This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the third-most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.
ALT1: ... that American Samoan legislator Pulu Ae Ae Jr. was known for his "outbursts" which were described as "the stuff of legend"? Source: quote from Samoa News
Adequate sourcing: - Only a few issues. For Pula: ref doesn't say "for several months in 2014" but "intermittently"; maybe "a second time"?; first Republican governor isn't supported by source. For Pulu: Ref doesn't mention Maʻopūtasi County.
Neutral: - Only one issue: not sure calling him an "important figure" is due since the extraordinary claim is sourced to his campaign site, maybe "involved" is preferred.
Overall: Whoa, the whole Pula-Pulu thing is catchy! I'm preferring ALT0. Pula is 3312 and Pulu is 2705; Pula moved to mainspace and Pulu created, both on 20 Nov (a week before nom). Earwig gives Pulu Ae Ae Jr. a 41.2% score, but it's mostly quotes. Everything else is good. @BeanieFan11: fix these issues and you're good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine20:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11: Everything else is good, but yeah, I don't feel comfortable citing the "important figure" superlative stuff to what's technically promotional content, so I'd prefer adding that cited info from the Leone article to the article as a compromise. ミラP@Miraclepine04:37, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article was moved to mainspace on time and is new enough and long enough. Everything is adequately source and there are no uncited materials (I need an account to see the DOB reference so AGF). Both hooks are interesting, cited inline, and verified in their respective snippets, although I have a preference for ALT1 as I think it's more unusual or intriguing. However, it may need rewording since neither the article nor the source call her a "California actress" and they still consider her to be from Massachusetts. A full QPQ has been done and verified. My main concern at the moment is WP:DYKCOMPLETE: the article does not mention anything between her ending her acting career and her death, even though the cited obituary says that she became a columnist after her career. Her post-acting career stuff will need to be expanded before this nomination is approved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. The Newspapers.com snippet about her post-acting life has only one page that's accessible to me, so I'd just like to confirm if the rest of the article confirms the other stuff like her writing columns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:56, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The QPQ I did is still pending; feel free to wait until that's finished. Note that I had a previous account (User:toobigtokale) with more than 5 noms so I have to do QPQs I think.
Created by Seefooddiet (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
@EF5: Please provide a QPQ ASAP. Current QPQ rules require one to be provided at the time of the nomination, and noms can be closed without warning if one is not provided quickly. As it has been almost a week since the nom and no QPQ has been provided, the nomination will be closed if a QPQ is not provided soon. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a new rule that was only introduced about a month or two ago following a WT:DYK discussion. Normally I would have just closed the nomination given the length of time that has passed, but given that you may not have been aware of the new rule I decided to ping instead and give a reminder. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:48, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, so the article meets the size requirements and was nominated in time. I see in-line citations wherever necessary in it and the QPQ is done. I am a little unsure on ALT0 when it comes to interestingness, so ALT1 would be my preference. For the first hook to be approved too, I believe the words "spooky anniversary special" would have to be added to the article.--NØ06:56, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source: "Although blacklisting was illegal, many construction companies vetted workers through a clandestine database that identified union members or activists as “troublemakers” ... Brian said: “I started to see it was getting harder to find work. There was plenty of construction work going on, but I was getting knocked back.” He was without work for more than 25 years until his retirement in 2006." from: Pounds, Chris (25 June 2019). "Brian Higgins obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
Overall: Source says "He was without work for more than 25 years until his retirement in 2006", which supports hook. Article says "unable to work in the industry at all from 1981; being supported on the wage of his wife until his retirement in 2006". Accepting per WP:2+2=4. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Chetsford, great idea for an article. Review: created 21 November and exceeds minimum length; sources used look generally reliable (I am not sure about destroyerhistory.org but it is only used to cite the complement of the destroyer involved); article is fully cited inline; I don't have access to all the sources but didn't pick up on any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck; Earwig score is high but only because of the quoted article form the convention (which is PD and appropriate); image is PD (source states from Department of Defense); I can't access the sources cited for the hook but it is stated in the article so I will AGF; QPQ awaited but otherwise looks good - Dumelow (talk) 21:58, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Dumelow - QPQ now done! (For Destroyer History - I did some research on it a couple years ago and posed a question at RSN [2]. It didn't get much interest/response, unfortunately.) Chetsford (talk) 22:15, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article is of a substantial length and was made a GA on November 21. It was nominated in the proper time frame, and is within policy. No copyright violations detected. The hook length is fine, and the fact is interesting and verified to the cited source. The only issue is that we need to attribute the quote in the hook to the Museum of Modern Art. Once that is fixed I can approve the hook. Best.4meter4 (talk) 01:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Does it need to be attributed within the hook? That would adversely affect catchiness and does not seem to be a requirement looking at recent DYK hooks like this and this.--NØ11:27, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've had several of my hook proposals held up in the past when I've done quotes; particularly when they make exceptional claims like the one in this hook. Personally I think attributing the quote to MOMA makes it more hooky not less. But that's just me.4meter4 (talk) 22:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and thank you for that nomination, MaranoFan and thanks for notifying me and for your concern, 4meter4. Rather busy at the moment, sorry. How would you wish to have it phrased if it's attributed? "by XX" seems impossible, as the name of the person is not known only the insitution (by the MoMa does not sound right) ;"in a presentation for a screening at the MoMa"? Not too long?21:07, -Mushy Yank.3 December 2024 (UTC)
Alt1... that the 1976 Philippine film Itim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" at a 2022 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art?
Overall: Taking on this review. The article was nominated two days after GA promotion, so it falls within the seven-day timeframe. Since it was already a GA, I will skip the copyright and source spotchecks. I believe ALT1 sufficiently meets DYKDEFINITE and is verifiable with the source. QPQ done. Good to go! —Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul)06:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Luxembourg 1984Herrey's gladde winnaars festival (in Dutch) "De enige juiste beslissing van al die jury's was de afstraffing van Engeland dat met puur pikwerk van The Supremes hoog wilde eindigen. [...] Maar toen zij gezongen hadden klonk er in de zaal en luid boe-geroep."
Article was nominated within the relevant window and is long enough (extensive quotations do make that a bit hazy, but they're used appropriately). Earwig suggest that there was likely a problem regarding copyright, but a manual check suggested that it was all appropriate quotations and names giving false positives. No images (I think you could add the Texas star in there somewhere!). Not a barrier to running, but the infobox accepts his death as being in Calcutta despite the possibility that it was in Hong Kong; consider providing both possibilities there. Overall, a swell little article—good work! Preference is for ALT1 on basis of it being more interesting to me. ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:07, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! An image with the star has been added now. I believe that Calcutta is more likely to be the place of his death than Hong Kong because Brown only gives a scant mention of Teulon and the other source seems to be much more certain. Aneirinn (talk) 05:29, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that an X-ray machine was once placed in the Bronx General Post Office's lobby? Source: "City Starts TB Hunt". New York Herald Tribune. December 13, 1955. p. 25.
ALT3: ... that the Bronx General Post Office could not get bulletproof shields because it was a landmark? Source: "Barriers: To Protect And Serve". Newsday. March 23, 1995. p. A.07
Hi Epicgenius. This well-written article, expanded about 12x, is long enough, new enough, and well-sourced. ALT1 is certainly the most interesting. It is cited to a map which identifies the top floor as a "target range". Other hooks are also cited (could not check main hook or ALT3, but assuming good faith). Image free and legible at low resolution. QPQ done. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 18:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: WOW. There is a lot that is honestly blurbable here, including him being the first Native American silversmith in Japan, the Buddhist priest compelling him to continue his work, and even more. Wonderful work on this article Sonovawolf! There's a lot to work with here frankly. The most glaring issue I see at the moment is that the "In 1972...", "In return, Goro bartered...", and "In 1967..." portions are currently unsourced. It's new enough, long enough, and neutral. I'll try and run it through Earwig once I resolve some issues with it. In the meantime, I would advise that you address the concerns above when available! Ornithoptera (talk) 08:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Following up, since I was able to run it through Earwig. 9.9% similarity with some longer segments being similar but those check out. The unsourced sections have now been addressed. I think everything looks good on my end, cheers Sonovawolf! Ornithoptera (talk) 19:27, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced and neutral. No plagiarism - earwig picks up the long names organisations. Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ is done. Lajmmoore (talk) 16:56, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article looks good, was interesting to read. Think it could do with some copyediting, as some of the sentences are quite long and loose, but it's still readable. Only things flagged by Earwig's tool are clear, attributed quotes. The hooks are also interesting, although I think the ALT0 hook twists the story a bit and doesn't make it clear that this is a fantastical story from a hagiography. I prefer ALT1. Grnrchst (talk) 16:31, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Grnrchst I would suggest that the hook (and the article) should make it clear that the Charlemagne incident is also a legend: the Cureus source refers to the legend of the assault inflicted upon her by Charlemagne.
Thanks for providing this ALT1a hook, I'd definitely approve of this. In any case, I think the hook needs to make it clear that this is a legend, not a necessarily true story. --Grnrchst (talk) 17:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source: He served as Secretary of State of Arkansas for three terms, from 1879 to 1885.(source: Allsopp pp 571-572) Frolich was the Grand Giant of the Ku Klux Klan for White County.(source: Trelease)
ALT1: ... that newspaper publisher Jacob Frolich built trap doors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided by Radical Republicans? Source: He purchased Curran Hall in Little Rock. He was under scrutiny from the Radical Republican government and Frolich set up trap doors and hiding places in the building in case it was raided.(source: Library of Congress)
ALT2: ... that Jacob Frolich, the Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1879 to 1885, fled to Canada to avoid arrest for murder? Source: A warrant with no bail was issued for the arrest of Frolich, Dandridge and several other men involved in the murder. Frolich fled to Canada and worked as a printer in Windsor, Ontario (source: Allsopp page 477)
GTG. New and long enuf (expansion checks out); seems neutral. well-written, all 3 hooks check out. Personally I like ALT1 best, but all are good. Pic ok to use, but very low quality. Earwig finds nothing. Johnbod (talk) 18:13, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Nice hook and it's cited. The article is in good shape as well, and QPQ is provided here. No copyright violation concerns. The article is definitely...interesting! ~ TailsWx06:58, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that shipwreck hunter Noel Hilliam claimed to find a sunken U-Boat off the coast of New Zealand?
Source: In 2008 The Underwater Heritage Group (of which Noel Hilliam was vice-president) announced that they had discovered a German U-boat off the Kaipara Coast. Hilliam claimed the submarine had been 'observed seven times' and three divers had been to it – however, no photographs exist and it has not since been seen.[1][2]
Reviewed:
Moved to mainspace by Petersmeter (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Some content issues first. The date and place of birth are unreferenced, and you either need to reference those or remove the info. There is an unreferenced section (same thing; either reference it or remove the info). Wikipedia use quotation marks (") rather than apostrophes ('); please change this throughout the article. I've fixed up numerous stylistic issues myself. Now to the DYK criteria. The article was new in mainspace when it was nominated. It's long enough. Apart from the parts listed above, it's suitably referenced. Hilliam was a controversial chap, but I'm happy that it's written in a neutral way. Earwig is clean; all it finds are direct quotes. This appears to be the nominator's second DYK nomination, hence a QPQ is not required. The grammar of the hook is off; it would need to be "claimed to have found". The hook fact itself is referenced. Once the above issues are sorted, this is good to go. Schwede6609:33, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help with this article Schwede66 - I think I have corrected all the quotation marks, added references for the unreferenced section and added a reference for birth place/date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petersmeter (talk • contribs) 13:41, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - I have trawled through papers past and online am unable to find any other references. So have removed the date and location of birth. Petersmeter (talk)
... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, bored soldiers began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
Source: * Abaza, Konstantin Konstantinovich (1902). Завоевание Туркестана [Conquest of Turkestan p=59] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Publishing House of Mikhail Stasyulevich.
ALT1: ... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, poor placement of Russian artillery batteries caused them to shoot into each other? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 123.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
ALT2: ... that after the siege of Ak-Mechet, a commander raised his handkerchief over the conquered fortress because he didn't have a Russian flag? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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Created by CitrusHemlock (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: None required.
Overall: Earwig got weirdly intense about the long quote in the middle, but I don't see any issue here. I have made a small grammatical adjustment, but please feel free to change it if the intended meaning has been disrupted. A small note is that the Venyukov source is in the sources section, but there is no footnote indicating its use. Consider either removing or citing as appropriate. All sources accepted AGF, recommend promoter choose either ALT0 or ALT1. Thanks for your contribution to DYK and Russian military history! ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 16:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that trembleuse cups and saucers enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
Source: Hillier, Bevis, Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1914: England, Europe and North America (series The Social History of the Decorative Arts), p. 63, 1968, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 0297176684
Adequate sourcing: - Do we have a better source for the hook than the Spice House's own product page? This is a primary source, and I'm concerned that this might be pulled at WP:ERRORS because the current source may give off the impression that this hook/article is promotional.
Overall: @MaranoFan, thanks for nominating this article. The article looks mostly fine, though there is an issue with the hook source and with one of the links, which I've pointed out above. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article promoted to GA on 22 November; article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; sources are mostly offline but I found no overly close paraphrasing form the ones I could access; hook fact is interesting, stated in article, it is cited offline but checks out in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas source; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 18:03, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very nice work on a worthy topic. Article is new enough (moved to mainspace 11/23) and long enough (> 5000 characters of narrative text). Well written and sourced. Earwig raised an alert with this source but a closer review reveals nothing problematic. The hook is interesting, sourced, and short enough. QPQ satisfied. Image has PD tag, shows well at 100x100px, and is worthy of the lead/image slot. Cbl62 (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article is new and long enough. QPQ is done; Earwig detects no copyright problems. The hook is good and interesting. One small quibble: opera (barring some notable exceptions like The Magic Flute and the non-Guiraudified Carmen), is sung, not "spoken". I'll approve once this is fixed. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 04:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Superbly written and the coverage is probably as thorough as we can hope for (notwithstanding the one-liner "synopsis" which is somewhat amusing in itself---such a pity that the film is lost!!). Ticks all the boxes easily; no signs of copyvio as far as I can see. I like the original hook much better. Cheers, --KINGofLETTUCE 👑🥬07:06, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article is sufficiently new, long enough and free from copyvio or other issues. It is appropriately sourced. QPQ is not required. ALT0 is negative in tone, so I wouldn't use this one. The second hook - ALT1 - is nearly there. It is supported by the source (video interview), but I wonder if ALT1 can be written a little more directly / a little shorter: for example
ALT1a : ... that Yuki Waga walked around his house repeating "Shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan" to create the earworm for "Shikairo Days"? or
... that Babak Ganjei tried to sell a painting of his credit card to Barclays? Source: The Quietus: "Some major financial institutions, like Deutsche Bank and Bank of America, have whole art departments, swathes of liveried curators and indentured experts, to manage their art world acquisitions. The likes of Gerhard Richter will see the red carpet extended to them at JPMorgan, their works the very jewel in a collection going back decades, heavy with Picassos, Rauschenbergs, and Warhols. But when Babak Ganjei tried to sell his painting of a credit card, All the Power to Barclaycard, he didn’t get through to the corporate art department. He got Dan in Customer Services."
This article, created on 24 November, is new enough, long enough, and well-sourced. Hook is interesting and the source checks out. QPQ done. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 14:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reviewing... 5xexpanded, reads well, 2xQPQs provided, no copyvio issues, hooks are interesting, ALT1 reads easiest and interesting to me. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... Al hooks in article and folowed by citations containing hook fact (AGF on ALT4 reference). Copyvio issues all relate to titles and names so is okay. The whole article is very well written. Image is clear and free. Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 15:09, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
article is new enough, long enough and within policy. Hook is short enough and interesting. QPQ done. Cbl62, let me know if you want me to review the photo too. « Gonzo fan2007(talk) @ 14:48, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There are other neat things like the way it uses its paddles to burrow or swim (we even have an extremely cool GIF of the former from iNaturalist), easily the most fascinating aspect is the prolific cannibalism – as much as 1/3 of their diet in some localities, as I recall.
Improved to Good Article status by TheTechnician27 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Overall: A QPQ is not needed. The article is long enough, has recently passed GAN, and has no copyright violations. ALT0a sounds better, but ALT0 is also fine. TryKid[dubious – discuss]17:37, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TryKid:@Mandarax: The only thing that makes me hesitant to just call it the "paddle crab" with no species name is that Charybdis japonica is called the "Asian paddle crab"; to be specific, authors will sometimes refer to O. catharus as the "New Zealand paddle crab". In fact, paddle crab is disambiguated for that very reason. It's a bit messy, basically. TheTechnician27(Talk page)19:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source: https://www.krbd.org/2024/09/03/eric-hafner-advances-to-the-ak-us-house-ballot-from-federal-prison/ "Campaigning for statewide elected office in Alaska can be difficult and expensive, but Hafner faces extra hurdles. For one thing, he’s never been to the state. For another, Hafner is currently serving a decades-long sentence in a medium-security federal prison near Otisville, New York."
Comment: Unsourced, non-prose list of pastors was removed as part of the overhaul of the article so manual verification of the prose 5x will be needed; however, the only prose prior to my overhaul was the initial sentence.
5x expanded by Darth Stabro (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.
QPQ has been completed. Article is new enough and long enough. The article has been expanded more than 5x and was nominated within the proper time frame. Article is within policy and no copyright violations are detected. Citations to WP:RS are used throughout. The hook is interesting, the proper length, and verified to the cited source. This hook can be promoted. The picture is in the public domain and is usable. Good work!4meter4 (talk) 00:43, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: The newly created article and the hook corresponds all of the DYK nomination criteria. Thanks for your great work! -- Pofka (talk) 18:49, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]