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... thatIloilo City used to be the second most important city in the Philippines, next to Manila, and was widely known as the "Queen City of the South," a nickname now mostly associated with Cebu City?
Source: Funtecha, Henry Florida (1992), "Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society", The Making of a "Queen City": The Case of Iloilo 1890s-1930s, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan, pp. 107–132
Reviewed:
Created byMerd123 (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
@Merd123: New enough (mainspace Dec 5), long enough (34 KB), no apparent copyvio (Earwig flags mostly proper nouns). However, the hook fact is not acceptable as neither the article nor the source mention the fact about Cebu City. A new hook is needed.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)02:20, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review. I understand the concern so I have revised the hook to the following, which is fully supported by the article and source: ALT1: ... thatIloilo City used to be the second most important city in the Philippines, next to Manila, and was widely known as the "Queen City of the South" during its economic peak from the 1890s to the 1930s?Merd123 (talk)06:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the article, I think one possibility is that Iloilo did not have a permanent city hall for several years before the current one (IIRC, mainly because the previous one was demolished without an immediate replacement), but it would be tricky to write a hook about that which links toHistory of Iloilo City and would not feel EGGy.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure this exact wording could be workshopped further, but maybe this angle could work?
ALT2 ... that for part of itshistory, Iloilo City's city hall did not have a permanent location?
ALT2a ... that for part of itshistory, the city hall of Iloilo, one of the Philippines' largest cities, did not have a permanent location?
ALT1a is pretty complicated, admittedly, but it might work in some form if context is needed. ALT1's angle is a bit misleading per the above comment, but I'm not sure what else is usable.@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: Do you have any other possible suggestions? Other than a reword of the original hook, although the original hook might actually work better for a hook about Iloilo City itself and not its history.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)07:28, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I realized that the wording I used for ALT2 is actually vague and unspecific, since they might be interpreted as talking about thecity hall's history and not Iloilo's, so here are the adjusted wordings (I am labeling them as ALT3/ALT3a):
ALT3 ... that for part ofIloilo City's history, its city hall did not have a permanent location?
ALT3a ... that for part of thehistory of Iloilo City, one of the Philippines' largest cities, its city hall did not have a permanent location?
@Barbalalaika andTechnoSquirrel69: I'm not sure if this answers this question, but I remember it being reported in news reports prior to the opening of the current city hall that the city's offices were temporarily located at the local Robinsons Mall. I think the reports about that should still be online. If that could be added to the article, we could have a hook based on that.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)08:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay: I found a couple of news articles that confirm that the mall thing:[1] and[2]. It is also briefly mentioned atthis Philippine Star article; it's possible that a more direct news article exists in their archives. Given that, if it's added to the article, how does this suggestion sound?
ALT4 ... that for part ofIloilo City's history, its city government offices were temporarily located in a shopping mall?
Source:[3] 赤松・大內所存ハ、葉室殿事近日一向每事申沙汰以外次第也、此躰事可訴訟申旨細川申間、同心旨申了、奉背公方剩新君於可定申事、姿々不及覺悟旨申云々、就其和與事及其沙汰歟 (The intentions of Akamatsu [Masanori] andŌuchi [Yoshioki], which were in recent days dependent on the affairs of Hamuro residence, aimed to bring the matter to Hosokawa [Masamoto], having the same thoughts,of the possibility of resolving the betrayal [of the shōgunAshikaga Yoshitane] byleaving thekubō [in power] with a new lord [Ashikaga Yoshizumi]; but as these goals were unrealized, it is doubtful that any reconciliation of this [affair] will happen.)
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Comment: I linked the source to commons because that's the only place I can actually find the text online. The translation is rough, but I'm pretty sure it's right. Still, probably should be double-checked.
Moved to mainspace byTheInevitables (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
This isn't a review, but while I think there's a core of a good hook here, as currently written it's hard to follow or understand for readers who are unfamiliar with Japanese history. Could you try rewriting the hook to make it more accessible? For example, maybe something like:
Only just realized that I didn't specify that Yoshitane was shogun, nor explain anything about the Meiō incident itself. Thanks for pointing that out. So:
should also work (according to my count, at least) if the mention of Ōuchi Yoshioki is to be kept. The only thing to note is that Yoshioki's English-language article is pretty bad, only citingWikipedia in Japanese – translation of Ōuchi Yoshioki「大内義興」page with elements from related links at the end, and while I do hope to go through it and add references (or perhaps more accurately, translate itagain but also include the references), I don't really know when I'll start nor how long I'll take, so it might get deleted before I'm finished.Ships &Space(Edits)01:47, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have very little knowledge of Japanese history so first I just read the lead and have the following suggestions to help most laypeople understand without having to click links or read body (feel free to disagree but if so please tell me why):
Simplify first sentence by removing Japanese (perhaps to infobox) and moving month info lower in lead.
Add a little more context to lead.
So the 3 instigators were all in the national army? Perhaps mention Masamoto rank in army if relevant.
Mention Yoshiki position - was he like a king of whole country and does shogun mean king? It seems that if he was already fighting a lot then he was not actually in control. Maybe something like powerful barons in England?
I looked at above hooks before reading body of article and find ALT0a hooky enough as I guess most people, like me, have a vague idea that a shogun is like a king of Japan. Also ALT1a hooky enough but b I find too long and complex for a hook.Chidgk1 (talk)08:02, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Now reading body so here are some thoughts:
Fix harv errors
You don't think name of article should have "coup" as seems much more than an incident?
Background section throws me straight in the deep end - can I have a little more context please?
Linking the same word in lead and body is fine e.g. please link kanrei from first occurance in body. After you have done links use duplicate link tool to find duplicates then unlink dups manually if you think not useful
As well as linking foreign terms on first occurance could you possibly explain some in the sentence so we don't have to click. For example in "The new shogun was also opposed by Ise Sadamune, who resigned as head of the mandokoro on 27th day of the fourth month (15 May 1490)." if the mandokoro here is the governing body of the extended family could become something like "The new shogun was also opposed by Ise Sadamune, who resigned as head of the mandokoro, the family council, on 27th day of the fourth month (15 May 1490)." If you read the Economist magazine there are some good examples of defining unfamiliar words while keeping the flow - I maybe able to find an example if you want.
Suggest you relegate Japanese language to and dates to footnotes as it means nothing to layman like me but might be useful to specialists and future editors. Except where it has special significant like why incident called Meiō.
Checked DYK guidelines - translations are eligable. Checked Earwig no copyvio.
@Ships&Space: Thanks for all the work you have done on this article. I tagged to ask for a few cites and clarifications. Please could you let me know when you are ready for me to rereadChidgk1 (talk)08:51, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Chidgk1: Just fixed most of your concerns on clarification, and some other things I noticed. Didn't handle the citation problems because I don't really have that kind of time at the moment. To respond to your comments here:
Simplify first sentence by removing Japanese (perhaps to infobox) and moving month info lower in lead. For the first part, seeSengoku period,Shimabara Rebellion, andOttoman Caliphate. They all have the same formatting, though I'll grant that it could be moved to a note, likeGermany orKorea. For the second part, seePride's Purge and1689 Boston revolt (though dates do seem to be somewhat uncommon in the first paragraph of coup articles).
Add a little more context to lead. I assume you mean the historical background? Please expand upon this.
So the 3 instigators were all in the national army? Perhaps mention Masamoto rank in army if relevant. I read the "Commanders and leaders" section of themilitary conflict infobox as including persons who aren't actually leading on the field (seeMexican- American war).
Mention Yoshiki position - was he like a king of whole country and does shogun mean king? It seems that if he was already fighting a lot then he was not actually in control. Fair. Will clarify.
Lead could say whether many people were killed. Will include if I can find source(s).
You don't think name of article should have "coup" as seems much more than an incident? SeeWP:TITLE. Most sources use "incident," not "coup." It's actually a fairly common practice in Japanese; compareMarco Polo Bridge incident andTainei-ji incident.
Background section throws me straight in the deep end - can I have a little more context please? Can you clarify if you want more information from the time period, or to have it start at an earlier date (like theŌnin War)?
As well as linking foreign terms on first occurance.... Sure! Would notes be acceptable (for longer explanations at least)?
Suggest you relegate Japanese language to and dates to footnotes as it means nothing to layman like me but might be useful to specialists and future editors. Will do.
Also, I noticed that you put aclarify template in the "Reaction of the imperial court" subsection, but I'm not sure what the problem is. I think it's fairly clear, aside from needing to clarify what theMōshitsugi was, that it'sEmperor Go-Tsuchimikado (a person)commanded Shirakawa Tadatomiō, (another person)Mōshitsugi and director of the Department of Divinities... (two titles held by the second person). Could you please clarify how it'sforeign word mush?Ships &Space(Edits)18:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Ships&Space: Thanks for fixing harv errors. As far as I remember DYK can't proceed further whilst there are "citation needed" tags. So how about we move the uncited info to the talk page for now, then you or another editor can look for cites later if and when you have time? I am struggling with the hook cite. Google Translate seems to think it is traditional Chinese but you have Jinson as Japanese. Could you possibly use the "rp" template to add the page number after the cite in the article? Also if you like you can request an image be used too - seeWikipedia:Did_you_know/Guidelines#ImagesChidgk1 (talk)10:51, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The hook as currently written is rather long: I would suggest dropping "party memberships were not transferreden bloc but rather" and instead go straight to the "each member had to undergo review" point.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)12:28, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Some small grammar mistakes throughout the article, but nothing disqualifying. 0% similarity on Earwig. One concern I do have is that a large portion of the article is taken up by biographies underCentral Committee, which I feel are excessively detailed. Everything seems to be cited. The hook is cited and mentioned in the article, although I'm not sure it's anything interesting or unusual since the Soviet Union was known for wanting loyalty from its members, so it running background checks on incoming members before accepting them into their party seems like common sense. I think you can add to the hook that only less than a third of the members actually passed the review, which is stated in the same source. This is my first time reviewing, so an additional opinion is probably needed.Chomik! (talk?)20:33, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Due to Christmas, I'm some hours late. Both roles are pinnacles, not "doing his job". Wozzeck just turned 100 (OTD). The voice is described per the source (which calls him "an ideal Wotan" for that quality, but other critics said similar things. Other ideas welcome.
The wording in ALT0 is not likely to be interesting to a broad audience, and every opera singer I know has a voice that fills a large house. A stronger hook would involve the first part of the quote, an ideal Wotan: "a giant of a man, but capable of tender emotions". Hope this helps a bit. Will be happy to review with a revised hook.Flibirigit (talk)03:29, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. As you will know, many voices, when going for the vocal power to fill the "large houses", loose finesse and flexibilty, and it's unusual that he didn't. I don't know why you'd think that it's not interesting what singles him out. What I don't like so much about the other part of the quote - which I considered - are a few things:
"giant of a man" is pure physics, no achievement
it says nothing about vocal qualities, would work for only the action part
"tender emotions": almost all opera singers I know are able to expresstender emotions but he was outstanding inalso portraying the complex other emotional aspects of one man who has to kill his son because his wife demands that it's done (to preserve the sacredsness of marriage, of all reasons) and his daughter refuses , and the other who kills the woman he loves, the mother of their little child. --Gerda Arendt (talk)07:34, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The wording too niche for a broad audience to understand what are the "finest nuances" of Opera. Unfortunately, I found nothing else interesting in this biography.Flibirigit (talk)14:34, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I don't see any "finest nuances" of opera involved. Can you perhaps help to clarify in the wording that "large opera houses" means the perhaps five largest in the world, and implies that he appeared there? I tried to stay concise, not mentioning individual ones. You are also welcome to phrase an ALT about the tender emotions, but it's normally the less tender emotions that seem to interest more, no? - Please compareJubilant Sykes. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:15, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article was created on December 16 and nominated for DYK on December 25. Nine days difference can be ignored for good faith. Length and sourcing are adequate. The article is neutral in tone and no plagiarism was detected. The image of Mayer is appropriately licensed under fair use. The QPQ requirement is complete. I will revisit the hooks later. I am busy and reminders and not necessary.Flibirigit (talk)15:59, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have struck ALT0. I doubt that "Wotan" and "Wozzeck" will not be interesting to a broad audience, and that only opera fanatics will recognize them. A variant of ALT0 without those names could work, but the second part of the hook is also problematic. The cited source states "einer raumfüllenden Stimme", which is literally translated as "a room-filling voice". The proposed wording, "a voice filling large opera houses" is misleading and fails verification. As I stated previously, every opera singer has a voice that fills a room. A better hook will focus on something else. The source reads, "ein Hüne von Gestalt" (translation: "a giant of stature"), and "die über die feinsten Zwischentöne verfügte" (translation: "who possessed the finest nuances"). This contrast between a large man with a voice for the finest nuances is more likely to hook an average reader. The only other aspect I find interesting in the article is his education in relation to the "intellectual approach to his later opera characters". Best wishes.Flibirigit (talk)23:27, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for looking closer. I disagree, of course. Wotan and Wozzeck don't have to berecognized but are unusual names inviting to be explored, - I strongly believe that DYK? should normally be answered by "no" and be an invitation to learn something new. Wotan is a key character in a work that spans four nights, which is unusual and should be interesting to know, and Wozzeck is the title role of an opera which just turned 100 (which was mentioned on the main page, pictured), a key work of the 20th century based on a key play of the 19th century, which is unusual and should be interesting to know. Both names are short, so don't take much room for those who don't care, but are extremely unique and recognizable for those who do know, telling that he was able to portrait highly complex characters, - why skip that? I dropped a hint at opera, knowing of the aversion to a complete field of culture that I find fascinating and diverse. I'd have trouble to get his stature connected to his voice which is needed to indicate indirectly that we talk about vocal music. Again: you are free to word a hook that you would like. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:26, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda Arendt,Flibirigit has rejected ALT0 and there are no other hooks in this nomination for reviewers to consider. I'm not marking the nomination for closure at the moment, but unless new hooks are proposed there is nothing here that would allow any reviewer to take action.Dclemens1971 (talk)22:31, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Flibirigit has not responded to my last explanation. But let's see.
ALT0c: ... thatThomas Johannes Mayer was described as an "idealWotan", "a giant of a man, but capable of tender emotions, with a voice that filled the house, but flexible for the finest nuances"?
@Gerda Arendt: Consider the unusual (readinteresting) contrast between his background in the humanities and liberal arts that informed his characters, such as Wotan, and his baritone voice that projected the authority of those roles? Maybe something like
ALT0e: ... that informed by his knowledge of the humanities,Thomas Johannes Mayer brought the idealWotan to life?
@Flibirigit: I just found the mother lode of potential hooks on Mayer. Please allow this to stay open for a few days, as the hook candidates I've found are great. I will need to add them to the article, of course.Viriditas (talk)09:27, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Flibirigit: I will begin adding potential new hooks based on newly added content here:
ALT1 ... that after a tonsillectomy left him unable to sing,Thomas Johannes Mayer retrained his voice to become an operatic baritone?
Comment: Sorry if I messed up the template, I just created this article and the person that reviewed it suggested that I should nominate a fact so here it is.
Created byLolcow33 (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hey, welcome to DYK,Lolcow33. Your nomination is timely, and the article is new enough. It does need a couple of changes and I had one additional suggestion:Sammi Brie (she/her · t ·c)07:19, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There are two passages with no citation:This album also featured one of the bands biggest hits "Two Weeks" which reached number 9 on the U.S. Mainstream rock chart. andAs of 2025, the investigation is still ongoing. These need citations for the page to be eligible for DYK.
I happened to see the second Blabbermouth cite which seems to be regurgitating a report fromWTNH ([5]) — why not cite it directly?
Hook fact checks out to the TeenView interview. It's interesting and got my attention.
Turns out I needed all of it and more. Both are long and new enough and the QPQs are done. Earwig's clean and the hook checks out. No reason why this might deserve a maintenance template, though I trimmed a couple of BLP violations myself (and I really hate the tables not aligning right). Let's roll.--Launchballer05:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron,Launchballer, andAirshipJungleman29: Source says that if Cal started 12-1, it would be the best start since 1960: "Cal, if it takes care of business against Pacific, Dominican, Northwestern State, Morgan State and Columbia, would take a 12-1 record into the start of ACC play.
Scrolling down the DYK page looking for a nom and butting in here - I have to agree with leeky. The hook implies that those two guys together are responsible for the successful start, because otherwise why would we mention them together with it? If they are responsible, there ought to be a source that says so. If they're not, the hook is just two unrelated facts strung together, and therefore not that interesting. ♠PMC♠(talk)02:21, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
On March 9, don't be surprise if Pippen is ACC all-defensive team and don't be surprised if both get some sort of All-ACC recognition (although it may just be honorable mention). Will look for a source. Also don't be surprised if this team wins 5 or so of its last 7 since its last 7 games are all against teams with losing conference records so far.-TonyTheTiger(T /C /WP:FOUR /WP:CHICAGO /WP:WAWARD)09:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
OKthis source shows Ames led the team in scoring and Pippen led the team in assists at the time of the 12-1 start. I'll look into adding this to the respective articles. I believe Pippen led the team in steals at the time as well, but I don't have such a source.-TonyTheTiger(T /C /WP:FOUR /WP:CHICAGO /WP:WAWARD)14:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Merged the information for this hook from these multiple references. Hope it works out, because my previous nom for "Urain Ge" and141 Schools for Peace underperformed.M.Billoo 19:37, 28 December 2025 (UTC) Added two alts on the same pattern as was ofKattar Karachi, considering that the term of India-Pakistan collab may trigger interest.M.Billoo14:34, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Created byM.Billoo2000 (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.
@M.Billoo2000 and3family6: Couple things here: there are a few sources cited in this article that I suspect arepress releases disguised as news coverage (such asthis one andthis one), which is unfortunately quite common in Indian-subcontinent publications. I would treat any source without abyline with a higher degree of skepticism when assessing for reliability. Also, these hooks leave a bit of a bad taste in my mouth — they're bordering onimproper synthesis with the way these different facts are presented together, and bringing up the India–Pakistan conflict when the album seemingly has no relevance to it is not ideal.(pleasemention me on reply; thanks!)—TechnoSquirrel69(sigh)04:54, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TechnoSquirrel69: Hi, thank you for your feedback. I understand the definition of press release coverage, and am aware about the RSNOI policy. Just a concern for scrutiny, I assume that the press release means either totally copy-pasting word to word, or close paraphrasing by more than one news outlets, or lack of fact checking and just churnalism. But in this case, I have selected those references which I felt different from the others and did not select which I felt majorly same.
It is true that the news outlets have copied the album description and tracklist only, which may look like a press release, but the other text inside the references I have selected is different. It is also true that I am unable to find the album's critical reception or any bylined source, otherwise the article would majorly rely on the primary source, i.e. Zafar's social media and his recent interview on Geo News program, and anyone could strike it out for being unreliable.
I believe the RSNOI do not apply here; despite being unbylined, the references used here carry different wordings in no promotional tone except for the descriptions. Please correct me if wrong, I am willing to cooperate and rectify my mistakes.
For the SYNTH, I accept my mistake and I am sorry for presenting like this, so striking as asked... But are all hooks falling under SYNTH?M.Billoo18:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TonyFerro: Article new enough (Dec 23), long enough (6100 B), no copyvio (Earwig says 5.7%). However, the sourcing has some issues, and I will be strict about this as the article deals with contentious topics. Please explain why the following sources are reliable: Georgios Koukakis,Greek Reporter, Eugene Kogan, MEPEI,Eurasia Review,Strategy International. Also,there is a consensus thatGreek City Times is unreliable, and theAgora Dialogue source is unusable ans it is merely a link to another source that's cited. In addition, it looks like there are a few sources that do not verify the stated information, such asEgypt Oil & Gas andOffshore Technology, which do not mention the alliance. There are some other, smaller issues (short sections, short lead, capitalized headings, duplicated references, typos, hyphen should be en dash), but these are simple stylistic issues that aren't required for the DYK criteria. As for the hook facts, ALT0 is interesting and verified in source.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)23:37, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I am still learning Wikipedia, so i can't really say why a source is reliable. If i have used unreliable sources i am sorry. Please pin point the and i will try and find others that are reliable. In case of the gas fields, i brought sources proving they exist, rather than their connection to the alliance. As i wrote about the force balance in the region. In any case i will try and find better sources.TonyFerro (talk)13:55, 28 January 2026 (UTC)User:Vigilantcosmicpenguin Did you read my reply or review again the article?[reply]
@TonyFerro: Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier. I'll try to address each source that I'm concerned about: I linked to an existing discussion aboutGreek City Times. You can read this discussion to see why people consider it unreliable. You would have to start a new discussion if you disagree. Some of the other sources (Greek Reporter, MEPEI,Eurasia Review,Strategy International) might be reliable publications, but I need evidence. Wikipedia's sourcing guidelines include theWP:USEBYOTHERS guideline; we should try finding examples of these sources being cited in other reliable sources, as evidence that they are reliable. The source by Georgios Koukakis and the one by Eugene Kogan are both self-published. Please note that websites like ResearchGate allow people to publish their own work, so it may look like an academic journal without actually being one. Since these are self-published, we should follow the guideline onWP:Self-published sources—these are only reliable if we can verify that the authors are reputable experts in their field. The sources about the gas fields, as you say, only verify that the gas fields exist and not their connection to the alliance. This violates the ruleWP:No original research, which requires sources that directly verify the information.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)18:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that it rained pineapples during aTakanashi Kiara performance?
Source: "Kiara, the girl from the flag, sang a solo of a cute little pop romance song — with the number incorporating an entire visual scene where it rained pineapples behind her."[1]
New enough, long enough, no visible issue regarding prose, well-cited, 7% on Earwig hook is cited and compliant with the guideline. Although, kinda misleading may need rewording if possible but could be aWP:DYKAPRIL hook but regardless, probably no problem. QPQ is done. Good to good.Warm Regards,Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs)14:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Plus, VTubers can be just plain WEIRD. There are a lot of odd, nonsensical streams that stray away from the cute “girl next door” image one would traditionally associate with idol content. One of Oozora Subaru’s best-known videos is this absolutely cursed ASMR stream, immortalized in an animated video posted to the official Hololive Youtube channel. Takanashi Kiara posts meme videos and enjoys the hell out of Rickrolling.Gill, Katie (2021-05-19)."Idols Gone Viral: How Hololive VTubers both subvert and reinforce expectations of idol femininity".Anime Feminist.Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved2024-02-05.
Assuming this is allowed to go through, I have asked for permission from the original hook nominator if it was ok to add a hook. If I need to also provide QPQ I will be happy to do so.CaptainGalaxy21:57, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I want to add that that Captain Galaxy is accurately reporting our conversation. Also, they have significantly expanded the article and so a new review is probably needed, not just judging the hooks.1brianm7 (talk)00:06, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT3 ... that Russia's embassy in the Philippines was in charge of relations with the Federated States of Micronesia, before thelatter cut ties with Russia over its war in Ukraine?
I'm not sure if these hooks meet DYKINTEREST. Many countries sanctioned Russia after the invasion, and Russia retaliated accordingly. (t ·c)buIdhe21:27, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. Regarding the hooks, the first probably is too bland per Buidhe. I think the second is kinda interesting (the "unfriendly countries list"? Hadn't heard of that before.) I don't see the quote from ALT2, "Micronesian values", in either the article or the source? I think the second, if worded right, could be made interesting enough. Perhaps something like "... thatRussia considers the Federated States of Micronesia an "unfriendly country"? What do you think?@CoryGlee:BeanieFan11 (talk)22:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
HiBeanieFan11, thanks for the review. Yes, I have no problem in rewording. In fact, I have an ASD problem when it comes to summing up, LOL. As for ALT2, the Island Times source says“It is often described that the preference of any Pacific Island Country, to include the FSM, is that we be friends to all, and enemies to none,” Panuelo said.
“This indeed and truly remains the cornerstone of our nation’s foreign policy. But values and convictions must matter more than not at all, and as this paradise in our backyards is founded on our Micronesian ideals of peace, unity, and liberty, so too do we advocate for these ideals to be shared and spread.
I know, but (to me) it feels unusual that they would specifically deem the Federated States of Micronesia, an obscure set of Pacific islands, as an "unfriendly country". Personally, if I saw that hook on the main page I would probably have clicked on it just to find out why the FSM are viewed by them as "unfriendly". Thoughts?BeanieFan11 (talk)20:36, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
BeanieFan11, I agree with you ... the FSM being "unfriendly" to Russia is not "common" as pointed by Buidhe... Yes, I understand that many are unfriendly to Russia, but the FSM is a particular case.CoryGlee20:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that is accurate. While the FSM (and Palau and the Marshall Islands for that matter) are similar to protectorates, they are generally treated as independent nations by the international community. They are even UN members.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)10:12, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Maculosae tegmine lyncis: You are unnecessarily turning this into a POV/political discussion. The first sentence of the article says that these nations aresovereign states and they are not cases you could argue, i.e.Puerto Rico. If you disagree with the hook, I can look for another, but not on the basis that the FSM is not an independent country because that would fall into yourWP:OR or POV.CoryGlee14:51, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not getting into this. You can review this and if I consider it to be OR or biased, I'll ask for another reviewer. Thank you.CoryGlee14:59, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You are getting into this. You just pitched up to say I'm making it political. Then when one person says this is ridiculous you hope another reviewer may fail to spot at least one major issue with the article as it currently stands,Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk)15:03, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The U.S. provides support to the FSM, but it is not accurately described as a "U.S. protectorate" – it is a sovereign nation. What is the issue with the hook?BeanieFan11 (talk)17:53, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am likely not the best to opine because I nominated this, but I'd say that this was a personal opinion or position before a fact: the FSMis a full UN member and independent nation. In regards to the hook, I'd agree with the oneyou proposed to avoid any confusion. Regards.CoryGlee19:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Pathetic attempt without providing a reliable source to which youdiscredit FSM's dependence on the US. I'd recommend you to either source in the FSM article itself that it is adependent territory or you will enter into an edgy vandalic behavior. Thanks.CoryGlee15:58, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
BeanieFan11: I'd recommend to wait for an administrator opinion because the user has had issues at DYK (see talk page) and linking COFA is not needed because it's a defense and trade agreement which has nothing to do with the FSM decisions on international stage, at least off the speculative stage.CoryGlee17:04, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Reconrabbit: I guess you did not understand me, sorry. I agree, in fact, I appreciate BeanieFan11's input so much. But given this user's insistence on making the FSM lookdependent on the US has dragged this on into this long thread. But I repeat, the user has a history of at least two DYK warnings. COI perhaps?CoryGlee20:13, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, adding, I will not push anything, but the user's comments making it a long, fruitless discussion where the user does NOT provide a reliable source to state that the decisions by the FSM aredirectly influenced or dictated by the US makes their inputs herekind of vandalic. TBH.CoryGlee20:17, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Maculosae tegmine lyncis yup, I guess that no one denied those terms of the COFA and how the US assists the FSM. Now, concluding that military control and federal assistance directly impacts FSM decision-making in foreign policy issues makes your conclusion (said conclusion) blatantoriginal research. You can't (per OR) reach a conclusion taking information from different sources. Please, desist. If you wish not to, I propose intervention to bring this to an end. Thanks.CoryGlee20:58, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My guess is because of the word "country": usually, but not always (famously with the UK's countries), that term overlaps with "sovereign state". If the issue is "country", would the solution simply not be something like "... thatRussia considers the Federated States of Micronesia "unfriendly"? Still, the FSM is not widely considered a protectorate in the modern sense of the word (the article onassociated state has more details, and makes it clear that associated states and protectorate are not the same thing). Saying the FSM is a protectorate without actual sourcing does not make sense and is close to being OR.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:49, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: I can assure you that if this simple DYK article ends in the conclusion (or putting in doubt) that the FSM is not a country, this will make it to the news, at least in the FSM. We would have torewrite so many articles regarding the FSM, the Marshalls, Palau, the United Nations membership, the meaning of sovereign state and COFA, also question Puerto Rico's status in comparison to these and why Puerto Rico is not a UN member, and so on an endless list. Can't believe it, honestly. This is not even logical.CoryGlee03:53, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
To say that the FSM isnot a country is completely nonsensical and should be disregarded. If Maculosae tegmine lyncis baselessly declaring a sovereign nation to not be sovereign is the only issue, then this deserves to receive a stamp of approval now.BeanieFan11 (talk)04:08, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
congress.gov: "the FAS governments, the foreign Freely Associated State governments, have the obligation to cease and desist from any action that the United States unilaterally determines is prejudicial to our defense and security arrangements". relations with Russia?Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk)06:39, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)[10],[11]: "Согласно Соглашению о свободной ассоциации, стратегические вопросы обороны ФШМ остаются прерогативой Вашингтона" (ПАЛАУ) "Соглашение о свободной ассоциации ... В соответствии с ним в вопросах обороны, финансов и внешней политики государство ориентируется на Соединенные Штаты." - per compacts, strategic defence and, explicitly in the Palau doc though also sovereign in the COFA, (COFAs), defence/finance/foreign policy the prerogative of the US/US-aligned. (Fun fact, the currency of the FSM is the USD),Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk)07:18, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The US dollar is the currency in so many other places too. I mean it seriously, can someone address this? It's way too frustrating that such an incongruous argument is getting this dragging on and on. Looks like feeding... An unreliable position, let's say. Full of original research. I don't know what else to say or do.CoryGlee10:00, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Given that the user is trying to rewrite so many things per bias, plus not addressing what they have been asked to address, and stubbornly falling into unreliable sources, PRIMARY, biased, full of original research, and inaccurate (as the US dollar thing) I request some DYK administrator or someone toplease, stop it.CoryGlee10:10, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please for any reviewer, finish this madness. Read please all above and guess you won't need much. This is feeding, nothing else, and I am not going to get into this madness.CoryGlee11:20, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Cutting through all of the above, the issue as I can grasp it is that there is concern that the hooks relating to the Russo-Ukrainian war are uninteresting, being not unique nor unexpected. On this I would tend to agree. Unfortunately, that seems to be most of the article. The lead opens by stating relations were "unofficial", which seems wrong as they cite a government cite noting official relations. Unfortunately, I can't at a quick look find out much more interesting, it seems a mostly regular and uneventful relationship.CMD (talk)11:34, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oh sureChipmunkdavis I was not arguing that point, I was just asking for the madness about putting in doubt the FSM decision making, requests to put it into article (example, COFA terms, etc.) that's what I pointed. Unfortunately, patrolling often oversees deliberate attempts at pushing POVs ... I am okay with the article standing as it is, and the FSM as a sovereign nation. I do not care about hooking it. I've so many approved hooks in my files, so ... Don't need this. What I wanted, I am sure, is true and will stand unchallenged. ThanksCoryGlee12:02, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't find anything in particular about how the CFA affected FSM-Russia relations. The little tidbits I did find suggests that Russia engages through regional bodies, for which the CFA is not directly relevant. Personally, I wouldn't add it without a source directly commenting on the matter. Procedurally, if a content dispute emerges out of this, and to be clear I don't think the above content dispute affects the DYK nom (although worth taking into account suggestions that are helpful), then it would need to be handled through another process.CMD (talk)12:17, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It's also quite poorly organised. The body starts with Feb 22, then goes back to 20/21, then back to Sep 19, then forward again to Feb 22, then forward to May 23, then back with quotes from Feb 22, then forward to Mar 22, then forward to a quote from May 25, then back again to Mar 22. Some sort of order would be nice.~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)12:13, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
AirshipJungleman29 I started to reorganize this. I am not going to comment anything else on this template because I see that, as usual on WP, there are double standards, giving carte blanche for fringe theories to drag on and on, despite contradicting every single reliable source. But you know... the FSM is not Gaza and not as touchy, if not, we'd surely have had a flow of opinions and indignation. Best regards and do not expect me to comment further on this.CoryGlee12:19, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Just letting you know, since you pinged me, that I found the second and third sentences of your comment incomprehensible; if you do comment further, please try to clarify. Thanks,~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)12:28, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29: just that this was allowed to drag onnot on the basis of quality or interesting or not hooking, it was allowed to go onfringe theories about the independence of the FSM (a full UN member), nothing was done, not from a noticeboard nor after repeated requests that the review focus on reliability. Not interested (and I don't have to) clarify anything else.CoryGlee12:35, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Edit, as for my sentence on "other countries"... I am not the first (there are many, even reliable media) calling out Wikipedia bias on certain issues, such as stating that disputed things such as a genocide there or there is actually real, or that Palestine is acountry (when not even a full UN member) nor wide recognition. Conversely, a fringe theory about a full, independent UN member country (the FSM) made this thread long and offtopic.CoryGlee12:40, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, when a Wikipedia user raises a good-faith objection, normal procedure is to work it out. I can assure you this "long and offtopic" thread is miniscule compared to those on the Gaza genocide/Palestinian independence.~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)12:53, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, not the same, those two topics you mentioned at the end of your comment are a matter of interpretation because many do not even recognize those terms, while the FSM has long been granted UN status and international participation without power fragmentation nor any resort to draw attention. But, seeing how this has turned into a huge debate without any justification other than POVs, I'd suggest it to SNOW close. I had kind of forgotten about this small article that I created.CoryGlee15:45, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(summoned via WT:DYK) Re interestingness: agree the proposed hooks aren't all that interesting. Re FSM–US affiliation: burden is on MTL to show that the CoFA is relevant to FSM–Russia interactions with reliable sources that explicitly state as much, anything short of that is OR editorialization. My own concerns: sourcing the article and some of the hooks proposed here to Tass is inappropriate for DYK.theleekycauldron (talk • she/her)16:24, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That's replaceable (TASS, I mean) ... Regardless, what you pointed out (that itmust be stated verbatim that the FSM decision was influenced by the USA or CoFA) is what it wasall about that I was asking help for... Yet, experienced users above were more interested in tagging and claiming "poor organization" plus uninteresting hooks (I agree) than pointing to blatant OR. Well...CoryGlee16:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't be too annoyed if it ran, but it's not all that uncommon to be disliked by Russia, so, like, it's not my first choice for a Main Page slot.theleekycauldron (talk • she/her)19:05, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) I agree with TLC and others that claims about neutrality have not been backed up with reference to reliable sources, and as such can be set aside. I also agree that the hook is somewhat humdrum. This is the sort of topic on which it's difficult to say anything that isn't routine, and which is therefore not the best fit for DYK in my opinion, but I haven't been involved with DYK as of late so I won't be the one to formally reject it. CoryGlee, you are likely to see a more positive response from your colleagues if you stick to the matter at hand rather than continually complaining about the conduct of other users at a forum not intended for such complaints.Vanamonde93 (talk)19:06, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, while I agree that it has served me no good to complain, as I told another administrator on a related issue (I kind of got fed up with the usual double standards), I will stick to the issue at hand (as you say). Be sure, however, that I exercised a lot of patience before tagging and/or reporting "new" users. I will certainly change that view now that I deem the treatment I received unfair. Reciprocity. No revenge.CoryGlee19:54, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I don't know if, as in ITN, the nominator (this case me) has the power to withdraw the nomination. Honestly, having reviewedmultiple nominations as part of QPQ, I would be hesitant to take either way... approve/reject. This thread proved a failure to me to stay cool even in the face of deliberate (and unreliable) bias, and aside from taking my own responsibility, proved a failure from administrators or others who might have made it clear that it was about the content and not thecrazy theory of the FSM independence. Close it, please.CoryGlee23:39, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@CoryGlee: If you have no further interest in this nomination, would you be alright with me taking over from here? I don't want to see a perfectly good nomination ruined by a lone editor pushing a viewpoint that makes literally no sense and contradicts all facts.BeanieFan11 (talk)23:52, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
BeanieFan11, of course Beanie, feel free to completely take over. I honestly have no energy, and as you say, which I agree, it was an unfair handling of this all. Thanks for treating me so nicely, I said things I do not feel nor think and learned the lesson of feeding problematic users' conspiracy theories. Feel free, and thanks again.CoryGlee23:58, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I was actually considering marking this for closure, albeit for the genuine concerns raised in this discussion (i.e. the sourcing and interest issues), rather than the protectorate issue. Personally, I actually find the "unfriendly" angle interesting, but multiple editors have objected to it, so it is not going to get any consensus. The sourcing also has to be less reliant on red sources (I imagine that they could be allowed in a limited amount as stating the official Russian positions, but still).Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)00:06, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The only one mentioned I see is TASS, and the only thing sourced to that is a quote from the Russian government. What's wrong with citing the Russian news agency for the opinions of the Russian government?BeanieFan11 (talk)01:53, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This is the first of two QPQs for this review. P.S. I had to move my connection to my iPhone personal hotspot because this Target/Starbucks is blocked.
Created byTonyTheTiger (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 385 past nominations.
Comment. Most of this article is not actually about Chicago State Cougars football, but rather about other colleges that have played or currently play football in Chicago. That may be understandable because Chicago State has not yet begun its first football season, which is about eight months away, but the proportion of Chicago State Cougars football content to the length of the article seems rather low. --Metropolitan90(talk)08:35, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As stated atWP:CFB, this is sort of like the lengthy background atUtah_Mammoth#Background_and_establishment. It is the only current DI football school in Chicago. The background basically talks about the history of Chicago football by describing past DI football schools in Chicago, current DI non-football schools in Chicago, current non-DI football schools in Chicago, and current DI football schools near Chicago.-TonyTheTiger(T /C /WP:FOUR /WP:CHICAGO /WP:WAWARD)16:22, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This DYK still needs a full review, but my objection above no longer applies, since TonyTheTiger has removed most of the content regarding other football-playing colleges in Chicago. --Metropolitan90(talk)08:30, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The proposed hook is written in present tense, whereas the corresponding text in the article is in the future tense. Please clarify and/or propose a new hook. Will do a full review after a reply to this.Flibirigit (talk)14:26, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: The article was created from a redirect on December 24, and nominated eight days later for DYK. The article is long enough even without the removed background discussed above. The last sentence of the history section is unsourced. The sections "Classifications" and "Conference memberships" have no clear source. There are still inconsistencies with present tense and future tense.The first sentence of the introduction is future tense, but the second sentence is present tense. Please clarify. I cannot proceed with the hooks until that is resolved. I found no plagiarism issues. No images are used in the article. QPQ requirement is complete.Flibirigit (talk)03:03, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I see this: "21:55, December 24, 2025 TonyTheTiger talk contribs 4,360 bytes +4,325 creating page undothank Tag: Removed redirect". Will expand more on the review later tonight.Flibirigit (talk)00:07, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I believe I am seeingUTC timestamps. Did you change your settings to local time? Be advised that it is easiest if we all are on UTC. Then determining whether an action was timely is easier. In this case, I believe you are making my nomination late by describing a time in non-UTC.-TonyTheTiger(T /C /WP:FOUR /WP:CHICAGO /WP:WAWARD)15:38, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The entire article need not be in the same tense. However, some of the wording seems to contradict itself. I have struck a portion of my initial review as I mistyped. The opening line of the introduction is in the future tense, whereas the first sentence of the background section is in the present tense. These seem to contract each other, by stating that a program is both current and future. Please clarify, thanks.Flibirigit (talk)02:07, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Since we are now beyond the "National Signing Day" on February 4, 2026, I think would make this an active program, as opposed to a future program. In that case, then only the 2027 season would need to be in the future tense. Is there anything that could be added to this article with respect to signing day? I foundthis press release, but something independent of the school would be best. Sorry for the delay in the response. I think we are almost there.Flibirigit (talk)21:45, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Moscow Connection: New enough and long enough. QPQ present. The article itself is fine, but the hook leaves me wanting. The article doesn't justify "newfound" enough to warrant its inclusion in the hook, and I do worry that making this statement without attribution isn't possible unless multiple sources, not just Delta FM, do it. Ping me when you respond.Sammi Brie (she/her · t ·c)07:01, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It just sounded better like this. And the word emancipation ("Emancipation") is "the act of freeing from restraints" and is synonymous to "liberation" ([12]), so it implies that the freedom was "newfound". @Sammi Brie: Not sure if the matter is solved, but pinging you anyway. I can reword the hook or find a new one, I'll think about that. --Moscow Connection (talk)08:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that Alexandra Koster of Australia'sSBS likened the camera work inUkraine's Eurovision 2025 performance "Bird of Pray" to having a "schmear of Vaseline"?
@TheNuggeteer: New enough (GA Dec 28), long enough (9400 B), well-sourced (it appears the sources are considered reliable about Eurovision), no copyvio. However, I don't think the hook is acceptable. The source makes the statement about camera work, followed by a statement about the song "Bird of Pray", but it is not written in a way where it makes a connection between the two (i.e. it could have been a general comment about camera work that had been happening across multiple songs, not just this one specific song). As such, I don't think this statement even belongs in the article (same goes for the following statement about the blackouts). A different hook is needed.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)06:51, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vigilantcosmicpenguin: I believe the hook is okay. The mention is placed in the specific section where "Bird of Pray"s performance. Also, you can confirm this by looking at the performance video. If this is still a problem, I could try to find a new hook.🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My"blotter")06:58, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that thenat spiritPyapon Taung Shinma was born through a virgin birth after her mother was bitten by a black ant?Source:Temple, Sir Richard Carnac (1981).မြန်မာ့မိရိုးဖလာဓလေ့ နတ်သမိုင်း: ၃၇ မင်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ကျင့်သုံးသော နတ်ပူဇော်သောဓလေ့များ (in Burmese). Cā pe Mitʻ chve Cā pe. pp. 174–175.သမိုင်းဖြစ်စဉ်မှာ မယ်ဖြူ၏ မိခင်သည်သင်မရှိဘဲ ခါချဉ်အနက်ကိုက်၍ ပဋိသန္ဓေရှိပြီး မယ်ဖြူကိုမွေးဖွားလေသည်။ ပြောင်းပြာရွာအနီးလက်ကောင်း ရွာနေ မောင်ဖြစ်သူက လင်မရှိဘဲ သန္ဓေတည်သည်ကိုရှက်၍ အခေါ်အပြော မရှိ ဖြတ်ထားသည်။ [Translation: In the historical event, Mae Phyu's mother became pregnant after being bitten by a black ant without having a husband, and gave birth to Mae Phyu. Her brother, who lived in the nearby Letkaung village near Pyaung Pya village, was ashamed that she was pregnant without a husband and cut off all communication with her.]
article is new enough (6 days between 28 december and nom on 3 january). article is long enough, exceeds 1,500 characters of prose. hook uses hqrs, not detecting any neutrality, copyvio or a.i. concerns. qpq is done and i thought it was interesting. i might recommend excising or blue-linkingnat, since the sentence structure is a little complicated. happy to pass this.
Plifal, reviews must be signed to be valid. Also, nominatorHteiktinhein has removed "according to legend" from the hook you approved—hooks really should not be changed post-review; if it's important, an ALT hook can be proposed with new/updated wording—so please be sure that this is still a valid hook with those words removed when doing a properly signed updated review below. Thank you.BlueMoonset (talk)15:05, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
i'm sorry i thought i had signed it, total error. i don't have control over the hooks meaningfully changing post review, but given the article currently says, "She was said to have been born" and the hook gives a more definitive claim i'm going to go ahead and say not yet. --Plifal (talk)15:14, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I removed it because she is regarded as a deity rather than a mythical or fictional figure. Official historical records of the nats describe her birth as occurring “in a historical event” (သမိုင်းဖြစ်စဉ်). Therefore, I do not believe the wording is inappropriate. If there are concerns, please feel free to raise them. Thank you.Hteiktinhein (talk)15:43, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hteiktinhein i don't have an issue with either phrasing, but the current hook gives a more definitive statement than the one in the article, if the source is definitive (which the supplied source seems to suggest) i would recommend altering the artcle to remove the above phrase in order to match; then i have no issue in passing. the inclusion of (nat) spirit should be fine to indicate that this is a supernatural phenomenon.--Plifal (talk)08:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I am aware that Cracked.com is listed as generally unreliable perWP:CRACKED, but it is cited in this article for an interview with Mark Rosewater, a designer of theUnsanctioned set. The blog posts from Rosewater himself at Wizards of the Coast can also be used to verify the lead hook. Also was tempted to go with "Alexander Clamilton, a proofreader dragon, and a squirrel commander".
Created byLivelyRatification (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.
Given the nom's explanation (and my familiarity with the game), I am fine accepting the cracked interview as reliable. Article is new enough and passes spotchecks; my concern is about the hooks. I don't think either is particularly interesting; the first one is kind of a plot-summary (seeWP:DYKPLOT) of the game (plus: why should the reader care about minor pun related to Alexander Clamilton's name, and a squirrel? The proofreading dragon is ok-ish, but again, plot...). And the second one is again not very interesting IMHO (and I say this as a MtG player too - I doubt it is more interesting to our average reader who knows nothing about MtG). Now, I think this can be rescued by mixing the claims and stressing how the set contains humorous cards - something like "set contains solely satirical and tongue-in-cheek cards like a proofreading dragon that are illegal in the game's tournaments"? Bonus if you can work "anthropomorphized animals" into the hook, furries tend to draw views, IMHO :) Ping me for ALTs and I'll review them. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here06:29, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to withdraw this nomination, unfortunately. Have been rather busy with work and real-life stuff and the proper hook inspiration has not yet properly struck me :-( --LivelyRatification (talk)03:37, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that Denver'sPopulus hotel became a subject of online and media discussion after some observers compared its facade(pictured) to a "cheese grater"?
Comment:@Pdubs.94: Hi, and welcome to DYK. Not a full review, but your article is good. Just a few suggestions; you can consider copying some info from theWP:LEAD into the article body, and move the references. It would be better if the lead reflects the cited material in the body, instead of using citations in the lead. You can also complete some of the citation furnishing, like putting dates and author's first and last name in the references. Do not worry, the article has got no major problems. Thank you and all the best!M.Billoo03:10, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pdubs.94: Hi. Can you please rework on someWP:INLINE citations? A few paragraphs appear unsourced, and it may be hard for a reviewer to find the exact citation for easilyverifying the prose. If your work is completely based on the references inside the article, then only the references need better sorting ahead of the clause it verifies. Thank you!M.Billoo04:48, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@M.Billoo2000: The original nominator seems to have not edited in about three weeks. I am happy to hop on and assume responsibility for this nom. I have added two citations that seem to resolve the sourcing concerns you raised earlier. Is there anything else that you would like me to handle so that we can get this nom over the finish line? Best, ~Pbritti (talk)16:37, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The name "Aparium Hotel Group" inside the infobox appears unsourced, and it is nowhere mentioned within the article body. However, the Hospitality Net reference seems to confirm this so it can be used as inline citation as well. Should I perform a full review now? Thank you.M.Billoo20:04, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti:Since opening, Populus has received extensive coverage from local, national, and international media outlets, including The Denver Post, Westword, Forbes, Vogue, Time, and The New York Times. This clause may also need inline citations, as well as the justification or maybe repharsing, considering the terms "since opening" and "international media".The Denver Post is only cited here with the date of pre-opening. And as suggested earlier, I think MOS:LEAD can now be made free of many references. Thank you.M.Billoo17:46, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Like the Denver property, the Seattle hotel emphasizes sustainability-oriented design and operations, though it was developed as a distinct project rather than as part of a standardized hotel brand. This may need further clarification because the inline citation has only a passing mention.M.Billoo19:09, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@M.Billoo2000: Yeah, that came across as painfully LLMy. I've rewritten or removed the offending material. Thanks again for taking back up this review and apologies for my late response. Best, ~Pbritti (talk)16:12, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I pulled this hook from queue due to issues related to LLM-generation. The article itself has choppy LLM language, attributing sources when it is unneeded and making vague and exaggerated claims. I checked the four sources in the "Sustainability" section:
The first paragraph is cited tothis Forbes source. The problem in the prose is that it says it as if multiple sources have covered it and said these things; if they have, they need to be cited here, and usually it isn't encyclopedic to say it like that. The verifiability issue comes where it saysCoverage noted that this claim goes beyond the carbon-neutral designations commonly used in the hospitality industry. This is not in the source and makes it fail verification and potentially making it original research.
The second paragraph is a close paraphrase ofthis NYT source.
The Populus’s approach started at construction, witha concrete mix said to emit 30 percent less carbon dioxide than regular concrete.Repurposed elements are heavily relied on, including wood from an already felled cottonwood tree for the reception desk; beetle-kill pine for some walls and bed headboards; and snow fencing from Wyoming as decorative ceiling beams. The 365 glass-fiber-reinforced concrete panels on the hotel’s exterior, inspired by the bark of aspen trees, help keep the building cool in summer and warm in winter.The hotel did not build a parking garage — instead it uses existing lots in the area for valet parking, and encourages public transit for guests.
— Source
According to national reporting, the project useda concrete mix claimed to emit approximately 30 percent less carbon dioxide than conventional concrete and incorporatedrepurposed materials throughout the building. These included wood from an already felled cottonwood tree used for the reception desk, beetle-kill pine for walls and headboards, and reclaimed wooden snow fencing used as decorative ceiling elements.The hotel did not incorporate an on-site parking garage, instead relying on nearby facilities and encouraging public transit use.
— Article
The third paragraph was cited tothis Vogue source which doesn't seem to support any of the information in the paragraph from a cursory read and I replaced it with a cn tag.
The fourth paragraph is cited to the same NYT source, and does seem to check out. It does have the LLM phrasing, however.
Appropriate tags have been added to this section.Pbritti, I think this needs a complete rewrite as the problems are fundamental in the language it uses to run on DYK, if you're still interested in it.HurricaneZetaC02:22, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@HurricaneZeta: As a reviewer, sadly I could not figure out the LLM tone or close paraphrasing, so I am really really sorry for it. Though, the term "cheese grater" is mentioned in some more than three references which may qualifyWP:SIGCOV:
I understand that the article should be rewritten in own wordings, though my intention was INLINE at that time, so I believe the original hook was OK as well. Though, now I have no problem with the ALTs as well being short and to the point. Thank you for highlighting the issue.M.Billoo12:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The term"first" carbon-positive is purely subjective, though the onlycarbon-positive can be a SIGCOV with more three references:[14][15], theForbes one, and theNYT one.M.Billoo12:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@HurricaneZeta andPbritti: Hi again. Please check the article, I have performed some clean ups and rephrasing. Also, here are some other references given above, which can be used in the article if necessary. Hope it is good to go for the DYK. Thank you!M.Billoo03:16, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello@DraconicDark:, this is an exceptionally long article, and apart from my reservations about your hook, I request that another editor should have another look at my review. My basic reservation is the length and detail of this article. While the German version may be of more interest for readers in that language, this English version should be considerably shortened to make it interesting reading for readers outside of Switzerland. My question for another reviewer therefore is: Does this article meet the requirements for DYK? - I have not found any discussion on possibly excluding articles for their length and detail, but IMHO, you would do well in considerably shortening this article. This would increase the chance of readers paying attention to all or most of the text, which after all is our common intention. For this reason, I would also suggest you formulate a more interesting hook. Best regards,Munfarid1 (talk)19:44, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Munfarid1: I have addressed the problem with the length of the hook. I don't see how the wording of the article, hook, and source don't agree, since the hook is summarizing the story of the article, which tracks the story's description in the source, and focusing on any singular aspect of it would sell the story short. I am not against changing the hook if reviewers were to disagree that it's sufficient though. Regarding your other concern: I don't think there is any rule specifying amaximum length for DYK articles, since I have seen some that are pretty long. I disagree that this article would not be interesting to English speakers, since the story of how this happened is inherently interesting, and removing parts of it would make the story incomplete.DraconicDark (talk)20:14, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark: Ok, the hook is shorter now. I am not sure, however, about the wording of the article, hook, and source. The way I understand the term "wording" it does not refer closely enough to your summary in the hook. Your summary expresses the same meaning, but not the wording. - I will leave the decision on this reservation and the interest of the hook to the promoter or another reviewer as the next step in this review process. If the promoter thinks my reservations are not valid for holding back this nomination, I would certainly give it a green light. - As similar questions have occurred in other reviews, I just want to be sure of a second opinion. - Maybe@Narutolovehinata5: who has a lot of experience in these matters can help?Munfarid1 (talk)08:55, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure this could be worked on further, but maybe simplifying the hook to something along the likes of "thata Swiss district's request to change cantons needed to be confirmed by a nationwide referendum?" I know the article says "federal referendum" rather than "nationwide", but for practical purposes they're equivalent, since the main point is that all of Switzerland had to vote and not just the relevant canton.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)15:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@DraconicDark andNarutolovehinata5: Thanks to the quick and helpful reply by Narutolovehinata5, I also think that his wording for another hook is better suited. - As soon as this has been formulated as ALT1, I would be able to give this review the green light.Munfarid1 (talk)17:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Since there has been no response from the nominator, I am formally proposing it here:ALT1 ... thata Swiss district's request to change cantons needed to be confirmed by a nationwide referendum? Looking at the article, the actual case, which involved decades of campaigning, as well as back-and-forths, is very interesting, but it might be too difficult to condense that into a single hook, so this will have to do.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)08:02, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The article's got a couple of URLs that aren't archived. The RCWS is quite new(ish), so there's not a lot of info on it. Also have a suggested image, but can otherwise have another image just in case.
Created byOminae (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.
Not (yet) a review, but as much as I'd really like to see more Philippine representation on DYK, neither hook as currently written seems to meet DYKINT. The first doesn't seem all that surprising, that a country's army would fund the development of a military project? Multiple company biddings are the norm for military projects as well, so ALT1 as currently written is not interesting. I think there might be some potential for a different hook angle if the appropriate context is provided: after all, the Philippine military is notoriously underfunded and underdeveloped, so perhaps a hook that involves that theme in some way might work.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:25, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Only (for now) reason why I advocate for ALT 0 is because it's generally unheard of with the DOST and the PA splitting the funding. Most of the defense hardware acquisitions are done through foreign contracts and the local ones from the Marcos-era SRDP relied on licensed production. Plus, there aren't a lot of local defense companies out there as far as I know that are still alive. Honestly don't have other ideas for ALTs if you're willing to shoot them down. There's BUHAWI too, but that's also another recent example. The other attempts to make local hardware after the downfall of Marcos Sr. didn't do much as private companies didn't get that support from the government, which is why I find it interesting/surprising the government "solely" stepped in.Ominae (talk)04:12, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
IMO, not necessary, though I get the point why you'd say that. I did a DYK nomination for the Counterintelligence Group and it went through. At this point, I'd rather wait for a second opinion. Still have no idea on what kind of DYK question if you've shot them down at least.Ominae (talk)02:55, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Doing an alternate in case another reviewer doesn't like the first one.
@Ominae: Long enough, new enough. QPQ is nowhere near a full review, but seems to have run without issue I'll take it. Earwig is clean. No reason why the article would deserve a maintenance template, though I removed an inappropriate{{opinion}} tag. The problem with ALT2 is that the source attributes and the hook doesn't, and this needs rectifying. You may also wish to suggest anWP:DYKAPRIL hook involving "cobras".--Launchballer22:22, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I love linguistics but I doubt the average reader even knows what a "progressive" (edit: or "aspect") is, making this an overly obscure hook. (t ·c)buIdhe07:52, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Most technical articles are not well suited to DYK. Furthermore, even from a linguistics perspective this mundane example of ongoing language evolution is not really all that noteworthy. (t ·c)buIdhe18:26, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe andJacobTheRox: I agree that the hook as currently written is too specialist or technical. However, there does seem to be something that could be used instead. What about:
While it is still technical (especially with the term "progressive aspect", which to be honest I'd never even heard of before, even as a fluent speaker of English!), it should at least be slightly easier to understand, and there is an aspect about controversy, which might at least be eye-catching. If there is a better way to word the subject in the hook, that would be good too.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@JacobTheRox: Are you able to propose some alternative hooks? The more that are proposed, the more likely it is that at least one of them will be of interest to others.Z1720 (talk)19:39, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT3 ... that despite being "somewhat viewed as standard speech already", the Germanam-progressive is still considered ungrammatical in schools?
Comment: Stand-alone is used to distinguish from the 2-player card game relased at the same time, bundled with the video game and never sold separately. Board game classification is used for card games (which is why they are listed in BGG). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here08:54, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Created byPiotrus (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 578 past nominations.
There are also other issues with the article. For one, it is in dire need of a copyedit, both in terms of grammar, and in terms of moving the footnotes to come after punctuation. There are multiple parts that use parentheticals; those need to be revised to meet encyclopedic standards. Finally, the article is actually lacking in hooky material. Apart fromBuidhe's concerns that the hook is not interesting to a broad audience (which I agree with), the only possible hook I could think of, or at least angle, was something like: "... that a2007 card game set inThe Witcher universe uses screenshots from the video games?", but I'm not sure if that would be considered broadly interesting either.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)13:49, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I figured the article issues may not be an issue with the DYK criteria, but I could be wrong. I agree the second hook doesn't seem to meet the requirements either. (t ·c)buIdhe15:13, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
"Requiring a copyedit" is technically not a DYK requirement, but if an article is in a bad enough state then there is definitely room for improvement. Given the lack of hooky material, regrettably I would not oppose failing this on that ground.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)00:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly disagree that this is not interesting - it's plenty interesting to folks interested in board games, video games, and the very famous Witcher franchise. I can c/e the stops; for grammar I can pingUser:Nihil novi, and I'll also ask folks at WT:DYK, BG and VG to comment on whether there i nothing interesting. I think the main hook is interesting, and the propsed ALT1 above is good too. PS. C/e (punctuation, parenthesis, etc.) done, and more hooks proposed below - although I still think that that the fact that very famous computer video game had a board game promotional companion is interesting in itself. Shrug.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here00:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that a2007 card game set inThe Witcher universe uses screenshots from the video game released at the same time?
ALT2: ... thatThe Witcher: The Adventure Card Game, a marketing tie-in for the first Witcher video game, was the first board game set in the Witcher universe available on the open market?
ALT3: ... thatthe first board game set in the Witcher universe received mixed reviews, unlike its well-received video game counterpart?
Regrettably, I do not see how any of these hooks are interesting to a broad audience. The first two have already been objected to above, the third requires familiarity with The Witcher or being a fan of it. Hooks about works of fiction ideally need to appeal to broad audiences, even non-fans, and I can't see how ALT3 is all that different. Ironically, if it was theother way around (for example, a poorly-received source material resulting in a positively-received adaptation), that would actually be interesting. Bad media based on good media is pretty common, the other-way-around less so and more surprising.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:21, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Coming from WT:DYK, and this stood out to me in the article as hooky:
I am fine with ALT4, although for me it is less good than the others (I did consider it, actually, but did not write it down due to giving what IMHO is undue weight to a single reviewer's wording. But if you like it more, it's fine - it does represent what most reviewers thought, so it is reasonably neutral on second glance. As for translation, Polish word "gniot" can be translated as junk, crap, etc. It's slangish, seehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gniot -> (colloquial) worthless work or object; dross, dreck . PS. And we promoted a similar hook few months ago:Template:Did you know nominations/Fromage (board game). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here01:46, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4 is an interesting hook: colloquial, engagingly ironic, not requiring familiarity with the topic's esoterica.Nihil novi (talk)10:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)Comment movied by Piotrus from article's talk page, courtesy pingUser:Nihil novi[reply]
All presented hooks are interesting enough to be run on the mainpage as they all touch on multiple general topic areas that the subject is part of. 2 peoples personal preferences are again being forced over 5 million main page viewers.--Kevmin§20:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: You marked this as rejected as couple of weeks ago, but I see there has been discussion since then. Do your concerns remain, or is this ready for another review?Z1720 (talk)16:45, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720: (since Buidhe did not). Can we move forward with this? We have only one person doubting that the newest hook is interesting, several people opined positively about it, and I don't think veto is common in DYKs. Do we need a RfC? :D (Also note that other hooks were found interesting too, by more than just myself). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here06:40, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Given that there is consensus (if a loose one) to go with ALT4, I'm open to approving it; however, I've taken a look at the article again and it still needs a copyedit. I'll approve ALT4 once that is done.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)02:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Needs just a bit more work but otherwise looks good. I would also like to see some other hooks based on the song's sporting impact.SounderBruce04:44, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the new hook, but generally, we let the original hooks remain in the nomination, we just propose a new hook later in the nomination. I have restored the original hook and struck it, and am putting the new proposal below:
@Avawatson03: The issue here is that the hook is a "first" hook, and perWP:DYKFIRST, hooks that are about a "first X" need to have exceptionally strong sourcing and ideally a search for counterexamples to prove the firstness. As such, while not outright banned, they are discouraged whenever possible.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)06:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Please note that there isan ongoing AfD discussion regarding this article; my position can probably be implied, but consider !voting there (whichever way you please) instead of reviewing if the AfD is still open.
5x expanded byPbritti (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 92 past nominations.
Comment: if AfD ends in a keep and this nomination remains alive, I suggest saying that the advertisements featuredlive lions, etc. I thought the ads were gonna be akin to LiMu Emu and Doug or something.Roast (talk)01:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'd ask that any potential reviewers wait until 8 February before beginning their review, as I have some cleaning to do following substantial work done on the article while it was at AfD. Best, ~Pbritti (talk)19:02, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Since this was promoted to GA status on January 10 but was nominated until January 20, this is technically ineligible for DYK even taking into account the built-in extension. However, as a first-time author, and 10 days being close enough to nine days, we can probably let it slide.
The main issue at the moment is hook. Isn't that theme about rational characters facing adversary very common and not specific to Wei's work? As currently written, it may not meet DYKINT, so a different angle may be needed here.
Other than that, I did not find any close paraphrasing, and the article is properly sourced and meets DYKCOMPLETE. For now I did not do any of the usual hook checks as I am waiting for alternative hook proposals first. Please ping me once you come up with new hooks. Given that the article is already technically ineligible, this is more at risk of being rejected entirely if new hooks are not provided (since this isn't a case of "the article or nomination is otherwise eligible or close enough").Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)08:21, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Other problems: - I found two sources that were retrieved usingChatGPT. I double-checked that the article does not have anyLLM hallucinations, as this sometimes crops up with LLM use. Conversely, however, this resulted in some instances of close paraphrasing; this is OK forthe US government source that is in the public domain, butthe FCDO source is protected undercrown copyright and may therefore need to be reworded.
ALT0: Can you please provide the relevant quote from the source?
ALT1: The source provided here and in the article are both primary sources. Are there secondary sources for this quote?
ALT2: Two things. The URL suggests that this source was retrieved using ChatGPT. Also, are there any secondary sources? This appears to be a governmental blog.
The current hook is too technical and maynot be easily understood by readers unfamiliar with music theory. How does the following suggestion sound instead?
@Theleekycauldron: I couldn't find interesting contents from Composition nor Critical reception section, but I found that this song was multiply used inThe Voice program, and I think it can be an "interesting" topic.Furthermore, "Good Girl" was performed across several seasons of The Voice, including renditions by Adriana Louise during the third season's Live Rounds,[39] Amber Carrington in her Blind Audition on season four,[40] and Kat Perkins during her Instant Save on season six.[41]Camilasdandelions (✉️)18:27, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Hi there. I'm not familiar with this group but I'm happy to take a look. For starters, you need to update the blurb per MOS standards (i.e. "Aeao" is a song and needs quotes around it, andNBA 2K is a video game franchise that needs italics around it. I initially had no idea what the article was about because of this. Also, I think "composed" would be a better word to use than "created". After reading through the provided source, it seems like an album was created as a result of the collaboration, which included this song. The main blurb suggests (to me) that the collaboration resulted in this song only. The infobox is also missing a lot of info (release date, song length, producer, etc.). With the genre, the only place I'm seeing "hip-hop" isNewsis opined the song as "another modern classic of hip-hop" with Dynamic Duo's Korean style. So shouldn't this beKorean hip-hop? –zmbro(talk) (cont)17:29, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not the main reviewer, but wanted to note my opinion that both hooks don't seem particularly interesting. DYKs are supposed to be like "if you told this to an average person, would they find this interesting over other typical facts in the world"? The facts presented just seem like bits of data that are typical of any other bit of data.grapesurgeon (talk)22:01, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Now that you mention it, I somewhat agree. Thousands of songs have originated from unlikely collaborations and are featured in video games and soundtracks all the time.Grapesurgeon I don't review DYKs often, how should we got about this? –zmbro(talk) (cont)16:21, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Zmbro, as a heads up, some of the things you mention in your review are a bit too detailed for DYK review standards; we don't generally perform a GA-like review of the article's content, we just need to make sure the article is presentable and well-sourced. As for how to deal with the hook issue,@TheNuggeteer: could you come up with one or more alternate hooks?grapesurgeon (talk)16:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Date, QPQ, spotchecks, are good. Hook is fine. What I am somewhat concerned about is size. Yes, it's 500 words of prose, beyond stub, but 2/3 of it is unrefenced plot/contents summary. I am somewhat concerned that this content may not be elibible for size count, although I'll ask atWT:DYK to be sure. If possible, I'd suggest expanding the reception section to more than one-line summary of what did the reviewers say. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here05:41, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your review! I've expanded the article with a background section, bringing it to a total of 4200 characters of prose. The plot/contents section is 1800 bytes, so it meets the DYK length requirement only counting the cited sections. I hope this is acceptable. I could also add citations to the plot summary for the relevant page numbers in the book (WP:PLOTREF states this can be helpful but is not required), though this would take me some time.[[User:Verylongandmemorable]] (talk)05:49, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@A person of sorts andFyyyyn: Well-written, long and new enough article. Few issues should be addressed; i.e. the need of in-line citations. All the references are present within the article, but need some sorting. The facts like the birth date and height appear potentially unsourced, so those need the AVN biography reference ahead. I somehow doubt the reliability of the SCMP reference, which is used thrice here, it potentially violatesWP:V. Can it be replaced with a better source?@TarnishedPath: As for the hooks, I suppose all are very straight-forward, the only interesting part for the reader would be the P word in ALT0 and 2, while the B word in ALT1. To me, ALT1 is preferable. Thank you!M.Billoo10:38, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is, the SCMP one here refers to the "British media", and when you search deep, the references that appear areDaily Star orThe Sun, which further quote the actress from OnlyStans. These both are regarded as fake references. So still I doubtWP:V and reliability.M.Billoo13:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Usually,MOS:LEAD does not require inline references, the links go under the body. Some inline citations still need rework, like the one which proves 350 roles should go ahead of this particular clause, instead of using it ahead of the other clause.M.Billoo13:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@User:M.Billoo2000, it's 1552 characters now, just by adding detail of what she did prior to porn. I'll go through the sources later and look what else is of any significance that can be added. Regarding SCMP, I'll also look at that later.TarnishedPathtalk03:04, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Feels like mostly relying on AVN only may not comply SIGCOV or WP:NACTOR. Plusthe birth year ref is not accessable, and removing the sections do not appear fine. So I request a second opinion for full review, thank you.M.Billoo05:52, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer, if this went to a deletion discussion I would presentthis AVN article and thisthis SCMP article. The SCMP article was removed from the article due to the sentence "According to British media, the actress – real name Kelli-Anne Oxley – attended a strict all-girls Catholic secondary school and initially studied beauty therapy before working in a pharmacy for a stint", which supported some stuff about her in the article (namely her real name). The article was also used to support her DOB. While searching indicates that "British media" likely refers to The Sun and The Mirror, most of the stuff in the article isWP:V by other reliable sources, i.e., AVN. I would therefore classify the SCMP article as being a RS that has SIGCOV. That's aWP:GNG pass to me. I could also spin a forcedWP:ANYBIO argument given the AVN/PornHub/XBIZ/etc awards.TarnishedPathtalk11:52, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Unlike many others, Mitchell had the resources to afford the health insurance and related expenses for medicines that, at the time he launched his campaign in 2016, cost about $440,000 a year. Yet he shared the outrage many Americans felt about price tags and was itching to push back on industry explanations that high prices pay for needed cures.
“I want to tell the drug companies that it’s time for patients to say we’re not going to be frightened any longer by your threats not to give us drugs we need if we don’t pay prices you demand,” he told me back then."
“It’s like extortion. It’s no different than Tony Soprano walking into a store and saying, ‘Someone may get hurt if you don’t give us the money.’ We believe there is plenty of money in the system to get money to your shareholders and still get the research and development done.”"Stat News
comment: you should put quotation marks around the Tony Soprano part. You should also further fill out the infobox. Will review if one doesn't happen for a few days.Roast (talk)15:10, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... thatKenichi Ishikura, the director ofSakura Trick'sanime adaptation, was requested by the originalmanga author to include at least one kissing scene per episode?
Source:[AniFav] - 石倉：そうですね。またキスシーンを1エピソードにつき最低1回は入れるというのは、原作のタチ先生からのオーダーでもありました。Translation: "Ishikura: Yes, that’s right. Including at least one kissing scene per episode was also a request from Tachi-sensei, the original author."
ALT1: ... thatKenichi Ishikura, the director ofSakura Trick'sanime adaptation, askedvoice actors to perform kissing scenes during the audition?Source:[AniFav] - 石倉：そうですね。この部分をナシにしてはこの作品をアニメにする意味がないというくらい重要な要素だと思っています。なのでオーディションでもしっかりと、キスシーンの演技テストを行っていました。Translation: "Ishikura: Yes, that’s right. I consider this such an important element that, without it, there would be no point in adapting this work into an anime. So even at the auditions, we properly conducted acting tests for the kissing scenes."
ALT2: ... thatKenichi Ishikura, the director ofSakura Trick'sanime adaptation, insisted that none of its kissing scenes reuseanimation frames, despite their frequent appearance?Source:[AniFav] - 石倉：[...] 大切にしているシーンですから、似たアングルのものであっても毎回きちんと描きおろしているんですよ。使いまわしどころか、むしろ通常のシーンよりもかなり多い作画枚数を使って動かしているくらい。Translation: "Ishikura: [...] Because these are scenes we really value, even when the angle is similar, we make sure to redraw them properly every time. Far from reusing footage, we actually animate them using far more drawings than we do for normal scenes."
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Comment: This is my first DYK nom, any feedback is sincerely appreciated.
Improved to Good Article status byCrestfalling (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Thanks for bringing this to GA, and welcome to DYK. I've just done a spot check, and at the very least the article was promoted to GA on time. I plan to do a full review of this within the next few days.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:36, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The article was promoted to GA status the day before the nomination, and I did not find any close paraphrasing (the Earwig yellow hit is a false positive that copied from Wikipedia). No QPQ needed for a first-time nominator. I like the first hook the most, but recent DYK practice has been to avoid adding too many blue links to the hook in order to encourage DYK readers to click on the main link instead of being diverted away. The hook is cited inline and verified. I will approve this once the hooks are adjusted according to the above advice: if you are unsure on how to do it, you can ask another DYK editor for help.
Finally, while this is not a DYK issue per-se and thus does not affect this nomination's approval, I do think that the lede and manga development could be expanded further. The lede says nothing about the manga's development, and it also does not mention other aspects like the anime casting or music (a GA lede ideally should summarize most if not all of the article). If you can add that to the lede, and perhaps expand the development section to include more about the manga, that would help the article. Again, these comments are independent of the DYK review and I will approve this regardless of whether or not that is done, this is more of extra feedback.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:11, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How aboutALT0a: ... that the director ofSakura Trick'sanime adaptation was requested by the original author to include at least one kissing scene per episode?
Regarding the rest of the article, I appreciate the feedback. Unfortunately, the manga was never very popular (as evidenced by it not receiving an English-language release, which would be quite rare nowadays for a work that received an anime adaptation). As such, despite several hours of searching through the Japanese-language web, I wasn't able to find any information about the manga's production. Regarding the lede, my understanding (but of course, I'm still quite new to this, so I might not fully get it yet) is that it's meant to summarize the article succinctly; since the sections for the casting and music are already very short, it's a bit hard to summarize it further. However, if you feel that it'd be a good addition, I'm definitely open to adding it. Thanks,Crestfalling (talk/contribs)21:03, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... thata visual novel set in Taiwan in 2024 is produced by a Hong Konger?
Source:https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "特別我是香港人，從外地人的眼光來看待台灣，可以找到很多本地人已經習慣，但外地人覺得有趣的地方。", translation: "Especially since I'm from Hong Kong, looking at Taiwan from an outsider's perspective, I can find many things that locals are used to but outsiders find interesting."
ALT1: ... thata visual novel released in 2024 has its own theme song?Source:https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "聽說這次還特地製作主題曲，也是受到台灣文化影響嗎？蕭：是的。", translation: "Q: I heard that a theme song was specially created for this project. Was it influenced by Taiwanese culture? A: Yes."
ALT2: ... thatan adult visual novel released in 2024 is set in Taiwan?Source:https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "本作正如其名，是以台灣為背景，借鏡 90 年代偶像劇風格的環島尋愛故事。", translation: "As its name suggests, this work is set in Taiwan and is a love story that takes inspiration from 1990s idol dramas."
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Comment: I have thought of some other hooks, but I'm not very sure.
Created bySaimmx (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
To be honest, I think the first hook is the only one that feels somewhat interesting, but it's not fleshed out enough. Consider expanding that factoid -Cukie Gherkin (talk)00:15, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Saimxx: This is not a review, but I'm not sure if the current article title is even allowed perMOS:TITLE; generally speaking, stylistic characters are avoided in article titles (they are allowed in the lead), and I'm not sure if superscripted numbers or text are included in that.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:29, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: I have wondered once, but the "stylistic" part ofFifth power (⁵) appeared almost everywhere when mentioning the game, including reliable sources - not only theofficial website andSteam, but alsoUDN,gamer.com andvndb. I can't find any reason to change the fifth power mark in terms of reliable sources. I will say that in Chinese Wikipedia, where the original article comes from,stylistic characters are preferable (条目名称应尽可能使用拉丁字母，对于非拉丁字母的语言应使用拉丁字母转写...如有充足的中文来源描述条目主题，应使用这些来源中的写法；即使这种写法不符合上述关于罗马化的规定，也应采用。, see alsozh:WP:COMMONNAME), but I am not sure ifMOS:TITLE here is more preferable than reliable sources' coverage. --Saimmx (talk)05:14, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It might be worth bringing up at the relevant talk page, or perhaps you can start a requested move discussion and see where it goes. For what it's worth, the Chinese and English Wikipedias have different guidelines and standards, so what applies there may not necessarily apply here (and vice-versa). I do remember though that one of the MOSes outright included superscript and subscript titles as examples of stylizations to avoid.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)05:25, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have a question - By your understanding ofMOS:TE, do you believe thatRanma ½ should be "Ranma 1/2" (or "Ranma half", rather)? And how aboutDNA²? Should the work be "DNA 2" or "DNA2" as well? I wonder the reason why no one mentioned those names. --Saimmx (talk)15:28, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that it took eight and a half years to design abathroom restroom fora New York City park(pictured)?Source: Trager, Cara S. (February 16, 2015). "Lost in green space: Long-promised park improvements still remain undone". Crain's New York Business. Vol. 31, no. 7. p. 3. "After nearly eight and a half years, for example, the design phase of the bathroom on the Aqueduct Walk on Aqueduct Avenue East at 182nd Street was finally completed in January."
I'm not going to formally review this (I have a little bit of a COI, having worked on the map and a little image tweaking), but I do want to suggest that the photo chosen isn't going to be a great image at the MP size.File:NYC Parks Bronx Aqueduct Walk IMG 5076 HLG.jpg (which I've re-uploaded with a tighter crop) is a simpler composition and would work better.RoySmith(talk)12:51, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: The article was expanded more than fivefold on January 9, nominated within seven days, and has since achieved GA status. Length and sourcing are adequate. The article is neutral in tone and no plagiarism was detected. All of the proposed hooks are interesting. ALT0 states "decades", and the corresponding prose states the Aqueduct Walk became a City Park in 1940, and that Edgar Allan Poe frequently walked along it in the 1840s, which would be nearly a century. Decades is still technically correct, but almost a century might be more accurate. ALT1 uses the word "bathroom", but the corresponding prose uses "restroom". The prose is also inconsistent in usage of bathroom/restroom. More consistency is suggested, since these English language variants might come up at errors. For ALT2, please clarify which sentence in the article supports the hook. In the "Conversion into park" section, the closest wording I find is "since the right-of-way still carried an active water line". For ALT3, which sentence(s) specify that the old Croten Aqueduct was the city's original/first aqueduct? For ALT4, which sentence(s) specify that it was the Bronx'sfirst New York City scenic landmark? All images used in the article have a public domain license on the Commons. Any of the nominated images could be used and would enhance a hook. The QPQ requirement is complete. Overall the article is in good condition with only minor clarifications needed for hooks ALT1, ALT2, ALT3, and ALT4. Tentatively approving ALT0. Best wishes.Flibirigit (talk)02:36, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
For ALT1, bathroom and restroom are synonymous; I doubt that such a minor deviation would be ERRORS-worthy, but I have made it consistent nonetheless.
For ALT2, the LPC says that "The public walkway is on top of the Old Croton Aqueduct, an engineering marvel constructed in 1842 which brought the first direct supply of water to New York City. Almost immediately after its completion, the trail of the aqueduct became a beloved open space for New Yorkers. In 1930, it came under the control of the New York City Parks Department, which created and has maintained it as a public park." and that "the Old Croton Aqueduct stayed in service alongside the New Croton Aqueduct until 1955" (p. 5) But I don't know if it verifies thatthis section of the aqueduct was active until 1955 (it was, but it might be considered synthesis to use the sources for the aqueduct on the park's article).
For ALT3, "an engineering marvel constructed in 1842 which brought the first direct supply of water to New York City" (p. 5; above). The text in the article is "The aqueduct opened in 1842, supplying fresh water to New York City;[7][8] it was the city's first direct freshwater supply.[6][27]"
For ALT4, "The Aqueduct walk is the first scenic landmark in the Bronx, and the twelfth scenic landmark citywide. The announcement of the designation of the Aqueduct Walk also marked the 50th anniversary of the designation of Central Park as the first scenic landmark in 1974." The text in the article is "Aqueduct Walk was designated as the Bronx's first official scenic landmark on April 16, 2024, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Central Park becoming the city's first-ever scenic landmark.[5][27]"Epicgenius (talk)00:29, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that during her solo shows,Annie Stainer "would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings"?
Source: "At childhood ballet classes, Annie had been reprimanded for her “broken arms” – this physical attribute would later become a feature of her celebrated solo shows. She would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings. This skill for physical shapeshifting was strengthened by her studies in dance in 1968 at the London School of Contemporary Dance and in mime with Etienne Decroux in Paris (1970-71), and complemented by an innate talent for storytelling, which helped establish her as a spellbinding performer"The Guardian
... that inAgnes Borinsky's queer interpretation of the bible'sSong of Songs, audience members placed offerings on a "shrine to the dead"?Source: "A few sheets of colored tissue paper, weighted down by a trinket to keep them from fluttering off. This is what audience members find on their seats upon arrival at “A Song of Songs,” Agnes Borinsky’s new theater piece inspired by the biblical Song of Songs, and it’s something of a puzzle. What to do with them? The answer comes at the top of the show, when Borinsky — one of a cast of three in this production, staged in a former Roman Catholic church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — mimes instructions to us for a quick craft project. Following along, we form our sheaves into simple offerings for the altar in front of us. Then row by row, we walk up and place them there, in a shrine to the dead."https://web.archive.org/web/20241122063448/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/theater/review-a-song-of-songs.html
... that In some herd studies, nearly half of thecows that died did so within the first month after giving birth, often with a large share in just the first few days?
Comment:@SeldomSeldom: Hi. Welcome to the DYK, thank you for your contributions. You have created a page from multiple study papers, that is good. I will be reviewing your article within a week, currently I am providing short comments only. This is a new enough article and nominated two days after creation, and it requires to bede-orphaned. Earwig copyvio tool shows 0.0%, and QPQ is not required. Hook seems interesting but needs to be rephrased for easy understanding otherwise it may appear confusing; although it is sourced. Thank you and all the best!M.Billoo09:47, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@SeldomSeldom: I was just wondering that the citation and hook you used here are nowhere in the main page. Can you please look into this? Is your page really complete, or is there more to add? Some of your points/clauses appear potentially unsourced; if you believe your page depends upons the references you have used, then please re-order the references ahead of each clause/sentence it supports as per theWP:INLINE citations. Thank you!M.Billoo02:36, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @M. Billoo, thank you for bringing up this issue. When creating the article, I compiled a list of links I might be able use, and ended up not using the (sciencedirect) one during drafting. However, it seems like I forgot which ones WERE used, and deduced that this might be a cool nomination. I will review my article and fit relevant info, using this link and relevant external info. Also, is there a deadline to get to final stages of this process? Thanks for the heads up!
@M.Billoo2000:, thanks for the feedback. I’ve now added the ScienceDirect reference, The page (should) now be complete and properly sourced. Any other steps before final submission?SeldomSeldom
Comment: There was Rio one that happened later in that year (July). Despite being more than 168 hours after the article was created, it was "expanded" (final translation) by Questionadora ávida, so I hope this counts.
Created byQuestionadora ávida (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Article long enough, created within the window (nominated on 24 Jan, which is the seventh day from its creation on 17 Jan -- I don't think we usually split hairs about the hours), fully cited and generally in good shape. QPQ not required.The image is a bit of a problem: it'sPublic Domain in Brazil, but also needs to be PD in the United States for us to host it on Commons: unless someone has explicitly released the rights to it, it almost certainly isn't. You could upload a local version to Wikipedia to solve this. However, I would suggest running any hook without this particular picture, which doesn't display well at small scale.
I'm not convinced that the current hooks passWP:DYKINT: surely the first Pride parade in Brazil had to happensomewhere, so why is it interesting that it happenedhere? I must admit I'm struggling to find good alternatives in the article, but am happy to help workshop them.UndercoverClassicistT·C15:20, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Looking through the article here, I have to agree. The "first" hooks both need strong sourcing perWP:DYKHOOKCITE, while the article is currently lacking in usable hooky material. Maybe if the article is expanded further, more hooks could be suggested.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:09, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
A curiosity could be that it used the acronym GLT in 1995, which is a uncommon term still currently. And that it was changed to just diversity. There are other pictures from Commons.Abesca (talk)18:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There might be something in the "Diversity" name change -- do we have any idea why they made this change? Does the event now encompass more communities than "just" LGBT+?UndercoverClassicistT·C19:22, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that in the 1970s,Walter Steding became known for his electric violin which he played while wearing flashing goggles "synced" to his brainwaves?
Source: "He was interested in “the aesthetics of sound,” as he put it, and had been experimenting with an electric violin, a synthesizer he built himself and an EEG machine, which measured his brainwaves. With these accouterments, and no musical training, he turned himself into an otherworldly one-man band.
He began performing at various happenings in galleries around the city, using his violin to make weird keening and wheezing sounds, while wearing a biofeedback device strapped to his belt and sporting a pair of flashing goggles that he said were synced to his brainwaves.He was interested in “the aesthetics of sound,” as he put it, and had been experimenting with an electric violin, a synthesizer he built himself and an EEG machine, which measured his brainwaves. With these accouterments, and no musical training, he turned himself into an otherworldly one-man band.
He began performing at various happenings in galleries around the city, using his violin to make weird keening and wheezing sounds, while wearing a biofeedback device strapped to his belt and sporting a pair of flashing goggles that he said were synced to his brainwaves."NY Times
Source: "Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s Maga hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the US president’s threat to seize the frozen territory."[20]
... that "Nun ruhen alle Wälder", a 1647 song thatCatherine Winkworth translated as "Now all the woods are sleeping", is part of Protestant hymnals and of songbooks?Source: several
Comment: open to ideas - it's to a famous melody that Bach used a lot, and entered the Catholic hymnal late, and one stanza became an evening prayer for children
Created byGerda Arendt (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 2170 past nominations.
He didn't callthe song stupid. It was one line "es schläft die ganze Welt" (the whole world is sleeping") which he - as others from the "enlightened" period - saw in conflict to knowing that the world was round and "sleeping" at different times, if "sleping" at all. I would not build a hook on one personal view (however important that person is) which shows that one person's limited access to poetic freedom. All ALTs don't provide an idea what the topic is about, besides "a song". Can you saypositively what isspecial aboutthis song? Perhaps listen? --Gerda Arendt (talk)08:42, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Te special thing about the song is that it isnot the typical hymn, and therefore made it to very secular German songbooks (but these are not known in English) and it made it - late, very late - even to the Catholic hymnal ;9 - and all the editors who included it in their many and very different collections didn't think it was stupid ;) - Providing the translation gives an easy-to-see explanation for the so-called stupidity: woods are not "sleeping", nor "resting", as a more literal translation would say. --Gerda Arendt (talk)08:58, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Adjusting the hook then, although the article will need to be adjusted accordingly based on what you said:
Personally, do not think that a song entering a hymnal is by itself interesting to a broad audience, and I imagine reviewers would agree with that assessment. Finally, you keep saying you are open to ideas in your nominations, but when other editors do suggest hook ideas or angles, you tend to object to them anyway.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:08, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
We had an edit conflict. I wrote (in explanation, not as a response), but it is a response:
In German, what the King wrote is given word for word: "„Ein jeder kann bei Mir glauben, was er will, wenn er nur ehrlich ist. Was die Gesangbücher angeht, so stehet einem jedem frey zu singen: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, oder dergleichen dummes und thörichtes Zeug mehr. Aber die Priester müssen die Toleranz nicht vergessen, denn ihnen wird keine Verfolgung gestattet werden.“ , my version of the passage in question: "... everybody is free to sing "Nun ruhen alle Wälder", or similar stupid and nonsense stuff ...". Deepl says "silly and foolish". PerhapsMoonraker can give us a better idiomatic translation (perhaps worthy to enter the article)?
So, no, he didn't call one line so, but used that one title as an example for a group, whether we say stupid, silly, fooish or nonsense. Whatever (and it feels like I said this hundred times): I don't ever want to introduce a subject by only something negative. Have you listened? --Gerda Arendt (talk)09:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You said you will never introduce that kind of hook, and that's fine. You are free to suggest the hooks you want, and others are free to chime in with their own ideas. In any case, it is still the reviewer who will ultimately decide on a hook, whether it is your wording or another editor's proposal.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:38, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
"Nun ruhen alle Wälder" is so lovely, I can't go along with the thought. But fordummes und thörichtes I like "stupid and foolish" better, as "silly" is more shouty. Fordergleichen, how about a plainer "such" or "suchlike"?Moonraker (talk)09:43, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Narutolovehinata5, I know you believe that reviewers decide on hooks. As I understand it, they can only rule out a hook if it is somehow against policy. They do not get to insist on new ones they like better.Moonraker (talk)09:51, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I proposed a hook, so I cannot review the nomination. Yes, hooks can be ruled out if they do not meet guidelines, andWP:DYKINT (interestingness to a broad audience) is one of them. If a hook is thought not to be interesting enough, such hooks can be rejected.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)10:01, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The song has proved enduring (despite what the King said) and endearing (as Moonraker said), and to only quote the King is misleading, and we should perhaps have a guideline to avoidthat, if you ask me. I see that quite generally, something negative causes more interest, but it's still not my way. --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:15, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda, what you are trying to do with ALT1 is great, but I want to see it combined with ALT2. Let me think about how to best do this.Viriditas (talk)22:07, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps something likeALT4: ... that in asong by Paul Gerhardt, the whole world is said to be asleep at the same time, an idea Frederick the Great mocked during the Enlightenment?
(edit conflict, the following was written when it still said "claimed") :: Thank you for thinking, but I don't think that our "general reader" knows that King without a link, nor the meaning of Enlightenment without a link, and the key thing - that this old song is still "alive" inspite of some King's mocking - is not obvious at all. Also, even someone not reading German can guess the rhythm of the song from the title, which gets lost when piped. Also, I don't think that a poetic phrase is best described as a "claim"; - imagine if later poetry was taken literally ... Food for thought, in case you want to think further.
After edit conflict: I need sleep now. The phrase didn't mean "the world ... at the same time", but "the world around the person reflecting", - why should we focus on a misunderstanding? --Gerda Arendt (talk)23:23, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
More openness in suggested hook wordings, or at least flexibility in accepting suggestions instead of being rigid on what exact wordings and facts you want to see, would help your nominations be approved faster. ALT4 is a fine hook to me, and if you can agree to that wording, this should breeze through review.@Viriditas: To clarify, has the discrepancy between the article and the source been addressed already?Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:54, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your thoughts. I am open toadversarial collaboration, provided both parties are working in good faith towards the same outcome. Working styles vary, which is where the friction often arises. I'm less interested in how we get from A to B, just as long as we get there. For others, they are only concerned about those precise steps, not the destination itself, and I think that's a particular concern of Gerda's. She wants to get to B a certain way, and that's fine. My presentation of ALT4 wasn't "this is it", but more of "can you build on this and improve it?" I don't think Gerda likes that approach, so I might have to tailor my response in the future.Viriditas (talk)09:25, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I am open to thoughtful exchange, and there's no rush for this song. (We are not going for a 300th anniversary as forEaster Oratorio. Let readers wonder why that will probably be posted for the piece's 301st anniversary.) The career of this song was roughly as follows:
17th century: an evening song is written, from the perspective of a childlike person, mixing observations and reflection, successful in many hymnals.
18th century: the song gets ridiculed because the observations are read as if they were science, and the "foolish" song gets barely tolerated.
19th century: the song gets translated into English, matching romantic and spiritual interests.
20th century: the song gets interesting even for secular collections, as in the right mood for folk singing, making it popular.
21st century: the song finally enters a Catholic hymnal (which is an almost quirky final twist).
This is an unusual career, and if it was about a living person, we would not want to stay withonly a negative aspect, and I am willing to argue against doing so for however long it may take, for this topic and others.
I am open to variants from the "career" that don't give that King the only or the last word ;)
I could translation of the part of "Satan devouring" quoted in the famous (at least in Germany famous) novel (which will also have offended the Enlightenment period), but am afraid that it would become the new "only negative" focus. --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:58, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking just from a RPOV (reader POV), I don't like reading both German and English in a hook that is supposed to be terse and succinct; anywhere else, I have no problem. So I recommend folding the two into an English title like this: "... that asong originally regarded as foolish by Frederick the Great later became acceptable to the German Catholic hymnal in 2013?" You don't have to do itlike that. My point is that you should do it in a similar way. As for that specific hook, I can envision several additional variations. Also, have you checked to make sure the claim about the eighth stanza matches the so-called prayer? I think they may be out of sync.Viriditas (talk)21:59, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am a friend of original unpiped names (of people and things), and of also something transporting the meaning in English, quite generally so, but specifically in this case, where the sleeping or resting of forestsexplains why some may think "foolish". I still don't think readers will know Frederick the Great (having been told that they will not know Verdi and Puccini), but may know Prussia, and that Prussia belongs to a former time. I don't see how "originally" matches Frederick when it's about hundred years later than when the song was written. ALT5 is a compromise, because I wouldn't mention Frederick at all. We could keep this simple, and let readers decide if they think the content is foolish or not:
Regarding the prayer, I numbered the verses to make sure it's the right one, the one that ends with the angels singing that this child may be safe ("unverletzlich": Deepl gives me "inviolable" which I never heard, or "invulnerable"). It's a rare word in German already, "unverwundbar" = "invulnerable" would be more common, but "Verletzung" has more of a double meaning of both "injury" and "infringement". --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:50, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If we are looking for a terse hook, wouldn't a simplified version of ALT4 also work? I don't think that a general reader would find a German song being translated to English by itself would be interesting. I also don't think that just being added to a hymnal by itself is interesting without additional context (for example, if the song was once controversial for other reasons). The Frederick the Great angle seems to be the best option here, and ideally the best hook here would be one that focuses solely on that aspect, instead of adding extra unnecessary details.@Viriditas: if you don't mind, maybe you can also elaborate more on the "think of the general reader" aspect here? Any hook needs to focus on that, after all.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)23:29, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am referring toreadability in general. We should emphasize the familiar, a "German song" or equivalent, instead of the unfamiliar, "Nun ruhen alle Wälder" ('Now all the woods are sleeping')". The other way to approach this is to move the unfamiliar info to the end of the hook.Viriditas (talk)23:36, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm however not convinced that a general reader would find the translated title angle interesting. I'm also still lost as to why the German title must be included when the hook works without it being mentioned by name.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)23:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't link the non-article link in the beginning, as that will steal visits away from the main link. And I wouldn't focus on just the negative aspect, as Gerda has already stated is her preference. We should try to tailor new hooks to what the original nominator prefers.Viriditas (talk)01:16, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
While we should try to accommodate nominators' wishes whenever possible, there are times when doing so would be counterproductive, such as them preferring a hook angle that fails interestingness guidelines or other issues. Hopefully we can reach a compromise on this, as it is still a pretty interesting song based on the article.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:23, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Viriditas: Throwing some more ideas here. For meeting in the middle, ALT4b is one option, since it mentioned the adding to the Catholic hymnal fact which she liked. On the other hand, we could also try something like:
ALT5a ... that "Nun ruhen alle Wälder", a 1647 Paul Gerhardt song translated to English byCatherine Winkworth, was once mocked as foolish by Frederick the Great?
ALT5b ... thatCatherine Winkworth translated "Nun ruhen alle Wälder", a 1647 Paul Gerhardt song once mocked as foolish by Frederick the Great, to English under the title "Now all the woods are sleeping"?
Perhaps there could be other phrasings, but trying to reach a compromise here. I'm open to hearing other suggestions, or even a different hook angle if necessary. ALT5b is over 193 characters, but it's difficult to write a hook that mentions both the German title (which Gerda wants mentioned), and the Frederick the Great aspect.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:29, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for thinking while I slept. How is this (because of the chronological order, and why "once"):
QPQs good. Lecomte is long enough and new enough and its Earwig is clean. I gave it a copyedit and removedsome surplus sections but I see no other blockers. I'll take the Grand Council article later, though I'll say now that ALT0 has aWP:SEAOFBLUE issue (I could probably approveALT0a: ... thatGrand Councillor of French Equatorial Africa and Catholic missionaryCharles Lecomte renounced priesthood after being asked to leave theVicariate of Brazzaville? but am all ears for other suggestions) and that I'll probably need a quote from the source if I can't find it in the Grand Council article. Also, why Vicariate rather than Archdiocese?--Launchballer23:25, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Soman: Very sorry for the delay in reviewing the (long and new enough) Grand Council article. What kept me is that this deserves{{copyedit}} and{{overly detailed}} (and less critically{{lead too short}}), and I've tried several times to sort it out myself but kept giving up towards the end of "First elections...". Please ping me when you've rectified these.--Launchballer06:18, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Where do I even start here. The hook idea here isn't cited or mentioned in the article whatsoever, which would make this hook misleading for guiding readers to a page that doesn't discuss this at all. As far as I am aware, this is an immediate failure. The article isn't neutrally worded at all; just in the lead alone, we have "It was amplified at the beginning of January 2026 when Grammy nominated Rapper, Fetty Wap’s publicist, Abesi PR posted “2016 is back.” Days later Fetty Wap re-emerged in New York after a three years hiatus. Tik Tok users instantly began posting 2026 is really 2016. TikTok did an instant reset to 2016. Almost overnight, TikTok began to sound and feel like a throwback 2016 reel". Confusing and unencyclopedic, especially that last sentence. The article citesHello! Magazine, which if my source reliability highlighter script is to be believed, is not a reliable source (though I can't find an entry for it onWP:RSP). The image in the article doesn't seem to be relevant to the text really at all (seeWP:IMAGEREL). The phrase "described the year as "golden" in her posts" doesn't have a source at the end of it and is also grammatically incorrect considering that it refers to multiple people. I also don't think that the hook used here, even if itwere cited in the article, is that interesting of a fact. This should not appear on the main page.λNegativeMP100:28, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I do apologize if my review was too harsh, but I'm still not fully sure this should be on DYK. There would have to be an article copyedit, new hooks proposed, source revising... at what point does a nomination fail normally?λNegativeMP117:14, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @NegativeMP1, sorry for the delay. I removed the paragraph aboutFetty Wap andTikTok (1) because it did not have a reliable source, and the statement that someone "described the year as golden in her posts" also lacked a reference, which I have now corrected. I verified this here (2) citedHello! Magazine, a notable source used in other articles. The image I added in the "Origin and spread" section is relevant because it visually illustrate the use of 2016-style. I also included some images to give extra context. There's any fixes or recommendations that need to address? Thank you!AdobongPogimasarap 🍛02:32, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source:Harris, Robert (1993).A Patriot Press: National Politics and the London Press in the 1740s. Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0198203780.
"Another form of support for the Hanoverian regime that was widely reported was the enthusiastic reception that greeted Cumberland's army on its march northwards. A vast array of paragraphs and private letters described instances of two outstanding features of the popular reaction to the army's presence: the billeting of soldiers in private houses at the express request of the inhabitants of a particular town; and the provision of horses to speed up the progress of Cumberland's forces. On 26 December, for example, the St James's Evening Post printed a paragraph that reported that the Tory MP Sir Lister Holt had sent 250 horses from his estate at Acton Hall near Birmingham to Coventry to expedite the movement of Cumberland's army to Chester. Holt, it is worth noting, was to play a prominent part in the crypto-Jacobite demonstrations at the Lichfield races two years later. "
@Ruby2010: imo hook is not particularly interesting; horses were sent for a military thing, could be said of countless military engagements in history. Could you come up with alternate hooks?grapesurgeon (talk)16:11, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that before his death,Sir Lister Holte suffered fromdropsy where "his legs, thighs and every surface of his body greatly swelled and distended with water"?
@Ruby2010: Ehh I think just a bit graphic but not like particularly interesting. Many good hooks withhold some context or information to get readers to want to click the article. But in that hook, there's no withheld information, we just hear that a guy died to a messy disease, that's pretty much all there is to know about that. The article has a whole long section about a messy inheritance dispute; maybe you can make a hook about that?grapesurgeon (talk)00:56, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... thatSir Lister Holte's will inexplicably disinherited his only brother's only child?
Mmmm still needs work :( bit of a "show not tell" situation going on with "inexplicably", and it's not really uncommon for people to remove extended family from will. There's not really a twist waiting either, when you read the article that's all the info that's there about the niece. The goal is to lure them in to want more context or info; giving them everything up front doesn't do anything.grapesurgeon (talk)01:56, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that Freddie Kuh opened a nightclub inside ofa fire-damaged spaghetti factory in San Francisco to store his Victorian furniture collection?
Source:SFGateEnamored of virtually everything Victorian, he gradually filled the flat with huge, overstuffed pieces of furniture, statuary, draperies, baubles, gewgaws and knickknacks,Finally, Fred's friends [...] told him that he either had to get a bigger place, stop going to Butterfield's or open a nightclub. So he opened a nightclub."The SemaphoreA fire gutted it on January 15, 1954 and Freddy Kuh entered the scene. Fie renovated the building and opened the Old Spaghetti Factory Cafe & Excelsior Coffee House in 1956
ALT1: ... that theOld Spaghetti Factory Cafe preventeda competitor from opening a Bay Area location for decades?Source:newspapers.comKuh said Dussin bought the rights to the name 20 years ago, but wasn't allowed to open a Bay Area restaurant until Kuh closed his.
ALT2: ... that whena nightclub run out of an old spaghetti factory in San Francisco was shut down for fire code violations, a troupe offlamenco dancers collected signatures in protest?Source:newspapers.comThe Spaghetti Factory is in a three-story frame building and as such, the city says, can't have entertainment unless the building is completely fireproofed., then laterFOR THE PAST WEEK OR SO, the flamenco company, the last attraction to appear in the Spaghetti Factory's front parlor, has been collecting the signatures on the petition.
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Comment: DYKcheck says 2414 characters on January 4th, then expansion began on January 17th to a current 13313 characters as of the 20th. Please let me know if there's any issues with this calculation/eligibility.
5x expanded byScalarFactor (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Source: "The first stage version was an adaptation of Rose’s television script by Sherman L. Sergel, one of the many members of his family who wrote for the Dramatic Publishing Company, which specialized in adapting for the stage works that in most cases had been initially written for other media." Price, Steven (2017). "Commentary".Twelve Angry Men. By Rose, Reginald. Methuen Drama
"sold the stage rights to "Twelve Angry Men" to Dramatic Publishing Company, a Chicago- based publisher owned by the Sergel family." Rosenzweig, Phil. “A Life on Stage.” In Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men, 1st ed., 193–207. Fordham University Press, 2021
Is it more interesting if it's "written" instead of "created"? My thinking is that family businesses do a lot of things but playwriting is pretty unusual. What about something like this? (not naming/linking to Reginald Rose because there's a maintenance template there)—BrechtBro(talk)16:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that the writer ofTwelve Angry Men didn't think there was a stage market and sold the rights toadapt it for theater to a family business?
Mm... Tbh I still think similar issue in the alt. I flipped through article and can't come up with anything. Sorry for the burden, but can you research up something else possibly?grapesurgeon (talk)17:03, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "This is one explanation for the Sergel adaptation’s continuing popularity, but another is that the rights owners were willing to countenance additional changes that the original author could not accept. [...] The Dramatic Publishing Company was able to meet the problem of the gender imbalance in the original by licensing alternative texts and productions: those wishing to mount productions could now obtain Twelve Angry Women (published in 1983), or combine the two versions to create Twelve Angry Jurors. Rose, however, was unwilling to allow his original text to be altered in this way" Price, Steven (2017)
Could you instead maybe focus in on the "Twelve Angry Women" bit and drop mention of family business? "Twelve Angry Men" is a really well known title in Western culture so that may turn heads.grapesurgeon (talk)00:35, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT3: ... that the playTwelve Angry Women exists because Reginald Rose had sold the rights toTwelve Angry Men in 1955 to a family business willing to make changes to the characters that Rose refused to?
Mmmm still a little skeptical. I think it does take up a bit of space; hooks are supposed to be as snappy as possible. And honestly, without people being intimately familiar with showbiz, people are unlikely to know that family businesses are uncommon in showbiz (esp with the barrier in time; things may have been different in the 1950s, idk). I consider myself reasonably well rounded but I wouldn't know that. And even if I did know that, imo it's still not like particularly interesting.grapesurgeon (talk)01:01, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbritti: Long enough, new enough, Earwig's clean. No reason why either would deserve a maintenance template. Two issues: I find the hook rather dull and suggest proposing something else; and the QPQ for KP Permanent Make-Up is not a full review so doesn't count.--Launchballer15:03, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... that Yokohama City adoptedarticulated sightseeing buses as part of its waterfront regeneration and visitor circulation strategy?Source:https://prtimes.jp/story/detail/yxJepRIVm9B 「横浜市では、2015年に『横浜市都心臨海部再生マスタープラン』を策定しました。その計画に基づき、横浜市の都心臨海部全体の回遊性を高めて街の賑わいづくりに寄与するため、新たなバス路線を導入しようということになったのです」
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Comment: Personally, I prefer the first proposal, as articulated buses are generally intended for rapid, high-capacity transport and therefore usually operate on straighter alignments. In that respect, I find this route to be especially unusual and noteworthy. Thank you very much.
I agree with the hook provided, but it would be appreciated if "and sent it for the composer" being added before the question mark. But it can be just fine without.Babin Mew (talk)11:54, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that for her albumSerpentina,Banks broke from her usual practice by developing the record without seeking advice or approval from her record company?
ALT2: ... that when making her albumSerpentina,Banks worked with only few producers, even though she had been an avid collaborator with producers and other musicians?
ALT3: ... that forSerpentina,Banks signed a deal with an independent record label that gave her ownership of hermaster recordings?
Dclemens1971 here.Instead of sending music to her management for approval and advice as she normally would, this time, "I was just like, 'This is what it's gonna be'", she says.Camilasdandelions (✉️) 14:48, 29 January 2026 (KST)
Going to do a full review. New enough (5x expansion), long enough, neutral and reliably sourced. Copyvio free; no QPQ required. Article is presentable (and is a GA nominee). On the hook:Camilasdandelions What doesmanagement mean here? I assume it means hertalent manager based on the source but the hook isn't clear on this; it could mean management of the record company. Also, the source doesn't she didn't receive "feedback"; it says she didn't receive "advice", which is different. (Almost all advice is feedback, but not all feedback is advice.) But I'm also skeptical of this claim because Banks' comment "This is what it's gonna be" is not particularly clear about what's going on -- when did her management hear her music? Did she send finished music directly to the record company? What was the role of her management in selling the album? Is there another source for this claim or more context in the current source? Thanks --Dclemens1971 (talk)18:33, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
But the source seems to indicate her talent management without being too specific (her management). Are you sure it's referring to the record company?Dclemens1971 (talk)03:06, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I believe so, but if you're unsure, I can put it back to "management".Live365, citingRolling Stone, also said: "As she explained, as opposed to sending music to hermanagement for approval and advice".Camilasdandelions (✉️) 14:14, 30 January 2026 (KST)
How about this?: "... that for her albumSerpentina,Banks broke from her usual practice by developing the record without seeking advice or approval from her management?"Camilasdandelions (✉️) 22:14, 30 January 2026 (KST)
I should have been clearer,Camilasdandelions; can you suggest (an) entirely different hook(s) unrelated to this aspect of the article? It is common for reviewers at DYK to request new hooks when there is ambiguity in the initial hook/source provided.Dclemens1971 (talk)18:28, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Camilasdandelions I tried trimming it down a bit and the angle on ALT2 boils down to "Banks worked with fewer collaborators than usual", which I don't think is particularly interesting. Looking at theHarper's Bazaar source though, I came up with another angle that I think works. What do you think about this alternative?ALT3: ... that forSerpentina,Banks signed a deal with an independent record label that gave her ownership of hermaster recordings?Dclemens1971 (talk)16:13, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Narutolovehinata5 What if I adopt content from:Marking her first release as an independent artist after parting way with Harvest Records,[24] its music video draws visual inspiration from the surreal and ornate aesthetics of Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film Dracula and the stylized body-horror elements of Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her.?Camilasdandelions (✉️) 23:27, 13 February 2026 (KST)
Comment: I am aware that one of the sources used inSkin Stripper, The Whipping Post, is a self-published blog, but Matt Morrow, the author of the review, wrote prolifically forHM for over a decade and is used here as anWP:EXPERTSPS and not for any BLP statements.
Created by3family6 (talk).Number of QPQs required:2. Nominator has 113 past nominations.
@3family6: This is not a review, but given how the hook's main hook fact as currently written seem to focus on song lyrics, wouldn't the current wording violateWP:DYKFICTION? The angle is not unsalvageable, however, if it could be connected to the real-world in a more explicit way.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)01:21, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT 3 ...that most of the music onKarrionic Hacktician was released beforeSkin Stripper, but the latter album was released eight years before the former?
Neither of these hooks as currently written seen interesting (ALT3 might be possible with less confusing wording). Before we continue with ALT3, do you have any ideas on separate hooks for the two articles?Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)00:50, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 may still be salvagable with something like "that Vomitorial Corpulence wish graphic violence on what one music scholar described as (among the only acceptable targets of violence in Christian metal) on Karrionic Hacktician and Skin Stripper", but it would need an exact quote.--Launchballer10:56, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Narutolovehinata5,Launchballer, I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner, but here's a different hook that works for both articles but also should be interesting:
I like ALT5 the most among the proposals. While I would still like to see individual hook proposals for the two albums, this is more for completeness's sake and I would be okay with ALT5 by itself.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:38, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT6a as currently written is confusing. Did you mean "recorded in 1995" instead of released? Or you mean the songs were released separately first and only released in an album later? If it's the latter, that's not uncommon.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:03, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
All but the two bonus tracks on the end were released together on the same recording. It was a compilation with other artists. So the songs together as a stand-alone album were not released until 2006. I might need to tweak the hook.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done)12:52, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@3family6: Both are long enough and new enough. QPQs are both done, though do me a favour and letWT:DYK know you reviewed Smeargle as it's being discussed there as part of a themed set. No reason why either would deserve a maintenance template. Couple of things:
What makes androopylifemetal.blogspot.com a reliable source?
It's an interview with Gag, and I'm citing Gag for his statements on the creation of6-Way Sin Decomposition, so it's anWP:ABOUTSELF situation. Even though some of that isn't directly about him, 1) with Barragan there isn't a BLP issue, and 2) he was closely associated with the production of the album and his statements aren't controversial, so there's not a BLP issue where his statements touch on living people (I checked into this at the BLP noticeboard months ago; and before that regarding theEternal Blue FA where LaPlante made a statement about when a fellow band member joined.)--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done)20:01, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The Flactorophia article istoo short to deserve a lead section, without which this would be under 1,500 characters. If you have any further sources, I'd add them.
Someone going from flag football to the NFL is exceptionally rare (I've never seen a story like this, ever), but how about ... that NFL prospectTyren Montgomery, who had never played tackle football prior to 2023, got started in the sport because his brother said, 'Look, bro, you could really do this'? Or something like that.BeanieFan11 (talk)04:13, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Exceptionally rare, probably, but thatmight not be immediately clear to non-American football fans. Ideally we'd want a hook that doesn't rely on knowledge on the sport. ALT1 is a cute hook, but I'm not sure if it works as a hook either (I imagine many athletes became athletes upon the encouragement of a relative or friend, so it's not inherently interesting).Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:17, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Any knowledge of flag football(which apparently is"Played by more than 20 million people in more than 100 countries") would make it clear that a transition from pulling flags to playing in the NFL is an extraordinary leap. Regarding the second hook, it's not just that his brother encouraged him, it's that he had never played the sport at all until two and half years ago. From that to the NFL is unheard of.BeanieFan11 (talk)04:22, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The issue here is that just because a sport is popular does not necessarily mean that the general context would be understood by people around the world. For example, cricket is one of the world's most popular sports and is pretty much a religion in South Asia, a region of over two billion people. Even then, a cricket-related hook would still need to be written in such a way that readers from places where cricket is not popular, or even a general layperson would understand it. Even association football or soccer, the world's most popular sport, is not popular or widely-understood everywhere: there are plenty of people who are not into sports. I'm not saying that the angles are necessarily unsalvageable, but rather they need to be worked on further. Either that, or something else needs to be proposed here.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:25, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If we had a hook of something like, ... that so-and-so had never played soccer until 2023, but is now going to compete at the 2026 World Cup?, that would certainly be accepted and understandable to non-fans. Even if the flag football option doesn't work, I still think the second option is very interesting.BeanieFan11 (talk)04:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Rather than focusing on the brother aspect, I think it might actually be better to focus on the "he never played tackle football before 2023" thing more, especially if he is now being primed for the NFL now. It might be slightly misleading since he played flag football before that, but I think the prospect thing, with contextualized wording focusing on his being a prospect, might be more accessible.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:32, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is for discussion of the DYK nomination. If you wish to discuss the term for the film then take that to the article's talk page. Propaganda documentaries are still documentaries.Jon698 (talk)04:39, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The article has been sufficiently expanded in the last 7 days. It is long enough and comprehensive. While Trump supporters would certainly call it biased, the article seems to correctly reflect the coverage of the topic in what Wikipedia considers to be reliable sources. I do not see any close paraphrasing. I do think that we can come up with more interesting hooks. The last two sentences inMelania (film)#Production could make good hooks, and the bits about only one ticket or no tickets selling would be even better.Surtsicna (talk)12:06, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Sabar, Roi (2022). "Ḥorvat Tefen: A Hasmonean Fortress in the Hinterland of 'Akko-Ptolemais". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (387): 55–85. doi:10.1086/719185. pp. 73, 76:The survey team headed by Frankel suggested the fortress at Horvat Tefen was erected in the late 2nd century BCE by the people of Akko-Ptolemais in order to protect their city from attacks from the east. ... The finds from our excavations, however, belong to the first half of the 1st century BCE. Most important are the well-dated imported amphorae, the ESA vessels, and, of course, the 47 Hasmonean coins ... the initial phase at the site must be dated to ca. 85–76 BCE and the foundation of the fortress must therefore be attributed to the Hasmoneans. In our opinion, the datable evidence, ... indicate that Horvat Tefen was short-lived military site founded by Alexander Jannaeus in the last years of his reign and abandoned shortly thereafter ... To sum up, Horvat Tefen was apparently a military site built by Alexander Jannaeus in the 80s–70s BCE opposite Akko-Ptolemais. The king aspired to take control of the city in the early days of his reign but failed. His failure, together with the unstable status of the city, might have encouraged Jannaeus to fortify the boundary of the kingdom opposite the city. Along with Khirbet Rushmiya and Qeren Naftali, Horvat Tefen can be interpreted as a central and important link in a network of strongholds controlling the northwestern border of the Hasmonean state in the heyday of its territorial expansion.
ALT1: ... that the fortress ofHorvat Tefen(pictured) likely formed part of a network of fortifications securing the northwestern boundaries ofHasmonean Judea?Source: Sabar, Roi (2022). "Ḥorvat Tefen: A Hasmonean Fortress in the Hinterland of 'Akko-Ptolemais". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (387): 55–85. doi:10.1086/719185. p. 76:To sum up, Horvat Tefen was apparently a military site built by Alexander Jannaeus in the 80s–70s BCE opposite Akko-Ptolemais. The king aspired to take control of the city in the early days of his reign but failed. His failure, together with the unstable status of the city, might have encouraged Jannaeus to fortify the boundary of the kingdom opposite the city. Along with Khirbet Rushmiya and Qeren Naftali, Horvat Tefen can be interpreted as a central and important link in a network of strongholds controlling the northwestern border of the Hasmonean state in the heyday of its territorial expansion.
ALT2: ... that GIS-basedviewshed analysis shows theHasmonean fortress ofHorvat Tefen(pictured) was positioned to overlook the coastal city ofAkko, which kingAlexander Jannaeus failed to conquer?Source: Sabar, Roi (2022). "Ḥorvat Tefen: A Hasmonean Fortress in the Hinterland of 'Akko-Ptolemais". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (387): 55–85. doi:10.1086/719185. p. 74–76:A GIS-viewshed analysis of the visibility from Horvat Tefen helps to correct these previous ideas and leads to new understanding of the site. The analysis indicates that the main portion of the visible area from the site is located to its west, covering the route to 'Akko-Ptolemais, the city itself, and its coastal and maritime vicinity. Taken in conjunction with the results of the excavation, this points to an opposite interpretation of the site than the previous one–that the fortress at Horvat Tefen was built as a Hasmonean defensive post, where a garrison could maintain eye-contact with the city and its environs. ... To sum up, Horvat Tefen was apparently a military site built by Alexander Jannaeus in the 80s–70s BCE opposite Akko-Ptolemais. The king aspired to take control of the city in the early days of his reign but failed. His failure, together with the unstable status of the city, might have encouraged Jannaeus to fortify the boundary of the kingdom opposite the city.
New/long enough (new GA), highly presentable, NPOV, reliably sourced, no apparent copyvio, no QPQ required. The problem is with the hook, which is not particularly interesting or unexpected. Mosul, Baghdad and Basra are all part of modern-day Iraq, so it's not really interesting that they were part of Ottoman Iraq as a single region.Thegiantofgiants, do you have any alternatives to suggest?Dclemens1971 (talk)16:50, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: thanks for the feedback. I’ve proposed three alternative hooks below.
ALT 1: ... that Saddam Hussein used the 1869 Nationality Law inOttoman Iraq as the legal basis for classifying up to two million native Iraqis as "inauthentic", making them vulnerable to expulsion?
Source: (Saleh 2013, pp. 48–49, 55–57, 65–69)
ALT 2: ... that between 1864 and 1900, the value of imports toOttoman Iraq increased sixteenfold, largely due to the opening of the Suez Canal?
Source: Hassan 1970, pp. 346–372
ALT 3: ... that in 1902, the Ottoman government granted a 99-year concession to build a railway line connecting Anatolia toOttoman Iraq?
Source: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2006, pp. 8–11
ALT1 is interesting; I'd adjust it as follows if that's OK.ALT1a: ... thatOttoman Iraq's nationality law was a legal basis for Saddam Hussein to classify up to two million Iraqis as "inauthentic" and expel as many as 400,000 of them? I've verified this from theSaleh source (accessed via the Wikipedia Library) and I think it works better; the source doesn't specifically describe Saddamusing the 1869 law, but it does describe the Ottoman-era law as the basis for the 1924 Nationality Law that Saddam did use. I also think mentioning the actual number expelled makes the hook stronger. It's also in the article. Since I have added a fact, though, I need to ask for a second reviewer to grant the final approval. Two quick tips forThegiantofgiants: Please sign your comments with four tildes or else the ping of another user does not come through, and please include a brief quotation from the source that validates the hook. This makes it easier for reviewers to confirm your hooks. Thanks!Dclemens1971 (talk)18:05, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours. I'm slightly late with the nom; requesting an extension to eligibility perWP:DYKG:The seven-day limit can be extended for a day or two upon request.
Created byBeanieFan11 (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 448 past nominations.
The article is 1533 characters, which is just above the 1500 character requirement, but is close enough that it still feels too short. I would suggest expanding the article further. The article is properly sourced and is free from close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been done and it is a full review. Both hooks are cited inline and verified in the hook. However, for ALT1, not only is it an exceptional claim, but I'm also not sure if the source is even strong or reliable enough to be used for such a strong claim. ALT0 is better given that the source is the New York Times, but it's still exceptional, so we need more sources and a search for counterexamples. Unfortunately, another issue here is that there is nothing else in the article that works as a hook, so either the article needs to be expanded, we go with ALT0 but only with stronger sourcing and a search for counterexamples, or we let this one go.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)12:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that the association ofVenda kings with mountains (thavha) and subordinate rulers with pools (tivha) affected the layout of a settlement?Source:pg 401
ALT2: ... that according to tradition, the founding dynasty of theVenda Kingdom were accompanied by amagic drum?Source:[26]
Overall:@PaulasBunt: article was nominated just outside the seven day window, but it is still inside the discretionary window and so it is fine. No QPQ is required, spotchecks check out, there is no copyvio, and article is long enough and neutral. The final part of the last sentence is uncited, so that needs to be remedied (it looks like you might’ve just put the cite in the wrong place, but I can’t verify). Hookwise, I think both items are just a little tooinside baseball. I think this could be easily remedied by just saying what the town hall is (is it like a professional stage?) or by explaining who the people are (saying she is a child prodigy in the second hook and who Hofmann is). Great article, I now have the desire to listen to some classical.1brianm7 (talk)17:40, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to follow your advice (ALT 2 and 3). The source confirms both points; I've even included a quote from it in the article... "fitst appearance at New Yorks concert stage Town Hall...1925...age 11". Thank you for reviewing! + Enjoy listening to classical music! :)PaulasBunt (talk)19:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I would be okay with this being an April Fool's hook. In the source, it was called Mao Ce Dun. This is technically a day late, but I was unable to nominate it yesterday or the day before.
5x expanded byEasternShah (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hello, and welcome to DYK. There are two issues with the proposed hook, April Fools' Day or not. The first is that the hook as currently written is "well, duh", since hydroelectric dams area always bigger than people, no matter who they are. The second is that the article does not actually use the term "Mao Zedong" anywhere, and it is not explicitly stated if the Mao Ce Dun plan was named after Mao or not (note that the Mao Ce Dun plant does not currently have an article). The April Fools' Day angle is not unsalvageable, but right now it cannot work without more work done to the article, and even so, it would still be objectionable since the other dam was never called "Mao Zedong".
As for the article itself: this does not seem to be a 5x expansion within the last seven days, as you said: I will askNikkimaria if it is close enough, taking into account the delayed nomination. I found some matches to Mapcarta (I cannot give the exact link because the site is blacklisted, but you can use Earwig to find the link), but I'm not sure if Mapcarta copied from Wikipedia (it probably did, based on an earlier version of the article). No QPQ is needed as this is only your second nomination. The other checks will follow once you address the above, but right now this doesn't seem to be ready for DYK.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)04:15, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I will expand it and see if I can find a better hook or confirm that Mao Ce Dun was named after Mao Zedong.Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as EasternShah18:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have expanded it beyond the 5x that is required; I also looked at the mapcarta source you talk about. I do think that it is copied from Wikipedia, and I never accessed it while writing the article. I also proposeAlt 0.5:... that Mao produced less electricity than theVau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station? The source is the same as above. There seems to be an exciting amount of information about hydroelectricity in Albania (given that it is the main way that the country gets its electricity, I am not suprised). So, I will be trying to create an article on the "Mao ce Dun" HPP before this runs on DYK. Thus, I wonder if I will be able to later amend this DYK to also make Mao a boldlink (given that it meets the DYK criteria ofc)? Thanks for your patience.Sahib-e-Qiran, He Who is Otherwise Known as EasternShah01:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
just had a great idea for a valentines day hook(variation of alt1):...that abrown cacholote, while not a good Valentine's day gift, mates for life, sings only in duets with their partner, and share parenting duties through out breeding season?monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk)17:15, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Mr. Beyer (rhymes with “spire”) and his business partners, Richard Blinder and John Belle, met in the early 1960s while working for Victor Gruen, an Austrian-American architect known for pioneering the shopping mall. (Mr. Blinder died in 2006 and Mr. Belle in 2016.)
The three bonded over their shared concern that the postwar trend of large-scale urban renewal was destroying the fabric that made cities worth living in. They drew particular inspiration from the work of Jane Jacobs, the journalist whose 1961 book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” had inspired a groundswell of nationwide activism supporting historic preservation. And in 1968, when they started their firm, the partners chose Greenwich Village, the Manhattan neighborhood that Ms. Jacobs had put at the center of her book, as the location for their first office."
Source: Page 151 of Rome and the transformation of the imperial office in the late fourth-mid-fifth centuries AD by Meaghan McEvoy
ALT1: ... thatRoman emperors usedmultiple cities for their residence, base of operations, or to issue laws from?Source: Pages 80, 83, 86 of The Cambridge Ancient History: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 (references [11] and [12]), pages 15 and 18 of From Mobile Center to Constantinople: The Birth of Byzantine Imperial Government (reference [14] and [15]),
... thatthe medical eye patch worn by former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is said to have increased his popularity?
Source: "The eye patch reportedly became a recognizable feature of the Chancellor, made him appear more relatable, and supported his reputation in the long term.[4][5]"
Reviewed:
Created byRayanWP (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
I like what you're thinking, and I agree that this article would be great for April Fools Day. But I intend to bring this article all the way to FA, eventually, so I'm hoping to wait until then for this to run on the April Fools Main Page.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)18:25, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Both options are good but I think "more than a quarter" is more effective than "more than 27%".aesurias(ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk)06:19, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: *Curotto, Angel (June 7, 1964)."Figuras del Tetro Rioplatense" [Figures of the Rioplatense Theater].Diario El Día (in Spanish).33 (1638): 11. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2026 – via Archive.org.
Ferrer, Horacio (1977).El libro del tango: crónica & diccionario, 1850-1977. Vol. 1. Editorial Galerna. p. 105.
ALT1: ... that thanks to "Higher" and "Better than Today",Kylie Minogue became the first act to have two concurrent top-three hits on the USDance Club Songs chart?Source:Billboard
Some bad news here. TheArchDaily source essentially only repeats statements made by the architectural firm behind the mosque, while the other sources are heavily reliant on statements from the architect. Most of these sources are alsovery sparse in terms of coverage, barely detailing anything beyond who the architect was and the very general attributes of the structure. Coupled with the fact this article only barely scrapes past the 1,500 character minimum (something that it might be able to do if it weren't for some conversion templates and longer grammatical constructions), I'm not willing to approve this nomination at this time. Add some additional sources establishing notability, build out the article just a tad more, and ping me when you're ready for a re-review. Best, ~Pbritti (talk)16:16, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source:Munns, Roger (January 10, 1990)."The Beijing Express".Globe-Gazette. p. 20. RetrievedFebruary 3, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Pollock, Jim (May 26, 1990). "Chinese-made locomotive set for first public rides in Boone".The Des Moines Register. pp. 17,18 – via Newspapers.com.
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Comment: I'm nominating the No. 8419 page while I can.
Mother's Banner of Love and Comfort by Rebecca Landon, 1845
... that theShaker leader and artist(work pictured)Rebecca Landon experienced a vision in 1842 that warned that theUnited States would face divine judgment for practicingslavery?
Source: *Haynes, Bruce (2007).The End of Early Music: A Period Performer's History of Music for the Twenty-First Century.Oxford University Press. p. 130.ISBN978-0195189872.When it met in Los Angeles, the American Musicological Society twice had Sol Babitz, a distinguished violinist and one of the honored pioneers of HIP, physically thrown out of its meetings by the police. At the time, Babitz's historical discoveries were disconcerting, and his manner of presenting them may have been different from that of many musicologists.
... that in 1938, Latvian pilots competed in a 1,087 km (675 mi)Flight Around Latvia competition, testing both aircraft endurance and fuel efficiency rather than speed?
That's not much better. Novels are adapted into films all the time, and other than it being a "race film" (which might count as specialist knowledge since the term is not a common one), it's not clear what makes this particular adaptation any more interesting or different from others.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)12:17, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the original hook should be struck, but I have unstruck ALT1 and ALT2. I leave it up to the actual reviewer and others to assess those hooks. ALT2 actually has a lot going on, including an androgynous first name, a male possessive pronoun, a man with an ambiguous racial identity in the book title, and a female pseudonym for the author. (ALT1 is a placeholder for an AFC article that could be added to a more interesting hook in future...or not.) Cheers.Cielquiparle (talk)06:02, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize, but I have restruck both of those hooks. The main issue here is that neither hook meets DYKINT. The points you bring up would easily be missed by a reader, and simply saying that a name being androgynous or the reader mistaking the subject for a woman does not count as hooky.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)06:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Special forWP:26FOR26 and Black History Month (would prefer having it run that month). Noticed it had *shrug* a Grokipedia page... made a Wikipedia page without genAI.
Moved to mainspace byMiraclepine (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 126 past nominations.
I don't think either of these is a particularly unusual fact. Christian unions are/were a thing and activists aren't always good at managing a nonprofit. (t ·c)buIdhe02:09, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: I doubt the general audience DYK is aimed at is aware that these aren't unusual, especially the latter; in fact, the civil rights movement was widely successful that it would be shocking/unusual an NAACP leader would be mainly known for mismanagement.ミラP@Miraclepine14:41, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think this one is on the wrong side ofWP:DYKGRAT. With Savile taken out, a hook like "that a fictional character's appearance was based on that of a celebrity?" would be compeletely unremarkable and failWP:DYKINT, so the only interest here comes from using Savile's crimes and reputation to generate shock value or a kind of dark humour. I would be open to alternative hooks which avoided this theme, though note that the nomination has already had one chance to take another run at the criteria.UndercoverClassicistT·C20:04, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Text for first part is title of article: The 'Indiana Jones' of Chelsea
Text for second part: "Van Rijn smokkelde kunst uit het Midden-Oosten en communistisch Cuba en leidde het leven van een playboy, had huizen over de hele wereld."
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: QPQ done. New enough, long enough, and sufficiently sourced. Copyright vio unlikely. Hook is interesting. I can't access the source for the hook so I'll AGF.PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑01:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that several aesthetic and gameplay elements of the video gameQuarantine II: Road Warrior, in which player drives a weaponized hovercab, were inspired by theMad Max franchise?Source: as mentioned in the PC Joker and PC Player reviews
ALT1: ... that many reviewers felt that the loss of the fare-based economy inQuarantine II: Road Warrior video game was a disappointing simplification of its predecessor?Source: mentioned in majority of reviews, ex. Computer Gaming World, GameSpot, PC Gamer, etc.
Comment: I am claiming it as a created, since it was in mainspace for just5 minutes 4 hours in19962019 before it was turned into a redirect. Otherwise it's just a bit under 5x.
Created byPiotrus (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 588 past nominations.
Comment — Article is skimpy, hook is skimpy. Juneau sees large orchestrated protests all the time due to it being the base of most statewide political reporters (one of the people quoted in the source was described as a "seasoned protester"). Most protests occur in front of theAlaska State Capitol, or right next to another statue (of William H. Seward). RadioKAOS/ Talk to me, Billy/ Transmissions06:42, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Just as a drive-by comment, while I agree that it may not be interesting if the hook specifically mentioned Juneau, that isn't the case here.Epicgenius (talk)21:29, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Portrait of Alice Sollier, née Alice Mathieu-Dubois
... that in 1887Alice Sollier(pictured) was the first Black French woman to qualify as a medical doctor?
Source: Pierrette Caire Dieu, Le docteur Alice Mathieu-Dubois épouse Sollier (1861-1942). Un destin d’exception, in Carnets d'histoire de la médecine, Société française d’histoire de la médecine, April 2020, p. 1-20 Online athttps://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/sfhm/chm/chmx2020/chmx2020x04.pdf
... thatOsyp Turiansky's novelLost Shadows has been claimed to be the first work of Ukrainian fiction to get published in the United States in English translation?
Source: "...the translator presents herewith the version which bears the distinction of being the first Ukrainian work of fiction ever to be published in America in the English translation." (Trasnlator's Note,https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/15190/file.pdf)
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Created bySkoropadsky (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Not a review, but the correct word for describing a countable quantity isfewer, rather thanless. For example, "he hadless water" versus "he hadfewer gallons of water". Best, ~Pbritti (talk)22:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Areas with no issues: Article is new enough, copyvio-free (Copyvio Detector flags only the block quotes) and neutral. Overall, the article is presentable. The hook is backed up by the provided source (noting that the source for the hook is a primary source). QPQ has been done.
Length: The article isjust barely long enough. I get a count of 1532 characters after removing the two quotations. Of that balance, there are 171 characters in the three short sections that introduce tables or block quotes. That's not much margin, and I would recommend adding some prose to give yourself some more cushion should copyediting remove some text.
Sourcing: Most of the article relies on a political advertisement placed by Francis P. Garland. What makes Garland a reliable source here? I would think that a contemporary political advertisement supporting the measure is a primary source, which means the article is based almost entirely on primary sources. PerWP:RSPRIMARY, while primary sources may be used judiciously,Large blocks of material based purely on primary sources should be avoided. Do you have some reliable secondary sources you can sub in for the extensive material for which you use Garland's ad as a source?
Hook: I find this angle uninteresting. 9,000 votes is not a interestingly tight margin, and the measure had to pass or fail so I don't see how simply reciting the margin of victory would beperceived as unusual or intriguing. (We've had a number of ballot measure-related hooks in the last month, and with one exceptionthey've all performed below average, suggesting that a different approach is needed for these kinds of hooks.) Can you suggest a different hook?
@Dclemens1971: Hello! Thank you for your review. Regarding the sourcing- because of it being from so long ago and being pretty niche, sources for this particular data I could not find elsewhere. Well, at least for the voting data in the house and the support. Maybe info on the facts about others states are available elsewhere. Anyway, my question for this is if I add a lot of other information throughout the article that doesn't use that source, would this concern of it being a large block of material from a primary source disappear because of the other content overtaking that concern? In other words, I keep that data, but add a bunch of other info, meaning that source goes from being like 3/5ths of the article to 1/5th or something, but all of it still remains. Let me know!Delcoan (talk)16:55, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Delcoan: Maybe, but that only addresses the extensive use of primary sources issue and still leaves the question of whether Garland's advertisement is a reliable source for the claims it makes. (I don't know one way or the other.) I would also like to see a different hook; I'm not going to approve this one.Dclemens1971 (talk)16:59, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Delcoan: I mean I'm not going to approve the proposed hook as written, because it failsWP:DYKINT. I don't plan to fail the review entirely if necessary improvements across the other dimensions can be made.Dclemens1971 (talk)17:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn’t, because it won’t be eligible again unless it’s brought to GA. You have another 7 weeks before this times out, so don’t sweat—come back to this open non when you can.Dclemens1971 (talk)14:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Terry Ball's snail farms, Tommy Ball (retailer), Michael Gove
Reviewed:Template:Did you know nominations/Bouchra
Comment: Written in December but only just published. A courtesy ping to@Andysmith248: and@Llewee: that unless they plan on nominating the new GAMichael Gove as a single, I intend on adding "inspired byBaron Gove(pictured) and" between "was" and "stymied" and using the triple QPQJolly Super instead of the provided double.
Moved to mainspace byLaunchballer (talk).Number of QPQs required:2. Nominator has 365 past nominations.
Overall: Articles moved to main & nominated 2 Feb. QPQ covers 2 articles. Nice clean earwig report on Terry Ball, Tommy Ball has a 10% score with top article, could benefit from rephrasing a couple of sentences. Issue with the hook: as written it suggests to me his tax evasion was not successful. While his breeding efforts encountered these problems, it seems to have been pretty successful overall. So maybe a more precise term than stymy (which can be hinder or prevent) would be useful - "featured", "hindered by" or "challenged by" or similar?Both articles need categories and Tommy Ball needs default sort.Otherwise good and I await notice of whether there's a third article to join this pair, ping me for changes.DrThneed (talk)06:03, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that New Zealand artistTui Hobson completed an international commission for a garden in Northern France commemorating 100 years since WWI and New Zealand soldiers?
Source: "Tui Hobson's pop-up exhibition." Issuu - Ponsonby News. August 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2026.https://issuu.com/articles/28934273.
Also imo the hook is just not interesting. Artists do exhibitions. Gardens commemorating things are very common. I'd like to see an alternate hook if this is to be passed.grapesurgeon (talk)15:50, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Given recent WT:DYK discussions regarding special occasion sets focusing on a product or organization, the best option here might actually be a hook thatdoesn't mention Pokémon by name (not to mention that it is unlikely that a Pokémon set will run now in the wake of the reception to the William & Mary College set).Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:44, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I like ALT6 the best. I would just like to inquire though if Hardcoregaming101 is a reliable source for this statement or not: I know WP:VG tends to be stricter when it comes to sources compared to other WikiProjects. I would personally accept that source, but I imagine that if it it's not considered reliable, the claim could be challenged.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)03:05, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Earwig says 9.9%, which is higher than I'd like but is the result of the many reviews quoted. Even with all the quotes deleted, this is still >2300 characters of prose.
Created byDragonflySixtyseven (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.
... that American skydiverJerry Bird participated in the world's first 10-man star formation, aboveTaft, California, on July 2, 1967?
Source:"A Galaxy of Stars".Parachutist. October 2022. pp. 42–44. Retrieved3 February 2026. … on July 2, 1967 - 10 Southern California skydivers exited from a Twin Beech … and made history by building the world's first 10-man star formation … over the Taft School of Sport Parachuting. ... The record-setting jumpers, by exit order, were Gary Young; John Rinard; Clark Fischer; Jim Dann; Jerry Bird; Bill Stage; Terry Ward; Bill Newell; Brian Williams and Paul Gorman.
ALT0 is still as inaccurate as it was last year, because it still was not the entire convent of nuns who participate in dodgeball, because it still was not the entire convent of nuns who teach at the school. Also, how sure are you that the item which was reported in 2006 is still the case? ALT1 is a good example of a dangling modifier.DS (talk)04:42, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Those are better than the original versions, yes. Not thrilled with either of them, but they're notstructurally wrong, at least.DS (talk)00:15, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I also reviewedTemplate:Did you know nominations/Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case to fulfill my second QPQ, however I am unsure of how to add it to this template. This nomination is for the proposed February 27th DYK hook run for Pokémon-related articles, so if this is passed I request it be placed on that day if possible.
Improved to Good Article status byPokelego999 (talk).Number of QPQs required:2. Nominator has 8 past nominations.
@Pokelego999: The trick is to type closing and opening brackets in the QPQ field in that order, so "Template:Did you know nominations/The Missing (2023 film)]], [[Template:Did you know nominations/Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case". Will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer05:33, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pokelego999: Long enough, new enough. QPQs are done and Earwig's clean. No reason why either would deserve a maintenance template, though I removed one factual clanger from the Prism article. I'm on the fence as to whether the hook's interesting; 'firm sues to preserve its copyright' doesn't strike me as terribly unusual?--Launchballer12:10, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: Perhaps it would be helpful if the lead were expanded with information that the games gained enough of a following that fans continued updating them after their release? Should be able to keep the hook intact while also providing a more interesting hook. Let me know your thoughts on this. Magneton Considerer:Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs)02:32, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Source:Smith, Jonathan Z. (1973). "When the Bough Breaks".History of Religions.12 (4):342–371.JSTOR1062126. (anthropology);Shanes, Eric (1990).Turner's Human Landscapes. London: William Heinemann. pp. 219–222.ISBN0-434-69502-5. (Turner);Roppen, Georg; Sommer, Richard (1964).Strangers and Pilgrims: An Essay on the Metaphor of Journey. Bergen: Norwegian Universities Press. pp. 344–345.OCLC1005710. (Yeats)
ALT1: ... thatone seventeenth-century scholar argued that the Roman poetVirgil had been analchemist, based on the appearance ofa golden branch in his work?Source:Ossa-Richardson, Anthony (2008). "From Servius to Frazer: The Golden Bough and its Transformations".International Journal of the Classical Tradition.15 (3):339–368.ISSN1073-0508.JSTOR25691242.
ALT2: ... that Christian re-interpreters of Virgil'sAeneid recast itsGolden Bough as theTree of Knowledge and as part of the story ofNoah's flood?Source:Ossa-Richardson, Anthony (2008). "From Servius to Frazer: The Golden Bough and its Transformations".International Journal of the Classical Tradition.15 (3):339–368.ISSN1073-0508.JSTOR25691242.
Honestly, I don't think that picture looks great at the size -- it's a landscape anyway, and you can't see any of the details (not least the bough itself!). Wecould crop it similar to the lead image in the article (which uses template magic to do so), but then the quality wouldn't be great, and it would cease to really "be" Turner's picture.UndercoverClassicistT·C06:25, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Maculosae tegmine lyncis: You've now made quite a few edits to the article, which has been a good thing (I'm particularly grateful for all the various examples of reception you've found), but it does create a conflict of interest with DYK reviewing. I think it might be best to get asecond opinion on this from an uninvolved reviewer.UndercoverClassicistT·C12:17, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Supporting quote (VI): "Có khi một bài hát có 3-4 lời Việt …"
Translation (EN): "Sometimes a song had three or four Vietnamese lyric versions …"
Supporting quote (VI): "Một số tác phẩm người nghe khó mà biết được chúng thuộc loại gì như Tình xưa nghĩa cũ có 6 bản lời khác nhau, Kiếp ve sầu (4 bản), Ước mơ vươn tới ngôi sao (3 bản)..."
Translation (EN): "Some songs were so hard for listeners to pin down what they really "were" that "Tình xưa nghĩa cũ" ended up with six different Vietnamese-lyric versions, "Kiếp ve sầu" had four, and "Ước mơ vươn tới ngôi sao" had three."
Supporting quote (VI): "Nhạc Hoa lời Việt chỉ tạm xẹp xuống vào khoảng tháng 10/2004, khi công ước Berne thực thi tại VN."
Translation (EN): "Chinese-melody Vietnamese-lyrics songs only temporarily cooled around October 2004, when the Berne Convention was enforced in Vietnam."
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Created byVinhNguyen.1257 (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
... thatJohn D. Hoffman of theSpecial Engineer Detachment was awarded theSoldier's Medal, the US Army's highest non-combat decoration and the only one given to a member of theManhattan Project?Source:[33] "John Hoffman was awarded the Soldiers Medal, the Army's highest non-combat decoration and the only one given by the Manhattan Project."
... that whenJim Fletcher playedJay Gatsby inGatz, his father, a medical doctor with no prior acting experience, commuted from Washington, D.C., to New York City to play Gatsby's father?
Source: And off the stage, Dr. Fletcher is the real-life father of the actor who portrays the title character: downtown New York theater regular Jim Fletcher. For seven years, Dr. Fletcher has commuted from Washington, D.C., to appear in GATZ. The first-time actor says he was offered the role because “they were looking for someone that looked like my son’s father, and I fit.”[34]
ALT1: ... that afterJim Fletcher played an "Indian" inThe Wooster Group's adaptation ofTroilus and Cressida, an indigenous artist collective invited him to dinner and recruited him as a collaborator?Source: "In 2015, Fletcher dressed as an “Indian” in “Cry, Trojans!,” the Wooster Group’s glitchy production of Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” that cast the Iliad as a colonial allegory [...] Rather than denounce him for wearing redface, the New Red Order invited him to dinner and recruited him."[35]
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Comment: I would include a link toNew Red Order in the alt hook and submit this as a dual nom but that page isn't ready yet.
Created byBrechtBro (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hook isn't particularly interesting imo. A European philosopher studying with French philosophers doesn't come across as surprising, unusual, or noteworthy. Could you come up with one or more alternates?grapesurgeon (talk)15:56, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hook has 3 pieces of information: leading phenomenologist, long-time professor, long-time study (two years seems unusual) in a foreign country. I think it should give some broad impression of this particular person. We could focus on the exchange further (which is mentioned in most obits): he translated the works of these French people who were unknown in German philosophy, and he wrote a book of introduction into their thinking, - all this culture exchange across borders on a high level. But we'd loose giving him a time and place in history and a stance in importance. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:10, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The point of DYK hooks is to be eyecatching or to attract general interest. An academic having studied abroad, especially in Europe, is incredibly commonplace. An academic having a speciality that isn't like counterculture or incredibly unnusual is not eyecatching. A long-time professor is really not unusual. Long-time study abroad is not significantly unusual. Do you get what I mean? Like if you had to tell a random person you meet about this, what's the probability they'd find this interesting?grapesurgeon (talk)16:17, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I found it interesting. I found his writing even more interesting, but it would be even more specialist. We can try:
Then take aninformation theory or statistical approach, which is more objective (trying to measure how different the things you mentioned are from other people in his field). None of the things you've mentioned about him previously are unusual or particularly noteworthy. The alien bit is a bit more eyecatching, but it's not really discussed substantially nor explained in the article; the point of DYK is to get people reading to understand the hook, but there's nothing given for them to understand.grapesurgeon (talk)19:11, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think most academics who've been in more than one country (i.e. a good chunk of academics in Europe and the US) would say something similar in a job interview. Idk how to explain; not only are these things not particularly different from other academics, it's not engaging to an average person on the street. Grab a random Gen Z person and try to get them to be interested in this person. I'm sure maybe there's an angle for it, but at present I'm not seeing anything in the article, nor anything you've provide dso far.grapesurgeon (talk)19:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am here to tell what a person gave to the world, and I'm aware that not everybody will care. Is knowledge only for Gen Z persons (whatever that may mean)? When he studied in France it hadn't been long ago that France and Germany had been enemies.
Gen Z just an example. Take a person of any generation, really. Also still doesn't address point about information theory/statistics. I don't really get the pushback to this; it's antithetical to DYK. The point of DYK is to share things to get people interested in reading. If you intentionally don't try to appeal to others (moreover, if you don't even try to differentiate the topic from most other things in the same topic area), this isn't where you should be. I'm actually perfectly happy to click on a hook on a topic that I don't care about, as long as the hook is well constructed. But the orig proposals weren't even that; just mundane facts about a topic most will probably not be interested in. You should find a different niche space to share that information, like a subreddit or email group.
On Alt2, publishing a book in late 80s is reasonably common imo, but somewhat more interesting than the orig hooks. I'm borderline on that hook. You can propose alternates if you'd like.
To be clear, I think it's noble you're trying to share this person's work, and you did good work on the article. But DYK is DYK. I intentionally choose not to go to DYK when I think an article I've made doesn't have a clear hook. I don't feel need to force it each time; my writing an article is service enough to the topic.grapesurgeon (talk)21:14, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that "Australasia" byWilliam Charles Wentworth, the first book of verse by an native-born Australian poet, "celebrates the development of a new Britannia in another world"?
Source:The Independent noteBTK Killer’s daughter sensed her father in the Idaho murders. Bryan Kohberger’s arrest took her breath away states:She believes it’s entirely possible that Mr Kohberger was in contact, and possibly influenced, by her father. [...]"Did he have any contact with my father through letters or possibly phone calls? We don’t know right now. We’re going to need proof of that."
This is not a review, but the current hook cannot run, not just because it does not meet the interest guidelines (please readWP:DYKINT for more information), but also because it could easily be interpreted as promotional. I have struck the hook over the latter concerns.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)09:46, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that Baptist minister's daughterNala Ray(pictured) left a multi-million-dollar a year pornographicOnlyFans channel to return to Christianity?
Source:https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/04/nala-ray-onlyfans-anti-porn-faith-advocate/87572291007/ "...her dad took on a newfound religious intensity, becoming a minister. Frequent in-fighting in her Baptist community led her family to hop from church to church. ... Ray made her fortune posting explicit content of herself on OnlyFans. ... Over the course of her five years on the site, she estimates she made $14 million total, averaging $300,000 a month. ... Ray met Jordan Giordano, a Christian influencer, on TikTok in 2023. He didn't know who she was. They started talking.... In January 2024, Ray quit OnlyFans."
ALT3: ... that theMarcel Breuer House II was built after the architect's son got lost in Macy's and pulled a fire alarm in the Metropolitan Museum of Art?Source: Goldsmith, Barbara L. (June 1966). "The Creative Environment: Marcel Breuer". Town & Country. Vol. 120, no. 4523. p. 94. "In 1946 they came to live in New York City but, after their son Tamas turned in a false fire alarm at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and got lost in Macy's, they headed for exurbia. They settled in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1947."
... thatDaggett Rock inMaine is said to have been split down the middle by lightning when a woodsmen stood atop it and cursed at God?
Source: Weddle, Thomas K. (August 2004). "Daggett Rock - Maine's Largest Glacial Erratic". digitalmaine.com. Maine Geological Survey. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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Improved to Good Article status byAlces Alces Americana (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Looking atTalk:Daggett Rock/GA1, I am not convinced thatI2Overcome performed a sufficiently rigorous review or that this article–which is almost a stub–to make sure it met the GA requirements. The sources are 1.) a small town historical society's brief web article 2.) a short Maine Geological Survey slideshow 3.) a decently moderated but still user-generated trail finder website 4.) a self-published book and 5.) a brochure. This is not a GA. This is almost not enough to qualify as good enough to run at DYK if it was brand new. The only reason I'm not rejecting this outright is because I want to ask other editors about what procedure should be followed here. ~Pbritti (talk)06:03, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If the article is not going to be be sufficiently improved in the next few days, I'm also willing to extend a courtesy review as thought this were simply a new article. It was published to the mainspace only a month prior to nomination here, which is well outside the standard seven days, but I'd be willing to show some flexibility and leave it up to the DYK regulars to determine if that flexibility will break the project. The GAR has been opened. ~Pbritti (talk)06:30, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... thatCaroline Jones wore 365 different charity clothes every day between 1 January and 31 December 2015 after her mother died of cancer in October 2014?
ALT1: ... that in 2015,Caroline Jones originally projected to raise £1,000 that year but actually raised £43,500?Source:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35091872 "She hoped to raise £1,000 in a year, but her daily posts became so popular she increased her fundraising target. So far she has raised more than £43,500."
... thatFrances Duff is believed to be the only 18th-century heiress of African ancestry to marry into the British aristocracy?
Source:Kaufman, Miranda (2025).Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean. Pegasus Books. p. 91.ISBN978-1-639-36-829-7.Frances's African ancestry didn't prevent her from joining the British aristocracy, but she was, as far as we know, the only heiress of such heritage to do so".
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Created byRuby2010 (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 112 past nominations.
Source: "I was born during the Japanese war...". "So, I spent a total of probably 40 days in Kunming before we had to run away. My parents took me and four of my other brothers and sisters to India.". "I was in Calcutta... By 1946, we moved to Hong Kong.". "Then I came in 1956"Chen, Bernard (2001-11-26)."Chen, Bernard Tien Lap – Oral History Interviews – Record Details (Accession Number 002530) Reel/Disc 1 of 16". "Born in a field hospital in China in 1942, Mr Chen's family escaped to India when World War II escalated, moving to Hong Kong later before coming to Singapore."Law, Elizabeth (2015-04-09)."He was generous, sincere, forthright".The New Paper. p. 6. "MR Bernard Chen Tien Lap, former Deputy Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, will stand as the People's Action Party candidate in the forthcoming by-election at Radin Mas.""PAP fields candidate for Radin Mas poll".The Business Times. 1977-04-25. p. 1.
ALT1: ... thatBernard Chen Tien Lap served inParliament of Singapore for 24 years, representing five different constituencies from 1977 to 2001?Source: "In 1977, when Mr Chen won the Radin Mas constituency seat in a contest against the late Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party, he asked Mr Lee to chair the Citizens' Consultative Committee. Mr Lee readily agreed."Law, Elizabeth (2015-04-09)."He was generous, sincere, forthright".The New Paper. p. 6. "Mr Chen served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1977 to 2001, beginning in Radin Mas SMC followed by Clementi, Brickworks GRC, Pasir Panjang GRC and West Coast GRC. ""Former Minister of State for Defence Bernard Chen dies at age 73".Today. 2015-04-08.
... that U.S. investigators found no verified evidence supporting any purported"Clinton plan" described in a hacked Russian memo, even as Trump administration officials publicly cited the claim?
ALT1: ... that the FBI and special counsel John Durham were unable to substantiate a purported"Clinton plan" to damage Donald Trump described in a hacked Russian memo, even as Trump administration officials publicly promoted the claim?Source: Same
ALT2: ... that U.S. investigators were unable to verify an alleged"Clinton plan" mentioned in a hacked Russian intelligence memo, even as Trump administration officials publicly promoted the claim?Source: Same
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Created byValjean (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Comment: Trying after multiple failed or poor attempts, hope for a kind response. Please suggest a better hook if there is, thank you!M.Billoo14:10, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Improved to Good Article status byM.Billoo2000 (talk).Number of QPQs required:1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.
Source: Can, D.N., Abramov, A.V., Tikhonov, A.N.et al.Annamite striped rabbitNesolagus timminsi in Vietnam.Acta Theriol 46, 437–440 (2001). "In 1996, biologist Rob Timmins found similar striped rabbits offered for sale in a food market in the town of Ban Lak, Laos. [...] The taxon was described as a new species, Nesolagus timminsi Averianov, Abramovet Tikhonov, 2000. "
ALT1: ... that theAnnamite striped rabbit(pictured) has been separated from its closest relative, theSumatran striped rabbit, for roughly 8 million years?Source: Tilker, Andrew; The Truong An, Nguyen; Gray, Thomas (2018).Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel, 1880) Sumatran Striped Rabbit". In Smith, Andrew T.; Johnston, Charlotte H.; Alves, Paulo C.; Hackländer, Klaus (eds.).Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World "However, despite having similar morphology, there is a large degree of genetic divergence between the two extant species, and it is estimated that they have been separated for more than eight million years."
Article is long enough and newly promoted to GA. Hook is interesting and properly cited. QPQ is done. Article ismostly well-sourced (thank you, GA reviewer) although I'd like better sources on "It is unknown why there is a thousand-mile gap between it and its nearest relative, the Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri)" and "N. timminsi apparently coexists with the Burmese hare in a sympatric relationship", which I couldn't find in the sources you cited. Fix those and we should be good.DS (talk)19:10, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
... that the new operaComplications in Sue was written by ten different composers, each writing without knowledge of what the others were doing, inspired by the surrealistexquisite corpse?
Source: "A big inspiration for the setup was the Surrealist parlor game known as exquisite corpse, in which people add bits and parts to a drawing or a text without knowing what others are contributing. The “Sue” composers saw only their scene in full, along with short descriptions of the others."[41]
ALT1: ... that the ten-composer operaComplications in Sue started as an idea for a show where the opera's star,Justin Vivian Bond, andTilda Swinton would both play the same character, a woman named Sue?Source: "Tilda Swinton suggested to the performer Justin Vivian Bond that they do something together. Bond came up with a project she called “Complications in Sue,” in which they would both play the title character; they’d have two bodies but share the same brain. It became a bit of a running joke..."
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Comment: I think there's several potential hooks here, but that the 10 composer thing is probably the most unique and least trivia-like. I've included one focused more on Justin Vivian Bond, as she's an important trans artist.
Moved to mainspace byBrechtBro (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
... that according to legend,Princess Thonbanhla possessed a supernatural beauty that changed its appearance three times within a single day?Source:Sithu, Min (1992).မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ နတ်ကိုးကွယ်မှုသမိုင်း (in Burmese). Mraṅʻʹ Chve Cā ʼupʻ Tuikʻ. p. 101.သမိုင်းတစ်စောင်ကမူ— သုံးပန်လှမိန်းမသည် ဟံသာဝတီမြို ကန္နန်းနိမ့်သူ တစ်နေ့ သုံးကြိမ် သုံးဖန်လှသည့် မိန်းမဖြစ်၍ [One history, however—The woman Thonebanhla was from Hanthawaddy, who is beautiful three times a day.]
Hteiktinhein "legend" would count as a "creative work" inWP:DYKFICTION. Entirely fictional works are not allowed, as there could be thousands of hooks based on legends like this. A new hook based on a real-world fact about the spirit is needed.HurricaneZetaC16:05, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How about,
ALT1: ... thatPrincess Thonbanhla was accused of witchcraft by the king's other consorts due to her threefold beauty in a single day, leading to her death?
... that the current prime minister of YemenShaya al-Zindani resigned in 2011 as ambassador toJordan over theYemeni revolution due to the government's response to the protests?
I added a source to the article which directly names Zindani among those who resigned, so you can use that if you'd like. It is from a blog, but the author is an expert in the field so I believe it's valid.Hsnkn (talk)04:06, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... thatLadislav Zgusta's escape from Czechoslovakia to the United States was described by a colleague as a "veritable cloak-and-dagger episode worthy of a movie"?Source:Hock 1997, p. 1
ALT3: ... thatLadislav Zgusta joked that the typos in his book hadn't been caught because he had to escape from political persecution in Czechoslovakia before he could see thefinal proofs?Source:Landau 2007, p. 2
Supporting quote (VI): "Bên cạnh những giá trị về cảnh quan, địa chất địa mạo, đoạn đường Mã Pì Lèng còn là nơi ghi dấu ấn "Cuộc trường trinh phá đá mở đường Hạnh phúc nói chung và còn được ghi trong tấm bia đá ở đây". Bằng sức người với những dụng cụ như: búa, xà beng… không có sự trợ giúp của máy móc trong suốt 5 năm ròng, trên công trường Mã Pì Lèng lúc nào cũng có trên 1.000 thanh niên Mèo Vạc song đã phải mất gần 2 năm mới hoàn thành đoạn đèo…"
Translation (EN): "Besides its landscape and geomorphological value, the Mã Pì Lèng road segment is also remembered for what has been described as a "long and arduous campaign of breaking rock to open the Happiness Road," an effort commemorated on a stone stele at the site. Using only human labor and hand tools such as hammers and crowbars-with no assistance from machinery over five years-more than 1,000 young volunteers from Mèo Vạc were present at the Mã Pì Lèng worksite at any given time, yet it still took nearly two years to complete the pass section."
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5x expanded byVinhNguyen.1257 (talk).Number of QPQs required:0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
@Ltbdl: Could you explain why it is not interesting? I find it very interesting that they imagined as if a mere fictional character was factually with them at the studio when writing the song. I also don't know why you stroke the hook text.Skyshiftertalk15:19, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
i think you're overestimating the public's familiarity with hatsune miku, or virtual singers in general. (i struck the hook because i was rejecting it.)ltbdl (seal)15:35, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Ltbdl: The public doesn't need to know about Hatsune Miku; only that it is a singer that does not exist in the real world. Would changing "virtual" to "fictional" be better? I still believe this fact is interesting; Anamanaguchi treating a fictional character as real as part of their writing process. (Also reworded to better match source).
ALT1: ... that when creating "Miku",Anamanaguchi imagined how it would be if the fictionalHatsune Miku was with them at the studio?
* ... that some U.S. right-wing political commentators, includingLaura Ingraham andCharlie Kirk, baselessly argued against same-sex adoption over the case oftwo gay men who abused their adoptive sons?
Adequate sourcing: -WP:MEDIAMATTERS is heavily relied on, but the source used is clearly anopinion article by Matt Gertz, and consensus at RSN plus the guidance ofWP:RSOPINION indicates that statements sourced to it should be attributed. They are not attributed in the "Reactions and aftermath" section. The article's statementThe case against the Zulocks prompted a strong homophobic reaction from right-wing conservatives in the United States and abroad. has two citations (one of which is also identified as anopinion piece), neither of which reference a homophobic reaction in the United States. The only other source given to indicate there was any controversy at all is Media Matters, and considering that Media Matters' business is ginning up controversy about right-wing media, I wouldn't take a single Media Matters writer's (unattributed) opinion that there was a controversy as sufficient without further reliable secondary sourcing. The only discussions aboutPagina 12 at RSN have raised concerns about its reliability (and that article reads as highly opinionated as well), so I'd love to see a better source than a solePerfil article for the scale of the controversy in Argentina.
Neutral: - See above; claims of astrong homophobic reaction are not neutral since they are not sourced to a reliable, non-opinionated, secondary source.
Other problems: - Original research appears to be present. The entire paragraph starting withEmpirical evidence discredits... appears to have been constructed aspublic service announcement; none of its sources reference the Zulock case and in fact predate them significantly. This appears to be an effort atWP:SYNTH. The article's statementHe further described the Zulocks's actions as "appalling", but argued that data and statistics indicate that this type of abuse is much more common among heterosexual persons. is not found in the Media Matters article, which instead saysIt’s an appalling story, but also appallingly familiar — sexual abuse by household members is unnervingly common, particularly for children who pass through the foster care system. This makes no reference to relative prevalence of child sexual abuse among heterosexual versus homosexual parents.
Hook eligibility:
Cited: - The hooks are not neutrally phrased, and MMFA is not sufficiently reliable for statements of fact in wikivoice. Moreover, the term "baselessly", presented in wikivoice as if MMFA weren't an opinionated source, doesn't appear in the MMFA claim. ALT1 is sourced to highly opinionated sources but thePerfil article indicates there was a controversy. However, the article does not claim that theZulock case caused the controversy as the hook states but rather thatJavier Mileigenerated controversy when he linked homosexual couples to “pedophilia” by citing a U.S. court case (machine translation)
Interesting: - If ALT0 were rephrased to attribute the claim to Media Matters, it would result in something that boiled down to "did you know that Media Matters criticized Laura Ingraham and Charlie Kirk", which is entirely predictable. ALT1 is probably fine, interesting-wise, if the sourcing issues can be resolved.
Dclemens1971 I will easily solve all those issues. As for empirical evidence it was copy-paste from Wikipedia article on LGBTQ grooming conspiracy and others that I can link you to. Easily solvable. Ping you when I do it all.CoryGlee15:23, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My point about the passage is thatincluding it here the way you did is a sort ofWP:COATRACK where you take sources that don't discuss the Zulocks and their crimes to draw readers to conclusions about the Zulocks' crimes.That's the original research.
@Dclemens1971: Hi, I have fixed the wording where necessary. As for some of the U.S. reactions, I found the whole tape of Ingraham and Mia Cathell on Fox News itself. As for Charlie Kirk, as stated in edit summary, there's a Matter's link but directly to the podcast where he says those things, however, as much obvious as it is that he's talking about the Zulocks, he didn't mention them by name in his (usually, and thankfully gone) hateful speech. In the case of Matt Walsh, I didn't findWonkette on PERENNIAL. If that's not reliable, I found his verified account on X with that post. So, I am willing to remove Kirk's part altogether if you like, and I used Media's source only as a means of stating Gertz's opinions. Finally, I have reworded the analysis subhead to eliminate OR and SYNTH. And lastly, I have no problems striking ALT0 and going for 1.CoryGlee22:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
CoryGlee, there has not been a discussion about Wonkette atWP:RSN for a while (except for one about its editorial bias), but I am unwilling to tick it off here as a reliable source without a consensus to that end. It isowned by its editor-in-chief, has been migrated to the blogging platform Substack, and has no statement of editorial policy or standards on its site.The article selected as a source here is 1/3 the blogger reposting his own X posts; it's highly opinionated and in traditional Wonkette style, vulgar. I'd sooner just link to Matt Walsh's X posts if you want to include them. There continues to be a problem with neutrality and source-text integrity in the article; the wordshomophobic/homophobia are used twice to describe the reaction of US commentators, but not even Matt Gertz uses that term, nor does he describe it aswidespread,broad or anything similar. Nor does Gertz describe any of the commentators asfar-right. I don't know where these concepts are entering the article, but it is not from the MMFA source. The wordtabloid in the lead is also not backed up by any content in the article. Additional question: What does the sentenceTenembaum ended the article saying that in the "new times" of Argentina, "absurd questions were beginning to make sense." mean in the article? Finally, can you please propose a rephrased ALT1 if that's the direction you want to go?Dclemens1971 (talk)13:56, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: thanks for the neat review. I have removed Wonkette and cited the Twitter (X) from Walsh's official account which links (retweet) from a far-right outlet describing the Zulocks's case to which Walsh responds. That said, I have decided to remove Kirk's entry because I saw on his article that the input was rephrased on the basis that Kirk does not mention the Zulocks by name, although it isobvious that he did refer to their case. Anyway, took that off and rephrased some controversial wording. I will modify hook 1 and strike the original.
The article is new enough (started Feb 3), long enough (> 35,000 bytes), neutral, and sourced. The hook is short enough and interesting, but the proposed fact (one of the longest veto messages in history) doesn't appear in the body of the Wikipedia article. If this is corrected, it can still be approved.Cbl62 (talk)00:13, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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New enough (mainspace Dec 5), long enough (34 KB), no apparent copyvio (Earwig flags mostly proper nouns). However, the hook fact is not acceptable as neither the article nor the source mention the fact about Cebu City. A new hook is needed.— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)02:20, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approving ALT2/2a, this hook is more interesting than ALT1. This phrasing is okay but it would also be okay to tweak it a bit. Pinging@Merd123:, do you approve of ALT2?— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk |contribs)18:55, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I was also confused by this — the statement about the city hall's impermanence also appears in§ Post-war and independence era (1945–1986), but the source cited in that paragraph does not seem to support any of the information there. I've added an{{fv}} tag accordingly.(please
mention me on reply; thanks!)—TechnoSquirrel69(sigh)04:54, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Full review still needed.Narutolovehinata5 (talk ·contributions)02:07, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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QPQ done. New enough, long enough, and sufficiently sourced. Copyright vio unlikely. Hook is interesting. I can't access the source for the hook so I'll AGF.PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑01:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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