- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 23:46, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
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Peter Demetz
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Demetz in 2012
- ... that Peter Demetz (pictured), born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949, taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991? Source: several
- Reviewed: Central Synagogue (Manhattan)
- Comment: What a life!
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2105 past nominations.
Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC).
article was recently expanded, is long enough and within policy. QPQ is done. My issue is the hook, specifically the sentence structure which is abnormal for DYK. The interesting part of the hook isn't found in the statement that he taught lit at Yale, even though the emphasis of the hook is on that. Recommend rewording to:
- ALT1 ... that Peter Demetz (pictured), who taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991, was born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:37, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, let me know if ALT1 is acceptable to you (or if you have another ALT). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:38, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review. ALT1 is acceptable to me. - In almost 15 years with DYK I learned, however, that mentioning Nazi adds 1k clicks (which the stats for Liviu Holender seem to support, again), and I learned from Narutolovehinata5 that the key fact should come at the end. My reason for the order was none of those considerations but that simply teaching German in Yale is not that outstanding, but focusing on German at all after his history is, and then teaching in Yale even more. Just explaining, - ALT1 is acceptable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
to ALT1. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 00:34, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review. ALT1 is acceptable to me. - In almost 15 years with DYK I learned, however, that mentioning Nazi adds 1k clicks (which the stats for Liviu Holender seem to support, again), and I learned from Narutolovehinata5 that the key fact should come at the end. My reason for the order was none of those considerations but that simply teaching German in Yale is not that outstanding, but focusing on German at all after his history is, and then teaching in Yale even more. Just explaining, - ALT1 is acceptable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
