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This page holds approved nominations that are waiting to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page. Following DYK approval, nominations are processed and moved into a Prep area, and from there, prep sets are promoted to a queue, and then to the main page.

To create a new nomination or to see those that are yet to be approved, see Template talk:Did you know. For the discussion page see WT:DYK. Click on the link to go directly to the Special occasion holding area.

  If some of the nominations are not showing up properly at the bottom of the page, these alternative pages can be used to view a subset of the most recent nominations.
Count of DYK Hooks
Section # of Hooks # Verified
April 15 1 1
April 25 1 1
April 27 1
April 28 2 2
April 29 1
April 30 1
May 1 1
May 2 2
May 3 1
May 4 1
May 5 2 1
May 7 1
May 9 1
May 12 3 1
May 13 1
May 14 1 1
May 16 1
May 17 2 1
May 19 3 3
May 20 2
May 21 1
May 22 3
May 23 2 2
May 24 2 2
May 25 7 5
May 26 10 9
May 27 11 7
May 28 8 5
May 29 2 2
May 30 9 7
May 31 3 3
June 1 1 1
June 2 4 4
June 3 3 3
June 4 6 6
June 5 6 3
June 6 6 3
June 7 8 6
June 8 5 4
June 9 4 3
June 10 5 3
June 11 8 6
June 12 4 2
June 13 9 2
June 14 6 6
June 15 7 4
June 16 15 8
June 17 9 4
June 18 8 3
June 19 7 3
June 20 5 1
June 21 7 2
June 22 11 5
June 23 8 1
June 24 7 1
June 25
Total 246 137
Last updated 08:14, 25 June 2025 UTC
Current time is 08:17, 25 June 2025 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators

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This page is for those nominations that have already been approved and are waiting to be promoted. If yours has been approved but has not yet been run on the main page, it should either be on this page or will soon be moved here, or already promoted to a Prep area or Queue ahead of an appearance on the main page.

If you wish to create a new nomination, please go to the Template talk:Did you know page; there are instructions there in a section similar to this one on how to nominate an article for DYK.

Frequently asked questions

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Backlogged?

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This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until someone promotes it to a preparation area. To alleviate this problem, if the approved page has more than 120 approved hooks, then sets will change twice per day (every 12 hours) instead of once per day (every 24 hours). When the backlog falls below 60 approved nominations set frequency returns to once a day.

Where is my hook?

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If you can't find the nomination you submitted to the nominations page, and it also isn't on this page, in most cases it means your article has been approved and is either in one of the prep areas, has been promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.

Instructions for other editors

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How to promote an accepted hook

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  • See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for full instructions.
  • In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote.
  • In another window, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.
  • In the prep set...
    • Paste the hook into the hook area (be sure to not paste in that that)
    • Paste the credit information ({{DYKmake}} and/or {{DYKnom}}) into the credits area.
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted [[Jane Fonda]]", preview, and save
  • Back on DYK nomination page...
    • change {{DYKsubpage to {{subst:DYKsubpage
    • change |passed= to |passed=yes
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted original hook to Prep 3", preview, and save

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to the nominations page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from the nominations page.
  • If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.

Nominations

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Special occasion holding area

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Shortcut
Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section on the regular nominations page, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began, or it was listed as a Good Article; be sure to indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
Note: Articles intended to be held for special occasion dates should be nominated within seven days of creation, start of expansion, or promotion to Good Article status. The nomination should be made between at least one week prior to the occasion date, to allow time for reviews and promotions through the prep and queue sets, but not more than six weeks in advance. The proposed occasion must be deemed sufficiently special by reviewers. The timeline limitations, including the six week maximum, may be waived by consensus, if a request is made at WT:DYK, but requests are not always successful. Discussion clarifying the hold criteria can be found here: [1]; discussion setting the six week limit can be found here: [2].
April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.
Note for promoters: please be sure to add an "invisible" comment after a hook when you've placed it in prep, noting that it's a special occasion hook and including the date it is supposed to run. This should keep the hook from being moved after promotion, as sometimes happens to hooks when a queue needs a slot filled or a prep set needs to be made more balanced by swapping hooks between preps.

June 27

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July 2

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McMenamins Hotel Oregon UFO Festival

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The costume parade at the McMenamins UFO festival
The costume parade at the McMenamins UFO festival
Created by Chetsford (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 164 past nominations.

Chetsford (talk) 19:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • General eligibility:
  • New enough: Yes
  • Long enough: No - Too short for DYK (only 1220 characters of prose as of 00:50, 26 May 2025 (UTC))

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: No - Ehh... I mean, this hook is okay, but not that exciting. I'm sure there are other interesting things at a literal UFO festival, right? Maybe the "Alien Abduction Dash 5K" or something?
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article needs expansion, but is otherwise good to go. IMO the hook should be swapped for something more interesting, but if there are none, this one is fine. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 00:50, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:CanonNi - thank you! These should be corrected now! Chetsford (talk) 03:44, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
With the article expanded and hook replaced, this DYK is good to go. Great work! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:50, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

David Wilcock

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  • ... that according to Vice, David Wilcock's 2018 film Above Majestic makes the case that space aliens "occupy large swaths of Antarctica ... [and] are massing for an invasion"?
Created by Chetsford (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 165 past nominations.

Chetsford (talk) 19:33, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Hah. Article looks good. Nice work. Hook is interesting. Approved for July 2. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:34, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


July 6

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Kate Nash

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Kate Nash in 2017
Kate Nash in 2017
Created by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 304 past nominations.

Launchballer 19:39, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: If I'm reading the history correctly, Kate Nash was promoted on June 21, 9 Sad Symphonies Tour and Butts for Tour Buses were moved from userspace on June 21, and the expansion for 9 Sad Symphonies happened in May but got uncommented on June 21. Seems fine to me, but it might be good to clarify if workarounds like these are actually needed for multi-article hooks (at least, I'd like the DYK requirements to be flexible enough that they aren't!).

If the image is used, ALT1 is preferable since the parenthetical note is easier to understand. A cropped image that would be clearer at 100px is available at File:Kate Nash UPROXX interview (cropped).jpg. hinnk (talk) 07:08, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


July 14

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Concours de la meilleure baguette de Paris

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A member of the 2004 jury examines baguettes
A member of the 2004 jury examines baguettes
  • Source: "As the 10 billion baguettes sold each year in France indicates, some cultural clichés stem from reality. The French truly do have bread at every meal; it’s the most fundamental element of sitting down to eat, whether you’re invited to someone’s for dinner, or ordering lunch at a bistro. But it was still remarkable to see, on a recent gray spring afternoon in Paris, a line of boulangers snaking up the stairwell to the second floor of the Chambre Professionnelle des Artisans Boulangers-Pâtissiers, all carrying what they hoped would be awarded this year’s Grand Prix de la Meilleure Baguette de Paris — otherwise known as the official “Best Baguette in Paris” competition. Held annually since 1994, the competition is a badge of honor and warrants serious bragging rights. Moreover, the contest carries real consequences: The winner provides baguettes to the French president for the calendar year, gets a 4,000 Euro prize, and — perhaps most important — sees a lasting bump in business." Grub Street
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 174 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I definitely would prefer it to run on Bastille Day. I'll make a request once it is approved. Thriley (talk) 15:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: As in, it running on Bastille Day is non-negotiable for you? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:23, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. It's only two more weeks to ask. Seems reasonable. Thriley (talk) 00:59, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The page was created as a draft in 2022 but was not moved to mainspace until May 13, 2025, so it meets the newness guidelines. It is also long enough. A QPQ has been done. I'm getting a 55.9% Earwigs hit with this link, although it's mostly to do with the list of awardees. Moreover, the list uses French quotation marks instead of English ones, so that will need to be fixed. The hook is also not directly supported in the article: nowhere in the article says it is "yearly", only the fact that the competition exists and has a jury. A new hook will be needed.
As a note to the promoter: unless this nomination gets an exemption at WT:DYK, please do not hold it until July 14. However, if such an exemption is granted, then by all means put it in the Special occasions section. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:31, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just to be sure, asking Nikkimaria if the list having a high positive rating with the aforementioned link is still acceptable per WP:LIMITED, or if the list will have to be changed to avoid close paraphrasing concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:43, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The link with the Earwig hit? It's not in a language I speak so unfortunately I'm not in a position to assess closeness. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:56, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: This is the link in question, and according to Earwig the main hits involve the names repeating in both lists. Should that be okay or not? I did notice though that the Wikipedia list includes items with French quotation marks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I really can't say whether it's okay or not - an Earwig result is only a marker, you'd have to assess the source phrasing either way, and in this case I cannot. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:18, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: Oh, I see what you mean now. From what I can tell, I think the list in the article was directly copied, word-for-word, from the link (although another editor has since edited the list so that the French quotation marks were replaced with English ones). The question I have is if this would still count as a copyvio or at least close paraphrasing, or if it might be allowed per WP:LIMITED. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:25, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: Per a message Nikkimaria left on my talk page, the addresses probably need to go because otherwise the list was copied wholesale from the link I mentioned. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:31, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you talking about this 2021 article:[3]? If you look at the edit history of the French Wikipedia article which I got the list from, it existed before that 2021 article was published. Thriley (talk) 00:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: If that's the case then the addresses could probably still be removed as unnecessary. Otherwise there are still other issues raised in the nomination that need to be addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given that there has been no response to the hook and sourcing concerns despite a ping and a talk page message as well as activity elsewhere, marking this for closure. The nomination can resume if those are addressed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:21, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the addresses from the list of winners. Everything else ok? Thriley (talk) 01:32, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, because the sourcing issue remains unaddressed and a new hook is still needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:39, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What sourcing issue? Thriley (talk) 01:41, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The contest being held every year is not referenced in the article, only mentioned. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ...that the best baguette in Paris has been determined by a jury (member pictured) each year since 1994? Thriley (talk) 21:46, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. My issues are resolved. Per my reasoning above, I am declining the special occasion request and recommending that this run as a regular hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:58, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approved nominations

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Articles created/expanded on April 15

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Dilaw (song)

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  • ... that "Dilaw" was a dominant song in the Philippines and gained international recognition?
Improved to Good Article status by Royiswariii (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

ROY is WAR Talk! 09:43, 20 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment, I don't think any of the proposed ALTs are interesting enough - the first two basically say DYK that a song was popular, and the third isn't about the song, but the singer. Any alternatives? Eddie891 Talk Work 10:11, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Eddie891! Here's my alt 3:
ALT 3: ...that "Dilaw" performed with Maki at LANY's concert at the Philippine Arena? GMA Network ROY is WAR Talk! 03:24, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To me, this hook has a similar problem of interest- What is interesting about the fact that a singer performed one of their songs at a concert? Eddie891 Talk Work 06:31, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm thinking something like ALT4: ... that Dilaw was number one on a final singles chart and on two debut singles charts?--Launchballer 18:28, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Royiswariii: Long enough, new enough. None of the first four hooks meet WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE and upon further inspection my ALT4 doesn't check out either (refs 19 and 20 do not explicitly say that they are the final issues). I can call for another reviewer on ALT4a: ... that "Dilaw" topped the first two weeks of two singles charts? or you can propose me a hook about its parody.--Launchballer 11:28, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Launchballer sure. I will create for another alt. ROY is WAR Talk! 11:35, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT5: "...that Filipino comedian Michael V. created a parody titled Hilaw, based on the song Dilaw by Maki?"Source: GMA Integrated News
Launchballer you can change it if you want. The ALT4a is great too, i will leave to the reviewer what they'll pick.ROY is WAR Talk! 00:39, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I like Michael V's work on Bubble Gang, but I really don't think we should go with ALT5 as I don't think it would appeal to non-Filipino readers. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:08, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What is your opinion of my ALT4a Naruto?--Launchballer 21:45, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A bit on the meh side, but I'm okay with it if there are no other better options. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:56, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: Would you mind approving it then?--Launchballer 14:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would rather leave this to another editor, as I don't really think ALT4a is that interesting, just the best option. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:20, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It being the first song to top the relaunched Billboard Philippines seems interesting enough. Maybe something like along the lines of ALT5a: "...that "Dilaw" debuted at number one on the relaunched Billboard Philippines Hot 100, making it the first song to top the chart since its revival?" Though it could be argued that the emphasis kinda shifts towards the charts. — Eugh jei ♥ Kaorin 05:37, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Could the hook be simplified to: ALT5b: ... that "Dilaw" was the first song to top the Billboard Philippines Hot 100 after its relaunch? It is a "first" hook, but it should be one that's easy to verify. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I approve ALT5b.--Launchballer 00:07, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on April 28

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Official White House portraits of Hillary and Bill Clinton

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  • Source: ["An artist whose official portraits of former President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton are set for unveiling Monday says he felt a special connection to Clinton because the two men grew up poor in the South. Mr. Clinton grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas; Simmie Knox is self-taught and was born in 1935 in Aliceville, Ala., to a family of black sharecroppers. "I used to chop cotton," said Knox of his sharecropper days, "Go out there early in the mornings and all of the family was out there in the field, working." Talking about the former president, Knox said he believes Mr. Clinton "knows how it feels to have lived a certain life and to have been deprived of things... I knew the day he came into office, if I ever have the chance to paint a president, I think this is the one. Somehow I felt that." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-hillary-back-at-white-house/, Bill & Hillary Back at White House, 15 June 2004, CBS News]
Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 126 past nominations.

No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:54, 26 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • QPQ is done. Article is new enough and long enough and within policy in regards to referencing, neutrality, etc. Earwig did detect a possibility of close paraphrasing but this was due to quoted text in the article which was properly attributed and to some lengthy official names which really can't be changed so I think it's fine. The original hook does not work as it pipes to something completely unrelated to the bolded text, and doesn't feature the subject of the article. However, the alt hook proposed by Antony-22 solves this problem, and is both interesting and verifiable to the cited reference. Hook Alt1 may be promoted.4meter4 (talk) 17:25, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

reopening this nomination following discussion at ERRORS raising concerns about the line saying Clinton was raised in poverty. A new hook is required, and also the line needs to be amended in the article itself. PINGING @No Swan So Fine, Antony-22, 4meter4, SL93, Fram, Bagumba, and Kusma:  — Amakuru (talk) 23:40, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Source: ["She asked Judge Robinson’s secretary for the name of the artist who had done the painting, and was handed Simmie Knox’s business card. After Knox painted Justice Ginsburg, she brought him to the attention of President Clinton's staff when they were looking for someone to do his official portrait. The competition for the commission was stiff, and Knox sat for several interviews before he was finally selected." https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/julyaugust/statement/see-face, To See a Face, July/August 2012, Henry Wiencek, Humanities]

No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:00, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@No Swan So Fine: @BlueMoonset: I just checked both the ALT and the article and they are fine. NeoGaze (talk) 13:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Basinger

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  • Source: Sun-Star ("Meanwhile, he writes songs and plays 'honky tonks' in Nashville for $30 a night, waiting for his chance at stardom.")
5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 357 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]


Articles created/expanded on May 5

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Meg White

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Meg White in 2006
Meg White in 2006
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Watagwaan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Watagwaan (talk) 00:19, 6 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Aneirinn (talk) 17:37, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like this hook doesn't meet WP:DYKINT – essentially all this says is "a drummer started drumming on a day" DimensionalFusion (talk · she/her) 07:14, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT1 ... while Meg White's drumming initially drew mixed reactions, it earned retrospective praise and she is considered a key figure in the garage rock revival of the 2000s?
That better @DimensionalFusion? TarnishedPathtalk 11:44, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on May 12

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Maude Simmons

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Created by ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) and Cielquiparle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 74 past nominations.

Cielquiparle (talk) 04:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. I think Robeson and Poitier are probably well known enough that this can work. Approved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:19, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on May 14

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Mabel MacFerran Rockwell

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  • Source: Goff, Alice C. (1946). Women Can Be Engineers. Youngstown, Ohio: Edward Brothers, Inc. pp. 94–112.
  • Reviewed:
Created by TheEngineerHistorian (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

TheEngineerHistorian (talk) 16:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Thank you for an interesting article. I have three comments that I think should be addressed.
1. The external link for the patent goes to a page that says access 'unauthorized'. There is a Wikipedia template for patents (see page here [4]) and that would be a good option for the external link.
2. The article could also use more categories related to her education, for example alumni of MIT and Stanford.
3. The final point I am not sure how to handle. Right now the bold is to Mabel MacFerran, but that is actually a redirect to Mabel MacFerran Rockwell. The DYK guidelines indicate that the hook cannot include a redirect. I see two options, but I don't know which is the better choice in terms of what name she is mostly commonly known by. I think you can either (i) change the bold text to Mabel MacFerran Rockwell, or (ii) move the pages so that the primary page is Mabel MacFerran.
Nice job on the article. DaffodilOcean (talk) 20:37, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have responded to your suggestions and added additional content to the page. I think it should be good to go. Thank you for all of your help -- this was my first article for Wikipedia. TheEngineerHistorian (talk) 17:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks to @TheEngineerHistorian: for making the changes to the article and nomination. All issues have been resolved and this is ready to go. DaffodilOcean (talk)
      • @TheEngineerHistorian and DaffodilOcean: the claim in the hook only exists, uncited, in the lead. Per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, it needs to occur in the body of the article with an end-of-sentence citation. It seems the claim is specifically made on page 95 of the source, and this should be specifically cited as the page in the article text. It also says "the only woman to have an active part in the electrical installations" which is a little bit different than the hook, which claims she worked on designing them. Happy to promote the hook once these issues are resolved. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 15:33, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Darth Stabro and DaffodilOcean: I have added the claim into the body of the article and added an end of sentence citation. I actually used a different reference than the other part of the paragraph because it says explicitly that she was the only woman involved in the design and installation of the power generating machinery for Hoover Dam. Then, while I was at it, I added this information to the main Hoover Dam article under the section Labor Force. I figure that people are more likely to go looking for info on Hoover Dam, and then they can discover Mabel! Thanks again for all of the help in getting my debut article in shape!TheEngineerHistorian (talk)
        • This change looks good to me, and thanks to @Darth Stabro: for catching this. I am still pretty new to reviewing at DYK, so I definitely make mistakes. DaffodilOcean (talk) 13:56, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • @TheEngineerHistorian and DaffodilOcean: not to be a nag, but now the line in the article is a word-for-word copy of the source. It needs to be rewritten/paraphrased in your own words. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 15:11, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
            • @Darth Stabro and DaffodilOcean: not a nag at all because it was a question I had when I was making the revision and didn't know Wikipedia's policy on it. I have seen the exact same sentence multiple places on the internet, including Mabel's entry on the Engineer & Technology History Wiki. (https://ethw.org/Mabel_MacFerran_Rockwell) When you see the same sentence multiple times, when does it become "common knowledge" versus plagiarism? Other variations on the sentence include "She was the only woman to have an active part in the electrical installations at Boulder Dam." (Goff) or "the only woman to participate in the creation of the electrical installations at the Hoover Dam." (Tietjen)
              Regardless, I have gone ahead and re-worded the sentence so that it is not exactly the same as any other one that I have come across. Hopefully it is now good to go. TheEngineerHistorian (talk) 20:12, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 17

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Rivals (novel)

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5x expanded by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 144 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 14:39, 17 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I just noticed backlog mode was on, see also Dying for Sex (podcast) which is the third article from the above multi-article nomination as a second QPQ Lajmmoore (talk) 14:41, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reviewing. I am reviewing this now. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article is new enough and long enough (5x expansion on the day of submission per DYKcheck tool). Article is well-sourced and neutral. Earwig score is low (2%) and spot check confirms direct quotes are minimal and cited appropriately. (The only thing was that a few of the references were misformatted, including 2 articles accessed via Gale General OneFile and 1 archived link to The Times via the Internet Archive; I've now fixed these but in general I would recommend using the visual editor citation tool for references like these. For Gale you have to copy the link to the page separately to avoid problems with the missing "https://".) The article looks tidy. ALT0 is cited to two reliable sources within the article itself (including archived The Times article which actually names the novel by title); ALT1 is cited to an academic journal article. Both hooks are short and interesting. Two QPQs have been completed; I just added the link to the second one above so there is no confusion. Both hooks are good to go. Good expansion and apparently a topic of a lot of interest. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hello Cielquiparle there's been some discussion about the frequency of these Jilly Cooper nominations so I'm trying to remove nominations to her from the hooks, please could you review this ALT1a?
ALT1a: ... that one of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's favourite books is the 1988 romance Rivals? Source: https://academic.oup.com/cww/article/17/2/137/7602089?login=false & the year of publication for the book
I also noticed I'd accidentally put the wrong title in ALT0 - it did say Riders but I changed it to Rivals. Also, I'm sorry I forgot to thank you for the Gale advice, THANK YOU! Lajmmoore (talk) 17:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approve ALT1a which seeems like a better hook in any case. Cielquiparle (talk) 23:28, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0a ... that journalist Caitlin Moran changed her name from Catherine after reading Rivals aged 13? Source: https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/moran-caitlin
ALT2 ... that half of Rivals' first print run was distributed through book clubs? https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-carving-up-cooper/173339970/
ALT3 ... that in Rivals' people get drunk across 148 of the 529 pages in its hardback edition?https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph-royal-baby-shouldnt-hi/172553199/
ALT4 ... that Rivals' has been described as both "a slice of Mrs Thatcher's Britain" and "the Ur-text of classy bonkbusters"?Thatcher: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-are-we-ready-for-jillys-ri/172553295/ & Ur-text:https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/sex-sells-the-rise-and-rise-of-romantic-fiction-p5wxc592g
Thanks all Lajmmoore (talk) 08:00, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 19

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Justina Jeffreys

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  • Source: [5] "She is believed to be the model for the accomplished and unconventional Anthelia, and Edward Scott for her father Sir Henry Melincourt in Thomas Love Peacock's 1817 novel of that name."
  • Reviewed:
Created by Spiderpig662 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Spiderpig662 (talk) 19:07, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • First off, no QPQs are required so that looks good. The article is long enough, new enough (created May 19), and NPOV. There's no image. The hook is interesting in an oblique way. By itself I thought "whatever" but it piqued my curiosity enough that I had to click through and then came upon this fascinating article about Jeffreys. The source is the Dictionary of Welsh Biography which is RS, however, was offline when I attempted to check it. That said, I was able to separately verify the content through mirror sites. Earwig returns 0.0% on a copyvio check. Looks good! Chetsford (talk) 19:42, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WFUT-DT

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 771 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:46, 23 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:05, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Papal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV

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Saint Peter's Square during the inauguration
Saint Peter's Square during the inauguration
  • Source: O'Connell, Gerard (18 May 2025). "Pope Leo XIV at inaugural Mass: 'This is the hour for love'". America Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
Converted from a redirect by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 40 past nominations.

~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 15:39, 19 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Everything looks good here. Partial to ALT0 just because the second one is kind of a self-report by the Vatican. Either would probably be fine though since it's NYT we're talking about. Great work as usual! ThaesOfereode (talk) 20:11, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 22

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Heat: Pedal to the Metal

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

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Since DYK is currently in backlog mode, one more QPQ is required. Otherwise, everything else checks out. Scratch that, I misinterpreted that message. Alright, everything's good now. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 00:07, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CanonNi: Please do not reuse QPQs, as you have done for this, New Star GP, and MiLinguall Party. You will need a new QPQ for all three.--Launchballer 16:58, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Ah, my bad, didn't realize that. Alright, I've replaced the QPQ with a new one I just did, and will go and do two fresh ones for my other DYKs. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 00:53, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies. Yes, the QPQ checks out. I recommend adding that this is a tabletop game, as I assumed this was a video game, for which the hook would not meet WP:DYKINT (there are tons of racing video games).--Launchballer 03:19, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 23

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2025 St. Louis tornado

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  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Spytek
  • Comment: I think both of these claims in tandem will be interesting, especially given the year. This happened less than two weeks ago but I found enough sources for an article.
Converted from a redirect by Departure– (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Departure– (talk) 01:08, 24 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Panamitsu: If it's not too much trouble, could you approve the image I've added? Good chance it doesn't run but I think it's one of the best free tornado images of the past decade, and I'd love to see it on the main page with this. Departure– (talk) 15:22, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That does seem to be good although I'm not too familiar with CCTV copyright. Needs a caption though. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu: "The St. Louis tornado as seen from the Gateway Arch"? Departure– (talk) 23:12, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good! ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KJZZ-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 772 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 21:20, 23 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article is in good condition, long enough, fulfills the criteria. Hook is cited and interesting. Pic is not used, QPQ complete. Splendid! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 06:12, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 24

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Washington D.C. Temple

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The Washington D.C. Temple
The Washington D.C. Temple
  • ... that the 'Washington D.C. Temple (pictured) was moved 60 feet to exactly align with the Capital Beltway, designed to inspire curiosity about what goes on inside?
  • Source: “After the route of the Capital Beltway was finalized and before the groundbreaking, the location of the temple was adjusted sixty feet to line up perfectly with the Capital Beltway. This small adjustment has had repercussions for missionary work as many people, due to its visibility and beauty, stop by the temple seeking information about its purpose.” …“We hope the design does attract a great deal of attention so people will investigate the Church”
  • https://rsc.byu.edu/latter-day-saints-washington-dc/washington-dc-temple-mr-smiths-church-goes-washington#_note-11
  • ALT1: ... that the Washington D.C. Temple (pictured) is the tallest and third-largest temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by square footage?
  • ALT2: ... that the 'Washington D.C. Temple property (pictured) almost became a shopping center, but Zionist Jewish owners sold it cheaper to support temple construction?
  • Source: “But in the case of the Washington D.C. Temple, the deal to purchase 57 acres of pristine woods overlooking the capital city in 1962 elicited a joyful surprise.”
  • … “planned to construct a shopping mall and condominium complex.”
  • “The (Jewish) men varied in their degree of “observance,” but they all identified deeply with their Jewish heritage, and were generous supporters of Jewish and Zionist causes.”
  • "Kanfer said, 'We’ve decided we’re going to sell it to you for $14,000 an acre. Consider that $57,000 discount our donation for building the temple.'"
  • https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/3/20/22981180/the-washington-d-c-temple-sites-history-is-as-american-as-the-capital-city-itself-lds-temple/
  • ALT3: ... that Maryland governor Larry Hogan said the Washington D.C. Temple (pictured) is an "iconic landmark", and a "beacon of hope"?
  • ALT4: ... that the Washington D.C. Temple (pictured) was designed like the Salt Lake Temple to be recognized as a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I've put the hooks in order of ones I think would work best for the page, along with links and citations to verify information. I'm willing to refine and tune the hooks given, and whichever hook that ends up working in the order I made should be the one that is displayed (unless there is consensus that one is more interesting than the other if multiple would work).
Improved to Good Article status by Itsetsyoufree32 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Itsetsyoufree32 (talk) 02:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - ?
  • Interesting: No - ?
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: GA status achieved on May 24, and nominated for DYK on May 31. Length is adequate. Sourcing is mostly good, but I added one citation needed tag to a paragraph without a clear source. The tone overall is neutral, but some sections need work. In the first paragraph of the location section, there are consecutive sentences using "Capital Beltway" and "iconic landmark". For easier tone, these should be combined with a footnote to explain the sourcing. I suggesting using {{efn}}. The "location" section seems more about the cultural impact of "Surrender Dorothy" rather than the physical location. As such, as it seems misnamed, and out of place. In the "Design and architecture" section, this sentence makes no sense to me: "The central eastern tower is 288 feet (88 m) tall, the tallest of the church's temples at the time of its dedication". How can a tower be the tallest temple? Please clarify. In the same section, the terms "Melchizedek priesthood" and "Aaronic priesthood" should be linked to something, as a non-Mormon is unlikely to know their meaning. Hooks analysis: I cannot locate ALT0 anywhere in the article, ideally it should be in the "Construction: section. ALT1 is possibly cited in the second paragraph of the "Design and architecture" section, but the language is too dissimilar to verify. The cited passage should be very clear it is talk about the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and not just any church. ALT2 appears to be cited from multiple sentence in "The site" section, all of which will need a citation as per WP:DYKHFC. ALT3 is mentioned in the article, properly cited, and verified by the sources. ALT4 cannot be located in the article, specifically the proper noun "Salt Lake City Temple". Only 1 of 5 hooks adheres to DYK criteria at this time. All of the images used in the article have a public domain license on the Commons. The hook's image is used in the article, clear at a low resolution, and enahances the hook. QPQ is not required. Checks for plagiarism are still ongoing, and will take a while due to many quotes in the article. I have also done a lot of copyediting to the article for things that were not caught during the GA review. Best wishes. Flibirigit (talk) 21:46, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clarifying my above comment: I am looking into whether WP:OVERQUOTING is a problem here. Flibirigit (talk) 21:50, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Flibirigit: thank you for the feedback. I addressed the issues you mentioned, and I’m grateful for the feedback you gave for the rest of the article, and for the DYK components. I don’t often use the efn tag, I’ve attempted an edit on the page, but I’m not sure if it’s displaying correctly. I also added clarity to the part you mentioned about the temple being an iconic landmark, renamed the header to be more relevant to the section, and added all the information from the DYK nomination to the body of the article in the relevant places that you mentioned. What do you think of the hooks now?
I also added the hyperlinks that anyone who is not a member of the Church would not be familiar with (As an aside, the term “Mormon” has been asked by the Church to not be used to refer to members, and has asked instead that members be called ‘Latter-day Saint(s)’, partly to avoid misunderstanding about beliefs of the Church (IE, belief in Jesus Christ)).
As far as overquoting goes, the manual of style says that overuse happens when the quotations dominate the article or section. I addressed a different section under ‘Design and architecture’ that had a large quote that was not needed. The section that overquoting may apply to the most is the “Location and surrender Dorothy” section, but the quotes are used in such a way that it's easier to simply use the quote. Similarly, paraphrasing the idea would take just as many, if not more words, and the quotes are pertinent to the section, as the manual of style suggests, so that should be resolved. Thanks again for doing the extra copyediting, you didn’t have to do that. Itsetsyoufree32 (talk) 21:12, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am still working through the quotes and copyvio checks. I hope to post a final review by this weekend. Flibirigit (talk) 21:35, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for the quick reply! No rush on the review. And thank you again for helping me fix the efn issues, especially so quickly. Itsetsyoufree32 (talk) 21:54, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize that real life has been crazy lately. Reviews usually don't take this long. Will chip away this week. Flibirigit (talk) 03:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Further apologies for the lack of comments here. I will get this done before I leave for vacation on Friday. Flibirigit (talk) 16:11, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've gone through this today, and made some minor changes. I don't think overquoting is an issue here. Will post a final wrap by tonight. Flibirigit (talk) 18:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thank you, and thanks for sticking to it. I'm looking forward to what you think of the hooks and any remaining parts of the article. Itsetsyoufree32 (talk) 22:36, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Approving ALT1, ALT2, ALT3, and ALT4. All four hooks are all properly mentioned, cited, and verified. The nominated article now adheres to all DYL criteria as the nominator has addressed concerns for sourcing, neutrality, paraphrasing, and the four approved hooks. Not approving ALT0 at this time. The source for ALT0 states "seeking information about its purpose", whereas the article states "curiosity about the faith", and the hook states "curiosity about what goes on inside". Since all three use different wordings, the hook is likely to be questioned whether it is precise. I suggest using the word "purpose" for ease of verification and consistency. I am willing to revisit if the nominator wishes to pursue ALT0. Flibirigit (talk) 02:34, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

José Segundo Decoud

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  • Source: Centurión, Carlos R. (1947). Historia de las letras paraguayas. Ayacucho. p. 255.
Improved to Good Article status by Coeusin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Coeusin (talk) 11:00, 24 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • So, the source is offline. While I can't verify the content I can verify that it is RS (a quick JSTOR search finds Historia de las letras paraguayas cited in several articles on the topic of Paraguayan history) and since the article just passed GA I'll AGF the hook is representative of the text. No QPQs are needed and there's no image. Article was recently promoted to GA, is long enough, and NPOV. Earwig shows 22.5% on a copyvio check, indicating violation unlikely. Looks great! Chetsford (talk) 19:57, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres final
Women's 400 metres final
  • Source: "Poland’s Justyna Swiety-Ersetic produced a stunning performance to snatch gold in the dying strides of the women’s 400m, the 25-year-old clawing back Greece’s Maria Belibasaki to win in 50.41, mere inches in front of Belibasaki’s 50.45 national record." (link)
Maria Belimpasaki, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, and Lisanne de Witte
Maria Belimpasaki, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, and Lisanne de Witte
Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 22 past nominations.

Editør (talk) 17:56, 27 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is certainly long enough and passed GA three days ago. Quality is not an issue, sourcing looks good. Hook fact is present in article, cited, and directly attributed which is also good to see. No problems with the hook for me, both images are free to use (the action shot is especially cool), Earwig raises no concerns (all proper nouns or direct quotes), and both QPQs are done. Nice work! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:47, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your review. – Editør (talk) 10:08, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Supian Suri

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Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 259 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Sources look fine enough and seem to check out with Google translations; AGF beyond that. I can't access Berita Satu but it might just be a temporary issue. The hook is interesting and seems to be supported by the source, although it's a bit vague since the automatic translation I get is "decent toilets", which I don't know if it means constructing new toilets or just improving existing ones. Is there any other source that is more explicit (or is it actually clear if you know the language?) Uriahheep228 (talk) 20:35, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres final
Women's 400 metres final
  • Source: "Grenot won back-to-back European titles over 400m in Zurich 2014 and Amsterdam 2016, becoming the first athlete since world record-holder Marita Koch in 1986 to successfully defend their 400m title." (link)
Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 21 past nominations.

Editør (talk) 20:37, 26 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Ennis House

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Ennis House
Ennis House
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 726 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:33, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I checked the primary hook as that seems to be the most interesting (especially when coupled with the image). Image is correctly CC-BY-3.0 licensed. Both QPQs are done. The article was 5X expanded on May 24 and is long enough and NPOV. The hook is correctly and inline cited to the Los Angeles Times, which is RS. Earwig returns 24.8% on a copyvio check (violation unlikely). A spot check fails to find any close paraphrasing. Overall, looks great! Chetsford (talk) 04:55, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

William R. Ferguson

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One of Ferguson's devices
One of Ferguson's devices
  • ... that William R. Ferguson received a two year prison sentence for selling a quack medical device that was claimed to cure disease through "a force unknown to science"?
  • Source: The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America, p. 328-329. quote: "Inside were two plastic tubes containing "Zerret Water." Ferguson said this produced the "Z- ray, a force unknown to science." To have his diseases cured, a patient had only to sit holding the dumbbell, one ball in each hand, for at least thirty minutes at a time.... "The medical con man Ferguson was sentenced to two years in federal prison."
  • extra source on device being quackery (other than the section title: https://books.google.com/books?id=CeMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA220 and Sifakis, Carl (1993). "Medical Quackery", p 171
Created by PARAKANYAA (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:13, 25 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Congrats on the GA! Article is in good shape, the hook is cited and interesting, and no issues with copyright and whatnot exist. One suggestion: the article includes a image of one of the "Zerret Applicators", could that be used as a pic for this DYK? Anyhow, this is good to go IMO. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 01:13, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I've added the image above, which will be shown if it's the first hook of its set. (the order is decided by the promoter, so we'll see if it actually ends up being featured...) Either way, great work! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 08:27, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 26

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Stavatti Aerospace

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  • ... that in 2020, Stavatti Aerospace's only known facilities were a "one-person office suite", a "machine shop ... slightly larger than a basketball court", and the CEO's house?
Created by Chetsford (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 167 past nominations.

Chetsford (talk) 05:47, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Sammi Brie, I'm afraid I don't understand your comment "it also mentions a house that is missing in hook and in article". Chetsford (talk) 03:09, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford:, the source says And its only known business addresses until now consist of two post office boxes, a one-person office suite in Cheektowaga, Beskar's family home in Minnesota and a machine shop that is just slightly larger than a basketball court. The family home isn't mentioned, and omitting it feels like an error. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:29, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey -- I believe they're saying the one-person office suite is located in Cheetowaga, which is the location of Beskar's family home. I don't think they're saying the company is doing business out of his family home. This is the unfortunate curse of the refusal by some journalists to use the Oxford comma. Chetsford (talk) 18:33, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford: Just one problem with that reasoning: Cheektowaga is a suburb of Buffalo. It's not in Minnesota. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:46, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch! Makes sense. Hook and article fixed. Chetsford (talk) 19:51, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That'll do it. I'll use this opportunity, Chetsford, to encourage you to clip your citations to Newspapers.com. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 02:07, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriel Rucker

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  • Sources: same as ALT0
5x expanded by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) and Another Believer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.


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

Overall: I have adjusted the article a little, to ensure that the hook fact for ALT0 matches the source precisely. This adjustment should avoid hassle later.

  • I am not comfortable with Rucker not being named in his hook. He did a good job, so why not credit him? What about an ALT0a, which says something like: ... that Nicolas Cage was trained by award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker for one of his films?
  • If you are happy with my article-text adjustment, and if we can resolve the hook issue, then this nom should be good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:19, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: Thanks for the review, I have no problems with the suggested alt hook or your edit. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 20:38, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, ArtemisiaGentileschiFan. Please would you kindly add the ALT1 to this nomination yourself, because I am not permitted to approve my own hook? Then I can approve your hook and give the green tick. Apologies for the hassle. Storye book (talk) 07:12, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: No problem at all, it's done. Thanks! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 11:24, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: You wouldn't be able to approve ALT0 as it introduces new information. I can tell you that ALT0 would probably get more views than ALT0a, so if I assess this I'll be approving that one only.--Launchballer 12:31, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Launchballer: Please forgive me, I'm not sure that I understand your comment about new information? I have corrected the above and added more sources on this template (which are also in the article next to the hook facts). If I understand correctly, you are saying that I may not approve the above? If so, please would you kindly assess the above and let us know if we need to do more to complete this nom. Thank you. (Note: I have changed the name of the second hook from ALT0a to ALT1, but otherwise that hook is unchanged). Storye book (talk) 15:15, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Technically ALT1 introduces Rucker's name, although I suppose you could argue it either way because of the title of the article. I'll approve both, with a strong preference for ALT0.--Launchballer 15:27, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Launchballer. Storye book (talk) 16:20, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Abisay Cruz

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  • ... that during the fatal arrest of Abisay Cruz by Montreal police, Abisay was heard to say "Je vais mourir" ("I'm going to die")?
    • Reviewed:
Created by Boynamedsue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Boynamedsue (talk) 06:19, 28 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Overall: Thank you for this careful and balanced article on a controversial subject.

  • Citation needed for the last sentence of the Death section. (Note: Bearing in mind that this is an important and controversial subject, we cannot link the article on the Main Page unless it is fully cited). It looks as if citation no.11, Arkat (2025) might be appropriate?
  • Earwig finds only common phrases, so no problem with plagiarism.
  • If the above citation issue can be addressed, then this nomination should be good to go. Storye book (talk) 15:54, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: Thanks for reviewing this, you are right that a source is probably necessary in such a controversial topic. I've added the Arkat source as suggested. It is clear in the source that the BEI investigation was open on the 26th of May.Boynamedsue (talk) 16:44, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Boynamedsue. Good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:51, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pedro Durruti

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5x expanded by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 55 past nominations.

Grnrchst (talk) 12:08, 26 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Grnrchst: Both facts are backed up by the sources. The article is a little over 1,000 bytes short of an exact five-fold expansion, but it's close enough. Earwig reports no copyright issues (~12.3%). Personally, I think ALT1 is more interesting than the initial hook. QPQs have been done. This looks good to go. If there's anything I've overlooked, do let me know. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 17:18, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Future I Saw

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  • ... that a Japanese manga mentioning a the author's dream about a future disaster led to decrease in the number of tourists from China?
Created by AlphaBetaGamma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 02:40, 27 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: Waiting on QPQ, but looks good. I think another hook about the fact that a few of the predictions seemingly came true would also work as an option, but this one's fine; the tourism decreases weren't entirely from China, but I'm not sure how that could be shoehorned into the hook without making it a little too drawn-out. AdoTang (talk) 23:29, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Of course here's a modified ALT, * ... that a Japanese manga mentioning a the author's dream predicting the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and a future disaster led to decrease in the number of tourists from China?
  • Well now the modified ALT seems a bit too drawn-out. I would go with something like:
"... that a Japanese manga's supposed prediction of a future disaster caused a notable decrease in tourism to Japan?"
Or maybe even something different, like:
"... that a 1999 Japanese manga based on the author's dreams predicted the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?"
But otherwise, there's nothing really wrong with ALT0 as-is.
AdoTang (talk) 03:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @AlphaBetaGamma: Oooh, wait, hold on. Somehow I missed some of these in my initial comb-through:
    • The AsianNight source is from Medium, which isn't a reliable source.
    • I am not entirely sure of the reliability of Dreamer Joe as a source. That it's a blog about dreaming or whatever aside, it also seems to be AI-generated, because of course it is.
    • "Dreams vis-à-vis events" might need more entries if there are sources to support additional entries; COVID-19 and the death of Princess Diana are mentioned earlier in the article, perhaps they could be added?
    • Also in "Dreams vis-à-vis events": take a look at what can be done regarding that translation notice. It looks fine, though. I think you could remove it, since the wording looks like it's been mopped up enough.
I'm not sure if these were added before or after my initial check, but at least they didn't slip by, right? I've done some copyediting and have gone ahead and removed the Medium source, but I'll need you to look over the rest. AdoTang (talk) 20:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you look at the version this draft was moved to mainspace, I didn't mention that, and on the version I last made a major edit, that article didn't have any mediums or AI blogs. Pinging @Kencf0618: so this concern can go right for them to see as well. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 22:04, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AdoTang: "might need more entries if there are sources to support additional entries; COVID-19 and the death of Princess Diana are mentioned earlier in the article, perhaps they could be added?" Might try soon for this.
However, yeah unreliable sources were thrown at the article but I was kinda reluctant to instantly delete Kencf's inputs because that would be WP:OWN (and their flow refining was helpful). I'll try to keep the content while deleting the blogs and AI slop source off, but I'm not sure how far I can go. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 08:02, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Eh, alright, looks good now. Sources in "Dreams vis-à-vis events" would be nice but I'm pretty sure that as the contents of the work the article is about, you don't need to cite it. AdoTang (talk) 00:59, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AdoTang and AlphaBetaGamma: Real-life events such as the death of Freddie Mercury need sources that aren't the book. Also, this should probably run on July 5.--Launchballer 18:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I sourced the two claims of deaths. (I feel like making an ALT that fits special occasion would inevitably violate WP:NOTCRYSTALBALL...) The murder case was likely a minor one with minor TV coverage that no longer remains assuming webpages from 1990s are mostly lost media. When I try to look for such a case, a different, far worse crime keeps coming up, so I don't think there's coverage of that surviving to this date. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 21:40, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rupert Campbell-Black

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Converted from a redirect by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 145 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 19:00, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Just adding a note for promoters, there's been recent discussion about over-frequency of hooks related to Jilly Cooper's works, so please could you space this one out? Many thanks
  • That's a new phrase for one. Regardless, QPQs have been provided (one is technically not done but it's very close to being so). Hook fact verified in source, certainly interesting. Article's referencing is adequate. Copyright violation has not been detected - Earwig has a 20% score due to a direct quotation. Good to go then. Juxlos (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken Ranch Casino

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  • Source: Frank, Russell (1992-11-22). "Bingo — $5 billion a year business across U.S. Waiting, hoping, daubing in vain" (pages 1 and 2). The Modesto Bee. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2025-05-26. Retrieved 2025-05-26 – via Newspapers.com.

    The article notes: "I never even came close. And sometime during my fourth hour of Chicken Ranch Bingo, I concluded that losing at bingo is profoundly boring. ... The lobby and the gift shop feature a curious mix of Indian and bingo-related items. On one wall is a display of 600 arrowheads."

5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 94 past nominations.

Cunard (talk) 00:08, 27 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Expanded from 580 B to 5780 B in the past three days. Even if we count the 556 B in the bulleted list, expansion meets the 5x standard. The hookiness is that the unfamiliar will have some impression that the sharp objects are pointing away from the wall. I noticed a discrepancy of $1.4m (ref 1) and $1.6m (ref 3), but the latter covers not just construction, but also paying employees. Otherwise, nothing worth writing home about. We'll have to wait for the AFD to close before this can be approved. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:42, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2018–19 College Football Playoff

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Improved to Good Article status by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 88 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:02, 28 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • 2 QPQs done for backlog mode. GA status confirmed, hook is meh for me but presumably of some interest to someone who cares about this topic. Copyvio spotcheck, neutrality, etc. all GTG. Still, I'd ask for a more interesting hook. Even if I frame it in terms of stuff I care about, I can't start to care that some minor event had poor viewership in a few years frame. Can't we say anything more interesting? I don't want to hold this over my subjective view of what's interesting, but if possible, please suggest more hooks. (Hint: ChatGPT is decent at coming up with ideas - and I doubt it can do worse than what we have here, TBH). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HNLMS Kortenaer (1927)

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Kortenaer prior to 1943
Kortenaer prior to 1943
  • ... that after the sinking of the Dutch destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer (pictured), ethnic tensions between survivors on lifeboats arose, which required an officer to beat sailors with a paddle to restore order?
  • Source: "Three large rafts, all damaged, almost immediately popped to the surface. Lieutenant-Commander Kroese ordered them tied together. One raft contained a single Dutch officer, two Eurasians and a number of Indonesian seamen. The Indonesians were in a surly mood and began to accuse the Dutch of colonial exploitation. Disorder continued to fester until the Dutch officer beat several of them with a paddle to restore order." - Page 227 and 228 of The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 1941-1942 by Tom Womack
Improved to Good Article status by GGOTCC (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

GGOTCC 15:26, 26 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 18:55, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article is new enough (promoted to GA on 26 May 2025), is long enough (9814 characters of prose), has no sourcing or copyright issues (per GA review), and is presentable (per GA review and readthrough). The hook is cited, short enough, and interesting. I think "ethnic ten[s]ions (...) rapidly deter[i]orated" doesn't work. The word "rapidly" shouldn't be used, because it is editorializing and not in the source; the same probably goes for "only". I think it should be either 'ethnic relations deteriorated' or 'ethnic tensions arose'. The source says order was restored by the beating, but doesn't say anything about the effect it had on the tensions. Could you adjust the hook based on these comments? The image is freely licensed, looks great at a diminished size, and is used in the article. I think the image could be slightly cropped though. QPQ is done. –Editør (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 27

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Luis Aranaz

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  • Reviewed:
Created by Luis7M (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Luis7M (talk) 17:22, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: @Luis7M: The hook is verified, but it's on the border for me if it's "interesting". I'll mark it down as such since leading a team to 2 titles is notable. The article does not read neutrally/encyclopedic. I know that the tone of sports articles is different on Wikipedia, but this one sounds too promotion in my opinion. I think it should be rewritten to be more neutral. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 00:10, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PizzaKing13: I gave this a rudimentary copyedit. Which bits do you consider unduly promotional?--Launchballer 12:06, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I thought the beginning of the second paragraph of the club career section sounded to promotional, but I went ahead and copyedited it myself to make it more neutral. I believe the article is ready for DYK, though I suggest that Segunda División should be linked. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 17:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
information Note: @PizzaKing13 and Luis7M: I don't find the hook that interesting, for the reasons PK13 notes above; as DYK slots are currently under high demand, I won't be promoting it. Other promoters may disagree. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:24, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: Fair enough. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 00:31, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Carmel Naughton

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ALT1: * ... that having been told that girls were "stupid and couldn't do maths", Carmel Naughton has supported girls (and boys) through a STEM scholarship fund since 2017? same

Created by Bogger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

Bogger (talk) 16:02, 28 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Overall: Thank you for this interesting article about a philanthropist. Yes, some of us remember the misogyny of yesteryear. My sister and I wanted to join the British Navy, but were told, "the only thing that you will be navigating, my dears, will be a desk" (I later became a SCUBA diving instructor with RYA qualifications, and ran my own dive boat. Hah.) Girl power! Storye book (talk) 16:14, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: I have given the article a minor copyedit for Standard English. That does not affect DYK.
  • The article says that at an unnamed school, nuns told Naughton that girls were stupid etc. The article also happens to mention the name of a school (St Louis Monaghan) that Naughton attended. If the school with nuns and insults was not St Louis Monaghan, then that should be made clear, for obvious reasons.
  • ALT0 has 186 characters. That is not beyond the 200-character limit for DYK hooks, but it still looks a bit wordy. Can you suggest a shorter, punchier hook?
  • If we can resolve the above two issues, then this nomination should be good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:14, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bogger: Please address the above.--Launchballer 16:14, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(sorry I missed the review last week.) I've moved the reference to the nun away from the immediate mention of the school, in case it wasn't in that school, (though I suspect it was). As for a shorter hook:

ALT1: * ... that having been told that girls were "stupid and couldn't do maths", Carmel Naughton has supported girls (and boys) through a STEM scholarship fund since 2017? same Thanks, -Bogger (talk) 23:36, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bogger. Your correction in the article is fine. Please could you now also look at my above concern about the length of the hook? Could we remove "Naughton Foundation's", for example, so that the hook reads "a STEM scholarship fund"? If you want to change the hook wording, please give us an ALT1, so that I can approve it. Storye book (talk) 10:19, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I included ALT1 in my previous message, now added to the top for clarity -Bogger (talk) 12:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, Bogger, and thank you for your patience, I don't know how I missed that. Good to go, now. Storye book (talk) 08:13, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My Schizophrenic Life

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  • Source: MacKay, Sandra Yuen. My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness. Ontario, Canada: Bridgeross Communications, 2010. p. 205
5x expanded by Therapyisgood (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Therapyisgood (talk) 15:18, 27 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Overall: Thank you for a useful article about schizophrenia.

  • I have given the article a major copyedit for formatting/markup. WP has its own markup; it is more user-friendly than html. One useful feature of the WP citation system is that you can see at a glance how many times a certain citation has been used in the article. Also, you don't have to program paragraphs when editing, you just hit return. Note that on WP, punctuation goes before citations, not after citations. If you have any problems with WP markup, please ask me.
  • The ALT0 hook citation is offline, but taken in good faith.
  • Just one point: I have tried, but cannot remove the "sarcastic" emoji in the centre of the article. I have applied to the WP help desk in the hope that someone can do that for us.
  • When the above emoji issue is resolved, this nomination should be good to go. Storye book (talk) 18:34, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Storye book: It has subsequently been fixed. Therapyisgood (talk) 21:21, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Therapyisgood; it turns out that the fault was in my own typo ({{p|page number}} instead of {{rp|page number}}), because the p template makes smileys. Haha. Storye book (talk) 07:02, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good to go. Storye book (talk) 07:02, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KHSV

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Explosion cloud of the PEPCON disaster
Explosion cloud of the PEPCON disaster
Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 775 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:49, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough (promoted May 27), long enough (9800 B), no copyvio (Earwig says 6%, and no close paraphrasing detected), well-sourced. Hook interesting and verified in source. Approving the image, but I'm not sure if I'd suggest running it with the hook, as an image of what just looks like some explosion probably won't draw in viewers. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:24, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Meatball (black bear)

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  • ... that in 2013, a Twitter user and an animal sanctuary became involved in a copyright dispute over a meatball?
  • ALT1 ... that in 2013, a Twitter user and an animal sanctuary became involved in a copyright dispute over a bear named Meatball?
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: submitting as an April Fool's Day DYK
Created by Gb321 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Gb321 (talk) 15:58, 2 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Overall: Thank you for this interesting article about a bear's behaviour, and about copyright. That tells us a lot about our civilisation, doesn't it. I don't know whether admin can keep the article until April Fool's Day 2026, but that is not up to me. The hook would be fine on any other day, anyway, if admin decides not to use it that way. Meanwhile, I like the article, and as far as I am concerned, it is good to go, whenever.

  • Just in case there is hassle about the hook being too April-Fool-ish for regular use, how about adding an ALT1, saying something like "... that in 2013, a Twitter user and an animal sanctuary became involved in a copyright dispute over a bear named Meatball?" Storye book (talk)

Okipa

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A Mandan Bull Dancer
A Mandan Bull Dancer
  • ... that at the end of the Okipa, Bull Dancers of the Mandan tribe (example pictured) had ritual sex with married women and then smoked a "pipe of reconciliation" with their husbands?
Created by ThaesOfereode (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 20 past nominations.

ThaesOfereode (talk) 14:19, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Everything looks good here. Great work! MallardTV Talk to me! 13:10, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MallardTV: Much appreciated! Thanks for the review. ThaesOfereode (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Crystal Palace Theatre, Christchurch

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

David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 00:05, 28 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Cloventt Well written article. The hook matches the source and article. QPQ not needed. I was thinking that a more interesting hook would be about it only British films. What do you think? ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:37, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd agree but I don't have much detail to back up why it became "All-British", or when it stopped being "All-British", it was something to do with an imperial conference? So I'd rather go with something a bit more undebateable. It also has the secondary benefit of getting a home page mention for a fairly obscure silent film. Hopefully someone might notice and expand the article. David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 08:15, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Panamitsu I've updated the hook to emphasise that the film is lost, which hopefully makes it a bit more interesting? David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 01:53, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah alright. Much better. Approved. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:09, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Irene D. Paden

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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 84 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 14:51, 2 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@TSventon: Ah, the one rule I keep forgetting like a million times. I've fixed the hooks accordingly. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:53, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
. Very interesting article! I've got one nitpick about WP:TSI: ALT0 speaks of a single holiday, rather than a series of summers, whereas the source speaks of a longer period of time. I wonder if the sentence can be rephrased to work in BrEng as well, as vacation more strongly implies leisure in the UK than in the US if I'm not mistaken. Family summer trips? Maybe sounds less interesting, so feel free not to change this. I find AL0 the most interesting. Article meets all the necessary quality criteria. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 06:21, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Femke: Assuming the don't assume everyone worldwide is familiar with your subject part to WP:DYKINT expands to English varieties, how's this?
ALT0B: ... that Irene D. Paden turned an annual family summer trip into a book on American westward expansion trails? Source: Same as ALT0
ミラP@Miraclepine 14:34, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Happy if you pluralise trips, as it's extended research she did. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 18:11, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Femke: Fixed it while the page says "annual" instead of plural. ミラP@Miraclepine 19:34, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
. Happy with ALT0B (preferred one), and also ALT1 and ALT2. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:58, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taraxacum akteum

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  • ... that Taraxacum akteum was first identified in some parts of Britain in 2016, more than 40 years after it was described from Dutch coastal meadows?
Created by MallardTV (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

MallardTV Talk to me! 13:52, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - ?
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. However, I can't seem to find the hook's statement in the provided source – could you provide a quote from the source verifying it @MallardTV:? Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:16, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11: Sorry about that! Here's the second source. (I forgot to add it.) https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/540026/ABN1974023004006.pdf pages 439–459. MallardTV Talk to me! 23:29, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So that verifies the Dutch part. As for the first sighting in England, in the provided source I only see "Taraxacum akteum Soest & Zevenb. – a dandelion. VC4, Morchard Bishop, 2016, LT det. AJR. First county record" – is there something in that that I'm missing? Would "first county record" mean the first time found in Britain? BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:09, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11: Hence "some" parts of england. MallardTV Talk to me! 03:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The distribution map is rather misleading for the same reason. Whole countries are highlighted instead of specific parts of them. Surtsicna (talk) 07:23, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, that seems to make sense. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:32, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stuart Stanton (surgeon)

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  • Source: " he learnt the Burch colposuspension which was originally described by the American gynaecologist John Burch, itself a modification of the Marshall Marchetti Kranz procedure a retropubic urethropexy. His research and influence popularised this surgery so that it became the most popular procedure for urinary stress incontinence worldwide" International Continence Society
Created by Andrew Davidson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 132 past nominations.

Andrew🐉(talk) 19:32, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A newly created article that is long enough. Nominated within 7 days. The article is sourced and neutral, although the phrase "the City of London School which was created for poor children but is now one of the best schools in the country" is unsourced. Earwig marks two sources as Violation unlikely with over 20% of similarity, but it is just the names of people and institutions. The hook is sourced and interesting. (CC) Tbhotch™ 23:53, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tbhotch: It's not quite clear what the issue is but, supposing that it's the point about the school, I have rewritten that bit and added a citation, ok? Andrew🐉(talk) 10:01, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks, that was the issue. (CC) Tbhotch™ 04:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Isabel Gutiérrez del Arroyo

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Created by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 85 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 22:25, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: New enough and long enough. Interest factor is not the greatest, but it works. Don't see any issues with paraphrasing, but AGF on Spanish.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jeannie Rice

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  • ... that multiple world record runner Jeannie Rice has the highest VO2 max ever recorded in a woman older than 75?
  • ALT1: ... that multiple world record runner Jeannie Rice has the VO2 max of a woman fifty years younger than her?
  • Source: Cimons, Marlene (2025-04-20). "At 77, she's as fit as a 25-year-old. What her body tells us about aging". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  • ALT2: ... that runner Jeannie Rice is setting world records past seventy years of age?
  • ALT3: ... that Jeannie Rice went from running to lose weight to running to set world records?
Created by Bremps (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Bremps... 16:09, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough (mainspace May 27), long enough (2500 B), well-sourced (sources are niche but appear reliable for the subject of running), no copyvio (Earwig says 6.5%). Striking ALT0 and ALT1 as uninteresting as the average reader will not understand the term VO2. ALT2, ALT3, ALT4 verified in sources and approved. I think ALT3 is the most interesting as it has just enough information to interest a reader. ALT5 would work for the quirky slot, but I think it less likely to draw readers than ALT3. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:54, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 29

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Western Air Lines Flight 34

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The aircraft involved, prior to the crash
The aircraft involved, prior to the crash
  • ... that when the aircraft operating Western Air Lines Flight 34 crashed in Wyoming, it took searchers three days to find the crash site?
  • Source: The Casper Tribune-Herald, Monday, March 1, 1954, page 1, "Searchers Find Nine Aboard; All Are Dead" .. "The downed plane, missing since Friday, was found on the Keeline Ranch in Campbell County..." and "on the third flight [on Monday morning] they relocated the splattered airliner one half to three-quarters of a mile southwest of Bacon Creek."
Improved to Good Article status by RecycledPixels (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

RecycledPixels (talk) 19:27, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Converted to GA status. QPQ completed. Passes Earwig check and interesting hook. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 04:39, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regan Garden

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

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:28, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough and long enough. Hook fact is verified in the sources for 0 and ALT2 - rejecting ALT1 as the source reads “1.2 亿元” - 120 million; not as impressive. QPQ has been provided. No copyvio detected, as expected when all sources are in Chinese. Image is… clear enough at that size, and adequately licensed. Good to go. Strongly prefer ALT2. Juxlos (talk) 09:02, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 30

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The Zelensky Effect

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  • ... that the authors of The Zelensky Effect analysed material from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's entertainment career in the context of the development of civic national identity in Ukraine?
  • Source: The Zelensky Effect, p29 and 30 (pages freely available via Google Books in chapter 1 "Global Hero", although Google Books doesn't show page numbers):
"Throughout, we provide a nuanced analysis of the content of Zelensky's Kvartal 95 concert performances and Servant of the People television series, which wind up yielding considerable insight into the Zelensky Effect at the core of our account."
And "First, we employed extensive qualitative data and conducted detailed discourse and content analysis of the following: Kvartal 95 skits and songs (in original language); Servant of the People television series transcripts (in original language as well as translations)..."
Extra source for civic national identity: [12] "It explains what happens when a leader works creatively and consistently to shore up what social scientists call ‘civic national identity’, an inclusive version of who belongs to the nation, and links it to democratic, pro-European and liberal values."
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Earwig shows a high similarity percentage mainly because of the authors' job titles and quoted reviews of the book.
    • I welcome scrutiny of the summary section - this is my first book article and I couldn't find much guidance on summarising a book's contents while avoiding close paraphrasing (especially since one of the tips for avoiding close paraphrasing is to use multiple sources, which doesn't work for a summary of a single book). I tried to avoid excess detail and summarise in my own words while preserving the most important points. Thanks!
Moved to mainspace by Helpful Cat (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Helpful Cat🐈(talk) 17:03, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The hook itself seems fine, interesting enough, decently written, long enough, new enough. This is more of a subjective comment but I don't think this article includes enough non-book contents material, edging on this being a problem with WP:DYKCOMPLETE given how long the contents summary is (which is good, but needs more stuff to balance it). We're only citing one review and a book blurb for the reception, which while probably from a normal review is a bit problematic. Can you add a few more reception bits? The publisher page indicates the existence of a lot more reviews. I think that would even it out. Also, I would add a cover of the book as an NFCC image but that's not really a problem just a suggestion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PARAKANYAA (talk • contribs) 05:37, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clutch Gaming

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Improved to Good Article status by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

Yue🌙 18:11, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: QPQ is met and the article was promoted to GA on May 30. The hook is rather interesting as I did not know that they had an esports team. No major issues with the article. Jon698 (talk) 04:14, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

G: Gaya Hidup Ceria

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

Kaythehistorian (talk) 12:58, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Appreciate the addition of the sources and further expansion. New and long enough, QPQ still not required, copyvio is not detected by earwig (it flagged the journal article title, doesn't count). Inline citations are provided. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 12:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lü Hung-chih

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

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:15, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @CanonNi: Article is new enough and -just- long enough. QPQ has been provided, copyvio not detected (and unlikely due to Taiwanese-only sources). The hook, though, states that Lü is "the longest-serving leader", a factoid which is not mentioned in the article (or in the thenewslens.com article, which was published well before him being leader). Could you provide a mention and a source for that claim? Juxlos (talk) 04:12, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @CanonNi: Zhwiki is not an acceptable WP:RS; could you get another source supporting that claim? Maybe the party's website or somesuch. Also, the claim needs to be within the article - the average reader would not be wandering over to zhwiki. Juxlos (talk) 08:06, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Failing that, you could go with an alternate hook:
Juxlos (talk) 08:09, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Juxlos: Ah, alright. Let's go with ALT1 then, since sources seem to suggest the band still being somewhat active. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 07:13, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Juxlos (talk) 07:16, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hanahaki disease

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Created by Cathodography (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Cattos💭 01:05, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Approved. Article is new enough, long enough and fully cited: some citations (e.g. note 4, a guide to writing fan fiction) may be questionable under WP:RS, but I think they're good enough at the level we need. No evidence of copyvio or any other concerns (e.g. BLP). Could an image perhaps be added -- though I acknowledge that might be tricky with fan-fiction based on copyrighted IPs? QPQ is done. I would suggest using ALT0: the other two don't really give any sense of what the "disease" actually is, and I think few readers are likely to have come across it already. We don't have a source given for the hook in the nomination, but it does appear in the article and the citation (note 3 as at time of writing) confirms it. UndercoverClassicist T·C 17:39, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Li Jinhua (diplomat)

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Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 54 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 05:06, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Toadboy123 -- note that two QPQs are currently required since we're in backlog mode. Chetsford (talk) 14:31, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chetsford Done. Toadboy123 (talk) 04:41, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Queue it up! Chetsford (talk) 05:52, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gheorghe Plagino

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  • ... that Gheorghe Plagino, the first Romanian competitor at the Olympics, was born out of wedlock?
5x expanded by History6042 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

History6042😊 (Contact me) 16:54, 30 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article recently expanded, with a sufficient length and just-enough expansion. Hook fact is cited in the Olympedia article and the other sources seem to back up everything (didn't mention the wedlock, but regardless). QPQ has been provided. Copyvio check has a somewhat high score but that's due to long titles, so good to go. Juxlos (talk) 00:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on May 31

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Werner Mamugwe

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  • Source: Oiva Angula. SWAPO Captive: A Comrade’s Experience of Betrayal and Torture. Penguin Random House South Africa, 2018
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 436 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 23:32, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Dwkaminski (talk) 13:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Review comments:
    • Couldn't access Bollinger, Gowaseb or Putz/Von Egidy/Caplan references - but AGF
    • Not quite sure what to make of the Dag refrence - page 36 is a list of footnotes. I don't see any mention of his chairmanship on this page. It is redundant with reference 7 so might not be needed.
    • SWANU chair, imprisonment and exile section - ref 1 does not support the months - "In August 1966 he attempted to re-enter South West Africa through the Caprivi strip" and "On September 7, 1966 he was transferred to Pretoria Central Prison." - either add reference to support or remove months from article
    • Earwing copyvio detector shows 3.8% - copyright violation unlikely
    • @Soman:Just minor changes above - please make those changes and I'll approve - well sourced although I could not access several of them - hook is interesting however the story about being left in the wilderness to fend for himself would also be an interesting hook. Dwkaminski (talk) 15:29, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yulius Selvanus

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Created by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 265 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 00:11, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article and hook fulfills all requirements set in the DYK criteria. All good! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:39, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Hand That Signed the Paper

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  • Reviewed:
Moved to mainspace by MCE89 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

MCE89 (talk) 14:32, 31 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article moved to mainspace. QPQ done. Well-written and engaging hook, properly cited. Meets all criteria with prep from GA status. GTG. Toadboy123 (talk) 02:48, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 1

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Rockbank railway station

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The pedestrian bridge built in the reconstruction
The pedestrian bridge built in the reconstruction
  • ... that Rockbank railway station's pedestrian bridge (pictured) is colored brown, representing the earth surrounding the station?
Improved to Good Article status by ThatPB95 Fan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ThatPB95 Fan (talk) 08:09, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Review

Starting review. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:50, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: I am approving the first hook which seemed the most hooky. I took the liberty of adding a picture as it seems to help. This is cropped from a picture in the article to show the pedestrian bridge. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:20, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 2

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WGBX-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 776 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 18:24, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 10:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not familiar with this field, but I think the bolded text in this source verifies the hook. The source notes: "Lynn DuVal of WGBH tells us WGBX (Channel 44) is indeed the only station in the country to carry the signal and has been doing so since Aug. 1, 1986, under special license from the Federal Communications Commission. Ch. 44, she explains, takes a raw radio signal, feeds It through a pulse code modulator and encodes the signal into "square snow," or digital audio (stereo), which cannot be heard on regular receivers. The station then combines the stereo signal with a regular monaural radio signal. About 100 persons in the Ch. 44 broadcast area have pulse-code modulators. When they receive a visual signal on a videotape, to which they have connected their PCMs, they can decode the signal into clear, pure stereo audio, free from the usual hiss and other distractions, as it was originally fed into the Ch. 44 PCM." Cunard (talk) 10:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie

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  • ... that Angelina Jolie payed homage to Marilyn Monroe with a dress?
Improved to Good Article status by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

jolielover♥talk 04:53, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Jolielover: QPQ is met, hook is mildly interesting, article was upgraded to GA on June 2, and I cannot find any problems in the article stopping it from being a DYK. Jon698 (talk) 04:11, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Jolielover please consider adding a WP:FAIRUSE image of Jolie's dress to the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:31, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • AirshipJungleman29 Hi there, I tried twice and it didn't work out. First, Sydney Sweeney wearing the dress as distributed by Vogue Taiwan; ultimately, a Commons discussion on the copyright status of such images determined they were not suitably licensed, and hence the image deleted (1). I also tried Jolie herself wearing the dress back in 2004, however, all the photos I found were press releases and deemed inappropriate and in violation of NFC (2). I'm ultimately not very versed in copyright laws and such, so if there is a loophole I've missed, or if there is an image with appropriate licensing, please feel free to add it :) although I have tried without luck to get the image, maybe there's something I missed. jolielover♥talk 18:23, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here Will I Nest

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  • Source: Pages 3 and 20 Stage-Bound: Feature Film Adaptations of Canadian and Québécois Drama by André Loiselle
5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 98 past nominations.

Jon698 (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

QPQ: No - Awaiting QPQs Done.
Overall: @Jon698: Article is new enough (freed from redirect on 6/3) and long enough. Hook is interesting, though I'll have to AGF on its source since I don't have 165 bucks to spend on the book. (I probably have access through the Wikipedia Library, though...) 2 QPQs are needed since DYK is in backlog mode again, but other than that, this nomination is good to go. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 08:13, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CanonNi: QPQ done. Jon698 (talk) 04:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approved. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:19, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Freeman House

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Samuel Freeman House
Samuel Freeman House
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 727 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 02:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Impressive expansion! Article looks good, nice work. I like ALT0, which stood out to me among new DYK nominations. Appears good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:06, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 3

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Fugitive Doctor

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  • ... that writers on Doctor Who used location shoots with the returning Judoon species to distract from the Fugitive Doctor's introduction?
Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Lbal (talk) 05:02, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Reviewing this! Been recently dipping my toes back into DW after a little while away, so figure it's a good start. It's my first review, so apologies if I goof anything up.
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: On one hand, I lean towards ALT1 as it's less technical/DW knowledge-based than the original hook, but on the other, the original hook is also a bit more positive/"fun," to say the least. Otherwise, not seeing any issues - Earwig didn't pick up anything besides the attributed quotes, the article is extremely well-written (being a new GA), and the original hook + ALT1 are interesting facts to the average reader. Congrats! The Kip (contribs) 23:45, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Lbal: @The Kip: Comment, but as the one who promoted this to GA in the first place I do oppose the usage of ALT1. The Junkee source is the only source that's saying this in the article; using it as a blanket statement as if every critic was saying the same is just inaccurate, and citing only one critic's opinion just isn't really interesting and can show potentially UNDUE weight towards one specific idea. This criticism of the character is valid, but when it's the only source actually saying this, I feel touting it by itself as if it's the only point being said just doesn't really work no matter how you slice it.
A few further hook suggestions to help:

Can obviously be trimmed or adjusted a little bit but I do believe at least one of these could serve as a replacement to ALT1; I'm similarly a bit iffy on ALT2 since the whole timeline thing kinda hinges on you caring about said timeline in the first place, so hopefully these will be helpful in that regard if you're still iffy on it. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:39, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

      • I do quite prefer ALT3 and ALT4, I'd be willing to have those replace ALT1 and ALT2.

Dukaisms

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Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 562 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:59, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Blasius Mataranga

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  • ... that during the 1363-64 Balsha-Thopia war, Blasius Mataranga tried to seize Durrës, but Karl Thopia defended the city and captured his ally Gjergj I Balsha?
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Arberian2444 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Arberian2444 talk 20:14, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

References

  1. ^ Fine, Jr, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 371-372. ISBN 978-0-4720-8260-5. ...In the 1363-64 Balsic-Thopia war the Matarangos were allied to the Balsici. One would expect the Balsici to be opposed to the Matarangos if, in fact, the Matarangos were trying to establish themselves in this northern region. Thus, if the Matarangos did indeed have both northern lands and an alliance with the Balsici, one might conclude they were clients or vassals of the Balsici for these lands. However, it makes more sense to see Matarango involvement in the war as resulting from a Matarango-Thopia quarrel to the south. This view is confirmed by the fact that the citizens of Durazzo supported the Thopias. Possibly Blaz Matarango had attempted to take that town and Karlo Thopia had gone to the defense of the Angevin city with which he was allied. In the spring of 1364 in the course of a skirmish Karlo Thopia took George Balsié prisoner and held him captive until 1366 when Dubrovnik mediated peace and procured his release...

Articles created/expanded on June 4

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Mountain cottontail

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Sylvilagus nuttallii
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

-- Reconrabbit 19:11, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, having passed GA on 4 June and nominated for DYK on 9 June. Article is well long enough. BLP doesn't apply; article is well sourced; article is neutral. Spotcheck on copyvios on ref 10 appear OK. Article is presentable. I was able to verify the hook on the Google Books preview, which is reliable. Info about the site itself verified to NW source. Hook is short enough. Hook is interesting. QPQ done. Do you have any proof the image is actually made by a federal government employee, with for instance a link to a government website? I would find it odd if a government employee would just upload it straight to Wikipedia, as is currently suggested on the image on the Commons. Therapyisgood (talk) 20:07, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That was something I went back and forth on for ages trying to figure out. It certainly would be nice if it was the case that User:I1justin was Justin Wilde, researcher at U.S. Department of Energy Hanford, depicted as still working at the facility last year. I am inclined to believe that is the case because he is involved with the environmental monitoring program, but haven't found the image anywhere else (that isn't obviously taking it from Commons). I don't have a LinkedIn or Researchgate account so I can't figure out if he has an email address or other contact. -- Reconrabbit 20:24, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Starlight (Taylor Swift song)

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

Ippantekina (talk) 04:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - See below
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Ippantekina: Article is new enough (moved to mainspace on 6/4), long enough, and a QPQ has been done. My only concern is the hook - the article doesn't mention the song being "dedicated" to Ethel Kennedy, only that it was inspired by her romance with RFK. Does the WSJ source say that it was dedicated to her? The article is behind a paywall and I can't access it. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:59, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cybersocket, Inc.

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5x expanded by Damian Vo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

Damian Vo (talk) 17:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • QPQ is done. Earwig turns up 33% but it's mostly a direct quote. Both hooks are verified in the provided source. Medium is normally not a reliable source, but in this case it's an interview so it can be used as a primary source. I think the first hook is really interesting and I think that any mention of porn on the main page is basically guaranteed lots of clicks. Prior to expansion the page was 1075 B of readable prose and it is currently 6398 B, so 5x expansion has been reached. I think this looks good to go! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 18:43, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two Associates v. Brown

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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 86 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 14:53, 6 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. ALT1 is more interesting in my opinion. Sahaib (talk) 17:38, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinmonkey

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

Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:40, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Everything is in good condition and passes standards. Next time, provide the quote for the hook. I believe the relevant quote for the hook, based on the source, is: "As for the name, a few years before, a friend who did booking at a Nashville club said they needed to pick a name to get on an advertisement. At the time, Reynolds was watching The Simpsons. Homer's big ambition was to get a job at bowling alley setting the pins. Thus, the name Pinmonkey." Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 05:02, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Muse

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  • Source: The Patriot Ledger - "While working as a paraprofessional aide at Canton High and later a history teacher at Archbishop Williams, he was brought on as an assistant at Milton Academy by head coach Paul Cannata. 'I was actually at the open house for Suffolk (University) Law, and made my decision there,' Muse said. 'I love teaching, I love coaching – I want to teach hockey.'"
Created by The Kip (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

The Kip (contribs) 23:57, 4 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. ALT0 or ALT1 is probably best; ALT2 kind of relies on knowing who Leonard is. Approved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:44, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Alphonso Lisk-Carew

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Bundoo Girls, Sierra Leone, by Alphonso Lisk-Carew, 1911
Bundoo Girls, Sierra Leone, by Alphonso Lisk-Carew, 1911
  • ... that in 1920, an observer said: "There is probably no establishment in Freetown that is visited by more passengers from the steamers than that of Messrs. Lisk-Carew Bros."?
  • Source: In 1920, an observer said: "There is probably no establishment in Freetown... See ref. 3: Geary, Christraud M. (2018). Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive. Boston: MFA Publications. ISBN 978-0-87846-855-3, p. 21.
5x expanded by Munfarid1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

Munfarid1 (talk) 17:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment: @Munfarid1: I'm happy to review this nom, as I always enjoy your articles, and this one more so, but I did notice that 1) you've got a stray HTML tag ("mark") that is used to highlight The red book of West Africa and 2) you've got an appendix like "Publications" in the middle instead of the end of the article. See MOS:LAYOUT. Viriditas (talk) 19:43, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Viriditas:, thanks for your positive remarks and useful observations. I just corrected the two issues you mentioned. When you comment on the hooks, please let me know, if something should not correspond to WP:DYKCRIT, as sometimes a promotor has found some inconsistencies that I might have overlooked. Also, it would be useful for you to say, which of the hooks you approve of. Enjoy reading the article and regarding its images. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:05, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will complete a review in the next hour or so. Viriditas (talk) 21:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, won't be able to get to it until later tonight. Viriditas (talk) 03:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's unclear if File:Studio of Lisk-Carew Bros., Freetown.jpg is actually in the public domain for several reasons. I updated the commons page to note that the photo is held by the Myrta and Emory Ross Collection of African Photographs at Syracuse University.[14][15] As far as I can tell (and I'm just guessing based on the info I found), the collection was bequested to SU by the estate of Estelle Muriel Linzer (1918–1997) just before or after she passed away. I've noticed that the bequest dates are often a year off from the death date, indicating that the legal arrangements were made in 1996 before Linzer died (I think). This indicates to me that the photo was never published until 1996. I'm not familiar with copyright law as much as others, but I do wonder if it is in the public domain based on the above. Viriditas (talk) 10:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for your helpful corrections on the article page and for this remark. As Geary (2018) p. 21 mentions the year of 1938 for this photograph, I think this is a reliable source for the date it was taken. In any case, it was taken in Freetown, so Sierra Leone copyright applies, which is only 25 years after the death of the unidentified photographer. Unfortunately, this site of Syracuse University does not give me any information. Further, the document for the Zurich exhibition says: "Alphonso Lisk-Carew’s studio in Freetown with postcards on the signboards, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1938, Reproduction, 2022, Emory and Myrta Pearson Ross." So this seems to indicate the original date again, and its 2022 reproduction by the Emory and Myrta Pearson Ross collection for the exhibition. - What do you think we should do? Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Probably nothing for now. What I personally do when I run into this kind of thing is I nominate my own photo uploads for deletion on Commons and argue against myself. That tends to work best for generating discussion and resolution, but that kind of style doesn't appeal to everyone. Also, as you are likely aware, Commons has a totally different approach to deletion arguments than we do here. Viriditas (talk) 22:28, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your paragraphs in the "Scholarship about Lisk-Carew's work" subsection could be cut in half for readability. While I don't mind the size of your paragraphs (and actually prefer it), I've been informed repeatedly that younger people have far different reading habits and prefer paragraphs half the size. It's up to you, but I did want to point this out as I've only become aware of it recently. Viriditas (talk) 10:39, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this, too. I recently discovered a WP add-on for readability. But when I applied it, the suggested changes were much too truncated for this kind of articles. Also, the WPF has recently published a questionnaire about the idea of introducing an AI-generated short summary for certain articles. - In my view, WP as an encyclopedia presenting reliable information should not tend towards the lowest common denominator we already see in many so-called social media. Probably, readers who prefer shorter texts will mainly turn to AI, which already gives short and rather reliable summaries of WP articles. - Anyway, I will look at the lenght of paragraphs again and make reasonable changes. Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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

Overall: Article is new enough and expanded just under 11x from 31 May (620 chars) to 5 June (6587 chars); it is long enough. It is sourced and neutral and free from plagiarism. Hooks are cited. I prefer ALT1, although ALT0 could be reworked and rewritten without a quote to show that Lisk-Carew had a good business selling postcards to tourists and running a store. I'm uncertain if you need to attribute ALT1, but if you do, art curator Julie Crooks could be linked as she is notable. If you do go with ALT0, you should consider using one of the postcard images instead. If you go with ALT1, I think the Bundoo Girls image still works, but the caption might need to be changed to indicate it is Lisk-Carew's photo. Not really a fan of the other hooks, so I won't comment on them. ALT1 really sticks out for me as the best, but I think ALT0 has potential if it isn't quoted and paraphrased instead per the source.[16] I questioned the free license of File:Studio of Lisk-Carew Bros., Freetown.jpg up above, but I don't think that should hold up this nom. I made a series of minor copyedits.[17] I do notice two issues: the birth date of Alphonso Silvester Lisk-Carew might be 1883 (not 1887) per Geary 2018. I assume the 1883 date is a typo? Also the Duke visited in 1910, which means the Souvenir album of Freetown source has the wrong date. Viriditas (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, too. I have just made the necessary changes you indicated and deleted this image from the article. As for ALT1, let us wait which one the promotor prefers, and I will make any necessary changes according to that. Munfarid1 (talk) 13:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oduwa

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  • ... that Oduwa's son was discovered through a "mother’s dish test" after, according to a legend, royal wives gave birth to creatures like a monkey and a lizard? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997). Great Benin: The age of Ogiso Reform (1050–1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 83.
    • ALT1: ... that under the reign of Oduwa, cowries became so widespread as currency in Igodomigodo that nobles stitched them into their clothes—causing runaway inflation? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997). Great Benin: The age of Ogiso Reform (1050–1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 80.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Niamey
Improved to Good Article status by Vanderwaalforces (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:06, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Good article promoted four days before nomination with a coveted 0.0% by Earwig. Heavily suggest promoting ALT1 over ALT0 as the latter is kind of convoluted and unclear. Great work on this page. Good to see more African history pages get GAs. ThaesOfereode (talk) 20:43, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nurtami Soedarsono

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Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 82 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 05:04, 6 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: Good article, all in shape. Just awaiting the extra QPQ. Otherwise good to go. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great - thanks for doing so quickly. All good to go! Onceinawhile (talk) 06:10, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 6

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James Edwin Thompson

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Created by Sailing427alt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Hi I'm Sailing427, but you can call me Sailing. Look at my profile. (talk) 19:12, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Dwkaminski (talk) 19:36, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments:
    • Early life and education section:
      • "During his studies, between 1886 and 1887, he was President of the Medical Students' Debating Society." needs a reference
    • Career section:
      • "Thompson became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on the 23rd of July, 1886, followed by becoming a fellow on the 13th of June, 1889." needs a reference
      • Article states, "Beginning in 1891, Thompson served as the University of Texas Medical Branch's inaugural Chairman of Surgery, holding the position until 1917" but reference 1 says "In 1891 Thompson moved to the United States and became professor and first chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, remaining in that position until his death." Reference 3 says he took the position in 1891 and held it for 26 years - therefore 1917. Which is it? 1917 or 1927?
    • Earwing's copyvio detector shows 21.3% - violation unlikely. Most of score is proper nouns. Could be some slight re-writing but not significant.
    • Less than 5 DYK submission so no qpq required
    • @Sailing427alt: Please see my review comments above. I struggled with the hook if it was interesting enough. I landed on yes, but do you want to propose any alternatives? I see you resolved the 1917/1927 issue on the page. Could you add the other references and we should be good.
    • @Sailing427alt: Thank you for adding the requested references and proposing an ALT hook on my wikipedia home talk page. Next time you can add any conversation or alternatives right here on the review template page. Let's go forward with ALT0. Approved for ... that Dr. James Edwin Thompson was a founding member of the American College of Surgeons and their first vice president in 1913?

Lions v Giants (2024 AFL Season)

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

Joecompan (talk) 14:05, 6 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article moved to draft 6 June 2025 and is of sufficient length. Earwig comes up as 11.5%, so no concerns with copyvio. All potential hooks are supported. Refer to image in https://www.afl.com.au/news/1219446/joe-the-giants-killer-lions-rip-prelim-out-of-gws-hands for support of Hook ALT1 and ALT2. All hooks are interesting, but I have a preference for ALT1 or ALT2 as being more interesting. QPQ not required as nominator has less than 4 nominations. Good to go. TarnishedPathtalk 09:34, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Jacomb-Hood

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Jacomb-Hood in 1865
Jacomb-Hood in 1865
Berington; Chadwick, E.; Cole, H.; Graham, Peter; Mechi, J. J.; Morley, Samuel; Nicholay, J. A.; Travers, J. Ingram; Le Neve Foster, P. (9 July 1858). "Journal of the Society of Arts". The Journal of the Society of Arts. 6 (294): 537. ISSN 2049-7865. JSTOR 41323670 – via JSTOR.
Created by JacobTheRox (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 09:38, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Great article. Reads well, long enough, new enough, no copyvios identified. QPQ not required because nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
  • The hooks are all good. I have a slight preference for ALT2._Marshelec (talk) 03:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marshelec: thanks for the review and for your comments. I've ever so slightly changed ALT1 to use the possessive so its more concise. If alt 2 remains your preference then I'm more than happy with that. Thanks again, JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 11:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Peace discourse in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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  • ... that the goal of "peace" may mean different things to Israelis and Palestinians?
  • Source: Sambaraju & McVittie 2018, p. 116: “There remains the question of what is to be, or indeed can be, done about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. One useful starting point would be to reconsider the use of talk of peace and violence in this context. If the term ‘peace’ is indeed nothing more than ‘an attractive but empty box’ (Gavriely-Nuri, 2010, p. 566), into which anyone can place and argue for what is to count as peace, then it can achieve little to retain this as the most desirable description of an outcome. Equally, where it becomes bound up with expectations (or lack of expectations) of international actors, then ‘peace’ potentially does little more than add layers of misunderstanding to existing complexities and to obscure what is at issue.”
Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 82 past nominations.

Onceinawhile (talk) 19:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

OK, how about:
Onceinawhile (talk) 22:38, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think those are better, with 1 being more factual and 2 being more interesting in my opinion. I’ll leave the full review to someone more experienced and less involved, but feel free to ping me if there is no timely review available. FortunateSons (talk) 19:48, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Onceinawhile ALT2 is more interesting, however I don't see 'security maintained through oppressive military control – has not proven sustainable' or similar explicitly stated in the article. Am I missing something? TarnishedPathtalk 05:39, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TarnishedPath: the first part is in there: Supporters of Israel, particularly those on the right-wing, primarily advocate for a negative peace or oppressive peace, where peace means security for Israelis with continuing control over, oppression of, or subjugation of Palestinians. I have just added two more sources, with quotes, to support the sentence.
With respect to the "has not proven sustainable", sadly I don't think a source is needed to prove such a statement as we sit here in June 2025, per WP:SKYBLUE. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:13, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Onceinawhile, it was specifically the "has not proven sustainable" bit that I was having trouble finding in the article. While that might be SKYBLUE to you and me I think someone might pick it up during the review process. TarnishedPathtalk 23:45, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TarnishedPath: thanks for clarifying – I have added a source and a quote. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:34, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article created 7 June and nominated the same day. Earwig comes up as 52.2%%, however this is a consequence of usage of quotes in references. Both ALT1 and ALT2 are interesting and supported by sources. I have a preference for ALT2 which I think is more interesting but either of the ALTs are good. QPQ done. Good to go. TarnishedPathtalk 08:57, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Winter of 1917–18

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  • Comment: Look at scan of book in source for page numbers rather than wayback machine.
Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 08:48, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • A few issues stand in the way of approving this. One is the sourcing: where does the scanned page "The winter of 1917-18 was one of the severest in many years" come from? It looks to be part of a book, but there's no indication of this in the citation. Is it reliable? Does it contribute to notability? Another is that the hook raises the question of whether this ice bridge was unusual–something that the article doesn't answer. Further, the article is improperly named: please move it to Winter of 1917–18 in the United States. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Pbritti: "one of the severest in many years" refers to the current time of the article's time of publishing: 1918, when the winter was still publicly relevant. Its part of a volume of Geographical Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal, and is written by Charles Franklin Brooks, founder of the American Meteorlogical Society, so yes it’s reliable, and establishes notability, for its one of the most in-depth sources on the topic. And I’m not sure the specifying of the country is correct, because Winter of 1886–87 and Hard Winter of 1880–81 don’t specify the United States.
    • and you’re correct about the interestingness of the fact itself. Consider this alternative instead.

... that the winter of 1917–18 caused snowfall in parts of Ohio during the summer?

I think The issue is that you have a scanned page of uncertain provenance in the article. Please correct the citation in the article to indicate where the scanned page comes from. Further, while some American-centric articles do not indicate the place in question, most do: see Winter of 2009–10 in Europe, Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom (a GA), and 1976 European heatwave. The unspecified American articles probably need a move. Additionally, a 1918 source (even if it is peer-reviewed) might pose some limitations towards establishing notability. I think we clear GNG here, but it's close. Once the citation is fixed, I'll be comfortable passing this. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: With the full journal, the reference is: Brooks, Charles F. (May 1918). "The "Old-Fashioned" Winter of 1917-18". Geographical Review. 5 (5). Taylor & Francis: 405, 408–414. doi:10.2307/207470. ISSN 0016-7428. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20 – via JSTOR..

As for moving the articles, 1917–18 and 1880–81 are moved/in the process, but I think the hard winter is fine as is because of the “hard” label separating it from the other places.

Gabby Douglas

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Douglas at the 2016 Olympic Games
Douglas at the 2016 Olympic Games
Improved to Good Article status by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 300 past nominations.

Launchballer 00:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough (passed GA six days before nomination), long enough, and well-sourced. Earwig screamed bloody murder, and one site it flagged (womenfitness.net) has a byline stating their article was written by the site's "Editor-in-Chief" so I was a bit wary, but a lot of the material that Earwig flagged was already in our article before the date of the womenfitness.net byline. I was already pretty sure they'd copied from us rather than the other way around (it doesn't seem like a site with pristine journalistic standards), and that seems to cinch it. A spot check showed no further copyvio concerns.
The hook is interesting and cited in the article even though no source was provided here. I'm not familiar with the MyNewsLA source, but it seems reputable enough, and anyway this isn't a controversial claim as a Google search shows. QPQ done. Image looks good and has a proper license. Nice work to Riley1012 for the GA and Launchballer for the nom. My one very small quibble is that the article seems to be written in American English, which typically uses "modeled" rather than "modelled", so my preference would be for,
ALT0a: ... that gymnast Gabby Douglas (pictured) has a Barbie doll modeled after her?
Otherwise, I think this is good for the main page. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 23:25, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Korean science fiction

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Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 563 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Passing comment: Irregularities like "sf" and "SF" might trip up this nomination. Bremps... 20:31, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article is new enough and long enough and earwig returns a low probability of copyvio. I cannot access the sources so I will assume good faith on that. The hook is definitely interesting in my opinion. The main issue I see with the page is the inconsistency between "sf" and "SF" but that's a minor thing that can be fixed with copyediting and I have no issue with doing that myself. I think this should be good to go. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 21:26, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was going to review this but Artemisia beat me to it by a few seconds, lol. In any case I have some comments already typed out: New enough, long enough, well sourced and quite interesting. I have some questions over the first half of the hook, if it is the first, which is a reoccurring issue at DYK. It does seem to be well cited and science fiction had a relatively recent emergence. Do the sources seem confident it is the 'first' or is there any question (it also might be worth redlinking the story)? Have you searched to see if there is any other work people claim is a first work of Korean sf? If that is not so it should be fine - just gotta be very careful with "first" hooks. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:29, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @ArtemisiaGentileschiFan, PARAKANYAA, and Piotrus: a problem. according to one source I found, the first Korean sci-fi novel may have actually been Ideal Village by Jeong Yeongyu, published 1921. ―Howard • 🌽33 22:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT0a: ... that since the first work of Korean science fiction appeared in 1920s, the field has split into distinct North and South branches?
This alt seems fine. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 02:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion in Libya

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  • Source: [18] The United States allied with the Vatican, Iran, Libya, Syria, and Sudan in opposing women's access to abortion information and services...
    [19] [The Catholic Church] sought alliances with unlikely partners such as Libya and Iran, countries which also aimed to reduce access to abortion.
Created by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 39 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:55, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: New article. QPQ done. Interesting one and hook is engaging and accurately cited. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 02:43, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Drag in France

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

Overall: The article is good enough with length. Hook is interesting, good to go. ~ Φαϊσάλ (talk) 23:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment: The source is dated May 6, 2024 (which is relevant because it establishes when the "this weekend" in the quote was).
Created by MidnightAlarm (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

MidnightAlarm (talk) 22:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 8

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Enterprise Radiation Forest

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Moved to mainspace by Sawyer777 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

... sawyer * any/all * talk 00:35, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:02, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Macau incident (1601)

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  • Source: Wills (2010), p. 46: "In 1601, when the first Dutch ship to appear in Chinese waters anchored near Macao, the Portuguese captured a party sent to sound the coastal waters and executed seventeen of the twenty Dutch captives."
Created by Underbar dk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

_dk (talk) 01:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Looks good, no copyvio issues afaict. Scribd link leads to a scan of a journal article so that's fine. Recommend a minor change to hook as:

ALT1: ... that when that when Dutch ships reached China for the first time, seventeen out of the twenty members of Dutch crew were executed by the Portuguese?

Or something to that effect. Either way would be fine, but I find this much more engaging, having the reader asking what happened to the other three. Interesting episode of Dutch colonial/Chinese history. Great work! ThaesOfereode (talk) 11:53, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I agree with your adjustment to the hook and have struck mine out. To the closer: go with ALT1 please! _dk (talk) 21:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imogen (novel)

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Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 146 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 12:33, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is solid, new enough, long enough, and QPQs done. The source says what we are citing it for. My only issue is I find the way the hook is written to be a bit weaselly. "Was described"? Might be useful to say by who - a newspaper? A reviewer? Etc. In this case it's The Guardian, which seems more important than if it was a small town paper. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
do either of these work PARAKANYAA? Lajmmoore (talk) 07:58, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christ Church, Amherstburg

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Christ Church, Amherstburg
Christ Church, Amherstburg
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 741 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:25, 8 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Size 3654 B, made just this morning. There's a WP:GOOGLEMAPS ref but it's for basic info. Cleaned up a few potential cparas to be safe. Otherwise it's good overall. ミラP@Miraclepine 16:24, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ohuede

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  • ... that in 12th-century Igodomigodo, King Ohuede proposed allowing women to inherit the throne in the absence of male heirs? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997a). Great Benin: The Age of Ogiso Reform (1050-1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 75.
    • ALT1: ... that King Ohuede of Igodomigodo often retreated to his estate to smoke a long pipe, leaving his kingdom to run itself? Source: Ọmọregie, Osarẹn Solomon Boniface (1997a). Great Benin: The Age of Ogiso Reform (1050-1130 AD). Neraso Publishers. ISBN 978-2734-47-0. OCLC 634055155. page 73.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert L. Rankin
Improved to Good Article status by Vanderwaalforces (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:33, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: i like this - interesting topic, and easily meets all criteria. i'm AGF-ing on the offline source. slight preference for ALT0, but i think they're both good hooks. ... sawyer * any/all * talk 00:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mackenzie Hall

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Mackenzie Hall
Mackenzie Hall
Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 742 past nominations.

QPQs: Template:Did you know nominations/Bukit Brown Cemetery, Template:Did you know nominations/The Reality War  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Note that this is my first DYK review so patience is appreciated. Most of the requirements have been met, I suggest getting rid of the "designed by an American" for ALT0 since it doesn't really have any significance imo. I prefer ALT0 over ALT1 since it's more interesting but am willing to change if needed. Also, even though earwig shows 25.9%, it's a bit high for my fancy. If you plan on arguing for ALT1, I would suggest adding Wikilinking "first Black Canadian King's Counsel" to Delos Davis. @Crisco 1492 Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 05:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Icepinner. Designed by an American is a deliberate inclusion as it highlights the interconnectedness of Canadians and Americans; the contrast works toward the interest factor. For Earwig, the number is not the only factor you are looking at; also look at what is being flagged. In this case, there are two correctly attributed quotes and several specific names ("the City of Windsor" is flagged despite being the legal name of the owner, for example). I have reworked one sentence, though that might have arguably been under WP:LIMITED. As for the FOP question, FOP is only required where copyright subsists; there is no copyright on a 170-year-old building.
That being said, I have added ALT2 and ALT3, in case the promoter agrees with you:
ALT2 ... that the former Essex County Courthouse was built by Canada's future prime minister?
ALT3 : ... that the first Black Canadian King's Counsel practised at the Essex County Courthouse?
Thank you for the review, and welcome to DYK! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah I see! Well in that case, I'll go for ALT0. Approved! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 11:08, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Center Cannot Hold (book)

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  • ... that Elyn Saks won a MacArthur Fellows Program "Genius Grant" after publication of her book The Center Cannot Hold, a memoir about her life with schizophrenia?
5x expanded by Therapyisgood (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

Therapyisgood (talk) 20:17, 9 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall:

Articles created/expanded on June 10

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Mary Kahil

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  • Source: Keryell, Jacques (2010). Mary Kahîl: une grande dame d'Égypte: 1889-1979. Paris: Geuthner. p. 12: "En 1920, elle rentre au Caire et participe activement à la fondation du Mouvement de l'Union féministe égyptienne avec Houda Chaaraoui. Elle travaille comme secrétaire et animatrice dans l'œuvre musulmane de bienfaisance 'Mohammed Ali'."
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  • Comment: No further comment—I think I have everything lined up and there shouldn't be any hiccups with sourcing.
Created by M.A.Spinn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

M.A.Spinn (talk) 02:17, 11 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@M.A.Spinn: Please ping me once you have rectified the issue observed by AirshipJungleman29. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:08, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pbritti: Consider yourself pinged. M.A.Spinn (talk) 21:26, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fletcher Ransom

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  • ... that after years of working as an illustrator of books and magazines, Fletcher Ransom authored and illustrated a book of satirical cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt titled My Policies in Jungleland?
Created by Kimikel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 37 past nominations.

Kimikel (talk) 21:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Review: Images are free-use. Nominator performed a QPQ review (I validated the review, linked above). CopyVio tool does not show any issues. Article is neutral, and uses citations and reliable sources. Article meets minimum size requirement (contains 427 words and 2600 characters). Article is new: created June 10, 2025, nominated on the same day. The hook is interesting, and the citation is valid and supports the fact in the hook. I took the liberty of updating the original hook by adding the title of the book. (Nominator: if you prefer the original wording, feel free to revert, and I can add the other wording as an Alternate hook.) All DYK criteria are met, passing this. Noleander (talk) 17:37, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guilty as Sock!

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

'''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 13:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - ALT2 does not check, ALT1, and ALT0 check out
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I'm iffy about ALT2 cause the PCGamer article does not explicitly mention randomly generated evidence and will not be approving it, however, ALT1 and ALT0 are good to do. Sohom (talk) 14:05, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on June 11

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Klaus König

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5x expanded by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2146 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article meets DYK requirements: it is new enough, long enough, and adequately sourced. It is free from close paraphrasing, and a QPQ has been done. The article appeared on Recent deaths so it remains DYK eligible.
There are, however, multiple issues with the hook as currently written. The first is that it is hard to understand: the mention of "after the Fall of the Berlin Wall" is vague. Is it referring to a performance during the actual destruction of the Berlin Wall, immediately after the wall's fall, or is it referring to a time period? Second, the hook is very complex: it is hard to see the point here. What is the relation between him performing Tannhäuser and performing the Ninth Symphony? One doesn't lead to another, and it is unclear what is even the main hook fact. Even the mention of Bernstein seems irrelevant to the hook, if the intention is to focus on König. The hook as written is not only hard to understand, but it is in dire need of a trimming.
The third, and perhaps the biggest issue, is hook interest. As currently written, the hook fails DYKINT: it is unlikely to be perceived as interesting to a non-specialist reader. The layperson reader would not find it interesting that an opera performer performed Tannhäuser or Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This is what the regulars at WT:DYK would call a "boring" hook, and it would be very unlikely to survive scrutiny at WT:DYK. I have struck the hook due to these issues: please propose a new one (do not unstrike, as unstriking does not resolve any of the three concerns I have raised), and ideally a completely different direction. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:41, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We could split the hook in two only: DYK has only one sentence for him. We could end at that he was the tenor called to portray Tannhäuser at some of the greatest opera houses in the world. But then we'd miss that not only was he great in concert, but he took part in this truly legendary performance right after the border between the Germanies was opened (where for the first time the word "Freude" was replaced by "Freiheit" (Freedom}, which was done again in a Soladarity concert for Ukraine in Frankfurt in April 2022}. Some people may remember, and remember better when Bernstein is mentioned who stood for that. To say only that would leave him a concert singer while he was one of the few heldentenors in opera at the time, but of the Tannhäuser type, not the Siegfried type, - the roles are given to distinguish, like you wouldn't only say about a sports person that they played with balls, but say if tennis or baseball. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:03, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The issue here Gerda is that the context you are giving is simply not information that the average reader knows. The average reader is not going to know about how big of a deal Tannhäuser is, or what a heldentenor is. You are an expert on classical music and opera, but the average person will know almost nothing if not nothing about it. If anything, your explanation only further shows why the hook does not meet DYKINT. If you want something simple, maybe a hook about his background as a house painter and decorator would work. At the very least, it would require less knowledge from the average reader. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:13, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given the lack of a suitable hook, I am marking this for closure. If you want the nomination to continue, instead of asking for a second opinion or reverting this edit, please propose a new hook instead. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:23, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) No. I don' want something simple. I want to get as close as what was special about this unique person as I can. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
4meter4: do you have an idea? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:28, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing hooky stands out. The article lacks a compelling biographical narrative and is a bit too WP:RESUME like at the moment. It's hard to come up with something hooky when all you have is a bunch of repertoire/venue lists and reviews that lack anything particularly striking. It's the personalization of content that makes a biography hook stand out, and at the moment the article doesn't really capture what makes Klaus König different from other operatic tenors of a similar stature. You don't get the sense of who he is as human being or what made him unique as a singer, although you can tell what kind of tenor he was if you know opera. But knowing someone's fach/repertoire isn't really all that interesting. The problem is honestly in the content. You'll need to dig around to find a fact that is compelling and add it to the article, because currently there is nothing there suitable for DYK.4meter4 (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 ... that German operatic tenor Klaus König trained as a house painter and decorator before starting his music career? @4meter4: How does this sound? This seems to be the only thing in the article that seemed hooky to me. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:38, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd rather withdraw. He had attention when among the Recent deaths. The chance that DYK potentially offers is to say something defining about him. I wouldn't be surprised if that memorable concert to liberty was among his proudest moment, and doubt that the training as a housepainter was. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt No Gerda. Please read WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE. DYK's purpose is not to say something defining but something surprising or attention grabbing. The Symphony No. 9 concert was important and it is interesting but it takes more than a paragraph to really explain its significance. There's not really a way to distill what made that concert special into a single sentence. You have to remember that many readers who were not alive during the Cold War may not be familiar with the division of Berlin or the Berlin Wall, and Symphony No. 9 concert was unique because of it's deliberate bringing together of international artists from across political divides to perform instead of an "ode to joy" an "ode to freedom". The article itself doesn't really do a good job at contextualizing the concert and its significance either. Regardless, that fact isn't really about König but more about the concert. König was only one of hundreds of musicians who participated. The best biographical hooks are centered on the individual, and are about them. 4meter4 (talk) 15:52, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The readers not alive might learn a bit, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Alt 2 ... that opera singer Klaus König has been described as "one of the most important tenors of his generation, especially in the heroic tenor repertoire"?
    ALT2 is acceptable. I'd like it better without the initial "opera singer", - we can't help that the quote is repetitious (tenor). It's also not clear how much authority the unnamed source has to declare such a thing. I believe that most readers knowing what a heroic tenor is will expect some Siegfried, not Tannhäuser (the by far more interesting character). But acceptable, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt You have to remember that the majority of English speakers, particularly in the United States, are fairly ignorant about opera. Most have never been to an opera performance, and are not familiar with the terminology used in voice type/fach classification. Most readers won't know what a "heroic tenor" is and won't automatically associate the word "tenor" with an opera singer. Americans will think of school or church choirs and the tenor section when they hear the term. Opera literacy is not imbedded within the American consciousness as a whole and Wagnerian opera is staged for the most part only in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Houston. It rarely gets performed outside of those cities because the company's don't have the resources. Americans make up the largest percentage of readers and editors on the English wiki, so we do need to consider what is "specialized knowledge" in relation to the general public on the English wiki.4meter4 (talk) 21:26, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware of this. Only, If they know "tenor" from choir singing they know enough to understand the hook without "opera singer", and "heroic" invites to investigate further. Those who don't may not know "opera" either, or be not interested at that early point.
ALT3: ... that Klaus König made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, as Erik in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, at age 59?
ALT4: ... that Klaus König portrayed Wagner's Tannhäuser in Dresden, for his American debut, and at the Teatro Massimo Bellini at age 60? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:27, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) I don't think this is going anywhere, so I am approving only ALT2. ALT3 and ALT4 do not resolve 4meter4's concerns regarding readers' familiarity with opera roles; in fact, they are only doubling down on the issues he raised about how niche opera is among the general public. ALT2 is cited inline and verified in the source. It is admittedly not the most spectacular hook, but I can't approve ALT1 myself since I proposed it, so ALT2 it is. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:29, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Those who don't may not know "opera" either, or be not interested at that early point. That is exactly what we are trying to avoid with DYK hooks. If a DYK hook is explicitly only targeted to those who may be interested in the hook, no matter how small that group is, that goes against DYKHOOKSTYLE/DYKINT. ALT3 and ALT4 are rejected. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:31, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think you understood what I tried to say.
  1. regarding ALT2: I can see people not interested in opera, who would not read ALT2 to the end because the term "opera singer" drives them away.
  2. I wrote ALT3 especially for everybody: about a person with a stamina to make whatever debut at age 59, but find it only fair to say precisely what that debut was. Critic Tim Page found him "vital and credible" in the role (of a lover loosing his girl to someone more attractive), which could be added for extra quirkiness. I think to say exactly that he sang a supporting role at the Met at that age gives him a much more precise (not vague and exaggerated) position than any "has been described" stamp. What do you think, 4meter4? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:54, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I do not think you understood what 4meter4 said about people's ignorance about opera. The hooks you proposed still require being at least knowledgeable about opera, which probably 90% of Wikipedia's readership are not. The average reader will not know who or what Erik, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, or the Teatro Massimo Bellini are. That does not mean that we cannot have hooks about things readers are unfamiliar with, but it does mean that a hook has to be easily understood or appreciated by someone unfamiliar with the topic. The point has to be easy to get even if a reader does not know the names involved. A hook about the subject being important because he performed at the Teatro Massimo Bellini, a place that maybe over 95% Wikipedia readers have never heard of, let alone know the significance of, is exactly the kind of hook that DYKINT discourages. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:18, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Basically Gerda, a good rule of thumb is this: if a hook's interestingness requires the nominator explaining why the hook fact is interesting on the nomination page, then that hook does not meet DYKINT. You having to explain ALT4 here, instead of letting the hook speak for itself, shows exactly why it is not a suitable hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:09, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Basically, if a hook says that someone made his debut at age 59, that is comprehensible for everybody, and even somewhat quirky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:57, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2a: ... that Klaus König has been described as "one of the most important tenors of his generation, especially in the heroic tenor repertoire"?
ALT3a: ... that Tim Page described the debut of Klaus König at age 59 as "vital" and "credible"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Normally I might be okay with ALT3a, but review quote hooks have done poorly in the past, so it might be better to move on from it. Gerda, I think you need to be more open to hook wordings that aren't specifically your own wordings, because in many cases, the wordings you propose are not the best option. You have to accept that, sometimes, reviewers and promoters will prefer wordings by other editors and not your own, and that's okay. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd prefer ALT3a because 1) ALT2 is also a reviewer hook, 2) it's vague and exaggerated (as said before), 3) it's not credited to someone or an organization while Tim Page is a person with an article whom you can trust more, 4) it misses the quirkyness of vitality for a debut at age 59. Please try to look objectively at hooks, disregarding where they come from.
What do you think af ALT2a, in the name of "trim"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This has been a recurring thing of yours for years where you are hesitant to allow or accept hook wordings that you did not write yourself, even if the ideas came from other editors. It has to be specifically your wording, and if other editors reword or modify them, you object.
Anyway, ALT3a as written is unsuitable for multiple reasons: it is wrong (he did not debut as a performer at the age of 59, but rather as Erik). It does not even mention Erik; even if the hook was modified to an ALT3b that did mention Erik, unless a reader is familiar with the role (and to parallel what 4meter4 mentioned above, probably over 95% of our readers do not know Erik), it is not clear as to why it is a big deal that he debuted at such a role at that age. ALT2 may also be a reviewer hook, but at least it does not require the reader to be familiar with opera roles. ALT2a is not ideal because it is not clear in the hook that he is an opera singer: as 4meter4 said, even the word "tenor" is not limited to opera. Personally though, I still think that ALT1 is the best option given how it does not require any knowledge of opera to understand.
Gerda, your hooks have been questioned on interest grounds for years, so please follow the guidelines on interestingness and propose a hook that is accessible to a broad audience, or at least agree to a hook that does not require the deep expertise on opera that you have. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:20, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Another suggestion: if you want to avoid another long discussion (this discussion is already longer than the article itself), a sensible option would be to agree to ALT2 and wait for a promoter to promote it. Once the article has its run on the main page, that's it. You already said earlier in the discussion that you were fine with ALT2, so if you can just agree to it instead of continuing to object and prolonging the discussion, then König will be featured on DYK sooner rather than later. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:23, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I said earlier in the discussion that ALT2 is acceptable, which is a lot because many are not. However, it is a vague and exaggerated claim, and said so at the same time. ALT3a doesn't claim it was his debut as performer, and it wasn't as Erik (that was much earlier) but at the Met, but aren't we requested to not tell it all? Can't readers find out which debut, raising curiosity? He made some debut at 59 and was regarded as vital, that's much funnier than the general praise that says about nothing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:16, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think alt3a is misleading. The term debut is usually interpreted to mean the first professional performance by an artist in their career. It could end up at WP:ERRORS. I'm scratching it. A "house debut" is qualified through context, and a hook doesn't have space to do that. 4meter4 (talk) 17:21, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd support anything that would just bring this to promotion. @4meter4: Is ALT1 really not a suitable alternative to ALT2/ALT2a? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:47, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
no - I don't see how saying someone trained as a housepainter is interesting at all. If it was astronaut, or philosopher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I find ALT1 really good at generating interest, and while I might not be on the same side as Narutolovehinata5 all the time, I really like their hook. Viriditas (talk) 21:33, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt:, can you either give your approval for ALT1 to run, or withdraw the nomination. Thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I said it before: I'd rather withdraw than run ALT1. Can someone please tell me how anybody would be interested in a person who trained as a housepainter? I'd accept ALT2, or better shorter ALT2a. We talk about a person who recently died. To say no word about what made him one of the greatest, but spend characters on something he left behind early in life, seems not to do justice to him, sorry. His article had c. 5k views while on the Main page (sadly not for long). You can help him to a few more by accepting ALT2. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:31, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
information Note: I don't find ALT2 or ALT2 interesting; as DYK slots are currently under high demand, I won't be promoting them. Other promoters may disagree. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:42, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please tell me what you find interesting in ALT1, because I can't understand. Viriditas, AJ, N.? And perhaps also why you'd find it more interesting than a "vital" house debut at age 59?
ALT3b: ... that when Klaus König made his house debut at the Metropolitan Opera at age 59, Tim Page described it as "vital" and "credible"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:57, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Because it is a wonderful story. A blue collar house decorator who took evening classes when already thirty years old, and fifteen years after that became an internationally renowned performer for twenty years, while still maintaining his decorating business (not that you'd know that last bit from the article—of course he couldn't have been "proud" of something like that). As for "vital" and "credible", so meaningless I've removed it from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:45, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I were writing this nomination, it would be something like ALT4: ... that Klaus König, who worked as a painter for over thirty years, played lead operatic roles at major venues in Vienna, London, Milan, Paris, and New York? (Paris not in the article but easily added.) ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:56, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea, thank you, but a long list of capital cities is too much quantity for my taste, and painter might be misunderstood as another Van Gogh. Better something specific perhaps?
ALT4a: ... that tenor Klaus König, who worked as a house painter for over thirty years, made his house debut at the Metropolitan Opera [in New York City] at age 59?
ALT4b: ... that Klaus König, who worked as a house painter for over thirty years, made his debut at the Royal Opera House [in London] as Wagner's Tannhäuser in 1984.
Others possible. I'd prefer ALT4b because it's a lead role, an interesting complex character, and Royal sounds good to some. By naming the role, you not only define the voice type (tenors can be so different) but also get access to an interesting story, and there's no requirement to know any of it before if reader is curious enough to explore. Will get the duration of his shop (he was the boss, - not sure that he did much painting in the 30th year) to the article. I am aware that - having to deal with Alfred Brendel (a giant) and Gorai (emotionally tough) - I neglected him a bit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:14, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Made his debut" will typically be interpreted as "gave his first performance overall, not just at one place"; if that is what "made his house debut" is intended to address, no-one will get that. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:18, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4c: ... that Klaus König, who worked as a house painter for over thirty years, first appeared at the Royal Opera House [in London] as Wagner's Tannhäuser in 1984.
The sources, though, use "made his debut at ...". - I found this with a lot of detail, but a blog (however educated). They cite a 1994 magazine entry that I can't find online. It could be referenced offline. What do you think. The business seems to have been Lackiererei, for cars. Not my vocabulary. Deepl suggests "car paint shop". ? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: Rather than listing a list of opera houses or places he performed, why not just simplify it and say that he was also an opera performer for several years? I do not think that any specific mentions of particular opera houses, places, or roles are necessary: just say that he was an opera performer, as I think that being an opera performer and a house decorator at the same time is already eye-catching as it is. Of course, this would require the part about him working both as an opera performer and as a house painter at the same time being at the article. I'm sorry, but I see ALT4a/b/c as too technical or specialist, and I agree that the original ALT4 is too complicated. The thing is: the interesting part here is that he was also a house decorator, so that has to be the focus of the hook and not whatever role he played or where he performed. We just need a simplified version of ALT4 based on above suggestion. For now, I've struck all of the current proposals as none of them seem to be viable. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:21, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Narutolovehinata5 was the rambling monologue intended to go anywhere, or just be unhelpful? After all, with how much you hound them, you should probably be added as a co-nominator on all of Gerda's nominations. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 06:53, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry if the above seemed like rambling. I actually liked ALT4's direction (i.e. the mentioning of both the house painter and his opera career), it's just thatt the wordings proposed were perhaps a bit too complex. The point was that the best option was probably just to say that he was both a house decorator and an opera performer, without mentioning specific roles or venues. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:46, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rice riots of 1918

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  • ... that the Japanese government responded to the rice riots of 1918, which involved up to 10 million participants, with a "candy and whip" policy?
  • Source: Lewis, Michael (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 16, 27. ISBN 0-520-06642-1.
  • Reviewed:
5x expanded by Goszei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— Goszei (talk) 16:28, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • 5x expansion. Earwig's is clear. Hook is interesting and matches the article. I don't have access to the source so I can't check it. Approved under the assumption that it matches the source. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perdiccas

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Silver tetradrachm of Philip III Arrhidaeus struck under Perdiccas in Babylon, circa 323–320 BC
Silver tetradrachm of Philip III Arrhidaeus struck under Perdiccas in Babylon, circa 323–320 BC
  • ... that Perdiccas, regent of Alexander the Great's empire after Alexander's death, was proposed as king to great support but hesitated to accept the role?
  • Source: Anson, Edward M. (2014). p. 15. Alexander's Heirs: The Age of the Successors. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444339628.
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Harren the Red (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Harren the Red (talk) 02:01, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

National Geographic Society Headquarters

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Stone Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
Stone Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
On eventual size: "In normal, nonpandemic times, Society staff work at the National Geographic headquarters, which sits on a nearly 900,000-square-foot campus only a few blocks north of the White House..." Fairbanks, Amanda M. (Winter 2022). "National Geographic Reinvents Itself". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Vol 20. no. 1. pp 16-23 (no link, but available through TWL)
  • Source: On original size: "Although modest in size (some 7,659 square feet), the building has a strong presence along 16th Street." Adams, Anne H.; Mellon, Jonathan (January 2023). "National Geographic Society Headquarters Nomination Form". National Park Service. (Form linked at the bottom of this page)
On eventual size: "In normal, nonpandemic times, Society staff work at the National Geographic headquarters, which sits on a nearly 900,000-square-foot campus only a few blocks north of the White House..." Fairbanks, Amanda M. (Winter 2022). "National Geographic Reinvents Itself". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Vol 20. no. 1. pp 16-23 (no link, but available through TWL)
Moved to mainspace by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: No - @DrOrinScrivello: Are there any other hooks you can propose? If you're talking about floor area, then this is technically correct, but for a set of buildings with such a long history, surely there has to be something else that's interesting about the topic? If not, that's fine; I can just approve ALT1.
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 18:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Epicgenius, thanks for your review, and I understand your concern. While I do think it's interesting that the site has grown as much as it has, I agree that there should be a better hook somewhere in the article. What I've struggled with is coming up with something that focuses on the headquarters itself, rather than just the society (Alexander Graham Bell was its second president!) or something that happened at the site (Lady Bird Johnson made a video phone call from there!). I'm going to be offline more than on until Monday, but let me think on it and I'll ping you then after I've come up with an ALT or two. Thanks again. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source: "In 1912–13, the Society began by building the north wing of the building. In 1931, it completed Heaton's design by building the center pavilion and the wing that extends to its south, mirroring the north wing." Adams, Anne H.; Mellon, Jonathan (January 2023). "National Geographic Society Headquarters Nomination Form". National Park Service. (Form linked at the bottom of this page). Also, I'll note that the NRHP form is almost certainly incorrect about the year of the southern wing's completion: see this article from 1932.
  • ALT3: ... that a 1932 building (pictured) of the National Geographic Society Headquarters was constructed in part to house the group's collection of 300,000 photographs?
    • @Epicgenius: What do you think of the two above ALTs? And for the record, if it's decided to use either of ALTs 2 or 3, I'd prefer the use of the image to the right rather than the Stone Building pic (if, of course, it's decided to use an image at all). DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:06, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Administration Building of the National Geographic Society Headquarters
    @DrOrinScrivello: Thanks for coming up with these. As an architecture editor I might be a bit biased, but I don't think ALT2 is as interesting because it's actually fairly common for annexes to be constructed decades after the original building was completed. ALT1 and ALT3 seem reasonably interesting to me (a building constructed for 300,000 photographs isn't something you see every day), and the source and image both check out. Epicgenius (talk) 17:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Katherine Balch

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 14:37, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Chapel at George Fox University

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    Interior of the chapel, completed in 2024.
    Interior of the chapel, completed in 2024.
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:55, 11 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article is new: developed in a sandbox and then moved to mainspace on 11 June, the date of the nomination.
    • Length is fine @ 4KB. Correctly assessed at B-grade.
    • Copyvio/close paraphrasing checked. I have reworded one sentence. Quotes have been used and correctly attributed where appropriate.
    • Sourcing is fine; four independent sources of good quality have been used, and sources published by the university itself are used sparingly and only for basic facts.
    • The article is neutral and well written.
    • Hooks: both hooks are supported by the source quoted here (while "art students" is not specifically stated, it is stated that the students in question are studying under the professor of art and design, so no quibbles there). I have added (pictured) to both hooks.
    • The image (from Flickr) is suitably licensed and is clear and engaging at thumbnail size.
    • QPQ review done.
    • Nice article on an interesting building. Both hooks are suitably interesting, but with my subject matter expert(ish) hat on I would like to point out that ALT1 is especially interesting because imagery that is explicitly traditionally Christian is not normally associated with Quaker buildings (although I appreciate that it is an interdenominational place of worship rather than a specifically Quaker one). Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:20, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Bohlenia

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    Fossil Bohlenia americana leaflets
    Fossil Bohlenia americana leaflets
    • ... that the fossil soapberry Bohlenia (pictured) was named for Oregon's 1972 "biology teacher of the year"?
    • Source: Wolfe and Wehr 1987 pg19 - Derivation of name. This genus is named for Anne Bohlen of Portland, Oreg. Miss Bohlen is an inspiring teacher in biology, as evidenced by her being named Oregon's High School Biology Teacher of the Year. She was also instrumental in guiding and encouraging the senior author's early training. The Oregonian on Dec. 19, 2006. obituaries - Anne Bohlen Anne was honored by being named Oregon's Biology Teacher of the Year in 1972. One of her students went on to study at Harvard... In honor of his teacher, Anne Bohlen, who encouraged him when he was a student at Franklin High School, he named the species Bohlenia Americana.
    • ALT1: ... that the fossil soapberry Bohlenia (pictured) had its seeds taken away? Source: McClain, A. M.; Manchester, S. R. (2001) Previous nomenclature "Because fossil Dipteronia fruits have never been found attached to any type of foliage, we restrict the name Bohlenia americana to the foliage upon which it is based." " Wolfe and Wehr (1987) established the new combination Bohlenia insignis (Lesquereux) Wolfe & Wehr for this species. In our opinion, the name Bohlenia should be applied exclusively to foliage."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Petrosedum sediforme
    Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 370 past nominations.

    Kevmin § 13:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting detailed article, on plenty of fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I prefer the original because the ALT looks like rather for insiders, - very cryptic to others. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    adding: I suggest to link soapberry. The image is licensed but a hard to understand in stamp size. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    207 East 32nd Street

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    207 East 32nd Street
    207 East 32nd Street
    Created by Transpoman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 728 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 16:13, 12 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: I think ALT1 is the most interesting hook. (Note: The source provided in the DYK nom did not verify every fact, but I checked the sources in the article and every fact is verified with a footnote by the end of the sentence in which the claim appears.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:28, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 13

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    Lynching of Preston Porter Jr.

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    A sketch of Porter from The San Francisco Call
    A sketch of Porter from The San Francisco Call
    Moved to mainspace by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 90 past nominations.

    PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 23:18, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Væb

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    Væb in 2025
    Væb in 2025
    Improved to Good Article status by History6042 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 302 past nominations.

    Launchballer 16:40, 13 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 14

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    Audrey Hawthorn

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    • Source: Gregory, Valerie (2000-12-08). "Creator of museum for native artifacts". National Post. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-06-10. "Because of UBC's nepotism rules, she could not work on staff"
    • ALT1: ... that Audrey Hawthorn's concept of visible storage meant showing pieces that would otherwise be stored out of the public eye? Source: Gregory, Valerie (2000-12-08). "Creator of museum for native artifacts". National Post. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-06-10. "Her philosophy of inclusion extended to the innovative concept of visible storage that allowed visitors access to the museum's entire collection in one vast room"
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Joy Laking
    • Comment: Joy Laking DYK review was done in May 2025, and my details are archived on that talk page.
    Moved to mainspace by DaffodilOcean (talk) and LemonFontana (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    DaffodilOcean (talk) 14:54, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment I don't expect people to know that UBC is University of British Columbia, but that is the direct link to the museum's article. At the same time, I don't want to make the hook too long. DaffodilOcean (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Interesting life and work on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the first hook. The ALT is hard to understand without museum context. - In the article, I think you should link to the university in lead and body. Nice to meet you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:01, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks @Gerda Arendt: for the review. As suggested, I have edited the article to add a link to the University of British Columbia in the lead. Do you think it would make more sense to have the DYK hook as this:
    ALT0a: ... that Audrey Hawthorn volunteered as curator while she spent over 20 years establishing the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia? DaffodilOcean (talk) 02:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    that's also good, - the promoter can decide. I like it better but sometimes brevity seems more important than information ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:02, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Abortion in Morocco

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    • Source: [21] Curiously, while Morocco sets a specific requirement regarding spousal authorization, the legislation does not make mention of the need for the woman herself to give her consent.
    Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

    — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 03:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Nagoya skipping

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

    AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 09:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - As a non-Japanese person, I would say that Nagoya is reasonably well known. I suggest either unpiping both Nagoya and Kyoto consistently, or piping both of them (i.e. referring to them as the fourth- and ninth-largest cities in Japan). However, the latter would require another source.

    QPQ: No - Not done
    Overall: @AlphaBetaGamma: Nice work on this page. I just have a few comments. Epicgenius (talk) 17:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Epicgenius Hopefully the issues, along with QPQ are addressed.
    ALT2:... that one bullet train service once skipped Nagoya and Kyoto? Source: same as original hook
    AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 13:23, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for addressing these. ALT2 looks good to me. Epicgenius (talk) 14:38, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chad McCharles

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    • ... that before he became a bishop, Canadian priest Chad McCharles moonlighted as a school bus driver?
    • Source: "When he initially got the call to let his name stand for bishop of Saskatoon, the Rev. Chad McCharles, a Manitoba priest and part-time school bus driver, said his first impulse was “a hard no.”... McCharles was elected bishop of the diocese of Saskatoon March 8. ... In his current parish, he also drives a school bus twice a day, supplementing his income to support two children in post-secondary school." https://anglicanjournal.com/the-rev-chad-mccharles-elected-bishop-of-saskatoon/
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:31, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Paul Among the People

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    • Source: "This is the first book about Paul I have ever read that treats him alongside Homer, Aristophanes, Plautus, Virgil, Hor ace, Ovid, Petronius, Juvenal, and Apuleius, among others—not as their literary equal (Ruden speaks teasingly of Paul’s “rough art”) but to convey a sense of attitudes and assumptions that were pervasive in the classical world, against which Paul’s message stands out in stark contrast." John Wilson, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=48988682&site=eds-live&scope=site
    Created by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:40, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Great work! It's new enough (nominated on the day it was created), long enough, well-sourced, interesting, and written in a neutral tone. QPQ is done too. The only thing that needs adjusting is the hook. It’s currently at 206 characters, just over the 200 limit. I'd suggest trimming it slightly. Maybe reword or tighten the phrasing a bit? I like the rhythm of the three classical authors, so I wouldn't Aristophanes. Something like “comparing them to Homer, Aristophanes, and Virgil for insight into Greco-Roman cultural attitudes?” could work? Mariamnei (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Mariamnei for reviewing it. I aimed to keep it under 200, and my calculation is 177 characters including spaces (per WP:DYK200 the question mark and ellipsis are not included in the count). I'm not seeing where the 206 comes from? Don't mind a shorter one but if this one is otherwise compliant I hope it can be approved. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, you're right, I'm so sorry! I just double checked and it's definitely under 200 (and yep, I'm replacing my automated character counter, no doubt about it). Thanks for catching that, and also for writing the article, I really enjoyed reading it. We're good to go! Mariamnei (talk) 19:35, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Saiyuud Diwong

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    • ... that Saiyuud Diwong's cookbook "Cooking with Poo" won an Oddest Title of the Year award?
    Created by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 303 past nominations.

    Launchballer 01:58, 14 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • I will review this one. BD2412 T 13:35, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • New enough? Yes, created a few weeks ago, but expanded five-fold within the past few days.
      • Long enough? Yes, about 2,650 characters of main article text.
      • Well sourced/neutral/BLP-compliant/copyvio-free? All good. A bit cheery, but that reflects the cheeriness of the sources.
      • Presentable? Yes (but it would be nice to indicate how much bhat amounts to in dollars).
      • Hook cited/short enough/interesting? Yes, yes, and subjective, but I think it is.
      • Images licensed? There are no images (the article would benefit from one, but the subject is recent so a freely licensed image would be hard to come by); there is a set-out quote from a review that basically serves the function of an image.
      • QPQ done? Yes.
      • Other issues? Article was lacking categories, now added; no DYK issues.
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: BD2412 T 14:13, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 15

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    Urien

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    • ALT1: ... that eight poems to the sixth-century Brittonic king Urien Rheged may be some of the oldest European literature not in Latin or Greek? Source: Williams, Ifor (1968). The Poems of Taliesin. Translated by Williams, J. E. Caerwyn. Dublin: Institute for Advanced Studies. pp. xxvi–xxviii.
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Tipcake (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Tipcake (talk) 16:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was promoted to GA status on June 15, satisfying the criteria of being new enough, reliably sourced, and presentable. Article is quite nice. Also long enough. Hooks are interesting, short enough, and properly sourced. I like both ALT0 and ALT1 about equally here, would probably go with ALT0. QPQ not applicable here. Very good job here on getting it to GA status. Should be good to go for the DYK section. Soulbust (talk) 07:44, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Applying a tick so this can move in the process and fixing some syntax. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 22:39, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Aceh–North Sumatra islands dispute

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    Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 267 past nominations.

    Juxlos (talk) 02:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: I'd prefer ALT0 since the entire article is interesting enough to warrant a hook. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 03:21, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Millard House

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    The Millard House
    The Millard House
    5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 729 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 17:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    May 1995 Pale air strikes

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    • Source: González, Miguel (25 May 1995). "Cazas de España y EE UU atacan a los serbios de Bosnia" [Spanish and US fighter planes attack Bosnian Serbs]. El País (in Spanish).
    Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Nice work on the article. I've confirmed ALT0, and I'll AGF on the source for ALT1. Epicgenius (talk) 17:47, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    John V. Griffith

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    5x expanded by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 91 past nominations.

    PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:00, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Kenaz Kaniwete

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    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 09:25, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Aristasia

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I think this topic is interesting, though there are a number of difficulties in covering it well. Kind of classic Wikipedia content. Curious to hear other people's takes.
    Created by Prezbo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Prezbo (talk) 10:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Passes DYKcheck and copyvio check, hook looks good and is interesting. Article was re-created (from being a redirect) on 16 June 2025 and submitted as an DYK on 19 June 2025, so within the 7-day limit. Article in good shape. No QPQ needed. CaptainAngus (talk) 01:10, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Vatican Taekwondo

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    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:14, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The page has been expanded 5x recently enough. QPQ has been done. Earwig turns up fine. The main issue here is that the sources don't actually say that Giampaolo Mattei is both the president of Vatican Taekwondo and a Vatican News writer. The article linked is written by him, and the second link does say that he's the president, but to combine those sources is a WP:SYNTH issue. Per WP:SYNTH: Do not combine material from multiple sources to state or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. Similarly, do not combine different parts of one source to state or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by the source. If one reliable source says A and another reliable source says B, do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C not mentioned by either of the sources. I think a new hook is needed, and I think that claim should be removed from the page itself as well. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:13, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert

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    • ... that the editors of the first volume of Felix Klein's books on the history of mathematics omitted to mention the three women who had prepared the typescripts of the lecture notes? Source: Tobies 2021 [29], p. 537
      The typewritten transcriptions of “Seminar Presentations on the History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century” were prepared by Klein’s widowed daughter Elisabeth Staiger (winter semester, 1914/15; summer semester, 1915) and by Käthe Heinemann and the Swiss mathematician Helene Stähelin (winter semester, 1915/16).55 These texts served as the foundation for the first volume of Klein’s posthumously published Vorlesungen über die Entwicklung der Mathematik im 19. Jahrhundert (1926) [...]. Richard Courant and especially Otto Neugebauer prepared this text for publication. [...] Nowhere in the book, however, is there any mention of the women who had prepared the original text.
    Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

    —Kusma (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: I definitely prefer ALT0. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2025 (UTC) Hi, could you link "relativity" in the article, as there are several types of this concept? And I hope it was alright to add the red "subscription" tags, which were suggested by OAbot. Munfarid1 (talk) 20:49, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you! Various links have been added. The source can be accessed via TWL's Springer subscription. —Kusma (talk) 08:25, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Fanuel Magangani

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    • Source: "Right Reverend Bishop Emmanuel Fanuel Magangani of the Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi is the first prominent church leader to announce that he was recently circumcised as part of the country’s efforts to promote Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC).... 'HIV and AIDS continues to take many lives; we must try every possible way available to fight reduce further transmission.' ... Studies show that the procedure reduces the risk of female-to-male sexual transmission of HIV by approximately 60 percent." https://www.go2itech.org/2013/07/malawi-bishop-promotes-male-circumcision/
    5x expanded by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:27, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Bal Krishna Kaul

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    Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 437 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 14:20, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: @Soman: Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is interesting, though I'll have to AGF on the offline source. One small suggestion I have is to slightly rephrase it so that the links aren't adjacent to each other, per WP:SOB. Something like this could work: "... that Bal Krishna Kaul, the first Home and Finance minister of Ajmer State, had undertaken a 22-day hunger strike in Ajmer Jail?" Either way, this DYK is good to go. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 12:10, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ri Suk

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    • ... that after a four year absence from international competition, weightlifter Ri Suk set eight world records in a single competition?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article expanded 5x. QPQ done. Interesting one and hook is accurately cited. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 17

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    Dick Mize

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    • ... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage over a forty-year period?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Article is 5x within the time frame. No image to review. Hook fact is cited, and Earwig only shows 20% likelihood of issues; none of the highlighted phrases appear problematic. Hook is sufficiently interesting. Good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:51, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Socialist Youth League Karl Liebknecht

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    • Source: Olav Teichert. Die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Westberlins. Untersuchung der Steuerung der SEW durch die SED. kassel university press GmbH, 2011.
    5x expanded by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 438 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 11:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article new enough, long enough and in a decent condition. The hook is quite interesting and cited. I have changed the article's quality listing from stub to start. Llewee (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Adam Hall (baseball)

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    • ... that Adam Hall is the first-ever professional baseball player to have been born on the North Atlantic island of Bermuda?
    Created by The ed17 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

    Ed [talk] [OMT] 22:07, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Florida!!!

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    Improved to Good Article status by Ippantekina (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

    Ippantekina (talk) 03:36, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • QPQ checks out, article recently promoted to GA, hook is interesting, sourced, and cited inline. No issues detected by Earwig. My one suggestion is that perhaps the hook should contain the name of the song, unless you're trying to spike intruige by not saying it. Nihil obstat ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 16:42, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 18

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    Seal Island, Anguilla

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    • ... that although Seal Island attracts tourists due to its reef, transport to the island is hard due to its reef?
    5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

    Arconning (talk) 14:03, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Newly expanded 5x (just), long enough and within policy. The hook is nice and supported by inline citations; the ones I could access checked out. No image, QPQ done. Should be fine, good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 19:05, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Redhill MRT station

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

    Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 14:59, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    St Anne's Church, Lewes

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    The church seen from the southeast in 2022
    The church seen from the southeast in 2022
    • ... that Little Benjamin the Ruler is buried in the churchyard of St Anne's Church, Lewes (pictured), but nobody knows who he was?
    • Source: Arscott, David (1991). Curiosities of East Sussex: a County Guide to the Unusual (p. 60) (current reference [5]). It is also described in reference [9] from the church's comprehensive website.
    Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.

    Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 20:40, 18 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article looks good. The hook is interesting and matches the article and reference [9]. That reference says that there is "a small stone commemorating Litle Benjamin the Ruler" but does not say that he was buried there. I trust that the other reference does say it though. Image is freely licensed. Everything looks good to me. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:08, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Many thanks. I forgot to add a quote from the book (sorry!); here it is, confirming it as a tombstone and therefore that he is buried beneath it: "Close to the lychgate in the churchyard is a curious tombstone which nobody has ever been able to explain. It is 'Little Benjamin the Ruler', who died in 1747 at the age of 89. His name isn't in the church register." Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 08:48, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on June 19

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    Viet Flakes

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    • Source: Women's Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks: "During the performance, the audience, unaware of their contribution, controlled the electronics, the slide projectors, and film projectors so that they could speed up or slow down the images depending on how they were responding to the graphic horror."
    Created by Hinnk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

    hinnk (talk) 07:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article created within seven days before its DYK nomination (20 June). It is long enough (4586 characters), well-written, sourced, no copyvios seen (10.7%). The hook is interesting and sourced. Damian Vo (talk) 07:15, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus

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    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
    Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
    Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 152 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 19:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Hook is indeed interesting since that's an oddly specific thing to inspire your interior design. I'll have to assume good faith with the citation as it is in German and I can't access it anyway. Article is long enough, new enough, is sources, is neutrally written. Earwig says article is originally written. I'd say this article is ready. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 04:52, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ipuk Fiestiandani

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    Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 268 past nominations.

    Juxlos (talk) 12:44, 19 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Moved to mainspace by user. QPQ done. Hook is cited and also is engaging. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 14:12, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Saidur Rahman Dawn

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

    Arconning (talk) 14:02, 21 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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    WQHS-DT

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk) and Nathan Obral (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 779 past nominations.

    Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 19:45, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is easily long enough and made GA on 21 June (congrats!). Hook fact is interesting, present in article, and cited (present in source exactly as written in article). Unsurprisingly, all article sourcing looks solid and Earwig looks good. QPQ is done. Looking good to me, nice work! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 16:49, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Emma of Jericho

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    • ... that Patriarch Arnulf's "niece" Emma probably really was just his niece?
    Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 223 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 09:50, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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    South Coast Rail

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    Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 64 past nominations.

    Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:24, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: 07:45, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

    @Jeromi Mikhael: I don't follow what you are saying - what is a quote needed for? Also, you are supposed to inform the nominator on their talk page when there is an issue with the nomination. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:31, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pi.1415926535: My bad. I misinterpret WP:DYKCITE which basically says that quotations are only needed for offline source. I've found the hook mention in the source. Approved. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael

    Proto-Siouan language

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    • ... that some evidence for when Proto-Siouan was spoken comes from the archeological record of a gourd?
    Converted from a redirect by ThaesOfereode (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

    ThaesOfereode (talk) 01:29, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Nice article! I think that main hook and ALT2 are good and interesting, ALT3 is interesting but a bit too technical, and ALT1 tells me nothing (I'm not a linguist, and I don't know how surprising it should be). Artem.G (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the review, Artem! ALT1 is not terribly surprising if you're a linguist (Proto-Indo-European was probably from the Pontic Steppe region), but I thought it might be surprising to a layperson. ThaesOfereode (talk) 19:18, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Artem.G (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mbah Suro

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    • ... that Mbah Suro did not consume anything except coffee and cigarettes in 1960?
    • Source:"Tak makan nasi sudah selama 2 tahun. Cuma rokok dan kopi.": [He] had not eaten rice for two years. Only cigarettes and coffee."[1]
    • ALT1: ... that Mbah Suro secured 100% votes in the village head election?
    • Source: Abdullah, Taufik; Abdurrachman, Sukri; Gunawan, Restu (2012). Malam Bencana 1965 Dalam Belitan Krisis Nasional: Bagian II Konflik Lokal. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. p. 208.:
    • "Tingkat karisma dan ketokohannya di lingkungan desanya itu sebenarnya sudah bisa teraba sejak dia terpilih sebagai Lurah, karena dalam pemilihan tersebut ia menang mutlak dengan dukungan suara 100%.":The level of his charisma and fame within the village had already been evident when he was elected as the Village Head, as he won the election with 100% of the votes."
    Created by Faldi00 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Faldi00 (talk) 16:37, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    References

    1. ^ "Pengalaman ketemu mbah suro". Tempo. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
    • @Faldi00: Article new and long enough. Sources check out. QPQ not yet required. I'd recommend rewording the hooks a little:
    • ALT0a: ... that Indonesian mystic Mbah Suro reportedly did not consume anything except coffee and cigarettes in 1960?
    • ALT1a: ... that Indonesian mystic Mbah Suro was elected head of his village with 100% of votes?
    Strongly prefer ALT0a since unanimous village head elections aren't that rare, all things considered. Ping me if you're okay with the changes to the hook. Juxlos (talk) 09:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Juxlos: Thanks for the improvisation. I agree with you that I prefer the ALT0a since it sounds more intriguing. Faldi00 (talk) 21:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Juxlos (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    East Island (Hawaii)

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    East Island before (top) and after the hurricane (bottom)
    East Island before (top) and after the hurricane (bottom)
    Improved to Good Article status by MallardTV (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

    MallardTV Talk to me! 22:59, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Newly-promoted GA. Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:34, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chuck Hockenbery

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    5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 441 past nominations.

    SL93 (talk) 16:03, 22 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: Looks good. Nice work. The hook is okay, but @SL93: it might be more hook-y if it was more simply like ... that baseball player Chuck Hockenbery had to refuse an offer to join an MLB team? What do you think? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:19, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    BeanieFan11 That sounds better. SL93 (talk) 18:20, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, this should be good to go (I don't think we'll need another reviewer since the hook I proposed is just a rewording of the original hook). BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:22, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Cova de les Dones

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

    Graearms (talk) 18:59, 23 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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