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This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the second-most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.

So Medieval

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  • ... that So Medieval's lyrics are "like an audiobook during a car crash"?
Created by Suntooooth (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 08:21, 30 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Approve for orig hook. Nice work! New enough (made 30 Dec), no copyvio, article is presentable and well-sourced, hooks are all fine and well-sourced, and QPQ mostly done (needs to be closed). seefooddiet (talk) 12:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Blue Bendy

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  • ... that despite being a post-punk band, the vocalist of Blue Bendy called the genre "lethargic and landfill"?
Created by Suntooooth (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 08:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   I indeed prefer ALT3; is the most punchy. The orig hook is a little wordy imo; difficult to understand on a quick read because of sentence structure. It could be somewhat interesting, but I'd be more inclined to click ALT3. Otherwise, Article is new enough (created 30 Dec), well-sourced, neutral, presentable, image under valid license, and hook is cited. Nice work! seefooddiet (talk) 12:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Tesseropora rosea

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Rose barnacles in Royal National Park
  • ... that the picky rose barnacle (pictured) will only eat when the current is strong?
    • Source: [1]: "T. rosea feeds in different ways, extending the cirral fan only in response to the fast water currents. Thus, T. rosea cannot survive in areas with a low current velocity."
  • ALT1: ... that rose barnacles (pictured) eat barnacle larvae?
    • Source: [2] "In adult T. rosea, the largest proportion by far of the gut contents comprised small crustaceans [...] A number of cirripede nauplii [...] were also present."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lilium nobilissimum
5x expanded by Cremastra (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Cremastra (u — c) 21:45, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article was recently expanded to the requisite extent. Citations are sufficient. Hook ALT0 is interesting enough, and the image is good to go. QPQ is done. All seems in order. Nice job! ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Stretcher railings

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Strecher railing feet
  • ... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to make it easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet from their original purpose as stretchers?
  • ALT1a ... that London's stretcher railings (pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?
  • ALT1b ... that London's stretcher railings were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks (example pictured) that were used as feet?
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Moved to mainspace by Bobby Cohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Bobby Cohn (talk) 18:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   A great topic, and the article is new enough and meets the basic GA requirements on length. No evidence of plagiarism; two images, suitably licensed. No need for a QPQ. However, the article relies heavily on Atlas Obscura, which is an unreliable source per WP:RSP. The hook is interesting, but I would suggest trimming for length: something like:

... that London's stretcher railings (example pictured) were mass-produced using an all-metal design to be easier to clean, and still have kinks that were used as feet?

A search on Google Books turned up a few hits that might help to add reliable sources to the article. UndercoverClassicist T·C 22:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi @UndercoverClassicist, thanks for the notes. When writing, I was a little suspicious of the source as it looked liked WP:UGC, but I was not aware of WP:AOPLACES. I've removed those citations; it just so happened that in the two instances of those citations, the content was also verified in the immediately subsequent citation and there's no paragraph without an inline, so I believe this should satisfy WP:V but let me know if you have additional concerns. As to your suggestion, I agree, my orginal was a little too wordy. I will endorse your ALT1. Thanks, Bobby Cohn (talk) 23:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Approved either of the ALT1s. The article could do with a a wider bibliography, as (correctly) removing Atlas Obscura has left it a little thing, but it passes the bar that it needs to at this stage. UndercoverClassicist T·C 14:02, 31 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
This is my first DYK nom with an image. The set builder will notice the only difference between the ALT1s is the brackets, and I'm okay if they want to take liberties with (example pictured) vs. (pictured) in either location. Thanks all, Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Or the image caption for that matter. Bobby Cohn (talk) 15:43, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Ryusei Nishioka

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5x expanded by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

Riley1012 (talk) 01:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   I am a bit hesitant to say that the hook checks out. He is in fact afraid of heights and doesn't like his own sport. But I must note that these two facts are stated several paragraphs away from each other. Therefore, these facts are not necessarily connected.
    P. S. The article is new enough and long enough. --Moscow Connection (talk) 03:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

4th and 26

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Improved to Good Article status by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 56 past nominations.

« Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:33, 30 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

Robert Yelverton Tyrrell

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  • Source: Stanford, William Bedell (Winter 1978). "Robert Yelverton Tyrrell" (PDF). Hermathena. 125: 7–8. JSTOR 23040586. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-20.
Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist T·C 17:58, 30 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

Sympathy Is a Knife

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Improved to Good Article status by Locust member (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Locust member (talk) 04:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
QPQ: None required.

Overall:   Any potential copyvio turned up unlikely, nominator has fewer than 5 DYKN's so no QPQ required. The hook checks out in the ET Online source, and seems interesting as it could appeal to fanbases of all three artists. TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Frankish Tower (Acropolis of Athens)

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  • Source: Miller (1908). The Latins in the Levant. London: John Murray. pp. 401–402. OCLC 1157183453. (beacon); Giochalas, Thanasis; Kafetzaki, Tonia (2013). Αθήνα. Ιχνηλατώντας την πόλη με οδηγό την ιστορία και τη λογοτεχνία [Athens. Tracing the city through History and Literature] (in Greek). Athens: Estia. p. 130. ISBN 978-960-05-1559-6. (salt-store/prison)
Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

Comment: 2nd nomination, per new DYK rules: 1st run was in 2014. UndercoverClassicist T·C 11:42, 31 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Starting review. Zeete (talk) 11:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    • Promoted to Good Article on December 30, 2024, last DYK on June 27, 2014, long enough (over 10,000 per DYK check), cited, neutral, Earwig reported violation unlikely (8.3%), QPQ done. Hook interesting, beacon cited, salt-store/prison cited in Greek (AGF), length check ok. ALT1: I can not find "Italian" in the reference or the article. Did you mean Venetians? ALT2: cited, catchy but Lysandros Kaftanzoglou is a stub and might be considered an easter egg, is the link needed?
  @UndercoverClassicist: Please comment on ALT1 and ALT2. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 12:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      • @Zeete: Thank you for the review. "Italians" was a reference to Florentines (see the first paragraph of "History"); it probably wasn't built by Venetians, though that was once a popular belief. The jump from "Florentine" to "Italian" is, in my view, a routine calculation as far as OR/verification is concerned. No objection to losing the link if you feel it would be beneficial. UndercoverClassicist T·C 13:32, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    • @UndercoverClassicist: Removing link from ALT2, minor editorial change. Some may challenge the quote marks, since neither reference has them. Regarding ALT1, the article does not have "Florentine" (I could only find it indirectly via Acciaioli family). And isn't the timeframe before the Kingdom of Italy? Also, consider adding this template to the article talk page.
  Good to go with Hook or ALT2. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 15:04, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Thank you: I think we can do without ALT1, though people from Italy have been known as Italians since Roman times, even before Italy was politically united. UndercoverClassicist T·C 15:16, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Old School Baptist Church and Cemetery of Hopewell

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Hopewell Baptist Church
  • Source: NRHP nomination "it is presumed that his remains remain buried underneath the current church"
Created by Zeete (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

Zeete (talk) 12:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Hello Zeete, review is as follows: article is new enough, QPQ checks out, no copyvio detected, hook is interesting and sourced. It did take a little bit of digging to find the citation that it is in the NRHP. Per WP:LEAD, you probably want the info about the historic registries in the main body of the article, and just summaries in the lead, and perhaps citing the "Added to NRHP" infoxbox param with source [2]; but I don't think that prevents the nomination from passing. Nihil obstat. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 04:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Chinook Indian Nation

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Headquarters of the Chinook Indian Nation in Bay Center, Washington
Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 03:21, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  I unfortunately could not access the source, but I will AGF. The article meets the criteria in terms of newness (and expansion). QPQ is done. Anonymous 17:36, 1 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
I seem to have gotten a little rusty, as I completely forgot to verify that neither the image nor article are in violation of any copyrights. However, I checked, and they both appear good. The image is clear and used in the article. Anonymous 22:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

William (bishop of Acre)

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  • ... that in his dying throes a medieval bishop, William, implored his men that the young priest who had stabbed him in a psychotic episode be pardoned?
Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 191 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 14:29, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

ALT1 hook might actually be better. People might assume that bishops are prone to forgiving anyway. --Surtsicna (talk) 23:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Jerónimo Muñoz

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  • ... that Jerónimo Muñoz's mastery of Hebrew purportedly caused Jews to accuse Muñoz of being a Jew himself?
  • Source: Navarro Brotons 2019, p. 20.
"Según el testimonio de Esteban de Salazar, los judíos que acudían a oírle afirmaban que era judío y que había sido educado por judíos, a causa de su dominio del hebreo"
[According to the testimony of Esteban de Salazar, the Jews who were present to hear him speak asserted that he was Jewish and had been educated by Jews due to his mastery of Hebrew.]
Moved to mainspace by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

Kimikel (talk) 03:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

KMUN

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5x expanded by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 726 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:54, 31 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Looks good. Nice work. AGF on the offline source for the hook. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:11, 1 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

It Was on a Friday Morning

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  • Source: Groh, Air Force Chaplains, p. 448: "The directive issued by Veterans Administration Chief of Chaplains James Rogers instructed that 'Hymn No. 286 shall be removed from all new Books of Worship within 24 hours.'"
Moved to mainspace by Extraordinary Writ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:14, 31 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Moved to mainspace on 31 Dec, and easily long enough; good sourcing and neutral throughout. Earwig picks up lots of quotes and "role in the folk revival of the 1960s and 70s", but I believe that falls under WP:LIMITED. Hook cited & interesting, and QPQ is done. Well-written and interesting article overall; good work! Staraction (talk | contribs) 15:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC).Reply

Erich Lassota von Steblau

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Coat of arms of Erich Lassota von Steblau
  • ... that the diary of Erich Lassota von Steblau (coat of arms pictured) is an important primary source on the Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine of the 16th century? Source: Pausz 2017, p. 16: "Seine Aufzeichnungen sind bis heute die wichtigste Quelle zur Zaporoger Kosakengemeinschaft zu diesem frühen Zeitpunkt." (i.e., "His records remain to this day the most important source on the Zaporozhian Cossack community at this early date.") Also others, see citations in the article
Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 146 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 16:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

Lao Lishi

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5x expanded by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 09:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Really fun to read, interesting carer and fascinating post-career activities, including selling on Taobao to get point of being invited to BABA's bell ringing.

A Voyage to the Moon (Tucker novel)

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Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

TompaDompa (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

OK, let's see the criteria:

  • #1 The article is new enough, as it was promoted for GA-status at the very end of last year.
  • #2 It is long enough, consisting of almost 20.000 characters and more than 2.000 words.
  • #3 & #4 Copyvio seems fine, sources consist mostly of academic material, and the article looks good in terms of structure and layout.
  • #5, #6 & #7 Hook is cited to a reliable source, which is online, linked, and can easily be read by anyone. Hook is also short enough, and very interesting.
  • #8 & #10 No images are used and the article itself has no issues.
  • Lastly, #9, QPQ has been done.

I'd say this hook is   approved as is.PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Jeanne Trevor

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  • ... that the cover of jazz singer Jeanne Trevor's first album spelled her name incorrectly?
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Improved to Good Article status by LarstonMarston (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

LarstonMarston (talk) 01:22, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Pronoted to GA within timeframe. Within policy. No QPQ needed, no image. The hook is good and supported by reliable sources. This should be good to go. Nice work, I liked the article. Yakikaki (talk) 21:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Johnson Wax Headquarters

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The Johnson Wax Headquarters
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 693 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 01:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Eoscorpius

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  • ... that despite living hundreds of millions of years ago, Eoscorpius has been noted for its extreme similarity to modern scorpions?
  • Source: Original description (where the similarity was observed): [3]
  • Source for age: [4]
Created by An anonymous username, not my real name (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Anonymous 21:11, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   New enough, long enough, sourced and neutral, with Earwig detecting low levels of similarity with other works. Hook is cited, and is found within the body of the article. Wonderful work An anonymous username, not my real name! Small query, but I'm curious if you wanted to turn "British geologist Ben Peach expressed regret that the name Eoscorpius was given to a genus so similar to modern scorpions, speculating a much earlier origin for scorpions as a group." as an alternative hook for thei article? In my view, it has potential, but if you aren't interested in such, I won't hold up the nomination further. Ornithoptera (talk) 00:30, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Incidentally, I only ended up adding that to the article after already writing the original hook. I agree that it has potential, but I wasn't sure how well it could be worded in a concise fashion. My best idea would be something like "... that the name Eoscorpius faced criticism for being applied to a scorpion with relatively modern features?" If you think that's good, then I would be perfectly happy to have that as a DYK instead. Anonymous 01:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
  Truthfully, I think that works quite well! In my view this ALT1 is a more hook-ier alternative to the original, ALT0 and ALT1 approved! Ornithoptera (talk) 04:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Tiepolo conspiracy

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  • ... that after the failure of the Tiepolo conspiracy of 1310, the houses of the chief conspirators were torn down, and their families were forced to change their coats of arms?
  • Source: Ravegnani 2017, pp. 19-20
Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 146 past nominations.

Constantine ✍ 14:04, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Epicgenius (talk) 01:04, 2 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Lee Ek Tieng

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  • Source: Direct quote from Lee, Kuan Yew (2012). From Third World to First: The Singapore Story, 1965–2000. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 9789814561778, p. 174.
Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 175 past nominations.

KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 07:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Interesting biography article. Overall, the article has no copyright problems and all parts have been cited. The hook is also mentioned in the article along with the source mentioned in the nomination. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 09:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Line of Duty

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  • ... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, which would later become its highest-rated drama in 19 years?
Improved to Good Article status by TheDoctorWho (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   New enough (GA Jan 2), long enough (17 KB), well-sourced, no copyvio. Hook interesting, ALT0 and ALT1 are similar so no preference. Hook verified in source, but would need to specify that it was one specific episode:
ALT0a: ... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, whose finale would become its highest-rated drama in 19 years?
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Summertime (Cinnamons and Evening Cinema song)

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  • ... that the Japanese song "Summertime" gained traction after it became popular in Southeast Asia two years after its first release?
Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

lullabying (talk) 02:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library

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Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 155 past nominations. Chetsford (talk) 20:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Looks good to go. I would tweak the hook to use "his presidential library" as the bolded link to avoid repetition, but I'll leave it up to the set builder. SounderBruce 06:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse

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The collapsed Sidney Lanier Bridge
Improved to Good Article status by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 59 past nominations.

JJonahJackalope (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   As a recently promoted GA, the article easily passes the requirements. The hook is interesting, concise, and verifiable, and so it too passes the DYK requirements. I wonder, however, if it would be possible to produce an even more interesting hook. This topic strikes me as a potential DYK goldmine. Surtsicna (talk) 00:47, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Surtsicna:, sure, how about:

... that the 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse (pictured), which was caused by a collision from a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages? The source for the damages is here, while the death toll is here. -JJonahJackalope (talk) 01:17, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

JJonahJackalope, I just noticed that the article about the bridge itself is only 1500 characters long. Would it be possible to expand that article fivefold so that we might have a double hook? This is a rare opportunity. Hall of Fame guaranteed! Surtsicna (talk) 01:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Surtsicna:, I was thinking about expanding that article at some point, never done a bridge article before, but I found a few good sources while doing the collapse article, and I'm fairly confident I could get it expanded within a few days. How much time would I have to get it expanded and added to this nomination? -JJonahJackalope (talk) 01:39, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
If it's only a few days that you need, @JJonahJackalope:, you can certainly have them! I think if you just copied the "Background" and "Later history" into the main bridge article (where it probably belongs anyway), you could have it in an instant. But see what you think is best. Surtsicna (talk) 10:36, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
I'll let you know as soon as I've completed work on the bridge article and we can move forward from there. -JJonahJackalope (talk) 14:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Surtsicna:, I have expanded the article for Sidney Lanier Bridge five times and have reviewed another DYK nomination, Template:Did you know nominations/Roof-end Tile with Human Face Motif. As a result, if it is possible to add the Sidney Lanier Bridge article to my nomination here, I would simply make the hook:

... that the 1972 collapse of the Sidney Lanier Bridge (pictured), which was caused by a collision from a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?

Let me know what you think of this and if there is anything else I need to do. Thanks, -JJonahJackalope (talk) 21:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
  This expansion far exceeds my expectations. You certainly did not cut corners like I suggested that you might. Truly impressive. Thank you. Surtsicna (talk) 22:10, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Killing of Fernando Rios

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Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Long enough and new enough. The article is well-sourced and passes Earwig's Copyvio check. AGF for offline sources. QPQ done. Nicely done. Riley1012 (talk) 15:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC) ≈Reply

NBC Montana

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 727 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:40, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Not a particularly interesting hook as that's far from the first time somebody got upset over a network's coverage, and I've also seen other stories of reporters being attacked. I don't see what stands out about this particular case. It certainly doesn't help how this hook uses vague descriptions and needlessly hides names with WP:EASTEREGG piping. Refactoring the quote is also completely unnecessary. Try coming up with something else. On the plus side, I don't see any copyright or neutrality issues. QPQ has been provided, article is more than long enough, and was taken to DYK a day after passing its GAN. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 20:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
  • Alright, let's try again, SNUGGUMS: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:19, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
ALT1: ... that the owner of a Montana TV station bought an American Legion post, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building? [5]
  Definitely much more intriguing! I would only make minor changes here by using a straightforward mention of Arthur Mosby (the owner alluded to) and NBC Montana's name instead of hiding the latter behind pipes. We're otherwise good to go. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 23:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Very hard disagree on the latter because the station was not known as NBC Montana until the 1990s. Piped links like this are standard operating procedure for me now because call signs are terrible for views. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Not sure what you mean by "call signs", but even going with KGVO-TV (its name at the time) would be better than the vague "a Montana TV station" description used. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:16, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@SNUGGUMS: I have written at this point hundreds of radio and TV station DYKs and vehemently would disagree. There's discussion of why I've done this at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know/Statistics/Archive_2 (search "WCBR") and a few other places. It's improved the view rate on my broadcasting DYKs, some of which used to be the least-read in an entire month. I also am getting comments less from people who complain Wikipedia is running too many broadcast station hooks. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

(Shrugs shoulders) It seems quite odd how ambiguity within hooks could somehow boost views. My instinct previously told me that readers would've instead preferred to know a specific name prior to clicking on links. Oh well. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:43, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Look at my list of DYKs in 2022 and ask yourself which half is more intriguing to read if you're not familiar with broadcasting. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
This might not be the response you expected, but I personally find the use of names (or lack thereof) didn't affect how eye-catching the hooks were, and was more intrigued by the central points each hook made. Regardless, I won't let that prevent the nomination from passing. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 03:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Emmanuel (emu)

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Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:29, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   New enough (created on 3 January) and long enough (4937 characters); Sourced, neutral, and free of plagiarism (Earwig says that a violation is unlikely, and didn't find any myself); Hook is cited (source behind a paywall, But the headline and blurb are accessible) and interesting; No pics; QPQ provided.

Approving this with a slight modification to the hook, that is, wikilinking emu - ALT0a:"... that an emu named Emmanuel Todd Lopez was the target of a death hoax by undercover journalists?".

Another hook could be ALT1: "Emmanuel has been described as "arguably the world's most famous emu"? "Source: (Washington Post) The wording on ALT1 is somewhat clunky, so I'd prefer ALT0a. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 21:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

If we go with ALT1, I would like it to use the full name "Emmanuel Todd Lopez" because I think it's funnier that way. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 21:29, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
  • Comment Based on the title of that article, I think this could be another funny alt hook:
    ALT2: ... that an emu was targeted by an Israeli black ops team?
Di (they-them) (talk) 18:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Margaret Reid (politician)

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Reidgreg (talk) 15:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   New GA status verified. QPQ done. Well-sourced article with sourcing properly spot-checked in GA review; hook properly sourced and source verified. Earwig found no problematic copying. Often "first" hooks can be a problem but in this case, as the first of a well-enumerated set of people, I think it's ok, and interesting enough. Good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Mark IV (software)

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Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:58, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article is long enough, qualifies for 5x expansion, and has no evidence of copyvio. QPQ checks out too. The hook is cited in article and is interesting; tho i'll have to AGF on it. The fact it crossed both 10 million and 100 million in sales is interesting, but I can't think of a way to include both in a hook. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Generalissima: I didn't mention this simply because I was concerned about the hook being too long, but looking at it now it seems too short. I think we could get away with "... to cross $10 million in total sales, and the first to cross $100 million as well?" Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Works for me! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets

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Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

TompaDompa (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Newly promoted GA. Looks accurate. Nice work. Approving. BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Pixel Piracy

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Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

Tan Gee Paw

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  • ... that Tan Gee Paw was presented with a solid gold medal by Lee Kuan Yew for helping to clean up Singapore's waterways?
  • Source: Boh, Samantha (2022). "Lee Ek Tieng: Aquaman". In Peh Shing Huei (ed.). The Last Fools: The Eight Immortals of Lee Kuan Yew. The Nutgraf Books. p. 136; also corroborated by several contemporary news articles & LKY's memoirs.
Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 176 past nominations.

KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 10:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  Fantastic article. New enough, long enough, very well cited. Love the hook, expect to see this on the monthly highs. GTG. Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

An African Song or Chant from Barbados

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An African Song or Chant from Barbados
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sitaleshwar_Temple
  • Comment: Cropped image used because the full image is so detailed. This was initially created as a Google-assisted translation from the German article, but has been greatly expanded with original text. The Melody and Lyrics section plus Notes are largely unchanged from the translation: the rest is mostly original.
Created by MartinPoulter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 34 past nominations.

MartinPoulter (talk) 17:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. Hook is cited and interesting. Pic is free to use, is an excerpt of the image in the article and is clear. QPQ is done. A nice addition! Lajmmoore (talk) 14:35, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Lily Phillips

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Created by Launchballer (talk) and Laura240406 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 267 past nominations.

Launchballer 21:31, 10 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:  
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Well, that's... honestly, it sounds like a miserable time for all involved. Article is new enough, long enough. Hook facts are interesting. I'm not keen on ALT1, even as an April Fool's hook, because blending the girl next door archetype with an actual person feels like it's going too far. Earwig shows 44.1%, but those appear to all be correctly attributed quotes and titles. No image to check. Article is mostly neutral, though some of the opinions could be better described as such (Gold noting that Phillips was "not very bright and will soon not be very well" - that's not objective fact, but rather an inference drawn from one video). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

A lot of the reviews for this descended into outright nastiness; I only included her and Bindel's quotes because Lewis mentioned them in her piece. I've changed both the "noting"s in that sentence.--Launchballer 00:51, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Swim School

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Improved to Good Article status by Launchballer (talk) and Georgeykiwi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 264 past nominations.

Launchballer 18:03, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

  •   Everything looks good. Would rewrite hook to note that this was a cover. My first read of this suggested the song was only authored by Swift but not part of her discography. Otherwise, looks pretty good! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
I thought that "originally by" indicated that it was a cover, but would ALT1: ... that a Swim School song described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed by Taylor Swift? work?--Launchballer 22:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
  Approving both. Thank! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

1453

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  • ... that in 1453, a "mystery eruption" cooled the northern hemisphere?
  • Source: Abbott, Peter M.; Plunkett, Gill; Corona, Christophe; Chellman, Nathan J.; McConnell, Joseph R.; Pilcher, John R.; Stoffel, Markus; Sigl, Michael (March 4, 2021). "Cryptotephra from the Icelandic Veiðivötn 1477 CE Eruption in a Greenland Ice Core: Confirming the Dating of Volcanic Events in the 1450s CE and Assessing the Eruption's Climatic Impact". Climate of the Past. 17 (2): 565–585. Bibcode:2021CliPa..17..565A. doi:10.5194/cp-17-565-2021. ISSN 1814-9324. S2CID 233267071.
5x expanded by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   This is a particularly intriguing hook. Assuming good faith on the book sources for an article that has been expanded 5x in the week before nomination. EchetusXe 17:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

2024 Masyaf raid

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  • ... that during an Israeli raid in Masyaf in September 2024, soldiers who participated in the operation described the blast that destroyed a missile production facility as "a mini earthquake"?
  • ALT1: ... that participating soldiers in an Israeli raid in Masyaf described an explosion that destroyed a missile production facility as "a mini earthquake"?
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  • Comment: This article is not new, but recently new information about the operation came out that allowed me to significantly expand it. Excluding the infobox, citations, categories, etc., the prose of the revision before my expansion was around 1,571 characters long, and grew to around 10,750 on the revision after my expansion. (I made this estimate myself with an online word counter so there may be mistakes) This is my first time nominating an article 5x expanded, so please let me know if I did anything wrong or left something out. Thanks in advance! :)
    • 5x expanded by Chomik1129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Chomik! (talk?) 05:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    • Interesting:  
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall:   Well-sourced article with appropriate images Munfarid1 (talk) 13:33, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    @Munfarid1: I added a citation to the article and a shorter alt hook. Chomik! (talk?) 14:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    Thanks, now it's ready to go, preferrably with the shorter hook ALT1, even if this will take some time. Munfarid1 (talk) 15:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Louis Malet de Graville

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    Improved to Good Article status by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 147 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 21:59, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   Article well written and well-source. Interesting hook, with offline source accepted in good faith. Improved to GA statue on 3 Jan, so new enough. Image public domain (though I think this image from the lede is more eye-catching). Good to go. Best, Tenpop421 (talk)

    Coscinodon lawianus

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    • Source: Ochyra, Ryszard; Smith, Ronald Ian Lewis; Bednarek-Ochyra, Halina (2008). Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521814027. p. 46
    Rehman, Wahid Ul; Gupta, Kriti; Bast, Felix (2021). "Morphophylogenetic Assessment of a New Moss Species Bryum bharatiense sp. nov. (Bryaceae) from Larsemann Hills, Eastern Antarctica". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 14: 283–289. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2021.07.001. pp. 288–289
    Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 100 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:29, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    KREM (TV)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 729 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 02:44, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    • Interesting:  
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   Article GA'd on 3 January and long enough, with no policy issues I can see. Hook (192/200 characters) is cited and in article, and quite interesting IMO. QPQ is done. Good to go; thanks for your work! Staraction (talk | contribs) 18:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia

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    Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    TompaDompa (talk) 19:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   Everything looks good here! I prefer ALT0, because I think the explanation does a better job of setting up what's 'hooky' about this detail. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Esus

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    Esus felling a tree
    • Source: MacKillop, James (2004). "Esus, Hesus". Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.
    MacKillop, James (2004). "Lindow Man". A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.
    5x expanded by Tenpop421 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Tenpop421 (talk) 00:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    Bugia (candlestick)

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    A bugia as depicted in John Naifa's 1925 work "Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church"
    Created by Maximilian775 (talk) and Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    Maximilian775 (talk) 18:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    • Cited:  
    • Interesting:  
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   The article was nominated for DYK within seven days of being created and is long enough. The article is adequately sourced, neutral, and is free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing. Hook is interesting. Image appears to be freely licensed, is used in the article, and is clear at 100px. QPQ is done.

    However, I don't feel that the hook is adequately cited. The statements that bugias are used by "Latin Catholic Bishops or other prelates" and that Béjaïa is "famous for its exportation of candle wax" do not appear to be supported in the article by at least one inline citation to a reliable source.

    I would also suggest a small reword of the hook so that Béjaïa is mentioned by name and is not pipelinked, with WP:EASTEREGG in mind. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:13, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Thanks, Mattythewhite -- Do you know if DYKs can have multiple sources? I think to fully prove the whole DYK here a few need to be daisy-chained together, and in searching there doesn't seem to be a defined policy. Maximilian775 (talk) 20:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    @Maximilian775: I'm not certain but I assume that more than one source is fine. The ALT1 hook looks fine to me. However, I can't see any mention of bugias in the source? Also, I think the main body of the article needs to mention, with a source, the use of bugias by Latin Catholic Bishops, as it's currently only in the lead.
    @Mattythewhite: just edited the source URL, it was referencing the wrong page.
    As to mentioning bishops, the "description" section mentions cardinals and patriarchs, and the "usage" section mentions the Pope and assistants at the papal -- all 4 of these persons are as a rule, almost always bishops. Maximilian775 (talk) 22:22, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      @Maximilian775: Okay, happy now to approve ALT1. Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Ana María Ochoa

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 67 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 03:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced and neutral. No plagiarism, although Earwig looks high, its all based on book titles. Hooks are cited and interesting - love the triple! QPQ is done. Lajmmoore (talk) 21:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    CHWI-DT

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    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 21:20, 7 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    Stars in fiction

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    TompaDompa (talk) 18:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   New enough, long enough. Hook fact is cited. Earwig shows no issues. I do like the idea of living stars as well, but it's a bit harder to pass WP:DYKFICTION with that. Good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:27, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Orlando Bagwell

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    • ... that film director Orlando Bagwell initially thought that he would enter a career in medicine?
    Created by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 421 past nominations.

    SL93 (talk) 19:28, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   Article is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, and neutral. Earwig check found 28.1% similarity with a source ("violation unlikely) and even that was due to use of full titles of works and basic facts re his degrees. Hook is interesting, short enough, and supported by inlline citation to reliable source (LA Times). QPQ satisfied. Cbl62 (talk) 19:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Liang Sishun

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    • ... that Liang Sishun published a Chinese poetry anthology in 1908, when she was sixteen years old?
    • Source: Liu, Honghong (26 August 2016). 试论《艺蘅馆词选》的编选意图及选词思想 [On the Editorial Intention and Selective Thoughts of Yihengguan Cixuan]. 2016 International Academic Conference of Ci (2016词学国际学术研讨会). doi:10.26914/c.cnkihy.2016.005998. To quote: "《艺蘅馆词选》为梁令娴16岁时选钞，初版印于光绪三十四年（1908），其后续有再版，分别为民国二十四年（1935）上海中华书局排印本及1981年广东人民出版社刘逸生校点本。"
    Created by TheLonelyPather (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

    Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 16:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply


    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   The link provided for the hook source leads to a 404 – perhaps this link [6] is better? The DOI gives different links for domestic and overseas access, which complicates things. Due to the paywall I would normally mark this as AGF approved, but since this information is confirmed in other sources available online [7][8] I am marking as normal approved. QPQ looks good. Toadspike [Talk] 09:47, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Oh wait, I forgot I have to be a stickler and ask TheLonelyPather to repeat the inline citation right after the sentence where the hook is in the article, so right after the zhi template containing "(藝蘅館詞選; 'Selections of Ci from Yihengguan')." Toadspike [Talk] 09:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    Thank you @Toadspike. I just repeated the inline citation. Also thanks for going the extra mile to check alternate sources! Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 12:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Macrobdella decora

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    • ... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed because Macrobdella decora (pictured) posed such a hazard to bathers?
    • Source: [9] "In some places it can be such a problem to swimmers that swimming must be restricted or even discontinued."
    Improved to Good Article status by Cremastra (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

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    Agapornis longipes

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    Di (they-them) (talk) 20:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   Looks good; I took the liberty of rewording a bit to avoid too-close paraphrasing. Cremastra (u — c) 01:12, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Charles Assmann

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    ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 09:12, 4 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    Cloak n Dagger

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    Locust member (talk) 20:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   New enough GA. Nominator is QPQ exempt. The hook fact is correct and in article. I am concerned, and this is for the promoter, about a MOS:SEAOFBLUE issue with both "Hyperpop" and "Hype House" linked, and I really do not know how to resolve it as both seem to need linking. A second issue could be resolved by unlinking "homestay" in ALT0. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      • I did think about that, but I believe per WP:SEAOFBLUE it could pass as it only states "When possible, do not place links next to each other", though in this case, it would not be possible, as the source states it in this way. I agree that "homestay" could be unlinked in ALT0 (didn't even catch the sea of blue error in the article), but I don't think we can do much about it in the quotes.

    Abortion in the United Arab Emirates

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    Converted from a redirect by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    jolielover♥talk 06:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   The hooks provided are interesting and the article is eligible based on newness and length, but there is a sentence that does not have a citation and the first two paragraphs contain copy-pasted text from one of the sources. Provide a citation for the unsourced sentence and rewrite the lead in your own words, then I'll give this another look. --Grnrchst (talk) 13:56, 7 January 2025 (UTC) Grnrchst (talk) 13:56, 7 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    @Grnrchst: The Medical Liability Law sentence is sourced, through reference nine here. I've gone ahead and added the reference to that sentence too, I just followed the rational of not doing so previously per WP:CONSECUTIVECITE. I also rewrote the lead (I thought the previous phrasing was more detailed personally). For the second paragraph I don't see a way around changing that without changing the meaning, I didn't copypaste it, just what The Ministry of Health and Prevention defined as members of the committee here. Also, please ping me next time, didn't see this one until now. Thanks! jolielover♥talk 18:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    @Jolielover: That isn't what consecutivecite is saying though; you're supposed to put citations "at the end of the text that they support", not half way through, which leaves the rest of the text uncited. In any case, thanks for adding it back in. The text in the lead is still far too close for comfort to the original source;[10] either rewrite it properly or provide in-text attribution that makes it clear you are quoting from a source, rather than just leaving unattributed copied text. --Grnrchst (talk) 10:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    @Grnrchst: I made some changes, please check now, thanks! 11:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      Thanks for taking another look, I think this is good enough to approve now. --Grnrchst (talk) 12:01, 11 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Diocese of Banias, Adam of Acre, John (bishop of Banyas)

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    Surtsicna (talk) 16:52, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   @Surtsicna: I need a third QPQ (there are two). I'm also having trouble finding the passage in Hamilton that verifies this from your link. Is it possibly the p267 ref? Is it left to assume that there was Adam, there was John, and then there were titular bishops? Otherwise the pages are new and long enough. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:28, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    Hi, Sammi Brie. I counted two out of the three articles at the columbine nomination (the third I had already used up) as two QPQs. Sorry, I have no idea what I meant by "page 120". I had changed hooks quite a bit. Hamilton is quite explicit so there is no need to assume. See pages 84 (Banyas conquered, no successor to John appointed), 397 (succession of the resident bishops), and of course 266-267 for the titular bishops. Surtsicna (talk) 10:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      It's a bit of a compilation that requires a rat race search of Hamilton, but it seems to check out. We have Adam, we have John, and then we have a bunch of titular bishops. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic

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    Created by MathKeduor7 (talk) and GregariousMadness (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MathKeduor7 (talk) 08:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

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    • Interesting:   - Hook needs work; see comments.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall:   Article is long enough, new enough, notable enough per WP:BKCRIT criterion 1. Still, I don't find the hook particularly interesting. How about something like

    ALT1: ... that the second edition of An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic more than doubled the length of the original text?

    (cited in the "Editions" section of the article)?  Ploni💬  00:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Hi, Ploni. Thank you! Yes, your hook is better than the one I've originally choose. I agree to change it. MathKeduor7 (talk) 00:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      Great! In that case looks good to go.  Ploni💬  02:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Ernesius

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    • ... that Archbishop Ernesius was sent to Europe to request help for the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but barely survived a sea storm and did not dare set sail again?
    Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 192 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 14:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   Most things look good, but can you (1) provide a footnote at the end of the sentence which reads "The prelates were driven...", and (2) can you see if the following hook is appropriate? If ALT1 is true to the facts, can you make sure it is properly cited in the article (e.g., is it the Mediterranean we're talking about)? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:20, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      • ALT1 ... that twelfth-century Archbishop Ernesius attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea with two other bishops, but was thwarted by a severe storm?
    Thanks, Arbitrarily0! Footnote duplicated. ALT1 is certainly true, but there is no source saying they were crossing the Mediterranean. That would basically be WP:CALC for there is no other sea for them to cross. Perhaps a combination of ALT0 and ALT1 might be most interesting? Surtsicna (talk) 10:30, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    • ALT2: ... that Archbishop Ernesius and two other bishops attempted to reach Europe by sea, but were driven back by a severe storm and did not dare set sail again?
    • On second thought, I don't think we need a source to identify the sea with the Mediterranean. He was bishop over Caesarea Maritima, after all. But do you have a reason for not wanting "twelfth-century" included? There needs to be some more context for the hook to become interesting. The other concern I have is about "daring" to set sail again. That's not quite what the source says: "none of the passengers would consent to risk again the perils of the deep." Allow me to propose ALT3. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 14:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
    Arbitrarily0, I think a more concise hook is likelier to hold readers' attention; ALT3, in particular, is over the character limit. I also must confess that I do not see the difference between "did not dare" and "would not consent to risk again the perils", but the ALT3 wording is fine with me. Surtsicna (talk) 14:46, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
      Having shortened ALT3 slightly, everything checks out. But, for what it's worth: if someone "does not dare", it means their primary motivation against acting is fear. But "not consenting to risk" is different. It could mean that someone thinks, in a rational, unemotional manner, that the costs do not outweigh the gains. That said, feel free to keep making a case for your original hook; we can also get someone else's opinion. But ALT3, at minimum, is good to go. Thank you, again, for your work on this article. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Mary Sheffield

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    Created by Muboshgu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 539 past nominations.

    – Muboshgu (talk) 04:01, 6 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    •   Article is new enough (created 1/4), long enough (1900 characters of narrative text), neutral, well-sourced. Earwig check (here) detected no issues. The hook is interesting, sourced with in-line citation, and short enough. QPQ completed. Cbl62 (talk) 19:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Extrasolar planets in fiction

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    Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

    TompaDompa (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   New enough (GA on January 5, 2025); Long enough (11061 characters); Within policy - sourced, neutral, copyvio-free (Earwig returns "Violation unlikely"); Hooks are cited and interesting; QPQ provided. This is quite an interesting read :)

    Bao Tianxiao

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    Bao Tianxiao, 1914
    • ... that Bao Tianxiao (pictured) received an award for best original work for his translation of an Italian novel?
    • Source: Sibau, Maria Franca (2016). "Portrait of the Artist as a Schoolboy: Bao Tianxiao's Creative Interventions in "Little Xin's School Journal"". Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. 28 (2): 1–42. JSTOR 24886574.
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 730 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

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    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   @Crisco 1492: please provide a more specific page number, I don't want to read 42 pages to verify this fact   charlotte 👸♥ 04:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

    Kokusai Ta-Go

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    • Source: Dyer 2009, Japanese Secret Projects: Experimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939–1945
    Moved to mainspace by Nigel Ish (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 238 past nominations.

    The Bushranger One ping only 23:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    KCAU-TV

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 730 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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    • Interesting:  
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall:   The article shows no signs of copyright violations or anything, it's also long enough and was recently promoted to GA, and I personally find the hook pretty interesting (especially the children's show part). My only thing to note is that reference 29 only seems to verify the fact Canyon Kid's Corner was a weekly show, and not anything about the station's closure. So I copied reference 10 to have another usage in that paragraph to try and avoid any verification issues. That's all. Other than that, I think this should be good to go. λ NegativeMP1 01:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

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