Template:Did you know nominations/Namibia, Land of the Brave

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The result was: promoted by Sven Manguard Wha? 16:44, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Namibia, Land of the Brave

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• ... that "Namibia, Land of the Brave" (Namibian flag pictured) was said to be similar to the United States' national anthem?

• Reviewed: Newark mayoral election, 2014

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 09:44, 2 May 2014 (UTC).

• Expanded 5x, large enough, hook cited, QPQ done, no copivio found. Good to go. Phill24th (talk) 19:07, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

• I was unhappy with the "said to be similar" wording in the proposed hook—see WP:WEASEL for why this shouldn't be employed on Wikipedia—and even less so when I discovered it stemmed from a sarcastic opinion column, and also that it was solely due to the "land of the brave" wording and nothing else ("land of the free, and home of the brave" in the US anthem). The article's phrasing, "it has been viewed", was another example of weasel words. After editing, the article is down to below 1500 prose characters, and the hook really isn't tenable any more. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

• Alt1 ... that "Namibia, Land of the Brave" (Namibian flag pictured) was compared with "The Star-Spangled Banner"? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:31, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

• ALT1 is not interesting. (Did you really think it was?) The phrase "was compared with" says almost nothing. If there isn't anything sufficiently interesting about the anthem to make a good hook, then perhaps this shouldn't be a DYK. Finding some new interesting facts about it and adding them to the article might point the way to a good hook, and also help with the article's length and breadth, both of which need improvement. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:36, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

• ALT2 ... that insulting "Namibia, Land of the Brave" (Namibian flag pictured) is liable for five years imprisonment? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

• ALT2 isn't quite accurate, though it has potential. I've modified the article's final section to better reflect the punishments in the act (from FN6). Here's a revised version; let me know what you think:

• ALT3: ... that anyone convicted of insulting "Namibia, Land of the Brave" (Namibian flag pictured) can be imprisoned for five years? —BlueMoonset (talk) 14:50, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

• Fine. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:05, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

• 5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT3 hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. ALT3 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 15 May 2014 (UTC)