Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Omagh

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:20, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Battle of Omagh

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• ... that not even God could have prevented the Battle of Omagh? Source: The Irish Times, Irish Independent
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  • Comment: This hook is based on a much recycled quote by one of the managers afterwards: "If Paddy Russell had been God Almighty he couldn't have refereed the game today". I've seen those kind of playful hooks at the end of DYK... e.g. ".. that milk's gotta lotta bottle?" and ".. that the "candidate of God" badly lost the 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election?" and "... that Christchurch smells?" I wasn't sure if this fits but thought it worth a nomination anyway. If it's unsuitable I also see that "April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know"... and if it's not suitable for that, doesn't matter.

Created by Fingoal (talk). Nominated by Gaois (talk) at 00:28, 16 August 2022 (UTC).

• Comment: It's a catchy hook, but it'd need some kind of inline attribution. I opposed the first hook you mentioned, but the second is clearly a nickname, and the third is verifiable. How about: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:50, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • ALT0a: ... that, according to one referee, not even God could have prevented the battle of Omagh?

    But the quote isn't by the referee... How about: Gaois (talk) 20:19, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

    ALT0b: ... that one witness claimed that not even God could have prevented the Battle of Omagh?

    works for me! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 20:53, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

    Struck out the original submission to avoid confusion. Gaois (talk) 21:50, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

• Reviewing - Aoidh (talk) 21:21, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nominator is QPQ exempt. Earwig isn't happy with the large quote but it is a direct ruling from the CDC so i don't think rewording it is ideal (as an aside, I now know how non-Americans feel when there's all these overly American hooks because I'm seeing the NFL, the CDC, calling it the Battle of Omagh, and none of these are what I expect them to be and there's all these additional terms I'm unfamiliar with, I think the turnabout is fair play here, and it is all properly explained in the article itself). The hook is not an exact quote, but it does capture the idea of what was being said and is an interesting wording. ALT0b is approved, as the others have been struck. - Aoidh (talk) 21:39, 27 August 2022 (UTC)