks for explaining that! Awesome, I see the pic is up on the article too. Looks like we're good to go!   Mariamnei (talk) 08:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Minnesota State Highway 36 edit

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

NotDragonius (talk) 03:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Reviewing this now. Nice GA~ Recently promoted, no need for QPQ. Earwig turns out fine. The hook is on history section. I duplicated the citation so that the hook is directly cited. Otherwise it's good to go Nyanardsan (talk) 03:24, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ "St. Croix Crossing". Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

William Henry Harrison Seeley edit

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  • Comment: For the source, note that there are two newspaper sources that I couldn't get to as it seems that the access through The Wikipedia Library is down currently.
Improved to Good Article status by CommissarDoggo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

CommissarDoggoTalk? 10:50, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall:   An article that was recently promoted to GA. No picture to review. No QPQ is needed, this is your fourth nomination. No copyright issues on text and files. The hook is interesting and sourced. The article is sourced and I assume good faith on the inaccessible sources. (CC) Tbhotch™ 04:54, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Lois E. Trott edit

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Lois E. Trott c.1893
Created by Xoak (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

X (talk) 14:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

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

Overall:   The article was created on 22 May 2024. It has a readable prose size of 3211 characters. QPQ not yet done. WP:EARWIG shows now copyvios. More comments later.

Each paragraph has a source. Some parts of the lead and the section "Early life and education" sound very similar to the text in Moulton 1893, p. 722. This needs to be rewritten to avoid WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. I didn't check the rest of the article so please make sure that the problem is not found in other parts as well. The hooks are interesting and supported by the source. Both hooks are too long: they should be below 200 characters and ideally below 160 characters. The picture is freely licenced, used in the article, and clear. Phlsph7 (talk) 13:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Phlsph7: thanks for your evaluation. Some parts of the lead and the section "Early life and education" sound very similar Because they are similar. I've used it as a source material, and "the article merely presents standard facts for a topic like this in standard sequence. The article does not copy any creative words or phrases, similes or metaphors." And a direct comparison with the Moulton source shows no violation. However, all of these becomes irrelevant here because the dictionary is in public domain and properly attributed in the source section. Regardless PD or not, the article does not closely paraphrase, rather presents standard facts in an orderly sequence. WP:LIMITED exists. Although redundant, I've now added a PD template as well in the ref section (which is usually done if it's a case of somewhat direct copy-paste, although this isn't the case here). Re the blurb's lentgh, while nominating I made sure they are under 200 characters. And yes shorter blurbs would be better. We may simply remove the "American educator" bits: ALT0b ... that Lois E. Trott (pictured) ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment? ALT0c... that Lois E. Trott (pictured) ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support without receiving any payment?

Let me know which one you prefer or if have your own opinion. Regards. X (talk) 07:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

The template should solve the close-paraphrase problem. I wasn't aware that the phrase "(pictured)" does not count towards the character limit (per WP:DYK200), which means that the original hooks pass the test. I think all that remains is the QPQ. Phlsph7 (talk) 07:55, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
QPQ Done. Thanks. X (talk) 08:14, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Looks good.   Phlsph7 (talk) 08:52, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mel Carnahan edit

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Carnahan's official portrait c. 1997
Improved to Good Article status by FountofInterestingInfo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

FountofInterestingInfo (talk) 14:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   (for original hook, which is most interesting) GA status, date, close paraphrase check ok. No qpq needed. Image free on Commons. --Soman (talk) 19:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Keaton Bills edit

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Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk), Butters.From.SouthPark (talk), and Dogloverr16 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 185 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:06, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Darn good sports hook. I think purely for that alone it deserves a bit of leeway in terms of the timing here. Article is just over the minimum length, but is fully sourced. Hook checks out, as does the QPQ. Seems good to me! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Soumane Touré edit

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  • ... that the Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was sentenced to death in 1987?
  • Source: James Genova. Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983–1987. MSU Press, 2022. pp. 30, 35, 93, 128, 146, 165
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 388 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 19:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Comment — I would probably add one or two supporting details to the hook to make it more interesting. A lot of people get sentenced to death, what makes Touré's sentence special? You could give the specific reason(s) or emphasize the fact that Touré, who served as an elected member of Burkina Faso's parliament, had previously been sentenced to death. Thus, despite a previous sentence, he went on to represent his country. Yue🌙 18:50, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
How about ALT1, "... that the Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was sentenced after being accused of collaboration with counter-revolutionaries, but his life was saved through the intervention of then President Thomas Sankara?" --Soman (talk) 09:45, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Soman: I think that is a very good hook. I will do the review later today if nobody else has by then. Yue🌙 21:05, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I noticed some missing details with ALT1, presumably because including those details would exceed the character limit. I propose this adaptation of your hooks, ALT2:
"... that the execution of Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was prevented by the intervention of his childhood friend, then Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara?"
The source from the article is: Harsch, Ernest (15 October 2017). Burkina Faso: A History of Power, Protest, and Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-78699-137-9. For the specific claim that they were friends, see: Harsch, Ernest (2013). "The legacies of Thomas Sankara: a revolutionary experience in retrospect". Review of African Political Economy. 40 (137): 361. ISSN 0305-6244. I have already done a review of the article and its sources, but I cannot approve the adaptation of your hook without your input. Yue🌙 07:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ok for ALT2. Notably, the really interesting hook would have been to state that whilst Sankara saved Toure's life, Toure joined the pro-government side after the killing of Sankara. But I can't find a ref that back that narrative up. --Soman (talk) 19:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I looked through a couple English- and French-language sources as well and could not find a passage(s) saying exactly that. Yue🌙 21:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Interesting article about a prominent figure in Burkinabé labour history. The article was copy-edited by myself for minor grammatical errors and sentence structure. Two-thirds of the citations given (both in English and in French) were checked for plagiarism and close paraphrasing; no issues arose. The original and alternative hooks are verified by the sources given for each, but I believe ALT2 fulfills WP:DYKINT the best. Yue🌙 21:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Morris Villarroel edit

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  • ... that for several years, Morris Villarroel wore a camera on his chest that took 1,200 photos a day?
Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 08:46, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Looks good. Nice work. Awaiting QPQ. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:35, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Dazed and Confused (film) edit

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  • Source: Maerz, Melissa (2020). Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. HarperCollins. pp. 313-324
  • ALT1: ... that Richard Linklater's original concept for Dazed and Confused took place entirely within a car as its characters listened to ZZ Top? Source: Spitz, Marc (December 26, 2013). "An Oral History of Dazed and Confused". Maxim. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
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Improved to Good Article status by Lbal (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Lbal (talk) 02:34, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • I like the first DYK idea, especially how the studio forced a protest to bring attention to the movie. It's also reasonably sourced. Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 14:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  •   Approved ALT0, ALT1: Article is new enough (nominated the day it became a GA), long enough, well-cited to reliable sources, presentable, and with no policy issues detected (a relatively high Earwig score due to quotes from interviews, reviews, and soundtrack lists). QPQ waived. Hooks are formatted, of good length, cited in article and interesting (verified source for ALT1, AGF for offline source for ALT0). Good work! – Reidgreg (talk) 20:46, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • BTW, the two non-bolded articles in ALT1, Richard Linklater and ZZ Top, have refimprove tags... it'd be nice if those were addressed before this ran, though it is not a requirement. – Reidgreg (talk) 20:46, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Metaphysics edit

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  • ... that metaphysics may have received its name by a historical accident?

References

  1. ^
  2. ^ Griffin 2013, pp. 383–385
  3. ^
    • O’Connor & Franklin 2022, Lead Section, § 2.4 Compatibilist Accounts of Sourcehood
    • Timpe, Lead Section, § 3c. Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Pessimism
    • Armstrong 2018, p. 94
Sources
Improved to Good Article status by Phlsph7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

Phlsph7 (talk) 13:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   AGF on the source for ALT0, which I do not have access to. However, it is cited within the article which is good. (The sentence itself needs to be cited per DYK rules, but I did that myself to save time.) Hook itself is interesting, QPQ checks out, article eligibility and length (obviously) is good. Seems like we're good to go here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 23:32, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Youn Sung-ho edit

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

– robertsky (talk) 17:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Good to go. Article is new enough, just long enough, and has the proper sourcing. Earwig tool shows a very low copyvio%. The article is presentable, and the hook is both sourced properly and particularly interesting. QPQ is unnecessary here. Should be all good. Soulbust (talk) 15:23, 25 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  •   New to DYK. Article looks fine but the hook is a bit awkward - maybe try ...that "NewJeansNim," a DJ[ing] monk, was credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youth[s]? (Bracketed parts are ones I might add or remove.) Also the guy's nickname is NewJeansNim (not NewJeanNim) and the article uses his real name as the title (though I've seen a fair amount of DYKs that were TV Tropes-style potholed). Wuju Daisuki (talk) 00:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Clark House (New Zealand) edit

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Clark House from behind
  • ... that Clark House (pictured) was used to host Cold War meetings?
  • ALT1: ... that Clark House (pictured) was constructed with hollow ceramic blocks? Source: https://clough.co.nz/monographs/clough_monograph3.pdf
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: First time at DYK, I think the Cold War hook is more interesting to a general reader, although someone into architecture would be more interested about the hollow ceramic blocks (but most of that information is out of scope for the article).
Created by Abydocomist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Abydocomist (talk) 17:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

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

Overall:   Really nice inaugural article from new user Abydocomist about a historic house in West Auckland, New Zealand (hopefully many more to come!) Since I am taking the Clough & Associates reference on good faith (I had problems accessing it on my browser) I would rather stick with ALT0. I also removed a possibly promotional sentence which used an unreliable source. Havradim leaf a message 08:00, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Come, O thou Traveller unknown edit

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  • Source: The entry in the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: "Almost all commentators quote from John Wesley’s obituary of his brother at the Methodist Conference of 1788: ‘His least praise was his talent for poetry: although Dr Watts did not scruple to say, that “that single poem, Wrestling Jacob, was worth all the verses he himself had written”.’"
5x expanded by Mystery Merrivale (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

 Mystery Merrivale  (talk) 16:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Article is long enough and new enough. Earwig shows high percentage, but it's either the long names or the quote, that's properly attributed in text, so should be fine. The hook is interesting, and the only question I have is why there is no excerpt from the hymn there, given that it's in PD? I think that it'll be nice to actually see at list one stanza of the acclaimed hymn, that "worth all the verses" of the "father of English hymnody". Otherwise it's good to go, QPQ is done, and thanks for the nice article!   Artem.G (talk) 15:26, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Chinese characters edit

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Oracle bone inscription on an ox scapula, 11th century BCE
  • ... that according to legend, the invention of Chinese characters (oracle bone pictured) caused grain to rain from the sky and ghosts and demons to wail in frustration? Source: According to one tradition, Chinese characters were invented during the 3rd millennium BCE by Cangjie, a scribe of the legendary Yellow Emperor. Cangjie is said to have invented symbols called 字 (zì) due to his frustration with the limitations of knotting, taking inspiration from his study of the tracks of animals, landscapes, and the stars in the sky. On the day that these first characters were created, grain rained down from the sky; that night, the people heard the wailing of ghosts and demons, lamenting that humans could no longer be cheated.[1][2]
    • ALT1: ... that the oldest known Chinese characters were recorded on oracle bones (example pictured)? Source: The oldest attested Chinese writing comprises a body of inscriptions produced during the Late Shang period (c. 1250 – 1050 BCE), with the very earliest examples from the reign of Wu Ding dated between 1250 and 1200 BCE.[3][4]
    • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Remsense (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Remsense诉 04:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   I really like that first hook. Article is in great shape and eligible (congrats on the GA, btw), and I was able to confirm the story through Google Books keyword searching. QPQ is not needed. Looks like we're good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:05, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Oh no, I've just realized that I somehow forgot that images need to be used in the article. I chose this one as the oracle bone image used in the article itself actually already appeared on DYK and I didn't think it'd look that good, so I selected another one we've used from Commons. Is there anything elegant I can do here, do you think? Remsense诉 06:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Yang, Lihui; An, Deming (2008). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. Oxford University Press. pp. 84–86. ISBN 978-0-195-33263-6.
  2. ^ Boltz 1994, pp. 130–138.
  3. ^ Boltz, William G. (1999). "Language and Writing". In Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward L. (eds.). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC. Cambridge University Press. pp. 74, 107–108. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8. Retrieved 3 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Liu, Kexin; Wu, Xiaohong; Guo, Zhiyu; Yuan, Sixun; Ding, Xingfang; Fu, Dongpo; Pan, Yan (2021). "Radiocarbon Dating of Oracle Bones of the Late Shang Period in Ancient China". Radiocarbon. 63 (1): 155–175. Bibcode:2021Radcb..63..155L. doi:10.1017/RDC.2020.90.

Schoenoplectus triqueter edit

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Schoenoplectus triqueter
  • ... that the sedge Schoenoplectus triqueter (pictured) can grow up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall, on stems less than one-half centimetre (0.20 in) across?
Created by Cremastra (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Cremastra (talk) 16:42, 26 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  First question/note on the article is that the species presence in North America is only mentioned in the lede, but not at all covered in the distribution section. Ideally there shouldn't be citations in the lede so the mention of the Columbia River basin should be covered in distribution and elaborated on (what part of the columbia as is a large basin that covers a number of biozones.--Kevmin § 22:59, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I'll look for more sources and expand the Distribution section tomorrow. Cheers, Cremastra (talk) 01:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Updates looking very good. article is new enough and long enough, with appropriate citations that are neutrally presented. No qpq done as of yet, that is still being waited on. The hook is cited and the citation matches the information as presented. With the hook, I would suggest changing the wording "..., but with stems..." to "... on stems..." as it feels like it flows better that way. thoughts?--Kevmin § 20:50, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  At this point it looks like everything is ready to go.--Kevmin § 16:34, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Battle of Stainmore edit

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  • ... that the events following the Battle of Stainmore have been called the end of the first Viking age in England?
5x expanded by CSJJ104 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

CSJJ104 (talk) 21:53, 24 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Expansion length and date, hook, qpq, close paraphrase check ok. --Soman (talk) 01:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sam Kee Building edit

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Side view of the Sam Kee Building
5x expanded by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Yue🌙 03:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • I'm reviewing this. X (talk) 07:31, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   The fivefold is borderline met here as per my calculation. All other criteria are fulfilled. I've done some minor copy-editing. ALT0 is the most intriguing of the 3. X (talk) 08:10, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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