- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. 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: rejected by Yomanganitalk 23:55, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Liza Dalby edit
- .... that in the 1970s writer and anthropologist Liza Dalby conducted field work in Kyoto's geisha district, leading her to be dubbed the first westerner to become a geisha?
Created/expanded by Truthkeeper88 (talk). Self nom at 20:35, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- Reviewed James Underdown. Truthkeeper (talk) 21:19, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Article does not support all facts contained in hook. Expansion dates and lengths all look good, as does general sourcing. The quoted phrase "Western geisha" however does not appear in the article and my browser's search function is unable to locate the quote in any of the online sources used by the article. The closest that either the article or sources comes to supporting this nickname is the fact that Dalby is the first (any by most accounts, only) westerner to become a geisha. --Allen3 talk 14:07, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- It's in this source, second paragraph, and also in the offline sources. I've reworded the article to reflect the hook. Adding: it the "dubbed" is a problem it can be removed, but the claim is contentious so I thought better to attribute to the press than to say it's so. Truthkeeper (talk) 16:40, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Comment: I've decided this nomination should be withdrawn because of a talkpage dispute that most likely will result in an edit war if the nomination were to be approved. Thanks. Truthkeeper (talk) 18:54, 2 September 2011 (UTC) Comment: For the record, the above withdrawal seems to have been made because of some points that I've been making. I have no interest in whether or not this becomes DYK, and it will not affect my view of how the article could be further revised. John Smith's (talk) 22:22, 2 September 2011 (UTC)