- 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 SL93 (talk) 00:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
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Ruyi Bridge
- ... that Ruyi Bridge in China looks like a DNA strand? Source: Madeleine Grey of the The Sydney Morning Herald described the bridge's appearance as a "mix between DNA strand and a futuristic Eye of sauron."
- ALT1: ... that Ruyi Bridge was made to resemble the Chinese symbol for good fortune? Source: Ruyi Bridge was designed by structural steel expert, He Yunchang and made to resemble jade ruyi, which is a Chinese symbol for good fortune. Also: "The architectural design was inspired by jade ruyi, which is a symbol of good fortune in China."
- ALT2: ... that Ruyi Bridge is so unusual that people thought it might be a deepfake? Source: Initially the bridge became well known when Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uploaded a drone video of the bridge to Twitter on November 29, 2020 with the caption: "I'd want better handrails". Many viewers doubted that the bridge was real, and eventually Snopes, opened an investigation and determined that the bridge is real and not a deepfake.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jumbo's Clown Room
Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 03:43, 13 March 2022 (UTC).
Interesting bridge, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. Why no image? I like ALT1 best. - In the article, the sentence about going viral is only in the lead, and would need a reference there, but I suggest to move it below. I'd rather like a summary of how unusual it is in the lead. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:09, 15 March 2022 (UTC) \
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review and helpful suggestions. I did implement them. Regarding a photo, I searched and could not find a free one. Bruxton (talk) 03:09, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
thank you, all hooks approved, still like ALT1 best --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Bruxton I was going to promote ALT1, but the hook isn't directly cited. SL93 (talk) 01:26, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @SL93: Thanks for the ping. I chose the DNA strand comparison from this line in the cited article,
"Ruyi Bridge, which looks like a mix between a giant DNA strand and a futuristic Eye of Sauron."
I did not include the Eye of sauron comparison for a simpler hook. Bruxton (talk) 02:21, 1 April 2022 (UTC)- I said ALT1, but I can promote the first hook if you want me to. SL93 (talk) 02:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @SL93: Grrrr. The hook numbering system always confounds me. So for ALT1 I thought this line in the reference supported the hook:
The Ruyi Bridge is designed by He Yunchang, a steel structure expert, to look like a jade ruyi – a ceremonial spectre that is a symbol of good fortune in China.
. Source. Quite a few sources say the same, like this one: "The architectural design was inspired by jade ruyi, which is a symbol of good fortune in China." Bruxton (talk) 13:43, 1 April 2022 (UTC)- Please place one or two of those directly behind the sentence, - and sorry that I failed to notice it was missing. - I'd do it myself but what you gave as source doesn't open for me, so I can't easily tell which one it is. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks,
Done I hope. I am really not sure what was missed in the ALT1 hook source which was provided, but I am feeling rather dense lately. Bruxton (talk) 16:04, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- never mind, I hope - DYK has rulez, and one is that the source has to be referenced right after the sentence with the fact (not after more sentences in the same paragraph, not in this nomination. I failed to check that, and am sorry, but we make mistakes, and these are among the smaller ones, I hope, - ping SL93 for checking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:23, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks,
- Please place one or two of those directly behind the sentence, - and sorry that I failed to notice it was missing. - I'd do it myself but what you gave as source doesn't open for me, so I can't easily tell which one it is. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:49, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @SL93: Grrrr. The hook numbering system always confounds me. So for ALT1 I thought this line in the reference supported the hook:
- I said ALT1, but I can promote the first hook if you want me to. SL93 (talk) 02:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- @SL93: Thanks for the ping. I chose the DNA strand comparison from this line in the cited article,
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review and helpful suggestions. I did implement them. Regarding a photo, I searched and could not find a free one. Bruxton (talk) 03:09, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
