Template:Did you know nominations/C.J. Pearson

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Antony–22 (talkcontribs) 22:30, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

C.J. Pearson

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  • ALT1:... that a YouTube video by C.J. Pearson, about Rudy Giuliani's comments criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama, went viral with over 1.8 million views as of May 2015?
  • Reviewed: Exception: If, at the time a nomination is promoted to the main page, its nominator has fewer than five DYK credits (whether or not self-nominated) then the nomination is exempt from QPQ.

Created by CookieMonster755 (talk) and Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 04:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC).

  • Slight punct adjustment to the hooks. I've struck ALT0 because from is for directors and movie studios. EEng (talk) 01:25, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
  • New enough, long enough. But Rule D7 requires the article to appear to be complete, which this does not. It seems he is notable for one event: his viral message and his problems with Facebook. Also, too much of the article consists of quotes from him rather than encyclopedic prose. For a bio, there is nothing about his early life, education, family, etc. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYKs. Yoninah (talk) 21:04, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Thank you, that's better. I went ahead and reorganized the presentation to give you an idea of how it should be laid out. But now it's under 1500 characters. Please do a little more research to fill in his personal data and bring the article up to the minimum length. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 10:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you Yoninah. I will do more research and get back to you. CookieMonster755 (talk) 16:57, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
  • The article has now been expanded to meet the DYK length and content requirements. The hook, though, could be sharper. What do you think about:
  • ALT2: ... that 12-year-old conservative political activist C.J. Pearson defended former mayor Rudy Giuliani and criticized President Barack Obama in a YouTube video that got nearly two million views?
  • Note: The number of hits is not properly sourced in the article; the citation from WND only mentions "over a half-million" views. Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • I understand you're new, but things need to be sourced properly on Wikipedia in general. I found a reliable source for nearly 2 million views, and am presenting ALT3:
  • ALT3: ... that 12-year-old conservative political activist C.J. Pearson defended former mayor Rudy Giuliani and criticized President Barack Obama in a YouTube video that got nearly two million views?
  • I would appreciate a DYK co-credit for all the work I put into this article.
  • Could another reviewer sign off on ALT3, since I added the cite? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Excuse me Yoninah? I am not "new", and I know how to source articles just fine. ALT3 is fine, but your asking for someone else to review it. That's fine. CookieMonster755 (talk) 21:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
  • This article is long enough and was new enough when nominated for DYK. ALT3 is acceptable, the hook facts have inline citations to reliable sources. The article is neutral and I found no evidence of close paraphrasing. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)