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List of DYK Hooks by Date
Date # of Hooks # Verified
February 24 1 1
March 3 1
April 3 1
April 12 1
April 25 1
May 4 1
May 11 1
May 12 1
May 13 1
May 14 1
May 15 1 1
May 16 1
May 19 1
May 22 2
May 23 2
May 24 1
May 26 3
May 28 2
May 30 1
June 1 2 1
June 2 2
June 3 2
June 4 1 1
June 5 2
June 6 2 1
June 7 3
June 8 3 1
June 9 1 1
June 10 5 3
June 11 2 1
June 12 3 1
June 13 3
June 14 4 2
June 15 10 4
June 16 7 3
June 17 3 2
June 18 2 1
June 19 11 7
June 20 11 9
June 21 18 12
June 22 12 3
June 23 9 6
June 24 12 7
June 25 14 8
June 26 8 6
June 27 10 2
June 28 6 1
June 29 5 1
June 30 3
Total 200 86
Last updated 04:19, June 30, 2016 (UTC)
Current time is 04:52, 30 June 2016 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators[edit]

Create a subpage for your new DYK suggestion and then list the page below under the date the article was created or the expansion began (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion (if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of the DYK project talk page with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose); self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination (consider watchlisting your nomination page).

If this is your first nomination, please read the DYK rules before continuing:
Official DYK criteria: DYK rules and supplementary guidelines
Unofficial guide: Learning DYK

To nominate an article[edit]

Read these instructions completely before proceeding.

For simplified instructions, see User:Rjanag/Quick DYK 2.

I.
Create the nomination subpage.

Enter the article title in the box below and click the button. (To nominate multiple articles together, enter any or all of the article titles.) You will then be taken to a preloaded nomination page.
II.
Write the nomination.

On the nomination page, fill in the relevant information. See Template:NewDYKnomination and {{NewDYKnomination/guide}} for further information.

  • Not every line of the template needs to be filled in. For instance, if you are not nominating an image to appear with your hook, there is no need to fill in the image-related lines.
  • Add an edit summary e.g. "Nominating YOUR ARTICLE TITLE for DYK" and click Save page.
  • Make sure the nomination page is on your watchlist, so you can follow the review discussion.
III.
Post at Template talk:Did you know.

In the current nominations section find the subsection for the date on which the article was created or on which expansion began, not the date on which you make the nomination.

  • At the top of that subsection (before other nominations already there, but below the section head and hidden comment) add {{Did you know nominations/YOUR ARTICLE TITLE}}.
  • Add an edit summary e.g. "Nominating YOUR ARTICLE TITLE for DYK" and click Save page.
  • Consider adding {{Did you know nominations/YOUR ARTICLE TITLE}} to the article's talk page (without a section heading—​​the template adds a section heading automatically).

How to review a nomination[edit]

Main page: Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewing guide

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.

To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:

  • Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
  • Click the "Review or comment" link at the top of the nomination. You will be taken to the nomination subpage.
  • The top of the page includes a list of the DYK criteria. Check the article to ensure it meets all the relevant criteria.
  • To indicate the result of the review (i.e., whether the nomination passes, fails, or needs some minor changes), leave a signed comment on the page. Please begin with one of the 5 review symbols that appear at the top of the edit screen, and then indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed; your comment should look something like the following:

    Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.

    If you are the first person to comment on the nomination, there will be a line :* <!-- REPLACE THIS LINE TO WRITE FIRST COMMENT, KEEPING :* --> showing you where you should put the comment.
  • Save the page.

If there is any problem or concern about a nomination, please consider notifying the nominator by placing {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}} on the nominator's talk page.

Frequently asked questions[edit]

Backlogged?[edit]

This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until an editor reviews it. Since editors are encouraged to review the oldest submissions first (so that those hooks don't grow stale), it may take several weeks until your submission is reviewed. In the meantime, please consider reviewing another submission (not your own) to help reduce the backlog (see instructions above).

Where is my hook?[edit]

If you can't find the hook you submitted to this page, in most cases it means your article has been approved and is in the queue for display on the main page. You can check whether your hook has been moved to the queue by reviewing the queue listings.

If your hook is not in the queue or already on the main page, it has probably been deleted. Deletion occurs if the hook is more than about eight days old and has unresolved issues for which any discussion has gone stale. If you think your hook has been unfairly deleted, you can query its deletion on the discussion page, but as a general rule deleted hooks will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.

Search archived DYK nomination discussions[edit]


Instructions for other editors[edit]

How to promote an accepted hook[edit]

  • 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 to Prep 3", preview, and save

How to remove a rejected hook[edit]

  • Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
  • In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{DYKsubpage with {{subst:DYKsubpage, and replace |passed= with |passed=no. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue[edit]

  • 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 is usually 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.
    • Leave a comment explaining that the hook was removed from the queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
    • If the day title for the section that contained the hook has been removed from this page, restore that section.
  • 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.
  • Add a link to the nomination subpage at Wikipedia:Did you know/Removed

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name[edit]

  • Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired. Even if you change the title of the article, you don't need to move the nomination page.

Nominations[edit]

Older nominations[edit]

Articles created/expanded on February 24[edit]

Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash

Created by DoctorWho42 (talk). Nominated by Grammarxxx (talk) at 04:51, 25 February 2016 (UTC).

Extended content
  • Per discussion at WT:DYK, if accepted, this should be moved to the June 8 holding area so it will not appear during the US primary season. Yoninah (talk) 00:59, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg @Grammarxxx: at first glance the rest of the hooks don't seem to have any major flaws. They would obviously need to be backed up in the article and cited to reliable secondary sources. I've marked this as being put on hold while the deletion discussion occurs. I see no need for an attempted full review, as it may be a waste if this article is deleted. Jolly Ω Janner 06:36, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks everyone for your input. If it does survive the deletion debate I'll see you all back here then. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 06:50, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Yes, BSDMS is now a fully realized article, having survived proposals for both deletion and merging. So how about we get this nomination squared away. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 06:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Review needed. North America1000 06:29, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for first-time nominator. Image is freely licensed. However, the article has been continually updated, and the figures in the hooks no longer apply. I don't see the first hook fact in the article at all. Since this is going to run on June 8 or later, the present tense in ALT4 is inappropriate, so I've struck it. ALT1 and ALT3 have potential, but the number is over 400,000 (and will presumably continue growing until June 7). Please advise what you would like to do about ALT0, ALT1, or ALT3, or if you would like to submit another hook. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Please keep an open mind to the possibility that this will feature before June. We could run this simultaneously with Hookers for Hillary to avoid electioneering. Not definitive, but bare in mind. Jolly Ω Janner 22:36, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
  • No, sorry, any electioneering is unacceptable, no matter how many candidates are involved. This can only feature before June 8 if Sanders drops out of the race before then. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:49, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Alight, cool. I would say let's move forward with ALT1: I updated the numbers so it's now rounded up to 400K. May change before it's posted so need to keep an eye out. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 02:03, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
  • In response I've striked a couple and added a couple more. I think they all work, but ALT5 is currently my preferred. Thanks for the heads-up, Doc. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 16:21, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg User:BlueMoonset has asked me to finish up this nomination and place it in the special occasion holding area for June 14 (after the US primary season ends). With the creation of the article Bernie Singles on March 27, which is during the time period of this DYK review, I suggest doing a double hook for ALT5, which I am renumbering as ALT7:
  • ALT7: ... that members of a Facebook group for memes about US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (pictured) made their own dating website for supporters?
  • Here is a review of both articles:
  • Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. However, it's not clear that Caudle and Boni were members of this Facebook group. My understanding, from reading the article, is that Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash inspired Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Singles, which inspired Bernie Singles. Perhaps the hook needs to be rewritten? No QPQ needed for first-time nominator. Image is freely licensed.
  • Bernie Singles: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. However, it's not clear that Caudle (and Boni, who is not mentioned in the article, only in the infobox) were members of Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash. Yoninah (talk) 20:02, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
  • That's fine by me, I included democratic-socialism because like an unserved market and good DYK material. This is fine too though. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 22:32, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Let's do it! Hook refs verified and cited inline in both articles. ALT9 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:44, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Time for a re-review? Many edits have been made to the wikiarticle since this nom was approved for DYK in April. --PFHLai (talk) 12:51, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Both articles in ALT9 have maintenance tags that should probably be resolved before putting this on the main page.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:19, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg At the moment, the Bernie Singles article has a notability template on it and a suggestion that the article be merged into the Dank Meme Stash article, and the Dank Meme Stash article has an "overly detailed" template on it and a suggestion that it be merged into the Social media in the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign article. DrWho42, Grammarxxx, if you want this DYK to continue, I would suggest that you actively address these issues on the various article talk pages, since as Jo-Jo Eumerus notes, the articles cannot be promoted to the main page in their current condition, which means the templates need to be resolved. Thanks for your assistance. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:09, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I say let's just put this on hold until after the notability issues have been put to rest. This certainly isn't BSDMS's first AFD nomination, so I have a feeling they'll both survive. Especially since nobody seems to be leading a delete or merge charge. So, the plan remains more waiting. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 21:56, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Restored thread and placed in Special Occasions holding area for June 15 or later, along with other U.S. presidential primaries hooks that could not run during the primaries cycle per DYK rules. Yoninah (talk) 19:40, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Pinging DoctorWho42 as editor on both articles (Grammarxxx, unfortunately, has only edited twice this month, and we need a timely response here if this nomination is to prosper): would you be okay with Yoninah's proposal? BlueMoonset (talk) 01:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on March 3[edit]

Mitt Romney's March 3 speech

Created by LavaBaron (talk), Wasted Time R (talk). Nominated by LavaBaron (talk) at 22:15, 3 March 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg @LavaBaron: Date and length fine, however I do have a slight issue with the hook. I don't think that putting a hook on the main page that calls a high profile US Presidential candidate a "fraud" is in keeping with the WP:BLP policy and I would not be happy approving that. Is there another hook that could be used? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:21, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
Good point The C of E - I've added an ALT1 proposal. LavaBaron (talk) 02:53, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Much better. Hook is sourced and neutral. good to go however I believe we have to hold this until after 8 June due to the election campaign. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Third-party opinion to @LavaBaron: and @The C of E:: Both the article and the hook are missing the most important aspect of this speech: How unprecedented it is for a U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee to launch a scathing attack on the party's current front-runner for the presidential nomination. This should be added to the article and be the subject of the hook. Sources that support Romney's speech being unprecedented are many, but include this CNN piece and this NPR story and this RealClearPolitics article and this Business Insider piece and this KING 5 TV story and this New York Times story. For the historical perspective, this other New York Times story features some historians trying to find parallels and having to go back about a century to even find something sort of close. Once this aspect of the speech is added to the article, the hook could be something like:
  • ALT2: ... that Mitt Romney's March 3 speech represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee against the party's current front-runner for the nomination?
Finally, note that there is no bar to current political articles going up as DYK's and thus this does not need to get held over. For example, Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 and Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 both went up on the DYK main page shortly after those candidacies were announced; see the DYK banners at the top of their respective talk pages. Wasted Time R (talk) 13:46, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Feel free to add that to the article, WP is edited by people like you and me, not some mysterious force. Until it's added, though, your ALT2 hook isn't supported by the content of the article. LavaBaron (talk) 18:44, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I have now added the material to the article that supports this hook. I think ALT2 is the better hook because the unprecedented nature of the speech will remain true no matter what happens, whereas ALT1 is based on loose speculation that will become dated. Note also that I have added myself to the DYK credits since this was a significant contribution (I've added others on to DYK's that I've nominated in similar situations.) Wasted Time R (talk) 00:23, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
I endorse Wasted Time R's ALT-2 hook. I take no position on whether this should be held until June. LavaBaron (talk) 01:09, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Note that I tagged this article for notability this morning, and started a discussion on the talk page. An editor just flagged, told me that this DYK discussion is going on, and suggested taht I come here and mention the notability tag.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:46, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Time for a re-review? Many edits have been made to the wikiarticle since this nom was green-checkmark'ed in March. --PFHLai (talk) 12:49, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
At Talk:Mitt Romney's March 3 speech#Notability I showed a bunch of recent sources that indicated the speech was still in the news and still having an effect, but I never got a response from @E.M.Gregory:. So this is all in some kind of limbo state. Wasted Time R (talk) 13:02, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New review needed; the article itself is not currently tagged for notability issues. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:55, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Restored thread and placed in Special Occasions holding area for June 15 or later, along with other U.S. presidential primaries hooks that could not run during the primaries cycle per DYK rules. Yoninah (talk) 12:51, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Still needs updated review. So much has happened even since the end of the primary season, I do question timeliness, and it may need to be updated. Montanabw(talk) 19:10, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 3[edit]

Victoria Coates

Created by Iselilja (talk). Self-nominated at 22:55, 3 April 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Added the missing word "advisor" in hook. Interesting, not to say odd hook fact, which checks out. New & long enuf. Can't access ref 2 without sub, but ref 1 covers most of it, including the hook, without plagiarizing. Johnbod (talk) 17:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
  • I'd recommend holding this back until at least June 8 (end of US primaries) or until Ted Cruz quits the race, considering how closely related this is to his campaign. Jolly Ω Janner 19:43, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Symbol possible vote.svg Returned from prep area. Article is tagged for not meeting WP:GNG or WP:BIO, as it has only 2 sources. Yoninah (talk) 10:30, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Silly notability tag removed. Clearly notable. Really, didn't you do a basic search? I'm not aware of any requirement, even at WP:BLP, to use more than two sources. Johnbod (talk) 12:59, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol possible vote.svg I added the notability tag in the hopes that someone would add a few more sources to make this eligible for DYK per Rule D12. Only extinct fossils and centuries-old people are granted one or two sources. It's not up to me to go searching for more sources; it's the page creator's responsibility. I've gone ahead and nominated it for AFD; maybe now someone will be motivated to improve the sourcing. Yoninah (talk) 21:11, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I've withdrawn the AFD nomination because the subject does meet WP:GNG, but I do not think it should be promoted for DYK with only 2 sources. Yoninah (talk) 12:41, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
You could more usefully occupy your time by asking the nominator to add eg the Esquire interview. But I have no idea where this "minimum 3 sources" idea comes from. Ping Iselilja. Johnbod (talk) 14:26, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
I did. She has not edited since April 3. Frankly, I have no desire to rescue this article. Yoninah (talk) 20:46, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Time for a re-review? Many edits have been made to the wikiarticle since this nom was approved for DYK in April. --PFHLai (talk) 12:55, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Yes, there have been edits, but the article still has only 2 sources. More sources were offered at the AFD discussion, but none have been added. Yoninah (talk) 12:52, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Yoninah, it sounds like your objections come under WP:DYKSG#D7 in part, and also D12 and D13. You can do a complete review if you'd like; if not, then we need to find a new reviewer. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:49, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol delete vote.svg My objection to this article appearing on the main page is WP:DYKSG#D12, which we accord for an extinct fossil or a 17th-century personality. There are sources available, they just haven't been added to the article, although I pinged the page creator a month and a half ago. At this point, I would reject it. Yoninah (talk) 19:11, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on April 12[edit]

Pop out cake

Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self-nominated at 13:11, 19 April 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg I am surprised this one hasn't been reviewed yet (or created before) since it immediately caught my attention. It was "new" and long enough when nominated and appears to be properly sourced, but there are many tags that need to be dealt with. Can the issues be addressed? Surtsicna (talk) 11:36, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Surtsicna, I don't see the "many tags". I only see {{In popular culture}}. At Talk:Pop out cake#Trivia section, you can see that SMcCandlish and I have been going back and forth regarding the trivia section. Basically, he wants it removed immediately and I interpret WP:MISC as suggesting that trivia sections should be viewed as temporary information holders that should be worked into the prose. My belief is that a trivia section is allowed to remain in an article for a time in hopes that someone will find a way to beef up individual items to be sufficient prose elements. I feel that this is suppose to give an article some period of time at least months. The purpose of {{In popular culture}} in fact is to give people time to notice the information at risk. WP:DYK is the highest profile exposure that this article will receive. Hopefully, some editors will notice the tag and take action to beef up individual items of trivia. Thus, I think the article should go to the main page with the tag on it.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:28, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
I see. There are two more (inline) tags in the Background section, however. Surtsicna (talk) 19:34, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
(edit conflict) The purpose of the tag is not at all "to give people time to notice the information at risk", it's to flag a pile of unencyclopedic trivia. This particular gag has been used in probably at least 1,000 films and TV episodes and other media, and WP:NOT#INDISCRIMINATE policy is clear that we should not be dumping random examples in there endlessly. If a week still isn't long enough for you to rework that material into an encyclopedic narrative of notable and well-sourced material (sourced not as to "it happened in this movie, too, the 397th example I can find", but sourceable as to why the appearance is significant to an encyclopedia readership in any way), then it should come out.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:21, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
I apologize, I have been travelling. I am in Memphis helping my mother who is preparing to move. We have got her attic cleaned out now. Getting back to the subject at hand. The subject of this article may have 1000s of pop culture references, however, only a few seem to rise to the proper level of notability to be mentioned in WP:RS (or on plot summaries on WP for that matter). The few that are currently in the article are not just random examples, but rather a select few that have RSs. The main tag that is present is a tag that does not mean to remove content upon sight although the content is suppose to be temporary. I think it is suppose to call attention to content that needs more attention. The purpose of DYK is to avail well-formed content to readers who are willing to pay attention to newly developing content.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:57, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I doubt anyone much will want to review this while it has the tag on the "In popular culture" section. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:39, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
That apart, there are sourcing problems in the current version and with the hook. The hook is sourced to todayIfoundout.com, which isn't an RS but is used six times in the article. That leaves most of the background section unsourced. The Book of the Dead needs a page number. Groomstand.com is not an RS. The Daily Star is not an RS. The DC Comics Encyclopedia is a copy of Wikipedia articles published by PediaPress.
The history of "surprise pies," which contained animals such as birds and frogs, should be developed a little and based on RS. The article doesn't mention the nursery rhyme. The practice progressed to human beings being hidden in pies, including Jeffrey Hudson, the subject of the hook. There are lots of reliable sources for Hudson, including David Piper, Lord Minimus: A Heroic Comedy (1955), and Nick Page, Lord Minimus: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Smallest Man (2002). There is also an essay about him by Thomas Postlewait in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater (2015), which gives the date of the pie banquet as 5 November 1626. Postlewait uses the term dwarf, but I'm not sure we should.
SlimVirgin, it would be appreciated if you could introduce your improved sources to the text with whatever detail you feel is appropriate.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:28, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
SlimVirgin, please respond.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:37, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
"Pop-out cake" needs a hyphen. The "in popular culture" section should probably be removed or developed. SarahSV (talk) 15:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Adding appropriate icon based on SarahSV's review. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:29, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
  • As I have stated elsewhere, policies regarding galleries say that they should be temporary, but not that they should be wiped away immediately. We hope that others will notice them and develop them. The main page is place that they could get noticed. There is no place to get this page any more of a chance to have that content noticed than on the main page.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:28, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
  • I have removed the image templates from this nomination since the image files have been deleted from Commons. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:03, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Comment I've added several sources that support the hook. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 10:35, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Comment The article and sourcing have been expanded to address the concerns expressed above. Are we GTG? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:18, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
The "In popular culture" section still has the template header and also the "citation needed" template at the end of the lead paragraph. Until these are taken care of, I don't see how this is ready for promotion. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:14, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Removed the offending section and the templates. Article is still long enough without that section. Are we good to go now, BlueMoonset? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:40, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Reviewer needed to check the revised article now that the templates have been addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:39, 23 June 2016 (UTC)












Articles created/expanded on April 25[edit]

U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 07:04, 25 April 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg: The article is large and new enough. The hook's also interesting but I can't see it inside the article. I just see a list type mention of him. However, the hook is not verified. --Mhhossein (talk) 13:39, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, sorry for my delay, however, I don't understand the reviewer's comment. LavaBaron (talk) 17:29, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Mhhossein I can see the hook explicitly stated and supported by inline citations in the article. If you mean this should be stated in the form of a sentence, I don't think that is necessary. I think you want LavaBaron to say more about Ellis' role here. Sainsf (talk · contribs) 17:54, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @LavaBaron: You're welcome, but I don't know how Ellis's serving in coastal guard can be interesting without knowing that he was a fashion designer. I suggest you to use this source to mention his fashion career so that I can verify the more interesting original hook. Mhhossein (talk) 05:07, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The fact that Perry Ellis was a fashion designer is already established in the existing sources, specifically source 9. LavaBaron (talk) 05:30, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • So you just need to mention that he was a fashion designer. Mhhossein (talk) 17:28, 12 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on May 4[edit]

The creation of the violin

Hegedűs Cigány Fiú (Gypsy Boy Fiddler) by György Vastagh
Hegedűs Cigány Fiú (Gypsy Boy Fiddler) by György Vastagh

Created/expanded by NearEMPTiness (talk). Self-nominated at 14:59, 4 May 2016 (UTC).

Symbol question.svg This needs more copy-editing. For example, the title of the article needs work to make it clear that it's a story title and not actually about the real creation of the violin. And there's an obvious typo "d' something". The key blocker is that the hook seems unacceptable. It seems too subtle or allusive and, even within its own frame of reference, it doesn't seem to make sense as it was the violin that had not been seen before – the current wording seems to suggest that something else came from this.

As the article is translated from German, it may have lost something in translation. I'll see what I can do to help.

Andrew D. (talk) 13:02, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Andrew D.. Thank you very much for your helpful feedback. I will try further improvements by end of June, after focussing on some some real life priorities. NearEMPTiness (talk) 21:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
  • I have started copy-editing the page and have changed the image to one which seems more thematic. Andrew D. (talk) 08:26, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough. Hook short enough and sourced, but you should put "something that nobody had seen before" in quote marks like I have. No neutrality problems found, no copyright problems found. QPQ done and image properly licensed. I agree that the article requires copyediting; if improvements must wait until the end of June, I say submit the article to WP:GOCE and let them get on with it.--Launchballer 07:49, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for your help and recommendations. As proposed, I have entered this article to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Requests#The_Creation_of_the_Violin. NearEMPTiness (talk) 11:20, 19 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on May 11[edit]

Ferrari 330 TRI/LM

Ferrari 330 TRI/LM
Ferrari 330 TRI/LM
  • ALT1... that the Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, the last front engined racecar to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has been driven in New York City by various owners after the end of its racing career?

Moved to mainspace by Donnie Park (talk). Self-nominated at 01:39, 17 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg @Donnie Park: I understand you're still working on this article, but I wanted to make you aware of some substantial copyright violations/close paraphrasing that should be removed as soon as possible (and definitely corrected before this runs). See this copyvios report. Some of the similarity comes from a quote, which is not a problem, but there's several sentences/phrases outside of that quote that are word-for-word the same as the source. ~ RobTalk 16:30, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
  • BU Rob13 I done as much as I can, that's for a dormant article that was left lying in my hard drive for 6 years and with a total loss of motivation and am struggling to bring this down from 61.5%. Donnie Park (talk) 20:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I haven't looked again yet, but don't worry too much about the percentage. There was a large block quote taken from that source, which will always give you a high percent. As long as the large quote is properly attributed, it's fine. I'll take a more thorough look later, or another editor is welcome to. ~ RobTalk 20:28, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg There shouldn't be an apostrophe in "it's" in the hook, it is referring to the possessive form. There's a similar problem in the article. The hook is cited to the RM Auctions source, but that says it was driven for nine years in New York, but we don't know if that's "regularly" or not. The other part of the hook refers to the claim in the lead, "Against expectations, it won Le Mans on its debut, significantly the last front engined car to win Le Mans in 1962" but I can't obviously see where this is referred to in the article body or verified in any source. Bottom line is I think more work is required before this can pass - as a general rule of them, I find hooks should leap out and be obvious as you write the article. If you do have any ideas for fixing the hook, ping me and I'll have a look. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:52, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Ritchie333: I hope I fixed the hook whilst still waiting for this to be copyedited however, the source also says "it has been frequently driven" but I modified the hook anyhow. The source does say "only 4-litre Testa Rossa built, it also is the last Testa Rossa and the last front-engined sports racing car built by Ferrari" and "the last front-engined car to capture the overall victory at Le Mans" which confirms to the hook. I managed to bring it down to a 40.5% copyvio but am struggling to bring it down any further as many of these are names and quotes. Donnie Park (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry to be a pain, but ALT1 doesn't seem to be particularly "hook worthy" - most cars get driven around after their first owner sells it after all. Let me have a think and see if I can suggest something else. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:04, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg "most cars get driven around after their first owner sells it after all"...does that ever happen to a Le Mans winner through NYC which is nowadays impossible unless it's a PR stunt which it wasn't. I'll call for a second opinion. Donnie Park (talk) 14:58, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The original hook is a good one. "most cars get driven around after their first owner sells it" is the most inane comment I've read on the internet today, and I've just come from the Facebook flat earth groups. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:14, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Andy Dingley: Thanks a lot for your feedback. @Ritchie333: I now found a source that said it was driven daily that had been left unused, so I now solved the sourcing/hook issues. Donnie Park (talk) 09:37, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg @BU Rob13, Ritchie333, and Andy Dingley: Can any of you help wrap up this nomination, which has a target main page date of June 18-19? Any other reviewer would also be good, if this could completed. BlueMoonset are you around and able to help with this? This is a little beyond my scope to review, and the high Earwig copyvio return seems to be mainly the block quote, so that shouldn't be an issue. — Maile (talk) 13:27, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

If I wrapped it up now, it would be "hook still not grabbing me so much, 3 strikes and you're out, close as rejected". Is that what you really want? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:59, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
My Two Cents - as far as I can tell above, there has not actually been a review at all. With the exception of the copyvio issue, none of the basic DYK points seem to have been mentioned. — Maile (talk) 16:16, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Brought it down to a green level of 38.7%, as I said, a huge portion of the copyvio are made of block quotes and names. New reviewer requested, any advice on bringing the copyvio down. Donnie Park (talk) 17:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC)








Articles created/expanded on May 12[edit]

Gender pay gap in India

  • ... that to help curb the gender pay gap in India, women have a right to equal treatment from employers in all recruitment processes, promotions and training under the Equal Remuneration Act of 1976?

Created by Abhinayaprithivi (talk). Self-nominated at 20:04, 14 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg This is a very well-written article. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Hook ref verified and cited inline.
  • I have tagged the chart as needing a source.
  • In the article, the hook fact closely paraphrases the source but at the same time does not state it correctly. The source says: no employer shall, while making recruitment for the same work or work of a similar nature, [or in any condition of service subsequent to recruitment such as promotions, training or transfer], make any discrimination against women. The article says: recruitment processes including promotions, training or transfer within the organization can also be challenged under this Act. Promotions, training and transfer come after the recruitment process. Please edit this accordingly. The hook states this fact correctly, but I suggest mixing it up a little, as follows:
  • ALT1: ... that to help curb the gender pay gap in India, women have a right to equal treatment from employers in all recruitment processes, job training, and promotions under the Equal Remuneration Act of 1976? Yoninah (talk) 11:00, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg @BlueMoonset: I went ahead and rewrote the inaccurate sentence, and also added a ref for the chart. However, in doing the latter, I found that the page creator had misinterpreted the statistics and stated them incorrectly. I believe that each of the online sources needs to be checked to ensure that the information has been cited correctly, which is a huge job that I'm not up for right now. Yoninah (talk) 14:29, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
  • HI BlueMoonset. I've taken a pass at the article, removing some closely paraphrased statements and attempting to verify others. The only section I did not read closely was Legislative protections, since a lot of it was citing text of the law and I'm just as likely to mess that up as I would be to correct it. I had to remove some statements which had verifiability problems but I hope I've cleared up some issues with other statements. It seems like some of the issue was the editor relying on some pretty sub-par sourcing (e.g. this which looks to be a bag of facts and half-plagiarized content). I hope this helps. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:56, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New reviewer needed to see whether sourcing issues remain. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:30, 27 June 2016 (UTC)







Articles created/expanded on May 13[edit]

Shriya Pilgaonkar

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by 991joseph (talk) and Gouravbhosale (talk). Nominated by Mr. Smart LION (talk) at 05:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The source say nothing about "winning a scholarship" to Harvard, just that she did a summer-course there. As for ALT1: to me, it looks as if she won one award, but two sources name the award differently? ALT2 seem correct, though not very relevant (it is not swimming which has made her known). Article length is ok. Huldra (talk) 21:19, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks for editing the hooks, User:Mr. Smart LION, but the problem is in the article: there are things there which I cannot find in the quoted sources. Like the scholarship, like two prizes. Those things were put there by new editor Gouravbhosale (who probably also should be mentioned among the DYKmakes), and must be cleaned up before this article can be promoted, IMO; Huldra (talk) 08:37, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
  • OK, leave the first two hooks. What about the third and last hook? I think the article also meets the criteria for a GAN. What do you think? Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 13:34, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
  • User:Mr. Smart LION: I´m sorry, but I´m not ready to accept this for DYK, as long as there is clearly unsourced statements in the article! And those unsourced statements are clearly "promotional". (Even if those unsourced statements are not in the hook.) The article simply has to be cleaned up, first! And I am not so familiar with the GAN-procedure, but the GANs I have been involved in, have been far, far longer than this. Huldra (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ *The third hook IS clearly cited with this reliable source. I don't know how you are saying that it's unsourced. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 15:08, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

  • User:Mr. Smart LION, yes, but the article still states that she was at Harvard on a scholarship, etc, (which simply is not in any of the sources I read.) Again: the article *must* be cleaned up, and these promotional, unsourced statements removed. Huldra (talk) 15:47, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Now I have added a reliable source stating about her Harvard on a scholarship. It's stated in that source. Now what you have to say? Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 18:02, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
  • I've removed both the links from Maharashtra State Film Awards because her name is not mentioned in it. So I have removed the first link also, while on the Mumbai Film Festival article, a merge tag has been placed. Will it be OK to have a link. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 04:00, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • It is perfectly ok to link to Maharashtra State Film Awards, even if she is not mentioned in it. (As long as we have another RS which links her to it, and we do). (She is not mentioned in the Mumbai-article. either, but we still link to it!) And it is ok, for the same reason, to link to Mumbai Film Festival (that it has a merge-tag is irrelevant.) I´m still not happy about the sentence "was awarded with the Best Debut Actress award and Most Promising Newcomer Award." It sounds as if she won TWO awards, while, from what I understand, she only won ONE award? It looks as if the award is (formally) called "Best Debut Actress" ...perhaps change the sentence into "was found to be the most promising female newcomer and won the Best Debut Actress award"? Huldra (talk) 23:05, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Yes check.svg Done Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 05:10, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Ok, all issues looks resolved; I say good to go, (with original hook: "...In 2012, Shriya Pilgaonkar won a scholarship to do a summer course in screenplay adaptation at Harvard University?") Huldra (talk) 08:09, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg The article was at AFD and this revision shows that it was not an unsourced BLP. This 2x expansion is invalid. It needs 5x expansion for the eligibility. - Vivvt (Talk) 06:45, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘But after nominating the article for deletion, the article was redirected to Fan (film). This means that the Shriya Pilgaonkar page did not existed as an article. But on 8 May 2016, the page became as an article. If the page existed as an article when I had created the page on Shriya Pilgaonkar, then the article required 5x expansion. Because the page became an article on 8 May 2016, the article doesn't need 5x expansion. It's like a new article. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 12:52, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Quoting a DYK rule Former redirects, stubs, and other articles in which the prose portion has been expanded fivefold or more within the past seven days are also acceptable as "new" articles. - Vivvt (Talk) 17:17, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
Is this rule written somewhere on Wikipedia? How can you proof it? Now it's impossible to expand the article 5x. No more information of her is now available. The article is already been expanded. If you'll proof me where this rule is written on Wikipedia, you can reject this DYK. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 17:58, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
I counted this as an expansion, starting from the 10 March, 2016-version (which was basically a redirect), and as such this article fulfilled the requirements. Except for some minutes in January, this article has been nothing but a redir since May 2015, Huldra (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
See 1b here. - Vivvt (Talk) 03:54, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ OK, it's fine now. You can reject this DYK! Expanding the article for 5x more is impossible because no more information is available. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 08:58, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Symbol delete vote.svg For not satisfying the criteria for the expansion. - Vivvt (Talk) 14:16, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
But please don't close the discussion. The article has been nominated for GA. Wait until that discussion is closed. If the article gets seccussful in getting a GA icon, then it would be OK to go within 7 days. Now don't say that this rule is not written in Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 17:49, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Will finish the review soon and then we can come back to this DYK, if required. - Vivvt (Talk) 17:59, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol possible vote.svg Superseding the above icon with this one to prevent premature closure, since the GA review has already been started. Vivvt, I think it's great that you've taken on reviewing the GA nomination. However, you won't be eligible to also review this nomination assuming you list the article at GA (see WP:DYKSG#H2), so in that case a new reviewer will have to be found. If the article does not succeed at GA, though, you can reinstate your X icon here. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:51, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Symbol delete vote.svg Unfortunately, the article is not GA worthy. - Vivvt (Talk) 09:33, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Vivvt, I just ran DYKcheck on the article, and it is a very clear 5x expansion. DYKcheck says so, and the largest the article ever was in any of its previous incarnations was 703 prose characters, which would require an expansion to 3515 prose characters; the article is currently 5967 prose characters, an expansion of over 8x. But even if it hadn't been, a gap of over a year—even several months—means that the article is effectively new; this is what I've always been taught by DYK vets (and now I'm one myself). Any material reused from previous versions of the article would need to be expanded 5x (I didn't see any in this case), but otherwise the normal requirements for a new article (which includes articles replacing redirects) would apply. I'm sorry I didn't check this more closely earlier. At this point, I think the article needs a new full review—there has been a major expansion since the last tick was given, and most of what's there is new. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:18, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I have nothing against the article or the nominator but if you look at the content thats been added to the article for its expansion, you'll know thats its of a poor quality. Its one of the reasons, I had to fail the GA. If you or another reviewer is okay to get it to main page, then I'll leave upto you guys. - Vivvt (Talk) 04:48, 3 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on May 14[edit]

Francis Putnam Burns

Created by Daderot (talk). Self-nominated at 17:17, 14 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Daderot, first and foremost, I want to thank you for writing this article -- it is a very nice addition to the Encyclopedia. Unfortunately, there are a few issues that need to be resolved before this nomination can be approved, but I am confident that with a little work, this article can be approved soon:
  1. The DYK Rules state that article must be a minimum of 1500 characters in length. By my count, this article is about 400 characters short. Can you please expand the article so that it meets the length requirement?
  2. The DYK Supplemental Rues (D2) also state that articles must use inline citations rather than general references. Can you please place inline citations in this article?
  3. I am not sure that the fact asserted in the hook is actually true. A quick google search turns up sources that state pianos were brought to California before 1849 (see, e.g., this story about a piano that arrived in 1843). Can you please clarify this?
  4. Can you please add the date of Mr. Burns' death to the article?
  5. This is not relevant to the DYK criteria, but you should add project boxes on the talk page.
With respect to the other criteria, this article was created on March 14, there are no issues with neutrality, QPQ is not required (nominator has only one other DYK credit), and there are no images associated with this nomination. Please feel free to contact me if any of the above is unclear, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 23:38, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi there - thank you for your kind words. I don't think I can add much more substance to the article (even the death date) as information seems scarce. And the piano thing was the only interesting point, so if you've found one before then.... Well, I suggest we not proceed any further! best wishes, Daderot (talk) 10:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
@Daderot: I don't think that there is a tremendous amount of work that would need to be done with this article; all you need to do is add inline citations and a few additional sentences about events that happened in his life. For example, you could add some of the descriptions about his work in the Dolge book. That book also has some good material for potential hooks (you could say, for example, that Burns "impress[ed] his workmen with the idea that a piano is a work of art"). If you don't want to work on this article further, then that's fine too, but I certainly think it has potential and I don't think it will take much work to resolve the issues listed above. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 16:24, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello again - Notecardforfree, I'd like to thank you again for being so thoughtful and friendly - it's people like you that make Wikipedia a truly special undertaking. I'm about to set off for a lengthy vacation, but will see what I can do when I return. It's a distinctly minor article, but there's no reason it shouldn't be improved. with thanks again for your neighborly and very careful suggestions, Daderot (talk) 20:42, 17 May 2016 (UTC)



Articles created/expanded on May 15[edit]

10 (MercyMe album)

5x expanded by Toa Nidhiki05 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:54, 15 May 2016 (UTC).

  • First, nice work on the article and a great CD. On to the criteria: 5x expanded; prose is over 7,000 characters; it's neutral, cites sources inline and seems to be free of any copyright issues; hook is under 200 characters, cited inline and is interesting. I think all you are missing is QPQ and I would be glad to give you a pass! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:45, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Ah, knew I was forgetting something. Reviewed this. Toa Nidhiki05 17:29, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Nice work! Everything looks good to go now! I add your QPQ to the template above, fyi. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg The article is presently tagged with a {{non-free}} template, which needs to be addressed. North America1000 20:15, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment The tag was placed after my DYK review. I am not an expert on copyright law, but the justifications seemed fine to me. Whenever the tag issue is resolved, I would be glad to lend my support again. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 04:31, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Earwig copyvio detector - I have removed the copyvio tag, which was placed on the article by a bot. What the bot saw as copyvios, were actually quotations from the source. Please see the Earwig report. — Maile (talk) 17:44, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg I'm just suggesting an alternate hook because I personally don't find the original that compelling:
    ALT1: ... that the release of the album 10 commemorated the tenth anniversary of their song "I Can Only Imagine" and featured a re-recording of that song with the London Session Orchestra?
Future reviewers should review both hooks. FallingGravity (talk) 17:53, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - @Toa Nidhiki05: - Wow this sat around for very long. I will cover it. So definitely long enough, was new enough at nom. Hooks are both directly cited, article is generally sourced as well, being GA level and all certainly helps ;-). QPQ is done. Hooks are interesting, I don't have a preference. No copyvios detected, checked to ensure it was quotes that it noticed. Happy to give this one the okay.  MPJ-DK  21:47, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on May 16[edit]

Jane Little (musician)

Created by SageGreenRider (talk) and Cgingold (talk). Nominated by Cgingold (talk) at 07:47, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Looks good to me. Article is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, has no NPOV/copyvio issues. Hook is verified through reference 3. SounderBruce 20:14, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg The way this hook is written, it seems to capitalize on tragedy. There are also too many numbers here, and you need to convert them for Wikipedia's foreign audiences. I would write it this way (though, as you can see, ALT1 still has way too many numbers):
  • ALT1: ... that Jane Little, 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) in height, played a 6 feet (1.8 m) tall double bass for the Atlanta Symphony for 71 years – a world record for tenure with a single orchestra?
  • ALT2: ... that Jane Little played double bass for the Atlanta Symphony for 71 years – a Guinness World Record for tenure with a single orchestra? Yoninah (talk) 23:22, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks to both of you for your comments. On the issue raised by Yoninah about "capitalizing on tragedy", I respectfully disagree. Firstly, Ms. Little's sudden death was reported in very similar terms in the headlines of countless well-respected mainstream news outlets. Here is a sampling:
  • "An amazing way to go: Jane Little, world’s longest-serving orchestra musician, collapses and dies performing ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’" (Washington Post)
  • "Jane Little, record-breaking symphony bassist, dies after collapsing on stage" (CBC)
  • "Woman who held record for longest tenure with an orchestra collapses on stage, dies" (CNN)
  • "Record-holding double bass player collapses on stage, later dies" (CBS News)
  • "Jane Little, Atlanta's Dainty Double-Bass Player For 71 Years, Dies Onstage" (NPR)
Were the circumstances of her death dramatic? Certainly. Was it a tragedy? I submit that her death onstage in fact highlights the incredible willpower of this amazing woman, who perservered despite numerous injuries and the daunting pain of cancer, and kept right on playing out of sheer determination. In short, she kept performing to the very end -- and the way she died was very much in keeping with how she lived her life. (Btw, I'm planning on adding a paragraph about this very subject to the article in the next day or two.) Having read half a dozen full-length articles about Ms. Little, I rather suspect she would be tickled by all those headlines! :) Cgingold (talk) 05:02, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
As for the concern about "too many numbers", let me give that some serious thought, before I comment one way or the other. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 05:05, 24 May 2016 (UTC)









Articles created/expanded on May 19[edit]

Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)

  • ALT1:... that the Iranian government believes that four of their diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon almost 34 years ago were handed over to Israel and are still alive?
  • Reviewed: Isa ibn Muhanna

5x expanded by Mhhossein (talk). Self-nominated at 07:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg New enough, long enough, QPQ done. All non-lead paragraphs have cites. Copyvios picked up a bit of close paraphrasing, which needs to be addressed either by direct quoting and attributing or paraphrasing more fully. See here, particularly the sentence in the third paragraph of the "Fate of abducted diplomats" which is nearly entirely copied from the source. Both hooks are interesting and short enough. AGF on the main hook (subscription-only source), ALT1 is cited properly. ~ RobTalk 21:34, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
@BU Rob13: Thanks for the precise review. I try to resolve the mentioned copy vio issue. Mhhossein (talk) 05:03, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol voting keep.svg Issues resolved. I did some more copy-editing for one other close paraphrasing issue I found. I struck ALT1 due to neutrality issues. We really shouldn't air one nation's grievances against another on our front page. I'd rather not see Wikipedia cited in 10 years as a reason for a further deterioration of the Arab-Israeli conflict. I'm putting a tick on this, but also pinging BlueMoonset for an experienced second opinion on this article. If you see any neutrality issues, please do bring them up. We need to get this right if it's going on the main page, given the topic area. ~ RobTalk 05:19, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Rob: What you stroke was a well-sourced and well-attributed opinion and I don't know how you concluded Wikipedia would be "cited in 10 years as a reason for a further deterioration of the Arab-Israeli conflict." Anyway, thank you again for the review. Now I also think the original hook is more neutral. Mhhossein (talk) 07:00, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
  • (edit conflict) Symbol possible vote.svg Rob, I'm afraid I ran into problems with the very first sentence of the article, which states that three diplomats plus a reporter were kidnapped, which contradicts the four diplomats mentioned in the hook. (There are also issues with the wording of that first sentence: I rather doubt the kidnapped reporter was the only reporter the news agency has, but that's implicit in the wording.) Two sentences later, the names of the four victims are given, but now they're all diplomats. If one's a reporter, then say which one. FN15 (Mehr) gives detailed descriptions of each man's job title, while FN12 (PBS) varies in that Moqaddam is called a "driver" rather than a diplomat, though that could still mean embassy staff. Finally, I'm wondering whether "unknown" in the hook might be better as "unclear" or "disputed": either they were killed after their abduction, or they're still alive.
There are two major issues with this article. The first is that it needs a thorough copyedit, and should not run until that is done. If the copyedit is done by someone who can look for POV issues, so much the better. The second is that while I do not know many of the sources, I'm uncomfortable with the amount of bias inherent in their writing: many of them state as an apparent fact that Israel did the kidnapping, when the capture was done by Geagea's forces, and what happened next is what's unclear. The sole Israeli source mentions that the second stage of the 2008 swap would include a report from Israel on the fate of the four kidnap victims in exchange for info from Hezbollah on Ron Arad: didn't the swap take place? It seems unlikely that Hezbollah would have suppressed the report if they received it. About Geagea: he is reported in FN12 as having "said" that the four were killed after having been kidnapped; by using "claimed" in the article, Wikipedia is effectively casting doubt on Geagea's reported statement (see WP:CLAIM), which is a POV issue.
The second paragraph of the intro is problematic, in my view, in that it not only needs a prose revision, but it's taking an opinion of Nazih Mansour's that this has become political rather than judicial, and presenting it as fact.
I wish I had better news for you and Mhhossein, but for now this article needs significant work before it can be promoted to the main page. Thanks for the ping. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:22, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
In response to Mhhossein, the reason ALT1 isn't neutral is that it presents Iran's opinion of things without presenting Israel's. Essentially, it would be using the main page to make an accusation against Israel, which some people would (rightly, I think) take issue with. I'm going to post this at the Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard in the hopes of getting some additional eyes on this article. I don't think the problems are quite as severe as portrayed by BlueMoonset (prose is not bad enough to hold up on the basis of needing a ce, in my opinion), but the POV issues are a problem. I had flopped before giving his the tick on whether it should have to meet WP:WORDS, which is one of the reasons I pinged BlueMoonset for a second set of eyes, and after hearing his opinion I agree that it should given the sensitive topic area. Thanks for the second opinion. ~ RobTalk 12:09, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
BlueMoonset: Apaprently, there are different narrations of the story regarding the titles of the kidnapped persons. Most of the sources (such as the one by Haaretz) use "four diplomats". I think there's no contradiction between being a photojournalist of a state controlled News agency and being a diplomat! What do you think? I also think "unknown" would better be replaced by "unclear". How biased the sources are does not matter, as you know per WP:BIASED, rather the way their content is reflected is important. We should be careful not to write 'opinions' as if they are 'facts'. AFAIS, wherever the allegations regarding Israel is written in the article, the sentence is attributed so that the readers understand that it's an opinion not a fact. On the Haaretz source; I don't know of the swap took place or not! Regarding the issue caused by "claim"; you're right and I'll do that. On the second Para of the intro; You're right again and I'll correct that by making proper attributions. Thank you for the points. Mhhossein (talk) 13:58, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
Dear Rob, some changes are made as you see, what else do you suggest should be done? Mhhossein (talk) 13:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ At the very least, the NPOV tag needs to be resolved. An independent review for neutrality from a relevant WikiProject (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Middle Eastern military history task force, possibly) would also be helpful. Frankly, I don't know the material well enough to sign off on neutrality. ~ RobTalk 14:08, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm astonished that a photojournalist, even of a state-controlled News agency, could be considered the equivalent of a diplomat. They're not the same thing at all—diplomats have special status when they're in another country, unlike journalists, and would be credentialed entirely differently, too. Just because otherwise reliable sources have been careless with the facts by stating "four diplomats" doesn't mean Wikipedia should be, especially when there are more careful reliable sources available (and being used) on those four. I've struck the remaining hook since it contains the phrase "four Iranian diplomats". BlueMoonset (talk) 16:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: I don't insist on calling them photojournalist or diplomat or other things. The only thing I know is that we have to act based on the reliable sources. Remember that Your argument, i.e. "reliable sources have been careless with the facts", can be used to change many things in many articles and you have to prove this carelessness using some other reliable sources. Anyway, what should be done? Mhhossein (talk) 04:47, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Dear Rob, can you please tell me exactly what parts and what words have POV problems (as you have raised some of the POV concerns you must know the problems)? Ho can the NPOV tag be resolved when no point is raised. AS you see, your Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard nomination has led to marginal issues such as grammar brought by an attacking IP. I don't say the article is neutral, neither do I say it's not! The only thing I say is that if you say it's not neutral then please be specific so that I can resolve the issue! Mhhossein (talk) 04:47, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
I'm kind of in the same spot as you in that I don't know if it's neutral or non-neutral due to an unfamiliarity with the sources. The fact that almost all of the article is devoted to Iran's view of what happened to the diplomats makes me suspect that this has a pro-Iran slant. When Israel's POV is talked about, it's often accompanied by somewhat of a negative slant. Use of words like "denies" is against the WP:WORDS guideline and suggests that Israel is guilty. The section stating that Israel handed over a "report" hints at the claim that Israel was responsible (rather than the more-likely possibility that they handed over a report on what their intelligence sources know; if they were responsible, they wouldn't go around handing a report saying they were). Fars is essentially a state-run media source, and you've used it to source the claim that Israel has contradicted themselves. I'm not saying you're pushing that POV; it's possible you've just found sources that have a pro-Iran slant as well. There is some alternative stances in the sources you already have in the article that haven't been incorporated. The Reuters piece calls the "kidnapping" an arrest, which isn't something even considered in the article as written. All that is a starting place, but what we really need is experts in the content to review the article, which is why I recommended posting at a relevant WikiProject. ~ RobTalk 05:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Rob: Thanks for the points. I removed the "deny" word and would like to say that NOT all of the article is devoted to Iran's view rather it was tried to include most of available sources to enrich the article and most of the sources have paid to Iranian comments and actions, which is natural considering that the abducted individuals were Iranian! However if you find some other sources I'll welcome using them. On the report by Israel, this is what exactly is mentioned by the source and I don't see such a problem as you say. The Reuters piece have also used "kidnapped". Yes, there's an "arrest", but so what? they were arrested and kidnapped! Nearly all the independent sources say they were kidnapped (abducted). One point I'd like to say that we usually do the reviews here. If there are further points, take it here. If you think you "don't know if it's neutral or non-neutral" because of your "unfamiliarity with the sources", we can simply ask for another reviewer. Mhhossein (talk) 17:10, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
Any other reviewer is welcome to review for neutrality and give a tick if they're familiar with this content area, but my point is that no reviewer is likely to have such familiarity unless you specifically seek one out by encouraging WikiProject participants to comment on the page (either at the WikiProject talk page, or here). ~ RobTalk 17:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
As a side note, reviews are done here, yes, but content decisions that must be made to approve at DYK are routinely carried out on the article's talk page or another relevant talk page. DYK is not an appropriate venue to have a long discussion on neutrality that will likely require many participants. ~ RobTalk 17:14, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: What should be done next? (BTw, plz consider this comment.) I went deep in the sources to understand the titles of the abducted individuals. Mhhossein (talk) 07:18, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Mhhossein, apologies for the delay in responding. I've made an edit to the article that included revising the last remaining occurrence of "four" with "diplomats" and also an unnecessarily inflammatory quote; it should still be clear from context that it's the four Iranians who were abducted. At this point, there are two active discussions on the neutrality issues—talk page and neutrality board—that need to reach their natural end and some kind of consensus before this can continue. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:30, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @BlueMoonset: I consider both discussions resolved in the sense that no specific concerns have been raised that haven't been addressed (since no specific concerns were raised at all). The point of the NPOVN discussion was to get eyes on the article, and that wasn't successful. The next usual step would be to notify relevant WikiProjects, as I recommended to Mhhossein a few times. At the very least, a neutral request for more eyes on the neutrality of the article should be placed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history, possibly also WP:WikiProject Iran and WP:WikiProject Israel. If there's no response to those as well, I would consider neutrality "resolved". ~ RobTalk 16:14, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

BlueMoonset Thanks for the edit. I think that no specific concerns were raised at all, too and that the two discussions are inter-related. I don't think placing it at WikiProjects would be necessary and normal and I think the normal way is to ask for another review. BU Rob13: I welcome any specific problem, if you see any, otherwise we can't act based on speculations. Mhhossein (talk) 18:12, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Alerting WikiProjects to content issues within their subject area is entirely normal. You're not going to find any reviewer who can verify neutrality without knowing the subject area. ~ RobTalk 18:27, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
I admire your concern, but why do you think there's no reviewer here familiar with the subject? Mhhossein (talk) 05:15, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Because I know most of the regular DYK contributors and know that none of them specialize in the Arab-Israeli conflict. There's a chance someone would eventually come along, but it would go much more quickly if a notification was posted for the projects. ~ RobTalk 05:37, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review requested: The reviewer would better consider the issues raised by BU Rob13, although no specific point by him is left un-resolved. Mhhossein (talk) 13:07, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
    • Symbol possible vote.svg This article is not neutral. Even though this article is about the kidnapping, the section Fate of abducted diplomats" is six times longer than the section about the actual event, much of which seems to be speculative. It's not a question of needing the Israeli point of view; this event doesn't even seem to be on the Israeli radar. A large part of this article seems to be devoted to fingering Israel for the kidnapping, even though as far as I can tell, it's not at all clear what happened to the diplomats and there seems to be little evidence that Israel is involved beyond the accusations of the Iranian government and its state media (on which this article relies excessively). This article mentions Israel 23 times. In order to become neutral, the emphasis on alleged Israeli involvement needs to be significantly reduced per WP:UNDUE, perhaps localized to a subsection of the Fate section.
    • Background, who the abductees were and the domestic reaction within Iran are usually major components of articles like this, but here they are conspicuously absent. These other facets should be expanded upon. The commemoration of Ahmad Motevaselian as a war hero is not mentioned at all for instance. I've found this source, which presents a more neutral treatment. Interestingly, it suggests that Iranians had largely forgotten about this event until it was raised again recently by an Iranian politician
    • In addition, this article still needs a copyedit. Why is the article called "Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)"? Diplomats should be singular, but what do sources on this subject use? Intelligentsium 01:34, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
      • @Intelligentsium: Thanks for the review. I think the Fate section is also a part of the article which is not separable from it. The article is naturally (as expected) written based on the existing sources which mostly deal with their fate. While no strong proof is provided to accuse Israel for holding them prisoners, the sources have dealt with this accusation and we can't therefore avoid it. As you see, it's tried to balance the section by using the counter views and denials. If you count once more, "Israel" is repeated just 10 times within the article body. However, I think we can reduce the emphasize on the accusation and have it locally in the Fate section.
      • Having a background section's a suitable suggestion and I'll deal with it.
      • I'll try to see what titles we can have. Mhhossein (talk) 07:26, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
        • Yes, that sounds like a good solution. I wouldn't find it necessary to reduce the fate section if proportionate background and reaction sections were also added (and if the events section can be expanded). I think the inherent problem is that much more attention seems to have been paid to this issue within Iran (particularly by state media) than in other parts of the world, leading to an intrinsic selection bias. I looked again and you were right; nine of the mentions I found were in the sources (but it is still somewhat concerning if fully half the sources in the article about a kidnapping are about a theory which has little outside verification). Intelligentsium 00:02, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
          • @Intelligentsium: A background section was added as you suggested and the event section was expanded as much as I could. I also tried to manage the Fate section by breaking it into three subsections and by adding more sources on their death allegation and hence reducing concentration on the claim of their being held in Israel. I also could not avoid adding the report by Rai al-Youm. For reactions I found nothing more than accusations and denials which are already included in the article. So, I don't know what you exactly mean by that! Please see the recent changes. Mhhossein (talk) 07:03, 24 June 2016 (UTC)




Articles created/expanded on May 22[edit]

2016 Sweden riots and unrest

Created by User2534 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 29 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment: @User2534: This article seems to be about the 15 May riots. I believe other riots have occurred in Sweden this year (e.g. Emmaboda in January, Alby in March etc.). So, this page should probably be moved to a more specific title. Also, the Swedish-language citations are probably scaring away the potential reviewers. I'd suggest dropping a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sweden, requesting a Swedish speaker to review this. utcursch | talk 21:59, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The article is about the outburst of riots from late March to May, but highlights the 15 May riots as a major outbreak. It is about riots in the suburbs, so includes Alby, but not Emmaboda which is another type of riot at an asylum centre (and outside the main timeframe). User2534 (talk) 09:23, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I changed the title to reflect the scope better. User2534 (talk) 11:07, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Have completed another review now. User2534 (talk) 09:13, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • User2534, thanks, but the review in question is one that all nominations must be given by an independent reviewer to see whether the article meets the DYK criteria. I'll make another call for such a reviewer, and I've just updated this template to reflect the new article name (it's now all set; you don't need to do anything further). BlueMoonset (talk) 04:38, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Being Danish the Swedish language sources are not discouraging me. I agree with those that voice concerns about the article title - you have a fairly contained timeline, but the article just says "2016", if another riot happens in Sweden people will probably come looking here for information?
  • New enough at time of nomination, long enough as well. So while the article does not explicitly state "widespread" it lists so many locations with sources that I think we can agree "widespread" is an appropriate term to use for a hook. No copyright violations from what I can see, even spot checked a few of the Swedish sources - harder to say "close paraphrasing" when it's a lot of locations and numbers etc. I think what is presented is different enough from the articles to be okay. QPQ checks out too.
  • I see places here and there where it could use some copyediting, I will pitch in and fix a few things here and there for you, but I would appreciate it if you read through as well to fix any possible mistakes User2534
  • Two of the sources are dead. should be replaced - #84 and 47#
  • Symbol question.svg - Address the sources and I'll give you a hand with a little copy edits (nothing major, just a few things).  MPJ-DK  22:20, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I went through it with some quick copyediting, hopefully you find it helpful. Side note on the sources - they are almost all Swedish newspapers and thus reliable sources without a question. If the dead sources can be addressed I think it'll be okay to go.  MPJ-DK  22:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)





Jade Garden

  • ... that Jade Garden in South Korea has been modeled after a famous European garden?

Created by Ji-soo Seo (talk). Self-nominated at 03:09, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol delete vote.svg New enough, nominator QPQ exempt, non-list content is verified with citations to sources. Matters that need to be addressed:
  • Hook content is not stated in the source used in the article at the end of the sentence stating the hook's content. It's a primary source, and states that Jade Garden is "an exquisite European style garden", but does not adequately verify the wording in the article, which states "has been modeled after the famous European garden". In terms of the hook, the source does not state that it's "modeled" or that it's "famous", or that it's modeled after a specific, single European garden, as the hook suggests;
  • The article is not long enough; presently at 1383 B (1500 characters is the minimum);
  • Virtually all of the sources in the article are primary; the article needs the addition of independent secondary reliable sources to verify content;
  • Would benefit from copy editing for organization and cohesion;
  • Presently tagged with orphan and primary sources templates (the latter of which I added, because this needs to be addressed). Please see WP:DYKRULES for more information about DYK rules and processes. North America1000 13:45, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
  • How about the new hook here : --Ji-soo Seo (talk) 04:40, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT1:... that Jade Garden is an exquisite European-style garden in South Korea? and I will revise as you mentioned.I asked help about secondary sources and pictures in Korea wikipedia. --Ji-soo Seo (talk) 04:41, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • The matters denoted above need to be addressed before this can move forward. North America1000 13:55, 8 June 2016 (UTC)



Articles created/expanded on May 23[edit]

John Crane (government official)

Created by Evolauxia (talk) and Cgingold (talk). Nominated by Cgingold (talk) at 16:59, May 30, 2016‎ (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg @Evolauxia: @Cgingold: This article is new enough and long enough. However neither of the hooks proposed will do because they each contain more information than is included in the article. You will need to either propose some more mundane hook mentioning only facts contained in the article, or expand the article a little to include the interesting facts you mention in your proposed hooks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:53, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I have struck the original hook because at 209 characters, it's above the 200 maximum allowed for DYK. ALT1 is 194 characters, and I'm not sure why there are brackets in the "[a]"—they should almost certainly be eliminated. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Cwmhiraeth, were the edits by Evolauxia on June 2 sufficient to address the issues you raised, or is more work needed here? Evolauxia, in the absence of Cgingold, it's important for you to post here when you have made edits to fix issues raised here so we know to proceed with the review. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:41, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @BlueMoonset: Well, yes, but the evidence comes from an interview given by John Crane rather than a third party source. It is repeated in the article on the grandfather, Günther Rüdel, but that information was added by Evolauxia this month. Under the present aura of blame and recrimination, I think I will let someone else decide if that is a reliable source. If not, we need a new hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:43, 24 June 2016 (UTC)





RLV-TD

Created by AKS.9955 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:04, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

  • I believe your proposed hooks are hyping this vehicle. I don't think it's accurate to call it "India's first reusable launch vehicle" when it is no such thing yet, only a demonstrator which just made its first test. I'm also concerned about your ALT1's use of "is projected to bring down the cost". That is the goal, but there is no guarantee that projections will be obtained. (That certainly wasn't the case for the US Space Shuttle.) How about:
  • Hello JustinTime55, thanks for your time. Sorry if it came across that way, but I am not in the business of promoting anything and in first hook I had used the word "prototype". ISRO (India's space program) is known for low cost operations. ISRO's mission to Mars costed less than the movie Gravity and 90% less that NASA's mission to Mars. Also, I have not used my conclusions and those are official statements by the agency. In anycase, I am ok with the hook you suggested. Cheers, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 05:11, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • OK. My intent was not to accuse you of promoting or having a conflict of interest. I just put that wikilink to "promotion" just to define the word hype, which is an American idiom I thought you might not be familiar with. It's often used informally to mean making something sound like more than it is, and not necessarily literal advertising promotion. Sorry it came across that way. JustinTime55 (talk) 12:56, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Hello JustinTime55, I was just clarifying and not saying that you were accusing me. I think we both got our words a bit mixed up; apologies. Cheers, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 13:04, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Hello §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits}, I have removed the picture from the article. Can I go ahead and remove the picture from the DYK nomination or will the reviewer do it? Please let me know. Thanks, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 13:20, 31 May 2016 (UTC)





Articles created/expanded on May 24[edit]

Handan Biroğlu

  • Reviewed: Football Leaks
  • Comment: The hook can be moved to the holding area for September 12, the day of her competition.

Created by CeeGee (talk). Self-nominated at 14:50, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

  • @Dunkleosteus77: Thank you for your attention. I've fixed them. Please, feel free to edit next time by yourself. CeeGee 06:18, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
  • A wikilink is added in the article now for the draw weight's explanatipn. CeeGee 06:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Article date and length verified, no close paraphrasing issues found. The article is well-cited and within policy (AGF Turkish sources). However, I do have some concerns about the translations in the article, especially with regard to phrasings such as the quote "Her daughter helped to her rehabilitation" and the title "Turkey's Disabled Sportsperson in 2015". The hook is quite unfortunate. How about:
  • @Dunkleosteus77: Thank you for your efforts. I've rephrased the mentioned quote and the invidual award. Please recheck. ALT1 sounds better. CeeGee 08:24, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Intelligentsium: What is your rational to ask for a new reviewer? ALT1 is a shorter version of the original hook. Please advise. CeeGee 12:32, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately I can't approve a hook I proposed myself. Intelligentsium 12:35, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Intelligentsium: Sorry! I missed the nominator of the ALT1 hook as yours. Thanks. CeeGee 12:43, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New reviewer still needed to check ALT1 hook. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:41, 27 June 2016 (UTC)






Articles created/expanded on May 26[edit]

List of public art in the City of Sydney

Echidna, platypus and goanna in the Tank Stream Fountain
Echidna, platypus and goanna in the Tank Stream Fountain
  • ... that the public art in Sydney includes sculptures of a boar as well as brolgas, echidnas, goannas and snakes? (pictured)?
  • Reviewed: Gibbs surround
  • Comment: Would like the article to be on the main page on 25 June

Created by Whiteghost.ink (talk). Self-nominated at 06:21, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Umm, under which DYK eligibility criteria is this nominated? As far as I can tell it's not new (it has been expanded steadily for months), and it's not a new GA/GL. Am I missing something here? (If you reply to me, please echo me back). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:12, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • It was created in my sandbox and moved to mainspace today. The DYK eligibility criteria state: "d) Articles that have been worked on exclusively in a user or user talk subpage or at articles for creation or in the Draft namespace and then moved (or in some cases pasted) to the article mainspace are considered new as of the date they reach the mainspace." Hence the article is new from today. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 08:26, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg And I thought I checked for that, must have mistyped something in my search box I guess. All right, date is fine, hook, refs, neutrality, all GTG. I'd suggest minor rewording of the hook for better prose, however, something like "that the public art in Sydney includes sculptures of a boar as well as brolgas, echidnas, goannas and snakes? (pictured)? (I cannot propose it as ALT1 as my past experience shows that this would disqualify me from the review, sigh, so if you like it and suggest it as ALT1 yourself then I can approve the alt too :> --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:09, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Artwork (2004)
Artwork (2004)
  • ALT2: here's my suggestion for a hook, with what I think is a more easily viewable artwork at the small size the images have to be for DYK. Wittylama 12:30, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
  • ... that one of the public artworks in the City of Sydney is a sign (pictured) warning about one of the other artworks?
Symbol confirmed.svg Approved as well, and frankly, likely more interesting: statuses of animals are common enough (and the picture of the sign is more eye-catching). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:43, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Many of the sections and entries are unsourced. Per WP:DYKSG#D2, the rule of thumb is "one inline citation per paragraph, excluding the intro". Intelligentsium 21:12, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The prose paragraphs at the beginning are introduction and (as far as I'm aware) every statement of fact within them is referenced in the individual line item of the table below to which it refers. I've taken the liberty to rearrange the section headings to indicate this more clearly (diff). Wittylama 16:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Hi, thanks for the edits. As the introductory prose sections are rather lengthy, it would be nice to have some citations as well - especially to ensure that the summary is verifiable and does not contain any original synthesis (for instance, claims like "Recurring themes include flora, children and classical or abstract allusion" and "Some (such as The Offerings of Peace and The Offerings of War) employ classical references to convey an abstract meaning; others (such as Research) use abstracted forms to convey an idea.") There seem to be a few entries in the table that lack citations, such as Willy Willy, Wave Machine, and New Constellation. Also, a few of the works appear to be inside buildings - can you comment on whether the photographs are in compliance with Australia's freedom of panorama laws? Intelligentsium 02:30, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Intelligentsium: Because this nomination has been approved by both Piotrus (above) and Hawkeye7 (diff), and that these comments are about suggested improvements rather than meeting minimum standards for DYK - can I suggest that you write these on the article talkpage instead and they can be discussed/addressed in the normal wiki-way. Wittylama 16:02, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The DYK requirements state that the article must be within policy. The table entries should have citations per Verifiability, and analysis such as "Some (such as The Offerings of Peace and The Offerings of War) employ classical references to convey an abstract meaning; others (such as Research) use abstracted forms to convey an idea." needs to be cited to conform to No original research. I don't consider the image issue an obstacle as I doubt there is a copyright violation since FOP laws are fairly lax, but just to make sure I've posted to the article talk. Intelligentsium 22:29, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I've taken a second look. It is true that the introduction and 10% or so of the entries are unreferenced. I still think this is borderline, but yes, it would be very helpful to see citations for "Summary" and to ensure that each entry has a reference. An example of an unreferenced entry would be "John Christie Wright Memorial Fountain". They are few, so I missed them last time. Thank you for the second and third opinions. Ping if if those issues are addressed, or reasons are provided why they cannot be. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:14, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
1) With regards to citations in the Summary section:
My understanding of the lead/introduction section is that it should summarise information that is presented below (which is why the policy is that the intro doesn’t need footnotes). Therefore, all of the statements in the summary are rephrasing things that are said about the artworks in the comments below, and also that each of the statements in the summary lists the specific artwork where that statement is referenced. You have specifically referred to “The Offerings of Peace" and "The Offerings of War”, and “Research” so I have just now improved the comment section of both of those to state more explicitly what is summarised above and I have also improved the quality of their footnotes. Furthermore, I have removed the "Summary" section heading to make it more clear that this text is intended to be part of the lead - summarising the whole article's contents.
2) With regards to the as-yet-uncited artworks in the table:
Wikipedia’s Verifiability policy is that “All content must be ‘’verifiable’’”. Only BLPs have the higher standard that statements ought to be "verified" immediately. Since all of the items currently missing a reference do at least have a photograph (and many also have a geocode), the artwork demonstrably "exists" and the statements in the comment column are able to be verified, even when they are not yet verified. So, since this is a DYK nomination, not a Good Article review, I believe that this list with over 150 footnotes to historical and contemporary sources is well above the standard for proving Verifiability, not only for the list as a whole and also for the individual works in the list. By my count there are currently only nine eight items on this list of 123 artworks that have as yet no footnote. You must agree this is a very small, and decreasing, proportion.
Notwithstanding all the above, I am of course trying to add footnotes to all of the items. For example, I have added two references for the “John Christie Wright Memorial Fountain” which you mentioned. Some references are more elusive than others but I am steadily decreasing the number of un-cited entries (check the article history). Whiteghost.ink (talk) 15:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Note: I've just found refs for three more of the previously un-ref'd ones, bringing the total number of works missing a footnote down to 5 (diff). Wittylama 17:52, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Only two artworks without inline citations. Will keep working on them. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 20:11, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Hawkeye7: I think the concerns have now been well enough addressed to allow the article to appear as DYK on the day requested. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 12:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
    • Symbol possible vote.svg @Whiteghost.ink: Two (non-critical) entries in the table without citations is not a deal-breaker; if you wanted to continue the review you should have pinged me. I assumed you were still working on the last two. I'm more concerned that several descriptions in the table seem to be almost-verbatim lifted from sources without being quoted, or only partially being quoted, for example:
      • Southern Cross: "Inspired by one of the earliest known images of the constellation, a wood engraving in the rare manuscript Lettera di Andrea Corsali made in Florence in 1516"
      • Source: "inspired by one of the earliest known images of the Southern Cross: a wood engraving in the rare manuscript Lettera di Andrea Corsali, made in Florence in 1516"
      • #Twenty-first century: "Tom Bass described himself as a maker of totems – symbolic, widely recognisable forms that embody social, cultural and spiritual meanings for a community – for a city, a corporate client or humanity in general"
      • Source: "The artist habitually describes himself as a maker of totems - symbolic, widely recognisable forms that embody social, cultural and spiritual meanings for a community - for a city, a corporate client or humanity in general" (is this meant to be a quote? Note that this isn't a quote from the artist in the source so using quotes would also be misleading)
      • P&O Fountain: "A wall sculpture that was satirised by a notorious Oz magazine cover, that nevertheless "enjoys a kind of celebrity status as a landmark.""
      • Source: "his wall fountain on Hunter Street, satirised as a urinal by a notorious Oz magazine cover in 1963, enjoys a kind of celebrity status as a landmark."
      • J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain: "...fountain constructed to commemorate the association between Australia and France in World War I"
      • Source: "...fountain was built in Hyde Park North in 1932 to commemorate the association between Australia and France in World War I."
      • Wurrungwuri: "Sculpture in two parts ... One part is made of 260 sandstone blocks in wave formation and the other part is a monolith built from 16,000 threaded quartz pebbles, decorated with a pattern from a rare Aboriginal shield – the Sydney shield"
      • Source: "Consisting of two parts, one made of 260 sandstone blocks in wave formation and weighing 350 tonnes, ... The other part is a monolith built from 16,000 threaded quartz pebbles and decorated with a pattern from a rare Aboriginal shield - the Sydney shield"
      • Busby's Bore Fountain: "Commemorates the Busby Bore, a tunnel built to bring water from the Lachlan Swamp (now Centennial Park) to Hyde Park. The bore, built by convicts from 1827–1837, was Sydney's sole source of water until 1859"
      • Source: "commemorates the Busby Bore, a tunnel built to bring water from the Lachlan Swamp (now Centennial Park) to Hyde Park ... The bore was Sydney’s sole source of water until 1859"

Intelligentsium 01:31, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Ein as-Sahla

  • Comment: The article was created from a redirect on 26th of May, 2016.

Created by Bolter21 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:18, 2 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough (former redirect), long enough, and neutrally written with inline citations. No close paraphrasing detected. The hook is interesting and is cited in the article. QPQ is not required. This should be good to go. Random86 (talk) 08:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg The article does not mention when Ein as-Sahala was established. The 19th century was only mentioned as the time when the founders of Barta'a left Ya'bad. Therefore, the proposed hook cannot be used on MainPage. Please put the relevant details and refs into the article, or propose a new hook. --PFHLai (talk) 15:34, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol comment.svg The Hebrew source says it was established in the mid 19th century.. Obviously you don't speak Hebrew, how can I prove it?--Bolter21 (talk to me) 16:28, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The Hebrew source, titled "Ein a-Sahala: Type: Non-Jewish village", reads: An Arab village in Reches Um al-Pacham, two kilometers northeast of Arara. Established in the mid-19th century by residents of the village of Ya'bad.
  • Note: The village name is spelled incorrectly in the title and text. Arab names begin with "a-" or "al-". This should be Ein a-Sahala. Yoninah (talk) 20:49, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The village is called Ein a-Sahala in Hebrew, but not in other sources. The name can be translated as "as-", "al-", "el-", and "es-". There is no correct form to write in English, it's a matter of dialect and we don't know which dialect does the people of Ein as-Sahala speak.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 20:53, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • When it comes to foreign-language names, there are many variants in English-language sources. Wikipedia goes by WP:COMMONNAME. The article in the Hebrew Wikipedia calls it Ein Al-Sahala. Rather than go by your gut feeling, please go by the majority of sources. Yoninah (talk) 09:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
The question, should it be "al" or "el"? All Hebrer sources only use "a".. The sources doesn't provide an answer.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 17:07, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I see. The Israel Economist and Israel Government Yearbook, which you did not consult, spell it Ein el-Sahala. So do the Arab sources, Umm El Fahem Archive and Iron Construction Committee. The Hebrew sources call it either Ein a-Sahala or Ein Sahala. I would go with the majority of sources and call the page Ein el-Sahala. Yoninah (talk) 20:14, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Alright, but it needs to be Ein el-Sahla, because most sources I"ve seen said Sahla and not Sahala.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 21:55, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Right, I don't know Hebrew. But I'm not looking at the sourcing issue yet. The history section of the article currently says:

    Some of the clan members left Ya'bad in the mid-19th century searching for sources of living, and they found a spring with pastures for their cattle and bought the lands around it and established Barta'a.[3][4] Ein es-Sahala was established as a daughter village of Barta'a.[3][2][4]

    There is no info in the artcle on how long it took to find the spring and buy the land, and how long it took Barta'a to grow so large/crowded that there were enough people to form a daughter village such as Ein as-Sahala ... (This seems to require a few generations?? Was it still the 19th century by then?? early 20th??). IMHO, the article does not support a hook that specifies when Ein as-Sahala was established. Since refs are available, please elaborate on the establishment of Ein as-Sahala and add the relevant info to the article. Otherwise, it seems a new hook is needed. --PFHLai (talk) 01:05, 11 June 2016 (UTC)







Grönsö Manor

Grönsö Manor
Grönsö Manor
  • ... that the oldest commercial orchard (founded in 1623) still operating in Sweden is at Grönsö Manor (pictured)?

5x expanded by Yakikaki (talk). Self-nominated at 18:30, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Good expansion of an interesting house, thank you! All Swedish sources accepted AGF. Hook: please word with the manor at the beginning, then the orchard thing, - you don't want people to click on orchard but the manor ;) - Article: I wonder why the infobox has the alternative spelling. Please move the image to below the infobox, sqeezing text between two images is not the best idea. Read again and perhaps change some sentence constructions to "more English", for example:
"At the place of the current estate there was at least since the Middle Ages a small village; during the 16th century it consisted of five farms." while I'd suggest "The site of the current estate was a small village at least since the Middle Ages, consisting of five farms in the 16th century." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:56, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
The image is nice and licensed, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:00, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks Gerda Arendt for this very constructive review! I have tried to re-write the article into more readable prose. I also moved the image (though personally I think it looks better the other way). I also made the spelling in the infobox consistent with the rest of the article (Grönsöö is a more archaic form, although it can also be used). For alternative hook, how about:
Alt 1: ... that Grönsö Manor (pictured) has the oldest commercial orchard (founded in 1623) still operating in Sweden? Yakikaki (talk) 12:54, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol voting keep.svg Thanks for all and a good ALT, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol possible vote.svg So sorry to do this, but I've pulled this from prep due to the sourcing. Yakikaki and Gerda Arendt perhaps one, or both, of you can help clarify this. I was running the source through Google translate. If you've noticed the WP:DYK section "Superlatives", I was trying to find a way to avoid the possible argument over the word "oldest". The source does say what the hook does, that it's the oldest. I was thinking maybe adding, "according to...." whatever the source is. But the source is Grönsöö Castle, In fact two of the three sources are Grönsöö Castle. So, I think that's a WP:PRIMARY source. Nice web site, but it's their own website. I think it's best to pull this hook at this time, until an independent source can be found for this article. — Maile (talk) 21:46, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I hope for Yakikaki for a source, but am not keen myself in superlatives, - could be simply
Alt 2: ... that Grönsö Manor (pictured) has an operating orchard founded in 1623? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:53, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Wow! You're quick! I'm fine with ALT2. But I think we need to do something about the sourcing on the article. — Maile (talk) 22:00, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm on vacation, I'll have to address this when I get back. Yakikaki (talk) 09:11, 11 June 2016 (UTC)



Articles created/expanded on May 28[edit]

Jack Baer (art dealer)

  • ... that British art dealer Sir Jack Baer saved £150 million of art for the nation?
  • ALT1 ... that British art dealer Sir Jack Baer's career blossomed after his boss Max was jailed for fraud, and another Max suddenly died and Baer took over his business?
  • ALT2 ... that in 1955, British art dealer Sir Jack Baer bought 35 works by out-of-favour 19th-century French artists including Corot, Millet and Rousseau, for a mere £10,000?

Created by Edwardx (talk) and Joseph2302 (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 19:58, 3 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg This article has close paraphrasing issues:
  • Article (Personal Life - the first one): Jack Mervyn Frank Baer was born on 29 August 1924, the son of Frank Baer, a business executive with the British Metal Corporation, who was of German Jewish extraction, and had settled in England as a young man.
Source: Jack Mervyn Baer was born on August 29 1924, the son of Frank Baer, a businessman of German-Jewish extraction who had settled in England as a young man.
Note: the source I am quoting is number 2 in the article, but the attribution in the article is to reference 1.
  • Article (Career): In 1948, Baer took over the Hazlitt Gallery, and built it into "a world-class concern", and in 1973, a merger created Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, opening a New York affiliate gallery.
Source: From 1948, when he took over the obligations of the fledgling Hazlitt Gallery, Baer built up his business into a world-class concern. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox was formed as the result of a merger in 1973, and an affiliate gallery was opened in New York.
  • Article (Career): He was managing director of Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox from 1973, until 1992, when he became chairman.
Source: He became Managing Director of the merged Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox in '1973 and succeeded as Chairman in 1992.
  • Article (Career): Baer left Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox in 2001 to set up his own consultancy.
[1]: This month Baer leaves the gallery with which he has been associated for 54 years, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, to set up his own consultancy.
  • Article (Career): From 1977 to 1980, Baer was chairman of the Society of London Art Dealers. Baer served on the Museums and Galleries Commission, where he worked as chairman of the acceptance in lieu panel; Baer is estimated to have saved £150 million of art. He became a member of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art in 1992.
Source: Chairman of the Society of London Art Dealers from 1977 until 1980. Served on the Museums and Galleries Commission and became a Member of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art in 1992.
  • Article (Personal Life - the second one): From 1952 to 1969, Baer was married to the English actress Jean St. Clair, and they had one daughter together. In 1970, he married Diana Downes Baillieu, and she survived him, as did his daughter, and two stepdaughters
Source: Jack Baer married first, in 1952, the actress Jean St Clair (marriage dissolved 1969), and secondly, in 1970, Diana Downes Baillieu; she survives him with his daughter from the first marriage and two stepdaughters.'

To illustrate the extent of the paraphrasing issue, here is the full text of the body of the article with issues from above highlighted:

Jack Mervyn Frank Baer was born on 29 August 1924, the son of Frank Baer, a business executive with the British Metal Corporation, who was of German Jewish extraction, and had settled in England as a young man.

He was educated at Bryanston School, as was the slightly older artist Lucien Freud, and they would meet again in later life, followed by the Slade School of Fine Art.

In 1948, Baer took over the Hazlitt Gallery, and built it into "a world-class concern", and in 1973, a merger created Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, opening a New York affiliate gallery.

He was managing director of Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox from 1973, until 1992, when he became chairman. Baer left Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox in 2001 to set up his own consultancy.

From 1977 to 1980, Baer was chairman of the Society of London Art Dealers. Baer served on the Museums and Galleries Commission, where he worked as chairman of the acceptance in lieu panel; Baer is estimated to have saved £150 million of art. He became a member of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art in 1992. In 2003, Baer was part of an advisory committee overseeing the updating of information on 1933-45 collections in UK museums.

Baer was knighted in 1997.

From 1952 to 1969, Baer was married to the English actress Jean St. Clair, and they had one daughter together. In 1970, he married Diana Downes Baillieu, and she survived him, as did his daughter, and two stepdaughters

  • Other issues: Three of the references are bare urls. Classified as a stub. Barely long enough (1591 characters). Two sections headed "Personal Life". Hook fact is cited, though not sure if it is clear that the money is from Acceptance in Lieu. EdChem (talk) 12:47, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
  • EdChem I've removed the copyvios, see [2]. Also filled in refs, renamed one of the "Personal Life" sections and changed rating to start. QPQ done. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:43, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Joseph2302 No, you haven't. Here's what you've done: [3] You've fixed the bare urls (good), changed the duplicate title (good) and redrafted one sentence. Earwig may give a low percentage but the examples above are still there. Remember that copying a sequence of ideas with a few altered words is still close paraphrasing and still not ok. I listed three different sources that have been closely paraphrased - if they had all been in one that would be a much higher percentage on Earwig, but them being from different sources doesn't lessen the seriousness from a policy perspective. EdChem (talk) 13:01, 8 June 2016 (UTC) Note also that the changed sentence which you still attribute to the Times is actually lifted from the Telegraph reference, and your changes haven't changed the sequence of ideas at all. EdChem (talk) 13:04, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you EdChem and Joseph2302. Been rather busy in the real world. Today, I will be expanding the article (trying to find something to bas a snappier hook on), and looking at the paraphrasing issues. Will let you know when it is worth having another look. Edwardx (talk) 12:08, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I think I've dealt with the issues. Most of the stuff is simple facts and names that cannot be copyrighted, and paraphrasing possibilities are often limited. I have added two ALTs that are both more interesting than my original hook. Edwardx (talk) 14:04, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
@Edwardx: I have received another view here from Crow which confirms my concerns that duplicating the sequence of ideas is problematic. Perhaps I should post for a new review to see if some other editor concurs with my concern or is willing to give a tick? EdChem (talk) 08:34, 22 June 2016 (UTC)





Transformers: The Last Knight

Moved to mainspace by Captain Assassin! (talk). Self-nominated at 12:45, 28 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The article was moved to mainspace on May 26 and nominated on May 28, so it satisfies the criteria for being new. It is certainly long enough and is well cited and neutrally written. The first hook is cited in the article. The ALT hook is also properly cited, but the wording as it stands is strange. If it was changed to "...Transformers: The Last Knight is the second American film..." I think it would be the more interesting option.
Two questions for the nominator Captain Assassin!: (1) you have QPQ marked as being done "soon". Have you done one since nominating this? (2) What do you think of my proposed change to ALT1? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 06:19, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Striking ALT1, since Fast 8 was not the first American film to be shot in Cuba, even since the revolution. The number of qualifications that would have to be stuffed into a hook that would make it accurate would not be worthwhile. Fast 8 ultimately had to drop the Cuba angle from its hook, so I strongly advise against trying it here. The above review doesn't mention other DYK criteria, including neutrality and close paraphrasing; please be sure to check those prior to any approval. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:53, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Captain Assassin!, this cannot proceed—there's no point in my calling for a full review—without a QPQ; please supply one right away. Thank you. Note that I've pulled the Fast 8 Cuba sentence from the article because it is problematic. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:22, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed now that QPQ has been supplied; article has undergone a great many edits since the original review, so everything should be checked, including (as noted above) neutrality and close paraphrasing, which were not part of that review. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:07, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
For what it's worth, my initial review does mention "neutrally written". I recall performing copyright checks using the automated tools too, but it is too late to say that now.
I have had a look at the edits made since my original review. Whilst there have been many in quantity, it has been a lot of tinkering and only add about 1,000 bytes to the file. So by looking at this diff one can see that there is not a lot of difference in the text of the article from when I performed the original review.
I think this would qualify to pass if it was given a copyedit. As mentioned above, there have been a lot of drive-by edits which introduce such calamity as "The film is directed by Michael Bay for the final time" which makes one wonder how many times can a person direct a single film. (I realise it is meant to say his last film in the series, as stated in the proposed hook.) There are other strange sentences too, such as two people being "announced to write the script". I will have another look in a few days, and suggest Captain Assassin! or someone else give it a once over between now and then. But I do not think there are any major problems. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Athomeinkobe, I apologize; I missed your "neutrally written" comment. I clearly should have read more carefully. I'm glad also that you did do the copyright checks. It sounds like you have this under control. Given your other comments, if Captain Assassin! can't do a timely copyedit, there's always the Guild of Copy Editors. Though that could take a few weeks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:53, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry for the late, guys. I've requested the article for a quick copy-edit. --Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 16:12, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on May 30[edit]

Sophie Ainsworth, Charlotte Dobson

  • Reviewed: 2001 Italian Grand Prix and Aromatization
  • Comment: Once reviewed this can be moved to the Olympic holding area. The event begins on the 10 August or alternatively medals will be awarded on 14 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:15, 30 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Articles meet criteria. Hook on the bland side, not sure how to make it much better. NE Ent 01:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
@NE Ent: the blandness is a result of trying to squeeze the 2 into one hook to prevent everyone from overdosing on Olympic hooks. How about
ALT1 ... that sailor Charlotte Dobson, who was first selected for the Scottish national team at the age of 14, is competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 49erFX event alongside Sophie Ainsworth?
Slightly convoluted to keep the two of them together but a bit more interesting than the original - Basement12 (T.C) 21:28, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Any reason it has to be one DYK? Ainsworth overcame a broken wrist as youngster and capsizing in competition. NE Ent 01:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
NE Ent As I said the aim was to not overload with Olympic hooks but to still get both of them on the front page the day of their competition. I can split them into 2 nominations if you'd prefer - Basement12 (T.C) 07:26, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure what's best -- perhaps a more DYK savvy editor has a suggestion? NE Ent 00:08, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
Basement12 the decision of a multiple article hook, or breaking them up, is totally your choice and your judgement call. Do what you want with this. — Maile (talk) 20:33, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed. Please indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed. Details that are supposed to be checked in a review can be found at DYKReviewing guide — Maile (talk) 20:33, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol possible vote.svg At the moment, Sophie Ainsworth does not qualify for DYK on the grounds of length, having only 1004B of unique content. I have discounted the last three paragraphs because they are identical to those of Charlotte Dobson apart from the substitution of their names, and the Charlotte Dobson article was written first. It should be possible to expand the article slightly. If you are short of material you could add something on the 49erFX dinghy or expand the lead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:44, 19 June 2016 (UTC)






Articles created/expanded on June 1[edit]

B.League

  • ... that the B.League commences today?
  • Reviewed: The Bangles (EP)
  • Comment: I would like this to be run on September 22, which is the date that the first game of this new league will be played.

5x expanded by Athomeinkobe (talk). Self-nominated at 06:37, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Athomeinkobe, DYK only allows special occasion hooks to be proposed six weeks in advance of events, with the exception of April Fools, which can be any time, and Olympics/Paralympics, which happens only every four years and starts up a bit early. September 22 is way too far off, so you'll need to come up with a new hook that doesn't use "today". Sorry for the bad news. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:28, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Well, that's a shame. Can I take a couple of months to think of an alternative? Perhaps not... I suppose some other options are:
AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:45, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed now that new hooks are proposed. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg 5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. I prefer ALT1, but the hook fact is not cited inline. Both footnotes 5 and 9 only refer to the suspension, not to the actual merger of the teams. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 21:43, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your review. I have added another reference mid-sentence (new #9). AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:51, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. ALT1 hook ref verified and cited inline. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 06:20, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Ferdinand Dugué

  • ... that the poet and playwright Ferdinand Dugué wrote studies of historic people such as Salvator Rosa?
  • ALT1: ... that Ferdinand Dugué published poetry in 1836 and comedy in 1873?
  • ALT2: ... that the poet and playwright Ferdinand Dugué saw the tradition of French theatre endangered by pornography, music hall and cinema?

Created by LouisAlain (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 06:15, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment, not a review. I find this article profoundly unsatisfactory. According to the infobox and lead, Dugué was a poet and playwright. This is not mentioned in the main body of the article which has a 40 year gap from his receiving an unknown honour for an unspecified achievement in 1830 (when he was 14), to a single event in 1870 when he witnessed an army advance. In fact it is a biography with no content about the subject's adult life. The only clue to his being a writer comes in the section "Works". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:13, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Please look at the French article, - it was translated, and already expanded. I agree that more on his work would be nice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:44, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
I have added a couple of sentences. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:26, 19 June 2016 (UTC)







Articles created/expanded on June 2[edit]

Fadl ibn Rabi'ah

Created by Al Ameer son (talk). Self-nominated at 00:23, 10 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol question.svg @Al Ameer son: The article readable prose size (5759 B) is long enough. The article is new enough. Hook's character count is within the legal limits and is cited immediately. The hook is not interesting but cited by a reliable sources (2 and 4). There is not any copyright violations. Please use his short name at the lead of the article and moved full name to the biography section. Saff V. (talk) 13:15, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
@Saff V.: Sorry didn't notice this until today. I added the QPQ and moved his genealogy (full name) to the Notes section like I've been doing with articles on his descendants (ex. Muhanna ibn Isa). If the hook isn't so good, how about this for ALT1: "... that after seeking refuge with the Arab ruler of Hillah, Fadl ibn Rabi'ah defected from him in battle to join the Seljuk army?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Al Ameer son (talk • contribs) 17:36, 17 June 2016‎ (UTC)


Daisy Earles

Daisy Earles in scene from the film Freaks (1932)
Daisy Earles in scene from the film Freaks (1932)

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 05:22, 4 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg While the article is new enough and long enough (it was a former redirect), I'm a bit troubled with the hook. It's interesting, but there's no immediate inline citation for it. Additionally, I'm worried about the use of a Prezi presentation as a source throughout the article. A few tweaks could get this article there. Raymie (t • c) 05:03, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Raymie Thanks for the review. I have fixed a reference to the hook text and did some copy editing. As Prezi (prexi.com) is a wiki article I used this reference in the article. Nvvchar. 08:19, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Nvvchar That's not a good practice to cite someone copying another encyclopedia article as a source (it's like citing a Wikipedia mirror). The article The Doll Family lacks inline citations, which indicates an underlying problem. Some more research is needed so the article can be weaned off the Prezi "source". Raymie (t • c) 15:46, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately Prezi is a website that hosts user-generated slideshows and therefore is not a reliable source per WP:USERG. 97198 (talk) 13:49, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
  • OK. I have removed the Prezi ref. Added three new references and modified the text as essential. I hope it meets the above reviews by Raymie and 97198. Thanks.Nvvchar. 12:16, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New reviewer needed, since neither previous reviewer has returned. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:54, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol possible vote.svg The hook is now cited to what appears to be a reliable source, though the actual claim to be a "minature Mae West" doesn't seem to be a popular opinion. I also think "midget" can go from the hook; it's possibly unnecessarily inflammatory - sorry I can't remember what the politically correct is for "vertically disadvantaged" these days... Too much of the article is cited to IMDB, which is not generally considered a reliable source as too much content is user-generated and needs to be backed up by a supporting source. Also, the link to Prezi, described as "a cloud-based presentation software based on a software as a service model" confuses me - what on earth has that got to do with being a source? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:40, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I'm not seeing the problem with the hook. Here's a selection of sources:
  1. 'Daisy (often billed as “the midget Mae West”)'
  2. 'Daisy Earles (1907-1980) who was often billed as the Midget Mae West. '
  3. 'Daisy, the midget Mae West'
  4. 'Daisy Schneider, the tallest of them all and known as "the midget Mae West".'
  5. 'Daisy, "the Midget Mae West," is the tallest and prettiest.'
  6. 'Daisy, the tallest by a further inch, was known as the 'midget Mae West'.'
  7. 'Daisy était également surnommée « The Midget Mae West »'
  8. 'Daisy Earles - sidstnævnte gik under betegnelsen The Midget Mae West'
As the word midget seems to have been part of her theatrical billing, we should keep it. See also WP:EUPHEMISM. Andrew D. (talk) 19:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Except that "midget" is now viewed as highly offensive and demeaning. The word today is Little Person or dwarf. We wouldn't put the "n-word" into a DYK hook about an African-Americans, and this word is just as offensive to Little People. See: [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] ("...the term has fallen into disfavor and is considered offensive by most people of short stature. The term dates back to 1865, the height of the "freak show" era, and was generally applied only to short-statured persons who were displayed for public amusement, which is why it is considered so unacceptable today.). Montanabw(talk) 21:02, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The root word just means small/tiny and appears without any issues in titles such as midget submarine and MG Midget. Little Person is a redlink, sounds too condescending and reminds me of Randy Newman's Short People which also got people excited. Dwarfs are something else again, being mainly used for the people who have distorted proportions such as large heads or the fantasy race. Andrew D. (talk) 06:08, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I oppose ALT1 per WP:EUPHEMISM and WP:CENSOR. If the historical billing as "the midget Mae West" causes excitement then this make it a good hook. Changing this to suit some modern sensibility would be anachronistic. Let's try putting the word inside the quotes:
ALT2 ... that Daisy Earles (pictured) of The Doll Family was billed as the "midget Mae West"?
Andrew D. (talk) 06:14, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
That's not inline referenced in the article, whereas "miniature Mae West" is. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:30, 29 June 2016 (UTC)






Articles created/expanded on June 3[edit]

Production of Fenugreek in India

Fenugreek sprouts
Fenugreek sprouts

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 02:14, 5 June 2016 (UTC).


QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg Brianhe (talk) 08:43, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Brianhe Thanks for the review. I have copy edited the "History" section. QPQ done. Capitalization in the name of the article and text has been changed to "fenugreek". ALT1 hook is acceptable and it is cited.Nvvchar. 08:37, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
    • Thanks. It looks good to go with ALT1 now, but if you prefer the original hook please correct the capital F to lowercase. - Brianhe (talk) 08:43, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Brianhe Sorry for missing the correction in the hook. It is done now. ALT1 hook suggested by you may need approval by another user as per rules. Original hook is my preference.Nvvchar. 10:11, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Comment: The article should be moved to Fenugreek production in India to be inline with other entries of Category:Agricultural production in India by commodity. @Nvvchar: can WP:BOLDly move it without any WP:RM I guess. I would have done it, but thought of noting here as this review is ongoing. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 07:27, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I have updated this template as appropriate to reflect the new article name; nothing else needs to be done. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:35, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Symbol question.svg ALT1 is indeed catchy, but the source says nothing about "feedstock" and "oral contraceptives". Yoninah (talk) 20:46, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah: I added a citation that should help with that. Brianhe (talk) 22:18, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you. What do you think about writing the hook this way:
Or maybe less use of passive voice like so?
ALT3: ... that oral contraceptives are manufactured with diosgenin found in fenugreek produced in India? Brianhe (talk) 22:51, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Yes, I agree. Since I suggested the original version of this hook, calling on another reviewer to approve ALT3. @Doug Coldwell:? Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg ALT3 approved.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:31, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg This nomination may meet the DYK criteria but I do not think it should be promoted to the main page until the nominator goes through the article carefully and corrects the errors and anomalies present in most paragraphs. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:27, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
IMO, this article is fine for a DYK per WP:DYKNOT "Articles must meet the basic criteria set out on this page but do not have to be of very high quality..." Brianhe (talk) 08:43, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
But they do have to be accurate, Brianhe. The first paragraph under Production has significant problems: there's a half-sentence with a different 2011-12 number than the original one, which is given only as 2012 even though it is 2011-12 from the source. (Checking said source, FN7, identifies the 125870 number as being 2010-11.) There's also the "exported to Japan, UAE, Egypt, Bangladesh and South Africa" phrase, though the source doesn't mention any of the last three countries though it does give several others; the table on p. 188 also does not list those three. I'm also highly dubious of the first sentence under Description: The chemical composition of fenugreek leaf is made up of carotene, vitamin A, ascorbic acid, calcium, and iron. That's the chemical composition of the entire leaf: three vitamins and two minerals? Neither of the sources cited for the paragraph provide such information, so far as I can see. I agree with Cwmhiraeth: the article is not ready for the main page in its current condition. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:18, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
The issue regarding nutrients is a simple copyedit which I have made. @Nvvchar: could you look at the issues with 2011 and/or 2012 production? I think we should have another reviewer after this, as my contributions to the article now are non-trivial. - Brianhe (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Brianhe, BlueMoonset and Cwmhiraeth. I have addressed all issues mentioned above with additional references and copy edited all sections. Nybe (ref 4) reference has been supplemented with a Chapman reference (ref5) in the description section. The production and area figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are from the "Spice Board" source. Please see.Nvvchar. 12:36, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Most of the errors I noticed in the article are still there, and if you read it carefully you will see them. What is "Farm yield manure" for example? And what has the WHO got to do with monograms? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol possible vote.svg I looked at the Spice Board source: the new 2012-13 figures are in a column with a "(P)" at the top; the key at the bottom calls these "preliminary estimates", yet you list them without qualification. The new "about 77.41%" is very odd: using such a precise percentage and then qualifying it is not typical (and, as it happens, definitely inappropriate when it's based on an estimate). And the point I made about the source not listing Bangladesh, Egypt, and South Africa appears to have been ignored in your revisions, and you've added new countries that aren't in the source either, such as Yemen. I don't understand why you're adding unverifiable information to the article when problems in that area have already been identified. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • BlueMoonset Thanks for the edits. I have given only the firm figures of 2011-12 from Spice Board source. I have also addressed two issues indicated by Cwmhiraeth as I am unable to see any other issues needing correction. Nvvchar. 06:47, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @BlueMoonset: I have done some copyediting so this is now waiting on BlueMoonset's approval. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:02, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The third production paragraph lists varieties, but not with an understanding of the sources. Two variety names have been combined, and one is listed twice (I'm pretty sure the two "No. 14" listings, with varied punctuation, is in fact the same variety). Also, it isn't clear whether these are all of the fenugreek varieties, some of the more common varieties, or just some of the many varieties. I thought this was one of the issues Cwmhiraeth was referring to, so I didn't separate it out earlier. There is a measurement "q" as in "10–11 q/ha". What is this? I can understand metric, as in kg, and "ha" is hectare (which should be linked on first usage). Be sure to link "q", and perhaps give its equivalent in another system. And speaking of that first usage, "95, 3004 ha" has invalid numbers and spacing. More care needs to be taken when making fixes. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:16, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
q/ha is a common agricultural unit [9] quintals (100 kg)/ha and in the source. This seems to be bordering on GA type formatting and spacing review required of the author. - Brianhe (talk) 22:15, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry about the figure. Eyesight problem. I have corrected it. "q" is quintal, now linked. Varieties of fenigreek as given is from a reliable source. However, I have removed one variety - No. 14. I presume that the varieties mentioned are commonly grown but I can not throw more light on this aspect. If it is still a problem I will remove that section.Nvvchar. 07:07, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Please remove that final sentence, Nvvchar. If you can't see the errors then it's better it isn't there. I'd recommend combining the initial "several varieties" sentence with the end of the previous paragraph.
Brianhe, the notion that requesting that information be correctly written is "bordering on GA type formatting" is frankly beyond my understanding: if numbers like "95, 3004 ha" are fine with you, then I suggest you stop reviewing DYK nominations so long as this remains true: blatant errors should always be fixed before articles are approved for the main page. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:07, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @BlueMoonset:Yes, I have kept two varieties only and combined the sentence with the previous paragraph. Thanks.Nvvchar. 11:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

I.O.O.F. Centennial Building

I.O.O.F. Centennial Building, Alpena, Michigan
I.O.O.F. Centennial Building, Alpena, Michigan

Created by Markhole (talk), Imzadi1979 (talk), 7&6=thirteen (talk), and Doug Coldwell (talk). Nominated by 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:59, 4 June 2016 (UTC) at 20:58, 4 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol possible vote.svg I have pulled the hook from the queue following complaints about factual accuracy on WT:DYK. Could somebody please suggest another hook? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

FWIW, I am copying the articulation of the issue made by Fram at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Prep_3:_miniature.3F below.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:07, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
This is not a "miniature version" of a flat iron building, and even less (as was originally proposed as hook) " a miniature version of the 22 story triangular shaped New York skyscraper Flatiron building". The Flatiron Building was completed in 1902, the building from the hook was completed in 1876, so it would be hard to be a miniature version of a building that didn't exist yet. "Flat iron" buildings were a long-established type of building in the US, and often were small (before the time of the skyscrapers). This is a perfectly standard flat iron building, not a miniature version. See e.g. the Carroll Building (Norwich, Connecticut) from 1887 for a comparable building, or Rufus Barrett Stone House (1903), Flatiron Building (Portland, Oregon) (1916), Pullman Flatiron Building (1905). The Flatiron Building is the exception, and could be called a gigantic version of a flatiron building. But the reverse, calling this a miniature version, is not correct: it is the standard version (I also couldn't find "miniature" in the sources, but I may have overlooked it).
I could change the hook instead of posting here, but
is a particularly dull hook. I propose removing it from prep and reopening the template discussion instead. Fram (talk) 07:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I am in favor of ALT3 because ALT3a may distract from the point of the nomination which is to present a flatiron building.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:14, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
@Fram:@Ritchie333:@TonyTheTiger: Submitting ALT3b for consideration; along with ALT2, ALT3 and ALT3a. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:18, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol possible vote.svg I'm struggling to see the "flatiron building" association that the hook rests on - of the sources I've looked at, they don't seem to mention that term aside from one that says "a red brick-wall, three-story, flat iron-shaped building", which isn't quite the same thing. I like the idea of the hook, but it has to be something that's entirely in the article and verifiable by sources in it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:51, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
.... paging @EEng: to see if he can throw the odd bit of inspiration in. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:53, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Ritchie333, I've tried but I'm drawing a blank. The odd building with odd occupants etc. seems the right idea, but I can't make them work. Try me again sometime, though, and maybe I'll have my groove back. EEng 01:08, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
The Alpena News article, the NHRS application and designation all say "flat-ironed shaped." Blinders-hindered literalism strikes again. In any event, lots of sources for odd-shaped building. What else would you call it? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:00, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Submitting ALT4 for consideration
ALT4 … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is an odd building on an odd shaped lot that was occupied on the third story by the Odd Fellows that could only be entered through an odd way?
This is how I break it down -
This source says, The temple, located on the third floor, holds hints of the once sacred space. Gaining entry to the room is still guarded by a door on each side of an anteroom.

The National Register of Historic Places Registration Form says, This triangular-footprint Italianate building was built in two parts...

It also says, Downtown Alpena contains relatively few Italianate buildings.
It also says, It is a brick, three story, flat iron-shaped building that occupies a triangular lot.
It also talks of the anteroom; The third floor retains almost all of its c. 1903 architectural elements. A landing at the top of the stairs fronts a small anteroom.
@Fram:@Ritchie333:@TonyTheTiger: Will that work?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:26, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4a … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is an odd building for a Michigan town on an odd shaped lot that was occupied on a third story by the Odd Fellows, that could only be entered through an odd way? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4b … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is an odd building for a certain town on an odd shaped lot that was occupied on a third story by the Odd Fellows, that could only be entered through an odd way? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:55, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4c … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is an odd building for a certain US town on an odd shaped lot that was occupied on a third story by Odd Fellows that entered through an odd way? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4d … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is an odd building on a triangular shaped lot in a certain American town and was occupied on a third story by Odd Fellows that entered it through an odd chamber? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:21, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4e … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) on a triangular shaped lot is an odd building for a certain American town and was occupied on a third story by Odd Fellows that entered it through an odd room? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:37, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4f … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) on a triangular shaped lot is an odd building for a certain American town and was occupied by Odd Fellows who entered its third story through a special chamber? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT4g … that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) on a triangular shaped lot is an odd building for a certain American town and was occupied by Odd Fellows on its third story which entrance was via an odd room? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:43, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
@Fram:@Ritchie333:@TonyTheTiger: Since there seems to be an issue with the flatiron building, I was bold and struck out the alternate hooks related to this that I originally submitted. Perhaps one of these versions of ALT4 I tweaked would work? For my favorites I lean towards them in preference in reverse order. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't think any hook that calls it an "odd" building in this way has a chance. When people click "odd", they get to Italianate architecture, which doesn't explain why it is an odd building at all. "Triangular shaped lot" should be "triangular lot". Using "a certain American town" is just being deliberately vague, adds no value and is annoying. Nothing in the building article or the city article indicates why it would be addressed in such an odd way. No idea what is "odd" about an antechamber either. When one writes clickbait, the biggest danger is that the reader is disappointed by what is revealed. This is a series of hooks which fail in that regard; they try to hard to be mysteriously interesting, but most of the links are either disappointingly mundane, or bewildering for having no obvious connection with the linked text. I'ld fail all of the proposed hooks. Fram (talk) 11:34, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT5: ... that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) featured what was to become an iconic triangular plan and antedated New York's Daniel Burnham-designed Flat Iron Building by a quarter century? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:06, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Comment Added more sources which support ALT5. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

No, really, no. Alt5 is nonsense. The plan of the IOOF building is not "iconic" and had no influence on the Flat Iron Building. It wasn't the first flat iron building (never mind triangular building), just one of relatively many. Linking this building with a famous building just because they were made in the same style, in a way that suggests strongly that this building had any influence at all on the later one, is just wrong. Fram (talk) 07:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

  • ALT 8 - ... that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is a three story commercial building that has an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876", the year it was constructed?."
  • ALT 9 - ... that the I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is a 3 story building in the shape of a clothes iron that has exterior raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876", the year it was constructed?."
@Fram:@Ritchie333:@TonyTheTiger: - Will one of these work?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Comment I hereby withdraw my suggested ALT5 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:50, 28 June 2016 (UTC)








Articles created/expanded on June 4[edit]

Michelle Tisseyre

Michelle Tisseyre
Michelle Tisseyre

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 02:54, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg - Long enough, new enough at the time of nomination. Sourced, interesting, and the close paraphrasing issues relates to the use of long names that overlay and award names that cannot be changed. QPQ done. Image license looks to be appropriate for the main page. Hook is not in the actual article, only the lead? I would have expected this fact to be in the body of the article too Nvvchar?? everything else checks out  MPJ-DK  00:35, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • MPJ-DK Thanks for the review. I have added the hook text in the body of the article with refs.Nvvchar. 03:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)





Articles created/expanded on June 5[edit]

Gerd Neggo

Gerd Neggo
Gerd Neggo

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 01:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC).

  • OK. New enough. Long enough. Hook is verified. This needs some more copy edits. I made a few already. I also made minor tweaks to the hook, nothing major. But I have some problems with the article besides the copy edits. For instance, there's nothing on her life in Sweden, where she spent thirty years--I suppose. And if that happens, perhaps we can make a slightly more exciting hook that involves all three countries? Also, in the references, the titles of Estonian documents are translated, but they should have the original titles as well. Please see Template:Cite news for the proper use of the "trans_title" parameter. Finally, the balance between lead and main text is a bit off, which should be easily tweaked. Drmies (talk) 03:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Drmies Thanks for the review. Three references in Estonian language have been corrected by providing original titles. But my extensive search of web sites and google books has not resulted any additional information to add text at the tags marked in the article.Nvvchar. 11:12, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Nvvchar, that "She did her studies" sentence is still quite unclear, as is the correspondence note. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 12:21, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Nvvchar, if you can't or won't fix those two relatively minor points, I'm afraid I have to fail this nomination. Drmies (talk) 01:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Drmies I can not find more references to clarify.Nvvchar. 02:20, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry, but I don't understand that. You don't need more references--the original reference needs to be reread and the text in the article rewritten, for the one; for the other, the correspondence note, see what else is there in the source, or remove the sentence. It's not about sourcing, it's about writing. Drmies (talk) 02:22, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Drmies I hope I have understood you correctly now and done the necessary additions in the article. Thanks.Nvvchar. 07:30, 22 June 2016 (UTC)








Prince Romerson

Created by KAVEBEAR (talk). Self-nominated at 09:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC).

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (6/5 & 6/5), length obviously OK (5696 bytes), PD images OK, text copyright OK per Earwig's copyvio detector (13.8%), great sourcing with scholarly sources, neutral tone OK, interesting and cited hook. AGF on source #1 NPS book not online. Brianhe (talk) 12:05, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol question.svg @Brianhe: I removed a few citations that did not include the information sourced to them. I suggest going through the online cites one by one to make sure the cited information is correct. Yoninah (talk) 22:44, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I made the changes. Let me know if there is anything else. Also it's a Good Article now as well. @Brianhe: @Yoninah: KAVEBEAR (talk) 23:00, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Not sure why this was promoted without a final tick. Final review still needed based on my comments above. Yoninah (talk) 12:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 6[edit]

Agustín Basave Benítez

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 05:04, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • New ALT1: ... that Agustín Basave Benítez resigned from the presidency of the PRD because he failed to serve as a "sort of referee" within the party?
  • This ALT1 may also be used in conjunction with a date hold to July 2, 2016, which is the date when Basave's resignation takes effect. Raymie (t • c) 04:56, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

César Camacho Quiroz

Camacho Quiroz in 2015
Camacho Quiroz in 2015

5x expanded by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 04:25, 7 June 2016 (UTC).


  • Reviewers: An automated review of this article has been performed by a bot at User:Intelligentsium/César Camacho Quiroz. You may find it helpful. Note that this is an experimental feature and not intended to replace a full human review. Feedback is welcome / BRFA Intelligentsium 20:10, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Long enough, new enough at the time of nomination. Sourced, interesting. QPQ done, I agree with the DYK automated review. this hits all the marks. Image is "own work" and release so I think that's okay. Raymie  MPJ-DK  00:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC)






Articles created/expanded on June 7[edit]

Pennsylvania Shell ethylene cracker plant

Created/expanded by Jgera5 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • This article was mis-named, cracking produces ethylene which is converted to polyethylene, not ethane. I have moved the page to correct the name and modified the article. I am striking the hook and adding a new one with the correct name. EdChem (talk) 15:22, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed; template has been updated to reflect new article name. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:53, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. The ALT1 hook facts have an inline citation to a newspaper where a subscription is required so I would accept it in good faith. My only concern is that the Shell reference (#1), mentions "up to 6,000 construction workers", which is NOT the same as the 6,000 mentioned in the hook and article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:06, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


Roya Sadat, Alka Sadat

Alka Sadat
Alka Sadat

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 07:01, 10 June 2016 (UTC).

  • QPQ is done
Roya Sadat
  • Is new enough, is long enough, no copyright violations
  • Hook cited Red XN, well written Red XN
  • There are some issues with the prose, it could use a good copy edit to eliminate some of the odd sentence structure. There is no source in the article where the name "Roya Film House" is mentioned, the hook must be explicitly cited.
  • Copy edited. Corrected to "Roya Film House" in the hook text and fixed a reference
Alka Sadat
  • Image seems to check out
  • Article is new enough, is long enough, No general source issues. No copyright violations. Better prose than the other article, but could still benefit from a little copyediting
  • Hook cited Red XN - once again the words "Roya Film House" are not listed with a source, and unlike her sister's article the actual body of the article does not mention her co-founding the Roya Film House"
  • Just noticed that this one calls it the "Roya" not the Royal like the Hook. I assume that's a typo?
    • Corrected and hook cited
  • Symbol question.svg @Nvvchar: - source issues needs to be addressed and some copyediting to improve the English would be good too.  MPJ-US  01:38, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • MPJ-DK Copy edited both articles Typo error fixed in the hook to "Roya Film House" and also fixed a reference. Alka Sadat has changed her img in Wikicommons and used it in the Infobox but it is not getting corrected in this hook. I can not resolve the technical hitch. Please see.Nvvchar. 02:03, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Nvvchar} - Looks okay now and image looks changed to me.  MPJ-US  23:48, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Pulled from prep and reopened per WT:DYK#Prep 3: the many awards of Roya Sadat. Fram (talk) 13:18, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Adding icon to prevent re-promotion before issues are addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg So much has happened to the article since the first review that a full new review is best. Fram (talk) 07:52, 28 June 2016 (UTC)





The Right Stuff (blog)

Created by FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk). Self-nominated at 17:55, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Date, size, hook, neutrality, copyvio spotcheck are fine. But I have doubts this article meets WP:GNG, and I started a discussion at talk. As this can potentially lead to the deletion of this, I'd suggest delaying this nomination until this is resolved one way or another. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:45, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Piotrus, I don't see that the notability discussion is going anywhere after two weeks and only two posts including yours. If you think the article is not notable, the thing to do is to nominate at AfD and settle the matter one way or the other. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:17, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Nomination on hold while notability is determined at AfD. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:12, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 8[edit]

Children's Museum, Siri Fort

Replica sculpture of Shalabhanjika
Replica sculpture of Shalabhanjika
  • ... that the Children's Museum, Siri Fort, has a replica image, of the Pratihara period of 9th-10th century, Shalabhanjika (pictured) a voluptuous posture of a woman without hands sculpted from buff sandstone?

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 07:39, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

Replica image of s fasting Buddha
  • Non-reviewer's comment: More than the "voluptuous" women, which are plenty many in Indian sculptures, a hook related to fasting Buddha, which is rare, would be better. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Dharmadhyaksha Thanks for the comment. I have now proposed ALT1 hook of fasting Buddha.

ALT1 ... that the Children's Museum, Siri Fort, has a replica (of the original sculpture in Pakistan) of the Gandhara art of fasting Buddha (pictured) in skeletal form, from the 3rd century AD Kushan period? Nvvchar. 01:39, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

  • It's not unusual for a museum to have replicas; isn't what's interesting about this museum is that it only has replicas, because the goal was to show the visiting children the full range of Indian culture and history? How about this:
ALT2 ...that all the sculptures representing Indian art and history at Children's Museum, Siri Fort (Gandhara fasting Buddha pictured) are replicas built by university art students?
Taknaran (talk) 17:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Javier Corral Jurado

5x expanded by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 23:00, 8 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Expansion appears to be x4, short of x5. All sentences supporting a part of the hook fact needs a reference directly afterwards. QPQ done. --Soman (talk) 07:40, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Soman: It now should be at 5x. Thanks for letting me know. Raymie (t • c) 21:20, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Expansion date, length, hook checks out. --Soman (talk) 11:04, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
  • DYK Queue Admin comment - Symbol possible vote.svg The current lead is unacceptable, please summarize the subject. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 11:46, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Let's get an ALT1 and ALT2 even if I'm unsure what is exactly meant here:...
ALT1: ... that Javier Corral is named for Javier Solís, who died several months before his birth?
ALT2: ... that Javier Corral was referred to as "the kid journalist" when he worked for El Diario de Juárez at the age of 11?
Raymie (t • c) 20:02, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Oh wait, the lead article, not the hook... Raymie (t • c) 20:03, 23 June 2016 (UTC)



Tingey House

Tingey House
Tingey House

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 06:52, 8 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Article is long enough and new enough. Am I using the wrong search terms or does the Washington Post article (source #1) not mention the Warrington Avenue bit? The navalhistory website is funky but archived copies endorse the statements. harrybraswell.com/ is an iffy source but for very low weight claims it may be OK. AGF on the Arcadia Publishing source. Other than these issues it seems everything is well sourced and no indication of copyright or plagiarism issues. Hook is short enough and is used and reliably sourced in the article. Image shows up well, is used in article and seems to have a reliable copyright status. QPQ is done.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:32, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, Jo-Jo Eumerus, I'm unclear - based on your message - what the issue is with this DYK. Could you clearly explain if it is an issue with (a) copyvio, (b) image licensing, (c) length of article, (d) newness of article, (e) interest of hook, (f) sourcing of the hook? Thanks. LavaBaron (talk) 11:54, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Pardon for being unclear. Sourcing of the Warrington Avenue sentence is the issue I have. I also wonder if there is a better source for the renovation, the harrybraswell website to me looks like a company website and thus not as a high quality source, but then, low weight claim.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:12, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Warrington Avenue isn't mentioned in the hook. This is a DYK review, not a GAN review. New reviewer needed. LavaBaron (talk) 15:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Pardon again, I was referring to the text in the article. And the WP:DYKRULES do require the article to comply with verifiability policies, which isn't the case if that part has no source.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Verifiability policies are normative standards until challenged. We don't do a sentence-by-sentence review for RS in DYK except in exceptional circumstances. All DYK articles should be presumed to be in a nascent stage, which is why there is the time limit for submission. The street name of a building does not rise to the level of extreme that would be needed to fail a DYK for a non-hook point of citation. That said, I appreciate your thoroughness and, at the point soon when I prepare to improve this for GAN review, I will certainly ping you to do the review. For now, though, a new reviewer is needed. LavaBaron (talk) 21:46, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I added an extra inline citation which confirms the hook facts. I note the above discussion and believe this nomination meets the DYK requirements. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:33, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 9[edit]

Hamza Ali

5x expanded by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:28, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. Approving ALT0 which has inline citations for its facts. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT2 is fine with me. There's not going to be a super-interesting hook about his life, and ALT2 is more interesting. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:21, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Thank you. Since I added an additional hook fact, could another reviewer sign off on this please? @Cwmhiraeth:? Yoninah (talk) 17:55, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg I also thought the hook could be made more interesting but there is a temptation to pass the nomination rather than start suggesting new hooks. ALT2 fulfils DYK criteria, and I have also amended it to ALT2A. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:06, 28 June 2016 (UTC)




Articles created/expanded on June 10[edit]

Elmer McCollum

Elmer McCollum at the University of Wisconsin
Elmer McCollum at the University of Wisconsin

5x expanded by SusanLesch (talk). Self-nominated at 18:58, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol delete vote.svg The article has not been 5x expanded in the past 10 days. I have not progressed any further than reviewing the length at this point. If this is resolved, I'll take a look at the rest. FunkyCanute (talk) 20:30, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
    • Thank you for your review, FunkyCanute. I don't use Javascript so my word count was crudely done. Now we have 24,282 characters which seems to be more than 5 times the original 4804.
My most pressing problem is copyvios. See what you think. Certainly wired.com just copied Wikipedia so we can throw that one out. But some URIs show up that I haven't even read, let alone copied. And one source on which most likely I based too much information doesn't even show up.
I am happy to work with you to reduce any problems in any way I can help. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:23, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg @SusanLesch: The article is now at 5x, easily long enough, appears neutral, has inline citations, but there is clear copyvio. The Wired article was copied when the early expansion occurred in March 2008: the giveaway is "(.pdf)". The other blatant copyvio is from an article published in 2002. FunkyCanute (talk) 16:47, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you again, FunkyCanute. Well done. I hadn't considered the idea that what Wikipedia already had could be a copyvio. The Wired problem has been taken care of. The 2002 source, with which I am not familiar, was a little bit finicky but Earwig's detector now finds it acceptable. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:26, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Anyone else? Evidently this reviewer is no longer interested. Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 13:57, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. Approving ALT1, the facts having inline citations to reliable sources. Not approving the original hook because the 130 year period continued to the date of synthesis of the vitamin in 1947. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral, and I believe the copivio issues raised above have been resolved. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


Bobbili Fort

Tandra Paparayudu
Tandra Paparayudu
  • ... that Tandra Paparayudu (statue pictured) who had rushed to the demolished Bobbili Fort to help his sister's family, killed the Raja of Vizianagaram and then committed suicide along with his accomplices?

Improved to Good Article status by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 08:25, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

  • The article is neutral, will-written and adequately sourced. Hook is short enough, interesting and sourced in the article. A few issues I was unable to fix:
Sher Muhammad Khan redirects to a 20th century Pakistani writer. In this article Sher Muhammad Khan should be a red link to a future article of the 17th century Indian Fouzdar.
  • Sorry about the link. Now delinked.
Is there information who is colonel Ford mentioned in the section "Post Bobbili war"?
  • Yes, Forde was a representative of the British Raj who were operating from Bengal. I have added this inofrmation
Is there information who is Rayadappa, mentioned in the same section?
  • Yes, he was the son of Chinna Ranga Rao
"After this the image of the lord is kept at the Dola Yatra Mandapa..." - what does this mean? After what event is the image of the lord kept the Dola Yatra Mandapa and who is that lord?
  • Clarified.
Who is "former Queen of Bobbili" and when did she live?
  • I have deleted the part about the queen as there is no further information about when she lived.
Regards, Gligan (talk) 11:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Gligan. I have addressed all your doubts and made needed corrections. Pl see.Nvvchar. 14:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you for addressing these issues, Nvvchar. I approve the DYK nomination. Gligan (talk) 20:18, 26 June 2016 (UTC)



E. Keith Eddington

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg. The article is new (created on 10 June) and long enough. The article is about a talented personality. However, I am not convinced that the article meets WP:BIO, because it is almost fully based on a single article in a local newspaper. I suggest that more reliable sources should be cited to show that those criteria are met. The hook fact is accompanied by an inline citation to a collection of Eddington's own papers ([10]). I think the fact should be verified by an independent (reliable) source. Borsoka (talk) 11:38, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Borsoka The article actually relies on two newspaper articles for the information. The first hook is cited in the article by one of those newspapers. As for the second hook, I have provided another citation to the statement that he designed the hymnbook. The information about Monson commissioning the book was found in his personal correspondence, which I personally read. I also believe that the collection of Eddington's papers is a reliable source. They contain letters and correspondence papers that would be hard to imitate or exaggerate. And they are owned by Brigham Young University.Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 19:25, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg. Thank you for your message. I found the verification for both hooks in the second newspaper cited. No copyvio or close paraphrasing was detected. Borsoka (talk) 02:32, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol possible vote.svg @Amgisseman(BYU), Borsoka, and 97198: I have pulled this from prep because of sourcing including what is cited for the hook. Two of the sources listed are Box 3, E. Keith Eddington papers, stored at the Brigham Young University. This is WP:NOR original research, that has not been published but is stored in a box at a university repository. You really need to be able to source the article and the hook with published Tertiary sources.— Maile (talk) 20:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

— Maile If I remove the information from those sources, will the article qualify for DYK? Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 20:11, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your quick response. A new review by a new reviewer would be needed to verify that it passes DYK. — Maile (talk) 20:14, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The sources were removed, and the article is ready for a new reviewer. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 20:24, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New review needed now that two sources have been removed. — Maile (talk) 20:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Both hooks are well-referenced to reliable sources and this nomination is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:28, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


Siege of Al-Karak (1834)

  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Theodore Wassmer
  • Comment: Not sure how to phrase the hook

Created by Makeandtoss (talk). Self-nominated at 21:29, 10 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg. The article is new (created on 10 June) and it is long enough. It is interesting, neutral and cites sources with inline citation. Hook fact is interesting and verified by an inline citation. However, close paraphrasing can be detected in the article (including the hook, as well). I also suggest that the hook should be shortened. Borsoka (talk) 10:58, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
@Borsoka: Fixed issues. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:29, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for your messages, but I think the issues have not been resolved. For instance, the article says: "The people of Karak managed to take their revenge from Ibrahim Pasha and his forces, 6 years later when the Egyptians were driven out of Syria." based on the following text in the cited source: "The Karakis would take their revenge six years later, when the Egyptians were driven out of Syria by a joint European-Ottoman force.". I suggest, the text of the article should significantly modified. Borsoka (talk) 15:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
@Borsoka: Should be ok now.. Makeandtoss (talk) 17:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg , I suggest a new review. Borsoka (talk) 03:29, 27 June 2016 (UTC)




Tiffany Trump

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 02:31, 10 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Maybe I'm blind, but I can't see where it says she's part of the group; could you please point me to a specific quote? --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 13:05, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
Jakob it's interpretative in the NYT article. I've added a new source from New York Magazine that is unambiguous, though. LavaBaron (talk) 14:49, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol delete vote.svg I added New York Magazine to the prose. Source checks out online. May I please ask why Ms. Trump is an Internet celebrity, but the Obama children are not? They seem to be covered well in the article Family of Barack Obama. Maybe you can add something notable that Ms. Trump has accomplished. -SusanLesch (talk) 14:21, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg I think it should be okay now. Accomplishments are irrelevant to notability; only significant coverage matters, and there is plenty of that. I highly recommend that someone write a couple of WP articles about the Obama children, though I fear the deletionists would try to shoot them down. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 15:02, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg I have pulled this from prep 3 because it was previously a redirect due to notability concerns, and I have not seen a discussion resolving that issue. Gatoclass (talk) 21:45, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 11[edit]

Muffie Cabot

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 18:00, 11 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svgFile:Whitehaven.jpg is listed as Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs on flickr which is not a free license. No evidence for Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 status claimed on the image page.©Geni (talk) 15:00, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

John of Brienne

Coronation of John and his first wife
Coronation of John and his first wife

Improved to Good Article status by Borsoka (talk). Self-nominated at 12:09, 11 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg This long and complex article became a GA sufficiently recently. As far as I can see all the hooks are suitable, but I would suggest avoiding ALT1 as it uses the word "only" which is always risky. The image is in the public domain and the article is neutral, but the sources are not available to me to check for policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 20 June 2016 (UTC)



Articles created/expanded on June 12[edit]

Coralloidoolithus

Created by Ashorocetus (talk). Self-nominated at 05:35, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment: On vacation right now, so I may be slow to respond to comments. Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 22:40, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol voting keep.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook has an inline citation, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright problems. The hook is only marginally interesting but I don't see anything more exciting elsewhere in the article! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:29, 28 June 2016 (UTC)




Joachim III of Bulgaria

Created by Gligan (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 12 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Gligan Symbol question.svg Article conforms to DYK rules. Hook is interesting, cited and verified. No copy vio noted. Text is neutral. QPQ not done. Please confirm if you have less than 5 QPQs to your credit so that I can give a green tick. Nvvchar. 08:02, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't know what QPQ means but if its number is determined by the "QPQ check" on the DYK toolbox, then it is 8. Regards, Gligan (talk) 15:43, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry about it. I mean how many DYKs do you have to your credit. If it is more than five and then you have to review another article as QPQ and report it here under comment.Nvvchar. 06:35, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Nvvchar and Gligan: just for the record, it is the reviewer, as part of the basic review process, who is supposed to check on how many previous DYKs a nominator has. You can do that with the QPQ check found on the DYK Toolbox at the top of all review templates.— Maile (talk) 12:57, 15 June 2016 (UTC)



Karak Revolt

  • ... that the demographic and economic recovery of Al-Karak, was further undermined by the Ottoman Empire's brutal suppression of the 1910 Karak Revolt?

Created by Makeandtoss (talk). Self-nominated at 23:32, 11 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The citation does not specify Transjordan, but simply says "the region", which as far as I can make out seems to mean the Karak plateau, and no direct equivalency seems to be given between the Karak plateau and Transjordan. It seems that a more comprehensive or useful citation (or additional citation), if you can find it, might be the one that citation gives, which is Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850-1921, by Eugene L. Rogan (Cambridge University Press, 1999). Softlavender (talk) 08:28, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
I read that source, I don't think it has what we are searching for but here's an alternative hook: that the 1910 Karak Revolt revealed the true limits of Ottoman rule in Transjordan?
The Rogan source is what the source sentence that you reference cites. If anything can establish that what is being referred to is actually Transjordan it would be that. In terms of your alternate proposal, it is vague and rather meaningless, and the citation doesn't say "true". In my opinion it's not a sufficiently informative hook as it's too vague. Plus the rest of that sentence in the wiki article is confusing and doesn't seem to follow either grammatically or logically. I'm also noticing some other issues with the article. I personally think the article needs some work re: accuracy, citing, grammar, and logic before coming to DYK. Softlavender (talk) 12:59, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Fixed issues, going with the original hook. Makeandtoss (talk) 14:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol delete vote.svg As mentioned before, the citation does not substantiate. The Karak plateau is only a small part of Transjordan [11]. Moreover, there are many other problems with this article, including multiple citations that do not substantiate. Do not remove the {{not in citation}} tags unless those issues are actually fixed. There are probably other citations that do not substantiate, but I don't have the time to check nor the faith that this article has been accurately cited. In addition, there are other problems: logic, punctuation, grammar, word-flow, and what seems to possibly be original research or synthesis. Softlavender (talk) 05:58, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
The revolt spread to Tafila, Ma'an and other towns, but since the source doesn't specify, I'll go with Al-Karak. The claim relating to Arab Revolt is supported by citation in page 20. I can't seem to find anything terribly wrong with the article. Makeandtoss (talk) 10:38, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
If you are citing page 20, your links need to go to page 20. Page 214 neither says nor implies anything about the revolt of 1916. And page 20 does not mention any Karak participation in the revolt of 1916. So the citation fails on both counts (both pages). This kind of misinformation and misinterpretation of sources is troubling, and if there is more in this wiki article, then that is a major problem. The fact that you have continued to maintain that it and/or your citations are accurate compounds the problem in my mind. Softlavender (talk) 11:11, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
@Softlavender: "the Karak Revolt became an Arabist cause, and in some ways a precursor to the later Arab Revolt of 1916" page 20 ?????? Makeandtoss (talk) 11:18, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Exactly. Says nothing about Karakis participating in or supporting the 1916 revolt, which is what the wiki article refers to: "The imprisonment of hundreds of people and the execution of ten revolt leaders in the aftermath of the revolt, had greatly angered the Karakis, and is thought to have contributed to their support of the 1916 Great Arab Revolt" [12] and "The execution of the revolt leaders had greatly angered the locals and is thought to have contributed to their support of the 1916 Great Arab Revolt" [13]. No substantiation. Softlavender (talk) 11:29, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @Softlavender: Their support, not necessarily involvement. "Arabist cause", "cause"=something you support.. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Again, the citation says nothing about Karakis supporting the 1916 revolt. I'm not interested in pursuing this discussion further, as you seem not to understand how substantiating article content works. Please do not ping me; I am taking this DYK off of my watch list. Softlavender (talk) 11:44, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
@Softlavender: Just added a source specifically making the claim, you can continue the review if you want. If not, thank you for taking the time already. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:13, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New reviewer needed. Issues raised by initial reviewer should be rechecked. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:13, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 13[edit]

Morteza Avini

Painting of Sayyid Morteza Avini
Painting of Sayyid Morteza Avini

5x expanded by Mhhossein (talk). Nominated by Mhhossein (talk) at 13:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Prose size (text only): 6984 characters (1165 words) "readable prose size"; 5x expansion by Mhhossein since 13 June 2016 (when it was 896); English inline citations appear OK, however many are in Persian (I cannot check). Image seems appropriate (although not necessary) and free of copyvio. The prose is rfeadable if not good. However, my main concern is that the article is not balanced and objective and therefore violates the NPOV criterion. For example, in the book cited in the Talattof reference 6, there is a section dealing with criticism of Avini - for example on page 182 it talks about Behnoud's accusations that Avini had been a drug addict. If there was debate and criticism about Avini, it should be included. The current article reads a bit like a "life of the saint" (or in this case, "Martyr"). The hook can be imnproved - a suggestionm is ALT: 2. This is my first review.
  • ALT2: ...that Iranian filmmaker Morteza Avini, who was blown up by a landmine in 1993, was named "the master of martyred literati" by supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
Byronmercury (talk) 15:13, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Looking at a first review, as requested, I changed the symbol to the neutral question mark (from the "rather not" slash which was possibly not intended, - revert if it was). I also moved ALT2 to the post of the reviewer, because yes it's mentioned, but better to also see who worded it. It is a subset of ALT1, so doesn't require a different reviewer. I also added (pictured), we can't expect a prep-builder to take it over from a different hook when promoting ALT2. I will look at the review now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
I read and made minor changes in formatting (repeat last name every new section, let image look "into" the text, link the first time, combine short sections). I think the article should go through copyediting, - a phrase such as "By the Islamic revolution of Iran, he joined cinema and started his artistic career" seems unclear. You could request that at WP:GOCE, let's have a look again afterwards. There's no rush to meet a certain date. As for POV: this is just DYK, not GA or FA, completeness is not required. The article should of course always say "is regarded as a martyr" (and by whom), not "is a martyr". Mhhossein, could you please make sure that is followed? (I have no time to read every line.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you Byronmercury and Gerda Arendt for the review and for the raised points. I checked the article and there's no such thing as "is a martyr" and it's emphasized that he was entitled and regarded as martyr. I'll make a request at WP:GOCE and will let you know when ever the case is addressed by them. Mhhossein (talk) 17:26, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


Adriaan van Hees

Adriaan van Hees in 1942
Adriaan van Hees in 1942
  • ... that Dutch Nazi, actor, and theater critic Adriaan van Hees (pictured in 1942) became depressed when he discovered he was part Jewish, but still volunteered for the SS - and was denied?

Created by Drmies (talk). Self-nominated at 03:01, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Beginning review Article is new enough and long enough. Article is well referenced. AGF on non-English sources. Picture is free and displays well. Philafrenzy (talk) 00:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Hook is correctly formatted. Article is neutral. Removed "severely" from the hook as unnecessary. QPQ required. A ref is required for the fact that he volunteered for the SS and was rejected. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Philafrenzy, that entire paragraph is sourced to the Van der Logt source (which is excellent, truly excellent). If DYK rules require it I can put a reference at the end of that sentence, but it's pedantic and I would remove it the moment this gets the tick. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:40, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes it is required by DYK rules. Philafrenzy (talk) 06:43, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Philafrenzy, citations provided. Review added. Drmies (talk) 01:50, 26 June 2016 (UTC)




Wildlife of South Korea

Red-crowned crane
Red-crowned crane

Created by Gong Ju-young (talk), Ji-soo Seo (talk), and Gu-hyun Jung (talk). Nominated by Gu-hyun Jung (talk) at 03:52, 13 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Article is big enough, created by moving on the same day as the nomination, most parts are referenced. But the harmful animals part looks poorly referenced. The supplied reference may be just a definition but not a list of the animals and what they do. Correct three users credited. Page is linked from hook. QPQ not required. Image is used in article, is freely licensed, and does appear genuinely connected to the topic. The hook is short enough and in the article, but it is a bit dull. A more exciting hook is needed perhaps ALT1 (but even better if we can get a picture of a Korena boar in a city). Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT1 that the wildlife of South Korea includes wild Boar which come into South Korean cities to look for food, and can potentially kill people?
  • @Graeme Bartlett: I had some concerns about this section, too, but I am not sure how to improve it. I asked the students to provide a link and Korean (hangul) name for each reference, but seems like they missed that one, and the course is over, so they are unlikely to fix it. I do not think we can use ALT1 (which does sound more interesting) without verifying the ref. I'll ping User:-revi to see if he can help, but unless he can confirm the reference contains said material, we may be better of removing this section (moving it to talk, perhaps) or at the very least avoiding using this info for the hook. PS. A ref for wild boars being hamrful in Korea is not difficult to find ([14]), on the bright side - 5 seconds with Google and here it is. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:14, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Seems there's a recent news of wild boar coming to city, even news from 10 mins ago that there's a searching party.links all Korean I can find more, but I just came back from Wikimania and have some stuff to do before I can take time for this. — regards, Revi 07:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
It has improved. Can you reference the other statements about harmful wild animals? with your latest changes we can use the boar hook. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:11, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Sure, looking for sources. I feel good with ALT1 too, btw. — regards, Revi 08:41, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
OK, I can't say I did my best (as I didn't write the article) but I did as much as I can. Second bullet point is left uncited as it was kinda too broad; and first bullet's citation doesn't include all the animals in it. Just few of them. Anyway, I think it's good to be reviewed now? — regards, Revi 17:19, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I am now happy with references. So that just leaves it for someone else to approve the ALT1 hook, which I think is OK, but since I put it there I can't approve it. The original hook is just a bit boring, and the image is not referenced in the hook anyway. ALT1 would run with no image, unless you can get a suburban boar image in. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:36, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 14[edit]

Tommy's Honour

Created by Softlavender (talk). Self-nominated at 08:35, 15 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. Approving the original hook in preference to the others, with their famous father references. The ALT0 hook facts are well sourced, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Very nice. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:43, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


Up in the Air (song)

Improved to Good Article status by Earthh (talk). Self-nominated at 22:04, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article was promoted to Good Article of June 16. Long enough at over 16,000 characters. Within policy; article has inline citations and is properly sourced. Hook checks out ok; cited in article and under 200 characters. QPQ done. DivaKnockouts 22:22, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol question.svg Per one of the sources:

"Up in the Air" isn't the first piece of music to make its way beyond Earth's atmosphere. NASA launched the Voyager Golden Record in 1977 aboard both Voyager spacecrafts, which have since exited the solar system. They continue to venture into space and contain a number of international, mostly classical music selections. The time-capsules of sorts also include playback instructions for any extraterrestrials who may happen upon them.

In 2008, NASA beamed the Beatles' "Across the Universe" directly into deep space. Yoko Ono responded with delight at the time, saying the development marked "the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."

Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:14, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
@Hawkeye7: I think the Up in the Air record refers to the format of the copy, which in this case was a compact disc. "It was the first commercial copy of music sent to space", that's what multiple sources say.--Earthh (talk) 11:03, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Okay. All good then. Hawkeye7 (talk) 14:33, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Hawkeye7, if you believe this is ready to be promoted, please add a tick below. At the moment, your "?" icon is the latest one. If there are other issues, please let us know what they are. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:44, 28 June 2016 (UTC)



Stay With Me Till Dawn

Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Self-nominated at 13:18, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

The Quickening Maze

Moved to mainspace by Dharmadhyaksha (talk). Self-nominated at 11:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC).

  • "Did you know that (event) DOES NOT HAPPEN in this novel?" This is an awful formulation, sorry. DS (talk) 20:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
@DragonflySixtyseven: Not sure what you exactly mean? Are you saying we rephrase the hook or change it completely to something else? If former, please suggest. If later, I see no reason why it should not be the hook. The meeting of the two great poets has been speculated since long throughout the history and we know nothing for sure if they met or not. Almost all reviews of the book also mention this.[15],[16], [17], [18]. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:39, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
At the very least, a rephrase: I own hundreds of novels in which Clare and Tennyson never meet. DS (talk) 13:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Please suggest a rephrase. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 15[edit]

Ingrid Christensen

Created/expanded by Evolution and evolvability (talk). Nominated by Evolution and evolvability (talk) at 01:38, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg - Hook is only listed in the lead not actually mentioned in the main article if she was the first woman to set foot on Antartica, just that she was one of four women on the ship when it landed. The claim she was first is not sourced? Evolution and evolvability - Can you please address this?
  • It is long enough, new enough, QPQ is not needed, sources are live and there are no issues of Copyright violation or close paraphrasing. It really comes down to the hook not being sourced.  MPJ-DK  01:40, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Yep looks good to me.  MPJ-DK  02:50, 27 June 2016 (UTC)



The Fade Out

  • ... that writer Ed Brubaker thought the premise behind his comic The Fade Out was not commercial enough to pitch to a publisher, but it became his best-selling creator-owned project?
  • ALT1:... that British artist Sean Phillips used over 1000 reference photos when he was drawing The Fade Out because 1948 Hollywood was like science-fiction to him?
  • ALT2:... that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips turned down offers for the film rights to their comic The Fade Out because they were afraid accepting them would affect the way the book was written?
  • Reviewed: Third nom, exempt

Created by Argento Surfer (talk). Self-nominated at 13:00, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Is QPQ exempt, article is long enough, new enough and well sourced. No copyright issues detected.
  • Hook - "Not pitched through normal channels" is what's sourced in the article, that to me is not the same as "not commercial enough to pitch to a publisher" to me. Alt1 "Like Sci-Fi to him" but the article said "may as well be Sci Fi" - small distinction but still a distinction. Alt2 checks out though so that could be used
  • Tag - "Expansion needed" tag, could that possibly be addressed please?
  • Source #17 is dead it looks like
  • Symbol question.svg Argento Surfer if you can address the expansion tag, fix source #17 and are okay with using Alt2 we can get this moved on. Waiting for updates.  MPJ-DK  23:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Sankō Shrine

The prayer hall of Sankō Shrine
The prayer hall of Sankō Shrine
  • ALT1:... that the tunnel located on the grounds of Sankō Shrine was probably used to attack the Sanada Maru, not defend it?
  • Reviewed: Katrien Meire
  • Comment: If the ALT1 hook is used, then an image of the tunnel entrance is in the article's gallery.

5x expanded by Athomeinkobe (talk). Self-nominated at 08:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

Jennifer d'Abo

  • ... that Jennifer d'Abo held a successful dinner with all three of her former husbands, and went on holiday with one of them and her successor?
  • Reviewed: not yet done
  • Comment: other hooks welcome

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 22:46, 19 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Suggesting ALT1 above; it was too irresistible not to. — Maile (talk) 20:04, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is long enough. I like the proposed ALT1, which is cited in the article as well as the original hook. There are inline citations. It is written from a neutral POV. No image. QPQ not done yet though. No apparent copyvios. Looks good to me! Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 20:47, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Van Breda murders

The DeZalze golf estate, site of the van Breda family murders
The DeZalze golf estate, site of the van Breda family murders
  • Reviewed: My 4th DYK nomination so I believe I'm exempt from QPQ

Created by Robvanvee (talk). Self-nominated at 07:45, 19 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg New article, 3754 readable prose, inline citations. The hook is good. QPQ not necessary. Image is high quality, appears in the article, and has appropriate rights. @Robvanvee: Please fix the spelling of van Breda in the hook, the image caption, and throughout the article. Once that is done, I will pass the nomination. FunkyCanute (talk) 12:05, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Bit of a blonde moment there, thank you @FunkyCanute:. Robvanvee 13:18, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Not all fixed. FunkyCanute (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Hopefully all done now. Robvanvee 14:11, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Looks good to me. FunkyCanute (talk) 18:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol question.svg Just wondering if this article is within policy - WP:BLPCRIME says that "editors must seriously consider not including material in any article suggesting that the person has committed, or is accused of committing, a crime unless a conviction is secured." The article is about an ongoing criminal case where the accussed hasn't been convicted of a murder, despite the article title. Is this OK to link from the main page via DYK? Bcp67 (talk) 11:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

I would assume WP:BLPCRIME applies to WP:BLP and as the article is not about the accused but rather about the incident I would further assume the policy doesn't apply in this case. Also, everything stated is sourced. My experience in this department is lacking though...Robvanvee 13:00, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Sounds fair enough, and the sourcing looks reasonable. No objections! Bcp67 (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol delete vote.svg Thanks for raising the issue, Bcp67. I had not considered the policy, and it seems to me that this should not go forward as DYK, with the possibility that the article ought in fact to be removed, so I'm striking out my earlier tick. FunkyCanute (talk) 17:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
That's disappointing but I understand. Would be even more disappointing to lose the article after all the work I put in. How does WP:BLPCRIME differ then between this article and the Dylann Roof or Charleston church shooting articles for example? Robvanvee 18:09, 29 June 2016 (UTC)



Nora Grossman

5x expanded by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:49, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook has an inline citation to a reliable source, the article is neutral, and I detected no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:58, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Michael Van Wagenen

  • ... that Michael Van Wagenen is a documentary filmmaker who has created award-winning documentaries on the United States-Mexico borderlands?
  • ALT1 ... that Michael Van Wagenen has created several documentaries on the United States-Mexico borderlands?

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 22:12, 15 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment As the awards themselves are not notable, and film awards are legion, I've created a shorter ALT1. Edwardx (talk) 09:53, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Chris Murphy gun control filibuster

Created by E.M.Gregory (talk), Neutrality (talk), and Josve05a (talk). Nominated by Tom29739 (talk) at 21:32, 15 June 2016 (UTC).

  • I've nominated the article for deletion here. ansh666 05:45, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed; AfD was closed as "Keep". Article has since been renamed; I've completed all necessary adjustments to this page. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:29, 27 June 2016‎ (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Based on QPQ checker, Tom29739 has had no previous nominations, so this does not require a QPQ. Hook is sound, quote is cited right at the top of the article. The rest of the articles is equally as well cited. Copy vio spot checks didn't raise anything. However, one niggling issue - the hook is slightly over the 200 character maximum. Personally I'd just trim "Democrat of Connecticut" from the hook as while it's descriptive in the article, it isn't necessary for the hook once you've said Senator. But I'll leave it up to you to work out what to trim - you'll probably just need to take out a word or two. Miyagawa (talk) 09:35, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
@Miyagawa:: I've trimmed the hook, it's now 179 characters long. Tom29739 [talk] 13:05, 28 June 2016 (UTC).
Symbol confirmed.svg Great, happy to sign this off in that case. Miyagawa (talk) 13:07, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


Bungy Watson

5x expanded by FunkyCanute (talk). Self-nominated at 17:42, 15 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook is interesting and has an inline citation, the article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:46, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Environmental globalization

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 14:11, 15 June 2016 (UTC).


Articles created/expanded on June 16[edit]

Al-Ukhaydir

  • ... that a fort was built at al-Ukhaydir in reaction to the poisoning of its well by the Bedouin?

Created by Al Ameer son (talk). Self-nominated at 23:20, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg. The article is new, long enough, and has a good hook. Offline cites for the hook and other material are accepted in good faith. Very well done. As soon as the review requirement is met, this one is ready.--Cúchullain t/c 18:40, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol voting keep.svg. The article is ready now. Again, very well done!--Cúchullain t/c 17:31, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Ioan Bianu

Created by Biruitorul (talk) and Dahn (talk). Nominated by Biruitorul (talk) at 14:26, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg This substantial article is new enough and long enough. Approving ALT1 and ALT2, both of which have inline citations to reliable sources. The sources in general are not available to me so I was unable to consider copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh

  • ... that Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh who had a strange relationship with her governess Lina Schaeffer, though not formally called lesbian, spent all her adult life with the latter unconditionally?

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 01:36, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg The article is long and new enough, but there are lots of issues with the writing, and the hook doesn't really make sense (nor do the corresponding passages in the article). I'm also concerned about the sourcing of the statement. Mangoe (talk) 00:10, 30 June 2016 (UTC)




List of National Defence Academy alumni

National Defence Academy insignia
National Defence Academy insignia

Created/expanded by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk). Self-nominated at 14:00, 17 June 2016 (UTC).



Jack Polito

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 21:19, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Everything looks good: prose size, creation date, cites, qpq, etc. Nice work. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 18:43, 20 June 2016 (UTC)



Studio 8H

  • ALT1:... that at the time of construction, the 9000 cubic meter Studio 8H was the world's largest radio studio?
  • ALT2:... that at the time of its 1933 construction, the 9000 cubic meter Studio 8H was the world's largest radio studio?

Converted from a redirect by StewdioMACK (talk). Self-nominated at 09:34, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment All three hooks could be made more concise by removing "at the time of construction," and instead stating that it was "once the world's largest radio studio". Edwardx (talk) 09:56, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
    Symbol possible vote.svg Assuming that this isn't already taken: Article is new enough and old enough. The date 1950 isn't mentioned in the source given, and the "Two episodes" sources don't mention this particular studio. Most of the history section appears to be unsourced. Didn't notice any copyvio/plagiarism issues. Hook(s) are sourced with inline citations, I agree with Edwardx's comments though. First hook is best in terms of avoiding unnecessary detail. QPQ not needed with only 3 DKYs. The sourcing issues need to be resolved, though.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:29, 16 June 2016 (UTC)


Trump National Golf Club Westchester

Created by Ɱ (talk). Self-nominated at 00:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on June 17[edit]

Tawny-breasted myiobius, Black-tailed myiobius, Whiskered myiobius

Black-tailed myiobius
Black-tailed myiobius

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:34, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Three articles so I will do three separate DYK assessments below. I will note that QPQ is done for all three. More to come  MPJ-DK  01:47, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Image checks out license wise so that is acceptable.
Tawny-breasted myiobius
  • Barely long enough but does qualify. Sourced in general, well written. No link issues, no copyright or close paraphrase issues
  • Sourced that it's found in South American rainforests, although the claim that its habitat differs from the other birds is not mentioned at all? Red XN
Black-tailed myiobius
  • Just past the 5 time expansion. Sourced in general, well written in general. No copyright violation
  • The tool indicates a time out for the cornell.edu link
  • Sourced that it's found in South American rainforests, although the claim that its habitat differs from the other birds is not mentioned at all? Red XN
Whiskered myiobius
  • Expanded enough. well written. Sourced in general as well as the hook specifically. No copyright violations or close paraphrase issues. Links look good. This checks out
  • Yes the hook is there and sourced, I think this information needs to be in all three articles. Green tickY
  • Symbol question.svg - The hook needs to be added to the first two articles. It's in the third and sources so it's not that much of a challenge to address that Cwmhiraeth. On hold until it's been addressed.  MPJ-DK  02:22, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
@MPJ-DK: I have made some alterations so perhaps you could indicate whether they are sufficient. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:20, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Cwmhiraeth, sources looks to go me, so I can approve this one.  MPJ-DK  20:03, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands

The flag of the United States
The flag of the United States

Moved to mainspace by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 17:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 16:53, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 2766 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 22.5% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The media File:Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg is free-use
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 48 characters
  • ✓ This is The C of E's 245th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/S.C. Braga in European football was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol voting keep.svg Article is well-written and neutral, and hooks are intriguing. AGF on offline sources. No close paraphrasing detected from the bot results. Random86 (talk) 08:24, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Kairana and Kandhla migration row

Created by Skr15081997 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Page has been renamed Kairana and Sardhana migration row. Reopening DYK nomination for a fresh review. Yoninah (talk) 09:53, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Has the article been changed at all from when it was a duplicate? The article may have a new title, but the only place Sardhana is mentioned is in the article title, not its body, which strikes me as problematic. The C of E|, can you remember which article this duplicated? If nothing else we need to see whether anything was copied; if it was, then it needs to be 5x expanded from the copied material, not merely at least 1500 prose characters. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:15, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
No, I didn't get to see it before the deletion. I stated that based on the rationale that was given for the deletion. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 21:46, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
BlueMoonset, the original CSD tag said "This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion because: Kairana exodus page already exists." Please see Kairana hindu exodus. RHaworth was one of the admins who was involved in some of the redirects and might be able to give a clearer answer here. — Maile (talk) 22:33, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Well, in fact, I know it for sure now, Mukim Kala was deleted 20:41, 18 June 2016 by Reaper Eternal, for "Extremely negative POV". The section "Kairana mass exodus" read: 350 families have deserted the Muslim-majority city Kairana over the past two years due to extortion and loot by goons of gangster Mukim Kala. Many families have shifted to nearby Haryana villages due to the terror of Kala's gang. Locals said they were getting threats on phone and through letters. If one refuses to give protection money, he is killed by the henchmen. They have no option but to leave the city to save their lives. Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the state's Samajwadi Party government of patronizing those behind the violence. The National Human Rights Commission recently issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged exodus. The move came on the heels of a complaint that a Hindu woman was gang-raped and murdered in the area recently, but no action was initiated due to political pressure. Locals said the city, falling under Shamli district, has turned into Pakistan where murder, loot and extortion were rampant. It is impossible for a decent man to live in Kairana town. A lawyer in Kairana, Meherban Qureshi, said an atmosphere of fear has gripped the city where "no person has the liberty to roam around freely". — Maile (talk) 23:10, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Now...with all that said above, the history is still intact on this nomination's article. It looks to me like RHaworth did an "unspeedy" and moved Kairana migration row intact to User:Skr15081997/Kairana at 20:02 on 18 June. User:Skr15081997 moved it to main space on 02:11 on 19 June, after the other article had already been deleted. The history of the article goes all the way back to when it was created by Skr15081997 on 17 June. Comparing the histories, it looks to me like this article is word-for-word as it was before deletion. — Maile (talk) 23:30, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
  • BlueMoonset, I have moved the page to Kairana and Kandhla migration row. I haven't copied anything for this article except the line due to extortion and loot by goons of gangster Mukim Kala. I have also added more content to the article. Thanks, --Skr15081997 (talk) 13:23, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Looks like this is ready for review. Montanabw(talk) 05:35, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 18[edit]

Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

Improved to Good Article status by White Arabian Filly (talk) and Montanabw (talk). Nominated by White Arabian Filly (talk) at 21:54, 18 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article was Listed as a Good Article on 00:00, 18 June 2016
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 7286 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 25.9% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 82 characters
  • ✓ This is White Arabian Filly's 18th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Galdieria sulphuraria was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol question.svg This is a newly promoted GA. It is long enough and has been nominated soon enough. The article is neutral and I did not find evidence of copyright issues. The hook will not do because because the 2,000 figure is an estimate and not a minimum, and looking at the #6 source, the figure does not seem to be mentioned at all. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that there is a Celebration for the Tennessee Walking Horse every year?
  • I know how the 6 ref got messed up; the link was dead, and I replaced it with the wrong one. I'll toss it later and cite to a book I have that says the same thing. The alt hook is the best thing I can come up with right now. Pinging Montanabw who might have a better idea. White Arabian Filly Neigh 15:31, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg I will give ALT1 a tick now and if you want to propose another hook later you can always ping me. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:02, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Fixing ellipsis spacing and expanding contraction in ALT1. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:47, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Qriously

  • ... that Qriously was voted "worst name in ad-tech" in an Ad Age poll, beating Vungle, Nanigans, AdsWizz and Burt?
  • Reviewed: not yet done

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 16:05, 18 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 15:21, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 1726 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 38.7% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 115 characters
  • ✗ This is Edwardx's 221th nomination. A QPQ review is required for this nomination.

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  • Symbol question.svg Interesting article and wow this new review bot is interesting too. Hook is verified. The article has barelinks in references which should be fixed. Also, the close paraphrasing thing the bot points out is for the quotes used and that’s fine. However, the reference which is used for the hook also mentioned more info about how the name was selected and that would be meaningful to have in the article. I also find it odd that the first sentence itself is a quote. We can put that in our own words. The intro line that tells you what the subject is should not be a quote; at least in this case. QPQ is awaited. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:05, 24 June 2016 (UTC)



Articles created/expanded on June 19[edit]

Asparagusic acid

5x expanded by EdChem (talk). Self-nominated at 13:36, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • @Intelligentsium: The bot had a look at this at my request when the work was incomplete, and I have removed that post to avoid confusing the reviewing. Now that it is complete with a proper QPQ etc, I'd be happy for the bot to comment again. Or not. Up to you. EdChem (talk) 06:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski

Korwin Szymanowski c. 1885
Korwin Szymanowski c. 1885

Created by Po Kadzieli (talk). Self-nominated at 15:06, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Piotrus, at 222 prose characters, the hook is far too long and has been struck. Perhaps you could propose an ALT hook that's under the 200 character limit, either new, or edited down? (I'm also pinging the original nominator's talk page.) Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:52, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • How about this for ALT1:--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski, one of the earliest promoters of a Unified Europe, proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency as far back as 1885?
Symbol question.svg Interesting biography and topic, on good sources, non-English sources accepted AGF. The ALT is fine, but consider fewer links. You want readers to click on him, not central bank ;) - Article: please format all bare references by giving titles, - in the references it's just moving the link to the titles. Too many for me to do it ;) - You don't need any references in the lead as long as the facts are references in the body, but it doesn't hurt. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
I think the article needs some reference fixes. Quite a few paragraphs lacked end-of-paragraph citations, and I have concerns over referencing of individual sentences. Some books have no page given. References 10 seem to be primary (by the subject), suggesting WP:OR for those paragraphs(and the hook is based on refs 11 and 12). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Piotrus, your help is highly appreciated, as I speak neither French nor Polish. Po, nice to meet you! More questions may come up, patience please, I am rather busy these days, and deliver in portions I think are easy to handle, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:28, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
By fewer links I means something like
ALT2: ... that Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski, one of the earliest promoters of a Unified Europe, proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency already in 1885? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello Piotus and Gerda, Iam going to have to visit the Polish Library to get page numbers for Chylińska and Norman Davies. I too am v. busy, but I will try this evening. I can't find the signature icon. (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:51, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Missing citation elements supplied from access at British Library on 28 June 2016. (talk) 21.04, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. A stylistic thing is still there, called bare url, - we don't want to show the url, only link to it. Example:
* Viansson-Ponté, L. 1836-1913, Les Jésuites à Metz : Collège Saint-Louis, 1622-1762, Collège Saint Clément, 1852-1872 par L. Viansson-Ponté. Published 1897, see p.426. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22%20Coll%C3%A8ge%20Saint-Cl%C3%A9ment%20(Metz,%20France)%22&type=subject&inst=
You can fix it simply by saying:
* Viansson-Ponté, L. 1836-1913, Les Jésuites à Metz : Collège Saint-Louis, 1622-1762, Collège Saint Clément, 1852-1872. Published 1897, see p.426.
You could also go a step further, for a more standardized look, saying:
* Viansson-Ponté, L. (1897). Les Jésuites à Metz : Collège Saint-Louis, 1622-1762, Collège Saint Clément, 1852-1872. p. 426. 
Try it. As for signature, the four tildes are below for me, to be copied, - look around, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you very much, Gerda. It worked. Perhaps the numerous references to Żurowski vel Grajewski's (all one Polish name - I have met him) Postface and notes can be reduced to 1, 2, 3, etc. with just the page numbers, but I have not yet found a template for how to do that. Kind regards, Po Kadzieli (talk) 16:44, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you! - Yes, if you want different pages for the same source, you can list the ref in a biography section, and call it by a template (Harvard citation), {{sfn|author|year|p=xy}}. It's only a little step further. Compare BWV 161, for example, - copy what you like. You can do that for just the book with several pages, or for all (as in the cantata), where the Dürr ref is used with several pages. You will notice that the ref number will take you to a ref in the reflist, which links to the full source. - Less elegant, you could have the book in the Bibliography and call by "author, p. xy", but it will not produce the link. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:16, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Amazed by BWV 161 clarity and counterpoint of the article - can almost hear the music! Shall try to focus on the template presently. Thank you for tremendous encouragement. --Po Kadzieli (talk) 02:06, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Cristina Takacs-Vesbach

Created by Allisonlee9 (talk) and Evolution and evolvability (talk). Nominated by Evolution and evolvability (talk) at 13:12, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol delete vote.svg Article is new but was already 12 days old at time of nomination, and with most of its content having been created on the first day (although the article is long enough). Additionally, the article has a blank infobox, needs to be reviewed and footnoted more thoroughly, has minor grammatical and formatting errors, and an orphan tag, but does not seem to have any copyright or close paraphrasing. It also has neutrality issues. Also, while the hook is sourced, neutral, interesting, and short enough, the article describes Takacs-Vesbach as having been part of a team and not acting alone, so maybe the hook would need to be reworded. I also can't find any indication that the nominator has reviewed another article. – TCMemoire 03:34, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Since this is the nominator's first DYK nomination, I think we can be lenient about the 12-day lead time. However, the references do not show notability; none discuss Takacs-Vesbach in depth, and the hook is not cited inline. If the page creator or nominator can find independent, reliable sources to prove notability, this could be re-reviewed. Yoninah (talk) 08:48, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm stll getting used to DYKs. The specific hook is easy to get a reference for (which I shall do either way). The general notability is harder to support with a specific reference. She was included based on WP:NACADEMIC-1 in that the impact of her work is far above others in her field [19]. Either way, I'll clean up the claim on her page, whether or not she is sufficient for a DYK. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:46, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Helen Fricker

Created by Allisonlee9 (talk) and Evolution and evolvability (talk). Nominated by Evolution and evolvability (talk) at 13:07, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, hook is sourced. No close paraphrasing or neutrality detected. Good to go.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I've corrected the error. I think the original uploader intended to mean the references within each of the wikipedia pages referenced. I've pulled out the relevant references from each of those pages. Thanks for spotting it! T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 13:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Elizabeth Truswell

Dr Elizabeth Truswell
Dr Elizabeth Truswell

Created by Janstrugnell (talk) and Evolution and evolvability (talk). Nominated by Evolution and evolvability (talk) at 12:52, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, hook is sourced. No close paraphrasing or neutrality detected. Good to go.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


Baba Sidhaye

Created by Dee03 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:13, 25 June 2016 (UTC).


QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg Yellow Dingo (talk) 21:23, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Speightstown (horse)

Speightstown in retirement at Winstar Farms
Speightstown in retirement at Winstar Farms
  • ALT1:... that the racehorse Speightstown (pictured) sold for $2 million as a yearling?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1973 Kentucky Derby

Created by Jlvsclrk (talk). Nominated by Montanabw (talk) at 03:00, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. Approving ALT1 which has an inline citation. Striking ALT0 because it is not precisely correct, the source stating: "Speightstown injured a knee in the Amsterdam and was able to race only twice in the next two years". The image is appropriately licensed, the article is neutral, and my spot checks failed to find any policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:11, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Gentleman (2016 film)

5x expanded by Pavanjandhyala (talk). Self-nominated at 01:23, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment – In the hook, it's worth noting that Mohan Krishna Indraganti is the film's director. Also, a small hint about country/language would be helpful; genres are hardly useful in DYKs. —Vensatry (talk) 17:56, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
Tweaked as per your suggestion, Vensatry. :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 05:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Setting Sun (horse)

  • ... that the horse Setting Sun appeared on televisions across the United States?

Created/expanded by White Arabian Filly (talk). Self-nominated at 21:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 22:26, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✗ This article is too short at 1310 characters (the DYK minimum is 1500 characters)
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 4.8%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 81 characters
  • ✓ This is White Arabian Filly's 18th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Cortinarius rubellus was performed for this nomination.

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  • Checking on the expansion and it's just barely past the limit but it is past is so that part is good. I double checked the bot work, since it's still a work in progress I figured I'd follow up on it and they all check out. But the hook basically said "Setting Sun was once on television", can you not find something more interesting that such a generic statement? White Arabian Filly could you perhaps provide something more interesting for a hook?  MPJ-DK  02:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ALT1 ...that it took Setting Sun three tries to win a World Grand Championship?
    • That's the best alt I can come up with. Actually, I had proposed the original because it's unusual to see horses on TV locally, never mind nationally. (They didn't even do much reporting on American Pharoah last year.) But, hopefully this alt is more interesting. White Arabian Filly Neigh 19:01, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - White Arabian Filly that is good with me. Approved (side note I fixed your "Setting Sun" link in Alt1).  MPJ-DK  20:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
    • Thanks for that; it was coming a thunderstorm and I got in too much of a hurry... White Arabian Filly Neigh 00:30, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


'Ain Ghazal Statues

  • ... that the 'Ain Ghazal Statues uncovered in Jordan, dating to the eighth millennium BC, are considered to be among the oldest human statues ever found?

Created by Makeandtoss (talk). Self-nominated at 22:26, 19 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol question.svgHook, length is ok. Written in neutral tone. Is there a word or phrase missing from the sentence:'They were most likely used for religious'? Religious ceremonies, I assume, reference doesn't support it. yorkshiresky (talk) 11:24, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Changed religious into unknown, as source discusses it but does not specify exactly. Makeandtoss (talk) 11:32, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol confirmed.svgChange makes it good to go. Nice article. yorkshiresky (talk) 11:57, 20 June 2016 (UTC)


Katrien Meire

Created by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:37, 19 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The article is new enough, having been both created and nominated yesterday, so the first criterion is satisfied. It is barely long enough, with 1653 characters by my count, so the second criterion is satisfied (just). The article is properly sourced and free of problems concerning copyright. But I am concerned about the neutrality of the article. Whilst I am not questioning the neutrality of the author, most of the text at the current point in time seems to deal with complaints about her work. It would be good if the biography could be expanded more to cover more of her life before taking on her current job. There are also some errors, for example discrepancy between the text and infobox on when she took the job. Both hooks are suitable, although the ALT1 is more interesting. Finally QPQ has been met by the nominator.
In summary, I think it would be good if the biography could be expanded more. Then I would be happy to give it a tick of approval. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:14, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Athomeinkobe Thank you for your comments. The infobox was a mistake (I copied the infobox from another article, and didn't change the date), and has been fixed. I've increased the article to around 2,400 characters, adding things about her before she joined Charlton. I'm still looking to see if there's more, but I think it's more NPOV now. It's difficult because a lot of the coverage about her is related to protests against her as Charlton CEO. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:52, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for your prompt attention Joseph2302. I think that's much better. One final point - the BBC article from September 2014 (reference [4]) describes her as a 30-year-old. So that would mean she was born in either 1983 or 1984. I think including an approximate age would help. I know there's a template that can be used for a "circa" birthdate but can't remember what it is. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 20[edit]

Lois Jones (scientist)

  • ... that Lois Jones led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969?

Created by Janstrugnell (talk) and Caroldevine24 (talk). Nominated by Evolution and evolvability (talk) at 00:39, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Creation date is June 26 rather than June 20, so this nomination is in the wrong section, but still otherwise eligible. Subject seems notable, prose portion of article is obviously over 1500 characters. Nominator has fewer than five DYK nominations, so QPQ is not necessary. Hook is interesting, neutral and sourced by an inline citation to a reliable source but the first sentence of the "Career and impact" section needs a citation. Also, citation 3 needs a publisher, and citation 5 is a bare URL. I'm also not convinced that the second paragraph of the "Early life and education" section makes sense (what does "had a He'd tried" mean?). Once these small issues have been fixed, this should be good to go. A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 16:09, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Fixed the existing citations, and added ref to first sentence of "Career and impact". I've also bolstered that section with a couple of additional references. Thank you for your clear descriptions of the process and requirements. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 07:28, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

White-footed climbing mouse, Southern climbing mouse, Coues's climbing mouse, Peruvian climbing mouse, Gardner's climbing mouse

White-footed climbing mouse
White-footed climbing mouse

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:11, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Five articles so I will do five DYK reviews below.  MPJ-DK  02:54, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Image - Unless I am reading this wrong the image needs to have tag to address it's public domain status in the US?
White-footed climbing mouse
  • QPQ Done
  • Expanded 5 times, well written, interesting, no copyright violations or close paraphrasing, sourcing is appropriate.
  • Not directly sourced that it's a South American forest dweller. Red XN
Southern climbing mouse
  • QPQ Done
  • Expanded 5 times, well written, interesting, no copyright violations or close paraphrasing, sourcing is appropriate. *Sourced that it is in Argentine forests so that one checks out Green tickY
Coues's climbing mouse
  • QPQ Done
  • Expanded 5 times, well written, interesting, no copyright violations or close paraphrasing, sourcing is appropriate.
  • Not directly sourced that it's a South American forest dweller. Red XN
Peruvian climbing mouse
  • QPQ Done

Expanded 5 times, well written, interesting, no copyright violations or close paraphrasing, sourcing is appropriate.

  • The name itself does indicate "South American" and I believe various sources throughout the article supports this. Green tickY
Gardner's climbing mouse
  • QPQ Done
  • Expanded 5 times, well written, interesting, no copyright violations or close paraphrasing, sourcing is appropriate. Hook is sourced Green tickY
  • Symbol question.svg - Cwmhiraeth a couple of the articles do not have a direct source for it's habitat being in South America, but that's all that needs to be addressed.  MPJ-DK  03:07, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. I have addressed the issues raised above. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Segovia prison break

Created by Valenciano (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

Henry King (musician)

Created by 78.26 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:27, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg This article is new enough (created in main space on 20 June 2016, nominated 24 June), long enough (c. 2000 words), neutrally worded, and with inline citations. The hook is short enough (118 characters), correctly formatted, interesting, and cited inline. AGF for offline source. Just waiting for the QPQ to be completed.
One random thing, what does "remotes" in "Over his career, King believed his band to have broadcast more than 5000 remotes" mean? Its not linked or explained. It may be because I'm British (and therefore a remote is the control for a TV), but do you mean Big band remote? Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 00:46, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
You are correct, and the average American wouldn't know the term any better than the British. or the Estonian, for that matter. But if you collect Electrical transcription of course you'd know what this means! How accidentally obnoxious of me. I have fixed, and thank you. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 11:57, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you! Good to go (AGF for offline source). Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 15:04, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Smacksoft

Smacksoft performing at an art exhibit in Seoul
Smacksoft performing at an art exhibit in Seoul
  • ... that the musical style of South Korean band Smacksoft (pictured) was described as "a fantastic, densely-layered hybrid sound of post-punk, rock and electronica"?

Created by Bonnielou2013 (talk). Nominated by Random86 (talk) at 23:24, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 03:21, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 5206 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 5.7%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The media File:Smacksoft.jpg is free-use
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 166 characters
  • ✓ This is Random86's 23th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Resident Alien (comic book) was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg - @Random86 and Bonnielou2013: - Since the bot asked for a human review, and I am human I figured I'd double check the results. New enough, large enough, no copyright issues I could see, sourced, well written. QPQ is done, hook is directly cited. I'd say the DYKReviewBot called it, this is good to go.  MPJ-DK  01:35, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Forgot to mention that the picture checks out too.  MPJ-DK  01:36, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


Poulton's Match

Created by FunkyCanute (talk). Self-nominated at 14:47, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 16:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 3705 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✗ This article has the following issues:
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 2.9%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 138 characters
  • ✓ This is FunkyCanute's 45th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Felicity Aston was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The Carson book was available online so I was able to add extra citations to cover the hook facts, and either hook could be used. The article is neutral and I found no copyvios. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:43, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Porth Wen Brickworks

Surviving kilns and chimneys at Porth Wen Brickworks
Surviving kilns and chimneys at Porth Wen Brickworks

Created by Robevans123 (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 08:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg hook cited and faithful to source, size and age of article fine, written neutrally, QPQ done, copyvio clear, good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:54, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


Ellen F. Golden

Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 22:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 22:28, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 4003 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 36.7% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 186 characters
  • ✓ This is Yoninah's 234th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Chinese Nü Yr was performed for this nomination.

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Thomas J. Yates

5x expanded by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 22:08, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg
  • The article is newly expanded.
  • The article has not previously featured on the Main Page.
  • The article is long enough.
  • Citations are sufficient and drawn from reliable published sources.
  • No disputes surround the article.
  • I see nothing that might be construed as a BLP violation.
  • I can find no particular issues with plagiarism. The wording appears original.
  • I see no neutrality issues, either. This is a straightforward account.
  • The article is not up for AfD.
  • The online hook fact checks out. Probably the original hook is preferable, since that's where the subject's notability lies. - Biruitorul Talk 13:55, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanksgiving Orphans

Moved to mainspace by George Ho (talk). Self-nominated at 18:15, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 17:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 4423 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 7.4%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 82 characters
  • ✓ This is George Ho's 20th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/The Play of Wit and Science was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg The results from the bot all check out, and I did not find any problems. The article is also now a GA. The hooks are all short enough and the facts are cited in the article. Random86 (talk) 03:28, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The expression is "food fight", not "food fighting". I tweaked the hooks. Yoninah (talk) 17:36, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

WRGG-LP

  • ... the father of one of the co-founders of WRGG-LP founded station WKSL?
  • ALT1:... that WRGG-LP shares a format and a transmitting tower, with defunct station WKSL, which was created by the father of one of WRGG's co-founders?
  • Reviewed: Royal Pier, Southampton

Created by Neutralhomer (talk). Self-nominated at 07:25, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 05:17, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 1918 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✗ This article has the following issues:
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 1.0%. (confirm)
      • Note to reviewers: There is low confidence in this automated metric, please manually verify that there is no copyright infringement or close paraphrasing. Note that this number may be inflated due to cited quotes and titles which do not constitute a copyright violation.
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 73 characters
  • ✓ The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 147 characters
  • ✓ This is Neutralhomer's 8th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Pier, Southampton was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Neutralhomer - The tag has been dealt with and I can verify the other Bot findings in regards to age, size, sourcing, copyrights, QPQ qualifications. Reading it I'd say it's well written to the DYK criteria as well. If asked to choose I would go with Alt1 as it gives a little more context.  MPJ-DK  01:40, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


Articles created/expanded on June 21[edit]

Kari Løvaas

  • Reviewed: Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski
  • Comment: She did many unusual things, - spelling of her last name is debated on the talk, please join the discussion.

Created by LouisAlain (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 10:18, 27 June 2016 (UTC).


Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: Red XN - The short paragraph where the articles says "After her operatic debut she obtained a Ruud scholarship for young sopranos for a period of four years and traveled to Vienna where she studied at the Musikakademie with Josef Witt." has no inline citation and as it is direct statement of fact; it must have a citation.
  • Neutral: Green tickY
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Green tickY
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol question.svg Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Please see the talk where I asked for the facts from the translation to be sourced. Patience please. If no source is found we will have to drop the details, until DYK is over ;) - I have a citation for a state scholarship, but not for its name (but trust it's correct, see their website) nor the name of the teacher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt: Fair enough. I will give this nom a bit of time to get the sourcing done. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 13:18, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Al-Rahba

Ruins of al-Rahba fortress in 2005
Ruins of al-Rahba fortress in 2005

Improved to Good Article status by Al Ameer son (talk). Self-nominated at 18:07, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Al Ameer son - This is long enough, well written as a GA, sourced too. Main hook is directly sourced in the article, AGFing it. Alt1 looks to be sourced too and verified it covers the statement made. QPQ Done. Link check tool returns good results. No copyright violations from what I can see by checking the various results. The picture is high quality and looks to be appropriately tagged to allow it on the main page. I think this hits all the marks, great work.  MPJ-DK  23:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Party (Girls' Generation song)

Improved to Good Article status by HĐ (talk) and Random86 (talk). Nominated by Random86 (talk) at 08:13, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Article was approved for GA on 21 June 2016. Article nominator has reviewed another article for DYK. Article is well-written, is all cited with reliable sources, and DBQ checks. All non-free files have proper fair-use rationales for the article. The hook, while boring IMO, does work and is applicable. editorEهեইдအ😎 22:45, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Speckled mourner, Rufous piha

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:08, 24 June 2016 (UTC).


QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg I had to add a ref to rufous piha because the existing ref didn't mention the Speckled mourner. I used the same ref as the one in the Speckled mourner article. Yellow Dingo (talk) 12:51, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Floridean starch

Created by Opabinia regalis (talk). Self-nominated at 02:07, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough. Assuming good faith on the hook sources from journals. No copyvio or close paraphrasing. QPQ present. Good to go. Raymie (t • c) 03:21, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Colin (2016)

Created by 12george1 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:09, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 21:42, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 10724 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 12.3%. (confirm)
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  • Symbol confirmed.svg - And here is the human to double check - I agree that it's meeting the criteria for age, lenght, citations, quality, no copyright violations that I can see, QPQ checks out. It's an odd hook through, the "earlist third named" seems almost like a bankhanded compliment, like the least smelly pig or something, maybe that's just me? 12george1 not being well versed in storms this just seems odd to me, is that really something that's generally tracked like this?? I am more curious than anything so it's not stopping it from getting "the tick".  MPJ-DK  23:59, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Yeah that was kinda what I was wondering, thank you for confirming it.  MPJ-DK  01:23, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Erythemis simplicicollis

  • ... that reproductive adult eastern pondhawks have a lifespan of about ten days but are to be seen most of the summer in Florida?

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:18, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

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Symbol confirmed.svg Haven't been able to spot the issues highlighted by the bot. Article meets the size and citation requirements, QPQ done etc. No close paraphrasing as far as I can see (it may simply be a terminology issue). I think the Alt hook works better than the original. Miyagawa (talk) 17:21, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Macleay's dorcopsis

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:47, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg Adding onto the bots review: Hook is interesting, cited and source supports it. The article is neutral, long enough, new enough and well sourced. No copyvios and QPQ is done correctly. Well done. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 13:02, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hannah Beachler

  • Reviewed: Flamenco Road
  • Comment: Another article rescue, this one was up for speedy deletion, but we know better :-)

Created by Amused 79 (talk) and Ritchie333 (talk). Nominated by Ritchie333 (talk) at 15:35, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright problems. Knowing as Ritchie333 does how some editors pick up on the smallest details, the source says of the silent film that is was "probably 8mm", so the hook and article need some amendment. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:01, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Cwmhiraeth: We can knock out "8mm" without losing context (using "found" content online over formal design practices is what sounds "hooky" to me), leaving us ALT1 ... that Hannah Beachler based some outdoor scenes in the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead on old silent footage somebody had posted on YouTube? (Article also adjusted to follow suit - it probably was 8mm film but it's possible the owner was rich - it's New York after all - and was experimenting with 35mm) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:15, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks. This nomination is now good to go with ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:24, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Narrowmouthed catshark

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:01, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
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  • @Cwmhiraeth: Bot statements appear to check out. The egg, tendril and yolk facts don't seem to appear in the source, and I am not certain if "narrow and lobate" can be read as "narrow lobes" or "grey-brown dorsal" as "grey brown, period". Article seems neutral and well sourced otherwise. Hooks are sourced inline, short enough and I prefer ALT1 (details are more interesting). QPQ is done. Some minor sourcing issues, thus.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:29, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
The source states "The egg cases are anchored onto the seabed in estuaries and other sheltered areas" and our article on the catshark family states "Many species of catshark,... are oviparous and lay eggs in tough egg cases with curly tendrils at each end, known as mermaid's purses, for protection, onto the seabed." The species of catshark which do not reproduce in this way produce live young and we know this species produces egg cases. I hope that clarifies the point. When writing the description I have to try to keep to the meaning without close-paraphrasing the source. I have made some alteration to the wording. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:53, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth: That seems to answer it. The yolk, lobe and colour issues still are a bit unclear to me.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:44, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
I can remove the bit about the eggyolk if you want, but I'm not sure precisely what you mean about the lobes and colour issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:56, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth: Adding a source for the egg yolk statement would also work. The lobe and colour issues are now resolved I see.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
I have removed mention of the egg yolk and replaced it with mention of nursery areas as per the source. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol confirmed.svg then.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:03, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

List of international goals scored by Landon Donovan

Created by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 04:46, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Recently created, nominated within time, within policy, long enough, no copy-vio, well cited, and hook is interesting. Just need a QPQ done to go. --Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 16:42, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

List of lakes in Minneapolis

Lake Nokomis in August
Lake Nokomis in August

Moved to mainspace by Bobamnertiopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 23:45, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 23:03, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
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Little Mahantango Creek

Moved to mainspace by Jakec (talk). Self-nominated at 23:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg This is a very clever hook, but according to the source cited in the article, David Klock received a warranty deed for land "on" the creek (by "on," I presume the source means that the creek land through the property; see p.358). A warranty deed is not the same thing as a warranty, though the concepts are related. Perhaps we can choose a different hook? Maybe something about "Beauty" being located on the creek? Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:15, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Notecardforfree: No need for a new hook, I can simply change it to warranty deed. I also tried to devise an alt hook based on your suggestions, but I think that it would have been slightly less hooky. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 22:11, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
@Jakec: Thanks for the quick follow up with this hook. Unfortunately, there isn't really anything particularly unique or unusual about receiving a warranty deed (warranty deeds are the most common form of deeds). I've been thinking for a while about material for hooks in this article, and best I could think of is some form of double entendre with "Beauty" (the name of the property) and "beauty." What do you think of this:
Thanks again for your hard work with this article. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 07:19, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Nuclear blackout

The red glow covering the sky is the nuclear blackout area
The red glow covering the sky is the nuclear blackout area

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 21:14, 21 June 2016 (UTC).


  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
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    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 14734 characters
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Symbol confirmed.svg I have confirmed the accuracy of the bot-generated statements above. Article sources are reliable, spot checks reveal no close paraphrasing. Hook fact confirmed in source. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 18:31, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol delete vote.svg QPQ does not appear to me to have been done. The nomination Template:Did you know nominations/AN/APQ-7 has already claimed QPQ credit for Template:Did you know nominations/Pancabrahma Upanishad, as far as I can see. Intelligentsium, I think we definitely need to discuss at the BRFA whether the bot should be saying anything about QPQ having been done if it is not checking for a previous use of the credit. Antony-22, did you think the bot would have checked this? I ask not to criticise you but to see what reviewers expectations / interpretations are based on the bot report. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 05:31, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
It would be nice for the bot to check whether QPQs are being double-counted, but it would have to account for multi-article hooks (or at least prompt the human reviewer to double-check). In the past I've taken it on AGF that QPQs aren't being double-counted, but I'll be more careful in the future. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 22:44, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

First Flights with Neil Armstrong (TV series), Neil Armstrong

Armstrong, 26, as a test pilot.
Armstrong, 26, as a test pilot.

Created by Benjamin Porter (talk) and Mr leroy playpus (talk). Nominated by Mr leroy playpus (talk) at 17:07, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • The article is new: Green tickY
  • The article is long enough: Green tickY
  • The hook is interesting: Green tickY
  • The hook is referenced: Green tickY
  • The hook is below 200 characters: Green tickY
  • A google search does not reveal any copyright violation: Green tickY
  • The article follows most other important policies: Green tickY
  • QPQ: Green tickY (new user)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article seems good to go. My only concern was that the article does not explain who is Neil Armstrong, to give context, but taking into account that we are talking about a man whose name is written down in human history, we can easily leave it as it is. The sky is blue, after all. By the way, I moved the article from "First Flights with Neil Armstrong (TV series)" to just "First Flights with Neil Armstrong", as there is no other article with that name, and so the DAB is not needed. Cambalachero (talk) 16:06, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The hook has to be mentioned in the article, and I've added a mention of Armstrong's background as a test pilot to the article. What I also added to the article is the elephant in the room, if we are assuming not all readers know the name Neil Armstrong. He was also the first human being to walk on the moon. Don't suppose anybody wants a hook with that in it. — Maile (talk) 19:02, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


Tiny Town (miniature park)

Tiny Town house
Tiny Town house
  • ... that Tiny Town (model house shown) was the first complete miniature city constructed?

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 09:52, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • ALT1 - ... that Tiny Town (model house shown) was the first complete modern city built in miniature? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:54, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol confirmed.svg Date, length, hook, age, and everything else checks out. I would suggest ALT1 as the phrasing is a little clearer, but otherwise very interesting. The image is also appropriate as it illustrates the hook. Aoba47 (talk) 05:07, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

As originator I withdraw my original hook - since I also prefer ALT1.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Tweaked grammar in ALT1. Yoninah (talk) 22:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

JetBlue Mint

A JetBlue Airbus A321
A JetBlue Airbus A321
  • ... that each JetBlue Mint (aircraft pictured) passenger gets two power outlets?

Moved to mainspace by SSTflyer (talk). Self-nominated at 07:12, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hook cited to RSes. Image okay. GTG. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 23:28, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg This hook fact is incorrect. There are two power outlets per row of economy seats not per passenger. It could be reworded to
  • ALT2 ... that each JetBlue Mint (aircraft pictured) passenger has access to two power outlets? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Cwmhiraeth: not incorrect. "JetBlue Mint passenger" refers to passengers flying in Mint class. Economy class passengers on Mint-configured aircraft are not Mint passengers. Not that I mind if ALT2 is used, though. SSTflyer 10:30, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg OK, I get it. Restoring tick as per Jakob, either the original or ALT2 hook could be used. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:50, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Yukiko Sakamoto

5x expanded by Athomeinkobe (talk). Self-nominated at 06:43, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
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Articles created/expanded on June 22[edit]

Holy Island Waggonway

‘Unloading coal at a wood jetty – Holy Island’ by Ralph Hedley
‘Unloading coal at a wood jetty – Holy Island’ by Ralph Hedley
  • ... that the Holy Island Waggonway (pictured) was made up of three successive railway lines on Lindisfarne?

Created by DavidAHull (talk) and NearEMPTiness (talk). Nominated by NearEMPTiness (talk) at 23:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Pall Mall, London

Gas lighting on Pall Mall c. 1809
Gas lighting on Pall Mall c. 1809
  • ALT1:... that the London street Pall Mall (pictured in 1809) was named after a 17th century ball game similar to croquet?
  • Reviewed: Daisy Earles

Improved to Good Article status by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:12, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg - Ritchie333 - with this being GA promoted fortunately it easily hits some of the marks for me, age, size, quality, general source all check out. QPQ looks to be done as well. No copyright issues that I can see. Main hook is cited, looks like the Alt1 is sourced as well. Image looks to be confirmed from Flickr and looks appropriate for the main page. I'd say this is good to go.  MPJ-DK  00:18, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Teresa Feoderovna Ries

Created by Missvain (talk), Suzwoehrle (talk), and Yoninah (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 18:31, 26 June 2016 (UTC).


Quintinia verdonii

Quintinia verdonii by Margaret Flockton
Quintinia verdonii by Margaret Flockton
  • ... that the grey possumwood (illustrated) can be a desirable garden plant on account of its flowers?

Created by Casliber (talk) and Filikovalo (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 09:54, 24 June 2016 (UTC).


Policy compliance:

Hook eligiblity:

  • Cited: Green tickY - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Red XN - I find this hook very bland. Aren't many plants desirable due to their flowers?
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol question.svg Yellow Dingo (talk) 12:16, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Whang Bo-ryung

Created by Bonnielou2013 (talk) and Kanghuitari (talk). Nominated by Random86 (talk) at 08:52, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

PSLV-C34

Model of the PSLV.
Model of the PSLV.

Created by AKS.9955 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:14, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 06:44, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✗ This article is too short at 1487 characters (the DYK minimum is 1500 characters)
  • NOTE: Shubinator's DYK Check says this article had 1536 characters (0 words) "readable prose size" as of time and date this bot ran. — Maile (talk) 12:15, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
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T-Babe

  • ... that, when Glasgow Records couldn't find a suitable singer to perform their dance tunes, they decided instead to create one?
  • ALT1:... that Glasgow Records were offered £10 million to develop their character T-Babe, but turned it down?
  • Reviewed: Lois Jones (scientist)

Moved to mainspace by A Thousand Doors (talk). Self-nominated at 08:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 128 characters
  • ✓ The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 109 characters
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Annette Lyon

  • ... that Annette Lyon is a freelance writer and editor who collaborated with the Newport Ladies Book Club to write a nine-book series?
  • ALT1:... that author Annette Lyon loves chocolate so much that she helped out with the Utah Chocolate Show, and wrote her own chocolate cookbook?
  • Reviewed: Jennifer d'Abo

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 20:47, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 20:36, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 2053 characters
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    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
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Gender inequality in South Korea

Created/expanded by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 11:26, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
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Flamenco Road

Dramatic red and white lighting highlighting guitarist and female flamenco dancer dressed in sleek male-style bullfighter costume
  • ... that the new flamenco enhanced CD Flamenco Road contained a video that was No. 1 on the charts in Canada for five consecutive weeks?

Created/expanded by Natalie.Desautels (talk). Nominated by Natalie.Desautels (talk) at 10:55, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

Created/expanded by Natalie.Desautels (talk) and Checkingfax (talk). Nominated by Natalie.Desautels (talk) at 16:40, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The article was moved into mainspace on June 18, is about 1800 characters long and a search for copyright violations returns a clean bill of health. The problem I have is that the hook is incorrect - the article asserts it was number one on the video charts, while the source given is a Flickr snapshot of a music chart (which in itself is copyright violation and hence a bad idea to use a source) and does not seem to support the claim given. When you think of something like "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" which was number one on the UK charts for about 4 months, it's not a particularly outstanding hook in the first place. See if you can dig out an interview about the album from the Billboard or Rolling Stone archives, and if something "hooky" or "quirky" leaps out at you, put it in the article and use that. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:28, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Ritchie333. Hook refined. Will work on an ALT, and anybody else is of course free to chime in with ALTs too. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 22:49, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
That still leaves the lack of general "hookiness" for the hooks, which are all basic variations on the same theme. I would recommend following the above advice to see if there's anything hook-worthy in other sources that has not yet been added to the article. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:39, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
@Ritchie333 and Checkingfax: I did have in mind what I think would be a better hook but need to dig up the reference I misplaced. It mentions that the Flamenco Road CD is the first album in the 'new flamenco' (neuvo flamenco) genre to use a 24 track recording process. (Flamenco began with just guitar, voice and dance, and evolved to Paco de Lucia's sextet, but 24 tracks is unheard of in this genre). ...will try to find the ref. Many thanks for your time and feedback; much appreciated. Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 20:07, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
@Ritchie333 and Checkingfax: PS. flamenco Road is an instrumental album; almost all hits are voice these days so an instrumental hit is really quite rare. One thinks of 'The Ventures' 40 years ago when instrumental hits were more common. Also, for an purely instrumental work with no singing to pass Diana Krall and Leonard Cohen on the charts is also kind of quirky. Maybe this fact can be worked into the 'hook' somehow. ...just my two cents Face-smile.svg. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 20:14, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
@Ritchie333 and Checkingfax: I added Alt 4 above, and added alt image text as well; hoping it's better ...not sure if this is the right procedure to implement a new ALT version. kind regards, Natalie Desautels …as within, so without 20:49, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


Christy Jenkins

Improved to Good Article status by Aoba47 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/In-Young Ahn
  • Symbol question.svg Date, size, refs, neutrality, copyvio spotcheck are good, but there is a problem with the hook. I looked at the ref for the nature vs nurture debate ([]) and sadly I do not think it is sufficient to support the hook's claim. All it says is (in the interview with the shows' executive director) is, in the context of the character: "Q:Ah, the age-old nature vs. nurture debate. A: You got it! [It's a question] we've played with and toyed with and worked every way possible over the last eight years, and [for the finale] we would lie to return to it." There is no indication, as the hook suggests, that the nvn debate is particularly central, and at minimum, I'd suggest rewriting the hook to say it is one of many issues related to the character. Interpreting the quote as promotion of nvn debate is also very ORish; of course producers want people to talk about their characters, but the hook makes it seem like her central purpose was to promote the nvn debate. This does not seem to be the case.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:23, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Piotrus: Thank you for your comment. I have revised the hook and added two more ALTs. Let me know what you think. Aoba47 (talk) 15:15, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Piotrus: I was wondering if you could look at the hook now that I have revised it? Aoba47 (talk) 15:16, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your comment. I would prefer to use ALT1 if possible. I agree with your comments on ALT3 and I have eliminated it. Thank you again. Aoba47 (talk) 03:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Billie Jenkins

Improved to Good Article status by Aoba47 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:49, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
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  • ✓ The hook ALT2 is an appropriate length at 130 characters
  • ✓ This is Aoba47's' 4th nomination. No QPQ required. Note a QPQ will be required after 1 more DYKs.

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  • Symbol question.svg Made a GA on June 22; more than long enough; looked into the bot's copyvio claim and it is not an issue; go with the original hook but reword it. See below for how I'm seeing that info presented in the article (do note that which ever hook is chosen, the character name should not be in quotes); QPQ didn't have to be done, but was anyways. Once the nominator addresses the hook change, this will be good to go. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 03:40, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT3: ... that Brad Kern created the character Billie Jenkins in order to satisfy the WB's condition to renew Charmed for its eighth and final season?
  • Thank you for your review. I prefer your wording so I have struck my above hooks in favor of yours. Thank you again! Aoba47 (talk) 03:47, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 08:22, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Current nominations[edit]

Articles created/expanded on June 23[edit]

Berger Kirche

Berger Kirche and graveyard
Berger Kirche and graveyard
  • ... that the church Berger Kirche (pictured), more than thousand years old, serves no parish, but its graveyard is still in use?
  • Reviewed: Indriati Iskak
  • Comment: perhaps I can come up with a summer image

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Self-nominated at 22:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Salvadori's pheasant, Crestless fireback

Male Salvadori's pheasant
Male Salvadori's pheasant

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:42, 28 June 2016 (UTC).


QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg One minor thing that you should do: add "(pictured)" after Salvadori's pheasant in the hook. Yellow Dingo (talk) 09:11, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Fernando de la Rúa

Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa
Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa

Improved to Good Article status by Cambalachero (talk). Self-nominated at 18:59, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • May I suggest replacing "ruled" with "served" - "ruled" makes it sound more dictatorial or royal?
  • Reviewing the article I find that it was nominated in time, clearly is large enough, is well sourced and well written as well. QPQ is covered and the hook looks to be cited directly. Image has an appropriate license for the main page. If the loaded term "ruled" is okay to be replaced with "served" then I can give it the good ol "tick" mark Cambalachero.  MPJ-DK  00:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done Cambalachero (talk) 00:53, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go now.  MPJ-DK  01:00, 30 June 2016 (UTC)}}

Honckenya

Sea sandwort by the Baltic Sea
Sea sandwort by the Baltic Sea
  • ... that both the leaves and seeds of sea sandwort are used as food?

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:38, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is newly expanded and meets the size requirements. Hook is fine, and the rest of the article is properly cited. Good to go. Miyagawa (talk) 15:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse

Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse
Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse

5x expanded by Mb66w (talk). Self-nominated at 20:09, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The image is appropriately licensed, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Copies of some of the sources are available online if you search for them. I do not think the ALT0 and ALT2 hooks will do because the "longest used" claim is questionable; the building was not used as a school in the period 1982-1987. A fact in the ALT1 hook is sourced to a Big Bug News item that I can't find online so I will accept that in good faith, even though it is not mentioned in the other sources I inspected. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:50, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
You must mean the fact that it was condemned by fire marshal. [20] is a link to the online copy of a ref confirming this. That fact is also in the NHRB application form (ref 3). Mb66w (talk) 14:18, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks. That's fine then. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:33, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

I Will Possess Your Heart

Improved to Good Article status by Antony-22 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:34, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg/Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go, but the quid pro quo review needs done first. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:26, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Provided. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 18:33, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


Keeping Up with the Joneses (comics)

Created by Cuchullain (talk). Self-nominated at 13:17, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Article is new enough and long enough. Two of the sources look like blogs/self published to me; I assume they satisfy WP:RS despite the appearance? Also, the Stripper's Guide one I am not sure if it's linking to the right page. Otherwise, sourcing wise the ethnicity of Belladonna does not appear in the text nor the meaning of the phrase mentioned in the lead. "Jonses" seems to be a typo. Didn't notice any copyvio or plagiarism. Hook is interesting short enough but an additional citation needs to be put after the sentence in the article where the hook fact is mentioned, apparently. QPQ is done.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:06, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you, Jo-Jo Eumerus. I think I've fixed all the problems you mentioned. I believe the two sources you mention are reliable as self-published expert sources. Don Markstein (of Toonpedia) was widely published in the field of comics history.[21]. Stripper's Guide is the blog of Allan Holtz and Alex Jay. Holtz is a comics historian who wrote American Newspaper Comics, a standard reference guide published by the University of Michigan Press. I haven't been able to get a copy of that book, but if I do I plan on replacing the blog citations.--Cúchullain t/c 18:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Symbol confirmed.svg Issues resolved, I am going to trust the claim of reliability despite not knowing much of the subject matter - some circumstantial evidence exists.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:34, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


Josie S. Kilpack

  • ... that Josi S. Kilpack wrote a 12-book culinary mystery series, the title of each being a different kind of dessert?

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 21:04, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
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  • ✓ This is Amgisseman's 21th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/The Lure (2015 film) was performed for this nomination.

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Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928)

The Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Statue at Pride Park Stadium.
The Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Statue at Pride Park Stadium.

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 10:44, 23 June 2016 (UTC).

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Articles created/expanded on June 24[edit]

Amazonian hocicudo

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:32, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Stonewall National Monument

Created by Brianga (talk) and Epicgenius (talk). Nominated by Brianga (talk) at 20:19, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Brianga Epicgenius - No-Bot reviewer here ;-) New enough, large enough. Well written to DYK standards. Is well sourced and I think an official white house announcement would be considered reliable (or is that "self published" ;-) just kidding). No link issues and no copyright issues. QPQ Excempt and this is good to go.  MPJ-DK  00:37, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Constance of Antioch

Improved to Good Article status by Borsoka (talk). Self-nominated at 04:42, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New good article, long enough, no obvious policy violations. Prose is of a good quality, as you would expect from a recently passed GA. Both hooks are short enough and interesting, but I think the first one is catchier. Hook is cited to a scholarly work (off-line), so no problems there. QPQ is complete. Good to go, good work. IgnorantArmies (talk) 12:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

It's Not Me, It's You (game show)

Created by Launchballer (talk). Self-nominated at 23:05, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

The Xindi

Improved to Good Article status by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 16:15, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg - Miyagawa - I don't see a source for the demographic statement in the hook directly sourced in the article?? Length and GA status confirmed, well written, sourced in general QPQ done. No link issues or copyright violations detected. Truely the only thing holding it back is the source for the hook.  MPJ-DK  00:42, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Symphony No. 1 (Strauss)

Created/expanded by Byronmercury (talk). Nominated by Byronmercury (talk) at 15:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg - I can tell it's long enough without even counting characters. Links are active. The article is well written. No copyright violations detected. The only thing it is missing Byronmercury is the Quid Pro Quo review since this will be your sixth DYK. So everything else looks okay but I am putting this on hold until you do a QPQ review.  MPJ-DK  00:24, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
As far as I know this is Byronmercury's first, because I nominated the others, supplying qpq every time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Gerda Arendt Byronmercury - I see, then this is good to go I think. I would recommend noting the QPQ status for future reviewers to avoid future challenges.  MPJ-DK  20:05, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go  MPJ-DK  20:05, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the review. Sorry, got sidetracked writing a Cello Sonata (Strauss). Have not done a review before, so will read up and do QPQ in the next few days. Byronmercury (talk) 10:13, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
For clarity: if you do a review, it's voluntary, for this one and the next four, - just say each time: this is my second ... nomination. If you do a review, perhaps say there: this is my first review, please double-check, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Gerda Arendt, MPJ-DK. I Reviewed Morteza Avini for QPQ as a voluntary act to see how it works.Byronmercury (talk) 15:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Raynald of Châtillon

Raynald's execution at Hattin
Raynald's execution at Hattin

Improved to Good Article status by Borsoka (talk). Self-nominated at 11:12, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Thanks for bringing this to GA status, good work. AGF for the largely offline sources used. Length, date, QPQ all check out and no copyvio. Image appears to be free. I'd go with the original hook, as far as which of the two is more interesting. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:26, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Henry S. Kesler

Created by Amgisseman(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 21:05, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol possible vote.svg I'm a little concerned about close paraphrasing; your wording seems to quite closely match the wording of your source (at least in the early life section, which is the piece I checked). The article is new enough and long enough, and the hooks (especially the first) are good. But could you perhaps try to tweak the wording to avoid paraphrasing? Josh Milburn (talk) 09:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Josh Milburn I changed some of the wording, but I ran the article through Earwigs Copyvio Detector and it came back at only 2%. I did change some of the wording, but could you be more specific in what wording exactly you think should be changed? There are two different sources in that section, so I just want to make sure I am addressing the problem. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 19:35, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–99)

5x expanded by Dharmadhyaksha (talk) and Vivvt (talk). Nominated by Dharmadhyaksha (talk) at 07:37, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg The article has been expanded 5x. It is written from a neutral POV. There are inline citations; however, there is not an inline citation after the information that supports the hook. In order to promote for DYK, there needs to be an explicit citation after that information in the article. Doesn't look like there are any copyvio problems. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 21:02, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
@Amgisseman(BYU): Thanks for the review. I have recalled one ref at the end of the sentence. Please check. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:05, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for adding that citation in. The article looks good to go! Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 22:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hannah Wood (nurse)

Created by Gnangarra (talk). Self-nominated at 07:06, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg No issues found, ready for human review.
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  • ✓ This is Gnangarra's 6th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Petite messe solennelle,Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Lionel Rose was performed for this nomination.

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Symbol question.svg Uncited information remaining at the end of the In Australia subsection. Otherwise, this is as the bot suggests - size fine, hook ok, no issues with copyvios etc. Just needs to have that information added. Miyagawa (talk) 16:09, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done thanks for picking that up and for the review Gnangarra 23:46, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Alfred Lionel Rose

Colonel Lionel Rose
Colonel Lionel Rose

Created and Nominated by Tenniscourtisland (talk) at 06:11, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

  • comment having watched its development while training the editor it meets all the requirements of DYK, its news, its long enough, it meets policy. Its an interesting hook and well cited image is freely licensed. Given my involvement with training the editor I verify the offline sources as well, but its probably not appropriate for me to give it the final tick. Gnangarra 07:14, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svgThe article is new enough (today!) and long enough. The article is neutrally written and is resplendent with inline citations. No paraphrasing or other copyvio issues detected. The hook is within format, and is of exceptional interest. First DYK for this editor, so no QPQ necessary. No image to check against. Image verified to be in public domain. The issue is the factual accuracy of the hook. The hook itself as presented in the DYK is fine, but there seems to be a discrepancy within the article regarding this fact. The article says it took place in 1954, while the Canberra Times says this took place in 1963. Of far less importance is that the quote is "Shut up, you bastards" but then following sentences says "these two words" made newspaper headlines, and I count four words in that quote. Perhaps you need to be specific about which two words appeared on front pages? This is a really interesting article, thank you! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 16:19, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks for picking that up. I've fixed the date and verified the quote with a newspaper article so should be good to go. Thanks again. Tenniscourtisland (talk) 06:38, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg That fixes it (if a bit less, er, colorful). This is good to go, and deserves mainspace exposure. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 11:49, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
The early life section is very closely paraphrased from the ADB source. Has the rest of the article been checked? Hack (talk) 13:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't get that. The phrasing is entirely different, the part most directly copied is "an Anglican clergyman from England" which seems a most basic description, I don't see how it could be pared down further. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:01, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
It's more than just five words.
Source:"Lionel Rose was born in Strathfield, New South Wales. He was the fifth child of Herbert John Rose, an Anglican clergyman from England, and his wife Harriett Ethel (née Priddle)"
Article:"Alfred Lionel Rose (1898-1980), veterinarian, army officer and public servant, was born on 21 March 1898 at Strathfield, Sydney, fifth child of Herbert John Rose, an Anglican clergyman from England, and his wife Harriett Ethel, née Priddle".Hack (talk) 02:09, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Understood, but you can't change their names, and I don't know how else you would phrase "fifth child" and "his wife". 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 02:23, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

History of East Texas Normal College

ETNC's original campus, 1890
ETNC's original campus, 1890
  • ... that between 1889 and 1917, East Texas Normal College (pictured) educated more public school teachers than any other college or university in Texas?

Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 05:45, 24 June 2016 (UTC).

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  • ✓ The hook ALT2 is an appropriate length at 111 characters
  • ✓ This is Michael Barera's 44th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Vernon Johnson (American football) was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Michael Barera So double checking the bot, not that I don't trust it ;-) I agree that it's long enough, nominated in time, sourced appropriately both in general and the hook. QPQ done, no copyright issues, no other issues detected. Good to go.  MPJ-DK  01:31, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 25[edit]

W. G. Grace in the 1878 English cricket season

W. G. Grace playing a defensive shot
W. G. Grace playing a defensive shot

Improved to Good Article status by BlackJack (talk) and Nazcheema (talk). Nominated by Nazcheema (talk) at 15:55, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Geranium lucidum

Geranium lucidum in Wales
Geranium lucidum in Wales

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:03, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Farida Arriany

Arriany, c. 1960
Arriany, c. 1960

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:20, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

ARCLIGHT

Created by Eman235 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:40, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

Esna (singer)

Created by Random86 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:11, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New enough and long enough. Every paragraph is cited. Although Esna is not named in the Billboard cite, there are reliable sources here for her writing the song. Would favour the ALT for the merriment of putting a four-letter word in the DYK section. QPQ done and no visible issues. '''tAD''' (talk) 09:16, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Prusa i3

A Prusa i3 3D printer farm producing parts for new printers.

Created by John Cummings (talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg A source other than another wiki would be nice. Cake (talk) 07:41, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Symbol possible vote.svg Another wiki is not a reliable source for DYK hooks. Yoninah (talk) 17:43, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The hook does not use any information from the wiki, the reference from the wiki refers to the fact the printer is part of the RepRap project. The reference for the hook comes from the 3dhubs website, please see the other reference used in the first sentence of the article. John Cummings (talk) 18:10, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I have also changed the image to a short video which demonstrates the self replication process much more clearly. I'm not sure what to change the word pictured to in the description though. John Cummings (talk) 19:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Hopefully I've fixed it. Cake (talk) 13:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @MisterCake: great, thanks, do you know if I need to change pictured to something else because I've changed to a video? John Cummings (talk) 14:13, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I'm sorry, @John Cummings: I don't see the source you're referring to. The part about it being the most popular printer in the world seems to be sourced to a WP:PRIMARY source, which is in turn citing the 3dhubs source, but the 3dhubs source (assuming it is WP:SECONDARY) is not cited in your article. If you do not have an independent, third-party source for the popularity part of the hook, then we would have to say "which claims to be the most popular 3D printer in the world". I am less concerned about the self-replicating fact, as that could be sourced to the manufacturer (although it is always better to have a third-party source for everything).
  • I suggest tweaking the "(pictured)" to "(replication process pictured)". Yoninah (talk) 19:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

@Yoninah:, sorry for the confusion, the reference was a primary source however the information on there was a screengrab from 3D Hubs showing it as the most popular printer. I've added a direct link to 3D Hubs to make this clearer and to get rid of the primary source issue. Thanks for your help John Cummings (talk) 20:18, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Thank you, that's better. But what is the 3D Hubs source telling us? That it is "one of" the most popular printers in the world, or that it outsold the Ultimaker 2 for just one week? Yoninah (talk) 20:30, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Hi @Yoninah:, its not a measure of sales but a measure of popularity of use on a very large distributed printing service, because the page is dynamic it doesn't record past months, that's why I originally used the primary source. John Cummings (talk) 21:00, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg OK, I understand. Hook refs verified and cited inline. I think the original hook reads best. I decided not to add the new "replication process pictured" text because the "(pictured)" part really belongs at the end of the hook. Rest of review per Mister Cake. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:16, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Ceratomyrmex

Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri worker
Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri worker
  • ... that the fossil ant Ceratomyrmex (pictured) has modified jaws, possibly for catching large prey?

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 03:44, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Article is new enough, long enough. Hook fact is interesting. Citation is to an offline source, so AGF on that. Image is free. No paraphrasing found with online sources. QPQ done. Good to go. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:06, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Bob Bryar

  • ALT1:... that Bob Bryar suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of "Famous Last Words"?
  • ALT2:... that My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of "Famous Last Words"?
  • Comment: moved to mainspace on June 25. Feel free to tweak or add any hook. After a recent history merge [22], it makes it look like it replaced a redirect from the revision history.

Created by Sekyaw (talk). Self-nominated at 02:45, 26 June 2016 (UTC).


Moog for Love

Created by EditorE (talk). Self-nominated at 22:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC).


QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol confirmed.svg Yellow Dingo (talk) 12:26, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Walter Toogood

Created by ♥Golf (talk) and Nigej (talk). Nominated by ♥Golf (talk) at 22:09, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg I can't access any of the key sources, but the article is of a high quality and both contributing editors are in good standing so I'm pleased to accept them in good faith. The article is new enough, long enough and good enough to meet the DYK criteria, and spot-checks didn't turn up any copyright problems. The image appears to be PD given its age - though possibly PD UK rather than PD US. I've amended the proposed hook slightly to note that Toogood was a professional golfer which I hope is OK - without it the hook lacked context, and I think that this makes it more interesting. This is good to go. Nick-D (talk) 11:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Nick-D, for taking a look at this article. I agree with all of your assessments, amendments, and commentary. ♥Golf (talk) 17:24, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

SS Jacona

SS Jacona
SS Jacona
  • ... that the first floating electric power plant was the SS Jacona (pictured), a steam-driven cargo vessel that was converted to a powership?

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 15:28, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol redirect vote 4.svg No issues found, ready for human review.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 15:15, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 3519 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 0.0%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The media File:SS Jacona 1919.jpg is free-use
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 130 characters
  • ✓ This is Doug Coldwell's 278th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Sajida Zaidi, Zahida Zaidi was performed for this nomination.

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  • ALT1 ... that the SS Jacona (pictured) was the world's first sea-going electric generator powership? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:01, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ReviewSymbol confirmed.svg GTG. New article. Long enough. Free of copy vios. QPQ confirmed. Both hooks supported by multiple WP:RS. I have no preference as to hooks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 10:02, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Neerja

  • ... that the film Neerja is about Neerja Bhanot, who gave her life to help save 359 of the 379 passengers and crew on board on 5 September 1986?

Improved to Good Article status by Mr. Smart LION (talk). Self-nominated at 05:57, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article was Listed as a Good Article on 05:36, 25 June 2016
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 14936 characters
    • ✗ Paragraphs [18] (On ... .) in this article lack a citation.
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 32.4% confidence. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 144 characters
  • ✓ This is Mr. Smart LION's' 3th nomination. No QPQ required. Note a QPQ will be required after 2 more DYKs.

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I've removed the copyvio information from the article. Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 17:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC))

Élizabeth Teissier

Created by Adam Cuerden (talk). Self-nominated at 17:16, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 16:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 5544 characters
    • ✗ Paragraphs [4] (Elizabeth ... results.),[5] (A ... (73%)) in this article lack a citation.
      • I think it was clear before, but I've made it explicit that it's covered by the cite at the end of the section. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:30, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 23.1% confidence. (confirm)
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        • I don't think this is meaningful; it appears to be catching titles and quotes and such. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:31, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 69 characters
  • ✓ This is Adam Cuerden's' 3th nomination. No QPQ required. Note a QPQ will be required after 2 more DYKs.
    • I think that's not counting some very old ones, but no matter: I did a QPQ. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:32, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

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  • Symbol question.svg I have reviewed the article and the bot's comments above. I agree with all of the ticks given by the bot, and accept the explanations by Adam regarding the crosses. To summarize, the article is new enough, having been created two days ago. It is certainly long enough, with three sections and several sub-sections. Considering the potentially controversial nature of the subject, I think it is neutrally written. I assume good faith on the French-language sources. The article appears clear of any copyright problems. The hook is short, within policy and topical. QPQ has been performed. The only issue I wish to bring to the nominator Adam Cuerden's attention is that the first paragraph of the "Career" subsection about her modelling is unsourced. Apart from that I think it is ready to go. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 07:53, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I'll check if it's covered in one of the nearby sources. Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:38, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
@Athomeinkobe: It wasn't covered, so I rewrote the section a bit to match the sources I found. Google is blocking some articles from me under the Right to privacy laws of Europe; I'll need to poke around with other search engines once I'm home and see what comes up, and whether I can source the original, more detailed text. Is it good to go as it stands, though? Adam Cuerden (talk) 09:47, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg I've fixed some minor punctuation problems, so it looks ok to me now. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:18, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 26[edit]

Boa catshark, Dwarf catshark

  • ... that the deepwater boa and dwarf catsharks are seldom caught by trawlers in the western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea?

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

  • I will do these two, one at a time. Watch this space for updates I guess.  MPJ-DK  00:48, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Boa catshark
  • QPQ done, long enough, new enough. Sources covered. Source links are okay, no copyright violations. Well written, hook is fine for main page.
  • Hook of "seldom caught" seems to be a deduction made on the basis of their habitat instead of specifically stated in the article? I have seen the rules be applied fairly strictly on hook verbiage, could you possibly bring the hook and the page a little more in line? That is the only issue I am seeing
Dwarf catshark
  • QPQ done, long enough, new enough. Sources covered. Source links are okay, no copyright violations. Well written, hook is fine for main page.
  • In this case I think the source covers the hook okay, so 1 out of 2 checks out (no DYK tick to ensure it does not accidentally get pulled into a queue yet.)
  • @Cwmhiraeth: Can you address the concern about the Boa catshark article?  MPJ-DK  00:58, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Pan Am Flight 121

Gene Roddenberry in 1976
Gene Roddenberry in 1976
  • Reviewed: Carlos Menem
  • Comment: For the 50th anniversary of Star Trek on September 8th. The hook doesn't explicitly say "Star Trek", but I figured that'd be uneccessary if it was run on that day.

5x expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 17:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This interesting article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations, the image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I failed to detect any copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:41, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Daredevil (season 2)

* ... that before appearing in the second season of Daredevil, the Punisher would have been introduced in a post-credits scene for the final episode of the first season?

Improved to Good Article status by Favre1fan93 (talk) and Adamstom.97 (talk). Nominated by Favre1fan93 (talk) at 03:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Favre1fan93 - Nominated in time, promoted to GA to meet that criteria, long enough, well written, sourced. Hooks are verifiable as well. I like the second Hook (Alt1) since the first one is one of those "coulda, woulda, never happened" deals. No Copyright issues either. Good to go.  MPJ-DK  01:25, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Struck through original to go with ALT 1 for the hook. Thanks! - Favre1fan93 (talk) 05:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Ronald B. Moore

5x expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 17:24, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Expanded more than five times. Hook is sourced and is interesting - both main and Alt are sourced so it can go either way. Links are active. Article is well written, sourced. QPQ is done. No copyright violations detected. I would say this is good to go Miyagawa  MPJ-DK  00:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
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Sarek (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Improved to Good Article status by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg - Miyagawa This meets the criteria for time, and it was promoted to GA so that checks out. The hooks are cited, the article is well written, reliably sourced. No copyright issues nor close paraphrasing. QPQ is done, this checks off all the boxes for DYK.  MPJ-DK  01:20, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Taryatu-Chulutu

Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake
Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake

Moved to mainspace by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg. The article is new (moved to article place on 26 June) and long enough. It is interesting and cites sources with inline citation. No close paraphrasing, copyvio was detected. Hook is interesting and verified by an inline citation. My concern is that the date is not a fact, but only one of the multiple estimations (if my understanding is correct) and it is verified by a source different from the source which verifies the main "message" of the hook (=the lake was formed by the eruption). I suggest the date should be deleted. Borsoka (talk) 04:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
    @Borsoka: I've proposed an ALT hook.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Sorry, I am not an expert in the field of geology. For me, the article does not say that the eruption that formed the lake ocurred in the Holocene. Borsoka (talk) 12:32, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
    Now it does say, take note that Mongol place names have variable spelling.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:51, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg. Thank you. My concerns were addressed. ALT1 is OK. Picture is also fine and properly tagged. Borsoka (talk) 12:59, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Indriati Iskak

  • ... that Indriati Iskak (pictured) went from film star to psychologist to marketer?

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol question.svg interesting life, on good sources, I trust the Indonesian and offline sources, AGF. Minor concerns: the image is licensed, but I'd prefer the uncropped version, showing the style better, - we don't see much of her face anyway. The sentence "Before Makki Perdanakusuma's death in 2014, they had three children: Sania Makki, Sakti Makki, and Sari Makki." is kind of - don't know how to say it, - how about two, first children, then his death. - Wishes: more on Makki Makki, and more articles on her films, - the GA one is impressive! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The uncropped version will not show up at 100px, hence why I cropped it. Makki Makki appears to be a family company (Makki's not exactly a common name), but I haven't found any sources actually dealing with the company. Her profile at the website is cited as a primary source. Have edited the bit about their marriage to make it less ... shocking? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Tony Munro

Created by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:02, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
    • ✓ This article is new and was created on 08:24, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 1875 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✗ There is possible close paraphrasing on this article with 31.5% confidence. (confirm)
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  • No overall issues detected

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  • Note to human reviewer: The "copyvios" are all either direct quotes with appropriate sourcing, or names/titles of people. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:16, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Human reviewer now here. All bits checked by the bot seem to check out to my eyes as well. I'll let the paraphrases slide per what is said above although some of them ("At the time of his death...") can be rewritten. I cannot find the Open Rugby thing in the source mentioned nor the birthplace. No NPOV or other sourcing issues that I can see. I prefer ALT1 for the hook, it's somewhat more interesting. Hook fact is cited in article.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:45, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Jo-Jo Eumerus They're both supported by [23], which I've now cited inline in the correct places. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:50, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Sourcing and paraphrase issues now resolved.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:39, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 27[edit]

Thomas Draper

  • ... that Thomas Draper, who introduced the legislation to allow women to stand for parliament in Western Australia, became the first Australian parliamentarian to lose his seat to a woman?

Created by IgnorantArmies (talk). Self-nominated at 12:17, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

  • New, long enough and meets policy of neutrality, with good citations. Appears to be free of copyvio, contains acceptable paraphrasing.
  • Hook is OK for length, properly sourced and very engaging.
  • QPQ undertaken
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Nice one, good to go. - Smerus (talk) 08:13, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service

An Australian Army Chinook helicopter lifting a front loader in Afghanistan during 2012
An Australian Army Chinook helicopter lifting a front loader in Afghanistan during 2012

Created by Nick-D (talk). Self-nominated at 11:23, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina

Created by TCMemoire (talk). Self-nominated at 03:40, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment: This is not a review, but I want to note that this is a very interesting article and a nice addition to this encyclopedia. I have read about other claims to the "first" same-sex marriage in Texas (see, e.g. this LA Times article and this NBC story about Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant). However, this article cites good sources (such as this fascinating Houston Chronicle article, and I presume that the newer stories simply had never heard of Ert and Molina. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 06:16, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • I'm glad you enjoyed the article! I was surprised that this hadn't been covered yet given its notability, but it was definitely fitting for its creation to coincide with Pride Month. – TCMemoire 16:37, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Global Climate Coalition

  • Comment: fewer than 5 DYK credits, thank you

Improved to Good Article status by HughD (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Confirm HughD has only previous DYK credit according to QPQ check, so no QPQ is required... which is good because HughD has just been blocked for 6 months at AE and so will be unable to work to support this nomination. EdChem (talk) 05:58, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
  • HMMM an article on a topic that the editor was topic banned for, insisted on going through with and then getting a six-month ban. Should that behavior really be rewarded with a DYK if it meets the criteria?  MPJ-DK  01:08, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Gordon Tobing

Tobing, c. 1960
Tobing, c. 1960
  • ... that despite travelling to five continents as a musician, Gordon Tobing continued to live with his father-in-law?

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:11, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

Ai Aoki (politician)

  • ... that Ai Aoki has sat in both houses of Japan's national Diet and represented four different parties?

5x expanded by Athomeinkobe (talk). Self-nominated at 07:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

Symbol possible vote.svg There are a number of unsourced statements in the article. Please cite them first. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 07:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1906 Commodores
1906 Commodores

Improved to Good Article status by MisterCake (talk). Nominated by MisterCake (talk) at 07:31, 27 June 2016 (UTC).


Policy compliance:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Symbol possible vote.svg I don't thin this article passes the GA criteria and have mentioned it at WT:GAN. I think we should wait to see whether or not the article is delisted speedily or not. Some of the problems (like bare URLs) aren't even acceptable in a DYK. Yellow Dingo (talk) 11:55, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

  • Hopefully it's been fixed. Cake (talk) 17:47, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo

Created by Kiwipat (talk) and Dharmadhyaksha (talk). Nominated by Dharmadhyaksha (talk) at 06:17, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

Serval

Serval
Serval
  • ... that the serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?

Improved to Good Article status by Sainsf (talk). Self-nominated at 04:34, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough GA. Hook fact is cited to offline source (AGF). No close paraphrasing found. Image is freely licensed. QPQ done. Good to go! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:11, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

4 Walls

Improved to Good Article status by HĐ (talk) and Random86 (talk). Nominated by Random86 (talk) at 04:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on June 28[edit]

G. T. Bynum

  • Reviewed: IOU
  • Comment: At 1506 characters of prose as of this nomination, I'll try to expand it furtehr

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 03:28, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

Trans Day of Revenge

Created by EditorE (talk). Self-nominated at 21:17, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (oratorio)

Created by Smerus (talk). Self-nominated at 08:03, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Green Flake

Created/expanded by Alexislynn(BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 21:45, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Nalesoni Laifone, ʻUelingatoni Ngū

Crown Prince ʻUelingatoni Ngū and his grandfather King George Tupou I
Crown Prince ʻUelingatoni Ngū and his grandfather King George Tupou I

Created by KAVEBEAR (talk). Self-nominated at 16:03, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

Victor Lundin

  • Reviewed: Chris Murphy gun control filibuster
  • Comment: I appreciate that neither Klingons nor Spock are real-world, but I figured that they were such a part of mainstream pop culture that it'd still be relevant. To be kept for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek on September 8th.

5x expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 09:39, 28 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough and long enough. Referencing is adequate. Hook fact is interesting and cited (hook fact is related to the real world by virtue of mentioning the actor and that he "played" a character). No images to check. No close paraphrasing found. QPQ is done. Good to go! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:05, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 29[edit]

Varvakeion Athena

the Varvakeion Athena
the Varvakeion Athena

Created by Mangoe (talk). Self-nominated at 00:19, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca

5x expanded by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Billie Nipper

  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Omar Mateen, Pulse (nightclub)

Created/expanded by White Arabian Filly (talk). Self-nominated at 21:21, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Rima Melati

Rima Melati, c. 1960
Rima Melati, c. 1960

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:58, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Michy Batshuayi

5x expanded by The Almightey Drill (talk). Self-nominated at 09:24, 29 June 2016 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on June 30[edit]

Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano

Moved to mainspace by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 04:13, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

José Antonio Gali Fayad

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 03:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

case/lang/veirs

Created by Brianhe (talk). Self-nominated at 03:01, 30 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg It's a lot of lowercase, but it works. I like the main hook especially. The article clocks in at 1602 characters and is new enough. The hook is triple-cited and looks good. The only problem: we need a QPQ to proceed. Raymie (t • c) 03:49, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Special occasion holding area[edit]

Do not nominate articles in this section—​​nominate all articles in the nominations section above, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began; indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
Note: Articles nominated for a special occasion should be nominated (i) within seven days of creation or expansion (as usual) and (ii) between five days and six weeks before the occasion, to give reviewers time to check the nomination. April Fools' Day is an exception to these requirements; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.

June (LGBT Pride Month)[edit]

July 1[edit]

Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997)

The former flag of Hong Kong
The former flag of Hong Kong
  • ... that the former flag of Hong Kong (pictured) is still used, after 1 July 1997 as a symbol of protest against perceived Chinese interference in Hong Kong?
  • Reviewed: Fried chicken
  • Comment: For 1 July but I would like to request that we use the image

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 08:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting article. Passes newness, length, copyvio. Hook is interesting and can be cited. QPQ done. Image seems to pass. Question whether the word "interference" is sufficiently NPOV but it seems to teeter on the edge so will give it a pass. GTG. LavaBaron (talk) 17:59, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Rowland Fraser

5x expanded by FunkyCanute (talk). Self-nominated at 13:29, 7 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Expanded recently enough, long enough. Nominated in a timely manner. Assuming good faith on offline source. Hook is cited (to two sentences down) and interesting. Looks good; let's get it held for July 1! Raymie (t • c) 21:57, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

July 8[edit]

Carlos Menem

Argentine president Carlos Menem
Argentine president Carlos Menem
  • ... that Carlos Menem (pictured), elected in 1989, was the first Argentine president to succeed a democratically elected president from another party since 1916?

Improved to Good Article status by Cambalachero (talk). Self-nominated at 16:36, 22 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol support vote.svg No issues found.
    • ✓ This article was Listed as a Good Article on 01:59, 22 June 2016
    • ✓ This article meets the DYK criteria at 28643 characters
    • ✓ All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
    • ✓ This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
    • ✓ The probability of copyright violation is 10.7%. (confirm)
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  • ✓ The media File:Menem con banda presidencial.jpg is free-use
  • ✓ The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 160 characters
  • ✓ This is Cambalachero's 105th nomination. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/First Flights with Neil Armstrong (TV series) was performed for this nomination.

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  • Symbol voting keep.svg Assumed good faith on the cite for the hook as the Google Books preview doesn't go to that page. The article meets the DYK requirements, with the size requirement, citation and recent GA promotion all fine. Miyagawa (talk) 17:10, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

July 12 (centenary of subject's death)[edit]

Johnny Williams (rugby player 1882-1916)

5x expanded by FunkyCanute (talk). Self-nominated at 17:48, 9 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg @FunkyCanute: Date and length fine. As much as I'd love to be able to pass this through interpretation however I feel I must point out a few problems. The original hook is not mentioned in the article. The ALT mentions him being at Mametz however it doesn't mention him being part of the Capture nor does it mention Dick and focusses more on the Somme. This would need to be made clearer as I would have needed some very creative interpretation to pass that in good faith as it is at the moment. I would like to get this on the anniversary but the issues need to be sorted out first. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Hello, The C of E, thank you. However, I beg to differ. The original hook is stated thus in the article: "The club faced Australia on 28 December 1908, and handed the tourists the biggest defeat of their tour, 24–8, Williams providing two tries." The reference states: "The Australians were thrashed by 24 points to 8... with tries from Louis Dyke, J. L. Williams (2)...". I'm striking out ALT1. FunkyCanute (talk) 13:17, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Oops, missed that. Guess i was looking for the bluelink. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing. good to go and I will move to the holding area where hopefully it can be picked up. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 13:30, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

July 15[edit]

Toby Moll

5x expanded by FunkyCanute (talk). Self-nominated at 12:12, 20 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Looks good, long enough, new enough, spot check reveals no copyright violations. Hook fact is sourced, but to offline source, so AGF on that. Looks good to go. Should be moved to holding area for 15 July, will do that presently. WormTT(talk) 08:57, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

August 5–21 (2016 Summer Olympics)[edit]

August 5 (Opening ceremony)[edit]

Daniela Campuzano

  • Reviewed: Icebar Orlando
  • Comment: Once reviewed please move to the Olympic holding and save for use on 5 August (pm) to coincide with the opening ceremony. I'll keep an eye on things to ensure she is still going to carry the flag and will suggest an ALT if anything changes.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:02, 2 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is newly created and meets the size requirement as well as being fully cited. The hook fact as a direct source, and there are no images to check. Copyvio spot checks come up clear. Could do with an infobox, but that doesn't hold it back from DYK. Good to go for the 5th. Miyagawa (talk) 08:44, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Adriana Araújo

  • Reviewed: Gaby's Deli
  • Comment: Not sure what's throwing off the checker, but it's well over a 5x expansion going from 189 to 1548. For the Olympic hooks - Boxing starts on the 5th August.

5x expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 3 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (5x expanded on 4 June), (barely) long enough (1,548 characters), hook fine, verified against online sources, QPQ done. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Popole Misenga

  • Reviewed: Cortinarius kioloensis
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. His event is on 10 August but given the coverage the team will probably get it could run 5 August to coincide with the opening ceremony.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:34, 5 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Date, length, references and neutrality are fine. There doesn't appear to be any close paraphrasing. The hook is interesting and cited inline to multiple reliable sources. QPQ has been done. 97198 (talk) 12:00, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

August 6[edit]

Carlos Balderas

  • Reviewed: The Torist
  • Comment: Once reviewed this can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Balderas competes in the men's lightweight preliminaries on the 6th August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 22 May 2016 (UTC).

  • The article was created and nominated during the same day, this meeting the "new" criteria.
  • It does not appear to be a fragment of an pre-existing article or paraphrased from online sources.
  • It is long enough and the prose is neutral.
  • The hook is a bit wordy, I have proposed an ALT, but do understand that we need to be careful not to try predicting the future (there is always the possibility of injury or other hindrances) and words like "scheduled" are needed to convey that . Besides that, the hook is sourced and neutral.
  • QPQ was completed.
    • Symbol confirmed.svg: Overall, I think that it meets the criteria to pass. - Caribbean~H.Q. 14:36, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Caribbean H.Q. Good point on the length of the original hook, I've trimmed it a bit but still think it's preferable to the ALT. Thanks - Basement12 (T.C) 14:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
It's ok, it wasn't something that could derail the nomination, just esthetics. - Caribbean~H.Q. 12:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Lenchu Kunzang

  • Reviewed: Orseolia oryzae
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympics holding area for use on 6 August when the women's air rifle event takes place

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:28, 18 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article is of adequate length for DYK and posted by due date. Did some minor editing. Hook is interesting, cited and verified. No copy vio noted. Text is neutral. QPQ done. GTG.Nvvchar. 07:18, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Emily Morley

  • ... that Emily Morley is the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games?
  • Reviewed: Neon compounds
  • Comment: Once reviewed this can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Women's single sculls heats are on 6 August or repechage on 7 August (and she may not make it any further)

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:22, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, hook is sourced. No close paraphrasing or neutrality detected. Good to go.KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:29, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Joseph Cordina

  • Reviewed: Pygmy three-toed sloth
  • Comment: Once reviewed could be saved for the Olympics. His event starts on 6 August with QF on 10 August, SF 12 and final on the 16 August.

5x expanded by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:48, 5 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Date & length of expansion, neutrality and references are fine. There doesn't appear to be any close paraphrasing from the sources. The hook is interesting and supported by inline citations. QPQ is done. 97198 (talk) 12:09, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

August 6–13[edit]

Emma Robinson (New Zealand swimmer), Bradlee Ashby, Matthew Hutchins, Corey Main, Helena Gasson

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 22 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg These five articles are new enough and long enough. DYK requires that each article nominated has 1500B of unique prose, and part of these articles has a repeating formula. I think they may qualify as they are but others might disagree. If you were to add an extra unique sentence or two to each, they would more surely pass this requirement. This could easily be done by expanding the lead to better summarise the article, or you could add an extra piece of information on each swimmer. The hook fact has an inline citation, the articles are neutral, and I do not believe they contravene copyright policy. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:26, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Cwmhiraeth I had assumed that since the repeated text was essentially the hook fact it wouldn't matter, but to avoid argument I've added a little to each article (to the lede as you suggested and the odd titbit elsewhere) and each is now at leats 1900 characters long. Hopefully they're ok now. Thanks - Basement12 (T.C) 14:21, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. I think these articles are now long enough with sufficient original text in each. This hook is for holding for the Olympics. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:09, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

August 7[edit]

Steven Donnelly

  • Reviewed: Javier Tebas
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Men's welterweight first round begins on 7 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:32, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content is verified with citations to reliable sources in the article ([24], [25]). North America1000 13:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

René Pranz

Pranz in 2014
Pranz in 2014
  • ALT1:... that Austrian fencer René Pranz (pictured) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the European zonal qualification tournament?
  • Reviewed: Blackbuck
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Men's foil is on 7 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:37, 1 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Brand new article, long enough, well sourced and no likely copyvios, QPQ done, hook is cited to a German language source. Although I don’t understand German, I am AGFing it based on Google translator’s output. Image is also properly licensed and good to use. I like original hook better. But ALT also suits. Leaving it on nominator and preping user. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 05:59, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

August 9[edit]

Efe Ajagba

  • Reviewed: Steve Alexandre
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Men's super heavyweight bouts start on 9 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:05, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • YesY New enough (nominated on day it was created), long enough (1733 characters), and within policy.
  • YesY Hook is short enough, interesting, and supported by multiple inline citations.
  • YesY QPQ done.
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. It can now be moved to the Olympics holding area, 9 August seems like a decent day to run it. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:03, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

David McKeon, Emma McKeon

  • Reviewed: Birgit Jürgenssen and Nana's Party (second nomination)
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Plenty of options date wise. Both have a good chance of a medal on 6 August, but given that day is already a bit full they both may be in finals on 9 August. 10 or 13 August also options.

5x expanded by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:15, 31 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg David: New enough (5x now, expansion began 8 edits ago on 31 May 2016), long enough (2,063 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, verified against online source. QPQ done. Good to go.
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Emma: New enough (5x now, expansion began 19 edits ago on 31 May 2016), long enough (2,983 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, verified against online source. QPQ done. Good to go.
Moved to Olympic holding area. Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:28, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

August 10[edit]

Georgia Coates

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:20, 5 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Born in 1999.... way to make me feel old. Article was newly created the day of the nomination, over 2200 characters, hook facts are article and cited, citations in every paragraph, no apparent copy vio problems or other issues with the text. QPQ done. Good to go, both hooks approved, though the main should imply that she's GB's youngest swimmer in the Olympics, not necessarily youngest Olympian. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:48, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

İrem Karamete

Created by CeeGee (talk). Self-nominated at 11:18, 13 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Comment I've tweaked the hook a bit in the interests of brevity. Edwardx (talk) 12:17, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
  • YesY New enough (created on 12 May, expanded on 13 May), long enough (2674 characters), and within policy.
  • YesY Hook is interesting, short enough, and supported by inline citations (good faith on sources, as they're in Turkish). I added a source from the Turkish language article to confirm that Nili Drori is her mother.
  • YesY QPQ done.
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations.
  • As an aside, the Olympic foil fencing event that she's competing in is on 10 August according to this. CeeGee We could move this nomination to the holding area, and run the hook on that date, if you want? If you think that 10 August is too far away, you don't have to agree with my suggestion. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:53, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
  • Good idea. I agree with the move to holding area. Thanks. CeeGee 06:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Avtar Singh (judoka)

  • ... that the parents of Indian judoka Avtar Singh gave him their life savings so that he could travel to a 2016 tournament?
  • Reviewed: Sturmiopsis inferens (2 of 4)
  • Comment: Once reviewed this can be moved to the Olympic holding area, men's 90 kg judo event is on 10 August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:53, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg New article, long enough, hook verified, no apparent copyvios. The Turkey's Grand Prix can be wikilinked to 2016_in_combat_sports#Judo_Grand_Prix in the article as well as in the hook. Maybe consider adding an infobox. Also, birthdate should be 3rd April. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 06:38, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Dharmadhyaksha Typo on the dob corrected. Linking to what is just a messy list of events in a much larger article with no further detail adds nothing to the article, nor especially to the hook. I have added an infobox although it isn't required and in this case doesn't really add a great deal to the article - Basement12 (T.C) 08:59, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Not linking to the article makes it appear like it was some non-notable event. And I asked to include infobox so you could add medals there. Did it now. GTG. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 09:35, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

August 11[edit]

Lohaynny Vicente

  • Reviewed: Give It Up! (video game)
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area once reviewed. Vicente will compete in the women's badminton singles prliminary round starting on 11 August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:59, 22 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, with only short phrases that are not easily rewritten matching, hook content is verified with a citation to a reliable source in the article ([26]). North America1000 13:31, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Iris Wang

  • Reviewed: δ34S
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area once reviewed. Wang competes in the women's badminton singles starting on 11 August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:01, 22 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content is verified with a citation to a source in the article. AGF about the reliability of the source. North America1000 13:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Jacob Barsøe

  • Reviewed: Sturmiopsis inferens (1 of 4)
  • Comment: Once reviewed this can be moved to the Olympic holding area. He has a good chance of medalling so suggest running on 11 August the day of the lightweight coxless fours final

5x expanded by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:10, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited, the article is neutral and I found no close paraphrasing issues. Request is for August 11th. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:58, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Douglas Erasmus

  • Reviewed: Fried cheese
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area after review. 50m freestyle heats are on 11 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC).

Symbol possible vote.svg @Basement12: Almost ready, but I can see a few typos in the article (i.e. "teh heats" and "faster tahn"). More disturbingly, the hook item, about qualifying for the Olympics by less than 1/100th of a second, is not explicitly mentioned in the article. If these problems aren't fixed in three days, I will sadly have to fail this. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Narutolovehinata5 Firstly I've moved your review to the right place ("Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line"), secondly (and more disturbingly) the fact is in the article and has been all along so please try reading it again and looking for "one hundreth of a second" (1/100 is used in the hook to make it shorter) - Basement12 (T.C) 07:16, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
I know it's there. The problem is that it wasn't explicitly mentioned in the article. Even a short phrase like ("or 1/100th of a second") would have been fine. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 07:57, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 I have literally no idea what your concern is here. By article do you mean the article or the source, because "one hundredth of a second" is mentioned in both in relation to the qualification standard. It's also mentioned again in a second source giving both his time and the qualification time (which I added just in case there was confusion but apparently it didn't stop it from occurring). Or do you somehow think 1/100th of a second and one hundredth of a second are different? - Basement12 (T.C) 08:33, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
@Basement12: I meant in the article it wasn't explicitly mentioned (at the time) that he qualified by 1/100th of a second, merely what his actual time was. In any case, the article now mentions the margin, and thus I am happy to say that this is a pass. Symbol confirmed.svg Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:44, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
As I say it was there the whole time, quite literally from the first revision but hey ho, thanks for taking the time to come back and finish the review - Basement12 (T.C) 09:17, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

August 12[edit]

Jess Andrews

  • Reviewed: Ely Hall
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. The women's 10,000 metres is on 12 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:51, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content is verified with citations to reliable sources in the article ([27], [28]). North America1000 13:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Stephen Milne (swimmer)

  • Reviewed: Tuineau Alipate
  • Comment: Deliberately trying to be hooky with this one. Can be moved to the Olympic holding area once reviewed. Suggest using it for the men's 1500 metre freestyle on the 12 or 13 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:20, 27 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (created by Basement12 on 27 May 2016), long enough (2,132 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, supported by online reference. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:34, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

August 13[edit]

Melker Svärd Jacobsson

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:01, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg
  • The article is newly written.
  • The article has not previously featured on the Main Page.
  • The article is long enough, barely.
  • Citations are sufficient and drawn from reliable published sources.
  • No disputes surround the article.
  • I see nothing that might be construed as a BLP violation.
  • I can find no particular issues with plagiarism. I assume the wording is original.
  • I see no neutrality issues, either. This is a straightforward account.
  • The article is not up for AfD.
  • I assume good faith as to the hook, which is in Swedish. - Biruitorul Talk 18:19, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

August 14[edit]

Chris Grube, Luke Patience

Luke Patience pictured in 2012
Luke Patience pictured in 2012
  • Reviewed: T. J. Leaf and Xia Jiantong (originl hook)
  • Comment: Grube is new, Patience is an expansion. Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. 470 class begins on the 10 August with the medal race on 14 August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:29, 25 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Patience: New enough (expansion began 10 edits ago on 25 May 2016), long enough (2,152 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Grube: New enough (created by Basement12 on 25 May 2016), long enough (1,769 characters "readable prose size", fully referenced.

Hook fine, supported by online reference. Image licence okay. QPQs done. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:16, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

August 15[edit]

Fabian Florant

Florant competing in 2009
Florant competing in 2009
  • Reviewed: Sturmiopsis inferens (3 of 4)
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area once reviewed. Men's triple jump starts on 15 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 26 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited and the article is neutral. The image is appropriately licensed and I did not detect any copyright issues. For the Olympics. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:01, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

August 16[edit]

Alex Hartmann

  • Reviewed: Stade Arsène Wenger
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area after review. 200 metre heats begin on morning of 16 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:27, 23 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, with only short phrases that are not easily rewritten, hook content is verified with a citation to a reliable source in the article ([29]). North America1000 13:14, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

August 18[edit]

Ashleigh Gentle

Ashleigh Gentle at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton in 2015
Ashleigh Gentle at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton in 2015

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Recently created, within policy, no copy-vio, length is okay, hook is interesting and cited. Image is also okay, so it's good to go. I would suggest it to be appeared on 18 August per nominator's request. --Captain Assassin! «T ♦ C ♦ G» 13:04, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Raheleh Asemani

  • Reviewed: Mel Eslyn
  • Comment: Once reviewed can be moved to the Olympic holding area. Another one that needs an eye keeping on it in case she eventually competes for the refugee team, in which case I'll supply an ALT. She competes on 18 August

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 5 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. To be kept for the Olympics. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:09, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

August 19[edit]

Kate French (modern pentathlete)

  • Reviewed: Mike Agostini
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympics holding area for use on 18 or 19 August when the women's event takes place

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:42, 18 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, hook is sourced. No close paraphrasing or neutrality detected. Good to go.KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:29, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

August 20[edit]

Nisha Rawal (taekwondo)

  • Reviewed: Sturmiopsis inferens (4 of 4)
  • Comment: Can be moved to the Olympic holding area once reviewed. Women's +67 kg taekwondo event is on 20 August.

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:33, 27 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (created by Basement12 on 27 May 2016), (barely) long enough (1,585 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, supported by online reference. Good to go. (The wildcards are a bit of a sore point with many countries btw.) Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:33, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

August 21[edit]

Derek Hawkins (athlete), Callum Hawkins

Created by Basement12 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Date and length fine on both. Hook is supported in both articles. 2 QPQs have been done. No close paraphrasing on either. I am going to move this to the Olympic holding area with the intent for it to run on 21 August to coincide with the Marathon but if you don't want it run there, then let me know. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:48, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

September 7–18 (2016 Summer Paralympics)[edit]

Sevda Altınoluk

  • Reviewed: Bar Yochai (song)
  • Comment: Hook can be moved to the holding area for 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Created by CeeGee (talk). Self-nominated at 08:34, 5 June 2016 (UTC).


  • Symbol confirmed.svg I've had to copyedit much of the article, but the content looks good. It clocks in a hair above the threshold at 1,507 characters, is new and was nominated in a timely fashion, I've removed the italics around top scorer. Hook is cited. QPQ present. Does someone who knows more about the Paralympics know when she'll compete? Raymie (t • c) 04:49, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Madison Janssen

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:41, 31 May 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg The article is long enough. It has inline citations. The hook is interesting and is cited in the article. It is neutral. No images. Don't seem to be any copyvios. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 20:03, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Ayşegül Pehlivanlar, Aysel Özgan, Çağla Baş

Created by CeeGee (talk). Self-nominated at 12:57, 29 May 2016 (UTC).

  • I will be doing the review of these three articles for the DYK criterias, giving my feedback one at a time.  MPJ-US  22:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
Ayşegül Pehlivanlar
  • New enough
  • Large enough
  • No copyright issues
  • Hook is cited
  • Sources look reliable
  • Well written - There are some language issues here, I suspect the author (like myself) is not a natural English speaker. I have done a little copy editing to help out but I cannot figure out what this sentence is supposed to mean so I can fix it - "Ayşegül's mother was killed while she was compelled to use wheelchair."?
  • @MPJ-DK: I've copy-edited that paragraph, and hope that it is now understandable. It seems that a mutilation has happened during your copy-editing. CeeGee 07:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
Aysel Özgan
  • New enough
  • Large enough
  • No copyright issues
  • Hook is not cited. Her qualifying is only listed in the lead and there is no source for it Red XN
  • @MPJ-DK: Hook fact is cited with Turkish-language ref #2. Please recheck. CeeGee 07:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The other sources look reliable
  • Well written - For this one I did some copy editing, hopefully improving it.
Çağla Baş
  • New enough
  • Large enough
  • No copyright issues
  • Hook is cited
  • Sources look reliable
  • Well written - For this one I did some copy editing, hopefully improving it. But at this point it's okay Green tickY (not using the DYK tick unless I approve the whole DYK)
  • Symbol question.svg There is a source issue in one of them that needs to be addressed @CeeGee:.  MPJ-US  23:04, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Note: If approved then September 7 would be an appropriate date for it to run, the opening day of the event.  MPJ-US  22:43, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @MPJ-DK: Thank you very much indeed for your efforts. I hope all issues are addressed now. CeeGee 07:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg - @CeeGee: Appreciate the copy edit, the word "compelled" threw me off but the clarification is now spot on. This is good to go now.  MPJ-US  08:05, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

September 9[edit]

Madeline Groves

Madeline Groves at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan
Madeline Groves at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:01, 11 June 2016 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg The hook is interesting (especially for people who know who Gina Rinehart is, which is most Australians) and supported by the reference. I've spot checked elements of the article to ensure that they're supported by the reference and not copyright violations, finding no problems, and the image is PD. All the other DYK criteria are also met, so this is good to go. I agree that this should be scheduled for the Olympics. Nick-D (talk) 02:00, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
9 September Hawkeye7 (talk) 11:54, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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