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Count of DYK Hooks
Section	# of Hooks	# Verified
September 18	1
September 19	1	1
September 20	1
September 22	1	1
September 23	1
September 24	1
September 26	2
September 27	2	1
September 28	2	1
October 2	1
October 3	1
October 4	1
October 5	3
October 6	1
October 7	4	2
October 8	2	1
October 9	5	2
October 10	3
October 11	3
October 12	2	1
October 13	9	2
October 14	1	1
October 15	6	1
October 16	6	3
October 17	4	2
October 18	7	1
October 19	9	6
October 20	5	3
October 21	1	1
October 22	12	3
October 23	9	4
October 24	5	2
October 25	8	6
October 26	6	2
October 27	7	4
October 28	9	4
October 29	7	6
October 30	10	5
October 31	10	3
November 1	12	7
November 2	9	5
November 3	18	10
November 4	7	3
November 5	13	5
November 6	6	2
November 7	9	4
November 8	7	1
November 9	9	3
November 10	12	2
November 11	5	2
November 12	4	1
November 13
November 14	2	2
November 15
November 16
Total	282	116
Last updated 22:17, 16 November 2024 UTC Current time is 22:20, 16 November 2024 UTC [refresh]

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Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section on the regular nominations page, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began, or it was listed as a Good Article; be sure to indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.

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Note for promoters: please be sure to add an "invisible" comment after a hook when you've placed it in prep, noting that it's a special occasion hook and including the date it is supposed to run. This should keep the hook from being moved after promotion, as sometimes happens to hooks when a queue needs a slot filled or a prep set needs to be made more balanced by swapping hooks between preps.

November 27 (birthday)

Rei Nakashima

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• ... that anime singer Rei Nakashima was named after Ray Charles? Source: [3] ("“怜”という名前も、レイ・チャールズ好きな母がつけたもので。")
  • ALT1: ... that Rei Nakashima thought she had failed her music audition, only to discover that she had won over a thousand other applicants? Source: 1. Same as above, ("私、落ちると思っていたんです（苦笑）。オリジナル曲のギター弾き語りの時には緊張しすぎてストロークがガタガタに……その次に「愛・おぼえていますか」（映画『超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか』主題歌）を歌ったときは、緊張が一気に消えて、極度のリラックス状態になって、歌詞を噛んでしまったんですね。そこで思わず笑ってしまって。サビ前になんとか挽回したのですが、「絶対に落ちたな」と。だからびっくりしすぎて「合格ってもしかして別の意味があるのかも……？」と調べたくらいで。")
    2. [4] (1,000通を超える応募者の中からグランプリには愛知県出身の中島 怜（なかしまれい）さん、特別賞には埼玉県出身の大渕野々花（おおぶちののか）さんが選ばれました。)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jurong East MRT station
  • Comment: I would like to request that this run on November 27th, which is her 20th birthday.

Created by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 110 past nominations.

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:32, 5 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Reviewing this per request at WT:DYK. Minor quibble - the source says over 1,000 applicants, whereas our article uses a thousand as a fixed number.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:16, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492: Addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

• Article is new enough, long enough, and neutral. AGF on foreign-language sources for paraphrasing. No image to review. Preference is for ALT0/original, though both are supported. I agree that holding it for her birthday makes sense. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:53, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492: Thanks for the review! I guess this can be moved now? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:04, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• I believe so? This is my first special occasion hook since coming back, so I don't know what current practice is. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:06, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hooks approved for special occasions go into the holding area at WP:DYKNA. Maybe Z1720 knows how to explain it better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:06, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• Yeah. I didn't remember that being the reviewer. Will do. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:13, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

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Articles created/expanded on September 19

Chauncey Archiquette

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• ... that Chauncey Archiquette was Jim Thorpe's idol?

• Source: Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (Thorpe said "[Archiquette] was my football idol and in our scrub games with the homemade football I always tried to emulate him") / Carlisle Vs. Army ("[Thorpe] was particularly taken with the team's star runner, an Indian boy named Chauncey Archiquette ... One day, Thorpe told himself, I'm going to be as tough as Chauncey ... [Thorpe, after watching practice] raced back and forth over the empty field, zigging here, zagging there, trying to emulate his idol.")

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chesmac

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 247 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:56, 19 September 2024 (UTC).

• @BeanieFan11: Although Thorpe was a highly accomplished and iconic athlete of his era, I'm not actually sure if most Americans today know who he is or at least recognize his name (speaking as a non-American). In addition, I don't know if Thorpe is a name that is known internationally. As such, the hook as currently written may not be broadly interesting enough to meet WP:DYKINT. Additional hook suggestions are probably needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:04, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
  • I considered this when making the nomination, but Thorpe is one of the most famous athletes of all time. Books are written about him nearly every year and we still have articles from the past few months such as "Thorpe was and still is the greatest athlete in the history of sports" / "On this day in history, May 28, 1888, Jim Thorpe, 'greatest athlete in the world,' is born" – I would be very surprised if the vast majority of people don't recognize his name. I feel like it may lose some of its 'punch', but if really necessary, we could say something like ALT1 ... that Chauncey Archiquette was the idol of Jim Thorpe, regarded as one of the greatest athletes in history? BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:45, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll probably have to cite WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE here: don't assume everyone worldwide is familiar with your subject. And for what it's worth, I made a bit of an informal survey about this on Discord, and the three editors who responded said they didn't know who Thorpe is. Note that my thoughts about the hook are independent of the survey; in fact, I made the survey because I wanted to know if American editors might find the hook interesting and to check my own thoughts. As for the nomination itself, the safest option here is probably to try a completely different angle. While ALT1 is arguably a better option, as you said, it loses some of the punch with the additional context. Thorpe is no Lionel Messi or Michael Jordan to warrant the angle, methinks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm rather stunned at the idea that Thorpe isn't well known enough. I don't really see any other good options with the article as well. Would changing the hook so that it does not mention Thorpe, but still has that aspect, work? – I.e. something like ALT2 ... that the "greatest athlete in the world" was inspired by Chauncey Archiquette? (I'd need to add the quote to the article, but Thorpe has widely been called that.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I think that's a better hook, but I'm not sure if it will pass scrutiny. DYK usually wants quotes in quote hooks to be attributed whenever possible, but adding an attribution to the hook would probably weaken the article's punch. It might be a good idea to seek opinions from other editors who are experts on wordsmithing like RoySmith, Theleekycauldron, or Launchballer. In any case, I'd suggest dropping any hook that directly mentions Jim Thorpe per WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE and either having only ALT2 for consideration for now, or trying a different angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

I also have never heard of Jim Thorpe, although that may be because I know little about sports in general. I quite like ALT3: ... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?.--Launchballer 15:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

That works. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:49, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

• Full review needed now that hook discussion has taken place. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:44, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

• Hi BeanieFan11. This article created on the 18 September (and promoted to GA since) is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, neutral, and copyvio free. The article is presentable. The QPQ has been done. I'll admit, I (non-American) was not familiar with Jim Thorpe before this DYK, so I prefer ALT3. However, I don't love ALT3, because it seems like similar things have been said about a lot of American footballers. Perhaps it is worth making people click through to see who Jim Thorpe is in order to have an interesting hook? All hooks are cited and I've verified the citations. Good to go. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 21:32, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
• I'm also not wild about ALT3, both on attribution and interestingness, but I wouldn't object to someone else promoting it. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:55, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on September 22

Barquq Castle

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Barquq Castle

• ... that the front façade, gateway, mosque and minaret of Barquq Castle in the Gaza Strip were still standing until 2024?

• Source: Abu Khalaf 1983, p. 182: "Nowadays the Khan is almost demolished, but the front part, which consists of the fac;ade including the gateway and the Mosque with its minaret still stands."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Have I Got News for You (American game show)

Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.

Onceinawhile (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2024 (UTC).

• @Onceinawhile: Please note that per a recent rule change, a QPQ must be provided at the time of the nomination or at most immediately after. The nomination may be failed without further warning if a QPQ is not provided as soon as possible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:53, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I have done the QPQ now. Onceinawhile (talk) 06:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

• Full review needed now the QPQ has been submitted. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:20, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

article is long enough, new enough and within policy. Hook is short enough and interesting. QPQ is complete. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Onceinawhile:@Gonzo fan2007: This hook implies that all of these things (the front façade, gateway, mosque and minaret) are no longer standing as of 2024. However, it doesn't necessarily say that in the article, just that the site was vaguely "damaged". If we know to what extent, and if we know that all those things are indeed no longer standing, then this hook is fine, that just needs to be mentioned sourced in the article. If not the hook may need to be tweaked somewhat to reflect the fact we don't know what parts are standing or not. Kimikel (talk) 14:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kimikel: thank you for raising this. The hook was written before the article was complete, so it was intentionally vague as to what happened during the war as we had not quite figured it out. Following further research, the article now says "The castle was damaged during the Israel–Hamas war." UNESCO have verified damage to the site, and the images in this article show what is standing and what is damaged. I suggest we amend the hook to:

• ALT1: ... that the 637-year-old Barquq Castle, the eponymous historical monument of Khan Yunis, was damaged during the Israel–Hamas war?

Onceinawhile (talk) 18:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on September 27

Phoebe Plummer

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• ... that during Phoebe Plummer's May 2024 jury trial over a climate protest, the court finished early on several days due to the heat? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/uk-climate-activists-convicted-in-first-trial-of-new-anti-protest-laws
  • ALT1: ... that an October 2022 protest involving Just Stop Oil member Phoebe Plummer inspired many activists worldwide to throw food at paintings? Source: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/17/just-stop-oil-phoebe-plummer-prison/
  • ALT2: ... that when Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland faced trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest, they were "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge? Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/30/just-stop-oil-soup-throwing-protests-moral-toddlerhood/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zero-emission zone in Oxford, Template:Did you know nominations/CyberJoly Drim, Template:Did you know nominations/Ajah Pritchard-Lolo, Template:Did you know nominations/Alison Creagh
  • Comment: Plummer was created 27 September, though I did a 5x expansion on 2 October, added Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest three days later, added Christopher Hehir two days after that, and added Holland on 5 November.

Created by Launchballer (talk) and Folkezoft (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 253 past nominations.

Launchballer 03:13, 2 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Ooh, a quadruple hook. All of the articles are new enough, long enough, and well cited. There are a few places where phrasing could be a bit more neutral (I feel like inspired would be better than empowered, for example), but those may also be stylstic considerations. Earwig isn't happy, but it's the large block quote that speaks to Plummer's inspiration in that instance. Ideally Hehir's article would have a bit more on his early life, but if the sources aren't talking about it, rather difficult. (Minor quibble: the source says "unfortunately" rather than "unfortunate", but I think it works here).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on September 28

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds

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• ... that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds focuses on a gay man who pretends to be straight so he can seduce another man?

• Source: Cohen, Neil (November 2, 2006). "Just Desserts - 2004 Out Far! Sensation Eating Out is Back for Seconds". Echo Magazine. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

• ALT1: ... that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds featuring a scene where a character has sex in a portable toilet caused many actors to drop out? Source: Quantic, David (May 29, 2007). "Serving Seconds: The Making of Eating Out 2". Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds. Ariztical Entertainment.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Farnese Artemis

Improved to Good Article status by PanagiotisZois (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

PanagiotisZois (talk) 18:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC).

• Not a review, but ALT0 fails WP:DYKFICTION. ALT1 should be fine on that front.--Launchballer 20:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: Thank you for contributing to the discussion. :) Taking that into account, would ALT0 work as "that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds focusing on a gay man who pretends being straight to seduce another man came from writer-director Phillip J. Bartell's desire to invert the first film's premise?"? I can come up with a few alternatives if needed. PanagiotisZois (talk) 22:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

ALT2 still violates that policy I'm afraid, and I still think ALT1 is more interesting. I would however suggest a slightly shorter version of ALT1 per WP:DYKTRIM, ALT1a: ... that a scene in Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds caused many actors to drop out?. Full review needed.--Launchballer 20:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I fear that if ALT1 is trimmed, it will end up becoming less interesting. On the one hand, it can be argued that it creates a sense of mystery. As in, "why did many actors drop out?". But on the other hand, the idea that actors dropped out of a role because the character has sex in a portable toilet is definitely unique and will also catch people's attention; I think. PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:42, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

I can see arguments either way, I'll let a reviewer/promoter decide.--Launchballer 22:10, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

PanagiotisZois, this is not a review either, but I'm afraid retaining ALT1's bit about sex in a toilet would be borderline "excessively sensational or gratuitous" as per WP:DYKINT; concealing the scene in question through ALT1a should arguably make for an "Intriguing hook that leaves the reader wanting to know more". Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 16:39, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

@PanagiotisZois: Please respond to the above. Z1720 (talk) 23:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

I don't think this requires PZ's attention as there is still a valid hook on this page, i.e. ALT1a. This needs a reviewer.--Launchballer 23:20, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

• Full review still needed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:06, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: I don't find any of the hooks up above usable or interesting, and I don't get the hold up on writing new hooks as there are many available in the article. The nom has had two months to offer new ones. Viriditas (talk) 00:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

• Do you intend on doing a full review? Until that happens and someone reviews this nomination, why bother coming up with new ones now? Once someone actually performs a proper review, there's nothing on my part to do.PanagiotisZois (talk) 19:33, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

• That's pretty much the opposite to how I work, so I'll leave the review to someone else who will work with you. The "why bother" attitude is disturbing to me, as you could easily add new hooks and attract a reviewer. Viriditas (talk) 23:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@PanagiotisZois and Viriditas: Right, well, the way I work is that I review the oldest fully unreviewed nom when I need a QPQ, and this is it (ping me when you've finished with Hanif Kureshi). This is long enough and new enough. QPQ done and I see no article disqualifiers. I would have said that ALT1a was intriguing (I would have wondered why they dropped out) and I disagree with ALT1 falling foul of WP:DYKGRAT (this is an article about sex!), but if Viriditas disagrees then you should probably propose another hook.--Launchballer 17:35, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: All right, I've come up with a few alternative hooks. I do think the OG is interesting, albeit needing a bit of rewording, and ALT1 also works in either its short or long fomr, but hopefully these new ones will prove more interesting. ALT2: "... that Phillip J. Bartell, writer and director of Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds, once described the film as "gaysploitation"?" Source. ALT3: "...that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds cowriter Q. Allan Brocka, a film heavily featuring the ex-gay movement, was often asked by ex-gay groups to denounce his homosexuality?" (Source: DVD Making-Of). ALT4: "...that Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds featuring nude scenes involving the male leads caused one critic to describe the film as a "must see"?" Source.PanagiotisZois (talk) 18:52, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh I agree, ALT0 is interesting, but we can't use it because of WP:DYKFICTION and we can't use ALT3 as it fails WP:DYKMAJOR. ALT2's fine, though I'd trim it as follows: ALT2a: ... that the director and co-writer of Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds once described the film as "gaysploitation"?. (Technically I'd need another reviewer for 'co-writer', but ALT3 AGF checks out factually and covers that there was more than one writer so I'm IARing.) ALT4 feels promotional, so I'm approving ALT2a only. (I still don't think a hook about toilet sex is gratuitous from an article about sex, but let's see what a promoter thinks of ALT2a.)--Launchballer 12:33, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

If the use of "co-writer" is an issue, the hook can simply state "the director of" instead. One could argue that directors are usually treated as more important roles than screenwriters when it comes to films; unlike TV shows. PanagiotisZois (talk) 13:38, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

That's probably a better idea.--Launchballer 22:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 7

LaTasha Barnes

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• ... that one of the most popular places to learn swing dance and lindy hop is in Malmo, Sweden?

• Source: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Herr%C3%A4ng_Dance_Camp

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/arts/dance/lindy-hop-herrang-norma-miller.html

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Created by Wroliver (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wroliver (talk) 18:17, 7 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Wroliver, the article says onyl that the "Herrang Dance Camp is one of the most popular places in Europe to learn swing dance and Lindy Hop" and is sourced to its Wikipedia article. This wouldn't be acceptable and would need an independent source. Additionally it doesn't seem to have much to do with the subject of the article LaTasha Barnes, a hook focussing on her would be preferred. Finally, the article has been tagged for promotional tone and unclear citations that needs resolving before it can be posted - Dumelow (talk) 09:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Wroliver, just a reminder on this. If I don't hear back in the next couple of days I will close the nomination as unsuccessful. All the best - Dumelow (talk) 21:18, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

I'd propose ALT1: ... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army? Sdkb ^talk 05:29, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Marking for closure as article continues to have significant citation issues. It has also been tagged for promotional content - Dumelow (talk) 08:40, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Wroliver has requested to keep this open for another day or so. There is significant work to be done here to address the tags on the article though - Dumelow (talk) 22:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Alt DYK proposed for LaTasha Barnes article: DYK that dancer/choreographer LaTasha Barnes began her career as a sergeant in the U.S. Army?

Note: I have made some revisions to the article to address concerns mentioned, including removing the Wikipedia reference and replacing it with a better reference. I've attempted to keep a neutral tone throughout, and changed some of the language for that purpose. Please let me know if any other changes are needed.Wroliver (talk) 21:31, 29 October 2024 (UTC) https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/LaTasha_Barnes

Hi Wroliver, thanks for getting back to me. I have been through "Early years" and "Performing career" and noted a few bits that are not supported by the sources cited. Can you look to resolve these and any other similar parts of the article before I continue the review - Dumelow (talk) 10:43, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

I've also tagged a sentence copied verbatim from the cited source. Please address this and also any other similar instances, we cannot violate copyright in this way - Dumelow (talk) 10:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Wroliver, further to your message on my talk page I have looked at the next section "Cultural Ambassador and Educator". Again it is full of statements not supported by the source cited or where better sources are needed. Can you please address these and look at the remaining two sections to check for similar issues. It is very frustrating to have to go through this article line by line. It is basic policy here that anything stated in the article should be supported by the source - Dumelow (talk) 08:25, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Wroliver: Please respond to the above. Z1720 (talk) 14:53, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

I see my comments have been addressed for the "Cultural Ambassador and Educator". Can you please confirm you have checked the final two sections of the article for similar issues (including that everything stated is backed up by the source cited) ; it is very frustrating to go through it line by line to find the same issue repeated - Dumelow (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Wroliver:, further to your message on my talk page saying you have checked the last two paragraphs I have started to take a look. The first sentence I checked was "All of her experiences as a performer as well as her academic work for her thesis have served as important precursors to her current show, The Jazz Continuum, an "ongoing project to close the gap between contemporary Black dances and their predecessors."" This includes some specific claims and a direct quote, but nothing to support it appears in the source cited which is just a list of the "top 5" shows on the stage at a given time. It is fairly basic stuff to make sure that everything stated in the article is supported by the work cited. I am not going to waste time checking the rest of the article. Please carefully review it and check that everything is supported properly - Dumelow (talk) 11:53, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Wroliver:, scratch that. It was a error with the url in the ref cited that was redirecting it to a different article. I'll look over it now - Dumelow (talk) 11:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Wroliver:. I've flagged a citation needed for her bachelors degrees, for her 2021 Bessie award and a better source needed for the stuff cited to Broadway World (which is listed at WP:RSP as "generally unreliable"). Other than that should be OK - Dumelow (talk) 12:36, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Wroliver: has made changes to the sources and ALT1 should be good to go. I don't have an NYT subscription so AGF on sourcing, I amended the hook slightly to say "used to be a sergeant" rather than "began her career as a sergeant" as that could be interpreted as her having skipped the more junior ranks - Dumelow (talk) 16:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Sequenza XIV

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• ... that Sequenza XIV for solo cello by Luciano Berio, in 2002 the last work in a series begun in 1958, was inspired by the artistry of Rohan de Saram including traditional Kandyan drumming? Source: [5]
  • Reviewed: to come
  • Comment: This is one of the key works of 21st-century classical music.

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2118 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:59, 8 October 2024 (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: - ?
Overall: Hi Gerda Arendt, happy to do the DYK review. The article has a readable prose size of 4310 characters. It was created yesterday. Every paragraph in the body of the article is sourced. WP:EARWIG shows no copyright problems. QPQ has not yet been done. I have a minor quibble about the hook: it seems to me that it tries to convey too many individual facts. What about something simpler like

• ALT1: ...that Sequenza XIV was composed in 2002 as Luciano Berio's final work in his series begun in 1958?

or

• ALT2: ...that Sequenza XIV, composed for Rohan de Saram in 2002, is Luciano Berio's final work in his series begun in 1958? Phlsph7 (talk) 16:43, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing, and the suggestions. I reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Mind. I believe that the one thing fascinating "Maestro Berio" (as he is called by the cellist) as well as the ordinary Main page reader is this drumming. We can rather do without the series if it's really too much. I can also imagine to improve the series article to make it a double hook. ALT1 is no option for me because some kind of reverence for the cellist (and drummer) was the motivation to write the article. Making him GA seemed harder ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:51, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Ah I see. If we want to go without the series, we could use something like

ALT3: ...that Sequenza XIV for solo cello by Luciano Berio was inspired by the childhood experiences of cellist Rohan de Saram with Kandyan drumming?

But I think your original suggestion also meets the DYK requirements so the decision may be more a matter of taste. Approved. Phlsph7(talk) 07:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I think that ALT3 is a bit smallish, - the childhood drumming is just part of the inspiration, the playing of one of the most inspiring cellists of all times should not be left out completely ;) - I learned of his death from a friend who is a cellist, and felt his enthusiasm remembering a live concert of Xenakis. Berio knew why he added to a series that had already been considered complete ("complete" recording in 1995), - it's an outstanding piece in every respect and deserves a little longer hook, imho. We can't use any of the pics, sadly, because de Saram's is not free, and Berio's is way too young for one of his last works. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

One last alternative if we want to go for the full package: what do you think about the following, a version of ALT0 copy-edited only for better flow:

ALT0a: ... that Sequenza XIV for solo cello by Luciano Berio, completed in 2002 as the last work in a series begun in 1958, was inspired by Rohan de Saram's artistry, including traditional Kandyan drumming?

Phlsph7 (talk) 10:31, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

I like it --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

I don't think the hooks here would be very enticing to the average reader, but I won't object if someone else wants to promote it. Just noting a bit of queasiness. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:05, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Someone runs a series from 1958 to 2002, and you think that's not "enticing"? We have no room for that the series had been deemed complete in 1995, but someone made an exception. Someone plays cello and Indian drum, and you think that's not unusual? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

I think the part about completing a series started over 40 years earlier should be interesting to the average reader. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:13, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Completing a series of works over a long span of time is not unusual in classical music. The span of time between Shostakovich's first and last symphonies, for example, span the same number of years as that between the first and last of Berio's Sequenza. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 8

Amaury du Closel

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Du Closel in 2015

• ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive the music of composers whose voices were silenced by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century? Source: [6]
  • Reviewed: Methuselah (lungfish)
  • Comment: On the Main page RD but without blurb, so still eligible

Created by Jmanlucas (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2121 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC).

• The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination. I didn't find any close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been fully completed. As the article was only featured on RD rather than as a blurb, it is still eligible for DYK. The image is properly licensed and is suitable at its resolution.

The hook doesn't meet WP:DYKCITE at this time as the footnote supporting it comes later in the paragraph than it should. The hook is referenced to a French source so AGF, although a Google Translate translation seems to verify the information. Apart from the sourcing, my only real concern (since the hook is interesting) is the language in both the hook and the article might not meet the guidelines on words to avoid in articles, specifically WP:PEACOCK since they're arguably more flowery. Rather than using "silenced", or the lead section's current wording, perhaps it may be toned down a little more to suit the guidelines. The nomination will be approved once those wording and citing issues are addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing. I duplicated the references to a sentence earlier. I tried to translate the name of the organization and his book: "Erstickte Stimmen", which was originally in German. I understand that "erstickt" means "suffocated" and believe that "silenced" is almost too harmless compared to that. Other options from my translator are "suppressed" and "stifled", the latter being a word I never heard before and therefore hesitate to use. If you say it is better, I'll believe you. Or what would you suggest? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

The current hook is also really long, at 183 characters, so it might be a good idea to shorten it a bit. If that can be done while making the hook/article meet WTW, that might help. Perhaps Launchballer or CurryTime7-24 can propose such revisions to ALT0? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:44, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Knowing Gerda's strong feelings on DYK hooks, I'm not sure I can be of help here. However, I do agree that this hook is a mouthful and would benefit from a trim. Also, the phrase "whose voices were silenced" ought to be modified per WP:SUBJECTIVE, MOS:EUPHEMISM, and possibly MOS:CLICHE. It would be clearer to say "to revive the music of composers suppressed by totalitarian regimes". —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:51, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

CurryTime7-24, did you read (just above) that I tried to translate the name of the organization in a more elegant way than putting it in brackets? I believe that you could help with that. Voix Etouffées, Erstickte Stimmen, what is it best in English? It's their program. I would seriously like to find out even if we don't use it for the hook. - In an earlier hook, we said "music banned by the Nazis" which is of course shorter but too narrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

It seems to be officially known by its French name, so I'd stick with that. Sometimes organizations are internationally known by their native name (e.g. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde). For what it's worth, "etouffée" translates to "stifled", "smothered", or "muffled". —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

I am sorry that I was not precise: of course I didn't want to replace the French name of the organization, but translate it for those who don't know French. All three words are new to me, so I can't tell what would be best. Or give up the idea? Then what would you suggest? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Trying without "voices":

ALT0a ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive music that was suppressed by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century?

Trying simple translation:

ALT0b ... that conductor and composer Amaury du Closel (pictured) founded the Forum Voix Etouffées (Stifled voices) to revive music suppressed by totalitarian regimes of the 20th century? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Didn't grasp what you were telling me at first; I'm sorry for my pedantic reply. :) Although these are not literal translations, I think "suppressed", "persecuted", or even "oppressed" better convey the intended spirit of "etouffée" in the context of the organization name. Both ALT0a and ALT0b seem great to me! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

I like ALT0a. As long as the wordings in the article are also fixed we should be good to go with it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

In the hook, we have no space. In the article, I replaced a duplicate "persecuted" in the lead by "suppressed", but in the prose used "voices stifled" (in quotation marks) to make the connection to the name. It appeared there only for the Nazi regime. If you have better ideas please try. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

@CurryTime7-24: Are you okay with the way "voices stifled" is used in the article, or do you think it should be rephrased? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:43, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5 and CurryTime7-24: Is this hook approved? If not, what else needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 14:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

I am still waiting for CurryTime's reply, or at least an opinion from a third party, on the appropriateness of the "voices stifled" quote in the article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:01, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5 and Z1720: I think the second instance of "voices stifled" in the article ought to be reworded or at least have its quotes removed as it unintentionally suggests MOS:SCAREQUOTES. As I mentioned earlier, "suppressed", "persecuted", and "oppressed" are preferable in conveying the implication of threat and force in the French original. "Stifled", while technically correct, is often used to indicate something/someone has been discouraged, frustrated, or deterred. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:49, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

CurryTime7-24, would you please just change it as you think is best. I just can't nuances well enough to be secure. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:23, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Done! —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

• Good to go with ALT0a. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:58, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 9

Veiqia

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Nundua, seated, veiqia tattoos visible at her hips

• ... that when young Fijian women reached puberty, their hips were tattooed with veiqia (pictured)? Source: "In nineteenth-century Fiji, when a girl reached puberty, she was tattooed in a secluded enclosure by a daubati (female specialist)." https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv18kc0px.19 & for hips, see " following account of tatuing (veinggia) is brief and incomplete partly because it is a custom restricted to the female sex and then confined to that portion of the body surrounding the pudendurn muliebre and adjacent areas which are covered by the short fringe skirt (liku)" https://www.jstor.org/stable/2790097
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Baguia Fort
  • Comment: QPQ is forthcoming, but didn't want to forget to nominate this article QPQ done

Improved to Good Article status by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 107 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 20:55, 13 October 2024 (UTC).

• Recent GA. Article is well-referenced throughout with no copyvio detected. Hook is interesting and referenced. Image confirmed to be PD. Good to go with the QPQ done. Juxlos (talk) 06:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Michael F. Adams

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Adams in 2013

• ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was the first president of Centre College who was not Presbyterian? Source: Weston, Centre College: A Bicentennial History (2019), p.119
  • ALT1: ... that during his time as president of the University of Georgia, Michael F. Adams advocated for a playoff championship system for college football, over five years before such a system was implemented? Source: https://www.redandblack.com/sports/after-adams-championships-controversies-and-change-during-years-as-president/article_dca8723c-9741-11e2-bfcd-0019bb30f31a.html
  • ALT2: ... that five new colleges were established at the University of Georgia during the administration of President Michael F. Adams (pictured)? Source: https://news.uga.edu/uga-president-adams-announces-plans-to-step-down-next-year/
  • ALT3: ... that Michael F. Adams (pictured) was chief of staff to Senate minority leader Howard Baker for three years and later ran for Congress himself? Source: https://sc.centre.edu/ency/a/adams.html; https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Black Lesbian and Gay Centre

Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:38, 9 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Earwig comes up high, but everything seems to be long names of organizations Valereee (talk) 20:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

• Personally I find ALT1 the most interesting, ALT0 as second choice. Not wild about all the affiliated sources for the hooks, can we find somethng from places he didn't work? Valereee (talk) 20:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

• I don't love the photo. It's a crop from another, and it's just awkward. I tried to recrop, but it's not high enough res and doesn't have enough room to come up with a better version. Valereee (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
  • @Valereee: here's an ESPN link for ALT1. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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Kiki Wong

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Wong at a 2024 Smashing Pumpkins show with Green Day

• ... that heavy metal guitarist Kiki Wong (pictured) played drums for Taylor Swift before joining The Smashing Pumpkins?

• Source: NME, June 2024: "Kiki Wong, the new guitarist in The Smashing Pumpkins, has spoken about the “mind-blowing” experience of playing her first shows with the band over the last week. [...] Among her claims to fame is playing drums for Taylor Swift's performance of "Shake It Off" at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kent Brushes

Created by Jonathan Deamer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Jonathan Deamer (talk) 12:59, 12 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ:
Overall: Nice work! The pic especially is a great find. Innisfree987 (talk) 08:09, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 13

Bethwel Henry

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• ... that Bethwel Henry was the first Micronesian to receive a degree in his field and served as a United Nations delegate at age 25?

• Source: degree, UN (the source says he was 26, but he was born in 1934 per [7] and his own words ([8]) and thus would have been 25)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Empire Brunei
• Comment: QPQ will be done within 24 hours.

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 262 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:46, 20 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is well sourced, hook is somewhat interesting and QPQ is completed. Playing a bit loose with the timing, but I don't see that being an issue, so I approve. TheBritinator (talk) 15:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Mały Brzostek

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• ... that there's a town in Poland which has disappeared?

• Source: Stanaszek, Bogdan (2007), "Z kart historii...", Brzostek: 640-lecie lokacji miasta (1367-2007). Tradycje – Perspektywy rozwoju (PDF) (in Polish), Brzostek: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Brzosteckiej i Urząd Gminy w Brzostku, p. 37–53, ISBN 978-83-901833-9-8

• ALT1: ... that in medieval Poland a town has been "absorbed" by its bigger neigbour? Source: Stanaszek, Bogdan (2007), "Z kart historii...", Brzostek: 640-lecie lokacji miasta (1367-2007). Tradycje – Perspektywy rozwoju (PDF) (in Polish), Brzostek: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Brzosteckiej i Urząd Gminy w Brzostku, p. 37–53, ISBN 978-83-901833-9-8
• ALT2: ... that in Poland there existed a town which has never appeared on any maps? Source: Stanaszek, Bogdan (2007), "Z kart historii...", Brzostek: 640-lecie lokacji miasta (1367-2007). Tradycje – Perspektywy rozwoju (PDF) (in Polish), Brzostek: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Brzosteckiej i Urząd Gminy w Brzostku, p. 37–53, ISBN 978-83-901833-9-8
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• Comment: My first nomination, so go easy on me :)

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

Filipny (talk) 20:50, 13 October 2024 (UTC).

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

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - AGF on the hook citations due to the fact that I don't speak Polish. ALT2 is ineligible due to the fact that it doesn't appear in the article (and also is somewhat contradicted by the map showing its location in the article). I'm not sure ALT1 is totally factual, is it really correct to say that a town that became a suburb of another was absorbed by it?

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Pass ALT0 only, other two hooks are ineligible for reasons described above. ALT0 probably also needs a minor reword, may I propose ALT0a: "... that a medieval town in Poland disappeared?". Although this isn't strictly a requirement, some copyediting to clean up awkward grammar/phrasing in the article before it appears on the front page would probably be nice. Thank you for this well researched article! 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 14

Francis L. Sampson

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Official portrait of Major General Sampson, 1967

• ... that Saving Private Ryan was based on a true story involving Francis L. Sampson (pictured), a paratrooper chaplain who eventually became the 12th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army?

• Source: Longden, Tom (Dec 16, 2007). "War hero Sampson carried message of peace". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

• ALT1: ... that when Francis L. Sampson (pictured) was captured during the D-Day landings, German soldiers did not believe he was a non-combatant because they had never seen a paratrooper chaplain before? Source: Warnock, Bill (1 December 2020). "D-Day Drama at the Klondike Aid Station". Warfare History Network. Archived from the original on 13 Oct 2024.
• ALT2: ... that Dwight Eisenhower nominated Francis L. Sampson (pictured) for the Medal of Honor, but he did not receive it as Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall did not believe it to be appropriate for non-combatants? Source: Warnock, Bill (1 December 2020). "D-Day Drama at the Klondike Aid Station". Warfare History Network. Archived from the original on 13 Oct 2024.
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• Comment: The ALT1 and ALT2 hooks may need rewording; I'm open to suggestions. ALT2 could use File:D-Day Francis Sampson burials.jpg instead, perhaps cropped and zoomed a bit.

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

~Darth Stabro^{Talk/Contribs} 15:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC).

• No QPQ needed. Passed GAN. Sources are reliable and article is long enough. Image is properly licensed. I think the first hook is too misleading, as when I first read it I thought it implied that Sampson's story played a big role in the film, but the article barely mentions that he suggested something to someone who's story did play a big role. I think that ALT 1 is better, but it should change the link to [[D-Day landings]] rather than the present [[Normandy landings|D-Day landings]] to keep it under the 200 character limit. Source is verified. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 08:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 15

John Moore (basketball)

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• ... that after learning that UCLA's student body president was Black, John Moore's mother said "this is where he's going to school"?

• Source: "'You mean there are fifteen thousand students at this school, and out of all these people the student body president is black?' ... 'Well,' Johnny's mother said, 'this is where he's going to school.' "(Wooden: A Coach's Life)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ricot Joseph
• Comment: The source is offline. Let me know if more quotes are needed.

Created by Bagumba (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 111 past nominations.

—Bagumba (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough. Hook is interesting, reads good, and is short enough. Everything in the article is cited. I read the entire article and just fixed a few minor things. Approving the hook. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 16

Susanne Craig

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• ... that Susanne Craig was born in the same hospital as Ted Cruz a year apart?
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Improved to Good Article status by Lisha2037 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Lisha2037 (talk) 00:23, 17 October 2024 (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 eligibility:

• Cited: - Hook doesn't appear to be supported by article. Cannot find mention of Cruz in edit history.
• Interesting: - Is there more context that can be given that signals why this is interesting, beyond coincidence? It looks like there might be at this article, but it's paywalled.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Updated - see ALT1 and ALT2 below. Great work getting this article to GA status! It looks like this hook isn't in the article - please take a look at WP:DYKHOOK. Even if it were, I'm not sure it's the most interesting hook there could be for this article unless there's missing detail from the source. Please take a look and see if this one can be improved, or if there's another you'd suggest. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 09:08, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Jonathan Deamer it’s my first time nominating for DYK so I’m still getting used to what that entails regarding style and interest. If you would be done to suggest something? I think since elections are coming up maybe something related to that and the Trump a tax story? Lisha2037— Preceding undated comment added 15:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

How about something on the fact they she received the first batch of tax return documents anonymously in her mailbox? The NPR source has some additional colour on this.

The early career section could be expanded with some of the details on her time at the Guantlet from this piece. Pullitzer prize winner only started journalism to get free dinner theatre tickets could be a fun hook if you can find the right wording :) Jonathan Deamer (talk) 12:42, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Jonathan Deamer I think the tax idea is better for the current events. Did you know the journalist who won the Pulitzer for breaking the story on Trump’s taxes received them anonymously in her mailbox? Lisha2037— Preceding undated comment added 23:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Lisha2037 Thanks! I've taken the liberty of building on this with a couple of alternatives:

• ALT1: ... that Susanne Craig won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on Donald Trump's taxes after receiving his tax records anonymously in her mailbox? NBC, 2016: ""I opened it up and there was three pages of Donald Trump's tax returns there and I just went 'No way!'" she said in an interview with NBC News on Monday. Craig said she was instantly intrigued but skeptical about the authenticity of the documents she’d received anonymously." Pulitzer.org: "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting [...] David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times. For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges."
• ALT2 (in case direct mentions of politicians is not desirable in DYK for the next few weeks): ... that Pulitzer Prize winner Susanne Craig advises her fellow reporters to check their snail mail? New York Times: "The whole experience has left me eager to share a bit of advice with my fellow reporters: Check your mailboxes. Especially nowadays, when people are worried that anything sent by email will leave forensic fingerprints, “snail mail” is a great way to communicate with us anonymously." Pulitzer.org: "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting [...] David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times. For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges."

I think either ALT1 or ALT2 is good to go, but to avoid approving "my own" hook, and given this is potentially a contentious subject right now, could another reviewer please take a look just at these two hooks? Thanks in advance! Jonathan Deamer (talk) 20:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

@Jonathan Deamer / I like the first hook better. Let me know what I need to do next! :)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisha2037 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

@Lisha2037 No further action needed from you! When another editor checks these hooks we're good to go. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 16:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

@Lisha2037 and Jonathan Deamer: ALT1 is more interesting than ALT2, though could do with being truncated at 'taxes' per WP:DYKTRIM. Article says Craig won the prize, the article says she shared it with two others. Did they each get one?--Launchballer 18:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Launchballer The Pulitzer Prize is given digitally to all of them with all of them receiving the prize and the $15,000 award. :::::@Lisha2037:

Fine by me. For your information, pings don't work unless you sign, and you sign with ~~~~. The cited source is down and I'd prefer to see a secondary source anyway; when you've done that, I will approve this.--Launchballer 11:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Launchballer- did you mean a source citing the monetary award given? It’s here Lisha2037 (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)@lisha2037

No, what I meant is that the source currently being used to cite the hook - currently ref #25 - is broken. It is not displaying what it is supposed to display. I suggest swapping it out with a secondary source such as Vogue.--Launchballer 20:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Launchballer- the source works just fine for me. It’s straight from the website of the Pulitzer Prizes. Lisha2037 (talk) 23:39, 9 November 2024 (UTC)@lisha2037

Launchballer, when I click on the link for ref #25 in the article, it takes me to the Pulitzer Prizes source; that page shows the three winners including Craig and the $15,000 prize amount. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:24, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

It certainly wasn't when I checked before, but it is now. Let's roll.--Launchballer 21:30, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Tea production in Indonesia

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• ... that although tea was introduced to Indonesia in 1684, commercial production only began in the 1820s? Source: [9]
  • ALT1: ... that during the colonial period, Indonesia was the largest exporter of tea outside of the British Raj and Ceylon? Source: [10]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Veiqia
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Created by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 232 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 06:57, 16 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Per WP:DYKCOMPLETE please expand the section Impact to more than a one sentence paragraph RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:16, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Easier to merge it to Statistics. That better? Juxlos (talk) 02:41, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

@Juxlos: works for me. Thanks for the efforts to create this article.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 03:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

I like ALT1, but it's not supported by the source – Ceylon (i.e., Sri Lanka) is named as the second largest producer, with Java and Sumatra combined being third. Pinging Juxlos.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:05, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

I was under the impression that Ceylon was part of the Raj at that point (kind of like Burma). Guess not. Hook updated. Juxlos (talk) 00:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

• Having just done a brief Wikidive, it looks pretty interesting. Colonialism was never simple. Anyways, reinstating the tick thanks to the correction.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:51, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

James Smart (police officer)

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James Smart

• ... that Keir Starmer described Chief Constable James Smart (pictured) as "one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Police"?

• Source:

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pulp and paper industry in Indonesia

Created by Sahaib (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 34 past nominations.

Sahaib (talk) 09:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Sahaib, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 16 October and is of good length; article is well written and cited inline throughout; I hadn't heard of the publisher used for the citaiton for the hook but the author looks like they are reliable, holding a PhD and having written on the history of Scottish police elsewher (and being a former police superintendent); hook fact is mentioned in the article and supported by the source; image is OK and looks to be public domain by virtue of age; I didn't pick up any issues with overly-close paraphrasing from the online sources; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks OK to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:24, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

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Articles created/expanded on October 17

Rich Romer

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• ... that three-time Pizza Hut All-American Rich Romer later worked as an engineer?

• Source: Pizza Hut, engineer

• ALT1: ... that NFL player Rich Romer was a three-time Pizza Hut All-American? Source: Pizza Hut
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5x expanded by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 23:24, 18 October 2024 (UTC).

• Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 07:38, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Great work on the article! Both hooks are interesting and verified as being sourced in the article. ALT0 relies on this source to say he worked as an engineer. According to the About Us page for the East Greenbush Education Foundation, "The East Greenbush Education Foundation, Inc. is an audited 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds to support student achievement. Founded in 1985 and located in East Greenbush, NY, the Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors." I think this is a marginally reliable source. If there are concerns that this source is insufficiently reliable, I recommend using ALT1 instead. Cunard (talk) 07:38, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Waltiea Rolle

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• ... that Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13 after being discovered by a talent scout while walking home from school?

• Source: https://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/apr/09/waltiea-will-be-first-bahamian-to-play-in-wnba/

• ALT1: ... that after being discovered by a talent scout while walking home from school, Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13? Source: https://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/apr/09/waltiea-will-be-first-bahamian-to-play-in-wnba/
• ALT2: ... that Waltiea Rolle was the first Bahamian to play in the WNBA? Source: https://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/sep/25/waltiea-rolle-joins-turkish-womens-basketball/?news
• ALT3: ... that Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13 after being discovered by Olympic track and field medalist Frank Rutherford while walking home from school?
• ALT4: ... that Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13 after being discovered by Olympic medalist Frank Rutherford while walking home from school??

• Source: https://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/apr/09/waltiea-will-be-first-bahamian-to-play-in-wnba/

• Reviewed:

Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:23, 18 October 2024 (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: Would it be quirkier to replace "talent scout" for Rutherford with "Olympic track and field medalist" i.e. different sport, cachet of Olympics?[11] For ALT2, this is a bit better source that she became the first instead of relying on one anticipating that she "will" be be the first. —Bagumba (talk) 18:26, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Which of the alts should I revise? Do I just edit them directly or do I add an ALT3? Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:40, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm OK with the ALT0 format, which I assume was also your preferred one? Typically, in the spirit of WP:TALK#REPLIED, it's best to just create a new ALT, to avoid anyone looking at the discussion getting confused.—Bagumba (talk) 18:50, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@WikiOriginal-9: The new ALTs needs to have Rutherford's medal background mentioned and sourced in the WP page as well (WP:DYKHOOK).—Bagumba (talk) 12:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Ref added to Rutherford. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@WikiOriginal-9: Sorry if it wasn't clear. Everything in the hook must be mentioned in prose and sourced in the bolded link i.e. Rolle's page, not Rutherford's page (though you can improve that too, it's just not required for DYK). The focus is on the bolded target.—Bagumba (talk) 17:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Done. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 04:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

ALT3 seems more interesting as it mentions Rutherford's background being in a different sport. If a backup is somehow needed, ALT2 also checked out.—Bagumba (talk) 05:36, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 18

The rent strike in Independence, Missouri

2024 Kansas City metropolitan area rent strike

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• ... that a rent strike in Missouri (pictured) is the first to ever target the United States federal government?

• Source: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article293503129.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Moved to mainspace by LunaEclipse (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

💽 LunaEclipse 💽 ⚧ ^{【=◈︿◈=】} 00:15, 18 October 2024 (UTC).

• Article is new and long enough. Article is well-sourced, neutral, and only pings on Earwigs for some long proper titles. Hook is cited, short enough, and interesting. QPQ has been completed. Image is freely licensed, clear at a diminished size, and used in the article. Morgan695 (talk) 15:43, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 19

Lockheed Martin FB-22

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• ... that a bomber version of the F-22 Raptor called the FB-22 was once considered by the U.S. Air Force in the mid-2000s?

• Source: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2005/January%202005/0105raptor.pdf

• Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Steve7c8 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Steve7c8 (talk) 02:31, 21 October 2024 (UTC).

• Article recently passed GAR, is free from copyvio, no QPQ is required. The hook looks good for the main page. I fixed the image formatting within the nomination, but unfortunately this non-free image can't be used per WP:DYKIMG. Is there a free image that can be used in its place? ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 18:42, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
  • I went through the images within the article and noticed that they are also all non-free and that there is no Commons category for this version of the F-22. I don't see a way that the hook can be approved with an image unless we can track down some free images of the variant. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 18:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
    • Correct, there are unfortunately no free images for this design, since it wasn't built, all accurate renditions of it are officially released images by Lockheed Martin to industry publications and Air Force Association symposiums. Can the hook be approved without an image? Steve7c8 (talk) 20:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
      • Certainly. The hook is approved with the image omitted in line with my previous comment. Excellent work on the article! ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 23:53, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
        • @Mccunicano Did this nomination get approved? I noticed that it's still listed as pending, which seems to indicate that it's still under review. Steve7c8 (talk) 06:55, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
          • Yes, see: Template talk:Did you know/Approved#Articles created/expanded on October 19 ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 19:22, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

John Green (basketball)

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• ... that John Green was UCLA's leading scorer on the first of coach John Wooden's 12 Final Four teams?

• Source: "John Green, All American senior guard, was the team's high scorer with 559 points in 29 games, a 19.3 average." (The California Eagle) "At 6 feet 3, he started for the first of Wooden’s 12 NCAA Final Four teams." (Pioneer Press)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Waltiea Rolle

Created by Bagumba (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 111 past nominations.

—Bagumba (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2024 (UTC).

• Reviewing. RecycledPixels (talk) 20:30, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

• 1. New enough - Y Article created on the day of the nomination
• 2. Long enough - Y 4451 Readable prose size, not a stub
• 3. External policy compliance - Y. Well-sourced, neutral, and BLP-compliant. Spot checked sources 11, 19, 21, and 26 (11% of sources used) shows no copyvio or close paraphrasing
• 4. Presentable - Y No article improvement or citation needed tags.
• 5. Sourced - Y. Verified both sources provided, meets RS.
• 6. Hook short enough - Y Brief and to the point.
• 7. Hook interesting - Y
• 8. Images - Y - No image included for main page publication
• 9. QPQ - Y - Done.
• 10. Other Y - No problems.

• Overall: Pass. RecycledPixels (talk) 20:30, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

The Empire Brunei

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Atrium of The Empire Brunei hotel

• ... that the opening of The Empire Brunei hotel (pictured) was timed to help create capacity in Brunei for an APEC summit? Source: Brunei's Empire Hotel to open before APEC
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dusko Doder

Moved to mainspace by Chipmunkdavis (talk), Pangalau (talk), and Azuru79 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

CMD (talk) 08:20, 21 October 2024 (UTC).

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:59, 21 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:36, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Shadia Abu Ghazaleh

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• ... that Shadia Abu Ghazaleh returned to Palestine following the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, despite her family attempting to dissuade her? Source: Omar, Abdullah (March 2022). "Shadia Abu Ghazaleh 1949–1968". The Women who Made Palestinian History (PDF). London: Middle East Monitor. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  • ALT1: ... that Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was one of the first women to join the Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank? Source: Pappe, Ilan; Mansour, Johnny (2022). "Abu Gazaleh, Shadia (1949–1968)". Historical Dictionary of Palestine. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 31. ISBN 9781538119860.
  • ALT2: ... that Leila Khaled adopted the name of Shadia Abu Ghazaleh as her nom de guerre? Source: Khalili, Laleh (2007). Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration. Cambridge University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-521-86512-8.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Veylma Falaeo

Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

Grnrchst (talk) 14:43, 20 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: All three hooks were verified, but I prefer ALT1 as I believe it to be the most unique hook of the three. Yue🌙 19:00, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Feelie

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Badge from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• ... that feelies (example pictured) have been used for everything from copy protection to sexual roleplay?

• Source: copy protection: Rosenberg, Adam (18 February 2013). "Discussing the Emergent Silliness and Enduring Excellence of Infocom with Founder and Gaming Legend, Dave Lebling". Digital Trends. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2024.; erotic roleplay (potentially NSFW image at the relevant paragraph) Peters, Ian M. (2014). "Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, Superheroes in Miniature, and Pink Polka-dot Boxers: Artifact and Collectible Video Game Feelies, Play, and the Paratextual Gaming Experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509.

• ALT1: ... that the feelies shipped with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy included a pin (pictured), a cotton ball, and a microscopic space fleet, but no tea? Source: Peters, Ian M. (2014). "Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, Superheroes in Miniature, and Pink Polka-dot Boxers: Artifact and Collectible Video Game Feelies, Play, and the Paratextual Gaming Experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Qian Jin Bao
• Comment: Note that this was a redirect from 2016 through today. Even then, this would count as a 5x expansion over what existed before the article was turned into a redirect.

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 693 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC).

• Looks good to me. Expansion is fine (this has nothing in common with the earlier collection of unverified trivia), the first hook is verified, I don't see any plagiarism, paragraphs are sourced, the image is properly licensed, etc. I like the first hook best. Drmies (talk) 01:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Qian Jin Bao

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January 22, 1926, issue of Qian Jin Bao

• ... that when French secret police raided Deng Xiaoping's hotel room in Billancourt, they encountered copies of the Moscow newspaper Qian Jin Bao (pictured)?

• Source: Alexander V. Pantsov, Steven I. Levine. Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life. Oxford University Press, 2015. pp. 34-35

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eternity in Flames

Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 407 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 21:58, 19 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough and long enough. Earwig is showing me 0%, which may be an error, but spotchecking I haven't found any issues. Image is sufficiently clear for what it is – one doesn't expect newspapers to show up well at 100px. Looks good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 20

Głos Kolejarzy Ewakuowanych — Golos Evakuirovannykh Zheleznodorozhnikov

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• ... that an organ of evacuated Polish railway workers called for unity with All-Russian trade unions around the time of the 1917 October Revolution?

• Source: Ludwik Bazylow, Jan Sobczak. Encyklopedia Rewolucji Październikowej. Wiedza Powszechna, 1987. p. 118

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Laws of London

Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 408 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 12:08, 20 October 2024 (UTC).

• Date, size, hook, neutrality, refs, copyvio spotcheck, QPQ - all in green. GTG. I just wonder whether a more interesting hook could be found, hmmm, maybe one based on the SDKPiL quote? @Soman: --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:01, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Dog

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Various types of dogs.

• ... that dogs (examples pictured) were domesticated from wolves over 14,000 years ago by hunter-gatherers, before the development of agriculture? Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2010083118 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00432-7
  • ALT1: ... that humans have consumed dog (example pictured) meat for at least 14,000 years? Source: https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JwGZTQunH00C&pg=PA208&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Wolverine X-eye (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 09:14, 20 October 2024 (UTC).

• Comments: ALT1 is going to make a lot of people upset. I should know, as I'm from South Korea, where dog meat is still eaten. BorgQueen (talk) 09:38, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

All the better for views if you ask me, but technically that hook would be about dog meat and thus it would fail WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE, so with regret I've struck it. ALT0 is available for review; might have a rummage for hooks myself. (Also, that image of 'a female dog nursing' is adorable.)--Launchballer 19:28, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

• Article received a GA review seven days before DYK nom, so it's new enough. It's definitely long enough, and I'm going to trust that the GA process addressed any potential concerns about sourcing. The hook is interesting, and the image is freely-licensed. QPQ is not required. Personally I think it would be nice to have an image comparing a dog to a wolf since the hook makes mention of both, but that's just my personal opinion. Overall, it seems good to go! Di (they-them) (talk) 12:01, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

  Now that I mention it, might I suggest this alt image? commons:File:Comparison of a wolf and a pug.png. Di (they-them) (talk) 12:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

  That image is low-quality IMO, so no, not that one. I would instead prefer a husky since it looks somewhat similar to a wolf. Wolverine X-eye ^{(talk to me)} 12:39, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm doing a tick to make clear that this comment is not an objection, but just excerpts from the two sources verifying the hook fact. The earlier article says, "The researchers determined that dogs were probably domesticated from now-extinct wolves between 11,000 and 16,000 years ago — before humans began farming around 10,000 years ago."[12] and the more recent article pushes this timeline back further,[13] "Dogs were the first domesticated species and the only animal known to enter into a domestic relationship with people during the Pleistocene [...] dogs were domesticated in Siberia by 23,000 years ago, possibly while both people and wolves were isolated during the harsh climate of the Last Glacial Maximum. Dogs then accompanied the first people into the Americas and traveled with them as humans rapidly dispersed into the continent beginning 15,000 years ago [...] The earliest generally accepted dog dates to 15 ka (from the site of Bonn-Oberkassel, discussed below). However, claims for the existence of domestic dogs as early as 40 ka (22–28) have been made on the basis of morphological (22, 24–27), isotopic (22, 29), genetic (22, 28, 30), and contextual assessments (24, 31) of ancient canid remains. Yet, none of these potential domestication markers is fail-safe, owing to the fact that wolves and early domesticated dogs can be difficult to distinguish from each other." Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 00:49, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Feelie (Brave New World)

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• ... that Aldous Huxley developed his "feelies" in response to the emergence of "talkies"?

• Source: Frost, Laura (2006). "Huxley's Feelies: The Cinema of Sensation in "Brave New World"". Twentieth Century Literature. 52 (4): 447. ISSN 0041-462X. "The "feelies," a cinema of titillating, pansensual stimulation, are clearly a response to the "talkies," as Huxley extends the innovation of synchronized sound to include all the senses."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Progradungula barringtonensis

Created by Zxcvbnm (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 695 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:05, 20 October 2024 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 14:55, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 21

Xu Xinfu

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• ... that Xu Xinfu adapted the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan for Chinese audiences?

• Source: "Charlie Chan in China". The Chinese Mirror: A Journal of Chinese Film History. May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ready Set Learn!

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 696 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:53, 21 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: The article is interesting and well-sourced, but I highly recommend the promoter change the hook to "... that Xu Xinfu adapted the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan for Chinese audiences?" I think most readers will be unfamiliar with the character, as I myself was until I read both articles. Yue🌙 04:07, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

• Fair. I forget that I've been reading about 20s/30s cinema for a while, and that Charlie Chan isn't as well known to the average reader. Done.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:24, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 22

Shunten

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• ... that the myth of Shunten, the legendary first king of Chūzan, was used to justify the 1609 Invasion of Ryukyu?

• Source: Smits, Gregory (2019). Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 154–155

• ALT1: ... that the myth of Shunten, the legendary first king of Chūzan, was used to justify the 1872 annexation of Okinawa?

• Source: Itō, Yūshi (2011). "The Legend of Minamoto no Tametomo: Controversy and Connections Between Ryūkyūan/Okinawan and Japanese Histories". In Edmond, Jacob; Johnson, Henry; Leckie, Jacqueline (eds.). Recentering Asia: Histories, Encounters, Identities. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004212619_006. ISBN 9781906876258., pp. 90–100.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Victoria Roshchyna

Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Generalissima, this article was an interesting read! Article long enough, well-sourced, copyvio-free, and presentable. This nomination is just within the 7 day deadline. QPQ done. Hook is interesting and sourced (offline accepted in good faith).

I can't help but think a hook along the lines of: "... that the myth of Shunten, the legendary first king of Chūzan, was used to justify the 1872 annexation of Okinawa?" would be more interesting, if just because it shows how late this myth still had currency (I also suspect front page readers would be more familiar with Okinawa than Ryukyu). I'll leave it up to your judgement if you want to include such an alt. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 18:02, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Tenpop421: That's actually a good point. I'll use the recommended alt hook, with Itō, Yūshi (2011). "The Legend of Minamoto no Tametomo: Controversy and Connections Between Ryūkyūan/Okinawan and Japanese Histories". In Edmond, Jacob; Johnson, Henry; Leckie, Jacqueline (eds.). Recentering Asia: Histories, Encounters, Identities. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004212619_006. ISBN 9781906876258., pp. 90–100 as the source. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Nice, I've added the alt. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Gilbert Wilson (geologist)

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• ... that geologist Gilbert Wilson declared his favourite expression was “I’m in love” in his McGill yearbook in 1924?

• Source: Source – Old McGill 1924 yearbook (https://yearbooks.mcgill.ca/viewbook.php?&campus=downtown&book_id=1924#page/101/mode/1up) 'Favourite expression "I'm in love"

• ALT1: ... that when geologist Gilbert Wilson went to school he was the fifth Wilson, so was known as "Quintus"? Source: Source – offline obituary '[he] went to school in Windermere where as one of five attending Wilsons he was known as Quintus' - source (ref 1) JGR and JC (1986). "Dr G Wilson (1899–1986)". Annual Report, Geological Society of London: 34–35
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Georgina Sutton

Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 20:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hello Chaiten1, I'll have a look at this nomination and I'll post my review soon. One short initial observation: the last source (Who's Who) is unreliable and should be replaced, see Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:47, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you - fixed! Chaiten1 (talk) 17:54, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

General eligibility:

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

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• Cited:
• Interesting:
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thanks for the adjustment. The article was created on 22 October 2024. It has a readable prose size of 6461 characters. Every paragraph is sourced. WP:EARWIG shows no copyvios. QPQ was done. The language of the article is neutral.

I'm not sure that the article should include the sentence with the quotes from the McGill yearbook since this sounds to me like trivia. Do comparable articles do that or do secondary sources discuss them? If the sentence is removed then we could not use the ALT0, which would leave us with ALT1. ALT1 is cited and interesting. I would make a slight grammatical adjustment:

ALT1a: ... that when geologist Gilbert Wilson went to school he was the fifth Wilson, so he was known as "Quintus"?

I think it would be better to move the section "Family" before the section "Awards and recognition" but this is optional. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you; good point about trivia, I will edit this and am very happy with ALT1a Chaiten1 (talk) 17:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC) All fixed now! Phlsph7 Chaiten1 (talk) 18:19, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Looks good, approve ALT1a. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Helliwells Ltd

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1939 advertisement

• ... that British aerospace engineering firm Helliwells Ltd (advertisement pictured) began as a maker of fireplace accessories?

• Source: "Helliwells Ltd was an engineering company, which was founded at Fountain Street, Dudley, in 1889 manufacturing fire irons and fire guards and the like" from: Smith, Ron (2004). British Built Aircraft: Central & Eastern England. Tempus. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-7524-3162-8.

• ALT1: ... that Helliwells Ltd (advertisement pictured) produced a motor scooter that was used by British police? Source: "Swallow 'Gadabout' motor scooter, 1948. The Swallow Coachbuilding Co. Ltd was bought in 1945 by the Helliwell Group, an aircraft servicing and repair company. They started to produce the Gadabout in 1946 ... was confirmed successful when adopted by public bodies including the Staffordshire Constabulary." from "Gadabout Motor Scooter". Science Museum Group Collection. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/James Smart (police officer)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 892 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 20:37, 22 October 2024 (UTC).

• Article moved to mainspace on same date as nomination. No issues with article writing, earwig & citations, and it is long enough. AGF on both hook sources. QPQ done. Good to go, nice work! B3251_(talk) 03:10, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 23

Rust Red Hills

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• ... that Rust Red Hills is being sold to renovate student housing, a court-approved move that museum associations say violates the ethics of deaccessioning?

• Source: Boucher, Brian (September 4, 2024). "A Court Approves Valparaiso University’s Controversial Plan to Sell Paintings From Brauer Museum Collection". Artnet. News. Quote: "The Brauer Museum of Art at Indiana's Valparaiso University has been at the center of controversy for a year and a half, as the school has moved to sell three valuable artworks from the museum’s collection to fund improvements to freshman dormitories. The paintings, by Frederic Edwin Church, Childe Hassam, and Georgia O'Keeffe, have been valued in the area of $20 million. Now, the Porter County Superior Court has approved of the university's plan, according to a court order dated August 29...The plan to sell the works was met with an outcry from many in the university community, a lawsuit filed by namesake founding director Richard Brauer, and condemnation of the sale in a joint statement issued by the leadership of the Association of Art Museum Directors, the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, and the Association of Art Museum Curators. "This remains a fundamental ethical principle of the museum field, one which all institutions are obligated to respect: in no event shall funds from deaccessioned works be used for anything other than support for a museum's collections, either through acquisitions or the direct care of works of art".
• Another source: Cui, Liya (September 4, 2024). "Indiana Court Allows Valparaiso University to Sell O'Keeffe Painting". Reuters. Quote: "An Indiana judge has ruled that Valparaiso University can sell a Georgia O'Keeffe and two other paintings...The private Lutheran university in Indiana last February announced its intention to sell the most valuable paintings in its Brauer Museum of Art collection, estimated to be worth $20 million in total, to fund a dormitory renovation...When a museum sells its artwork to raise funds, the money is typically used to acquire, store or preserve other works, according to guidelines established by the Association of Art Museum Directors."
• Older source that was published before the court approval: "Richardson, Kalia (March 10, 2023). "Its Georgia O'Keeffe Is Worth Millions. And Its Dorms Need Updating". The New York Times. Quote: "Schools typically court controversy when they announce they will sell artworks to raise funds, an act known as deaccessioning. Several sales have resulted in sanctions from art associations....Valparaiso's desire to pay for work on the dorms with proceeds from the paintings has received pushback...Valparaiso's announcement alarmed art associations because of a long-held principle among museums: Revenue from deaccessioned pieces should be used to acquire new works, not for operating costs...Four art associations issued a joint statement condemning Valparaiso and the idea that the works in the Brauer's collection were "disposable financial assets." One of the groups, the Association of Art Museum Directors, also told the museum’s director, Jonathan Canning, that if the university proceeded with the sale, it would consider censuring and sanctioning the museum."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Diet culture; Template:Did you know nominations/You Liked This (Okay, Computer!); Template:Did you know nominations/Stadionverbot Decision

Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

Viriditas (talk) 23:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC).

• the article certainly new enough, long enough, and very well-sourced. Nominator has also reviewed enough. The hook is short enough, and touches on an interesting and ongoing issue. Cardofk (talk) 17:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Carl Smith (canoeing)

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Carmen, canoe designed by Smith in 1882

• ... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885? Source: Source (in Swedish)
  • ALT1: ... that Carl Smith has been called the "father of Swedish canoe sporting"? Source: Most easily accessible here (in Swedish)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Smith (moneylender)

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 142 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC).

• Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
  • I verified that both ALT0 and ALT1 are sourced in the article. The image in ALT0 is verified as having been released under CC BY 4.0 and would be a good image for the lead image slot. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Yan Ruisheng

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Advertisement for Yan Ruisheng

• ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured) was China's first full-length feature film?

• Source: Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "Chinese Cinema". In Zhang, Yingjin; Xiao, Zhiwei (eds.). Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. New York, London: Routledge. pp. 3–30. ISBN 978-0-415-15168-9., among many others

• ALT1: ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), China's first full-length feature film, was banned within two years? Source: Xiao, Zhiwei (2013). "Policing Film in Early Twentieth-Century China". In Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 452–471. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765607.013.0025. ISBN 978-0-19-998331-5.
• ALT2: ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), China's first full-length feature film, advertised its shooting in brothels? Source: Chen Jianhua (陈建华) (24 August 2021). 《阎瑞生》摄制与剧照之百年回观 [A Century-long Review of the Filming and Stills of "Yan Ruisheng"]. The Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 October 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Frederick Cumming Smillie

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 697 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC).

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:00, 25 October 2024 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. A minor point: @Crisco 1492: Is it appropriate to say in the hook that it was China's first full-length feature film when the article seems to be a little less certain (Yan Ruisheng is commonly identified as the first Chinese-made full-length feature film / has been considered China's first full-length feature film)? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

• Hi BeanieFan11. That's me hedging my bets, because I distrust "first" claims even when multiple sources say "is", explicitly. I've changed the article to say "is".  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:27, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Probably fine then. Though, if you're not completely certain you could change the hook to something like e.g. "that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured) is considered China's first full-length feature film?" or "that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), considered China's first full-length feature film, was banned within two years? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
    • Yeah... only the sources don't have that level of uncertainty. I should have just gone with "is" from the get-go.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:37, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Castle Knob

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Castle Knob

• ... that the mediaeval Castle Knob in Derbyshire, England, was the site of a Cold War nuclear monitoring station?

• Source: Date of foundation is unknown but likely 12th century and certainly before 14th century: "there is no documentary record for this site before the fourteenth century, and the date of construction is unknown. Nevertheless, from the present remains it appears to have been a motte-and-bailey construction and would be consistent with those constructed during King Stephen's reign" from: Boston, Hannah (2024). Lordship and Locality in the Long Twelfth Century. Boydell & Brewer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78327-783-4. and " Excluded from the scheduling are all perimeter fencing, the sheds and stable within the area of the north bailey, and the underground MOD installation in the central bailey although the ground beneath all these features except the MOD installation is included." from: "Castle Gresley motte and bailey castle, Castle Gresley - 1011209". Historic England. Retrieved 18 October 2024.; the plaque on the site makes it clear this is a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post

• ALT1: ... that a settlement in Derbyshire, England, is named after a Knob? Source: "The Gresleys, more unusually, seem to have built a castle at their caput. The name is preserved in the current name of Castle Gresley, and in a mound, still approximately 20 feet high, known locally as Castle Knob, that lies about a mile from the remains of Gresley Priory" from: Boston, Hannah (2024). Lordship and Locality in the Long Twelfth Century. Boydell & Brewer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78327-783-4. see also the plaque on the site
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jabulani Mabuza
• Comment: There is probably some fun to be had with hooks around a "4m-high Knob" or similar but beyond me at the moment

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 893 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 13:04, 23 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 15:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 24

Shuah Khan

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• ... that Shuah Khan became the first female Linux Foundation Fellow in 2019, joining Linus Torvalds and Greg Kroah-Hartman?

• Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/shuah-khan-becomes-the-third-linux-foundation-fellow/

• ALT1: ... that Shuah Khan was the first woman fellow of the Linux Foundation and "signed off" on a patch recommending inclusive terminology in the Linux kernel?
• Sources: https://www.zdnet.com/article/shuah-khan-becomes-the-third-linux-foundation-fellow/ + https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/7/9
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ontology

Created by AbdulRahim2002 (talk). Moved to mainspace by TParis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 51 past nominations.

paul2520 💬 13:41, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

Linux Foundation Fellow Shuah Khan.

• Not a review. Just noting that you could use the new image for a hook image if you like. Bremps... 07:02, 30 October 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I added the photo to the DYK template as per the suggestion above. The QPQ was done by nominator paul2520. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

1939 Liechtenstein general election

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• ... that in the 1939 Liechtenstein general election, no actual voting took place?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bethwel Henry

Created by TheBritinator (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

TheBritinator (talk) 15:15, 25 October 2024 (UTC).

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:32, 25 October 2024 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Always nice to see small countries like Liechtenstein get decent coverage. Article looks good as a newly-promoted GA. AGF on the hook source. Appears good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

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Trisha Stafford-Odom

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• ... that basketball coach Trisha Stafford-Odom left the Eagles to join the Eagles?

• Sources: [14][15]

• ALT1: ... that women's basketball player Trisha Stafford-Odom was once compared to Charles Barkley for her play as a "scorer, rebounder and part-time enforcer"?

• Source: [16]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Moore (basketball)

Created by WikiOriginal-9 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:26, 26 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: WikiOriginal-9, the article is detailed, well-written, and well-sourced. The use of eagles as a pun in the hook makes it interesting, and both sources support the claim. Earwig shows that it is copyvio free. QPQ done. Good to go! —Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 15:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Every Night (Hannah Diamond song)

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• ... that "Every Night", released ten years ago today, was called "the smartest dumb music out there"?

• Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/28/the-playlist-electronic-james-blake-jackmaster-beats-in-space-and-more

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marcia Moore (actress)
• Comment: For November 24, 2024, if possible.

Created by Skyshifter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

Skyshiftertalk 19:34, 27 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Great hook! Might be a good candidate for the last/quirky hook. Article is well-sourced with online references; I verified the claim in the hook. Prose is neutral and well-worded; Earwig shows no copyvio. If I had to offer a minor critique, there's a bit of redundancy in the first paragraph of the Composition section: described is used twice in a row, then compared three times, and said two times after that, to attribute critic opinions. Perhaps the word choice could be varied a bit (eg using "called it", "labeled it", or "noted its production was similar to"). Nonetheless, the article is certainly DYK level already even without those edits! Frostly (talk) 07:15, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Lily Golden

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• ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden, born to an interracial couple from the United States but unable to return there due to racism, finally reunited with her relatives there in the 1980s? Source: Bertha Golden and Lily had planned to return to United States, but due to World War II and Bertha’s lingering fears of racism in the United States, they never left Uzbekistan. + "I am very happy, not only because this is the first time I met some of the Goldens and Bialeks, but because I think this is very historical for blacks and Jews to meet like this," said Golden
  • ALT1: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched Abkhazians of African descent and contemporary Black music despite her academic research being ideologically controlled? Source: Every effort was made to direct Golden's scholarship into proper ideological channels and to frustrate her dissertation on the cultural contributions of African music ... she found avenues and loopholes by which she could conduct independent research on the little-known native black population of Abkhazia as well as on officially disapproved forms of modern black music.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chiu Yuh-chuan
  • Comments: While someone else moved this to mainspace, it was only because I submitted it myself in AFC, so I'm naming myself as the mover.

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 18:02, 1 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: This does have promise. It's new, of sufficient length, neutral, and well-sourced without plagiarism. However, I do feel the hooks could be rewritten to be clearer and more concise to be more interesting to a broad audience. Lazman321 (talk) 21:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

@Lazman321: I added what should be enough clarity, but this is the clearest and shortest I could do without losing their hookiness.

• ALT0A: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden, born to an interracial couple from the United States, finally reunited with her relatives there decades after being unable to return due to racism? Source: Same as ALT0
• ALT0B: ... that academic Lily Golden, born to an American interracial couple, finally reunited with her American relatives decades after being unable to leave the Soviet Union due to racism? Source: Same as ALT0
• ALT1A: ... that Lily Golden researched "officially disapproved" genres of contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research in the Soviet Union? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1B: ... that Lily Golden researched contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research in the Soviet Union? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1C: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched "officially disapproved" genres of contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1D: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research? Source: Same as ALT1

Hope that help, ミラP@Miraclepine 23:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm in favor of ALT0B and ALT1C. Lazman321 (talk) 01:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Symonds St Public Conveniences and Former Tram Shelter

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Conveniences and Shelter after restoration in 2022

• ... that the first standalone women's toilets (pictured) in Auckland, New Zealand, were converted into being a male-only facility during the Second World War?

• Source: https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/561/561

• Reviewed:

Moved to mainspace by TarnishedPath (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

TarnishedPath^talk 14:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC).

• TarnishedPath Article looks good and no copyvios. QPQ not needed. Image free. Although the hook should be changed to "Auckland, New Zealand," to comply with MOS:GEOLINK. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:46, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

  @Panamitsu, I've made the change to the hook. TarnishedPath^talk 23:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Herbert Smith (mineralogist)

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• ... that in 1927, museum administrator Herbert Smith hired a special train so that civil servants could watch a total solar eclipse in North Yorkshire?

• Source: [17] ‘he arranged a special train to take members (of the society of civil servants) and other civil servants to Richmond, Yorkshire, to view the total eclipse of the sun in 1927’

• ALT1: ... that gemmologist Herbert Smith had two minerals and a wallaby named after him? Source: Sources – herbertsmithite [18] 'named for GF Herbert Smith' smithite - [19] 'named for G F Herbert Smith] Herbert’s rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 627 [June 1926]) ‘named in honour of G.F. Herbert Smith Assistant Secretary of the Museum’ (offline reference)
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/E-Defense

5x expanded by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 21:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Chaiten1, review follows: article more than 5x expanded from 25 October and is well written; sources used are good with inline citations throughout; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing; hooks are interesting and largely check out to sources cited (I don't have access to the wallaby one but it is verifiable elsewhere eg here, the national archives link isn't working for me at the moment but I have supplemented it in the article with the Nature ref you've provided here); a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me. This is a solid traditional encyclopaedia article, really nice to see - Dumelow (talk) 08:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Hotel Marseilles

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The Hotel Marseilles

• ... that some occupants of New York City's Hotel Marseilles had never had a private room before staying there? Source: Helmreich, William B. (July 5, 2017). Against All Odds. Routledge. p. 31
  • ALT1: ... that for some Holocaust survivors, their first-ever private room was at New York City's Hotel Marseilles? Source: Helmreich, William B. (July 5, 2017). Against All Odds. Routledge. p. 31
  • ALT2: ... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once a shelter for Holocaust survivors, later became affordable housing for the elderly? Source: Director, Roger (June 8, 1981). "Budget cuts may give her new life an old ending". New York Daily News. p. 65
  • ALT3: ... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once home to Sara Roosevelt and Dorothy Parker, later became a refugee shelter and affordable housing for the elderly? Source: Silverstein, Andrew (August 3, 2023). "just like Jewish refugees did after WWII". The Forward
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KIXE-TV
  • Comment: I can come up with more hooks later.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 682 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:31, 25 October 2024 (UTC).

Interesting building and history, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. Before going for GA perhaps check for repetitions (the building, also). The image is licensed and a great illustration! None of the hooks is impossible. I prefer ALT2, but I think the "later" serves little purpose ;) - The "private rooms" of the first two are said by one writer to be for "some", - that's a bit too weak for my taste. I think "Holocaust" will create more interest than the specific people of ALT3. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 26

Ornithoprion

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A skeletal restoration of Ornithoprion

• ... that Ornithoprion (pictured) was studied primarily using X-rays of its fossils?

• Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4261459#page/12/mode/1up

• ALT1: ... that Ornithoprion (pictured) may have used its long rostrum to flip shelled prey off of the seabed while feeding? Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4261459#page/51/mode/1up
• ALT2: ... that Ornithoprion hertwigi (pictured) is named in honor of Oscar Hertwig, who proposed that the vertebrate skull evolved from fused bony scales? Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4261459#page/46/mode/1up
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Improved to Good Article status by Gasmasque (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Gasmasque (talk) 18:58, 26 October 2024 (UTC).

• starting review--Kevmin § 02:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• Article GA promotion new enough, and article long enough with full citations and neutral tone to prose. no copyvios or close paraphrasing detected in the writing, with 3 word groupings detected by earwig coming from specific terminology names and descriptors. I feel Alt0 is the strongest hook but I would suggest swapping radiography with x-rays.--Kevmin § 19:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

• Changed radiographs to X-rays, let me know if there are any further problems. I agree that Alt0 is probably the strongest hook, and it fits well with the given diagram of the skeleton. Gasmasque (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• Article GA'd, no detected close paraphrasing or copyvios in spot checking. Article fully cited and hooks verified to sourcing. ALT0 is approved with main page appropriate image. Good to go.--Kevmin § 17:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

GeoNet (New Zealand)

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• ... that people have tried drawing phalluses on the earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?

• Source: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/11-10-2024/whos-the-aucklander-who-claims-to-feel-every-earthquake-in-new-zealand -- it says "certain appendage"

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 51 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 03:43, 26 October 2024 (UTC).

• Length, date, qpq, close paraphrase check ok. But is there a possibility for a second reference for the hook fact? The notion that 'certain appendage' is to be understood as a dick requires a bit of reading between the lines, but the ref also talks about this as an one-off incident. --Soman (talk) 11:49, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

• Hmm okay. I've had a look for another source but couldn't find one. Does this mean that I have to find another fact? I've at least changed the plurality of the hook to address that concern.

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... that people have tried drawing a phallus on the earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?

―Panamitsu (talk) 21:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

But still, we have one source saying that maybe someone once drew a dick using the platform. Unless there is another ref indicating that the trolling of the site would be a phenomenon, I'd suggest that another factoid be used for ALT hook. --Soman (talk) 15:56, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

@Soman: Oh I'm getting confused. I'm not sure if you want me to change the pluralisation, or find a new fact. I'll do both.

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"... that someone has tried drawing a phallus on the earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?"

ALT3:

"... that Aucklanders have a reputation for making false earthquake reports on New Zealand's earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?"

Source: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/11-10-2024/whos-the-aucklander-who-claims-to-feel-every-earthquake-in-new-zealand

―Panamitsu (talk) 06:02, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks, apologies for the inconvenience. I'm ok with ALT3. --Soman (talk) 09:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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Chiu Yuh-chuan

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• ... that future Olympic weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?

• Source: "舉重國手邱毓川失業 北市一公司願提供工作機會" [Weightlifting Champion Chiu Yuh-chuan Unemployed: A Company in Taipei Offers Job Opportunity]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). 1984-07-11. p. 10.

  The above source was published on 11 July 1984. Chiu Yuh-chuan competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, which took place between 28 July and 12 August 1984. The article notes:

  屏東縣唯一入選一九八四年奧運國家代表隊的舉重國手邱毓川，五次打破全國紀錄獲頒多面中正體育獎章，但自省立體專畢業迄今一年多卻苦於一職難求，經報導後，台北市慶宜股份有限公司深表同情，昨日特打長途電話到本報屏東採訪辦事處，表示願主動提供工作機會，解決邱毓川就職問題，熱忱感人。

  台北市慶宜貿易有限公司進口科長李聰哲在電話中表示，該公司經營多種商品貿易，為一頗具規模公司，因閱報獲知舉重國手邱毓川一職難求困境，基於為國家培育選手立場，願提供推廣企劃工作機會，除每月待遇一萬八千元左右外，并有業績獎金制度，只要邱毓川願意屈就，該公司竭誠歡迎。

  From Google Translate:

  Chiu Yuh-chuan, the only national weightlifter from Pingtung County to be selected for the 1984 Olympics national team, broke national records five times and was awarded multiple Chiang Kai-shek Sports Medals. However, it has been more than a year since he graduated from the provincial three-dimensional college and he has been struggling to find a job. After reports, Taipei City Qingyi Co., Ltd. expresses its deep sympathy. Yesterday, it made a long-distance call to the Pingtung office of this newspaper to interview and expressed its willingness to proactively provide job opportunities to solve Chiu Yuh-chuan's employment problem. The enthusiasm was touching.

  Li Congzhe, the import section chief of Taipei City Qingyi Trading Co., Ltd., said on the phone that the company is engaged in the trade of a variety of commodities and is a large-scale company. After reading the newspaper, he learned that the national weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan was in a difficult position. Based on the stance of cultivating athletes for the country, The company is willing to provide marketing and planning work opportunities. In addition to a monthly salary of about 18,000 yuan, there is also a performance bonus system. As long as Chiu Yuh-chuan is willing to give in, the company wholeheartedly welcomes him.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carl Smith (canoeing)

Created by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 86 past nominations.

Cunard (talk) 07:00, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

•  Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 14:51, 1 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Expanded day before DYK, from 138 to 5600, and article is up to snuff. All the sources but SR are offline so I'll AGF; that reminds me... Cunard, kudos to you for expanding a PRODed stub with sourcing that can't be reached easily. I recommend fixing the lede by blending in the info about his Olympic career so that it looks less like the cookie-cutter stub it originally was or adding an ALT1 showing that he was still looking for work post-Olympics even after the pre-Olympics job offer, but consider this optional. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Amalric of Nesle

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Amalric divorces Agnes

• ... that Patriarch Amalric was snubbed at the royal court because of his role in a royal divorce (pictured)?

• Source: Hamilton (1980) p. 76

• ALT1: ... that Patriarch Amalric was, according to the archbishop of Tyre, "reasonably well educated but bereft of intelligence and virtually useless"? Source: Hamilton (1980) p. 78
• ALT2: ... that "no other Latin patriarch had ruled for so long" as Amalric of Nesle and yet "no other had made so little contribution"? Source: Hamilton (1980) p. 78
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The United States of America (album)

5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 184 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Surtsicna, review follows: article well in excess of 5x expanded from 27 October; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable offline sources; happy to AGF there are no copyright violations from these sources, the Earwig check is fine; hooks check out to the source cited (from Google Preview at least), for ALT0 I have amended "divorce" to "annulment of a royal marriage" as there is a difference; a QPQ has been carried out. Image needs a US PD copyright tag but is undoubtedly in the public domain, if you can address this and check you are happy with the amendment to ALT0 I should be able to approve - Dumelow (talk) 08:59, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Tag added! I am not quite happy with the amendment, Dumelow, because it does not flow or catch attention nearly as well as "royal divorce"; and while divorce and annulment are different things in modern law, in the Middle Ages the annulment was the divorce, and indeed historians of the Middle Ages use the terms interchangeably, "divorce" even more commonly. See the source for this hook, for example. Surtsicna (talk) 18:42, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Surtsicna. Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. I have returned ALT0 to its original wording and am happy to leave the final decision up to the promoter - Dumelow (talk) 19:48, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Zhou Houkun

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Zhou in 1914

• ... that Zhou Houkun (pictured) wrote a thesis on the use of bamboo to reinforce concrete?

• Source: [20]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harriette Cooke

Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

Kimikel (talk) 00:15, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

• Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 05:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

The Crystal (tabloid)

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• ... that The Crystal was one of few publications in early 20th-century China to regularly cover same-sex intimacy?

• Source: Kang, Wenqing (2006). Male Same-Sex Relations in China, 1900–1950 (PhD thesis). University of California, Santa Cruz. p. 169. ProQuest 305350088. "In China during the first half of the twentieth century, many newspapers circulated in big cities, but only Crystal in Shanghai and Heavenly Wind in Tianjin regularly had discussions and stories about same-sex relations. "

• ALT1: ... that The Crystal contained regular coverage of Shanghai's courtesans? Source: Hershatter, Gail (1999). Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-520-20439-3. "Perhaps the most famous of the tabloids was Crystal (in Chinese, jingbao), published every three days beginning in 1919 for more than two decades. Crystal overlapped with the guidebooks in content, but devoted a great deal of column space to tracking relationships between courtesans and the city’s elite, as well as personality quirks and quarrels among courtesans, business successes or reversals, reminiscences about famous courtesans of earlier times, and lists of courtesan-house names and phone numbers."
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tore Skeie

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 699 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:58, 27 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: On good faith. As this contains sources not accessible by internet. 184.153.21.19 (talk) 02:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 28

Taurus 09

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Roping exercises during Taurus 09

• ... that Taurus 09 (exercise pictured) was the largest Royal Navy deployment in more than ten years?

• Source: "Joining Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, he took part in numerous exercises, most notably TAURUS 09, the largest Royal Naval deployment in over 10 years," from: "Marine Scott Gregory Taylor killed in Afghanistan". British Government. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

• ALT1: ... that the Royal Navy's Taurus 09 deployment (exercise pictured) was featured in the TV series Warship? Source: "Visitors included the former and present First Sea Lords, Admiral Band and Stanhope respectively, a film crew from Granada TV producing the next series of Warship for channel 5" from: "A new experience for so many of us". Navy News. September 2009. p. 4.
• ALT2: ... that as part of the Royal Navy's Taurus 09 deployment sailors from HMS Somerset rowed the length of the Suez Canal? Source: "on the way home through Suez, 81 Somerset officers and sailors 'rowed' the canal, each one rowing two kilometres as quickly as they could, achieving the distance in a total of 10 hours 40 minutes" from: "A new experience for so many of us". Navy News. September 2009. p. 4.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert Smith (mineralogist)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 897 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 12:54, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

• The article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, neutral, hook interesting and cited to a reliable source. QPQ done as required. No copyvio issues. Image is relevant, used in the article, is freely licensed, and is clear at a diminished size. JuniperChill (talk) 23:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Trilobite Wilderness

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Sign welcoming visitors to the area

• ... that the Trilobite Wilderness is so rich in trilobite fossils that in places virtually every rock contains a fossil?

• Source: "Latham Shale - California Dreamin'". American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024.

• ALT1: ... that parts of the Mojave Desert are so rich in trilobite fossils that the Trilobite Wilderness was named after them? Source: "Trilobite Wilderness | Bureau of Land Management". www.blm.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
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• Comment: I recently created this article and I think the whimsical name and paleontological significance make it a good contender for a DYK

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

Blervis (talk) 04:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC).

• This is a newly created article, which is well referenced, long enough and passes copyvio. The hooks check out; ALT0 is intriguing, to the point and validated by the source (AMNH). QPQ is not required. The image is appropriate and has the correct permissions. This is a nice self-contained page, and I shall add it my bucket list of places to visit! Chaiten1 (talk) 15:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Nayib Bukele

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Nayib Bukele in 2019

• ... that during the presidency of Nayib Bukele (pictured), El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender?

• Source: Pérez, Santiago; Ostroff, Caitlin (7 September 2021). "El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency". The Wall Street Journal. San Salvador, El Salvador.

• ALT1: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world" on Twitter? Source: Youkee, Mat (26 September 2021). "Nayib Bukele Calls Himself the 'World's Coolest Dictator' – But Is He Joking?". The Guardian. San Salvador, El Salvador. ISSN 0029-7712.
• ALT2: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) is of Palestinian descent? Source: Ahren, Raphael (7 February 2019). "His Dad was an Imam, His Wife has Jewish Roots: Meet El Salvador's New Leader". The Times of Israel.
• ALT3: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) supports reunifying Central America? Source: "Nayib Bukele: "Centroamérica Debería Ser Un Solo País"" [Nayib Bukele: "Central America Should Be One Single Country"]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 4 January 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis L. Sampson

Improved to Good Article status by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 09:10, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

• That's quite the GA – good job. Review to come. charlotte ^👸♥ 05:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Nominated the day it was GAed, certainly long enough, copyvio checks return fine. All hooks are cited and interesting (Times of Israel is no consensus, but probably fine for this info), although I think ALT1 is the most interesting. Image has VRT and QPQ done. charlotte ^👸♥ 20:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Wu Tsai-fu

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• ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu was unable to generate urine for a drug test so drank six huge glasses of beer to help him urinate?

• Source: "世界杯舉重賽花絮 吳再富灌酒逼尿 大醉一場" [Highlights from the Weightlifting World Cup: Wu Tsai-fu Forced to Drink Beer to Urinate, Ends Up Drunk]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). 1991-10-05. p. 2.

  The article notes:

  驗尿也會酒醉？信不信由你，這次世界杯，只要成績還可以，尤其是男選手，一達到明年巴塞隆納奧運選拔標準，鐵定被「點名」接受禁藥測試，採取的方法就是「驗尿」。

  中華隊第4級選手吳再富，出賽當天挺舉未完，就被通知驗尿，不知是緊張？還是排汗旺盛，怎麼尿也尿不出來，無法交差。

  最後逼得沒辦法，只有強灌啤酒，向來不喝酒的吳再富這下可吃足了苦頭，在連續喝下6大杯後才排尿，大功告成之餘，他人也醉了，必須勞動隊友攙扶，才能回到選手村。

  From a translation:

  Can you be drunk during a urine test? Believe it or not, at this World Cup, as long as the performance is acceptable—especially for male athletes—if they meet the qualification standards for next year’s Barcelona Olympics, they are guaranteed to be "called in" for drug testing, which involves urine tests.

  On the day of the competition, Wu Tsai-fu, a Level 4 athlete from the Chinese team, was notified to take a urine test even before finishing his lifts. Whether it was nerves or excessive sweating, he found himself unable to produce any urine.

  In the end, with no other options, he had to resort to drinking beer. Not typically a drinker, Wu suffered significantly, and after downing six large glasses, he finally managed to urinate. However, he ended up drunk and had to rely on teammates to help him back to the athletes' village.

• ALT1: ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu drank six huge glasses of beer to help himself urinate for a drug test? Source: Same as the first hook.
• ALT2: ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu set nearly 20 national records? Source: He, Chang-fa 何長發 (1997-07-14). "大雞慢啼 吳再富揚州償宿願" [Late Bloomer: Wu Tsai-fu Fulfills His Dream in Yangzhou]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). p. 2.

  The article notes: "吳再富十四歲首次參加舉重賽以來，先後打破全國紀錄將近二十次，但在亞洲大賽奪牌這還是第一次，算是「大雞慢啼」的老選手。"

  From a translation: "Wu Tsai-fu has broken national records nearly twenty times since he first participated in a weightlifting competition at the age of fourteen, but this is the first time he has won a medal in an Asian competition, and he can be regarded as a veteran player of "Late Bloomer"."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zhou Houkun

5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 85 past nominations.

Cunard (talk) 05:33, 28 October 2024 (UTC).

• Page was 5x expanded recently enough, is long enough, the hook is interesting and quite funny, and QPQ has been done. I think that ALT1 is preferable because it's more concise. I'm going to AGF on the Chinese sourcing. Overall, seems good! Di (they-them) (talk) 23:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

• Note, I have edited ALT1 slightly to fix a grammar mistake, it was "generate urinate" so I changed it to just "urinate". Di (they-them) (talk) 23:23, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on October 29

Peel's Cut

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• ... that Peel's Cut was dug by the grandfather of British prime minister Robert Peel?

• Source: "Peel's grandfather, Robert Peel (1723-1795), was a dealer in the Lancashire linen and cotton trade" from: Gaunt, Richard (7 July 2022). Sir Robert Peel: Contemporary Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-1-315-40068-6. and " In the earlier 1780s Robert Peel dug a cut from the west bank of the river near the Branston boundary to power a cotton mill he had opened at Bond End. (fn. 1a) Known as Peel's Cut, it survived until the late 1960s when it was filled in, along with most of the channels which had created the islands in the river." from: "Burton-upon-Trent: Communications A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent". British History Online. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

• ALT1: ... that the Peel's Cut watercourse in Staffordshire, England, lasted more than 100 years longer than the mill it was excavated to power? Source: As above for date of creation and filling, plus: "Bond End Mill last made cotton in 1849." from: Brook, Fred (1977). The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles. Batsford. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7134-0924-6.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Edmonds (brand)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 898 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 17:24, 29 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: I updated the caption in the article to clarify the direction. You need to add the reference to the end of Alt1's sentance. I prefer Alt1 to Alt0. Used Earwig with no issues. Otherwise looked good! dm (talk) 01:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi dm, sorry I missed this while I was away. I have duplicated the ref to the sentence in the article talking about the closure of the mill for ALT1 - Dumelow (talk) 16:02, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Dumelow - thanks for updating. I've cleared all the objections - looks like you're good to go. dm (talk) 05:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

God of Amiens

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Head of the God of Amiens

• ... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) has a protruding animal ear?

• Source: Mahéo, Noël (1990). "136. Statuette d'une divinité à l'oreille de cervidé". In Viéville, Dominic (ed.). Les collections archéologiques du musée de Picardie. Vol. 1. Amiens: Trois Cailloux. p. 236. ISBN 978-2-402-42576-6.

• ALT1: ... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) seems to have lost his serpent? Source: Mahéo, Noël (1990). "136. Statuette d'une divinité à l'oreille de cervidé". In Viéville, Dominic (ed.). Les collections archéologiques du musée de Picardie. Vol. 1. Amiens: Trois Cailloux. p. 236. ISBN 978-2-402-42576-6.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shunten
• Comment: ALT1 is fun, but you might rightly reject it since it relies on a reconstruction, put forth by Lerat, of the statuette as once holding a serpent and grapes. To my knowledge nobody has rejected this reconstruction (Mahéo and Deonna explicitly concur) but it is just a reconstruction.

Created by Tenpop421 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Tenpop421 (talk) 23:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC).

• date, length, hook, close paraphrase check, qpq checks out. Image free on Commons. ALT1 would require a bit of rewording, something on the lines of "seems to have lost" etc. --Soman (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Edited ALT1 to reflect this. Thanks! Tenpop421 (talk) 23:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I Hotel (novel)

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• ... that novelist Karen Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel, I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?

• Source: ... so instead she went home and cut out 10 pieces of cardboard, which she scored and folded into cubes: one for each year leading up to the hotel’s destruction. Each cube was inscribed with precise indicators, one per side—a year paired with a world-historical event, a location in the Bay Area paired with a location abroad, a theme, and three characters, composites from her interviews and her imagination.

Source: The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/ihotel-novel-karen-tei-yamashita-review/)

• • Reviewed:

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

Phibeatrice (talk) 01:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi @Phibeatrice: This article, created on 29 October, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, neutral, and presentable. Earwig picked up no copyvio and I didn't see any close paraphrase. QPQ does not need to be done. The hook, which I trimmed a little bit going in, is interesting and cited. The hook might need a little more editing (the phrase "cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes" is a little unwieldy, but I'm not sure how to improve it) but, as it is, I think the article is good to go. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 01:59, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Carrlyn Bathe

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• ... that sports broadcaster Carrlyn Bathe started her career as a member of the Los Angeles Kings Ice Crew?

• Source: [21]

• ALT1: ... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand? Source: [22]
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan

Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

Kimikel (talk) 04:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC).

• Will be claiming this for review and hope to get to it soon. Among the two hooks, ALT1 is probably the more unusual or interesting once since it's less reliant on NHL knowledge (and thus specialist knowledge), although I would suggest also putting "sports broadcaster" before her name. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination, and I didn't find any close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are cited inline and verified (I am accepting the use of Facebook and Twitter as the FB link is the official Kings page and the Twitter link is her own, so meets the guidelines at WP:SPS). As mentioned above, the second hook is the better hook as it's less reliant on familiarity with the NHL or ice hockey. Good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Miracle in Motown

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• ... that the Miracle in Motown was the first of three successful Hail Mary passes in a span of 13 months thrown by Aaron Rodgers?

• Source: "connecting on three Hail Marys in the span of 13 months"

• Reviewed: Derrick Harden

Improved to Good Article status by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

« Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:18, 30 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Overall, hook and article meet all criteria for DYK, no reason not to approve. JJonahJackalope (talk) 02:16, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

St Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill

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• ... that in St Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill, John Francis Bentley was baptised in the same font that he himself designed?

• Source: Notting Hill - St Francis of Assisi from Taking Stock, Historic England.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rust Red Hills

Created by Cardofk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Cardofk (talk) 17:30, 30 October 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Looks great! Very fun hook. Great article, thank you for writing it! ~Darth Stabro^{Talk/Contribs} 21:25, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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Boise Pro Soccer

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• ... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track? Source: Idaho Press
  • Reviewed: History of Key West

Created by SounderBruce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 240 past nominations.

SounderBruce 22:10, 31 October 2024 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article passes for newness and length (although on the shorter side, it passes the 1500 bytes test). Article is sourced and neutral throughout and plagiarism-free. Hook is interesting and cited (reviewing from Europe so blocked from viewing the source within this nomination, but can verify the details from other sources within the article). QPQ done. This one is good to go! Sims2aholic8 (talk) 15:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Piri Reis

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Statue of Piri Reis

• ... that there was limited appreciation for Piri Reis' cartography during his own life?
  • Source: Soucek, Svat (2013). "His uniqueness among cartographers and hydrographers of the Renaissance". Cartes & Géomatique. No. 216. pp. 135–144. Arrested by the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Piri Reis was executed in 1553 in compliance with an order issued from the imperial headquarters. The sultan probably never recalled – if in fact he ever noticed it – that the aged mariner had at the time of his enthronement dedicated a book called Kitabı Bahriye to him, and that still earlier he had made a strange map whose mutilated remains lay forgotten in the library of Topkapı Palace. [...] Piri Reis and his work occupy a special place in the framework of the exhibition "L'Age d'or des cartes marines: Quand l'Europe découvrait le monde". They show that although the Ottoman Empire had the potential to participate in the discoveries, its ruling elite spurned the attempt to blaze a trail in this direction made by a representative of a marginal group whose other members too ran into dead ends. [...] Piri Reis ran into a dead end as a cartographer [...]
  • ALT1: ... that Piri Reis transported Muslims and Jews from Spain to North Africa during the Granada War?
    • Source: Source: McIntosh, Gregory C. (2000a). The Piri Reis Map of 1513. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-82034-359-4. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Piri assisted in transporting the Muslim and Jewish population in Granada from Spain to North Africa during the time of the reconquista.
  • ALT2: ... that Piri Reis advocated for and took part in Suleiman the Magnificent's 1522 Siege of Rhodes?
    • Source: Soucek, Svatopluk (2004). "Navals Aspects of the Ottoman Conquests of Rhodes, Cyprus and Crete". Studia Islamica (98/99): 222. ISSN 0585-5292. JSTOR 20059216. 6. It was one of these gazi-corsairs, Kemal Reis, who suggested repeatedly to Beyazit II that he embark on conquests of potential bases on Rhodes and the Peloponnese, and offered expert advice on how to do it. This was recorded by Kemal Reis's nephew Piri Reis in his Kitab-i bahriye, a book of sailing directions for the Mediterranean compiled in two versions, the first in 1520 and the second in 1526. Advice on how to conquer Rhodes is included, understandably, only in the first version.
    • İnan, Afet; Yolaç, Leman (trans.) (1954). The Oldest Map of America, Drawn by Piri Reis. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi. p. 14. OCLC 2435662. Piri's taking part in the Turkish fleet going to the campaign on Rhodes in 1523 is to be regarded as only natural.
    • Source: The context in the end-of-paragraph source makes the above more clear → Isom-Verhaaren, Christine (2022). The Sultan's fleet: seafarers of the Ottoman empire (First published ed.). London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney: I.B. Tauris. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7556-4173-4. Also, Kemal Reis or, in actuality, Piri Reis offered this advice to the sultan clearly noting that any plans would be contingent on the sultan's approval. No plan of conquest would be followed unless the sultan was convinced of its feasibility or benefit to the empire. Kemal or Piri also advised against allowing some individuals to consider themselves too important to be required to bring a bag of dirt to help construct a fortress on Kumburnu. Kemal and/or Piri warned against the pretensions of the elite, who considered themselves superior to the men who would be recruited to implement this plan. The conflict between the administrative elite and seafarers echoes throughout this advice.
  • ALT3: ... that Piri Reis did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?
    • Source: McIntosh, Gregory C. (2000a). "The Southern Continent". The Piri Reis Map of 1513. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 48–68. ISBN 978-0-82034-359-4. p. 68: When viewed in isolation, the coastline of Terra Australis on the Piri Reis map may superficially appear to resemble the actual coast of Antarctica [...]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Christian Albright
  • Comment: There are some photos of sculptures of Piri Reis (like File:Piri reis.jpg) but so far as I know, no likeness was made during his lifetime. ALT3 summarizes the "Legacy" section, but this may be stretching things too much.

Improved to Good Article status by Rjjiii (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 06:54, 2 November 2024 (UTC).

• New GA, very well written and referenced article. Did some minor tweaks, but otherwise it looks fine, QPQ has been done and I see nothing standing in the way of this going forward. From the hooks, ALT3 would be the most interesting, followed in my personal view by ALT1. Question to the nominator, Rjjiii, why not include an image of Piri in the DYK nomination? It would help to ensure greater visibility. Constantine ✍ 19:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Cplakidas: the statues, paintings, stamps, currency, and so on with his likeness were all made after his death. If that's not a big deal, I'll add two alternative versions of the preferred hooks below and an image to the DYK.
    • ALT1a: ... that Piri Reis (statue pictured) transported Muslims and Jews from Spain to North Africa during the Granada War?
    • ALT3a: ... that Piri Reis (statue pictured) did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?
  • Also, the tweaks are much appreciated, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 02:07, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
    • @Rjjiii: Thanks for a very informative article. Both hooks look good, image is in article, and appropriately licensed. Good to go. Constantine ✍ 17:16, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Al-Altan

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• ... that the Mongol princess Al-Altan was rumoured to have poisoned her brother Ögedei Khan?

• Source: Broadbridge 2018, pp. 168–169.

• ALT1: ... that although the details of Al-Altan's 1246 execution were censored, an unintentional slip in a chronicle reveals who killed her? Source: Broadbridge 2018, pp. 187–188.
• ALT2: ... that although Eljigidei was originally rewarded for killing the Mongol princess Al-Altan, he was later hunted down and executed in revenge? Source: For his reward, Broadbridge 2018, pp. 187–188; for his death, pp. 220–221.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Diaspora Revolt (2nd nomination)

Improved to Good Article status by AirshipJungleman29 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC).

• I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 10:55, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
• The article is new enough (GA passed on 30 October 2024), is long enough (8743 characters of prose), has no copyright violations (per GA review), and is presentable (per GA review and readthrough). The hook is cited to a reliable offline source (accepted in good faith) and interesting. ALT1 is too complicated and ALT2 centers around her executor. QPQ was done. – Editør (talk) 11:11, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Valse in A minor (Chopin)

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Manuscript in the Morgan Library & Museum

• ... that the discovery of a new waltz by Chopin (pictured) has been announced by The New York Times?

• Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/arts/music/chopin-waltz-discovery.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/PY Ta 641

Created by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 11:19, 31 October 2024 (UTC).

• Note to DYK reviewer: article was moved per talk page discussion ("Title"). I have tried my best to update the templates; there seems to be no need to move this DYK subpage itself. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 13:11, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• Updated again due to a second page move, this time without discussion. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:24, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

• New enough, long enough and well-written. The hook is good and supported by an inline citation to a reliable source (in fact, the rediscovery has been reported quite widely in civilised media). QPQ has been made and copyright tag of the image is fine. There should be no problems. One thing to watch out for before promoting would perhaps be if there are any major updates to the article between the review and the posting, considering it is a bit of a developing story. Nice article, great piece for DYK. Kind regards, Yakikaki (talk) 15:21, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Regulus (painting)

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Regulus

• ... that a man stabbed the painting Regulus (pictured) because he disliked the "misty state of the picture"?

• Source: * Beaumont, Matthew (2020). "Reason Dazzled: The All-Seeing and the Unseeing in Turner's Regulus". British Art Studies (15). doi:10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-15/mbeaumont. ISSN 2058-5462.

• ALT1: ... that the painting Regulus (pictured) depicts a Roman general who was blinded by the sun? Source: * Beaumont, Matthew (2020). "Reason Dazzled: The All-Seeing and the Unseeing in Turner's Regulus". British Art Studies (15). doi:10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-15/mbeaumont. ISSN 2058-5462.
• ALT2: ... that J. M. W. Turner repainted Regulus (pictured) by "driving" white paint into the center of the canvas? Source: * Cust, Lionel (1895). "The Portraits of J. M. W. Turner, R.A." The Magazine of Art. Open Court Publishing Co. pp. 245–251.
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Created by CitrusHemlock (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

CitrusHemlock 13:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC).

• Hi CitrusHemlock, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 30 October and far exceeds minimum length; it is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable (largely offline) sources; I didn't pick up on any issues with overly close paraphrasing; image is obviously magnificent and PD by virtue of age; no QPQ is required as nominator has only one prior DYK credit; ALT01 is stated in the article and checks out to source cited. I have struck ALT1 as the article states there is doubt that Regulus himself appears in the piece and ALT2 as the article only says that "Gilbert claims" the driving in of the paint was done. Happy to consider alternative hooks if you want to suggest any? - Dumelow (talk) 14:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

@Dumelow: Thanks for reviewing the nom so quickly! I was a bit sloppy with the phrasing of the ALTs, the first could probably be rephraised to "...that the painting Regulus is based on a Roman general who was blinded by the sun?" and the second "...that J. M. W. Turner reportedly repainted Regulus by "driving" white paint into the center of the canvas?" Regardless, the stabbing is the most compelling hook in my opinion, but any of them would work well. CitrusHemlock 17:54, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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1983 Spanish floods

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• ... that the 1983 Spanish floods were the most economically damaging in Spain until the 2024 Spanish floods?

• Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t?page=2

• Reviewed: 1931 Barcelona rent strike

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations. Valenciano (talk) 17:59, 6 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Valenciano article is new enough and long enough; I can verify the fact from the source cited; I am not familiar with Spanish sources but they look to be newspapers or similar so happy to AGF they are reliable; a QPQ has been carried out; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing from the sources. Couple of queries on sourcing: I couldn't see in the source cited where it said 5 people were left missing and there is no source for the 150 billion pesata cost - Dumelow (talk) 16:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Dumelow, I've juggled the references round so that they now match. Valenciano (talk) 20:48, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, looks OK to me. The hook could potentially benefit from a little work to avoid repetition of "Spanish ... Spain ... Spanish" but I don't have a better suggestion at the moment - Dumelow (talk) 21:58, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Mountain Landscape

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• ... that the painting Mountain Landscape is said to defy photographic reproduction, as its immersive depth and luminosity can only be fully experienced in person?
  • Source: Hertzlieb, Gregg (Fall/Winter 2009-2010). "Frederic Edwin Church: Mountain Landscape". Valparaiso Poetry Review. Valparaiso University. XI (1).
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Burrito Express: Template:Did you know nominations/Disputes on Wikipedia; Template:Did you know nominations/It's OK I'm OK

Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

Viriditas (talk) 06:35, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

• General eligibility:
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hook is interesting, good to go. Sahaib (talk) 23:54, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Burrito Express

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Burrito Express in 2024

• ... that the founder of Burrito Express in Pasadena, California, styled himself as the "king of the flying burrito"?

• Source: [23]

• ALT1: ... that when Burrito Express in Pasadena, California, was threatened with closure, longtime customers queued for its food in support? Source: [24]
• ALT2: ... that Burrito Express in Pasadena, California, has burritos on its menu named after Lance Ito and Ross Perot? Source: [25]
• ALT3: ... that Burrito Express in Pasadena, California, serves a burrito named after Ross Perot described as having "a little bit of everything, or you can say it's full of it"? Source: Ibid.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/New World Mall
• Comment: Better image to come tomorrow.

Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 51 past nominations.

CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:47, 1 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: You are burying the lede. Why is Burrito Express called the "king of the flying burrito"? Because they used to run a mail order business that shipped frozen burritos across the U.S. That's your best and most interesting hook. But it's not here. Everything else checks out. Pass ALT0 as first choice, followed by ALT2. I do not support ALT3 as it breaches the bright line of contentiousness, and I don't support ALT1 because "threatened with closure" is too ambiguous and makes it seem like there's a negative component to it when it is just the nature of the business environment during COVID, not the quality of their food. Viriditas (talk) 04:23, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you for reviewing. I'd appreciate it if you could be more specific as to what the shortcomings are so that I may remedy them. Are you asking me to contextualize ALT0 by mentioning the mail order business? I had thought about it, but was worried it would make the hook too long. If you feel this is necessary, however, please let me know and I will provide a modified hook. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 04:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• I was just curious about your response. I'm biased towards a hook that doesn't exist, which really doesn't make any kind of sense, so I passed it. Viriditas (talk) 04:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• I'm sorry—I totally misread your review. You're right, it slipped my mind to make a hook based on their mail order business. Please give me until tomorrow morning (PDT) and I'll have a new hook ready for you! Thanks again. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 04:43, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• You really don't have to do that, but if you insist, you are welcome. I'm happy to pass it right now based on the above. Viriditas (talk) 04:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Viriditas: Thank you for your patience. Been busy recently! A couple more ALTs for your consideration.

ALT4: ... that Burrito Express' mail order business was so successful, its owner styled himself the "king of the flying burrito"? (Source: [26])

ALT5: ... that Burrito Express began shipping out its burritos by mail because of demand from former customers who had moved away from California? (Source: Ibid.) —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 01:24, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

I like ALT4, ALT5, followed by ALT0 and ALT2. I will let the prepper decide. Viriditas (talk) 02:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

@CurryTime7-24 and Viriditas: ALT4's the best one, but the source doesn't really say that the style was because of the company's success. In fact, it doesn't even say that the company's successful, although its gross revenue is high. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: I agree with your assessment. Let's go with ALT5, or combine ALT5 and ALT4 as I originally suggested in my review, without the "so successful" bit. In other words: " ... that Burrito Express began shipping burritos by mail due to demand from former customers who had moved, leading the owner to describe himself as the "king of the flying burrito"? Viriditas (talk) 08:55, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Issue resolved below, 01:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC) I don't think the image can be freely licensed by the photographer since the business would own the copyright to the sign. No objections to promoting without an image, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 17:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

I've seen DYKs with images that include business signs and logos (such as this, this, and this one). Is it because the image focuses exclusively on the sign? There is another image I added to the article a couple of days ago with the sign off to the side in a wider shot of the restaurant front patio. Would that be acceptable for the DYK? —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 20:08, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@CurryTime7-24: the copyright rules in the United States are arbitrarily different for a building that you can go inside of and a free-standing sculpture or sign. Give me a moment, and I'll find some links, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 20:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@CurryTime7-24: Here are some links: on Commons, FoP on Commons, the legal exceptions for buildings, and an explanation about buildings. A photograph that focuses mostly on the building will not have the same issue because you can go inside of the building. The exceptions to copyright law for buildings in public spaces don't apply to 2D signs or to 3D sculptures unless they are integrated into the design of the building. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 20:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. So I'm still confused. According to Commons, "detailed informational and educational noticeboards/signs" are unacceptable as they are almost always copyright protected. Would the Burrito Express sign qualify as such a sign? The information it imparts appears to be generic and, at least to me, not detailed at all. I appreciate your answers and patience. At any rate, I'm happy as long as the DYK runs, with or without photo, but just want clarification for the future. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@CurryTime7-24: you might get a more informed answer at Commons, but I imagine the sign's doodle is the kind of "graphic image" that would clearly give it copyright protection. In the US, I think the legal bar is sufficiently creative, which is fairly low. A larger-scale photo like the one in the article where the doodle is just a minor bit is likely fine (De_minimis#Copyright). Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 23:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@Rjjiii: Can we use this image instead? Viriditas (talk) 00:22, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: yes, I don't see an issue with that one, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 00:43, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Rjjiii: Thank you, I've replaced it with the approval of the legendary CurryTime7-24.[27] Can we get your tickmark going forward? Viriditas (talk) 00:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: yes, and concern struck above, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 01:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate

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• ... that an Indiana university argued in court that The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection in 2024?
  • Source: Aguiar, Annie (July 19, 2024). "To Sell Prized Paintings, a University Proclaims They're Not 'Conservative'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sonya Friedman; Template:Did you know nominations/Nikolaus Mollyn

Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

Viriditas (talk) 04:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC).

Interesting painting, covered well and detailed on fine sources, subscription sources accepted AGF. I am less happy with the hook. My understanding - which of course may be wrong - is not that they found it too modern, but that they thought those who had bought it earlier should have found it too modern, which is a completely different thing. I would prefer to get a bit more info in the hook about the subject than "a 1914 painting" - painter, style, subject, whatever. The title alone didn't prepare me for the beautiful thing I saw, and the hook would not have made me look, - it was your name that hooked me ;) - If you still want that hook, I'll approve it, of course. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:06, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: This controversy is covered by the NYT,[28] so I won't go into it too much here other than to say that this subject, American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859–1935), was called "conservative to the core" by New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl in 2004, and that is the accepted opinion by art historians. To address this slightly further, Hassam embraced an older, antiquated kind of modernism dating to about the 1870s, which represented the art of the generation before him. Ironically by the time the American art world accepted Hassam as status quo, perhaps by the time of the Armory Show of 1913 or thereabouts, the time of the American Impressionists had come and gone. Hassam was on record expressing his extreme displeasure at the ascendancy of the new Cubism, so his conservativsm as an artist was well known. I won't go into Hassam's social conservatism, as there is quite a bit written on that subject, similar to that of Renoir, and it's somewhat separate from his conservative approach to art. The quirky nature of the hook is centered around a 110-year-old painting by an artist who vocally objected to the trajectory of modern art in 1913 and yet was considered "too modern" by Valparaiso University in 2024 based on a specious legal argument that hinges on the definition and interpretation of "conservative" art, a definition that is disputed by art historians and legal experts. I should like to add one final thing: while writing a series of articles about this topic, I found that the legal argument made by Valparaiso University doesn't hold up based on the history of art. It turns out that the techniques and philosophy found in the Hudson River School, attributed to its founder Thomas Cole, which forms the underlying basis of Valparaiso's argument that Hassam's work is too modern to be included in the university collection, are in fact, almost identical to the working technique and philosophy of Childe Hassam. I laughed out loud when I realized this (and I think I woke up my neighbors at 2 AM) because it means Valparaiso's case should never have been approved by the courts. It turns out that Hassam used the same technique that Cole talks about in the 1840s and 1850s. This involves "creating compositions of both representational and imaginative landscapes, where the artist creates a fusion of what is both in the natural world and in the mind on the canvas". Hassam famously did this throughout his career, most notably in the painting Point Lobos, Carmel (1914) to such an extent, that the artist he was working with, Francis McComas (1874-1938), had a fit and complained to his wife about Hassam's conservative, anti-modernist approach, and the incident made its way into the history books. To summarize: I think it's possible you missed the point I was making. With that said, I am open to creating new hooks as always. Viriditas (talk) 00:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:56, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi, to respond to the comment in your edit history, no, it's not supposed to be inside baseball, and if it comes off that way, it definitely needs a new hook. I will present others to choose from, but it doesn't look like you'll be around. I can make a request on DYK to have others look. Viriditas (talk) 08:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Annie Huggett

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• ... that as a teenager in the 1900s, Annie Huggett organised suffragette meetings at her local pub?

• Source: "Annie Huggett was born Annie Clara French in Halstead, Essex, in 1892 ... Though Annie was never arrested, she was very much part of the suffragette movement, and organised meetings for the cause in the former George Inn in Barking Broadway – known then as the Three Lamps – when she was just 18." from: Hedges-Stocks, Zoah (21 September 2016). "Post Memories: Women's centre named after Barking suffragette Annie Huggett". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

• ALT1: ... that at 103 years old, Annie Huggett was the oldest surviving suffragette at the time of her 1996 death? Source: "Annie was proud to be both the country’s oldest surviving suffragette and the longest card-carrying member of the Labour Party. ,,, The Red Flag was sung at Annie’s funeral in 1996 when she was laid to rest in Rippleside Cemetery." from the same source
• ALT2: ... that because of her republican beliefs, Annie Huggett's family hid from her the telegram sent by Elizabeth II to mark a British person's 100th birthday? Source: "He last saw Annie in May 1992 on her 100th birthday and remembers two cards being pride of place on her mantelpiece – one was from the Labour Party, the other was from Barking Town FC ... He said both were very important to her – but there was one birthday message that certainly wasn’t on display: her message from the Queen. When Gerry asked Annie’s daughter about its whereabouts he was told that they had hidden it for fear of offending her as she was a lifelong and staunch republican." from the same source
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Johnny Fripp

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 899 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 08:03, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

• Reviewing... New enough, long enough, reads well. Will go through rest soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:05, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  ... No copyvio issues. QPQ provided. Hooks all good and are in article and sources. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:33, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

David Hilchen

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• ... that David Hilchen played a key role in the establishment of Renaissance humanism in the area of the present-day Baltic states? Source: Viiding 2024, p. 119-120
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Valse in A minor (Chopin)

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 143 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 15:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

Interesting life and work, on few but fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the interesting short hook! I have a few wishes for the article: 1) give him an infobox, or it looks as if it was an article about a coat of arms, 2) avoid "would" - everything is now past, 3) bring the refs above the cited sources - no idea why German and others have it differently, but in English, that's normal, 4) formal the one source that's not yet among Cited sources like the others. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:36, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much Gerda! I will go through the article and make some of the improvements you suggest, and certainly change the order of refs and cited sourced. I really dislike infoboxes though. Yakikaki (talk) 18:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

...though upon reflection, in this case you're right, an infobox makes the coat of arms look less awkward. Added. Thanks again Gerda! Yakikaki (talk) 19:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Arthur France

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• ... that Arthur France founded the first West Indian carnival in Europe?

• Source: ref 5 (url:https://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/article/the-leeds-west-indian-carnival-is-fifty) 'The Carnival in Leeds reached its fiftieth consecutive performance in August 2017, proudly maintaining its original title: The Leeds West Indian Carnival (LWIC). It was the first Caribbean-style street carnival in Europe' .. 'Nevis-born Arthur France ... pulled together the committee that created the early carnivals in Leeds'

• ALT1: ... that when Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival in 1967, it was the first Caribbean carnival in Europe? Source: same source
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Trilobite Wilderness

Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 20:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

• Article is new, long enough and neutral. It is sourced with inline citations. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports no crucial text similarities commenting "violation unlikely". Both hooks are well-formatted and interesting.Their length is within limit. They are accurate with reference given inline. QPQ was done. Good to go. CeeGee 10:55, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Peter Capaldi

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Capaldi at the 2019 GalaxyCon Richmond

• ... that Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi (pictured) was a fan of the series as a child?

• Source: https://ew.com/article/2014/08/01/once-upon-time-lord/

• ALT1: ... that Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi (pictured) was a fan of Doctor Who as child? Source: https://ew.com/article/2014/08/01/once-upon-time-lord/
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dune (Kenshi Yonezu song)

Improved to Good Article status by OlifanofmrTennant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:47, 2 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 01:17, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

• Might be interesting to note Capaldi's age when he played the Doctor, then! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Light Vessel 93

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Light Vessel 93

• ... that Light Vessel 93 (pictured) was converted into a photography studio?

• Source: "A 40-metre-long former lighthouse vessel and celebrity photo studio up for sale in Royal Victoria Dock for £595,000 through Riverhomes." from: Clover, Jack (1 September 2021). "Lighthouse ship that played host to a Bond girl for sale for £595k". The Standard. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Shaykh Badr
• Comment: Could run as a double-hook with Template:Did you know nominations/Light Vessel 95, if desired

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 900 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 16:07, 1 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow, nice work on this article. Do you still want to run this as a double hook with Template:Did you know nominations/Light Vessel 95, because that nomination has already been reviewed? Epicgenius (talk) 01:20, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Epicgenius, I am happy for them to run separately. Was just putting the option out there as there is usually a backlog of approved hooks - Dumelow (talk) 09:04, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

All right, then. My previous approval is unchanged. Epicgenius (talk) 14:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Dune (Kenshi Yonezu song)

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• ... that the 2017 Vocaloid song "Dune" composed by Kenshi Yonezu has a music video that was viewed over one million times over the span of less than a week on the Japanese video-sharing site NicoNico?

• Source: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kenshi-yonezu-hachi-new-video-dune-hatsune-miku-watch-7950146/

• ALT1: ... that the 2017 Vocaloid song "Dune" written by Kenshi Yonezu for Hatsune Miku's 10th anniversary features lyrics about the demise of life? Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/10/31/music/kenshi-yonezu-hopes-fireworks-new-album-bootleg/
• ALT2: ... that the 2017 Vocaloid song "Dune" worked by Kenshi Yonezu is much slower compared to many other Vocaloid songs, at only 95 BPM? Source: https://natalie.mu/music/pp/hachi_ryo/page/3
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Created by Tokisaki Kurumi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ときさき くるみ ^{not because they are easy, but because they are hard} 09:19, 1 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hook is interesting and true,

I made a small copy edit but beyond that the content is fine, earwig has less then 10% overlap. QPQ not need congrats on your first DYK! Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:29, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

@OlifanofmrTennant: Thanks! But it seems the DYK template not working well? ときさき くるみ ^{not because they are easy, but because they are hard} 18:12, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 2

Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain)

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Chaplain Ryan, c. 1937

• ... that after the liberation of Rome, U.S. Army chaplain Patrick Ryan celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri for 10,000 people?

• Source: "Cardinal Presides At Historic Service In Liberated Rome". The Nebraska Register. June 18, 1944. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Biasiny-Rivera

Improved to Good Article status by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 00:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Darth Stabro, review follows: article promoted to GA on 3 November; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing from the sources in a spot check; hook fact is interesting, stated in article and supported by citations (I note one source says "almost 10,000" and one says "more than 10,000" so I think you are OK just stating 10,000); a QPQ has been carried out; my only query is on the image: do you have confirmation that it is a work of a US military person, I couldn't see anything in the source? It is likely to be the case but we should confirm - Dumelow (talk) 18:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  Howdy Dumelow, the photographer is a historical researcher and I can't imagine where else it would be from other than an official photo; however you're right, it's not 100%, and I don't have the time to try to confirm it this week - probably best to do it without the photo. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 14:33, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Darth Stabro, no worries. Happy to approve to run without image - Dumelow (talk) 14:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Codex Monacensis (X 033)

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• ... that a manuscript of the New Testament was bound with the books in the wrong order, to which a scholar decried "[he] has messed everything up"?

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

Stephen Walch (talk) 18:12, 2 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Stephen: this article, promoted to GA on November 1, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and presentable. No copyvio or close paraphrase. Hook sourced, short enough, and interesting. QPQ does not need to be done. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 02:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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Apricot dress of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

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Kennedy in her apricot dress March 1962

• ... that the apricot dress of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, made in silk zibeline, kept its shape in India's hot temperature?

• Source: [29]

• Reviewed: Viriamo
• Comment: Would appreciate comments from Philafrenzy if possible

Created by Whispyhistory (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 202 past nominations.

Whispyhistory (talk) 18:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC).

Interesting dress, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the hook, but suggest to drop "Bouvier" - she is better known as Jackie Kennedy - and to link zibeline as in the article. - The image is licensed and serves well as illustration of why this colour. For formality, you still have to add (pictured) to the hook. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• ALT0a: ... that the apricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured), made in silk zibeline, kept its shape in India's hot temperature? Whispyhistory (talk) 17:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  ALT0a preferred --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  I believe that the image could be cropped a bit for this purpose, but even if not, she stands out. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

  • Obviously should be cropped. Also, why not:
  • Alt1 ... that the apricot dress (pictured) that Jacqueline Kennedy wore on her 1962 tour of India was copied for a Barbie doll costume? Philafrenzy (talk) 12:21, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

    Thank you... sounds good too. Whispyhistory (talk) 12:46, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

    The pic should not be cropped too much, - still sky and ground and some people looking pale in comparison. In ALlt1, I believe that pictured should come after India, because not only the dress is pictured but that dress worn in India.

    I approve Alt1 as well, but think the original is more focused, and told me something I was happy to learn. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Oscar Goodman (basketball)

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• ... that Oscar Goodman is New Zealand's only global basketball tournament 1st team all-tournament honoree since 2002?

• Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350350825/67-kiwi-teen-named-world-cup-all-star-five

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Prestwich

Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 366 past nominations.

TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:23, 5 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Covered for newness, length, sourcing, neutrality, is plagiarism-free, and the hook is cited and interesting. QPQ done. Good to go on this one! Sims2aholic8 (talk) 18:03, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

• What's a "global basketball tournament 1st team all-tournament honoree"? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:22, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Goodman has participated in three FIBA sanctioned tournaments. The first was just a regional competition for countries in Oceania. The second was a tournament for countries in Asia (and/including Oceania). The third was for countries around the world. I use the term global to mean a tournament open to worldwide/global contestants. Such tournaments select honorary teams to recognize the best performers in the tournament. These teams are called all-tournament teams and the players chosen are honorees. Sometimes the tournament will select a best five (the first team) and a next best five (the second team).-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:05, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Amer Ghalib

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• ... that Democrat mayor Amer Ghalib endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election?

• Source: https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-muslim-mayor-trump-swing-state-1957674

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mountain Landscape

Created by Sahaib (talk).

• ALT1 ... that mayor of Hamtramck Amer Ghalib worked with what was believed to be the first all-Muslim city council in the United States?
• Source: https://archive.today/E7zg4
• ALT2 ... that the Hamtramck city council led by mayor Amer Ghalib banned the pride flag from publicly owned flagpoles?
• Source: https://apnews.com/article/hamtramck-michigan-lgbtq-flags-cb4a05064e5cc6882f3072966e66a413

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 35 past nominations.

Sahaib (talk) 23:56, 2 November 2024 (UTC).

• I will take this review. Dwkaminski (talk) 12:42, 4 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Dwkaminski (talk) 12:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Review comments:

• I don't see the support for the statement "A member of the Democratic Party, he worked with what was believed to be the first all-Muslim city council in the United States." in the newsweek reference. It should be referenced to the fox news website. I can't read the NY Times reference but AGF.
• I don't see the support for the statement "Ghalib acknowledged their disagreements on key issues but that he believed that Trump would end the Israel–Hamas war." in the two references given
• Earwig copyvio detector shows 13.0% - violation unlikely
• @Sahaib: Overall very good. Just minor sourcing issues listed above. Please fix and I will approve. Dwkaminski (talk) 13:17, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dwkaminski: sorry about the sources, a lot were added by another user (see history). The Newsweek source states that he was a member of the Democratic Party whilst the New York Times sources the rest. The Newsweek sources states "acknowledging some disagreements with the former president" and in the New York Times it states that "President Biden’s support of Israel and a belief that Mr. Trump will end the conflict in the Middle East." You can view the source in its archived form. Sahaib (talk) 13:35, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Sahaib: All good. approved! Dwkaminski (talk) 14:10, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

• Personally I'm not sure this is interesting enough for DYK. We saw plenty of people cross party lines to endorse Biden or Harris, and I don't believe those would be interesting enough for DYK either. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Hey man im josh: I have added some alt hooks. Sahaib (talk) 17:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
    • The alt hooks are much more interesting than what was originally proposed, which seemed relatively run of the mill. Thanks for the additions @Sahaib:. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 3

Gail Damerow

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• ... that farmer, teacher, and author Gail Damerow was described by Grist magazine as "poultry's Cesar Millan"?

• Source: "Chicken expert Gail Damerow answers newbie questions" - Grist

• ALT1: ... that Gail Damerow's book described by the New York Times as the "authoritative book on ice cream" was created because of the lack of good recipes in her ice cream maker's recipe booklet? Source: "The scoop on ice cream" - The Knoxville News-Sentinel
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Boxheim Documents

Created by Silver seren (talk) and Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 133 past nominations.

Silverseren^C 01:30, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

• Interesting hook but slight problems that could be resolved before I can complete a final confirmation for it to be approved for DYK. Overall the article has no copyright problems and both the hooks are mentioned in the article. But the problem is related to how the hooks are mentioned in the article. As I see when it comes to ALT1, it mentions that ' that Gail Damerow's book described by the New York Times as the "authoritative book on ice cream" was created because of the lack of good recipes in her ice cream maker's recipe booklet?. However in the article where the hook ('Awards and Honors') is mentioned, it just states 'described by The New York Times as the authoritative book on ice cream'. Hope you can fix this issue by adding more of the ALT1's fact here. The first hook is fine. So just fix the stated issue and after that I can give green light for your article for DYK. - Toadboy123 (talk) 09:54, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

  Toadboy123, do you mean the part of the hook on why the book was created? Because that's in the beginning of the Career section, with the source I gave above. Silverseren^C 22:45, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

  Silver seren I suggest that you mention the hook also in the 'Awards and Honors' section so that readers can easily notice it when they read the article. - Toadboy123 (talk) 13:13, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

  Toadboy123, I wasn't aware of that being a requirement for hooks? I've had a number of hooks that involved multiple parts of an article. And the info about the inspiration for the book doesn't really fit in an Awards section, particularly since it has to do with events in her life and where she was living. Silverseren^C 22:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

  In that case, then the article is all good to go then. - Toadboy123 (talk) 13:01, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Fukushima nuclear accident

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The Town of Namie (population 21,000) was evacuated as a result of the accident.

• ... that residents evacuated in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident were exposed to so little radiation that radiation-induced health effects are likely to be below detectable levels?

• Source: "Outside the geographical areas most affected by radiation, even in locations within Fuku-

shima prefecture, the predicted risks remain low and no observable increases in cancer

above natural variation in baseline rates are anticipated" page 8: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/78218/9789241505130_eng.pdf;jsessionid=5D2A9C6FCDE7BA3C9686CED940B05E3A?sequence=1

• • ALT1: ... that during the Fukushima nuclear accident officials were told not to use the phrase "core meltdown" in order to conceal the meltdown until they officially recognized it two months after the accident? Source: " Tepco asked a third-party panel to investigate the matter and the panel released a report on 16 June saying the company’s then-president, Masataka Shimizu, had instructed officials not to use the words "core meltdown"." https://www.neimagazine.com/news/tepco-concealed-core-meltdowns-during-fukushima-accident-4931915/
  • ALT2: ... that the Fukushima nuclear accident was foreseeable and preventable? Source: "The accident "cannot be regarded as a natural disaster," the panel's chairman, Tokyo University professor emeritus Kiyoshi Kurokawa, wrote in the report. "It was a profoundly manmade disaster -- that could and should have been foreseen and prevented. And its effects could have been mitigated by a more effective human response."" https://www.smh.com.au/world/fukushima-nuclear-accident--manmade-not-natural--disaster-20120705-21jrl.html
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Improved to Good Article status by Czarking0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Czarking0 (talk) 20:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• @Czarking0: I'll start by addressing WP:DYKNEW. This article last appeared at In the news on 12 April 2011, and the on this day on 11 March 2023. This was over one year ago, so it can go on the main page again.

The article recently became a good article so it is eligible for DYK. Earwig's is not working so i'll assume good faith when it comes to copyvios. QPQ not needed.

I'll review ALT0 (I think it is the most interesting). The hook matches the article.

I'm worried about the source for this hook because it is a preliminary report, which uses predictions of health effects rather than observations. It also doesn't say about the evacuations and also says In the highest dose location ... For leukaemia, the lifetime risks are predicted to increase by up to around 7% over baseline cancer rates in males exposed as infants However, a 2020 source says that No adverse health effects among Fukushima residents have been documented that are directly attributable to radiation exposure from the FDNPS accident. So I'll approve, with caution. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:42, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Jiangwan Racecourse

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Jiangwan Racecourse

• ... that the Jiangwan Racecourse (pictured) hosted horse races, a golf club, and prisoners of war?

• Source: Sports facilities: Chen Yangyang (陈洋阳) (5 February 2016). 老上海体育建筑遗存：江湾跑马厅民国时期面貌考 参考网 [Remains of Old Shanghai Sports Buildings: A Study of the Appearance of the Jiangwan Racecourse during the Republic of China Period]. Sports Research (in Chinese). 4. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024 – via Back Issue Magazine Reading Platform and Reference Network.;
  

POWs: "China Marks Time Till Wu Succeeds or Fails". The China Weekly Review. Shanghai. 1 November 1924. pp. 290–291. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

• • ALT1: ... that British forces severed a Chinese railway line after an aircraft was forced to land at the Jiangwan Racecourse (pictured)? Source: "Firm Action by British Military in Shanghai". The North-China Herald. Shanghai. 20 August 1927. pp. 309–310. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 702 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:13, 3 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Chris Woodrich, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 3 November and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout; I am not familiar with all of the sources (particularly the none-English ones) but happy to AGF that they are all reliable; image looks to be PD (as was in public domain at URAA date); hooks facts are mentioned in the article and check out to source cited, my preference is probably for ALT0 as the connection between the aircraft landing and dismantling the railway is not obvious to the reader; a QPQ has been carried out; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraprasing in a spotcheck and Earwig doesn't flag up any issues. Looks OK to me - Dumelow (talk) 16:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

St John the Evangelist Church, Islington

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Front of St John's Church, Islington

• ... that Augustus Pugin called St John the Evangelist Church, Islington a "deformity", which was refuted by Joseph Hansom?

• Source: Historic England. "Islington – St John the Evangelist". Taking Stock. Quote: "Pugin castigated the Romanesque Revival building as ‘the most original combination of modern deformity that has been executed for some time past’. In response, the design was defended by Joseph Hansom in The Builder."
• Joseph Hansom. 1 April 1843. "The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England". The Builder Volume 1, page 98. Quote: "This church, so far from exhibiting the adoption of true Catholic principles, which we have had so much pleasure in describing at Masbro’, is certainly the most original combination of modern deformity that has been erected for some time past for the sacred purpose of a Catholic church," and, "And now, we tell our readers that this new church of Islington, which Mr. Scoles has built, and which Mr. Pugin insists he ought not to have built, and which he has done no little damage to by his strictures, depriving it of the contribution of many whose purses yield more to dictation in such matters than to reason or to judgment; this church of Mr. Scoles is withal a fine and noble church."
• Denis Evinson, Catholic Churches of London, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998, page 140. Quote: "Scoles's neo-Norman design was severely castigated by Pugin in The Dublin review, in which he called for a rebuilding of Islington's mediaeval Gothic church. Joseph Hansom, however, powerfully defended Scoles's church in the pages of The Builder, of which he was then editor, pointing out that Catholicism had other 'beautiful forms, styles and adaptations in store for us."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carlyle Hotel

Created by Cardofk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Cardofk (talk) 21:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Cardofk, nice work on this article. Review follows: article created 3 November and is of good length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources (though I usually avoid British Listed Buildings as it is a mirror of the Historic England listing; I didn't pick up on any paraphrasing issues; hook fact is interesting enough for me, mentioned in the article and checks out to sources cited; image is freely licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to go - Dumelow (talk) 08:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

One minor thing I had a quick look at the Archdiocese directory page cited and found ti listed the Sunday masses as "Sunday (Sat 6pm), 9.30am, 11am (Sung)" and not the four times you have? One other thing you might consider is adding some background to the "foundation" section on why Catholicism was practised in secret and the timing of the Catholic relief acts, the unknowing reader might otherwise be a little confused how we went from arresting priests to constructing a church - Dumelow (talk) 08:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, very good point, thanks for spotting it, I really should have linked to the Reformation at the beginning. Will do. Thanks again, Cardofk (talk) 08:40, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Mary Robertson

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• ... that Mary Robertson was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science in Medicine from the University of Cape Town? Source:
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Moved to mainspace by SafariScribe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 20:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• article is new enough, long enough and within policy. Hook is short enough and interesting. QPQ is not required. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:38, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

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Abu Sulayman Da'ud

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• ... that Arab physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud was recruited by the Latin king of Jerusalem to treat a disabled boy prince, while Abu Sulayman's son taught the prince to ride a horse using only his knees?

• Source: "Abu Sulayman worked for the king for a while, even treating his son Baldwin's leprosy..." Zimo p. 158 "He also engaged Abul’Khair, Abu Sulayman’s brother, to teach the boy to ride ... with his knees alone." Hamilton p. 28

• ALT1: ... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers? Source: "This Eastern Christian family thus knit together different political and religious groups of the region by bringing their medical expertise to serve both the Franks and the Ayyubids. Zimo p. 159
• ALT2: ... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud treated the Christian prince Baldwin of Jerusalem, but as an astrologer sent a message to Baldwin's enemy Saladin prophesizing Saladin's victory? Source: "... he also took a message from his father, a noted astrologer, to Saladin, assuring him that he would conquer Jerusalem." Hamilton p. 186
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Czarodziejski okręt
• Comment: Hamilton describes Abu Khayr in his 2000 book as Abu Sulayman's brother. Other cited sources, as well as Hamilton in his 1980 book, describes Abu Khayr as Abu Sulayman's son.

Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 185 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 18:45, 3 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: New article with 2380 characters, well-sourced with inline citations. I reviewed all cited sources for verification; all sources are accessible. No issues with copyvio or tone. All hooks are interesting, well-researched, and properly cited. Thank you for writing about Abu Sulayman, an exceptional figure whose life bridged cultural and religious divides. As an Arab Christian, I appreciate how this article highlights the contributions of Eastern Christians, and Arabs in general in medicine and science. el.ziade (talkallam) 10:59, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Big Motor

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• ... that as part of an insurance fraud scheme, Big Motor employees hit cars with socks stuffed with golf balls?

• Source: (Big Motor) revealed at least 1,275 cases of improper repairs...these involved using screwdrivers and sandpaper to scratch car bodies, hitting vehicles with golf balls put in socks and doing unnecessary paint work. Bigmotor chief to resign in wake of repair fraud scandal, The Japan Times

• ALT1: ... that Tokyo police raided Big Motor's headquarters as part of an investigation about tree killing? Source: 13 at Bigmotor Referred to Prosecutors over Roadside Trees, The Japan News - "Bigmotor officials told Jiji Press in September last year that the company cut down trees and sprayed herbicides...The Tokyo police raided Bigmotor’s headquarters and nine outlets in September last year over the dead trees."
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Created by FossilDS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

FossilDS (talk) 19:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC).

• Interesting, copyvio free, long enough, recently created, reliable source. Both are passable but the first is far more interesting (and the second is cited into a different source in text).

However, one issue. I am worried this article is slightly NPOV, in that it has almost no content except the controversies. While their scandals are a key part of the notability I have concerns with running on the front page an article that is only scandal when they do seem to have been otherwise notable, with little historical context or other information on their activities. For comparison, the Japanese article looks more balanced on this front. I don't think anything has to be removed, but maybe add more that isn't scandal? I have no issues otherwise. PARAKANYAA (talk) 06:40, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@PARAKANYAA:, thank you for the review! I do also agree that the article leans a bit too heavily on the controversies, but almost all Japanese-language sources and all English-languages sources basically only talk about the scandals, so it was a bit difficult finding stuff unrelated to it. I've reorganized the article a bit and added more info from the Japanese article, I hope it's at least somewhat sufficient. I'm also happy with nominating the first DYK instead of ALT1.FossilDS (talk) 16:16, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

The new changes address my issue. Good to go! PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Kang Ju-hyeok

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Kang Ju-hyeok

• ... that footballer Kang Ju-hyeok (pictured) became the youngest player to debut in FC Seoul history at 17 years, 9 months, and 6 days old?

• Source: https://www.fourfourtwo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=55320

• ALT1: ... that footballer Kang Ju-hyeok (pictured) became the third youngest player to debut in K League history at 17 years, 9 months, and 6 days old? Source: https://www.fourfourtwo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=55320
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Glomp

Created by Explicit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

✗plicit 13:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC).

• Article looks good and hook is interesting. Approving with good faith because I cannot speak Korean, although Google Translate verifies the hook. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Carlyle Hotel

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The Carlyle Hotel

• ... that the Carlyle Hotel had to be sold just two years after its completion? Source: Gray, Christopher (October 28, 2001). "Streetscapes/The Carlyle Hotel, 76th Street and Madison Avenue; Art Deco Tower Where President Kennedy Stayed". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that the Carlyle Hotel, which had to be sold just two years after its completion, later became the "White House of Manhattan"? Source: Gray, Christopher (October 28, 2001). "Streetscapes/The Carlyle Hotel, 76th Street and Madison Avenue; Art Deco Tower Where President Kennedy Stayed". The New York Times; Talese, Gay (February 7, 1964). "Madison Avenue: A Street of Presidents and Poise". The New York Times
  • ALT2: ... that a Carlyle Hotel staffer once lent his own bow tie to Laurence Olivier for a dinner? Source: Agovino, Theresa (November 21, 1988). "Secrets of Carlyle's Success". Crain's New York Business. Vol. 4, no. 47. p. 3.
  • ALT3: ... that during the construction of the Carlyle Hotel, the pipes in its bathrooms were changed after its developer's son visited two nearby construction sites? Source: Brenner, Marie (December 19, 1983). "The Inside Story of the Carlyle". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. p. 31.
  • ALT4: ... that the Carlyle Hotel, once known as the "White House of Manhattan", has also hosted royalty? Source: Talese, Gay (February 7, 1964). "Madison Avenue: A Street of Presidents and Poise". The New York Times; Birmingham, Stephen (March 1, 1992). "New York is Full of Luxury Hotels, but There's Nothing Else Quite Like the Fabled Carlyle-remarkably Comfortable, Distinctively Stylish and Very Discreet". Los Angeles Times. p. 26
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wuhan trolleybus route 1
  • Comment: I will probably come up with more hooks later.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 683 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 01:33, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• Certainly updated recently, with a 114k-character expansion, so new enough, and long enough. It is well-sourced and not too closely paraphrased. The hooks are short and interesting. I would go for ALT1, for me it's the most interesting/surprising, but I'm happy with all of them (and who's knows what other hooks are in store). And QPQ has been done. If there is a problem, I cannot find it. Thank you. Cardofk (talk) 21:32, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Michael O'Kane

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• ... that Michael O'Kane never received approval to begin constructing a building for the College of the Holy Cross?

• Source: Kuzniewski, Anthony J. (1999). Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843–1994. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-0-81320-911-1. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2023 – via Google Books.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles de Gaulle's trip to South America

Moved to mainspace by Ergo Sum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 107 past nominations.

Ergo Sum 03:48, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• Not a review - but the current version of ALT0 doesn't seem very clear: is the word 'before' needed? @Ergo Sum: Chaiten1 (talk) 11:38, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Chaiten1: That was a typo. I've fixed it. Ergo Sum 16:01, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
• This is a newly created article, which is well written, well sourced and has no copyvio issues. The hook is interesting, a good length, and checks out with the source (verified in google books); the hook is appropriately referenced in the article. QPQ has been done. Nice work! Chaiten1 (talk) 17:16, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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Anthony F. Ciampi

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Anthony F. Ciampi

• ... that Anthony F. Ciampi (pictured) rebuilt the College of the Holy Cross after it was destroyed by fire in 1852?

• Source: Kuzniewski, Anthony J. (1999). Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1994. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. pp. 77, 103. ISBN 9780813209111. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.

• ALT1: ... that Anthony F. Ciampi (pictured) fought his superiors to rebuild the College of the Holy Cross after it was destroyed by fire in 1852? Source: Kuzniewski, Anthony J. (1999). Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1994. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9780813209111. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nocturna (band)

Improved to Good Article status by Ergo Sum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 108 past nominations.

Ergo Sum 17:05, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:41, 7 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. Either hook works. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Standard-winged nightjar

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Standard-winged nightjar

• ... that during breeding season, the male standard-winged nightjar (pictured) grows a wing ornament over twice the length of its body?

• Source: Cleere, N.; Kirwan, G. M. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis), version 1.0". Birds of the World Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. doi:10.2173/bow.stwnig1.01. 21–22 cm (excluding male's "standards", which reach 45–53·5 cm in length)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harvey Tuckett

Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Reconrabbit 22:33, 4 November 2024 (UTC).

• The article is fine in every respect (long enough, well-written and recently enough promoted to GA), and the hook is good, but it is not backed up by the wording in the article. In the article it simply says that the standards are "much longer" than the body, now "twice the length". There should also be an inline citation supporting the claim directly after the sentence in which it is made. It's a small fix, after which the article should be ready for DYK. Yakikaki (talk) 22:31, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

  I believe that the length given of a broad secondary flight feather[4] on each wing elongated to up to 53.5 centimetres makes sense to describe as "twice the length of its body" since earlier the bird's length is given as this medium-sized (20–23 centimetres (7.9–9.1 in) long) nightjar and 53.5÷2=26.75 > 23 cm. Though since it's "up to" I could see justifying adding "that can be" after "wing ornament" in the hook. Additionally the quote in the source describes the bird's body as "21-22 cm" and immediately after gives a minimum length of 45 cm with the standards. I could change it to say directly in the article "over twice the length" instead of just "much longer" though. Reconrabbit 00:10, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Sure, I wasn't arguing that the facts were not in the article or not supported by the inline citations. DYK used to have a rule, though, which stated "The facts of the hook need to appear in the article with a citation no later than at the end of the sentences in which they appear." However I see now that the rules have changed and become more flexible, and I can therefore happily drop this minor objection and give the green light to the article. Nice work! Yakikaki (talk) 15:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Yoon Do-young

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Yoon Do-young

• ... that Yoon Do-young (pictured) scored his debut goal for Daejeon Hana Citizen 50 seconds into its match against Gwangju FC?

• Source: https://www.fourfourtwo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=59346

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Song Zhenzhong

Created by Explicit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

✗plicit 12:30, 4 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to. Both articles new enough, long enough. Hook fact is cited in the flag article. AGF on Korean sources. FaysaLBinDaruL (talk) 16:58, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

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Susan Finnegan

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• ... that Susan Finnegan was the first female head of the arachnids section at the Natural History Museum, London, but had to resign her job in order to marry?

• Source: ref 1 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40233839) - 'Dr. Finnegan also holds the distinction of being the first woman appointed to a post at the Natural History Museum in London. She succeeded Arthur Stanley Hirst .. in 1927' ref 2 (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/40acbb6f-6b5f-42b4-b75d-4cf24e370a79) - 'the Arachnida Section was ... set up in 1913 .. Hirst .. was succeeded by Susan Finnegan (b. 1903), who continued Hurst's work on Acari until she resigned in 1936 to marry Walter Campbell Smith'

• ALT1: ... that arachnologist Susan Finnegan was the first woman to describe a new group of scorpions? Source: ref 1 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40233839) - 'Dr. Susan Finnegan who .. is the only female arachnologist to have described a new genus of scorpion'
• ALT2: ... that zoologist Susan Finnegan was the first woman appointed to a post at the Natural History Museum in London? Source: ref 1 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40233839) - 'Dr. Finnegan also holds the distinction of being the first woman appointed to a post at the Natural History Museum in London. She succeeded Arthur Stanley Hirst .. in 1927'
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael O'Kane

Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 10:17, 6 November 2024 (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 eligibility:

• Cited: - The sources say she left on marrying but not that that was the policy. You might want to consider citing this in reference to the marriage ban policy in British museums.
• Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:59, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you! I have updated as you suggest and also found another reference, by Wyse Jackson & Spencer Jones 'Finnegan was appointed in 1927 and .. left in 1936. This was precipitated by her marriage to W. Campbell Smith, of the Department of Mineralogy in the Museum. He remained in post.' @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Chaiten1 (talk) 23:34, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
• Nice work! Thanks for adding the sources that confirm it was policy. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

History of education in Wales (1870–1939)

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• ... that educating girls and women in late-19th century Wales was felt to be a way to make them better housewives?

• Source: *Jones, Gareth Elwyn; Roderick, Gordon Wynne (2003). History of Education in Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0708318089. (page 99)
• James, Deborah (November 2001). "'Teaching girls': intermediate schools and career opportunities for girls in the East Glamorgan valleys of Wales, 1896—1914". History of Education. 30 (6): 513–526. doi:10.1080/00467600110072114. ISSN 0046-760X. (pages 519–520)
• Jenkins, Beth (2016). "Women's professional employment in Wales 1880-1939" (PDF). Cardiff University. (pages 41, 47, 49)

• ALT1: ... that 38% of Welsh university students in 1900 were woman? Source: Jenkins, Beth (2016). "Women's professional employment in Wales 1880-1939" (PDF). Cardiff University. (page 48)
• ALT2: ... that the songs taught to Welsh Schoolchildren in the late 19th century included Let English boys their duty do and Hurrah for England? Source: Johnes, Martin (2024). Welsh Not: Elementary Education and the Anglicisation of Nineteenth-Century Wales (PDF). University of Wales Press. ISBN 9781837721818. (pages 352–354)
• ALT3: ... that 1930s Welsh schoolchildren were more likely to go to secondary school than their counterparts in England? Source: Jones, Gareth Elwyn; Roderick, Gordon Wynne (2003). History of Education in Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0708318089. (pages 128–129)
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Improved to Good Article status by Llewee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Llewee (talk) 23:22, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

• Nice work on this Llewee! Brought to GA on November 5, obviously long enough, very well-written, neutral, decorated with correctly-licensed images. I feel strongly that ALT1 is the most interesting fact here. ALT0 makes me wonder who felt that way—educators? Women? ALT2 doesn't do much for me, and ALT3 is alright. Great work! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Paora

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Paora having a snack

• ... that following public backlash over Paora the kiwi (pictured) being mistreated, Zoo Miami stated, "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?

• Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300887197/prime-minister-weighs-in-on-treatment-of-paora-the-kiwi-in-miami-zoo

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kang Ju-hyeok

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 07:10, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hook interesting, article new and long enough with adequate referencing. Hook fact cited inline and verified in the relevant source. QPQ is done. Earwig gives a fairly high number but that is due to attributed quotes which are relevant to the article. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 04:44, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

• Panamitsu, have you thought of asking Zoo Miami whether they'd like to donate a free photo to Wikipedia? Maybe as part of their ongoing redemption? I do remember that their publicity officer was rather onto it. And on a different front, I encouraged User:Paora to review this article as that seemed rather appropriate. But obviously, he's missed the boat. Schwede66 07:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Schwede66: Haha yes it certainly would've been funny if Paora reviewed this nomination. As for the image, I haven't thought of that, although it sounds like a good idea. I prefer not to ask organisations for images so I won't be doing it myself. You are welcome to do it if you wish, although I do realise that you will be more focussed on other projects that are more meaningful to you. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:21, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• Sure, no problems. I've managed to track down an email address for the zoo's communications director, Ron Magill. I've flicked him an email. Let's see what comes back. Can I suggest that prep promoters sit tight for a few days to see whether the zoo would like to make a photo available? Panamitsu, maybe you'd enjoy giving Magill's bio a bit of a tidy up – it could certainly do with one. Schwede66 08:10, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

• Image added, thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 04:09, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

• With regards to image licensing, I need to sort this out with VRT. It’ll take a few days. Schwede66 04:30, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
• VRT has confirmed the license and the image can now be used. Schwede66 13:43, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
• Juxlos, could you kindly have another look and sign off on the image's license? Schwede66 21:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

• Looks good to me. Juxlos (talk) 01:50, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

The Catholic Spirit

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• ... that The Catholic Bulletin scooped the election of Pope Benedict XV?

• Source: "Catholic Bulletin Is 50 Years Old". The Minneapolis Star. 7 January 1961. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

• ALT1: ... that a priest canceled 1,600 subscriptions to The Catholic Bulletin over a front-page photo of nuns dancing? Source: Cohen, Ben (20 September 2008). "Bernard Casserly kept Catholics in the know". Star Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Light Vessel 95

5x expanded by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 20:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

• QPQ is done. Page is long enough and was expanded recently enough. Hooks check out. Personally I prefer ALT1, it's much funnier IMO. Di (they-them) (talk) 21:36, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

• That's probably best as some things aren't adding up as I dive deeper into the first hook. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 21:48, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Stuff Matters

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• ... that according to the author of Stuff Matters, holding a sample of an aerogel is "like holding a piece of sky"?

• Source: "Most people will never hold a piece of aerogel in their hand, but those who do never forget it. It is a unique experience. There is no weight to it that you can perceive, and its edges fade away so imperceptibly that is impossible to see where the material stops and the air begins. Add to this its ghostly blue color and it really is like holding a piece of sky." Miodownik, Mark. Jan.-Feb. 2015. "Like Holding a Piece of Sky". American Scientist. Vol. 103. No. 1. pp 60-65. (The first page indicates "Excerpted from Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik")

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions

Moved to mainspace by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

DrOrinScrivello (talk) 17:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC).

• Page is long enough and new enough. DYK is done. Hook is interesting and sourced. Looks good! Di (they-them) (talk) 21:27, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 6

Tin mining in Indonesia

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Former tin mining pit in Belitung

• ... that water-filled pits (pictured) left behind by tin mining activities in Indonesia have become tourist attractions? Source: [30]
  • ... that between 2019 and 2023, thirteen children drowned in water-filled pits (pictured) left behind by tin mining activities in Indonesia? Source: [31]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Paora
  • Comment: The normal hook and the pretty dark ALT hook.

Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 233 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 04:49, 7 November 2024 (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:

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

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:13, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour

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Ruins of the Armenian quarter of Shusha after its destruction by the Azerbaijani army in March 1920.

• ... that after signing a peace agreement in 1919, Azerbaijan attempted to invade southern Armenia again in 1920, but the attack was foiled by an Armenian rebellion in Nagorno-Karabakh, which led to the destruction of Shusha's Armenian quarter?

• Source: Saparov, Arsène (2014). From conflict to autonomy in the Caucasus: the Soviet Union and the making of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh. Routledge.

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

Olympian ^loquere 00:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC).

• Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is not required. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 18:06, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Thriley and Olympian: This is a really interesting subject. I have several concerns for WP:DYKCOMPLETE and WP:NPOV before promotion:
    • Until World War I, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire controlled the Caucasus, and both collapsed during the war. At least some mention of this would help readers unfamiliar with the region understand the situation better. Right now, I only see this hinted at with "attaining independence from Russia".
    • Regarding "In 1920, the region [Zangezur] was invaded by units of the Red Army" why is this in the background, when it discusses events events after the agreement is signed?
    • Regarding "In March 1920, the local Armenians revolted with the support of Armenia" the same as above, why include this in the background section?
    • Saparov (2014) mentions militias in Nagorno-Karabakh throughout this conflict, I don't see these mentioned in the Wikipedia article. So when it says "the local Armenians", is this referring a widespread uprising or an ongoing military conflict with those militia groups?
    • The article quotes a historian saying the agreement was "basically a declaration of intent". Can this article expand on that? What is a declaration of intent? Do historians find evidence that either side intended to build any kind of long-term diplomatic relationship from this? The "Aftermath" section seems to imply the opposite.
    • Does the Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan render this agreement moot? It occurs just weeks after the final line of the "Aftermath" section.
  • Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 01:31, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
    • Thanks, Rjjiii, I implemented your feedback/exceptions. With regard to the Saparov source, I'm not sure of your concern as he describes the local Armenians who were involved in the rebellion as "rebels" from pages 94–95. The [Armenian] militias, by my understanding, largely operated in Zangezur (a neighbouring, albeit isolated, Armenian-controlled province) which was more-less a part of Armenia at the time. – Olympian ^loquere 11:01, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
      • That resolved all of my concerns. Thanks! Rjjiii (ii) (talk) 14:32, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 7

Ritsuko Taho

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• ... that Ritsuko Taho was the dream collector of Cambridge, Massachusetts? Source: All cities have tax collectors. Cambridge also has a dream collector. For the last five months, artist Ritsuko Taho has been asking city residents to write their dreams on slips of paper so she can engrave them onto three "Dream Towers" she plans to build in Central Square this fall as the run-down shopping district undergoes a $3.6 million renovation.
  • ALT1: ... that The Boston Globe called Ritsuko Taho the dream collector of Cambridge, Massachusetts? Source: ALT0
  • ALT2: ... that artist Ritsuko Taho once invited others to collect dead leaves to fill a large structure of chain-link fence and scaffolding? Source: Ritsuko Taho's "Forbidden Building" is a poetic reordering of some of the most ordinary things in the city a chain fence and dead leaves. It is approximately a large cube, twenty-three feet high, made of scaffolding covered with chain link fence. Each of its four sides is a double wall separated by a two-foot wide space. This space is filled with dead leaves that Ritsuko collects and calls upon neighbors to collect from yards, parks, and city streets.
  • ALT3: ... that 40,000 inflated gloves Ritsuko Taho attached to the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum in Atlanta were destroyed by an arson attack on the building? Source: At around 4 a.m. on September 17, 1994, an arsonist poured a trail of kerosene from ground floor to third floor. By the time it was alight, a thunderstorm had broken out, but the combination of kerosene and flaming 40,000 vinyl gloves succeeded in nearly destroying the building in a Wagnerian apocalypse of fire and storm.
  • ALT4: ... that when an artwork with 40,000 dreams was destroyed by an arson attack, its creator Ritsuko Taho said that it was "almost like a god tried to take [them]"? Source: ALT3
  • ALT5: ... that Ritsuko Taho once had her students at Harvard University slaughter a chicken and turn its bones into a sculpture? Source: "[Ritsuko Taho] assigned her students to adopt a live chicken for a day, then take it to a slaughter house, watch it be processed, and cook and eat it before making a sculpture from the bones."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kylian Portal (Alex Portal)
  • Comment: Open to other hooks if possible.

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 62 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 22:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC).

• This is currently only a partial review as I'm having issues with Earwig at the moment so I am unable to check for close paraphrasing. The article is new enough and long enough. It is adequately sourced. A full QPQ was performed. Among the hooks, ALT5 is definitely the most intriguing and thus the best option. The Newspaper.com link is paywalled for me so I will assume good faith regarding the quote. I do suspect that there could be opposition to it on WP:DYKGRAT grounds, but that's counting the chickens before they hatch, so let's cross the bridge if/when we get there. If for whatever reason ALT5 cannot be used or is rejected, ALT4 is the best backup option. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:27, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
  • @Narutolovehinata5: Earwig still works; it just doesn't read newspaper.com content (you'll need to request an account through the WP:LIBRARY to access it directly). ミラP@Miraclepine 15:59, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

I mean I wasn't able to run Earwig at all, as in it wouldn't open for me. But I can assume good faith you want. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: That's fine. I meant that I could still run it even if you couldn't. ミラP@Miraclepine 01:19, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I guess that works. Approving ALT5; ALT4 to be used only if objections are raised to ALT5 over at WT:DYK or WP:ERRORS. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Favre's Dad Game

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• ... that less than 24 hours after his dad died of a heart attack, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre played in "one of the greatest games of his fabulous career"?

• Source: "Somehow, some way, Favre found a way to play one of the greatest games of his fabulous career."

• Reviewed: Mary Robertson

Moved to mainspace by Gonzo fan2007 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

« Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:11, 7 November 2024 (UTC).

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:58, 11 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Article looks good. The only issue is that I don't see the quote from the hook "greatest games of his fabulous career" in the article? BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

BeanieFan11, it is the second sentence of the article. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 02:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm not referring to the source, but in the article Favre's Dad Game I'm not seeing where the quote "one of the greatest games of his fabulous career" is mentioned. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:31, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Oops! Added BeanieFan11. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:33, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:39, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Nikolaus Mollyn

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• ... that Nikolaus Mollyn was the first book printer in Riga, the capital of Latvia, and the first to print a book in Latvian within the present-day territory of Latvia? Source: Both Sander and Berthold for the first claim (their articles literally have "first printer of Riga" in their titles); Sander p. 796 for the second claim.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Standard-winged nightjar

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 144 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 16:38, 7 November 2024 (UTC).

• Comment: While there's no hard rule or guideline discouraging it, best practice is to try and avoid superlatives if possible because as it turns out, the claim that x is first with y tends to be disputed, controversial, or a matter of opinion in many cases. I'm not sure how to best word it, so perhaps User:RoySmith would care to correct me. Viriditas (talk) 23:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
  • The way I generally approach these is to consider how reliable the record keeping is and especially if it's possible to enumerate all the possible other examples and show that this one must be first. So, it's a safe statement to say that Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon because I have exceptional confidence that somebody didn't get there before him and somehow the record of that just got lost. Not so with this example. I'd recommend this be qualified with something like "is believed to be", "the first recorded", or something like that. I've been slowly working on an essay on this topic. It's not complete, but User:RoySmith/essays/First is worst may provide some value. RoySmith (talk) 00:20, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

• @Yakikaki: I planned to review this and request new hooks per the above, but it failed the very first spot check. I made the change in the article.[32] Please take a moment to review the article and make sure the text to source integrity holds up. Viriditas (talk) 08:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas:, @RoySmith: Thanks both for engaging in this review and trying to improve it and the article. First of all, regarding the minor change to the article concerning Mollyn's father and his printing activities in Antwerp: fair enough, the revised wording is closer to the source. I do in general try to avoid phrasing which is too close to the source, as this can be a copyvio issue. In this case I think I also got a bit confused because Mollyn junior was in the same situation later, which is described in detail in the next page of the same article, and since he doubtlessly DID print religious material critical to the Catholic church I made a minor mix-up. So thanks for spotting that. Now to the question of the claim in the hook. Well, I can live with "the first recorded" by all means. I would however like to underline that the claim that he was the first printer in Riga has been put forward at least since 1795 (but of course, since I try to be a serious Wikipedia editor, I would not dream of using a source from 1795 in the actual article) and has not been contested. In fact, all sources – reasonable, academic sources – I've been able to find on the subject confirm the claim. It is not an outlandish or grotesque claim. In fact, it used to be precisely the kind of things one was encouraged to put in DYKs (provided, of course it was properly supported). I understand that in some other cases there may have slipped through one or two claims in DYK which were on closer inspection quite fanciful (and, perhaps, politically motivated or in general sensationalist). I would argue that this is not the case here, and that we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath-water. Yakikaki (talk) 14:00, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas:, @RoySmith: A small addendum: comparing the claim in the hook here with the examples given in Roy's draft essay, I would say this one is comparable, at worst, to the Roger Bannister example. The history of early printing is a thoroughly researched area. We have a good idea at the pace in which printing spread through Europe and 1588 seems in no way unreasonable for the first printing press to have been set up in Riga. Furthermore, it was an undertaking which required financial muscles and was something of a major event in the history of a city, so it usually left a mark in archives etc. So all in all, again, the claim is not extravagant or strange. It is certainly very far from the example of the pub with the traffic lights (a peculiar claim to fame indeed!). Sorry for my wordy replies here but I thought it best to put forward my thoughts and reasoning, to let you know that it wasn't a proposal I hatched on a whim. Yakikaki (talk) 14:19, 11 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough. Earwig shows no problems. First part of the hook verified, second part sourced to Sander (1998) taken on good faith as I don't have access to it. The English is well written and engaging. I recommend altering the hook per RoySmith's suggestion, although I'm not going to hold up this nomination, but others might. I made a small number of minor copyedits.[33] Please review. Viriditas (talk) 02:04, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

2011 Cullman–Arab tornado

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• ... that five out of the six fatalities from the 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado occurred in one house?

• Source: https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/damageviewer/ and https://www.al.com/breaking/2011/04/in_arab_killer_tornado_breaks.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ferrari FF
• Comment: Although the source is a bit hard to navigate, the DAT (Damage Assessment Toolkit) is produced by the United States Government, and is overwhelmingly considered reliable.

Created by EF5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

E_F⁵ 22:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC).

• Also, forgot to add an ALT1; ... that five out of the six people killed in the 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado were members of the same family? Source on this can be found here. E_F⁵ 22:21, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
• A tornado DYK! Calling dibs on reviewing this, looking now. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:33, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Haha, it's always great to see fellow weather enthusiasts! This is one of the more interesting tornadoes I've written about, and definitely one of the more infamous. :) E_F⁵ 23:34, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I picked up on a couple issues during my read-through of the article, and will have to hold off on a fuller review until these are addressed. The second paragraph in §Track_through_Cullman is unsourced, as is the final sentence in that section. Additionally, the second paragraph in §Fairview_and_Hulaco states that a home was completely destroyed at high-end EF4 intensity – this doesn't corroborate with the tornado's stated peak intensity of 175 mph, which is near the middle of the EF4 range. Everything else looks promising so far: both hooks are short, interesting, and cited (though I personally prefer ALT1); a QPQ has been done; and the article is both new enough and long enough, not to mention well-written. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 01:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dylan620: Issues have been addressed. E_F⁵ 13:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Much appreciated, EF5. My apologies for the late response – today was busier IRL than I had expected, and I've been having troubles with internet connection at home throughout the day. I am a little concerned that ref 10 (OKC Storm Watcher) is a WordPress blog. I am open to being proven wrong, but the blog appears to fall short of the standards set forth at WP:RSBLOG and WP:EXPERTSPS. The same could be said for ref 23 (AlabamaWX) – however, this seems to be an uncontroversial and harmless archival of a Public Information Statement from the National Weather Service, so I'm not quite as concerned here. Source-text integrity checks out—I am assuming good faith wrt Cullman Times refs 15, 22, and 24, which are dead links—and I cannot detect any instances of plagiarism or close paraphrasing. (High returns on Earwig are false positives resulting from the use of properly attributed public domain text.) I would like for ref 10 to be replaced, or its use justified, before approving the nomination, but that is the only roadblock at this point. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:31, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@Dylan620: Done. I just removed it, since the claims were backed up by reliable sources. :) E_F⁵ 11:46, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Excellent – I'm happy to approve this. Preference for ALT1, as stated above. Great work, EF5! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 22:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 8

Fen Juhua

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• ... that Fen Juhua, the "first of the lady knights in the Chinese cinema", fought for love?
• ALT1 (in case the phrasing is a bit icky) ... that Fen Juhua, the first female martial artist in Chinese cinema, fought for love?

• Source: Teo, Stephen (2015). Chinese Martial Arts Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.1515/9781474403887-005. ISBN 978-1-4744-0388-7. "Tianyi produced the first wuxia picture so acknowledged by film historians, Nüxia Li Feifei (Lady Knight Li Feifei), released in 1925. Beijing Opera diva Fen Juhua played the eponymous lady knight and became the first of the lady knights in the Chinese cinema. As with much of the output in the genre, the film is now lost. Zheng Junli called it a love story that was a ‘straightforward imitation of the ancients’. A young couple in love are torn apart by a marriage broker and the machinations of parents, but they finally tie the knot with the intervention of the lady knight Li Feifei."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków, Template:Did you know nominations/Phoebe Plummer (2 of 4)

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 705 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:48, 8 November 2024 (UTC).

• Comment - I'm adding Heroine Li Feifei to this nomination, which I wrote on 13 November 2024.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Hey Chris, I am glad to review another Hong Kong cinema nomination! First of all, thanks for writing up Fen Juhua, a red link I came across while working on Stephen Tung and wanted to remove for some time. Both articles are well-written and well-sourced, and Earwig shows no copyvio. I would accept ALT0 since it is supported by the source, and the literal translation of "女俠" is indeed somewhat akin to "lady knight". In fact, "lady knight" is certainly more eye-catching than simply "martial artist". So I am satisfied with ALT0. Both articles were nominated on time. Two QPQs done. Good to go! —Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 18:42, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 9

Ethel Preston memorial

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Detail of the memorial

• ... that the grave of Ethel Preston (pictured) in Leeds, England, has a lifestyle statue of her stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?

• Source: "Statue (life-size) standing ... black marble panelled doors .. the doors are slightly open" from: "MEMORIAL AND GRAVE OF ETHEL PRESTON AT NGR 2673 3905 IN LAWNSWOOD CEMETERY, Non Civil Parish - 1375322". Historic England.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Amalric of Nesle

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 901 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 21:07, 9 November 2024 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All looks good! Hook is interesting, as it describes a very unique memorial. Picture is clear at a small size, depicting the description visually. QPQ is done. Photographs are released under an appropriate CC license. No issues anywhere else. Good to go. Grnrchst (talk) 15:49, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Kazansky District, Petrograd

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Map of Kazansky District

• ... that in the 1917 Russian elections, both Catholic and Orthodox Christian Democrats received a higher share of votes in the Kazansky District (map pictured) than in any other Petrograd district?

• Source: выборы въ Учредительное собраніе, Delo Naroda. November 16, 1917. p. 3

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/God of Amiens

Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 411 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 22:14, 9 November 2024 (UTC).

• Interesting hook, QPQ done, article looks good, hook matches article. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:02, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Chen Dingshan

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• ... that Chen Dingshan has been called the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school?

• Source: Nicole Huang (黃心村) (June 2014). 舊聞新語話春申： 陳定山的上海與台北 [Travels of Minor Narratives: Chen Dingshan's Shanghai and Taipei] (PDF). Journal of Taiwanese Literature (in Chinese) (24): 1–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024. (有學者將陳定山定格成遺老形象，說他是「鴛鴦蝴蝶派最後的傳承人」，「延 續了民國舊式文人的一線餘脈」。[Some scholars have characterized Chen Dingshan as an old man, saying that he is "the last inheritor of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School" and "continues the remnants of the old-style literati of the Republic of China"])

• ALT1: ... that the prolific author and artist Chen Dingshan named a hotel after two actresses? Source: Nicole Huang (黃心村) (June 2014). 舊聞新語話春申： 陳定山的上海與台北 [Travels of Minor Narratives: Chen Dingshan's Shanghai and Taipei] (PDF). Journal of Taiwanese Literature (in Chinese) (24): 1–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024. (父親 去世後，陳定山回到老家杭州，曾在西泠橋邊的風水寶地上建過一個「蝶來飯 店」，取名於大明星胡蝶和徐來的名字。開業那天，請來胡蝶和徐來參加剪綵， 轟轟烈烈，一時成為佳話，同時也炒熱了飯店的生意。[After his father passed away, Chen Dingshan returned to his hometown of Hangzhou and built the "Die Lai Hotel" on the Feng Shui treasure land next to Xiling Bridge, named after the famous stars Hu Die and Xu Lai. On the opening day, Hu Die and Xu Lai were invited to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was a great success and became a favorite story. It also heated up the hotel's business."])
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Phoebe Plummer (1 of 4)

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 706 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:13, 9 November 2024 (UTC).

• New enough (created on 9 Nov), long enough, sources are good, very presentable. Hooks are cited and I confirm the content of the hooks. One bit I might need to pick is that Chen named a "restaurant", not a "hotel", after two actresses, as "飯店" usually refers to restauarants while "酒店" means hotels. So it should be
  • ALT1a: ... that the prolific author and artist Chen Dingshan named a restaurant after two actresses?

Other than that, hooks are quite interesting. I would also prefer that you clarify in the original hook that the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School is a school of literature, but that's up to personal discretion. QPQ confirmed.

Finally, I wish to use this space to say a big thank you for writing the "brother article" of Chen Xiaocui! Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 19:17, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you for the kind words! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:35, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 10

Kim Kuk-song

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• ... that a senior colonel with 30 years experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?

• Source: "Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies ... Now, the former senior colonel has decided to tell his story to the BBC ... He had to flee for his life in 2014, and since then he has been living in Seoul and working for South Korean intelligence." from: "Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea". BBC News. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

• ALT1: ... that a senior North Korean intelligence official was granted use of a Mercedes-Benz car by the sister of Kim Jong Il? Source: "In North Korea, he had lived in considerable luxury, even driving a Mercedes-Benz gifted to him by Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-il’s sister and Jang’s wife." from: Lee, Dong-hoon; Park, Su-hyeon (22 September 2024). "Defector speaks out: How North Korea's diplomatic maneuvers could isolate South Korea". The Chosun Daily. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St John the Evangelist Church, Islington

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 903 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 19:11, 10 November 2024 (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: Done.

Overall: Earwig at 8.3% is negligible. Easy pass. Good article, if pretty short, though more than understandable given the subject. First hook is better than the second IMO, but I'll leave it to the promoter to decide. ThaesOfereode (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

2019 Timaru hailstorm

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• ... that New Zealand's costliest weather event in 15 years lasted for only 10 minutes?

• Source: For 10 minutes and costliest in 21st century: https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127023904/the-day-it-pummelled-massive-hail-stones-in-timaru
• For it being the costliest weather event in 15 years (since the flooding in 2004): https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300022912/hailstorm-has-nzs-second-highest-weatherrelated-insurance-bill-this-century?rm=a

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fukushima nuclear accident
• Comment: The hailstorm was the costliest weather event in the 21st century, but has since been overtaken by 2023's Cyclone Gabrielle, so that wording cannot be used.

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 54 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 05:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC).

• Ooh, a weather DYK! I'll take this.

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 eligibility:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good, passed. Although the "storm" section is short, it should be fine. E_F⁵ 16:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 11

Walter G. Benz Jr.

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• ... that during the Korean War, the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group, under the command of Walter G. Benz Jr., became the first United States Air Force unit to complete 50,000 combat sorties?

• Source: Unforgotten Hero: Remembering a Fighter Pilot's Life, War and Ultimate Sacrifice

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gail Damerow

Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 09:37, 11 November 2024 (UTC).

• Article length and age are fine, no copyvio, source checks out. First time reviewer so would appreciate a second look 03:13, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

The Manhasset

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The Manhasset apartment building

• ... that the original developer of the Manhasset apartment building had to give up ownership when it was nearly completed? Source: Gray, Christopher (July 21, 1996). "Streetscapes/The Manhasset;New Crown for an Upper Broadway Wedding Cake". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that the original developer of the Manhasset apartment building went bankrupt and had to give up ownership before it was completed? Source: Gray, Christopher (July 21, 1996). "Streetscapes/The Manhasset;New Crown for an Upper Broadway Wedding Cake". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that an architect inspecting the Manhasset found so many pigeons there, his workers "were carrying fleas back to the office"? Source: Gray, Christopher (July 21, 1996). "Streetscapes/The Manhasset;New Crown for an Upper Broadway Wedding Cake". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that in 1999, the Manhasset apartment building caught fire just as its renovation was being completed? Source: Stewart, Barbara (April 7, 1999). "Finding Their Lives in the Ashes; For Many Displaced by Fire, Little Is Left but Problems". The New York Times.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rose O'Neill (Irish noblewoman)

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 684 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 18:03, 11 November 2024 (UTC).

• I'll be reviewing this today. :)

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:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Preference for ALT3, that one seems more interesting (and unfortunate) than the others. E_F⁵ 16:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Y Good to go, easy pass! :) E_F⁵ 16:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

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Thomas Curnow

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Thomas Curnow, 1880

• ... that schoolteacher Thomas Curnow (pictured) used a red scarf to stop a train from derailing?

• Source: https://auctions.leski.com.au/lot-details/index/catalog/586/lot/191629/THE-ARREST-OF-THE-KELLY-GANG-JUNE-1880-A-substantial-piece-of-the-red-scarf-which-belonged-to-Thomas-Curnow-s-sister-Catherine-C

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

PastelLilac (talk) 04:16, 12 November 2024 (UTC).

Article length and age are fine, no copyright or plagiarism issues seen, but I am concerned about WP:N. The article states "lthough Curnow became a household name in Australia following the Glenrowan siege, today he is a relatively obscure figure in Australian history. In most plays and films about the Kelly gang, Curnow is a minor character..." -- If more information concerning the notoriety of Curnow in his own time in Australian press or society / outside of dramatic representations I think that would assist. -Maximilian775 (talk) 21:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I'm not sure I understand your request. I think it's clear from the article that Curnow was well known in his day. For example, his retirement 35 years after the Glenrowan siege "received press coverage throughout Australia". He hadn't sunk completely into obscurity, as much as he tried to avoid the limelight. His actions led to the downfall of arguably Australia's most famous historical person. Notability beyond dispute surely. - PastelLilac (talk) 21:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Maybe you can elaborate on the Cornish association source -- I'm not sure how 1 citation shows "coverage throughout Australia", and your statement of him being a household name in Legacy bears no citations at all. I'm certainly open to being convinced of notability, but as the article currently stands in my reading it's not shown thoroughly enough. Maximilian775 (talk) 21:29, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Just jumping in here - per WP:NTEMP, once notability has been established, it does not need to be maintained. If he was a household name in Australia at one point in time, then he's notable enough for Wikipedia now, Maximilian775. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 21:39, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

That's a fair point, and due to my completing my initial read of the article on a smaller screen, I didn't see the portion about the Victoria Humane Society medal and the fact he had to essentially go into witness protection for a time. My apologies, PastelLilac

With that in mind, I think the article overall is fine, but the hook could include a mention of the role he played in Kelly's capture. Maybe

• • ALT1: ... that schoolteacher Thomas Curnow (pictured) used a red scarf to stop a train from derailing, leading to the capture of notorious outlaw Ned Kelly?

Maximilian775 (talk) 21:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

That's all good. I'm open to hook suggestions, and yours may get more clicks. Part of me takes pleasure in ignoring Ned Kelly though, considering so much has been written about him already. - PastelLilac (talk) 22:16, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

All that being said, approved

Maximilian775 (talk) 23:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on November 14

Breton Civil War, 1341

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• ... that when John of Montfort was captured in 1341 during the Breton Civil War his wife took command of the Breton army?

• Source: *Mortimer, Ian (2007). The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-1-84413-530-1. Page 204.
• Sumption, Jonathan (1990). Trial by Battle. The Hundred Years' War. Vol. I. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-20095-5. Pages 389-390.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Laohushan culture

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 78 past nominations.

Gog the Mild (talk) 16:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Gog, good rescue on this article! Review follows: article promoted to GA on 14 November; article is well written and cited inline throughout to impeccable offline sources; I don't have access to any of the sources but more than happy to AGF there has been no copying from them (Earwig is happy also); hook is interesting and stated in the article; the hook was cited at the end of the paragraph, I have duplicated the references to the end of the sentence as required by the DYK rules; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 11:47, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Dumelow, I appreciate that. My first DYK for 18 months and I am clearly not up to speed. I probably need to review a couple to get the hang of the current requirements. And yes, it did need a bit of TLC, I'll probably give it a run through FAC shortly. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:06, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Campo Valdés Roman baths

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• ... that the Campo Valdés Roman baths were rediscovered during the construction of a sewer system in 1903?

• Source: [34][35]

• ALT1: ... that the Campo Valdés Roman baths were used as a necropolis in the Middle Ages? Source: [36]
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Parengyodontium album

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

Kimikel (talk) 04:57, 14 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Kimikel, review follows: article created 14 November and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what appear to be reliable sources for the subject matter; sources are all in Spanish so will have to AGF there is no overly close paraphrasing of them, Earwig shows no issues; hook facts are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to sources cited, at least according to Google Translate. A QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 08:43, 14 November 2024 (UTC)