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Comment: The hook aims to grab the reader who initially wonders about which constitution was written in 1997 or was extended to include a 42nd article in 1997, and wonders about whether it's the country Georgia or the US state Georgia, and so decides to seek more info by reading either the new article or the Georgian constitution article.
Created by Boud (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.
Article is new enough and long enough and meets that criteria. However, there are major issues in sourcing with this article which principally relies on WP:PRIMARY sources published by the subject or its affiliates. It is not at all clear that this topic is notable because the sourcing does not demonstrate independent significant coverage to pass WP:GNG let alone meet the rigor required at WP:ORG. At the moment, I doubt this would survive an WP:AFD based on the materials used, and for that reason it would likely end up at AFD if we were to put this on the main page (in which case we would have to pull it). Until the article's sourcing is significantly improved with WP:SECONDARY clearly independent materials, I don't think we can run this. Additionally, the hook idea here is somewhat suspect. Intentionally being vague and unclear or misleading has the potential of being challenged (unless we were running this for April Fools). I think at the very least we would need an ALT Hook on hand as a backup in case that happens.4meter4 (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fine by me to choose an alternative hook. First we need to sort out notability.The relevant notability guideline is WP:NGO and the relevant essay is WP:SBEXTERNAL: ... For example, a 2007 story on the BBC News website is more likely to be cited than a 1967 edition of the Thai Post or Večernje novosti. ... Notability is more difficult to establish in non-Anglophone topics because of a lack of English sources and difficulty for anglophone participants to find sources in the native language of the topic. A lack of native language editors of the topic only compounds the problems.Looking at WP:NGO alone, criterion 1 is clearly satisfied: the scope of activities is international: the European Court of Human Rights is a major international institution, and there are plenty of WP:SECONDARY sources establishing RG's activities in the ECtHR.[1][2][3]Criterion 2 is "significant coverage". The WP:SECONDARY sources that I've recently added cover RG's interventions in national[4][5][6][7] and international[8] legal/sociopolitical activities/events that are significant to Georgian society; and RG is seen by the Council of Europe as notable enough to be harassed by Georgian authorities.[9] It's true that I haven't found any in-depth articles on RG alone, but the activities of RG described by the sources are not just trivial activities of a private business – they are part of a national-level process (openly and publicly) influencing legislation and judicial institutions in Georgian society. The secondary sources clearly establish RG as a notable organisation. Criterion 2 is satisfied.For the additional criteria: Nationally well-known local organizations – national-level media regularly report RG's activities and the national Anti-Corruption Bureau is interested enough in RG to hassle it; Factors that have attracted widespread attention – Devex attests to RG's multi-decade longevity (created 1997) and national uniqueness: Rights Georgia is a sole legal partner of the UNHCR in Georgia and the only organization in Georgia [that] is focused on ....[10] and RG's CEDAWX and Y v. Georgia case led to a CEDAW committee finding that [broke] new ground by calling on Georgia not only to compensate the victims, but also to instigate widespread reforms aimed at ensuring a zero-tolerance policy towards violence against women. That makes it highly notable nationally, as well as fairly notable internationally - by researchers in UK-based universities.[11]OK now for notability? Boud (talk) 18:13, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Boud: In order to evaluate this impartially I had to do a WP:SIRS table analysis, and in doing so I came to the conclusion that this is likely not a notable topic. Rather than conjecture this at DYK (which is not right venue), I took this to the correct venue which is at WP:AFD. If the article survives there, I will put in a request here for a new reviewer as it would be best in that event for a fresh start. I know this was probably not the response you were hoping for, and I am sure this is disappointing/frustrating. Regretably the work you have done is WP:OR and is the type of work that an academic or a journalist should be doing. It is not the type of writing that is permissible here on wikipedia.4meter4 (talk) 21:57, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is biased. I think other users probably think the same. And that's not interesting, because it's news that's widely reported around the world. Cassilvwikis (talk) 02:01, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lots of cleaning work still needed. @Piotrus: At least two non-existent, unarchivedURLs have been found so far. Both seem to correspond to real articles, but if it's an LLM that chooses the URL, then you have to check it; and if it's you that stores the URL for later use a few years later, best that you archive it, and you do have to check it when you publish the article in Wikipedia. You can't assume that the old URL is still valid. (These are generic "you"s.) DYK reviewers are especially required to check sourcing. With 81 sources, that's a lot of checking that reviewers need to do, and finding any dead-unarchived URLs implies that more than just a quick browse is needed. Boud (talk) 18:44, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Plus a third dead URL. I'm about 3/4 of the way through the 81 refs in terms of rapid copyediting, but I have not checked all of the roughly 60 URLs in text that I've copyedited so far; I've assumed with good faith that they exist and that the info in the text matches the content. I've checked some. Boud (talk) 18:54, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:DYKNEWY.WP:DYKLENY.WP:DYKCOMPLETEY.WP:DYKCITE Most seem OK, but as above, I've checked quite a few of the sources, but not all, and there were at least two three dead, unarchived (from a 6 September 2025 new article!) URLs that I've fixed, and there still is one unfixed (handelsblatt).WP:DYKHFC The lead currently has inline refs for arson, GPS jamming and attempted PL railway attacks (infrastructure), but I haven't really tried to check about whether European officials ... reported all of these.WP:DYKHOOK I don't see the point of European officials ... reported in the original hook. I don't see much point to ALT1 either, since the lead of hybrid warfare states The concept of hybrid warfare has been criticized by a number of academics and practitioners, who say that it is vague and has disputed constitutive elements and historical distortions and in this particular case, Russia is currently only using non-military methods of sabotage in Europe west of the Ukrainian border, so it's semi-hybrid rather than hybrid, which is likely to leave readers even more confused about what that actually means. I would propose ALT2 (above). Overall, with ALT2, this article is not too far from DYK ready. However, it does need someone other than me to do another review, especially in checking (1) (preferably) all of the references, and checking that they are actually used acccurately; and (2) checking if it's justified to remove the {{AI-generated}} template and category. I found a fourthdead, unarchived URL. It's not credible to believe that the four URLs became invalid in less than two months. Mainstream news source servers sometimes do server software updates and fail to create redirects for old URLs. But that's once in five years or so, not every month. So overall, this needs another, independent reviewer. Boud (talk) 21:52, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just a reminder that someone independent of me needs to thoroughly review this. Hopefully it should be easier to review now, but I mostly did not do a full check, i.e. I did not check that the information is accurately summarised from the sources - I mostly only focussed on copyediting the Wikipedia text, and briefly looked at some of the source titles and read a few of the sources, assuming in most cases that the summarising was done accurately. There was too much work to do a full sourcing check. Given the role of an LLM in the editing, even if the original prompts were valid, there's a big risk that many of the sources more or less have information related to what is summarised in the Wikipedia article, but not quite, and checking and fixing likely requires more than just a rapid browse of sources vs Wikipedia text. Boud (talk) 12:52, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Article created 7 September. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 19:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley and Guerreroast: The article doesn't support the claim in ALT0 that Kleberg invented the cattle prod. It says He is credited with having invented the cattle prod around 1930, though other versions date to 1917. The source for this claim is the Texas Monthly article, which says nothing about inventing it around 1930 and nothing about earlier versions dating to 1917. Given the failure of WP:DYKHOOKCITE I am pulling the tick for further refinement. The proposed ALT is not particularly interesting. How is this as another alternative? ALT2: ... that Robert J. Kleberg III bred the first American-bred cattle breed at King Ranch? Sources: Kleberg invented the Santa Gertrudis, the first American cattle breed and the first new breed anywhere in one hundred years (Texas Monthly); Mr. Kleberg (pronounced Clayberg) developed this country's first breed of cattle, the Santa Gertrudis, a cross between the Indian Brahmin and the English shorthorn. (NYTimes); He is credited with developing the first United States breed of beef cattle, the Santa Gertrudis, perfected over thirty years. (TSHA). Those are three robust sources for a "first" claim, which gets extra scrutiny. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:30, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dclemens1971, that was my concern -- that if the article about the breed isn't saying it was the first, are we sure it's the first, even if we're souring it in the bolded article to an RS that is saying that. I wasn't so much worried about the hook being in the non-bolded article, more about hooks saying "first". Valereee (talk) 14:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
* Comment. I'm sorry, but the sources for the Santa Gertrudis being the first American breed and/or the first new breed anywhere in 100 years are unfortunately simply plain wrong – the herd-book for the American Brahman was started in 1924; numerous other (cattle) breeds such as the Swedish Red-and-White and its predecessor the Swedish Red Pied were created in the 100 years preceding the creation of the SG. Just a thought: why not base a hook on his ownership/managership of the largest ranch in the United States, larger than the state of Rhode Island? That should be much easier to document (and might actually be true?). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:24, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That "first" angle has already been rejected, so no need to worry about anymore. As for your suggestion, it could work, but it's also an exceptional claim and so we need to also make sure that there are not any larger ranches. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Mihoko Ishida became a singer while playing football?
Source: Oricon[歌手活動も行っている異色の現役女子サッカー選手・石田ミホコが、セカンドシングル「one for ALL」を本日22日（水）に発売した。Ishida Mihoko, an active female soccer player who also works as a singer, released her second single, "one for ALL," today, the 22nd (Wednesday).]
Comment: I don't know football, I just expand this for destubbing effort and this was in risk of deletion. I also don't know how to phrase this hooks.this is the permalink before I expand it (243 characters). Special Thanks Svartner for bringing this to me.
5x expanded by Miminity (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.
Article is long enough (DYKCheck) and sufficiently new at nomination time. Hook source is reliable and backs the hook. I would prefer ALT1 as being more comprehensive, and I also like the escalation of positions. Sources, including the Japanese sources, in the article are reliable. Article conforms to WP:BLP. However, the football career section isn't very clear. For example, this string of sentences feels clunky: "She then played for Nippon TV Menina. She then played for the team of Musashigaoka College. Due to the school partnership with the Arsenal Ladies in England, and played against them. The club offered to join the team, and in 2003, after she graduated from junior college, she joined the English football club Arsenal Ladies." In addition, the musical career section mentions a retirement, but it should probably specify that it's a retirement from football. I would like to see some editing to make the football section be more clear. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 08:47, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that when Aline Sitoe Diatta's death was announced, nearly forty years after she died, she was declared a "heroine of Senegal"?
Source: Baum 2009, p. 52; Baum 2016, p. 157.
ALT1: ... that in Dakar, Aline Sitoe Diatta is often called "the woman who was more than a man"? Source: Toliver-Diallo 2005, p. 342.
ALT2: ... that although Senegal commemorates Aline Sitoe Diatta has a heroic figure of resistance, some scholars have argued that she did not have strong links to anti-colonial resistance? Source: Toliver 1999, p. 210, O'Donoghue 2024, pp. 484–485.
As the GA nominator, thank you. Frequently forget to go DYK noms in the required time frame. Personally would remove one of the commas from the first proposal ("...that when Aline Sitoe Diatta's death was announced forty years after she died, she was declared...") and might rephrase ALT2 as "...that although Senegal commemorates Aline Sitoe Diatta has a heroic figure of anti-colonial resistance, some scholars have argued that she did not have strong links to said resistance?" But otherwise am quite happy with these. Not a formal review, though. Spookyaki (talk) 18:19, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Belatedly reopening this nom as I pulled it on the 22nd because of concerns about the hook as outlined in this discussion. The hook still needs some reworking, pinging nominator Spookyaki to alert them of the issue. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 11:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Spookyaki: There were multiple issues raised with both the hook and the article. The first is that the sentences that supported the hook fact (i.e. her death and the public reveal) lacked footnotes, which needed to be addressed per WP:DYKHFC. The second was that the article did not make it clear exactly when her death was publicly revealed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Okay, I added sentence-level footnotes. The article does make it clear that her death was publicly revealed in 1983, both in the lead and the body. Not really sure how to make that more clear. Spookyaki (talk) 19:28, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4: ... that the Republican makeup look is believed to result from applying foundation too dark for the wearer's skin tone and then blending it with the fingers rather than a brush? Source: All the others.
@Launchballer:Well, since they said they "don't have time or energy to fix everything" after removing 6-7K or so, it doesn't look like they have any interest in coming back. and, really, what's the point of going to that length to fix a problem and only afterwards leaving a tag describing the problem? I sure wouldn't do that sort of thing ... it's like adding a whole bunch of sources to an article largely lacking in them, and only then putting {{refimprove}} on the article or section. At the very least leave something on the talk page about some further changes that might be made on the talk page. As it is it's very drive-by ... why identify a problem if you're not willing to fix it or even say how?
Given my experience reviewing ANEW reports, I am averse to removing such tags when I am the one who did the most work on the article, but here I am hard put to see any other alternative.
@Bremps: I've thought about that ... but I don't think a merged article is eligible for DYK. And what might you call it? Cosmetic aesthetic of MAGA? I don't think you could use "Trump" in the title because it would be about more than him or his administration. I think, honestly, if someone had created such an article people would just as readily be suggesting it be split up into something like what we have now. Daniel Case (talk) 19:09, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The only reason I haven't reviewed this is because I disagree with the entire premise. "Republican makeup" has been a thing since the 2010s. I first saw it in Southern California Republican culture in 2013 or so. Now, I can't speak to why my opinion differs from those in the article, but obviously this article is arguing that the phenomenon only reached peak meme in 2024, and of course that's true, but the reality is that this whole idea is very old. Kimberly Guilfoyle has been sporting the look since maybe 2011? And thinking about that, my guess is that this whole thing originated with how Fox News hosts used makeup, as that would be the simplest explanation that lines up with the facts. Viriditas (talk) 01:17, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see that the article body mentions that this phenomenon is due to older styles of makeup use going back to the 1980s, while others have connected it to the beauty pageant aesthetic, one that Trump was particularly drawn to in the past. If the lead could make it clear that this "look" is not new, but rather the commentary on its use by Trump admin-associated woman is what is new (not in those words, but with that meaning), that would be great. In many ways, the look is consistent with conservatism, since it is reaching back to the 1980s and the women who use it refuse to use newer and more updated styles instead, in this example, as a way to kowtow and curry favor with Trump. I think the article is fairly well written, but seeing the absence of the historical context in the lead bothered me. Viriditas (talk) 22:32, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you can find more of that historical context that is reliably sourced, please share it. It wasn't for lack of research that I didn't include anything about it beyond what's already there. Daniel Case (talk) 05:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies if you misunderstood what I wrote: I see that the article body mentions that this phenomenon is due to older styles of makeup use. It's already in the article, but not the lead. A few words would fit perfectly in the third paragraph. Your other sources say quite a bit more. For example, you linked to a source by Sam Escobar which indicates that the makeup is associated with 1) old makeup trends from yesteryear, 2) beauty pageants, and 3) stage performers.[1] Other sources that you use say that the look makes the women look older than their true age, which has got to be the strangest fashion style of all time. Most people wear makeup to look younger, not older. This added info would go well in the third paragraph before "an exaggerated aesthetic of gender performance that evokes drag queens". Viriditas (talk) 10:28, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I can't speak to that directly, nor do I necessarily agree with it, but it is certainly one valid argument among many others. My personal issue with this article is the historical framing which feels completely off to me. This specific makeup trend in conservative circles is old, very old; it did not begin with the Trump admin in 2016 or in 2024, but the meme did emerge recently, which confuses the topic in many different ways. I believe it is a notable cultural topic when seen in that light, but not reduced to only the meme, which is admittedly pejorative as we all know. This is why I believe the historical framework needs to be expanded. I believe that the sources show that this makeup trend comes from conservative culture, some of which has roots in older makeup styles, the use of makeup by Fox News hosts, and some kind of intersectionality on top of that. My earliest memories of seeing this kind of thing is on late night television in the 1980s with people like Tammy Faye Messner becoming famous for the excessive makeup style. Later, in the 2000s, Fox News hosts became known for similar makeup. Quite interestingly, in 2012, people started writing about this style.[2][3] And by 2013, I began to see it more and more in the public. I think the only reason it became a popular meme now in the Trump era is because these people are now center stage and the public is forced to see them on the news whether they like it or not. And this is the Fox News presidency, complete with the religious influence, so the makeup connections from both eras are there. My complaint is that this article does not take a holistic, historical view on the entire cultural phenomenon, but instead focuses on a silly meme that only recently emerged. Viriditas (talk) 09:36, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Because that was what turned up when I started researching it. What's in there is as holistic and historical a view as I could find searching on "Republican makeup", "right wing makeup", "MAGA makeup" and "conservative girl makeup". I have not seen any connection to Tammy Faye Bakker, and in any event that was seen at the time as specific to her and having no political connotations.
The connection with Tammy Faye Bakker is through Christianity, conservatism and the culture of the Southern United States. This connection appears almost everywhere. Steven Saylor made this connection in 1991, noting that the women enmeshed in the culture of Texas used makeup in the same way as Bakker. The Atlantic article up above suggests that this same culture was also present at Fox News, both in how the men wanted the women to look and how the women used their approach to makeup within this culture. There's really a lot written about this. Bakker was famous for saying that she never took her makeup off and that Jim had never seen her without makeup. While that might sound like just a offhand quip, there's a lot going on here. IIRC, at the time Bakker was active, there were conservative business rules in place in corporations which required women employees to wear makeup in certain situations. I don't recall when those rules were changed, but I remember one of the major airlines required it around 1989 or so. Also keep in mind that the airline industry was notorious for hiring women to entertain and appear attractive to men up until maybe 1970 or so. Makeup was required to be worn by women for the appreciation of men in this instance. Yes, it's become very fashionable for anti-feminists to say "I wear makeup for me, not for other men", but this is a newer development. This might seem like it has nothing to do with anything, but the reality is that it has everything to do with this subject. Men for a very long time required women to act and behave in a certain way, and their ability to go out into public without makeup was a sign of feminism and women's liberation, in some respects. "Republican makeup" follows this long anti-feminist tradition, although it obviously morphed in several ways to accommodate Trumpism and the resurgence of women wearing extreme amounts of makeup in the tradition of conservative culture and its newer manifestations (for example, tradwife culture). I have no objection to a larger article on this subject but as it stands right now, the current article makes it seem like this whole thing is new when it isn't. Viriditas (talk) 23:38, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, blame my sources, not me. It is not the first time—and won't be the last—that one of our articles is limited by what its sources say when a knowledgeable reader can see there should be more to it. From what you've written, I think the best thing you could do is gather up sources, write a scholarly article (or even a mainstream article) about how this isn't as new as current coverage makes it seem (as is, indeed, true of so many things that are only new to people who haven't lived long enough yet, which (granted) is sometimes most of us) and get it published in a reliable source so we can cite it and incorporate your research into the article. Otherwise it's just, well, original research. Daniel Case (talk) 02:21, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As I said in my first reply, some of the material I recommend adding already appears in the sources you used, but you didn't frame it that way. Instead, you assumed that "Republican makeup" refers to "the way women who support or work for Donald Trump apply their cosmetics". That is only one recent use of the term. This subject has been discussed many times before outside that context and both the lead and the article are framed in a way that ignores this overarching topic. Essentially, this is an example of recentism. Journalism, Gender and Power (2019) repeats what The Atlantic found above, noting how Fox News emphasizes what they call "Fox glam": "Women in Fox's largely conservative audience are less squeamish than progressive ones about exploiting their looks". This is the larger phenomenon that I've been referring to, and it's been under discussion for at least 15 years in this context, but also greatly predates it other contexts. For example, this came up before with the discussion about the objectification of Republican Sarah Palin. Heflick & Goldenberg 2011 noted that this subject had been studied in the 1980s and 1990s, with researchers finding "makeup usage leads men and women to rate women as less competent" and "evidence that women's attractiveness and sexualization hurts them when they apply for, or obtain, high status jobs". The researchers discovered that this kind of focus on Palin's appearance (of which makeup was one factor) led to her dehumanization and sense of being unfit for the job of VP. This is not original research. It is part of the "cosmetics dehumanization hypothesis" that Republican makeup trends appear to use. Conservative Christian writer Georgi Boorman was discussing this in 2020.[4]Viriditas (talk) 03:09, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Instead, you assumed that 'Republican makeup' refers to 'the way women who support or work for Donald Trump apply their cosmetics'." The only thing you should be assuming is good faith. That was what I got out of the sources, as I said. Yes, some of them do mention the long-term trends here ... but not to a very great degree, so of course I didn't make that a prominent part of the article. I am happy to incorporate some of the sources you mentioned earlier and account for them in the article. But, you seem to be carrying on with some disappointment that this wasn't the article you were hoping for it to be, so you keep making suggestions and statements that aren't really supportable by any sources we can use that a reader of your commentary would assume you believe must be in the article.
Merge to Mar-a-Lago face: Given the resistance to making this part of a larger topic on the aesthetic, I think it's best to just merge whatever is salvageable here into a subsection of Mar-a-Lago face per this source. Per Wikipedia: "Mar-a-Lago face is a plastic surgery and fashion trend among American conservative and Republican women to modify their faces with 'detectable' surgery, excessive makeup, fake tans, and 'fake eyelashes, with dark smokey eyes and full lips'". It's obvious that Mar-a-Lago face is the parent topic and at 5283 characters (796 words) is ripe for a merge of this article at 12022 characters (1904 words). Combining the two results in almost the perfect size and topic coverage. I can't imagine any reason for two different articles on the same topic at this time. Viriditas (talk) 03:32, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since when do we have this sort of discussion in the DYK template? Shouldn't it be on the talk page? How about I make some of the changes you have suggested above, we get it on the Main Page, and then we discuss this merge which is obvious only to you. I for my part found very few sources connecting the two phenomena, or subordinating RM to MaLF. Yes, they're related, but just because the MaLF article connects them in a comma-separated list does not make a case for writing separate articles ... we let our sources do that, and IMO they haven't. (Also, as I noted at the MaLF talk page, the fact that is described as a plastic surgery trend means that some men, like Matt Gaetz, have been discussed in that context, making the article's lede erroneous).
Look, I can see you're itching for us to have an article about the broader historical trend of something we could call, say, Antifeminism and appearance. And you are probably not wrong to want that. So it would probably be a better use of your time to research the sources such an article would need, some of which you have already mentioned, and draft that article. Daniel Case (talk) 01:21, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Article created on the same day as nom. Sufficient length. Solid English-language news sources with plenty of supporting Japanese articles. No neutrality issues present.
No issues from EARWIG check. Verifiability/copyvio spot-checks: 2b ✓, 7 ✓, 8b ✓, 12b ✓, 21 ✓, 25 ✓.
Article is presentable and well-written. QPQ completed.
For the hook, ALT1 is interesting and supported by the citation here and in the article. However, it needs to be reworded for grammar. I would suggest something like: "...that the solar farms in Kushiro are so expansive that locals refer to them as a 'sea of mega solar farms'?"
The review of the main source by Esculenta, the GA reviewer, appears to be sufficiently thorough to establish that the article does not suffer from any close paraphrasing issues; Earwig's Copyvio Detector certainly does not detect any. AirshipJungleman29 nominated the article shortly after it was promoted to GA. Both hooks are a bit problematic for me. The main hook is a bit wordy (classification classifies) and it implies that the Baltimore classification is no longer used alongside standard evolutionary taxonomy, a claim which I do not see in the article. The lack of direct quotes from the sources does not help. ALT1 is problematic because the lead paragraph mentions seven groups, not two; and even if these seven groups form two supergroups, the prominent reference to seven groups would almost certainly raise eyebrows. I also suspect that the most interesting hook could be produced from Baltimore_classification#Evolutionary_origins_and_relations. Surtsicna (talk) 12:29, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New enough, long enough, boldlinked articles are presentable, hook is short ennough but not terribly interesting, QPQ is done. How would this work?
ALT2: ... that Pedro Berroeta Morales, a diplomat and later president of a Venezuelan television channel, has also written fiction and essays ranging from science to esotericism? García Castro, Álvaro A. (2002). Pedro Berroeta. Caracas: Fundación Empresas Polar. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
@Maximilian775: you cannot approve an alternative hook that you proposed yourself. A review by an uninvolved editor is necessary. Maximilian775 and @Piotrus:, I agree that ALT0 is uninteresting, but I like ALT2. However, the source in the article for the claim is not available without an Academia account. Per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, can you provide a quotation (and translation) from the source material that verifies the hook fact in ALT2? Thanks! (PS I also made cosmetic adjustments to ALT2.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:20, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that at the same time he played in the NFL, Red Seidelson(pictured) worked as a dentist? Source: same
ALT2: ... that NFL player Red Seidelson(pictured) reportedly had such a reputation as a fighter that police officers sometimes asked him to come with them as "insurance" if they expected "any sticky situations"? Source: same
@BeanieFan11 and WikiOriginal-9: Article recently promoted to GA. QPQ good. Earwig checks out. Photo is in the public domain and works well at size. ALT0 is tricky because for someone outside of the US, there's no context for if that's a lot or not. ALT1 and ALT2 are interesting, but I have concerns about the reliability of the source jewsinsports.org, which seems to be WP:RS/SPS/WP:SPS. Can alternate sources be found? ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs03:32, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, the Jews in Sports page cites references for the dentist claim, although they are obviously all offline and I have been unable to find any more sources about the claim online (or really, much sources about Seidelson in general). Given the circumstances, the fact that the page actually has references, and how the claim is not contentious, I'd be inclined to accept the reference this time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:25, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Encyclopedia of Football is available on Archive.org and barely mentions Seidelson; The Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports has a short entry that doesn't support any of the hooks, and Total Football is similar: birthdate, high school, death date, a few stats; nothing about dentistry, police insurance, or 40 games in a season. However, I did find a newspaper article (clipped by BeanieFan11, actually) that mentions concurrent dentistry with his time on the Frankford Yellow Jackets. With that, I'd be willing to approve ALT1 if that was used as the source. Given that each of the sources mentioned by JewsInSports barely talk about Seidelson, however, I am a bit uncomfortable with all the citations to JewsInSports in the article. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs15:45, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What does the Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports say about him? Based on one part of the website's Seidelson entry, I would guess that they probably got some of the information from interviewing his grandson. Also, the source is published by the American Jewish Historical Society, which I would imagine is probably a reliable source? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:57, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The entirety of his entry in the EoJiS is: SEIDELSON, HARRY. U. of Pittsburgh, guard, 1921-23. Played professionally with Frankford Yellow Jackets 1925, Akron Steels 1926. Dr. L. H. Baker rated him as one of the All-Time Pitt guards. During the 1925 season Seidelson played on the Pitt All-Stars which defeated the Red Grange-led Chicago Bears 24-0. Being published by the AJHS is a point in the favor of JewsInSports, but I'm still wary. You might try posting at WP:RS/N to ask, but it really would be best, in my opinion, to find other sources to back up the claims made by it. I'm striking ALT0 and ALT2, but will approve ALT1 if the sentence in the article can be reworded to use the Drum newspaper article source instead of JewsInSports. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs16:28, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Thank you for a courageous and balanced article about a book which appears to have the same qualities. I have mentioned a few examples below in which the article's existing balance can be strengthened.
Due to the controversial nature of the subject matter, the article must be clear about quotes and sources, so we must keep our distance from sources, and be tougher than usual over minor elements of copyvio. Please put the following phrases in quotation marks, and credit them individually with citations: 1, "personal, historical, philosophical and revolutionary", 2. "against the injustices", 3. "destruction of schools, universities, museums, churches, mosques, and even cemeteries", 4. "do everything in their power to combat". The issue is not primarily about the minor plagiarism here: it's about keeping a professional distance from sources, even though we may share those opinions.
Please check the article carefully for examples of opinions about the book, and make sure that every opinion is openly (i.e. in the body text) credited to the person or publication who/which gave the opinion.Storye book (talk) 10:47, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
*Actually I did not write most of it, it was a rescued AFC draft. I went back through and deleted a few sentences that could be constructed as opinion based. I think everything else is clearly attributed. Storye book, thank you for reviewing. (t · c) buidhe15:22, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0a: that the 2025 book The World After Gaza was deemed both "repugnant" and "monstrous" for being both overly and insufficiently critical of Israel?
Thank you, Buidhe. It looks well-balanced to me, now. Good to go with ALTs 0 and 1. (I have added a suggested ALT0a with the inserted word, "both" for clarity - that can be also used if approved by a third party.). Storye book (talk) 15:52, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
: This book is unique in its kind because it is the first time an Indian has addressed the issues of Israel and Palestine. Why is respecting to wp:pov not observed in both the hooks? Why is there an intention to disparage the book when this book has also received positive feedback.GolsaGolsa (talk) 07:55, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understood the hooks to be balanced politically, but of course that depends on how one perceives the politics. On this subject, we are never going to be able to convince everybody that everything we write is balanced. Looking at the critics and the book only:
* ALT2 ... that the critic Johny Stanly said that the 2025 book, The World After Gaza, was a compelling examination of the moral failings of a violent past and present. (Source: citation is next to the fact in the article).
FWIW being criticized by "both sides" could be interpreted positively as achieving objectivity and not shying away from inconvenient facts glossed over by partisans. That was why the initial hook was proposed. (t · c) buidhe12:23, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
^ ALT4 is not appropriate for two reasons. (1) it fails DYK interest requirements, and (b) it could be interpreted as a perception from one political/religious aspect only, which in turn could be interpreted as non-neutral. Storye book (talk) 18:36, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Long enough. New enough. Reliable citations throughout. GA article. Copyright violation unlikely (7.4%) per Earwig. The hook is cited but too long/not on point. You should rewrite it so that Tropical Storm Pabuk is at the center of attention.
Overall: Review completed: DYK nomination meets all requirements. Article created on 15 Sept 2025. Earwig copyvio tool shows all green (max 9%). Article size 674 prose words. Hook size 91 characters. Sources are fine; and article is neutral. The hook could perhaps be more catchy; for example, it could identify the convention. Noleander (talk) 17:17, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure.
ALT0b: ... that after Jeremy Hambly was attacked outside Gen Con, Gen Con banned him?
... that Bijal P. Trivedi wrote a book about how cystic fibrosis went from a "death sentence" of children to a manageable, non-fatal condition due to new drugs that brought “weeping with joy”?
Source: "Science journalist Trivedi debuts with a glowing account of how Boston businessman Joe O’Donnell, after losing a son to cystic fibrosis in 1986, raised hundreds of millions for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which pioneered the use of “venture philanthropy” for drug discovery. Trivedi covers low points in O’Donnell’s story (early on, when still struggling to keep his son alive, O’Donnell had “a sick child gasping for breath, a mortgage, no job, no health insurance, and no backup plan”) as well as his triumphs, as he became a powerful businessman and worked with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to fund groundbreaking research. Most notably, this included a well-placed investment in Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which in 2012 pioneered the first of several treatments involving drugs matched to patients’ individual gene mutations. Elaborating on the science as well as the business behind the fight against cystic fibrosis, Trivedi captures the emotions of the families, doctors, and scientists involved in the clinical trials and their “weeping with joy” as new drugs are approved, and shows how cystic fibrosis, once a “death sentence,” became, for many, a manageable condition. This is a rewarding and challenging work.""
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. Hook is cited and interesting, although I think its 202 characters, so wonder if there is a way to trim it a tiny bit? QPQ is done. Such an interesting woman, thank you ThrileyLajmmoore (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "These two archaeologists gave an immediate edge to the initial development of North Korean archaeology. In addition, proper law system on cultural heritage preservation boosted new archaeological tasks [...] murals, were found and excavated at the Anak area around Pyeongyang City (K. Lee, 1990: 109). Interpretation of these excavation results emphasized the eradication of Japanese imperialistic legacy and propelled spiritual resuscitation of the Korean people. This agenda combined with the struggle for power by Kim Il-sung was propagated among North Koreans in order to make them believe that communist North Korea solely assumes historical legitimacy/supremacy over South Korea. The final result of this agenda burst into an undeclared war in 1950." Yoo, Yongwook (2016). "A Story of Their Own: What Happened and What is Going on with North Korean Archaeology?". Archaeology of the Communist Era. Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45108-4_11. ISBN 9783319451060. pages 281 and 282
Overall: Excellent article! New enough, long enough, well sourced to papers, neutral. Earwig said 13.8%, due to the source repeating over and over the words. It's epic that the QPQ is being displayed in the main page right now. I'll suggest hooks down here. Earth605talk13:51, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Per definiton, everything an independent country does needs to be after independence, aka Korean War. I would suggest:
... that the courtyard of Fort George(pictured) was the site of the 19 October 1983 execution of Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada?
Source: "When Bishop’s confinement became broadly known, thousands of his ardent supporters marched on his home on 19 October and set him free. Bishop next led the crowd to bloodlessly seize control of Fort Rupert, the island’s military headquarters. Other Grenadian regular Army soldiers loyal to the Coard faction then were dispatched in three armored vehicles to retake the fort and recapture Bishop. Shooting started when the soldiers faced off with Bishop’s supporters at the fort’s entrance. Three soldiers and at least eight civilians were killed in the ensuing melee and panic that also injured about 100 other civilians. The surviving soldiers captured Bishop, three of his ministers, and four other loyal supporters and led them away to a walled courtyard. Shortly after, the eight were executed in cold blood by a firing squad of soldiers who (according to subsequent court testimony) declared they were acting under the orders of the Central Committee" from: Kukielski, Philip G. (1 September 2021). "Secret Mission of Urgent Fury". U.S. Naval Institute.
Oh, yes. I had forgotten about this one. ALTs below:
ALT1: ... the courtyard of Fort George(pictured) was the site of the execution of Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada?
Source: as above
Fort George
ALT2: ... the 18th-century Fort George(pictured) in Grenada was renamed after the father of the 20th-century communist prime minister Maurice Bishop?
Source: "During the Grenada Revolution it was renamed Fort Rupert in honour of revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop’s slain father, Rupert Bishop." from: "The renaming epidemic". The New Today. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
Comment: I cleared this article in January as none of it was sourced, and promptly forgot I'd done that until a week ago, when ITV uploaded an episode of The Price is Right to ITVX for its 70th birthday. I'm not sure what 5x starts from, so I've also nominated this for GA and am happy to go through WP:GARC if necessary. Also, The X Factor was the most watched UK programme of the 2010s, so I'd expect a broad audience to have heard of it (it's certainly going to mean more than the name alone).
5x expanded by Launchballer (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 325 past nominations.
Not a review, but while "bombastic" adds flavor to the hook and will probably get it more attention, I'm not sure if it would hold up to scrutiny. For one, it's only one source (The Independent) that calls him as such, so I don't think we can describe him as "bombastic" in Wikivoice. At best, "bombastic" may have to be in quotes (although that may still not be enough for the attribution police); otherwise, his name may have to be spelled out in full instead as the safest option. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:10, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Sławomir has been described as the "king" of the fusion genre rock-polo? Source: Pilawski, Patrycjusz (7 January 2018). "OJ UW - rock polo". nowewyrazu.uw.edu.pl. University of Warsaw. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2025. Gatunek muzyczny łączący elementy rocka i disco polo [...] "Sławomir, król nietypowego nurtu muzycznego, rock-polo, rozgrzał wczoraj nowogrodzką publiczność do czerwoności"
For me, the article meets the nomination criteria (technically, 7 days and a few hours from creation to nomination, but close enough). It is well-designed and very well-documented. For an image, I would suggest this Dieckmann erich moebelbau 1931, which has been published very frequently, as it is his book. (On https://imjustcreative.com/erich-dieckmann-metal-tube-chair/2019/12/15, for example) and a new beginning Erich Dieckmann designed furniture that grew organically and wasn't cobbled together—from an elephant's body, a bay leaf, a spider's leg, if you will. (from his quote) (talk) Birkho (talk) 08:20, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Birkho: I'm confused why you have left a review here. Maybe it is different on dewiki, but on enwiki the DYK process only requires a single reviewer, and it's generally best for the reviewer not to be someone who has been a major contributor to the article. I suggest you strike your review (or at least remove the symbol) to avoid confusion. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:44, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pi.1415926535: Hello, yes, it's different here on dewiki. You can make suggestions and participate in the discussion, and the best introduction and image will be chosen. One question: Why does the image have licensing issues, given that it's available on Wikipedia Commons? Can I help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Birkho (talk • contribs)
Article is new enough (technically 7 days and a few hours from creation to nomination, but close enough) and long enough. It is well-sourced, neutral, copyvio-free, and presentable. A new hook is needed (see WP:HOOK) – the current hook is improperly formatted, does not appear in the article, and is not verified by the given citation. I am also concerned about the image – the source is a non-functional link with no further details, making it impossible to verify that it was actually anonymously published. Either a correct link that verifies the anonymous publication needs to be found, or the image should be removed from this nomination. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:52, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ariegel: The revised hook is better, but it appears to be a broad summation of the article rather than a specific fact that is included in the article. The claimed source is not used in the article and does not contain any information other than birth/death dates. Additionally, the copyright issue with the image has not been resolved. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:44, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pi.1415926535: Hello again, here a new proposal: another picture by Erich Dieckmann; or one of his stylish chairs, which is my recommendation, the photo is public domain. Both pictures are shown in the link, hope this helps. * Light club chair 1926 Erich Dieckmann
And here is a new hook (this is the heart of the matter): Did you know that Erich Dieckmann, one of the most productive and innovative furniture designers of the Bauhaus is almost forgotten today?Ariegel (talk) 15:06, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Hi there. I did not use ChatGPT to write the reply or the article, btw I am an expert for the bauhaus movement and don't need AI for this matter :) I did ask ChatGPT if my formating is right, because I messed it up, and Pi.1415926535 did not respond to my call for help but fortunately another experienced Wikipedian (a human) could help me.
@Launchballer: Hi there. I didn't want to interfere with the nomination and wasn't familiar with your rules, but Ariegel asked me for support, since we're both working on this Erich Dieckmann project. You've already read that we take a different approach on dewiki. Now the question: why was Ariegel's post considered vandalism? What do you want to delete, and what happens next? Please clear up any misunderstandings. Which hook and which image will be selected, since this is the issue at hand! I kindly ask for your support, and if I can help, please ping me!Birkho (talk) 09:08, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The "Wikipedia:Did you know nominations/..." page wasn't vandalism, but was a duplicate (nominations belong at "Template:Did you know nominations/...") and was deleted as housekeeping. I will examine the hooks at a later date.--Launchballer00:33, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Delmass cave features a 14-metre-tall (46 ft) stone façade with multiple levels of windows and arrowslits built into the cliffside? Source: Frangieh 2014 & Baroudi 1998
ALT1: ... that local legends claim “bandit-monks” once lived in the Delmass cave, shoeing their horses backwards to mislead pursuers? Source: Baroudi 1998
Comment: Is the year needed in the hook? Also, the details about the differences between the two HIV storylines (the relatively recent one that Nambiar worked on and the original 1991 story) is the most interesting thing of all, and creating a hook about that would be incredible. Viriditas (talk) 21:25, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark: This article looks to be in mostly very good shape. It was recently translated from the German Wikipedia article, which met their equivalent of a Good Article review. No issues with copyright violations, plagiarism, Original Research, NPOV violations, or other policy concerns that would be a dealbreaker for DYK. This is the editor's first DYK so no review is required for QPQ.I do see several issues for DYK guidelines that are all fixable. First, the article uses a mixture of inline citations and general references. WP:DYKCITE says that body content outside of the lead and other summaries "must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph". So for example, the section Vindelev Hoard#Discovery is mostly fine, but the source for "The ensemble is of exceptional archaeological importance. No other saucer-sized gold discs like those from Vindelev have been found to date. The craftsmanship of the jewelry also surpasses that of other finds." is currently not cited inline (I assume it is one of the general references at the bottom of the page). To run on DYK, sections like that will need to be followed with an inline citation. The two hook facts "should be cited no later than the end of the sentence in which they appear to meet WP:DYKHFC. For example, the plowing citation looks reliable and backs up the hook fact, but it is currently only a general reference and not cited inline. Finally, the hook and article should both match the source regarding the "oldest known reference" to Odin. Right now the article hedges with "may be". So overall this is nearly there and already quite solid. When you're ready for me to take another look, or if you have any questions, feel free to {{ping}} me here. Rjjiii (talk) 22:56, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Apologies for the late response, I have had a busy last couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to get to this. I have started working on it now, and should hopefully get it done this week. DraconicDark (talk) 16:05, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark:ALT1 now has the same citation to verify it here and in the article. I suspect this is the more likely of the two to be promoted as the other is a superlative hook that could be disproven by some earlier artifact. The original hook can be verified by the source, but if it's chosen, the article should be tweaked to use the same level of certainty in the language. There are still some passages missing an inline citation in the article. Let me know if you need help finding sources, or finding the places that still need citations, or anything like that. After those passages are cited, I'll approve this, and it can be promoted, Rjjiii (talk) 06:53, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rjjiii: Thank you for your continued feedback. I would appreciate if you could tell me which places still need citations, since a specific list would be helpful. I have been able to find most of the sources that were only general references, except for the Danish print source at the end of the Bibliography section (the chapter from Magt og Guld – Vikinger i Øst), which I could prove the existence of but the book does not appear to exist as an ebook. DraconicDark (talk) 18:37, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rjjiii: An update: I have gone through and added citations for some of the tags. Most of the remaining ones should be doable, as they either should be verifiable from the general refs or are trivialities I can remove if I can't cite them, but there's one section that is giving me a bit of trouble with finding citations. I suspect it may be from the book I was having trouble finding. DraconicDark (talk) 20:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark: Thanks for looking into it! I have cited that section but you're welcome to double-check me as I'm not finding sources in English. Feel free to reach out, either to me or on talk pages, if any of the other passages are troublesome. Rjjiii (talk) 01:32, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark: There are still two sentences missing an inline citation. If you either find a source for those, remove them, or revise them to use a different source, I'll go ahead and approve this. Rjjiii (talk) 02:32, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Cheney Lively was the first Black property owner and permanent resident of Indianapolis, Indiana?
Source: Scott, Kate (2020). "Cheney Lively: A Black Woman on the Indiana Frontier". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Vol. 32, no. 2. pp. 29–37
Reviewed:
Created by Ssafder (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
This is not a review, but per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, "first" hooks are now discouraged on DYK unless such claims have airtight sourcing. Right now, the claim that Lively was the first black permanent resident of Indianapolis is unreferenced; however, even if it was, the claim is so exceptional that it is unlikely to gain consensus. Please propose a different hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:33, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that Cheney Lively was the only Black female head of household in Indianapolis listed in the 1830 census?
Source: Scott, Kate (2020). "Cheney Lively: A Black Woman on the Indiana Frontier". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Vol. 32, no. 2. pp. 29–37
New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Image is appropriately licensed. But there's a mismatch between the hook and article claim and the source, which merely says In addition to drying red clothes, the village also has traditional activities such as making sticky rice cakes, performing bamboo pole dances, and combing long hair. Nothing about a brand. This needs rectifying before proceeding, Toadboy123, as right now that sentence isn't supported properly. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: @TheDoctorWho: ALT0 and ALT1 are too long. I don't really like ALT2, but I'm kind of partial to ALT3, but I wonder if it will play in Peoria. @Atsme: for help reviewing the article and commenting on the overall topic as she is the doyenne of Yellowstone. Viriditas (talk) 23:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Viriditas: FWIW, the hooks, in order, show to be 200, 198, 141, and 144 characters each, all just at or just below the requirement. That said, I'm not however partial to any of the hooks, and can propose some other alts if none of these will work. TheDoctorWho(talk)23:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheDoctorWho: I'm well aware of the length guidelines. In practice, DYK tends to keep hooks "short and to the point". You are very unlikely to find a reviewer or promoter who approves of hooks anywhere near 200 characters in practice. In theory, sure, you can write a 200 character hook. Viriditas (talk) 00:04, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've had a few hooks in the 150-180 range approved and run before..., but if 20 characters is really that much of a dealbreaker:
Coming here after the message left at WT:DYK. Although I am okay with this being allowed on DYK, even though it is still an upcoming series, I am not happy with the hooks. As Viriditas mentioned, the original hooks were either too long, or their interest wasn't obvious. I'm not sure if even the shortened version will be interesting to anyone other than Yellowstone fans. Can you try proposing alternative wordings or angles? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:01, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: [11] «En la denominación de la compañía [...] el significado intrínseco de la palabra voltio» El “voltio” es la unidad [...] para medir el potencial eléctrico [...]. Translation: «In the name of the company [...] the intrinsical meaning of the word voltio» The volt is the unit [...] to measure the electric potential.
ALT1: ... that Voltio(cars pictured) has the biggest car fleet in Spain? Source: [12] Voltio se consolida como el servicio de coche compartido líder en España al poseer la mayor flota del país. Voltio consolidates itself as the leader of carsharing in Spain as it has the biggest fleet in the country.
ALT2: ... that Voltio's name derives from an expression that translates to "going for a walk"? Source: [13] [El nombre] se complementa con el significado coloquial 'darse un voltio', salir de algún lugar para dar una vuelta. [The name] complements with the coloquial meaning of 'darse un voltio', meaning to go for a walk.
@Earth605: Article is new and long enough, external policy compliant, and is presentable. The hooks are cited to reliable sources and are interesting. Images are freely licensed and a QPQ was carried out. ALT0 is a bit of a borderline case for interestingness; it's common for companies to be named after their industry and some may not find it interesting. ALT1 is a contentious claim; although the policy states that it's okay to have such hooks, it's a bit controversial these days to nominate such a hook, and it's a little promotional for my liking. I will approve ALT2, but the source says that the phrase complements the company's name, not that the company was named after that specific phrase (courtesy pinging Reverosie, who may be interested in this discussion). Icepinner03:14, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reviewing! One detail. I did not need to do the QPQ, I just mentioned it cuz why not? About ALT0, the company is a carsharing company, not an electricity company. ALT1 was meant to be an image hook and ALT2 was the normal hook. ALT2 says that the name "derives" from the expression, which is not the same as it comes from it, but I understand your reasoning. IcepinnerEarth605talk15:37, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Earth605: Regarding ALT0, I am aware that this is a carsharing company. Reiterating my point, it's common for car companies, and car-sharing companies, to be named after things assoicated with their industry (example: Tesla is named after Nikola Tesla), so I considered it to be a borderline case. However, I am willing to seek out a third opinion for ALT0, if you're interested. The source of ALT2 says A su vez, se complementa con el significado coloquial 'darse un voltio', salir de algún lugar para dar una vuelta, which roughly translates to It is also complemented by the colloquial meaning of 'taking a little break,' which means going out for a walk, meaning it complements the phrase (makes the company's name "Voltio" look better, for a lack of a better word), not that it originated from that specfic phrase. I'm also willing to seek for a third opinion on this hook as well. Icepinner02:31, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: @Piotrus: Nice work. Sources all check out and no copy-vio, some of the prose felt a little eh but I think it's fine. I don't find the hook interesting. I feel like there's a bunch of stuff in the article that could make a good hook, be it parts of the documentary or reactions to it. 1brianm7 (talk) 06:32, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Galbraith, Stuart (2002). The Emperor and the Wolf:The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. USA: Faber and Faber. p. 473. ISBN0-571-19982-8.
... that when advocating for the introduction of dental hygienists to New Zealand, Angela Pack(pictured) called the New Zealand Dental Council Board “lily-livered chickens”? Source: "...older practitioners did not want to delegate periodontal treatment to a hygienist... After huge initial enthusiasm from Board members, the chairman (an older practitioner) tactically deferred the vote on this critically important decision until the very end of a long and tiring meeting. Angela felt the momentum for hygienist training had evaporated. She therefore asked the male Board members “why they were behaving like a load of lily-livered chickens” when they had all been so enthusiastic the previous day"[1]
ALT1: ... that periodontist Angela Pack(pictured) called the New Zealand Dental Council Board “lily-livered chickens”? Source: as above
ALT2: ... that Angela Pack's(pictured) interview for a lectureship in New Zealand was conducted in a London pub? Source: "Angela applied for a Lectureship in Periodontology at the University of Otago in New Zealand, for which a notice had circulated at RDH. Allowable in those days, her interview was a lunch time chat in a smoke-filled pub with Professor Alister Smilie from Otago University, on sabbatical leave in London."[2]
When faced with the chores of filthy pots and pans, cutlery and crockery, a quick immersion into Bucktooth-infested waters works wonders in getting shot of those ground-in scraps of food, Brillo pad style."
Hi Quetzal1964, article is well enough written; cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources for the subject; image is good enough and appropriately licensed; I have a slight concern over the hook as the source prefaces it with "apparently", is there a more robust source that can be used or an alternative hook that can be proposed? I also don't think the article meets WP:DYKNEW at the moment. The pre-existing article at 2 June 2025 has 1352 characters, the current article measures, by my count 3,864 characters, still someway off the required 5x expansion. Can it be expanded further? - Dumelow (talk) 13:29, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dumelow When I started expanding this article it was almost completely without citations, so arguably it is a completely new article. I would struggle to get it to over 6000KB. I have given a more definite reference to the dish washing. Quetzal1964 (talk) 19:09, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Quetzal1964, I sympathise with your position as you have done great work expanding the article and fully citing it. Unfortunately DYK tends to be quite strict over the requirement for 5x expansion (see WP:5X); the only exception is if the pre-existing content was a copyright violation. You might try asking for a waiver for this article at Wikipedia talk:Did you know, but I have never seen one go through - Dumelow (talk) 05:54, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not comfortable with asserting that Tilly Norwood exists, actually. I'm also not comfortable with the article using gendered pronouns for the Tilly construct. DS (talk) 19:48, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your discomfort comes without justification and is inconsistent with you using the term "Tilly construct" for a subject you claim doesn't exist. If you're right then what are you talking about? This sentence exists, pictures exist, stories exist, your prejudice exists and line blurring metafictions like Tilly exist. 2A02:C7E:205B:3D00:ADF7:E53:C019:2ACB (talk) 09:30, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
SAG-AFTRA's criticism of the character seems more significant than unnamed "multiple Hollywood actresses". Listing the names of notable actresses could also make it a better hook. FallingGravity01:58, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
SAG-AFTRA isn't likely to mean anything to anyone unfamiliar with the industry. Naming the actresses might add interest, but I'm disinclined to go there given what happened at Michelle Pfeiffer (Ethel Cain song). As for the gendered pronouns, I've said my piece at the talk page, in as much that (in my opinion) avoiding their use would be silly.--Launchballer04:56, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We could run ALT2: ... that the talk page for Wikipedia's article about Tilly Norwood(pictured) has been described as "a fascinating window into the semantic debates that our society is facing more broadly" as a result of AI? on 15 January, Wikipedia's 25th. (I'm guessing I can't nominate a talk page and run it as a double nom?)--Launchballer14:42, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(seeing this DYK on the article TP). I do think that ALT1 is very good - this whole area is scary, but that is the point and that hook captures it perfectly. Aszx5000 (talk) 11:23, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I strongly object to this item appearing on DYK at all. Documenting the existence of "TillyNorwood.exe", sure. Taking any further steps to promote it in the public consciousness and thereby boost its commercial viability — and don't bullshit yourself, that's exactly what this would be doing — no. Same reason we don't have DYKs on political candidates when they're running for office. DS (talk) 15:12, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, WP:DYKNOT dictates that we must not provide inappropriate advantage for commercial/political causes. It also says "it is fine to cover topics of commercial or political interest". Norwood is not a cause.-Launchballer07:52, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you're convinced that you absolutely must slobber in adulation all over Xicoia/Particle6, fine. ALT1b: that the creation of Tilly Norwood(pictured) has been described as "really, really scary"?
... that the "No Toilet, No Bride" campaign encouraged women to demand a toilet as a precondition for marriage?
Source: Stopnitzky, Yaniv (2017-07-01). "No toilet no bride? Intrahousehold bargaining in male-skewed marriage markets in India". Journal of Development Economics. 127: 269–282. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.04.003. ISSN 0304-3878.
I reviewed this at the same time as Epicgenius and got an edit conflict, and it was moved before I could comment. This should not be promoted until a hook issue is dealt with.
Here is my review:
@Zanahary: Article was created 1 Oct and nominated on 7th. I didn't spot any copyvio concerns and Earwig suggests there are no issues. Re the hook: The source given (Stopnitzky 2012) does not say the campaign encouraged women to make demands, it says "The campaign encouraged families of marriage-age girls to demand that potential suitors’ families construct a latrine prior to marriage". So the hook needs adjusting with respect to who was encouraged to make the demands. Other than that I see no issues, some of the sources (myjoyonline, The World from PRX) were unfamiliar to me but appear to be reliable. DrThneed (talk) 21:13, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My bad, I misread the hook and I agree with you that the hook doesn't quite reflect the source or the article (the source says The program is targeted to girls and their families in the sense that the female side of the marriage market is encouraged accept the campaign's message and take action to demand a latrine.). I've unapproved. The hook just needs that minor revision and then I can approve it again. Thanks for catching what I missed DrThneed. Epicgenius (talk) 21:40, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the sourcing, I don't see any mentions at WP:SCHOLARSHIP that says that Bachelor theses are unreliable. I admit that there were too many positive quotes, but as of my comment, I think that these concerns have been dealt with. If on its own the hook does not provide enough context, it could be added that she was also for 28 years, the last Ecuadorian tennis player to qualify for the Olympics (e.g. "...that María Cabrera was the first Ecuadorian table tennis player to participate in the Olympics and became the last to do so until 28 years later?"), since that's pretty much what she's most famous for. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 17:59, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that Taylor Swift reimagined the fate of Shakespeare's Ophelia by saving her from tragedy, and portraying her in the music video which was presented theatrically?
As a childhood fan of Swift's music, and since this seems to have gone without a review for so long, I'll take a look:
General eligibility:
New enough: - Unfortunately, The Fate of Ophelia was too old at the time of nomination (it was created on September 19 and has not been expanded fivefold since then). Since "The Fate of Ophelia" was nominated on October 8, nearly three weeks after the initial page creation, it is not eligible. However, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirlis eligible as it was moved to mainspace on the day of nomination. As such, "The Fate of Ophelia" should be unbolded when this is promoted.
Other problems: - ALT0 isn't that interesting, unfortunately (the grammar is also a bit off - it should be "... that Taylor Swift debuted the first music video from her twelfth album theatrically?). ALT1 might be interesting but the text is a bit convoluted. Do you have any other hook suggestions? Note that only Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl is eligible for DYK at this point.
@Bogazicili: If you have time it would be great if you or any other native speaker could expand tr:Vikipedi:Güvenilir kaynaklar/Mütemadi kaynaklar - I can't speak for the nominator but sometimes it is hard for me to judge the quality of a foreign language source. Having said that I should be able to fix a few of the English language cites - for example I don't know Agenzia Nova but hopefully would be able to find a source I know to be reliable for the minister's statement. Are there claims in the article you find particularly important which are poorly cited? Chidgk1 (talk) 12:38, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Tzuyang has a stomach size 40% larger than others of her size, helping her to stay slender despite binge eating constantly? Source: "Doctors have revealed that her stomach is 40 per cent larger than the average size for someone of her stature, and even exceeds that of many adult men." SCMP
ALT1 ... that Tzuyang started streaming herself binge-eating online to finance her large appetite? Source: "쯔양은 지난해 한 방송에 출연해 "대학 시절 자취를 하면서 생활비가 부족할 정도로 식비가 나가다 보니까 주변에서 먹방을 해보라고 추천했고 사실 하루 만원만 벌면 좋겠다는 마음으로 시작했다". (Google translation: Tzuyang appeared on a broadcast last year and said, "When I was living alone in college, I had to spend so much money on food that I didn’t even have enough money to live on, so people around me recommended that I try mukbang. I actually started it with the thought that it would be nice to earn just 10,000 won a day,")" Maeil
ALT2 ... that Tzuyang turned to mukbang after struggling to pay for her daily expenses while living alone as a college student? (same source as ALT1)
Reviewed:
Created by Robertsky (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
ALT0 seems medically dubious and doesn't make sense. Having a large stomach would make it possible to eat more at once, but how is it related to calorie expenditure? (t · c) buidhe19:10, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not only that but it seems like ALT1 may fail verification based on the quote provided, since it says she needed money for living expenses. (t · c) buidhe22:27, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: The Television [ja] (link): （『エヴァンゲリオン』の中で）ミサトさんがシンジ君を見守るように、すず子には雀さんを見守っていてほしいですし、私の幼少期から人生にかけて、ずっとそばにいた『セーラームーン』のように、すず子には雀さんのそばにいてほしいなという思いからお願いしました。[Just as Misato (from Evangelion) watches over Shinji, I wanted Suzuko to watch over Suzume, and just like how Sailor Moon was always by my side in my childhood, I wanted Suzuko to be by Suzume's side, so I asked [Kotono Mitsuishi].]
I disagree, personally. I think having a PS4 version release several months after the PS5 version an interesting fact since it's typically the other way around. However, I'm not that fussed if that's your decision. TheBritinator (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's not uncommon for versions on hardware which has lower performance to be released later (if at all). Baldur's Gate 3, for example, was released on XBox some time after it was released on everything else because of issues they had trying to get it to run well on XBox Series S. TarnishedPathtalk11:15, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How about ALT1: "that despite technical issues, a critic described My Time at Sandrock as better in almost every way than its predecessor?" I thought that its rare for games to be released on the newer gen first before the older gen. The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S are part of the same gen. JuniperChill (talk) 20:36, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You'd want to hope a game was better than its predecessor. Looking at the article I see that one reviewer described it as "a compelling and lusciously detailed life simulator". That seems more interesting. TarnishedPathtalk04:53, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Lick Creek African American Settlement". www.fs.usda.gov. April 14, 2025. Archived from the original on October 1, 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
ALT1: ... that a graveyard near Paoli, Indiana is the only standing evidence of the integrated Lick Creek, Indiana settlement? Source: Robbins, Coy (1994). Forgotten Hoosiers: African Heritage in Orange County, Indiana. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books. pg. 28. ISBN 0788400177.
Reviewed:
Moved to mainspace by DeishaJ (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
ALT3: ... that the 2025 Australian federal election was the first time since 2004 that an Australian Prime Minister had won a second term? Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cevdw14r1mgt "Anthony Albanese's re-election makes him the first Australian prime minister to win back-to-back elections since John Howard in 2004."
This is not a review, but the hook does not appear to meet WP:DYKMAJOR as it seems to focus more on Cosi fan tutte (or more specifically a production of it that she directed), rather than Clément herself. Do you have any other hook proposals? I am also asking Viriditas or 4meter4 for possible alternative hook options here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I don't understand. Te freezing of the wedding is not from the opera, but her very personal, unusual way to tell the story, discussed by all critics. Did you read the article? If you can word it better, great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I watched it! Looks and sounds amazing. Teona Todua has quite the voice and stage presence. Saw nothing about the wedding being frozen in time. Viriditas (talk) 00:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the whole thing and can tell you what the written sources also say: At the end of the overture, you see a tableau - still - of that bride about to sign, and shortly before the end you see the scene again, and she doesn't sign. YouTube is no source, anyway, - I mentioned it to give you a feeling for the story-telling of the director. Off to the opera I travelled for. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: I created a redirect to freeze frame (theatre) as it is currently discussed at freeze frame shot and doesn't yet have its own article. Can you talk a bit more about how Clément's use of the theatrical technique is unique here? Are you implying that her directorial approach to Così fan tutte used this technique in a new and novel way for this production? If you are, I think that would make for a good hook, but it isn't clear in the current version. Viriditas (talk) 21:50, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda and Storye book, is that what is meant by "So steht es nicht in Mozarts und da Pontes Gemeinschaftswerk...Aber dieses zunächst irritierende Standbild mit der eingefrorenen Hand zur traumhaften Bebilderung der Ouvertüre ist gleichsam Peter von Matts bildhaft-szenisches Grundereignis, wenn man will: die ikonographisch wirksame Leitidee der ganzen Inszenierung." The problem is that this article and hook imply that this tableau is the work of the direction of Clément. Do we know that it is? Do other sources say this? If we do know and they do say this directly, then I would support some variation of the current hook. But even knowing that, Narutolovehinata5 might still object. It's obvious that the source you cite says this dramatic technique is important. That's good. That means the reader isn't involved in making that determination. But how do we know Clément was responsible for the tableau? That's the part I'm having trouble seeing. It might be in the original source and I'm just missing it. Update: ok, it looks like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle was Markus Gründig's article, which as far as I can tell, attributes full authorial intent to Clément in terms of the scene mentioned in the hook.[17] I think that seals it for me. How to word this hook is the tricky part. The key takeaway for the hook to mean something is Gründig's quote: "Während der Ouvertüre zieht eine fein gekleidete Gesellschaft für eine Hochzeitszeremonie in einen Festsaal ein (Kostüme: Bianca Deigner). Wenn die Braut dann den Ehevertrag unterzeichnen will, stoppt die Handlung. Die Figuren bleiben wie bewegungslos stehen...Deshalb spielt Clément mit der Zeit, verkürzt und streckt sie in ihren Bildern. So ist ist ihre Umsetzung auch eine Reflexion über die Angst, dass Gefühle nicht ewig dauern." I think that the hook needs to focus more on that general POV by summarizing it in relation to the novel approach (I think?) of freezing the wedding in time. Once you do that, it will meet Narutohinata5's objection, and frankly, that's the missing element. In other words, if I'm reading this correctly, Clément interpreted Mozart's Così fan tutte in a new way with a tableau to experiment with the concept of time by freezing the scene of a wedding at the beginning of the opera, only to restart it again at the end? Not sure if that is a correct summation, but you get the idea of where I'm going with this and can adapt it for your own purpose. I will add one variation of a sample hook below, regardless of its accuracy, which you can tune to your own liking. Viriditas (talk) 01:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for thinking, but I think "frozen wedding" is more attractive. In the opera, there is no wedding until the very end. In her narration - and of course these things are determined by the director - the (contemporary) wedding is going on during the overture. When the scene resumes (in the end) at the point where a bride turns to sign the contract, she stops, they send the guests home and the four party silently alone. That's too complex to say it all in a hook. But aren't we always told that we shouldn't say it all? Off to travel. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
* Severe difficulties with broadband mean I cannot always reply immediately or at all. Pot luck if I get a broadband opportunity. The director of any public entertainment is always responsible for intentional drastic changes in a script, score, libretto, whatever, and that includes letting crazy performers have (at least partially) their way. But this is clearly not even letting performers covertly direct, because in this case they would have to be directing as a team, which would be impractical. At that level, musicians have more than enough to do in preparation for their individual performance, and in fitting in with the orchestra and other singers. That is why we have directors..That should be obvious.
This will be my final comment: I don't think it's at all obvious to the reader that "freezing a wedding in time" refers to the director's use of a tableau device. I tried to address this up above by making the hook more approachable by describing the general experiment with time instead (per the source), but it looks like I was ignored in favor of a weird discussion about the director, which was not my overarching point regarding the hook or concerns expressed above. Yes, a director has control, but that was never my point. My point was, did the director come up with the unique use of the tableau in this instance, and if they did, describing it as "freezing a wedding in time" makes little sense without referring to the use of the tableau. Anyway, good luck with the hook! Viriditas (talk) 10:04, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I feel that the new proposals are too complicated and don't solve my original concern (and really, neither do they solve Viriditas's concerns either). If anything, they introduce new ones: the hooks are now harder to read and thus their "hookiness" or punch becomes less. Given my previous interactions with Gerda's nominations, I would rather leave the full review and the final decision to another editor, but I have to agree with Viriditas's comment that the approach being presented here is not ideal. The only hook I'd be happy with so far is ALT0a given that it is the simplest and easiest to understand, but I understand that neither of you are happy with it.
Looking at the article, another hook option could be the one about her direction of Don Giovanni and the mention of the giant cream cake, but my concern is that it would have the same issue as the original hook: it would seem to be more about Don Giovanni rather than Clément herself. However, if you could come up with a wording about it that focuses on Clément's direction and doesn't have excessive details, that might work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reading the article again, this is the wording or at least the direction I had in mind:
ALT1 ... that Mariame Clément's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni in 2023 features the title character sitting on a giant cream cake?
It doesn't really solve my "it focuses more on the opera and not Clément herself" concern, but I hope you get what I mean with this direction. I would prefer a hook with as few details as possible, because including excessive details like the exact festival or the actor's name would make the hook too complex instead of concise.
The issue with this right now is that the relevant part of the article is awkwardly written. The current wording is vague, and given how it is worded, it is unclear if it is Don Giovanni or the women who are sitting on the cake. Regardless if we go with ALT1's hook fact or not, that wording will need to be copyedited. @Viriditas: I hope you don't mind, but is it okay if you copyedit that part in the article? Actually the entire article may need to be copyedited for things like run-on sentences and confusing wording. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5 and Viriditas: I have copyedited the article in response to the above request, and clarified who was sitting on the cake (If you had clicked on the source, you'd have seen a big picture of Giovanni sitting on the cake on his own, anyway, although the text says it too). Storye book (talk) 08:55, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My problem with ALT1 is that it's a simple funny effect, while ALT0 and variants allude to to her cleverness in telling a complete story. The festival in Glyndebourne would be worth mentioning because it tells those who know it of top class, and the the others can learn that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Your hook ALT1 does not require verification. It's already in the citation which accompanies the hook fact in the article - both as a picture and as clear text. It's in English, so you can read it here. Storye book (talk) 09:22, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Yes, I understood that, but I was also responding to your previous comment:
The issue with this right now is that the relevant part of the article is awkwardly written. The current wording is vague, and given how it is worded, it is unclear if it is Don Giovanni or the women who are sitting on the cake. Regardless if we go with ALT1's hook fact or not, that wording will need to be copyedited. ... Actually the entire article may need to be copyedited for things like run-on sentences and confusing wording.
Jones said that throughout his long career, Saru was the first role he was ever offered as first choice with no audition.[2] "I have waited, all my life, for the moment to happen, where a big role in a big series was just being offered to me, based on reputation alone, and it was humbling," he said.[2]
A year before the first season of Star Trek: Discovery aired, in November 2016, actor Doug Jones was cast as Saru, an alien known as a Kelpien, a newly created species for the Star Trek universe.[1] Bryan Fuller offered Doug Jones the role of Saru, telling Jones "he was the one the show needed," which made the veteran creature actor feel his career was "back on."[2] Prior to being offered the role of Saru, Jones considered moving away from and winding down his signature prosthetics acting work after decades in the make-up chair.[2]
Improved to Good Article status by Very Polite Person (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.
New enough (created as a draft six days ago; moved two days afterward), long enough (1,600+ words at this writing), and verifiable enough (Inquirer.net is the official site of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a national newspaper of record). The two versions of the blurb above are the same (with a couple of contextual differences); leaving it up to the DYK coords to determine which is better.
Earwig reports an 87.6% match from the Inquirer source, but the text in question (Roxas' request for clemency) is blockquoted. I may upgrade my rating to {{DYKyes}} once someone else at DYK clears things up.
As a reminder, this is my first QPQ since the start of my self-exile from WP last year, so bear with me here in case I'm not up to par.
Comment: Reviewed by me; nominated for DYK just hours within the 7 day/168 hour window. I requested MRSC, the GA nom, to provide a quote as the source is paywalled.
Improved to Good Article status by MRSC (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.
Here's a quote from the source "Carlton took up the artistic director post in 1997, during a time of financial difficulty for the venue. As well as being credited with saving it from closure, he was behind the theatre’s readmission into Arts Council England’s national portfolio." MRSC (talk) 17:10, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The DYK text should probably say "survived without arts council funding" as the local authority (who own the theatre) were still providing funding. MRSC (talk) 11:06, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah ok. I have edited the hook. I didn't think the theatre still had some funding other than from consumers, just not arts council. I also think that 'between 1985 and 2000' sounds better than 'from 1985 to 2000'. JuniperChill (talk) 11:36, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Chris Jackson(pictured) called for the establishment of an early access scheme for medicines for cancer patients? Source: "He hit the headlines in 2016 when he wrote an open letter to Pharmac, the government's drug-buying agency, calling for an Early Access to Medicines Scheme, to allow potentially lifesaving treatments to be administered to cancer patients more quickly" From [18]
... that the German "management guru" Reinhard Höhn who from 1956 trained thousands of West German civil servants and CEOs had been a committed Nazi and SS officer?
Source: Johann Chapoutot, Free to Obey How the Nazis Invented Modern Management
Reviewed:
Created by Scarp-bolt (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Article created 2 days before nom. Sufficient length. Solid secondary sources. No significant neutrality issues.
Unfortunately, I cannot complete verifiability/copyvio spot-checks because the citations include no page numbers. For example, citation 4 is a 120-page book cited multiple times, but no page numbers are displayed.
Same applies to the hook: no page number = no way for me to verify.
... that "Somos Más Americanos" ("We Are More American"), described as an immigrant anthem, was included by Rolling Stone in its list of "The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far"?
Source: Rogers, Guy MacLean (2022). For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24813-5. p. 382: "The spoils from the war were carried along in massive heaps. Of these, those taken from the Temple in Jerusalem were most conspicuous. There was a golden table weighing many talents and also a golden lampstand (menorah), with its seven branches." p. 393: "The panel on the southern side of the Arch of Titus in Rome showing Roman soldiers carrying the spoils from the Jerusalem Temple."
ALT1: ... that the Roman army that besieged Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman war was larger than the force used in the Roman invasion of Britain in 41 CE? Source: "Last Year in Jerusalem: Monuments of the Jewish War in Rome" (2005). In Edmondson, Jonathan; Mason, Steve; Rives, James (eds.). Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 101–128. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199262120.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-199-26212-0. p. 101: "To put these figures in perspective, the forces committed to the siege were significantly larger than those which had been deployed for the invasion of Britain in 43"
ALT2: ... that the triumphal procession celebrated by Vespasian and Titus after their conquest of Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War is the most fully documented triumph of the Imperial period? Source: "Last Year in Jerusalem: Monuments of the Jewish War in Rome" (2005). In Edmondson, Jonathan; Mason, Steve; Rives, James (eds.). Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 101–128. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199262120.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-199-26212-0. p. 101: "Readers of Josephus' Jewish War will be familiar with the magnificent description in Book 7 of the triumph which Vespasian and Titus celebrated in Rome in 71 CE, a year after the capture of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Not all readers, however, will realize that this is the fullest description which survives of any triumph held in the Imperial period."
ALT3: ... that during the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, the future Roman emperor Titus led a reconnaissance mission that almost turned deadly when he narrowly escaped a Jewish ambush? Source: Rogers, Guy MacLean (2022). For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24813-5. p. 305: "After Titus’s peace offer was left unanswered he took a reconnaissance team of 600 handpicked cavalrymen along the road ... The Jews broke through the cavalry still advancing along the high road and cut Titus and his companions off from the main scouting force ... Wearing neither a helmet nor a breastplate, Titus was fortunate to make it safely, using his sword to protect himself, as a multitude of arrows whistled by. Two of the cavalrymen who rode with him were not so lucky."
ALT4: .. that during the siege of Jerusalem in the First Jewish Revolt, the Romans crucified prisoners in various positions to intimidate the defenders into surrender? Source: Rogers, Guy MacLean (2022). For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66–74 CE. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24813-5. p. 327: "Those who were caught and resisted were beaten, tortured, and crucified by the Romans in front of the walls of the city. Five hundred or more perished daily by such executions. Josephus tells us that Titus hoped that the spectacle of these crucifixions might persuade those still within the city to surrender. The soldiers, meanwhile, amused themselves by nailing their victims to crosses in different positions. There were so many victims that the Romans ran out of space to put up the crosses and even crosses to nail prisoners to."
Long enough and recently improved to GA. It's a long article, but as far as I can see it's fully cited: there are a few ancient texts used, but as far as I can tell they're all supported by a reliable secondary source, so WP:PRIMARY does not cause us a problem. QPQ has been started and seems earnest enough to count, even though it's not concluded yet.The hooks are all cited but some are a bit long or otherwise might fall foul of WP:DYKINT. I think ALT3 is good to go as is (though perhaps amend "future emperor" for "Roman commander"), and ALT4 could be shortened to ... that during the siege of Jerusalem in the First Jewish Revolt, the Romans crucified prisoners in various positions to intimidate the defenders into surrender?ALT0 is a little meandering and may not be particularly interesting; ALT1 might pass the bar but requires a bit of contextual knowledge (how many readers will know how big the army that invaded Britain was, or how far apart these events were?); even as a classicist I struggle to get excited about ALT2.There are a few issues with the media that should have been picked up at GA review:
I cannot find a citation to a reliable source anywhere in the geneaology of File:Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)-en.svg: it would be good to cite something on the Commons page that shows that this isn't completely made up.
I've removed the map from the article. Besides the missing source, it appears inaccurate: the map shows the Third Wall following today's Old City walls, whereas most scholars place the original Third Wall further north, based on excavations north of the Old City. Until a map based on a reliable source is available, I think it would be best to omit it. Mariamnei (talk) 16:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
File:19 Shrine of the Book 005.jpg seems to be a work of digital reconstruction by a Wikimedian -- what reason do we have to believe it's reliable? Information conveyed in image form is covered by WP:V just as much as text.
OK, that needs to be reflected on the Commons page. Unless Michael Avi-Yonah is the Wikimedian who uploaded the picture, the licence there is at least incomplete. UndercoverClassicistT·C17:51, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The description has been updated to clarify that this is a photograph of a scale model originally designed by Michael Avi-Yonah. Since the uploader is the photographer, the existing public-domain licence appears to be valid. Mariamnei (talk) 20:09, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Italy does not have freedom of panorama, so File:Arch of Titus Menorah.png needs a tag for the original work. Italian law on publishing images of archaeological remains is complicated and restrictive, but my understanding is that Wikimedia only requires that the remains themselves are old enough to be PD in Italy and the US.
This is not a photo of the original relief, as the Wikimedia Commons caption suggests, but an image of a replica created for the ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv (presumably made with Italian permission). How can we make sure that its use complies with the requirements? Mariamnei (talk) 16:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
At minimum, we need full information about the object on the Commons page, with an explanation of why it's PD (the object as well as the photograph) in both the US and the source country. UndercoverClassicistT·C17:51, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've added more detail to the file page. It now says that this is a photo of a modern replica of the Arch of Titus menorah relief, displayed at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People, and so on. The original relief in Rome is of course ancient and I guess supposed to be public domain everywhere. The replica seems to be a faithful reproduction rather than a creative reinterpretation, so it likely doesn't create new copyright. As for the photo, it was taken by the uploader and released under a free license, so it should be fine under both US and Israeli copyright law. Mariamnei (talk) 20:09, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The threshold for creating a new copyright on the replica (not the original work) is very low indeed -- a photograph of an ancient coin, in the view of the WMF, is eligible for copyright. Electrotypes, casts and so on are always considered a new copyright, as are paintings of paintings (see this example). Israeli standards are one thing, but everything on Wikipedia needs to be PD in the United States, as that's where the WMF's servers are located. UndercoverClassicistT·C11:31, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a PD tag for the original illumination (early 16th century) and updated the description to make that clearer. The CC0 release from the National Library of Wales already covers the digital image, so I guess this should now be fine, but please let me know if anything still looks incomplete. Mariamnei (talk) 20:09, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
...or the beginning of a new era for both WP and my AFC prospects? — This contributor, May 31 appeal at WP:RFUD
Returning to DYK--in earnest--well after taking some self-exile from WP in the wake of Milton's aftermath and concerns over my reviewing style at the time. Took four months to get this finally going (and off an AFC queue that became rather worse for wear in my near-absence), but here we finally are. (Not to mention the throughline of this 1995 title strongly brings another, more recent DYK-to-be to mind--and my own off-WP writing career to date; you'll figure it out after you select "Draft" as a namespace option on my contributions list as of this writing.)
Another G13 appeal, concerning a kidlit title promised on said queue for ages, is on the horizon. Wish me luck till then...
Moved to mainspace by Slgrandson (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.
ALT3 ... that one reason for Gaza genocide denial is the belief "that Israel, the state of Holocaust survivors, can never perpetrate genocide"?Source: various, see article
I don't think this is a fair review. The article was written by taking all Google Scholar results I can find that mention the topic, which makes it hard for editorial bias to creep in, and the charge that the entire article is a POVFORK was rejected in the merge discussion. As for ALT3, the quote appears in one of the paywalled sources. (t · c) buidhe05:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge discussion has concluded. The article was kept by default. I do question whether this article is appropriate at all to put in the DYK section, however. DYK jibes best with quantifiable or specific facts such as X species of fish practicing cannibalism or Y person setting a world record. The article in large part is composed of legal scholars expressing their individual opinion, which is not suited for WP:DYK. This is an academically contentious topic and the phrasing of the hooks suggest we are endorsing these specific scholars and their interpretations. I kindly ask User:Buidhe to withdraw this nomination. Bremps...16:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure there is much basis for that in the Dyk rules. In any event, some of the hooks are explicitly attributed, which should address any concern about inappropriate wikivoice. (t · c) buidhe17:08, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to leave it to others to judge the eligibility of this hook ALT5, but my judgment that this article overall is ineligible for DYK due to violation of WP:NPOV remains the same, as the article has been expanded but continues to espouse only one point of view on this disputed topic. --Metropolitan90(talk)01:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New enough: Expansion is not counting overall article size but prose size. Using DYK Check, pre-expansion prose was 245 characters, now it is 2149 characters (almost 9-fold increase).
Adequate sourcing: That is not policy, nor a reasonable position to say that corporate sources are unreliable. It may be true that some companies will exaggerate their accomplishments, but this is a statistic about all mines there, which this company will know better than anyone else.
Neutral: This refers to WP:NPOV in the article, not the sources. Even so, the sources (very typical for such places) are used to validate statements, not to prove notability, and moreover, the offline book Our Timiskaming does have an in-depth chapter on Gowganda.
Cited: This checkbox is not about sources, but whether or not the hook is in the article and cited. It is.
Interesting: This is subjective of course, but obviously not all hooks are going to be spectacular, you have to consider this in the context of the subject. In any case, I'm always open to suggestions.
My mistake RE 5x. My NPOV concern is that neutrality is based on presentation of all POVs as substantiated in reliable sources. If all of the sources are passing mentions, it's hard to say whether you're capturing all POVs on the subject. RE sourcing, corporate websites don't necessarily fact check and the source is being used in the article for more than the hook fact. DYK requires each paragraph cite to a reliable source. I maintain that this hook is a mundane fact that is not interesting. voorts (talk/contributions) 18:40, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your comment on capturing all POVs would make sense if this were a controversial subject where people have different takes on it. Can't see how that applies here, first time in my over 100 DYK's this comes up, so I don't even know what POV you would expect here. As for reliability of its website, of course a mining company would know exactly how much was extracted, this is not some subjective claim. Anyway, I will prepare an alternate hook, but still seeking 2nd opinion. -- P 1 9 9✉20:51, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Enderlin, North Dakota, tornado earned the first EF5 rating in 12 years by throwing train cars over four times as heavy and nearly twice the distance needed for the rating?
Source: The source appears on the Damage Assessment Toolkit, and can be found by ensuring the Begin and End Dates specified make a range that include June 20, 2025; then, find the purple EF5 polygon west of Fargo, North Dakota, and click on the southwesternmost purple EF5 damage point at 46.59, -97.56. This might seem convoluted, but this is standard practice within the weather community. The relevant text reads: "Tipped loaded car: The tornado derailed 33 train cars including 19 fully-loaded grain hopper cars and 14 empty tanker cars, mainly tipped from the track. Included in the derailed cars were one filled grain car (~286,000 lbs) and four empty tanker cars (~72,000 lbs) that were pulled into a field away from the track. One of the 4 tanker cars was tossed 600-1000 ft (183-305 m) from the track and an estimated 475.7 ft (145 m) from the distance of the previous tanker car it was attached to before being pulled off of the track; wheel sets detached near the point from which the cars were derailed from the track. It was in this train derailment location that EF-5 damage intensity was noted with greater than 210 mph winds listed officially for this tornado. Extensive collaboration with wind damage experts provided forensic analyses for the train damage that occurred with this tornado. These analyses estimate potential wind speeds of approximately 230 mph are needed to completely overturn a fully loaded grain hopper car. Collaboration with the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University’s Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory estimated a potential wind speed of >119 m/s (>266 mph) to loft the empty tanker car 475.7 ft (145 m) using similar calculations performed in Estimating Wind Speeds in Tornadoes Using Debris Trajectories of Large Compact Objects (Miller et al. 2024). The study, published in the Monthly Weather Review, found that large compact objects lofted greater than 50 m indicate EF-5 intensity winds (greater than 200 mph). The Enderlin train cars were nearly 2× farther than the EF-5 threshold distance and ~4× heavier than the heaviest object modeled in the study."
Comment: Apologies about the convoluted source. The article is brand new and already at GA, and weatherspace editors are on it with a fervor I haven't seen since I started editing here (except for ongoing storms). I feel it's only right for this to get some recognition (it was at ITN/C but won't be posted), and I've plenty of QPQs leftover. Again, credit to EF5 and ChessEric for this one.
Improved to Good Article status by EF5 (talk) and ChessEric (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.
Damnit, I was going to nominate with the exact same hook later today lol (do they hand out 4As if you aren’t the one nominating the DYK?). Original hook is interesting as-is. EF516:03, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For the purposes of 4A, I'm fine with you taking credit for this one, as you were the one who basically built this page up to where it is now. Departure– (talk) 16:04, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nono, it’s okay, DYK still counts even if you aren’t the one nominating. Maybe we could use the Alex Resel or Henderson images? EF516:07, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I personally think it'd be only right to use the photo of the moved train cars, but sadly this is one of the only cases of free tornado image, non-free damage image. Departure– (talk) 16:09, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that while the article is currently at WP:GAR and will be there for at least a month the nomination is still valid as it was created in the last seven days. EF513:38, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that soprano Antonie Mielke(pictured) performed in a festival that inaugurated the newly built Carnegie Hall for its first week of performances in May 1891?
Source: *"Damrosch Festival". The New York Times. March 8, 1891. p. 13. THE DAMROSCH FESTIVAL. The new Carnegle Musio Hall, at Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avente, will be opened on May 5 with a music festival, which will continue on May 6, 7, 8, and 9. The forces to be assembled will consist of the Symphony Society orchestra, the Oratorio Society chorus, and the following solotsts: Antonia Mielke and Clementine De Vere, sopranos... Wednesday Evening, May 6. Elijah, Oratorio for soli, chorus, and orchestra. Mendelssohn Soloiste: Frau Antonia Mielke...
ALT1: ... that Yui Aragaki's cover of "Chiisana Koi no Uta" was performed along with 3000 students? Source: Oricon[女優の新垣結衣が、ウォークマン『Play You.』(ソニー)の新プロジェクトで3000人の中高生とユニットを結成し、同郷・沖縄出身の人気ロックバンド・モンゴル800の代表曲「小さな恋のうた」を歌うことが8日までにわかった。 It was revealed on the 8th that actress Yui Aragaki will be forming a unit with 3,000 junior and senior high school students as part of a new project for the Walkman "Play You." (Sony), and will be singing "Chiisana Koi no Uta," a hit song by Mongol 800, a popular rock band from her hometown of Okinawa.]
ALT2: ... that 1000 musician played "Chiisana Koi no Uta" simultaneously in an event? Source: Kitakan Navi magazine [6月に群馬県渋川市内で開かれる参加型音楽イベント「1000人ROCK FES.GUNMA 2024」の実行委員会は... 参加者が一斉にバンド演奏するイベント。The executive committee of the participatory music event "1000 People ROCK FES.GUNMA 2024" to be held in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture in June... An event where participants all play together in a band.]
ALT3: ... that Chiisana Koi no Uta Band perform a cover of "Chiisana Koi no Uta" for Chiisana Koi no Uta? Source: Spice [MONGOL800の「小さな恋のうた」をモチーフにした映画『小さな恋のうた』（5月24日公開）から誕生した“小さな恋のうたバンド”のデビューシングル「小さな恋のうた」のミュージックビデオがフルサイズ公開された。The full-length music video for "Chiisana Koi no Uta," the debut single by the "Chiisana Koi no Uta Band," which was born from the movie "Chiisana Koi no Uta" (released May 24th), which is based on MONGOL800's song "Chiisana Koi no Uta," has been released.]
Comment: nominating this for a CHRISTMAS prep queue (i realise there's been a lot of discussion about DYKs for Jilly Cooper's works and in this discussion I offered to do multi noms with this exception as I think it works really well for Christmas!
Created by Lajmmoore (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 154 past nominations.
Comment: This page was created yesterday and consisted of two sentences. Relatively unknown civil rights activist who was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. A very important figure who deserves to be recognized.
5x expanded by The Robot Parade (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Other problems: - None of these hooks, nor the article, mention that Douglas is African-American. Perhaps this is implied, but given that Chicago Defender describes him as "undoubtedly a Black man", and the Charlotte Observer describes him as "a black who could pass for white", and given the fact that the hooks explicitly focus on this attribute, it is probably worth mentioning in both that Douglas is Black.
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Overall: Both new enough and expanded enough. Meets the prose requirement. Copyvio director brings up only 6% per one source, there is some close phrasing but mainly where this cannot be avoided (e:g, re "Christian Methodist Episcopal"). I am not familiar with most of the sources on this article, but Cornelius Today, Charlotte Observer, and the Chicago Defender both appear to be reliable local sources. Black Enterprise appears to be a magazine with no obvious reliability issues (and in any case is only sourced to support Douglas' albinism, which is mentioned in other sources). The April 4th Foundation is something that I am not certain is a reliable source, but WP:BLPSPS explicitly makes an exception for "a reputable organisation publishing material about who it employs or to whom and why it grants awards, for example". Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution (and since the only information it is the only source for is Douglas and his wife living in a nursing home together) I've removed it from the article. I'm happy to discuss this since I am a pretty new reviewer at DYK and quite cautious. The only real issue I have with this article is the fact that, although Douglas is a civil rights activist, and the article does mention his albinism, the biography does not mention the fact that he is Black, and given many of the hooks focus on this, I think it is worth clarifying that Douglas is a Black man. (I'd also note that Black Enterprise explicitly denotes a difference between Black and white albinism.) I think all of these hooks are fine, but if the hook is to focus on Douglas being identified as a white man, I would suggest: ALT0b: ...that Jesse L. Douglas, a Black man, was called an "unidentified white man" during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches? ALT1b: ...that African-American civil rights activist Jesse L. Douglas was called an "unidentified white man" during protests due to his albinism? --LivelyRatification (talk) 00:57, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that the removal of a printing press from The Republic Newspaper Office prompted dozens of concerned inquiries from the public? Source: Kamin, Blair (May 14, 2018). "Former newspaper building in Indiana, a modernist icon shaped in Chicago, will house architecture program". Chicago Tribune. "So deeply was the building ingrained in the life of the town that when the printing press was removed in 1998, to be replaced by a larger one that could only be housed in a new facility, the public took notice. 'Alarm bells went off. We fielded dozens of inquiries from people sure that the newspaper had gone out of business.'"
ALT1: ... that the removal of a printing press from The Republic Newspaper Office prompted people to ask if the 125-year-old newspaper was closing entirely? Source: Kamin, Blair (May 14, 2018). "Former newspaper building in Indiana, a modernist icon shaped in Chicago, will house architecture program". Chicago Tribune. "So deeply was the building ingrained in the life of the town that when the printing press was removed in 1998, to be replaced by a larger one that could only be housed in a new facility, the public took notice. 'Alarm bells went off. We fielded dozens of inquiries from people sure that the newspaper had gone out of business.'"
ALT2: ... that The Republic Newspaper Office was completed under budget despite undergoing more than 100 changes during construction? Source: The Republic (Report). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. October 16, 2012. p. 12. "Over the course of construction. Brown corresponded frequently with George Hays, the project manager for SOM to discuss the day-to-day details of the project, including the numerous change orders. More than 100 of these were executed during the building’s construction ... In spite of the many modifications, the building was occupied only a short time after originally anticipated, and the final construction cost was $1,104,425, under SOM’s original estimate of $1,172,000."
ALT3: ... that an editor for The Republic newspaper in Indiana said that its office was "the best recruiting tool we've got"? Source: Freeman, Allen (March 1980). "Living in an Architectural Museum" (PDF). Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Vol. 69, no. 3. p. 70. "Courthouse Square is a less intrusive glass box, the daily Republic newspaper office and plant designed by Myron Goldsmith of SOM, Chicago. City Editor Harry McCawley, a believer in the good effects of good architecture, explains, "I am involved in the hiring of new reporters, and it is the best recruiting tool we've got. People compare it with where they are working now and where they are looking elsewhere. It often makes a difference as to whether we get a reporter we want." He adds facetiously that the building is "probably worth $10 a week in salary" when hiring, and seriously that his young crew dresses better than average for newspaper people, " to go with the building.""
ALT4: ... that an editor for The Republic newspaper in Indiana said that, for new employees, the allure of its office's design was like giving them a pay raise? Source: Freeman, Allen (March 1980). "Living in an Architectural Museum" (PDF). Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Vol. 69, no. 3. p. 70. "Courthouse Square is a less intrusive glass box, the daily Republic newspaper office and plant designed by Myron Goldsmith of SOM, Chicago. City Editor Harry McCawley, a believer in the good effects of good architecture, explains, "I am involved in the hiring of new reporters, and it is the best recruiting tool we've got. People compare it with where they are working now and where they are looking elsewhere. It often makes a difference as to whether we get a reporter we want." He adds facetiously that the building is "probably worth $10 a week in salary" when hiring, and seriously that his young crew dresses better than average for newspaper people, " to go with the building.""
ALT1: ... that the 2003 Marvel Comics series Trouble was part of a "made-you-look" marketing strategy of provocative editorial gimmicks aimed at attracting substantial media coverage? Source: CBR, Newsarama
ALT2: ... that the 2003 Marvel Comics series Trouble was an attempt by the company to re-expand into romance comics, a genre which enjoyed significant popularity in the mid-20th century? Source: Web-Spinning Heroics: Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man
ALT3: ... that fan reaction to the 2003 Marvel Comics series Trouble, which suggests that Aunt May is secretly Spider-Man's biological mother, determined whether or not it would become canon? Source: ICV2
ALT4: ... that writer Mark Millar(pictured) said that his 2003 Marvel Comics series Trouble was his first comic that his wife read cover to cover? Source: Newsarama
ALT5: ... that the 2003 Marvel Comics series Trouble frequently places on lists of the worst or most controversial Spider-Man storylines? Source: 1234
@Based5290: Technically, depending on how you look at it, both hooks could meet DYKFICTION, if they are interpreted to refer to in-game mechanics rather than plot details. In-game mechanics are not considered DYKFICTION violations. Having said that, I would personally shorten ALT1 to just: ALT1a ... that Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 features a mini-game called sushi-bowling? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:43, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Bad End Theater uses a cute visual style to portray tragic death without showing gruesome details?
Source: Couture, Joel. "The cascading consequences of Bad End Theater's parallel narratives". Game Developer. Retrieved 2 August 2025. Supporting text: "Cuteness is my specialty! I think having cute characters makes the darker endings more approachable and "safe". I wanted all the emotions of a tragic death without having to show any gruesome details - for me, it's more effective if it remains abstract or stylized."
ALT1: ... that Bad End Theater has 41 bad endings? Source: NomnomNami (2022-02-22), BAD END THEATER art collection. Requires owning Bad End Theater to access. Supporting text: "41 bad endings... it's a strange final number to land on, isn't it?"
Reviewed:
Moved to mainspace by The Sophocrat (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Final Weapon was determined likely unreliable at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Sources#Final Weapon. What do you mean? Only one out of four editors argued it was "not a high-quality source". The site lists its editorial staff and its reviews have been featured elsewhere in the industry. As for meeting WP:GNG, the article cites a thesis, the Final Weapon Review, and a PCGamer review. Those are three independent, reliable sources that significantly cover the article subject, so the subject meets WP:GNG. Sophocrat (talk) 17:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's more complex than just one of four editors arguing it's unreliable. The ones arguing it was unreliable offered way more evidence in support of that fact, including User:Captain Galaxy's numerous points and User:Sergecross73 in the previous 2024 discussion about the site. At the very least, its reliability is in heavy doubt due to the writers' lack of credentials. I am not sure why Anait Games should be considered reliable either, it appears to share similar issues. To be clear, reliability is not a negotiable part of WP:GNG and if you pull a source out of nowhere that isn't in WP:VG/S or WP:Perennial sources, etc. you will need some solid proof that it should actually be taken seriously, especially with the advent of AI and misinformation online. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:42, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
With regards to the Marta Trivi page, it was essentially just created and I am unsure if it passes WP:NBIO. She appears to be more of a freelance journalist than someone with industry credentials so I'm not sure you can pull out the "this person is a journalist" argument to say that the site is reliable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:49, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There's also a page discussing the game, comparable in size to the PCGamer review, from this thesis (plaintext link) from Hacettepe University (it also dedicates a subchapter to another of the dev's games, but I digress). It was supervised by doctor Elif Varol Ergen, who seems to be a recognized specialist in the field (eg by this art magazine article) (as preferred by WP:THESIS [If possible, use theses that have been [...] supervised by recognized specialists in the field]). The GryOnLine article was written in 2021, this thesis in 2024, and the other thesis I cite in 2025. This demonstrates sustained coverage that has outlived the game's initial release. I do believe this subject is notable and evidently an article can be written about it—it's just a bit niche (and per WP:DYKCITE, The use of multiple sources is generally preferred, though more leeway may be given for more obscure topics). Sophocrat (talk) 00:27, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Gry Online page bills itself as a "game description" with zero independent commentary, so I don't think it would fall under WP:SECONDARY. Per that page, "A secondary source provides thought and reflection [...]". GNG requires the sources in question to be secondary ones. I am also concerned whether the thesis page would have sufficient commentary independent of pure descriptions of the content. It may be worth removing the unreliable sources and expanding the reception; if the sources are insufficient, it will clearly show in the lack of content that can be gleaned for the section, and vice-versa. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:43, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Some of the University of Chicago team who worked on the production of the world's first human-caused self-sustaining nuclear reaction, including Enrico Fermi in the front row and Leó Szilárd in the second
ALT4a: ... that the original University of Chicago, founded in the 1850s, was foreclosed upon and shut down in 1886? Source: The University of Chicago: A History, by John W. Boyer, pages 8-10. ISBN 9780226835303
ALT5: ... that the University of Chicago's Gothic architecture was deliberately designed to evoke Oxford and Cambridge, despite the university being located in America's Midwest? Source: Schulze, Franz; Harrington, Kevin (2003). Chicago's Famous Buildings (5th ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 246–50. ISBN 0-226-74066-8. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
Reviewed:
Comment: I don't have the Boyer book with me at the moment, but if necessary I can get it and find the exact text supporting the claims.
Improved to Good Article status by Charter6281 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Article was nominated for DYK on the same day it passed GA (Oct 14) and at 44k characters and 6.5k words it is more than long enough. Sourcing is fine, although if I were the GA reviewer, I would have asked for more independent secondary sources rather than relying so heavily on University of Chicago-affiliated sources (understandable as this is pretty typical of university histories; it's just that it's not that hard to find secondary sources for a lot of the claims in the article). Article is neutral in tone. Earwig suggests that copyvio is unlikely; the match rate nevertheless seems high (31% with Britannica for example) but when you look closely it turns out to be due to things like the long institute names, which should remain fixed. As for manual spotchecks, a quick comparison with pages from the Boyer book, which the article cites heavily, makes it apparent that the Boyer book is much more flowery in tone and that close paraphrasing seems unlikely. Only one link in the proposed hooks is bold-linked and this article looks presentable. The QPQ is not required, as the nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
This leaves the hooks. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 fail the "short enough" test – ALT0 and ALT1 both contain very interesting facts, but they are crammed with so much detail and bluelinks, such that there is no compelling reason for the reader to click on the link to read the University of Chicago article. (In other words, you don't want to ask a question that contains the exact answer. ALT1, for example, could perhaps be shortened to "... that only Room 405 of the University of Chicago'sGeorge Herbert Jones Laboratory is a National Historic Landmark?" because at least then the reader would want to know "why only Room 405?" but it's not great in that it's more about George Herbert Jones Laboratory than the University of Chicago itself. And in any case, if you wanted to use that hook, you really should cite additional sources like this one in the article itself. To be honest, ALT3 is the hook that caught my eye from the very start, but WP:ERRORS is very unforgiving of superlative claims like "first" and "largest". Even if it technically is true that University of Chicago Press is the largest in North America, this claim is only sourced within the article to the University of Chicago Press itself (a primary source), which also fails to explain exactly why it's the largest (by what metric). This leaves ALT4. And while I thought ALT4 was going to be an easy pass, a potential problem is that the article itself doesn't use the words "bankrupt" or "bankruptcy" anwhere, and one could argue that foreclosure is not the same as bankruptcy. @Charter6281: If you are in a hurry to get this DYK approved, I would recommend doing a bit of work to resolve this and bulletproof ALT4. Otherwise, good job with the article; it's well written and very informative. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Charter6281: Better. Thanks for working on your hooks. There are still issues that need to be resolved, though. See below. (And also, from this point on, please don't swap out any ALT hooks. You can start new ones inline here in the Comments, formatted the same way (scroll through WP:DYKNA to get a feel for formatting options for revised ALT hooks) and strike any content you decide not to use like this. I've also re-numbered your ALT hooks so it's clear to any subsequent reviewers that we aren't talking about the same hooks as before. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0a seems like an interesting hook. Can you find an additional source for it that isn't University of Chicago Press? For a "world's first" claim like that, we're looking for reliable secondary sources that verify that the claim is true. That source or sources need to be added to the article itself.
ALT2a is better than it was before, but there is literally only one sentence about the topic in the actual article that doesn't give us any "reward" for clicking on the hook and no real argument about why this is a significant or interesting fact (plus it's only sourced to the University of Chicago magazine). Either expand the content in the article by at least one sentence, citing at least one reliable secondary source, or we can just table this hook.
ALT4a is ok.
ALT5 is interesting but the article refers only to Oxford, not Cambridge, and the hook itself is still way too verbose.
In conclusion, I would recommend you fix at least ALT0a and possibly ALT5 (meaning fix the corresponding sourcing in the article itself in the case of ALT0a, and fix the hook language and possibly the content within the article itself if you can find a source to back up the "Cambridge" part), and then we will have at least 3 approved hooks and leave it up to the hook promoter which one to choose. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
One possible solution to ALT0/ALT0a is to simply drop the "first" claim and just mention that the reaction took place under a stadium's stands. To me at least, that was the actually interesting part, not that it was a "first". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:07, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
One issue is that the article currently does not mention "stands" but only the specific stadium itself (in this case, Stagg Field) is mentioned, without any mention of the experiment being done under the stands. Unless the article is revised, another possibility could be:
ALT2: ... that Herbert Jacobs and his children personally built the foundations of their second house? Source: National Park Service 2003, p. 18; Jacobs, Herbert (October 4, 1976). "[For Working] And Living". The Capital Times. pp. 21, 22.
ALT3: ... that when Herbert and Katherine Jacobs commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright for their second house, he told them, "you are getting another 'first'"? Source: National Park Service 2003, p. 15.
I have a few significant concerns. The movements portion of this article is almost entirely reliant on citations to the piece itself despite containing substantial elaboration on the interplay of instruments and what looks to be original-research interpretation. I recommend looking at Gerda Arendt's DYKs on similar pieces for a demonstration of what is and isn't acceptable primary-source citations of musical compositions. Ping me when that issue is addressed. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:59, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: Hey there, thanks for taking a look at my nomination. I don't understand what you mean by "citations to the piece itself", you mean the score itself?. The analysis of each movement uses the allmusic reference as a basis, with the comments regarding structure, dynamics and instrumentation added after consulting the score, which is freely accesible in the WiseMusic Classical reference. I just added references to the latter to make it more clear where that info comes from. I don't think that counts as original research, as a I strictly adhered to what is written in the score with no outside interpretation or speculation on my part. NeoGaze (talk) 18:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You make several statements in each movement that are interpretive: "folkish, march-like theme", "an austere theme exposed", and "rather free in form" are just three examples among others. These are fairly clear cases of original research. I recommend you review your writing and take out anything that isn't strictly the statements that can be explicitly verified with reliable sources or the piece itself. Any instances where you yourself have drawn a conclusion from the piece is not appropriate for the article. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: I removed subjective terms that weren't sourced, I will admit I probably added them without noticing. "folkish, march-like theme" actually comes from the description "folk-like, march melody" found in the second paragraph of the allmusic reference. NeoGaze (talk) 19:34, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Variations for Flute and Piano in E major (Chopin)
Overall: Hello, with a view to approving ALT1, the source says "one may add that Chopin probably composed only the 3rd variation"; do you have a source that would enable the addition of how many variations there are, and that the third is (the only one) in a minor key? Thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 20:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Noting that underwear in this case refers to long underwear (sometimes called long johns), and not underwear in the traditional sense. While I don't think my hook is misleading, I do want to make that clear for the reviewer.
Created by GalacticVelocity08 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
ALT1: ... that despite being a charity race, the City of Oaks Marathon donated zero dollars to charity in 2014 due to potential fraud by their board president? (Source)
Article is new enough, long enough, and the hook fact is interesting and verifiable to an inline citation. That said, the article does use a large number of primary sources, which is fine I guess for statistics in the tables... But... I notice that the sourcing in question is local in scope and promotional in tone; being drawn almost entirely from WRAL, WTVD, and WNCN. The only source outside of that is a small promotional blurb in Runner's World which hardly counts as WP:SIGCOV. I am wondering whether the sourcing is sufficient to demonstrate a pass of WP:EVENTCRIT. Issues of WP:GEOSCOPE, WP:LASTING, WP:DEPTH, WP:DIVERSE, WP:ROUTINE, WP:NOTNEWS, etc. are pertinent. Additionally, City of Oaks Marathon is an organization as well as an event and is therefor subject to WP:ORG and its rigor. I'm not certain this would survive an WP:AFD. @Johnson524: It would be helpful if you could locate and add a source on this event from outside Raleigh that isn't promotional or perfunctory. That would go a long way in demonstrating that this is a notable topic. Additionally the over-reliance on local TV media may not be the best as that type of media tends to be more superficial than print media, and the coverage tends to be WP:PRIMARY. Local print media might be more in-depth, and is more often able to cross that line into WP:SECONDARY coverage. Until the source depth and diversity is improved I don't think we can run this.4meter4 (talk) 15:37, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Article was moved within the window and is long enough, and seems to be fully cited. The hook itself is short enough and passes WP:DYKINT. No copyvio concerns except the formality below. Points that need looking at:
Could you provide the quotation from note 13 to support the hook -- the newspaper citation is WP:PRIMARY and only strictly proves that one letter existed.
There is quite heavy use of primary sources throughout: can any of these be replaced or buttressed with modern secondary sources?
I've requested access to a copy of the book again, it might take a few days to get it.
The primary newspaper sources are being used to back up the dates. I had the issue that some of the secondary sources had incorrect dates for when he held these positions, so the primary ones were actually more reliable in this case.
Nothing really, though it's the only online source I could find talking about his role as a mason.
@UndercoverClassicist: Quote from page 35: Another letter printed in the Press on November 30, 1866, again from the Debtor's Quarters, also complained about the doctor. The writer said he wanted "a curb of petty tyranny whih appears to be exercised by those who are dressed in a limited brief authority." His complaint was that when he was unwell on November 28 he sent out for a "bottle of porter" which was a privilege allowed by law to debtors. However, to his "astonishment the warder formed me that Dr Donald had ordered that I was not to be allowed to receive my beer. ... I could, if space permitted, give you many instances of the petty tyranny exercised by Dr Donald towards the unfortunate debtors confined here and are treated far worse than the convicted felons and towards whom a system of petty annoyances is practised by the gaol authorities. It is useless for me to make my complaint to His Honour the judge as it only passed unheeded."David Palmer//cloventt(talk)00:21, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Both articles are long enough and pass GA standards as indicated in the nom (Marina Days was promoted on 16 Oct and Our Lady of the Ozarks College moved on the same day. Two QPQs done, per requirements when this was nominated. Both are generally in good shape and presentable for the main page. No evidence of copyvio or other issues, having run Earwig on both, and all images are appropriately licensed.
The hook is cited but I can't access the first link: could you provide the supporting text? I'm not sure the second quite has enough to support this as an annual figure (rather than the expectation for 2025), and it doesn't specify the location or that they're all Vietnamese Catholics. I think it just about passes the bar for WP:DYKINT, but you may wish to come up with some ALTs -- readers without a clear expectation of how many Vietnamese Catholics they would find in Missouri may not be particularly shocked. We could also do with explicitly saying that the Marian Days take place at Our Lady of the Ozarks College -- this isn't directly said in either article.
... that The Patient's Playbook warns against hastily starting treatment, citing a case where a man received unnecessary heart stents, only to later learn his real issue was in his lungs?
The article notes: "A rush to treatment can also be a problem. Short of an emergency, it is important for patients, and doctors, to think things through. Mr. Michelson recounts the story of a man whose shortness of breath led him to a new doctor, a reflexively scheduled angiogram and the insertion of stents in his heart arteries well before a careful diagnosis had been made. The man’s problem, it turned out, wasn’t the heart but the lungs. The stent procedure was unnecessary."
Note (not reviewer, but article creator): "dictators" is supported by Datlow, Ellen; Windling, Terri, eds. (1990). The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection, p. xl, while serial killers is supported by the Maximum Rocknroll review. I will supply quotes if requested. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:47, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article is new enough and long enough, and neutral in style. QPQ has been done and there is no image. The hook is good, and the source supporting it AGF. There should be an inline citation connected with the fact in the article, though, so that it is clear where the source for this claims comes from not only in the nomination but also in the article. I do have some issues with the presentability of the article. Firstly, some stylistic issues. In the lead, Tjoen is presented as "politician, leftist, and teacher." I think "left-wing politician and teacher" would be considerably better; "leftist" sounds too colloquial and vague. Further questions: Do we know what kind of company "NV Pyramid" was? A word on that could be clarifying. Same with "Surabaya National Development Force"; who were/are they? Some context would be useful. And what's the "Mutual Assistance House of Representatives"? And what happened in 1955, did he lose his seat or not? I also find this sentence confusing: "He did so because he found that those representing minority groups were not supported by the Chinese Muslim and Indo communities, and were instead backed by Masjumi, NU, and Parkindo". I think you need in at least a few words explain why this was problematic for Tjoen. And then again: "He also urged the government to review the bonus system" - what bonus system? Who got what bonus from whom? I'm at a loss. In the very next sentence, " In addition, he opposed Assaat’s proposal, calling on the government to adopt [...]" I again wonder what the proposal was? One last question - he was arrested twice in the 1940s and 1950s, yet the arrest in the 1960s get its own heading. Why? I think at least some of these questions need to be resolved before we can put this on the main page. I'm sorry to say I left the article not really feeling sure I had a grip on the biography of Tjoen. Yakikaki (talk) 20:24, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Yakikaki: Answering your questions: 1) I looked at the sources and did not find any description about what the NV Pyramid was. I also searched on Google and alas, I did not find any information about the company's background. 2) Same with NV Pyramid, I tried to search what Surabaya National Development Force was in Indonesian and did not find any satisfying results. The source only mentioned that Surabaya National Development Force was an organization 3). I had already linked the Mutual Assistance House of Representatives to the sub-heading of Guided Democracy on House of Representatives (Indonesia) since it briefly explained it. 4). I looked at the source again and found that the government appointed the representative for the minority groups which caused trouble for Tjoen. 5) I replaced the bonus system with a premium one. Sorry for my mistake. 6). Assaat's proposal was asking the government to adopt economic policies favoring indigenous entrepreneurs 7). Realizing there were some ambiguities, I decided to change the subheading from 'Arrest' to 'Post 30 September Movement'. Faldi00 (talk) 21:30, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Faldi00 for taking the time to look at this and get back to me in detail, much appreciated. I think the article reads smoother now as well. Marking it as good to go. Well done. Yakikaki (talk) 20:08, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was included in a 2020s promotional campaign by the French government to highlight and combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia?
Improved to Good Article status by Sims2aholic8 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.
... that cables of large bridges can reach over 1 meter (3.3 ft) in diameter and weigh over 20,000 tonnes?
Source: * Gimsing, Niels J. (1997). Cable Supported Bridges: Concept and Design (Second ed.). Wiley. p. 56. ISBN9781119951872. Retrieved 1 September 2025. diameter over 1 meter. Jones, Vardiman; Howells, John (2000). "Suspension Bridges". In Ryall, Michael (ed.). The Manual of Bridge Engineering. Thomas Telford. p. 603. ISBN0727727745. Retrieved 1 September 2025. 94 tonnes per strand.. Sangree, Rachel; Shafer, Ben; et al. (2003). "The Structural Art of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge"(PDF). Perceptions on the Evolution of Structures. Retrieved 2 October 2025. 290 strands in a cable
ALT1 ... that bridges are often used as metaphors in literature, representing transition or growth?
Drive-by comment: I'd suggest adding {{Convert}} to ALT0, and abandoning ALT1 as it is not particularly interesting (and the bar for interestingness should be high for a topic like this — there's a cornucopia of possible bridge facts and we only get to DYK this once). Sdkbtalk16:21, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion: I added convert template for the diameter (not sure if needed for tonnes). Agree that ALT1 is not great. Noleander (talk) 17:26, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Charlie Mitchell is the first Black chef in New York City to receive a Michelin star? and only the second Black executive chef in the country to receive a star?
@Launchballer: It is Gerald Sombright and he doesn't have an article, I already have a good bit of the resources needed for him and can get it put together. Once I get it done do I nominate his separately or add it on to this one? New to all of this and want to do it correctly.
I put together what I could for Gerald Sombright, but there isn't nearly enough for me to be willing to submit it with Mitchell's. Mitchell has received significantly more press coverage because of receiving the Young Chef Award and the James Beard Award, and doing so at such a young age. If changing the hook would be more appropriate I would be happy to reword it. (Also I corrected the capitalization in the hook.) Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 21:26, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to leave this submission as just Chef Mitchell, and the hook as is, and then leave Chef Sombright's to potentially expand and submit in the future. Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 22:58, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't a review (yet), but I would suggest splitting the hook into two separate hooks, or perhaps only focusing on the Michelin star hook. "Only the second Black executive chef in the country to receive a star?" is a superlative and exceptional claim, and per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, would require very strong sourcing to prove. "First Black chef to receive a Michelin star", while a "first" hook, might be easier to verify. However, I have concerns about the hook wording itself since "first Black chef" is vague: did he himself get the Michelin star, or was it the restaurant he worked for that received it? Are we sure that prior Michelin-starred restaurants in New York did not have Black chefs working for them? That's the issue with "first" hooks: they need to be scrutinized to make sure they're accurate. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:42, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the hook can be split, as far as the first claim goes - the hook as it is right now is using the same wording as the Michelin Guide,[1][2] the New Yorker,[3] CBS news,[4] MSNBC,[5]Today,[6] and Grub Street/New York magazine.[7] Yes, it's technically the restaurant that receives the star and the star remains with the restaurant and doesn't move with the chef but within the profession it is understood that the executive chef/head chef/chef de cuisine is the one that "earns" the star. He is called the first Black chef in the country to receive a star in multiple sources as well simply because Chef Mitchell and Chef Gerald Sombright earned their stars in the same year, one being awarded at the Florida awards which took place in June 2022 and the other being awarded at the New York awards that took place in October 2022. On a side note, the claim that he is the 2nd executive chef to receive the honor is more or less a technicality thing (I am personally not a fan), since Mariya Russell was the first Black chef in the country to receive a star but she didn't hold the executive chef title at the time and she left fine dining after receiving the star.
"Listen to the story", (from the Introductory to Granny's Wonderful Chair, illustrated by Marie Seymour Lucas, 1890
... that Francis Hodgson Burnett was accused of plagiarism after publishing a story based on Frances Browne’s Granny's Wonderful Chair(illustrated)? Source: Easley, Alexis (2019). "The Nineteenth Century: Intellectual Property Rights and "Literary Larceny"". The Cambridge Handbook of Literary Authorship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316717516.010.
Comment: I will complete another DYK shortly and add it here. I think this illustration works well at small scale but there are lots of illustrations in the article to choose from. (Also note the bot doesn't seem to count multinoms, this is the 71st article I've nominated for DYK!) DrThneed (talk) 03:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moved to mainspace by DrThneed (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 23 past nominations.
... that Hostage, a book written by Eli Sharabi(pictured) after surviving 491 days in Hamas captivity, became the fastest-selling title in Hebrew publishing history?
Improved to Good Article status by Riley1012 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 339 past nominations.
Hey @Launchballer: ALT1 is inaccurate, it should say something like first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal (as in, not in the team event, and the medal she won was bronze, not gold). That is a bit wordy, so maybe there are better ideas for an ALT hook... -Riley1012 (talk) 17:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I'm new here and maybe I'm misunderstanding how this works. Do the ALT proposals supersede the original? "The first female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years" is very incorrect, so much so that I'm not even sure how to fix it. The closest to correct I could get this would be something like "In 2017, Murakami was the first female representing Japan to win an artistic gymnastics world championship in 63 years." or something to that extent. I would also agree with the currently not scratched out ALT, which is more concise, and would prefer that. GauchoDude (talk) 12:37, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't decide which ALT to go with and ended up (wrongly) reciting them from memory. I added an ALT0a, which says exactly what the article says. Essentially, all ALTs are 'live' unless they've been rejected by a reviewer; essentially, ALT0a and ALT1a need reviewing.--Launchballer12:49, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... that for the video where a fictional Russian deputy allegedly detonates a bus stop with a grenade launcher, the authors of the YouTube channel face 15 years in prison?
... that Jeff Baena was encouraged to pitch his nun comedy movie The Little Hours after talking about medieval literature (depicted) while high and watching DOGTV?
ALT1: ... that members of the six-person crew for The Little Hours had to light some scenes with candles, which the cinematographer wicked herself?
ALT2: ... that preemptive religious criticism about nun movie The Little Hours ended up being used in an R-rated trailer to promote the movie?
ALT4: ... that writer-director Jeff Baena was high when he came up with The Little Hours, and producer-actor Aubrey Plaza was high when she promoted it (both pictured)?
ALT5: ... that The Little Hours was based on at least three stories from The Decameron, primarily the third day (depicted)?
Comment: Sources in article, other hook suggestions welcome!
Improved to Good Article status by Kingsif (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 144 past nominations.
Source: "Having decided that the D.C. courts were Article III courts, the Supreme Court had to reconcile the fact that such courts performed nonjudicial functions with the rule that constitutional courts can exercise only the judicial power of the United States. The Court did so by holding that, in establishing courts for the District, Congress performs dual functions pursuant to two distinct powers: its power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court [i.e., Article III court], and its plenary and exclusive power to legislate for the District of Columbia. [i.e., Article I tribunal]" https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S1-9-4/ALDE_00013607/
Reviewed:
Created by Lethargilistic (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Adequate sourcing: - As of writing, the article has two citation needed tags, two verification needed tags, one better source needed tag, and three further explanation needed tags.
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - Earwig returns 84.8% similarity to the SCOTUS decision hosted at Justia. Much of the shared prose is attributable to quotes, but that speaks to the fact that 43 quotes in a 3.7K article is excessive. Furthermore, there are many phrases copied from the decision without attribution, such as lifting the phrase "By the act of Congress already referred to, his salary was fixed at [...]" without attribution to Justice Sutherland.
Other problems: - "said" seems like the wrong verb for a court, especially the highest one for a country. "held" would be more appropriate.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Unclear why Lethargilistic nominated this, given that at the time of submission, he had tagged sentences that he had written with "citation needed". Per my above comments, the sourcing remains inadequate and the prose is overly reliant on extended quotes with occasional instances of actual plagiarism. The necessary changes seem like an insurmountable amount of work while the article is sufficiently "new", but the cited analysis from law review articles is impressive, so I could definitely see this hook running in DYK after becoming a Good Article. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 18:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ViridianPenguin:Sourcing: I use tags to keep track of my writing. If the article must be free of all citation needed tags, I could understand that, and I could easily fix that. But the idea that it cannot contain any tags whatsoever does not sound right. That just incentivizes people to not disclose/record how the article could be better.
Copying: The article has a high Earwig score because I copied public domain text. None of it is copyvio, and close paraphrasing is not at issue because it is not copyvio. That said, please actually read the plagiarism policy: [E]ven though there is no copyright issue, public-domain content is plagiarized if used without acknowledging the source.. Further, Whether it is copyright-expired or public domain for other reasons, material from public-domain sources is welcome on Wikipedia, but such material must be properly attributed. That is why all of the public domain sources other than the cases are marked with {{usgovpd}} if I copied from them. Any case text I copied is covered by the {{USGovernment-courts}} at the bottom and the citation to the specific case. All of it is attributed, so none of it is plagiarism. The fact that you, personally, would have written it a different way does not change the fact that what I have written follows the policy and the guidelines.
Other problems: Not a problem preventing DYK, and IMO insufficient formality is not a problem. Those aren't holding summaries. They're just quotes, so "said" is fine.
Overall: This "unclear" comment was unnecessarily snide, mate. I put a lot of work into this article, and I have never previously submitted a DYK. lethargilistic (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I misread which section VP's "other problems" comment was in and thought they were talking about the article's text. No objection to changing "said" to "held" in the DYK hook because that is, in fact, a holding summary. lethargilistic (talk) 20:31, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also use "citation needed" tags when writing articles to know where I have to go back and add more footnotes. My point is that if you know portions of the body are insufficiently supported, then the article is not ready to be presented on the main page right now. For the same reasons as your explanation, I am not accusing you of copyright infringement. However, frequent and extended quotations from SCOTUS cases violate the MOS:QUOTE guideline, which Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines#External policy compliance seems to prohibit. I truly did not intend to denigrate your article writing, hence why I foresaw this level of research paving the path to a Good Article. I certainly did not want to scare you off from the DYK process, and I hope that you can forgive any offense caused as this is conversely my first DYK hook review. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 22:30, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have copied that public domain text, not quoted it. It represents my WP:OWNWORDS, and it is attributed to comply with WP:PLAG. WP:QUOTE has nothing to do with that. There are places in the article where I have quoted. Those comply with the quote policy. If your interpretation was right, not only would WP:PLAG and the huge suite of templates like {{usgovpd}} be completely redundant, then the article would be interspersed with block quote formatting that would actively interfere with conveying the article's information. The objection, in that case, would be that the article was ugly. Ultimately, the objection to using public domain sources like this is an aesthetic difference between how you like to write and how I like to write, not something that interferes with Wikipedia's mission. How I like to write does not violate policy. lethargilistic (talk) 00:29, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have resolved the "citation needed" and "verification needed" tags. I don't think the others should stand in the way of DYK because they just mark where the article should be longer, not sourcing issues. The "better source needed" marks the use of a primary source that is fine, but I think it could be improved with a secondary source, if possible. lethargilistic (talk) 10:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source:*Lavelle, Ryan (2010). Alfred's Wars Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydel Press. pp. 306–307. ISBN978-1-84383-569-1.
Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Thelifeofan413 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Comment: No redlinks in hooks. Either remove it, or create the article and run this as a double hook if it is long enough. Roast (talk) 19:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I remove the red link in the hook by linking what the article links it do, but they’re spelled differently… for some reason? 1brianm7 (talk) 17:05, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not a review, but since I tried to fix the typo myself before being edit conflicted, I'd like to note that it'd help if the Lavelle source supported the hook since reinterpreting medieval histories tend to cross the WP:SYNTH line (similar to WP:GRLIT). ミラP@Miraclepine17:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Staraction: Article looks fine, including citations. Claim is supported in the source. As a podcast, it is subject to WP:SPS; Riley is a dinosaur expert and the citation is likely fine, but I would suggest using "Are Dinosaurs Transphobic or Trans Icons" from the article. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him)05:09, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The following comment was originally added to the talk page before @ElijahPepe's review. I thought I was adding it to this template...oops, sorry. ALT0 preferred if possible. If ALT1 is selected, it might be better to not include the image, since the image features the sauropod (which is not what Apple was criticized for) and is not Apple's own design.Staraction (talk | contribs) 05:19, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Following some revisions to the article in line with WP:NPOV (courtesy pinging @Rollinginhisgrave), and an offwiki discussion with some other editors, I believe some of these hooks might need changing as well, because the current ALT0 uses the term TERF, which can be interpreted as derogatory. Perhaps the following hook would be better, since it does not mention said group at all:
ALT0a: ... that dinosaur emojis(example pictured) have been used by transgender groups to represent themselves?
Comment: Sorry for being a day late, hope you don't mind
Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 800 past nominations.
... that Suprapto Martosetomo's house in the Philippines became a refuge for Indonesian students during the 1989 Philippine coup attempt? Source: "Suprapto Martosetomo, Duta di Takhta Suci". Hidup Katolik. 9 November 2011. p. 1. "Saat berkarya di Manila, Filipina, rumahnya menjadi tempat mengungsi para mahasiswa asal Indonesia. ”Saat itu terjadi usaha kudeta Presiden Cory Aquino. Tentara pemberontak sudah menguasai wilayah Metro Manila termasuk tempat mahasiswa. Maka, demi keselamatan, para mahasiswa tinggal di tempat saya." [While working in Manila, Philippines, his house became a refuge for Indonesian students. "At that time, there was an attempted coup against President Cory Aquino. Rebel troops had taken control of Metro Manila, including the student housing complex. So, for their safety, the students stayed with me.
AGF on the quotation as the offline magazine. Otherwise, article is well-referenced and hook is interesting. QPQs have been provided, article new and long enough. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 04:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that asylum seekers have been protesting for almost 400 consecutive days in the UNHCR humanitarian center in Agadez, Niger?
Source: "By late-2025, the protests continue for almost 400 consecutive days, making them one of the longest-running refugee-led demonstrations in North Africa."
ALT1: ... that refugees have been protesting for 400 consecutive days in the UNHCR humanitarian center in Agadez, Niger? Source: "By late-2025, the protests continue for almost 400 consecutive days, making them one of the longest-running refugee-led demonstrations in North Africa."
Reviewed:
Comment: If posted before 27 October, use "almost 400", if posted on 27 October, use "400", if posted after 27 October use "over 400".
Created by Afonso Dimas Martins (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Overall: Well written article on an important topic. My comments are all on the hook. First, it says "in Agadez" rather than "near Agadez" as the article says. Second, and more importantly, we don't have a source for the 400 consecutive days. I see one in article article 303 days (presumably written c.97 days ago). To be able to use the 400 number, we need a source confirming the protests are still going and have remained daily. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:16, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article was moved to mainspace on the 23rd and nominated on the same day. It also meets the length requirements. No QPQ is needed as the nominator has less than five nominations. I did not find any close paraphrasing. The hook is mentioned, cited inline, and verified in the source. However, I have reservations if it meets WP:DYKINT. If a reader is unfamiliar with Holden, they may not understand the hook's significance and thus find it uninteresting. I would suggest proposing alternative hooks. If you are having trouble, I can invite Icepinner, another Singaporean editor and a DYK regular, to assist you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the ping, Narutolovehinata5. Fyi, I have read your message on Discord, but have not yet had the chance to properly read through the entire article. I'm a little bit busy with IRL stuff, but am willing to suggest any alternative hooks if the nominator is having trouble. I note that I discussed ALT0 with a couple of other users off-Wiki, and one of them thinks it doesn't meet WP:DYKINT since it's just a party giving another party an object. I do think the hook could be interesting since it's structured in a way such that readers would think Lim gave Holden an actual lion head, but it is rather a borderline case. Icepinner15:03, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The new wording is an improvement, although it still seems to be a borderline case at best. I can see others finding it interesting though, so I'm willing to ask for a second opinion regarding ALT1. Otherwise, we could ask for more options or advice, perhaps from another editor like ZKang123. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 21:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's def an improvement, but I think it's chunkier now and I felt it should be kept in the active writing than passive, given the hook is supposed to be on the subject. So I might rewrite smth like:
Thank you. I'm still not 100% sure if that specific hook fact is interesting to others, so I am inviting a second opinion regarding its interest. Given the discussion above, only ALT2b is for consideration. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're free to pursue that hook, as I'm not formally reviewing this. I personally just avoid negative hooks, "unduly" or not. Best.—Bagumba (talk) 20:52, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understand the reasons for nominating this and such, but I think having a DYK on such a recent criminal allegation/investigation is a bit undesirable when considering BLP. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk)20:55, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Thanks for bringing this up. Upon checking a few related sources ([22] and [23]), they both state that they were paid exclusively with foodstuffs and cigarettes. This is an error on my end and I have amended the text as such. Thanks again for noticing this. – actuall7 (talk | contrib) 13:59, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Full review needed. (For what it's worth, my proposed hook would have been ALT1: ... that Asiah Aman(pictured) was paid with food and cigarettes for her first performances?).--Launchballer16:23, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Max Beckmann painted Traum von Monte Carlo(pictured) while exiled in Amsterdam, portraying a casino he once visited as an allegorical vision of destruction and moral decay?
... that British physiotherapist Jane Madders developed relaxation training for pregnant women and migraine patients and helped establish the first relaxation charity in Britain?
(2) "The experiment has taken the form of a course in muscle relaxation, devised and directed by Mrs. Jane Madders ... Mrs. Madder's pupils were 20 patients recommended by Dr. K. M. Hay, of Birmingham Migraine Clinic, as victims of very severe and frequent attacks." https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post-relax-this-is-the/163062660/
(3) "Britain’s first relaxation charity—Relaxation for Living (RforL) ... Physiotherapist and health educator Jane Madders was the key inspiration behind the organization’s therapeutic ambitions and practical set up. Madders acted as a technical advisor, leading the training of RforL teachers and later became Chairwoman of the organization." https://doi.org/10.1057%2Fpalcomms.2016.43
QPQ: - Not done Overall: Needs its QPQ, as you've noted, ping me when it's done. I was curious that there's no information in the article about her life before college but I assume you have worked with the information available. Anyway - hook fact is supported, and as I'd never even heard of a relaxation charity I find it interesting. DrThneed (talk) 02:46, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Mr Chen, who remains at large, is accused of being the mastermind behind a "sprawling cyber-fraud empire" operating under his multi-national company, the Prince Group, said the US Department of Justice (DOJ)."[1]
"An airline that has become the first Cambodian company to attempt to list itself on a U.S. stock exchange has substantial ties to a notorious business conglomerate dogged by allegations of criminality"[2]
"Chen, through the Hong Kong-registered Asia Corporation, acquired a 50 percent stake in Habanos, the worldwide distributor of Cuban cigars, and subsequently leveraged this control to inflate market prices."[3]
Overall: Expanded from redirect and nominated within window. QPQ done; only one required. Copyvio Detector clear after I removed some unnecessary quotations from CNN. Three issues: (1) The hook is interesting, but it's not precisely accurate. The DOJ press release describes a sprawling cyber-fraud empire operating under the Prince Group umbrella, which is not necessarily the same as saying the company is the cyber-fraud empire. It could mean that the company provides cover for the scams through its legitimate investments and subsidiaries. That doesn't mean the company isn't a participant in the alleged crimes, just pointing out that the hook doesn't precisely match the source. (2) By attributing the charges to the company and not Chen, we don't automatically implicate a WP:BLPCRIME issue, and AFAIK there is no similar policy about criminal allegations related to companies. But given that Chen was indicted alongside the company, we're verging into BLPCRIME territory with a hook that uses the description of the prosecution in an ongoing case to describe the subject. (3) The "history" section includes a lot of padding on Chen's bio that's unrelated to the Prince Group. If that were to be removed per WP:DUE, we're very close to the DYK character minimum. I also think there's a presentability issue with the quasi-bullet point format of the history section, and I'd like to see that recast in encyclopedic prose. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:22, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: Thanks for the review. Point by point:
(1) I see what you're saying. How about this: ...The Prince Group owns an airline, controls Cuban cigar distribution, and according to the US Department of Justice, operates "a sprawling cyber-fraud empire"?
(2) I'm not seeing that this is a problem. The Prince Group as a company is explicitly indicted, and the hook does not mention Chen at all.
(3) Since this is a current news topic, the article is being heavily edited (by other users, not just me). Chen Zhi (businessman) was recently spun off into its own article, and I plan on moving all the biographical bits about Chen into that article.
Also, could you expand on the "Long enough" flag? Per DYKCheck, the article is at 2888 chars, comfortably above 1500 (even after the Chen content above is hived off). Asamboi (talk) 19:50, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Asamboi: (1-2) My concern is that we should not be putting unproven criminal charges on the homepage, even for a company and not a person. How is this for a more factual approach that doesn't involve repeating the prosecutorial perspective: ALT2: ... that the Prince Group owns an airline, controls Cuban cigar distribution—and was sanctioned by British and U.S. authorities as an alleged transnational criminal organization? (Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/26/cyber-scamming-prince-group-syndicate-singapore/, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70jz8e00g1o). This leaves out the question of guilt or innocence and focuses on facts (sanctions were imposed). (3) My character count once the extraneous info is removed is 1619, which could fall under 1500 easily with a copy edit by another editor. I would focus on fleshing the article out a bit and providing more buffer, as well as prosifying the list-like nature of the "History" section. (I should add that the word count alone won't hold up approval of the nomination, but if another editor trims the page further, a prep builder or queuer might need to bump it back to the unapproved list.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:29, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Improved to Good Article status by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) and Spilia4 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Overall: The article was elevated to GA status on October 24 and nominated for DYK on October 26. Image provided isclear and present on Wikimedia Commons with no apparent licensing issues that would prohibit its use here. The article is long enough and does not violate the neutrality or plagiarism guidelines for DYK. My only criticism would be that both the primary hook and ALT2 do not seem interesting to a general audience or all that notable (as someone who is not a fan of hockey, I have a limited frame of reference for whether or not the main hook is notable and ALT2 is just saying he was nominated for an award, but lost to someone else). ALT1 seems relatively interesting and somewhat notable, though I would recommend adding a link to the page for the Saginaw Spirit. Also would it be "a Stanley Cup" or "the Stanley Cup"? Putting on hold for response. JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
View of Härlingstorp and its surroundings by Thora Thersner
... that after her father's death, Thora Thersner completed his work documenting Swedish buildings and landscapes in topographical volumes?
Source: [24] "When her father died, she was only ten years old. She continued however in her father’s footsteps and completed his work on comprehensive volumes of topographical illustrations of Swedish landscapes and buildings past and present,"
ALT1: ... that Thora Thersner created 364 illustrations for 91 volumes of Fordna och närvarande Sverige? Source: [25] "At her death in 1867, the work comprised 91 volumes containing 364 illustrations"
Interesting: - I don't find it particularly interesting.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: @Spiderpig662: Interesting article. I have some concerns about the women's biography source, since it cites the Swedish Wikipedia article as a source. I can't tell if that was retroactively added (since it is also cited in the Swedish Wikipedia article), or what exactly is happening, but I'm not sure its reliable. I don't find the hook suggestions particularly interesting. I would suggest ALT2: ... that after her father's death, Thora Thersner assumed his work of drawing landscapes, despite having no experience drawing landscapes (example pictured)? An image of a landscape she drew could probably be added to make it an image hook. 1brianm7 (talk) 14:37, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
I clarified my final sentence1brianm7 (talk) 15:03, 28 October 2025 (UTC) and I improved my hook suggestion's grammar. 1brianm7 (talk) 15:27, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article was created on October 24 (within the seven days) and as of now has 2763 characters (445 words) of readable prose size. The article is well-sourced, neutral in tone and free of plagiarism. The hooks are both interesting an supported by inline citations. The double QPQ requierements have been fullfilled. I approve of this nomination, but I just want to point to three things.
with ALT1, Berberian was still Berio's wife when the piece was composed, so "former" seems unnecesary to me.
In the lead, it is stated the piece was premiered by Berberian on 2006, while in the next section the date is 1966.
I am unsure about the copyright status of the recording featured in the external links. If possible it should be substituted with one taken from an official channel. NeoGaze (talk) 00:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review. I fixed the performance year in the lead, don't remember of what I was dreaming when I typed that nonsense. The other years, however: they were divorced in 1964, and he composed it in 1965, so? I don't know if there is an official recording online with her. Will look. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:04, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To whom it may concern: just letting you know that due to severe and intermittent broadband issues I may not be able to respond to questions immediately, if at all. Apologies. I am checking my watchlist when possible, and attempting to prioritise DYK issues when possible. Storye book (talk) 09:32, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: @TouchedWithFire: I read the Guardian article awhile ago, pretty interesting. I also took the liberty of adding the photo to the hook. The sources are all legit, but I can't say I disagree with the reader who tagged it as possibly incorporating AI generated text. I removed some of the obvious stuff, but it's still there. Most pressing, the last seven sentences are not currently cited. I've also proposed an ALT1 to make the hook less clunky. 1brianm7 (talk) 02:20, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TouchedWithFire: okay, everything is sourced and the text looks mostly fine, so I’m approving
I think this will have to be pulled. I have serious concerns regarding LLM usage with this article, and further, a read of the German version makes it clear that it is full of factual inaccuracies. It would be embarrassing to let this go to the main page in this state - it needs to be rewritten. MediaKyle (talk) 18:10, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed my approval until this can be resolved. Looking at the German version through Google translate, the only things that stick out are some bad phrasing, redundancy, and a few eh sentences ("reflecting his role as an educated professional within the Nazi academic milieu"). I don't see any factual inaccuracies. The prose has significant similarities with the German article, so I'm fairly certain parts of it were translated (by the creator or an LLM I don't know), but it is not attributed as such. Pinging creator @TouchedWithFire:1brianm7 (talk) 19:11, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'm taking a step back. Yesterday I worked on the article for an hour, added sources, and rewrote a large part of it. I wanted to take part in DYK because it seemed interesting and important to me, I hope I'll succeed next time. TouchedWithFire (talk) 04:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TouchedWithFire: I’ve found appearing on DYK to be a fulfilling part of writing an article, I’m sorry that this experience hasn’t been the best for you. If you so desire, I’ll reject this nomination. However, I would recommend against doing so as this can still be accepted until it timeouts in about two months, and you might change your mind. Looking at the article’s content, I don’t see any factual inaccuracies or problem with its biographical content (pinging @MediaKyle: to ask what they saw), just some redundancy and problems with sources not being placed next to text they support. The article is by no means unable to be brought to standard and those problems are not impossible to solve. 1brianm7 (talk) 19:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your reply. If so, I will follow your advice and would ask that the door remain open. I will work on it soon and try to bring it up to par. TouchedWithFire (talk) 07:22, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the article states that Onnen is the likely murderer while the hooks portray him as the undisputed murderer. It's one or the other and this needs to be settled before this can run. Bremps...16:06, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Converted from a redirect by Miraclepine (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 109 past nominations.
The article was converted from a redirect within seven days of the nomination and meets the length and newness requirements. The necessary QPQs have been completed and given. I did not find any close paraphrasing. The hooks are cited inline and verified in the source. However, I'm not really sure about this potential hook angle. Going from a singer-songwriter to being a singer does not really sound all that unusual, does it? It's still singing. I wonder if you could include her voice acting career there somewhere to add interest. Other than that, maybe other hook angles are possible? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Well, in my defense, I though the redundancy would make it interesting to stand out. After all, we've run several hooks with redundancy as the punchline. And I don't think noting the VA career is needed if the punchline's related to her music career, or it can get a little too long. In any event, I think I found two more hooks to strengthen the interest with more redundancy, as well as another set with more info I found:
ALT3: ... that Yuki Wakai gave up her dream to be a singer-songwriter to become an idol singer, only to later become a singer-songwriter? Source: per ALT0
ALT4: ... that Yuki Wakai decided to be an idol singer instead of a singer-songwriter, only to later become a singer-songwriter? Source: per ALT0
... that notable scholars of media capture say that events in 2025 in the United States are "unbelievable" and "worse than anything we imagined"?
Source: Simon, Joel (2025-08-05). "Why so many experts think media capture is already a reality in America". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2025-10-21. Now experts warn that media capture has come to the United States. "We watch unbelievingly," Mungiu-Pippidi said. "In the old days we thought capture was mostly a problem in Africa and Latin America and then in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall," noted Anya Schiffrin, another scholar of media capture and the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at Columbia University. "What's happened in the last six months in the US is worse than anything we imagined.".
Comment: The word "notable" is used as Mungiu-Pippidi is the scholar whose definition of media capture is most widely used, and Schiffrin is the scholar who has written or edited the most publications on the subject.
Created by Onceinawhile (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 84 past nominations.
Not reviewing it, but there is a problem I have with the article: in the scope of the article you mention "platform capture" (social media) but you don't speak about social media apart from the very first sentence and from a cursory look you don't seem to cite any source that speaks about social media. Is there a reason for this? Szmenderowiecki (talk) 00:56, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm sad that I didn't get a good image when she played near me in summer. We could add that she was the youngest winner at the time, but I think 17 is fairly young enough. Other hook ideas welcome.
Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 2158 past nominations.
Other problems: - Nominated 1.5 days after the 7-day window triggered by a five-fold expansion (Oct. 25), but covered under the flexiblity afforded by WP:DYKNEW
Neutral: - The first sentence is primarily a quotation from a single scholarly chapter that is quoted but unattributed. This sets up the article to be based on those authors' point of view, which may be warranted, but there's no evidence supplied that those authors' definition is an NPOV definition. In the same paragraph, the authors say there is no fixed definition of 'border deaths', so I think some additional perspective is required here. What are the other definitions, and why did these authors include only their definition? In general, a WP:FIRST sentence should frame the subject for Wikipedia readers without quoting from a single source. I think the two free-floating quotations in the "Opinion" section could be better contextualized.
QPQ: - Not done Overall: Giving flexibility on the newness requirement. Copyvio-free as far as I can tell. One of the two submitted QPQs only addresses the hook sourcing and does not indicate that a full review for all DYK criteria was completed. As noted above, the hook (which is appropriately sourced and interesting) should be attributed. I would be willing to approve ALT0a: ... that the International Organization for Migration documented more than 63,000 border deaths between 2014 and 2024? once the other criteria are addressed. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:39, 3 November 2025 (UTC) Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:39, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that “...Your mind is caged, let it free. My body is not, let it be … My choice: to love a man, or a woman, or both. Remember, you are my choice. I’m not your privilege. ..." is from 2015 Film My Choice?
ALT2: ... that “2015 film My Choice features music by French composer Mathias Duplessy, using percussion instruments for acoustics along with Mongolian Tuvan throat singing technique?
ALT3:... that The rise of neoliberal feminism, as seen in film My Choice, stems from complex gender constructions across states, markets, and civil societies encompassing multiple ideological intersections?
Source: Secondary: Chakraborty, Gauri D. (24 March 2023). "6. New Feminist Visibilities and Sisterhood: Re-interpreting Marriage Desire and Self-Fulfillment in mainstream Hindi Cinema" (PDF). In Chakraborty Paunksnis, Runa; Paunksnis, Šarūnas (eds.). Gender, Cinema, Streaming Platforms: Shifting Frames in Neoliberal India. Germany: Springer International Publishing. pp. 154, 155. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-16700-3_6. ISBN 978-3-031-16700-3
ALT4: ... that Lyrics of 2015 film My Choice were written by Kersi Khambatta?
Comment: Now the article has been assessed as B class.( dif of the article talk page history) Just for transparency and record: This is re-nomination (link to previous nomination page) after previous draftfication and reentry in the article namespace with due process of addressing issues raised during draftification with the help of WP:Teahouse feedback and copy edit supported by substantially by two copy editors and other multiple experienced copy editors too looked into the article, edited by 19 users by now (Link to Xtools) and re-entry by WP:AFC process. It has been confirmed at DYK talk page that the article can be re-nominated after reentry in the article namespace with due WP:AFC process.
Created by Bookku (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
Also (from previous own comment):" To those having music related curiosity Alt2 might sound relatively more interesting, but this DYK's purpose is to focus on the film and not the music. I hope reviewers will take note of this aspect while taking the call."
Though for Alt5 we will need to consider two different different sentences from secondary source or form a sentence from primary source per MOS:FILMPLOT. As such WP:CALC says:
".. Routine calculations do not count as original research, provided there is consensus among editors that the results of the calculations are correct, and a meaningful reflection of the sources. Basic arithmetic, such as adding numbers, converting units, or calculating a person's age, is almost always permissible. .."
... that Bernard de Bluet d'Arbères, an illiterate court jester who styled himself the "Count of Permission", dictated over a hundred mystical writings?
... that for Romanian shepherds in the Carpathians, even the staff and the whip could sing, as the fluier (flute) was sometimes built directly into them?
Source: Original Romanian: Asemenea fluiere sînt uneori construite într-o bîtă («fluier în botă »), în care caz se taie în tub o deschizătură corespunzătoare găurii de jos a ţevii. Alteori, un fluier cu dop şi şase deschizături pentru degete se face în codirişca unui bici («fluier bici»).
English Translation: Such fluiers are sometimes constructed within a stick or staff (fluier în botă, literally 'flute in a stick'), in which case an aperture corresponding to the lowest finger hole of the pipe is cut into the outer casing. Alternatively, a fipple fluier (with a whistle mechanism) and six finger holes is constructed within the handle (shaft) of a whip (fluier bici, 'whip fluier').
Alexandru, Tiberiu (1956). Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn [The musical instruments of the Romanian people] (in Romanian). București: Editura de stat pentru literatură şi artă, p.63
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Source: The Television [ja] (link): すべて実際に作っています。普段から作っているものと、各キャラクターに合わせて用意したレシピがあります。あと、めんつゆのメーカーさんの公式レシピからお借りしたものもいくつか。[I've actually been making all the dishes. There are dishes that I've made normally, and recipes I've prepared that match the characters. Also, there are some that I've borrowed from official recipes from mentsuyu manufacturers.]
Comment: Driveby nom. I can understand reservations for WP:DYKFICTION, but ALT0 is more of a game mechanic, some of which have been approved. Oh, and I'd like an one-day extension on this since I just missed the mark by an hour.
Moved to mainspace by Cukie Gherkin (talk).
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As the author, I thought I would suggest that the ideal DYK would be this: " ... that the character became so popular that fans purchased so much ryegrass for the horse that inspired the character's creation that it crashed the purchasing website?" This is just a rough draft of what it could be. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 00:58, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did have that idea, but also my reservations on it because the source doesn't explicitly say that the fans of the character herself were the ones who crashed the site. Still, I can make this one work:
Comment: Please let me know if I should propose another hook or if there are any questions/issues!
Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk).
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... that in the Romanian Carpathians, young women once flirted with the hills – playing the fifăfluier and answering its echo with yodel-like hăulit singing?
Source: Fifă [dudina, suieras]. End-blown notched flute of Romania. It is made from a hollow hemlock or lovage stalk, a handbreadth long, stopped with a node at the lower end... The fifa can produce only one note, and is blown mostly by women. Its intermittent note is a sound axis around which the performer’s voice ‘embroiders’ a rudimentary melody using a yodel-like vocal technique (hăulit)...
Libin, Laurence, ed. (2014). The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 2 (2 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 278
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ALT1: ... that Marie Goldsmith(pictured) emphasised the central role of cooperation, rather than competition, as an evolutionary response to harsh living conditions? Source: La Vergata, Antonello (2023). "Struggles for Existence". Images of the Economy of Nature, 1650-1930. Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development. Vol. 7. Springer. pp. 496, 506. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-31023-2_9. ISBN978-3-031-31023-2.
Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk).
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... that Indonesian ambassador Niniek Kun Naryatie was able to catch up with her higher education studies due to the introduction of the semester system? Source: "Pramugari: Seragam Keren dan ke Luar Negeri". Alumni. No. 35. 2021. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 27 October 2025. "Di jurusan Komunikasi, sempat minder, banyak teman cantik cantik, sementara saya tomboy, hahaha.” Sempat down, gagal ke tingkat dua, tidak lulus satu mata kuliah. Keadaan ini disikapi dengan pikiran, positip. “Kegiatan saya banyak di luar kampus, kursus sekretaris, kerja paruh waktu sebagai tenaga admin di lembaga pendidikan. Ketika mulai ada sistem semesteran, saya bisa menyusul teman-teman seangkatan.”" [In the Communications department, I felt insecure. There were so many beautiful friends, while I was a tomboy, hahaha." I was down for a while, failing to make it to the second year, failing one course. I responded to this situation with a positive mindset. "I had a lot of activities outside of campus, taking secretarial courses, working part-time as an admin at an educational institution. When the semester system started, I was able to catch up with my classmates."]
ALT1: ... that Indonesian ambassador Niniek Kun Naryatie initially wanted to resign as a diplomat after giving birth to her first child, but was convinced not to by her husband? Source: "Pramugari: Seragam Keren dan ke Luar Negeri". Alumni. No. 35. 2021. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 27 October 2025. "Setelah penugasan saya ambil cuti di luar tanggungan selama dua tahun. Cuti ini sangat penting dalam menentukan perjalanan karir saya. Saya bisa membangun fondasi rumah tangga lebih kokoh, menjalani peran istri sekaligus ibu. Saya sempat berencana mundur dari Deplu, tapi suami mengingatkan, status diplomat bukan hanya milik saya tapi juga kebanggaan orangtua, dan negara yang sudah berinvestasi besar. Jadi harus diteruskan." [After my assignment, I took two years of unpaid leave. This leave was crucial in determining my career path. I was able to build a stronger foundation for my family, fulfilling my roles as both wife and mother. I considered resigning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but my husband reminded me that being a diplomat wasn't just mine, but also a source of pride for my parents and the country that had invested so much. So, I had to continue.]
ALT2: ... that Indonesian diplomat Niniek Kun Naryatie introduced the diaspora card during her tenure as foreign minister advisor? Source: Sugiarsono, Joko (29 July 2017). "Niniek Kun Naryatie, Staf Ahli Menteri Luar Negeri: "Ke Depan, Kartu Diaspora Akan Lebih Sakti Lagi"". SWA. Retrieved 27 October 2025. "Pada Maret 2016 telah ditunjuk seorang staf ahli menteri yang khusus menangani urusan diaspora. Posisi ini secara resmi disebut Staf Ahli Menteri Luar Negeri Bidang Sosial Budaya dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Indonesia di Luar Negeri. Meskipun selevel eselon 1, posisi ini bersifat nonstruktural. Orang yang pertama menduduki posisi ini adalah Niniek Kun Naryatie, seorang pejabat karier di Kemenlu RI. Produk pertama yang ditelurkan Niniek adalah Kartu Diaspora, yang resminya bernama Kartu Masyarakat Indonesia di Luar Negeri." [In March 2016, an expert staff member was appointed to the minister specifically handle diaspora affairs. This position is officially called the Expert Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Socio-Cultural Affairs and Empowerment of Indonesian Communities Abroad. Although at echelon 1 level, this position is non-structural. The first person to hold this position was Niniek Kun Naryatie, a career official at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niniek's first product was the Diaspora Card, officially known as the Indonesian Community Abroad Card.]
Source: "In the women’s 400m hurdles final on Thursday, there were no mistakes as she dominated her way to the first global title of her career." (link)
Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.
... that in the past teenagers in Ukraine would be supplied by their parents with money and food in order to organize parties, during which sexual contact could also take place?
Source: Sex and People. What was Ukrainians' attitude to eroticism? (in Ukrainian)
Are you sure that this is a 5x expansion? By prose size, it seems to be less than a 4x expansion since when you started editing it recently (1121 B before, 3622 B now). --Metropolitan90(talk)04:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Клеопатра носила в ушах серьги в высшей степени необычные — действительно, неповторимые творения природы. И пока Антоний ожидал, что же будет сделано, Клеопатра сняла с себя одну из жемчужин, опустила ее в жидкость, и когда та растворилась, проглотила ее. Луций Планк, который должен был рассудить этот спор, остановил Клеопатру, когда та собралась точно также проглотить другую жемчужину, и объявил Антония побежденным, так как уже было получено верное свидетельство его поражения." [Cleopatra wore highly unusual earrings—truly unique creations of nature. While Antony waited, Cleopatra removed one of her pearls, dipped it in the liquid, and when it dissolved, swallowed it. Lucius Plancus, who was supposed to arbitrate the dispute, stopped Cleopatra as she was about to swallow the other pearl in the same manner and declared Antony defeated, since he had already received reliable evidence of his defeat.] (in Russian)ancientrome.ru
Article is long enough and expanded within the window. QPQ is done. I have a few reservations here on first look. One, the source doesn't appear to meet WP:RS; second, the hook needs an edit for grammar. Events in works of art are narrated in the present tense, and it's not obvious what "as her bet for Mark Antony" means -- suggest "for a bet with...". With that said, the "as a bet" part doesn't seem to appear in the article. I would hope it's not too difficult to find a source for this, however, as it's a well-known story beyond the painting. UndercoverClassicistT·C17:49, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are large portions of this article that lack citations. Compliance with WP:V is a base requirement to run at DYK, so citations for every statement (at least at the end of every paragraph) are required. Otherwise, I think we could see this article promoted to run at DYK. ~ Pbritti (talk) 14:52, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Logan Barrio(map pictured) in Santa Ana, California, is significant to the city's Chicano/Mexican-American history and is unofficially referred to as Historic Logan Barrio?
Due to multiple unverified statements (I've tagged two with "citation needed"), I can not approve at this time. The EARWIG copyright tool flagged only unavoidable terms, so no concerns there. I believe the image is a copyright violation, though. Please indicate why that map is public domain. The hook is a bit lackluster—pick a particular individual or event that demonstrates the neighborhood's history. I have moved the article to the shortest fully disambiguated form. Ping me when you have completed the necessary changes. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Added necessary citations. Researching alternative map options.
ALT1 ... that Logan Barrio is one of the earliest Mexican barrios and oldest neighborhoods in Santa Ana, California? Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 09:38, 4 November 2025 (PST)
@Archiving archives: I have had to remove two other images for copyright issues. Additionally, I have verifiability concerns. For the section "Religion", can you provide a quote from the cited text that supports the content of that section? Please also provide the page numbers. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:11, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: The Chepa's Park image I own. I took the picture, it is a public space. For the section "Religion", you can find the information on page 49 and 50. Regarding the neighborhood "Logan Barrio," what proof do you want? Would something from the city suffice? As for the 25th Reunion flyer, that is posted for public use on their Instagram page, and resident Michael Andrade provided permission for use and provided a copy without the email and phone number. Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 10:28, 4 November 2025 (PST)
You do not own the design of the sign, though, and the sign incorporates an image that is likely not in the public domain, meaning there are two levels of copyright possibly being violated. If you have evidence that the flyer was released under fair use, you must provide evidence of that (see WP:Fair use for more information). Just because something is shared in public does not make it public domain. I need you to include the quotes from page 49 and 50 for the purposes of verification. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: I am working on obtaining better images. The owners of the copyrights are working on making them available. I added citations for the religion section and the OC Streetcar and Logan Barrio connection. Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 12:49, 4 November 2025 (PST)
Comment: Please let me know if I should suggest another hook!
Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 36 past nominations.
ALT1: ... that the architecture of Liyue's main city in Genshin Impact was influenced by a town in Hunan? Source: Liu, Shuxiu; Huang, Xiangchu (April 25, 2021). "游戏环境下的中国文化输出探索——以《原神》为例". 科技传播 (in Chinese). doi:10.16607/j.cnki.1674-6708.2021.08.040.
ALT2: ... that the music of Liyue in Genshin Impact adopts the traditional Chinese pentatonic scale? Source: 邸大鹏; 腰思维 (2022). "RPG游戏中地图音乐的描绘功能——以《原神》为例". 文化月刊 (in Simplified Chinese). 1. 中国文化传媒集团. ISSN 1004-6631. CNKI:WHYK202201060.
Situated in the remote outback of Central Australia, the 709th Technical Maintenance Squadron Det 421 is responsible for maintaining a seismic array, which can remotely detect the detonation of nuclear bombs.
The array is made up of 20 individual sensors spread over 100 square kilometers (38.6 square miles), which act like microphones in the bedrock to detect vibrations in the earth. The data collected on site is sent to analysts with the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, to determine the origin of the activity.
“We’re basically the first points of the chain when a nuclear event happens,” said Master Sgt. Jonathon Beedham, Det 421 chief. “If there was a manmade event or a natural event, such as an earthquake, those signals travel through the earth and are received by seismometers around the world. That data goes back to a central location and is analyzed to provide an accurate time and location of the source.”
Source: https://www.nb.no/items/2d6f04663b39a36bb26a6eb929fedb9a: "Stasjonsmester Fritz Skullerud ved Billingstad [...] Hr. Skullerud er en kjent mann innnen idrettsverden på grunn av sine prestasjoner i tidligere år. [...] I 1906 deltok han bl. a. i olympiaden i Athen."
Source: https://www.nb.no/items/2d6f04663b39a36bb26a6eb929fedb9a: "Stasjonsmester Fritz Skullerud ved Billingstad [...] Hr. Skullerud er en kjent mann innnen idrettsverden på grunn av sine prestasjoner i tidligere år. [...] I 1906 deltok han bl. a. i olympiaden i Athen."
ALT2: ... that long-distance runner Fritz Skullerud(pictured) later served as a station master?
Source: https://www.nb.no/items/2d6f04663b39a36bb26a6eb929fedb9a: "Stasjonsmester Fritz Skullerud ved Billingstad [...] Hr. Skullerud er en kjent mann innnen idrettsverden på grunn av sine prestasjoner i tidligere år. Særlig hans langdistanseløp vil være kjent."
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Comment: ALT1 is unmentioned in the Wikipedia article. I cannot translate the Norwegian newspaper cited, so cannot add the information myself in the case that he was at the Olympic Games. If the source does not say he competed in it, the hook should be struck. Roast (talk) 22:51, 30 October 2025 (UTC) Nevermind, I didn't realize the Intercalated Games were the same thing, though I'd suggest ALT2 over ALT0 as the Olympics are more recognizable of a nake, which I just proved. My bad. Roast (talk) 22:53, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
... that Interstate 155 is the only piece of surface transportation infrastructure that directly connects the U.S. states of Missouri and Tennessee? Source: [1][2]
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Another comment: Can we use, perhaps, some clearer and less jargon-y language than "surface transportation infrastructure"? While I understand that the point is to make clear that there is no rail or pedestrian connection, I don't think most readers will pick up on that. It sounds too clever ("Why Don't We Do It In the Surface Transportation Infrastructure?" "The surface transportation infrastructure to hell is paved with good intentions") Daniel Case (talk) 22:35, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the late response. This is something I was on the fence about. I did indeed want to emphasize that there is no rail or pedestrian connection. If anyone knows of a better way to emphasize this, I'm all for it. I had also considered something like "Did you know that Interstate 155 crosses the Mississippi River on the Caruthersville Bridge, the only bridge connecting Missouri and Tennessee?" Bneu2013 (talk) 18:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that Remilia was the first woman to compete professionally in the video game League of Legends? Source: Additional context for ALT0, if so desired. Source same as above.
Improved to Good Article status by Yue (talk).
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Aerial view of the General Motors Technical Center
... that when it was completed, the General Motors Technical Center was referred to as the "Versailles of Industry"? Source: Friedman, Alice T. (2010). American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture. Yale University Press. p. 126.
ALT6: ... that the General Motors Technical Center had a fountain and water tower to compensate for the lack of high-rise buildings? Source: Merkel, Jayne (2005). Eero Saarinen. Phaidon. pp. 72-73.
... that as chairman and CEO of American Standard, Emmanuel Kampouris eschewed his formal title and listed himself as "corporate leader" on his business card?
ALT1: ... that Jack Welch personally visited American Standard to learn how Emmanuel Kampouris had increased cashflow with demand flow technology? Source: "In the mid-1990s, a friend told Jack Welch about a new methodology for making a quantum increase in inventory turns in manufacturing operations.... GE, the friend said, could generate cash if it could increase its inventory turns across the company. He gave Welch the name of a leading practitioner of this methodology, Emmanuel Kampouris, the CEO of American Standard... At the time--in the mid-1990s--American Standard had achieved in some plants as high as forty inventory turns compared to the average of four at most companies. Welch was excited by the idea, but he was not content to get just the concept--he wanted to understand the workings personally. Rather than sending some of his manufacturing people out to investigate it, he paid a visit to Kampouris and spent several hours with him." Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Ram Charan, Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Execution/07jVCQAAQBAJ?gbpv=1 (pp. 65-66)
Moved to mainspace by Dclemens1971 (talk).
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... that the Jack-be-little pumpkin(pictured) can be turned into a serving bowl for soup?
Source: "Because the Jack-be-Little is an attention getter and a conversation piece - particularly if the creative cook serves up the soup in the hollowed out little fruits - people are asking, Where did it come from?" Christian Science Monitor
ALT1: ... that the Jack-be-little pumpkin(pictured) only became publicly available in the late 1980s? Source: "...the Jack-be-Little pumpkin, a heavily fluted orange-colored miniature, has taken the country by storm these past two seasons... Ten years ago, an Indiana farmer approached seed producers Bob Nelson and Larry Hollar with a bushel basket filled with miniature pumpkins. If they were prepared to work with the seed somewhat, ``clean it up a bit, as he put it, the company might be able to ``do something with his unusual pumpkins....``We knew the pumpkin would sell, Nelson says, but they had no idea it would take off as it did. Home gardeners and commercial growers alike took to producing the Jack-be-Little....Novelty items have a way of skyrocketing in popularity one year and then falling the next, but the tiny pumpkin seems to be holding on. After four years on the market, seed merchants have already contracted with Hollar and Co. for 70 percent of this past season's record orders. ``That's very high for a novelty, Nelson says." Christian Science Monitor
Comment: I'm not sure that it's really accurate to describe a vessel as "sail-powered", although I've seen a few sources use that term. A more precise term is Wind-assisted propulsion, but I'm not sure of the best way to phrase that in a DYK hook.
Created by Yadsalohcin (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.
As ever, there's the conflict between snappiness of a hook and technical accuracy, but since there's "designed to use sails as the main propulsion" in the article, the piped wikilink in 'wind-propelled cargo ship' would seem a reasonable compromise... Thanks @Zeibgeist -Yadsalohcin (talk) 10:10, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Article is new enough and long enough and meets that criteria. However, there are major issues in sourcing with this article which principally relies on WP:PRIMARY sources published by the subject or its affiliates. It is not at all clear that this topic is notable because the sourcing does not demonstrate independent significant coverage to pass WP:GNG let alone meet the rigor required at WP:ORG. At the moment, I doubt this would survive an WP:AFD based on the materials used, and for that reason it would likely end up at AFD if we were to put this on the main page (in which case we would have to pull it). Until the article's sourcing is significantly improved with WP:SECONDARY clearly independent materials, I don't think we can run this. Additionally, the hook idea here is somewhat suspect. Intentionally being vague and unclear or misleading has the potential of being challenged (unless we were running this for April Fools). I think at the very least we would need an ALT Hook on hand as a backup in case that happens.4meter4 (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2025 (UTC)
I think this is biased. I think other users probably think the same. And that's not interesting, because it's news that's widely reported around the world. Cassilvwikis (talk) 02:01, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
An actual review required, preferably one who understands WP:DYKG.--Launchballer 21:10, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
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Article created 7 September. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 19:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
Self-pulling from accepted list, as Assault (horse) has citation problems. @Thriley: would you accept this ALT1: ... that Robert J. Kleberg III bred cattle, grazing grass, and racehorses? Sources: NYT and TSHA.
The quality of unbolded articles is not a blocker for DYK.--Launchballer 23:00, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
on hold while a merge discussion is ongoing. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:23, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
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Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. Hook is cited and interesting, although I think its 202 characters, so wonder if there is a way to trim it a tiny bit? QPQ is done. Such an interesting woman, thank you Thriley Lajmmoore (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Doing... I will do this later today if possible. Very interesting subject. Earth605talk 05:46, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
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AGF on the quotation as the offline magazine. Otherwise, article is well-referenced and hook is interesting. QPQs have been provided, article new and long enough. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 04:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
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