Template talk:Did you know/Approved/week-1

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 second-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.

• ... that Rust Red Hills is being sold to renovate student housing, a court-approved move that museum associations say violates the ethics of deaccessioning?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Diet culture; Template:Did you know nominations/You Liked This (Okay, Computer!); Template:Did you know nominations/Stadionverbot Decision

Viriditas (talk) 23:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• the article certainly new enough, long enough, and very well-sourced. Nominator has also reviewed enough. The hook is short enough, and touches on an interesting and ongoing issue. Cardofk (talk) 17:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885? Source: Source (in Swedish)
  • ALT1: ... that Carl Smith has been called the "father of Swedish canoe sporting"? Source: Most easily accessible here (in Swedish)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Smith (moneylender)

Yakikaki (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I verified that both ALT0 and ALT1 are sourced in the article. The image in ALT0 is verified as having been released under CC BY 4.0 and would be a good image for the lead image slot. Cunard (talk) 06:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured) was China's first full-length feature film?

• ALT1: ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), China's first full-length feature film, was banned within two years? Source: Xiao, Zhiwei (2013). "Policing Film in Early Twentieth-Century China". In Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 452–471. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765607.013.0025. ISBN 978-0-19-998331-5.
• ALT2: ... that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), China's first full-length feature film, advertised its shooting in brothels? Source: Chen Jianhua (陈建华) (24 August 2021). 《阎瑞生》摄制与剧照之百年回观 [A Century-long Review of the Filming and Stills of "Yan Ruisheng"]. The Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 October 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Frederick Cumming Smillie

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. A minor point: @Crisco 1492: Is it appropriate to say in the hook that it was China's first full-length feature film when the article seems to be a little less certain (Yan Ruisheng is commonly identified as the first Chinese-made full-length feature film / has been considered China's first full-length feature film)? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi BeanieFan11. That's me hedging my bets, because I distrust "first" claims even when multiple sources say "is", explicitly. I've changed the article to say "is".  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:27, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Probably fine then. Though, if you're not completely certain you could change the hook to something like e.g. "that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured) is considered China's first full-length feature film?" or "that Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), considered China's first full-length feature film, was banned within two years? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yeah... only the sources don't have that level of uncertainty. I should have just gone with "is" from the get-go.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:37, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the mediaeval Castle Knob in Derbyshire, England, was the site of a Cold War nuclear monitoring station?

• ALT1: ... that a settlement in Derbyshire, England, is named after a Knob? Source: "The Gresleys, more unusually, seem to have built a castle at their caput. The name is preserved in the current name of Castle Gresley, and in a mound, still approximately 20 feet high, known locally as Castle Knob, that lies about a mile from the remains of Gresley Priory" from: Boston, Hannah (2024). Lordship and Locality in the Long Twelfth Century. Boydell & Brewer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78327-783-4. see also the plaque on the site
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jabulani Mabuza
• Comment: There is probably some fun to be had with hooks around a "4m-high Knob" or similar but beyond me at the moment

Dumelow (talk) 13:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 15:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that ontologists disagree on whether you have temporal parts?

• ALT1: ... that in George Berkeley's ontology, "to be is to be perceived"? Source: Van Inwagen, Peter (2024). Metaphysics (5 ed.). Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-032-40916-0.
• ALT2: ... that according to some ontologists, everything is one? Source: Schaffer, Jonathan (2018). "Monism". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. § 2.1 Overview. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Gilbert_Wilson_(geologist)

Phlsph7 (talk) 16:24, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to me! I prefer ALT0 or ALT2. Nice work on getting it to GA, Phlsph7! paul2520 💬 17:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that during World War II, Soviet atrocities against prisoners of war included the murder of tens of thousands of Polish and hundreds of thousands of Axis (mostly German) soldiers? Source: https://www.google.co.kr/books/edition/From_Incarceration_to_Repatriation/8t3zEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Overmans+German+POWs+death+toll+million&pg=PA2&printsec=frontcover and https://books.google.com/books?id=PZXvUuvfv-oC&dq=Soviet+invasion+of+Poland+1939&pg=PA20 , among others
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Neknampur Lake

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:15, 24 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great! Very good work, thank you. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that in the 1939 Liechtenstein general election, no actual voting took place?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bethwel Henry

TheBritinator (talk) 15:15, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Always nice to see small countries like Liechtenstein get decent coverage. Article looks good as a newly-promoted GA. AGF on the hook source. Appears good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that in 1931, Werner Best drafted for the Nazi Party the plans for a coup?

• ALT1: ... that under a Nazi plan for a coup, Jews were to be deprived of food rations? Source: https://www.jta.org/archive/jews-to-be-starved-out-if-hitlerists-come-to-power-boxheim-documents-were-authentic-official-statem
• Reviewed:

Jean Po (talk) 15:40, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• The article was made on the 25th, so is new enough. At many times the required length, it is long enough. The article reads neutrally and properly uses in-line citations. The copyvio detector finds nothing outside of explicit quotes in the article. Both hooks are interesting and cited in-line and utilized properly from the listed sources. The suggested image is in the public domain and visibly identifiable. No QPQ needs to be done. Looks good to go! Silverseren^C 01:20, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden, born to an interracial couple from the United States but unable to return there due to racism, finally reunited with her relatives there in the 1980s? Source: Bertha Golden and Lily had planned to return to United States, but due to World War II and Bertha’s lingering fears of racism in the United States, they never left Uzbekistan. + "I am very happy, not only because this is the first time I met some of the Goldens and Bialeks, but because I think this is very historical for blacks and Jews to meet like this," said Golden
  • ALT1: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched Abkhazians of African descent and contemporary Black music despite her academic research being ideologically controlled? Source: Every effort was made to direct Golden's scholarship into proper ideological channels and to frustrate her dissertation on the cultural contributions of African music ... she found avenues and loopholes by which she could conduct independent research on the little-known native black population of Abkhazia as well as on officially disapproved forms of modern black music.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chiu Yuh-chuan
  • Comments: While someone else moved this to mainspace, it was only because I submitted it myself in AFC, so I'm naming myself as the mover.

ミラP@Miraclepine 18:02, 1 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This does have promise. It's new, of sufficient length, neutral, and well-sourced without plagiarism. However, I do feel the hooks could be rewritten to be clearer and more concise to be more interesting to a broad audience. Lazman321 (talk) 21:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lazman321: I added what should be enough clarity, but this is the clearest and shortest I could do without losing their hookiness.

• ALT0A: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden, born to an interracial couple from the United States, finally reunited with her relatives there decades after being unable to return due to racism? Source: Same as ALT0
• ALT0B: ... that academic Lily Golden, born to an American interracial couple, finally reunited with her American relatives decades after being unable to leave the Soviet Union due to racism? Source: Same as ALT0
• ALT1A: ... that Lily Golden researched "officially disapproved" genres of contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research in the Soviet Union? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1B: ... that Lily Golden researched contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research in the Soviet Union? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1C: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched "officially disapproved" genres of contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research? Source: Same as ALT1
• ALT1D: ... that Soviet academic Lily Golden researched contemporary Black music despite ideological restrictions to her research? Source: Same as ALT1

Hope that help, ミラP@Miraclepine 23:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'm in favor of ALT0B and ALT1C. Lazman321 (talk) 01:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Light Vessel 95 is now a recording studio?

• ALT1: ... that Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Ray and Bastille have all recorded aboard Light Vessel 95? Source: as above
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/National Gingerbread House Competition

Dumelow (talk) 20:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great, both hooks equally interesting in my book. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk/Contribs} 21:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the first standalone women's toilets (pictured) in Auckland, New Zealand, were converted into being a male-only facility during the Second World War?

• Reviewed:

TarnishedPath^talk 14:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• TarnishedPath Article looks good and no copyvios. QPQ not needed. Image free. Although the hook should be changed to "Auckland, New Zealand," to comply with MOS:GEOLINK. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:46, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Panamitsu, I've made the change to the hook. TarnishedPath^talk 23:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that in 1927, museum administrator Herbert Smith hired a special train so that civil servants could watch a total solar eclipse in North Yorkshire?

• ALT1: ... that gemmologist Herbert Smith had two minerals and a wallaby named after him? Source: Sources – herbertsmithite [2] 'named for GF Herbert Smith' smithite - [3] 'named for G F Herbert Smith] Herbert’s rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 627 [June 1926]) ‘named in honour of G.F. Herbert Smith Assistant Secretary of the Museum’ (offline reference)
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/E-Defense

Chaiten1 (talk) 21:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Hi Chaiten1, review follows: article more than 5x expanded from 25 October and is well written; sources used are good with inline citations throughout; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing; hooks are interesting and largely check out to sources cited (I don't have access to the wallaby one but it is verifiable elsewhere eg here, the national archives link isn't working for me at the moment but I have supplemented it in the article with the Nature ref you've provided here); a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me. This is a solid traditional encyclopaedia article, really nice to see - Dumelow (talk) 08:36, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that some occupants of New York City's Hotel Marseilles had never had a private room before staying there? Source: Helmreich, William B. (July 5, 2017). Against All Odds. Routledge. p. 31
  • ALT1: ... that for some Holocaust survivors, their first-ever private room was at New York City's Hotel Marseilles? Source: Helmreich, William B. (July 5, 2017). Against All Odds. Routledge. p. 31
  • ALT2: ... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once a shelter for Holocaust survivors, later became affordable housing for the elderly? Source: Director, Roger (June 8, 1981). "Budget cuts may give her new life an old ending". New York Daily News. p. 65
  • ALT3: ... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once home to Sara Roosevelt and Dorothy Parker, later became a refugee shelter and affordable housing for the elderly? Source: Silverstein, Andrew (August 3, 2023). "just like Jewish refugees did after WWII". The Forward
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KIXE-TV
  • Comment: I can come up with more hooks later.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:31, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting building and history, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. Before going for GA perhaps check for repetitions (the building, also). The image is licensed and a great illustration! None of the hooks is impossible. I prefer ALT2, but I think the "later" serves little purpose ;) - The "private rooms" of the first two are said by one writer to be for "some", - that's a bit too weak for my taste. I think "Holocaust" will create more interest than the specific people of ALT3. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Alan Rosen once sold 2,400 cheesecakes in four minutes to television shoppers?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Crystal (tabloid)
• Comment: Nominating this on behalf of an IP editor who has, as usual, provided the QPQ. I shall say that I see a rather viable hook in the gun buy-back scheme, too.

Schwede66 03:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:25, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:51, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that future Olympic weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carl Smith (canoeing)

Cunard (talk) 07:00, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

•  Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 14:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Expanded day before DYK, from 138 to 5600, and article is up to snuff. All the sources but SR are offline so I'll AGF; that reminds me... Cunard, kudos to you for expanding a PRODed stub with sourcing that can't be reached easily. I recommend fixing the lede by blending in the info about his Olympic career so that it looks less like the cookie-cutter stub it originally was or adding an ALT1 showing that he was still looking for work post-Olympics even after the pre-Olympics job offer, but consider this optional. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Patriarch Amalric was snubbed at the royal court because of his role in a royal divorce (pictured)?

• ALT1: ... that Patriarch Amalric was, according to the archbishop of Tyre, "reasonably well educated but bereft of intelligence and virtually useless"? Source: Hamilton (1980) p. 78
• ALT2: ... that "no other Latin patriarch had ruled for so long" as Amalric of Nesle and yet "no other had made so little contribution"? Source: Hamilton (1980) p. 78
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The United States of America (album)

Surtsicna (talk) 22:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Hi Surtsicna, review follows: article well in excess of 5x expanded from 27 October; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable offline sources; happy to AGF there are no copyright violations from these sources, the Earwig check is fine; hooks check out to the source cited (from Google Preview at least), for ALT0 I have amended "divorce" to "annulment of a royal marriage" as there is a difference; a QPQ has been carried out. Image needs a US PD copyright tag but is undoubtedly in the public domain, if you can address this and check you are happy with the amendment to ALT0 I should be able to approve - Dumelow (talk) 08:59, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tag added! I am not quite happy with the amendment, Dumelow, because it does not flow or catch attention nearly as well as "royal divorce"; and while divorce and annulment are different things in modern law, in the Middle Ages the annulment was the divorce, and indeed historians of the Middle Ages use the terms interchangeably, "divorce" even more commonly. See the source for this hook, for example. Surtsicna (talk) 18:42, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Surtsicna. Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. I have returned ALT0 to its original wording and am happy to leave the final decision up to the promoter - Dumelow (talk) 19:48, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that during World War II, housewives were encouraged to keep Edmonds baking powder tins to be used as bombs in case New Zealand was invaded?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Symonds St Public Conveniences and Former Tram Shelter

―Panamitsu (talk) 23:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Hi Panamitsu, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 27 October and exceeds minimum length; sources used look to be reliable for the content cited and inline citations are used throughout; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spot check; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to source cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 08:16, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Zhou Houkun (pictured) wrote a thesis on the use of bamboo to reinforce concrete?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harriette Cooke

Kimikel (talk) 00:15, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 05:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that The Crystal was one of few publications in early 20th-century China to regularly cover same-sex intimacy?

• ALT1: ... that The Crystal contained regular coverage of Shanghai's courtesans? Source: Hershatter, Gail (1999). Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-520-20439-3. "Perhaps the most famous of the tabloids was Crystal (in Chinese, jingbao), published every three days beginning in 1919 for more than two decades. Crystal overlapped with the guidebooks in content, but devoted a great deal of column space to tracking relationships between courtesans and the city’s elite, as well as personality quirks and quarrels among courtesans, business successes or reversals, reminiscences about famous courtesans of earlier times, and lists of courtesan-house names and phone numbers."
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tore Skeie

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: On good faith. As this contains sources not accessible by internet. 184.153.21.19 (talk) 02:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns in Italy, the members of Nocturna met for the first time while recording their debut album?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abraham Hamadeh

Cambalachero (talk) 16:23, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The "Members" section and the beginning of "Discography" should have inline citations. Can you please pull a quote saying they first met because of Covid? I'm not seeing it in the source. Ergo Sum 16:59, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• • There's no need to reference discographies or line-ups, it is presumed that the band's album itself is an acceptable source for such trivial and non-controversial info. See WP:PRIMARY. As for the hook, my translated view of the page says "The band was formed during the lockdown, so we worked remotely at first. Everyone recorded their own demo and sent it to the others. We met for the first time in the studio." Perhaps you missed it because there's a "How did Nocturna come about?" question, which does not mention this, and you did not realize that the topic would come up again later. Cambalachero (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ok, both check out. Ergo Sum 16:51, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the Trilobite Wilderness is so rich in trilobite fossils that in places virtually every rock contains a fossil?

• ALT1: ... that parts of the Mojave Desert are so rich in trilobite fossils that the Trilobite Wilderness was named after them? Source: "Trilobite Wilderness | Bureau of Land Management". www.blm.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
• Reviewed:
• Comment: I recently created this article and I think the whimsical name and paleontological significance make it a good contender for a DYK

Blervis (talk) 04:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• This is a newly created article, which is well referenced, long enough and passes copyvio. The hooks check out; ALT0 is intriguing, to the point and validated by the source (AMNH). QPQ is not required. The image is appropriate and has the correct permissions. This is a nice self-contained page, and I shall add it my bucket list of places to visit! Chaiten1 (talk) 15:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that a San Francisco–area radio station sometimes had to be quiet to not disturb patients of a nearby dentist's office? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-kjaz/138078436/
  • ALT1: ... that a San Francisco–area radio station was almost bought by a front company for Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-sf-firm-tried-to-buy-k/138077322/
  • ALT2: ... that a San Francisco–area radio station charged one of its competitors with vandalizing its studios and following its employees around? Source: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/fighting-the-power/Content?oid=1075454&showFullText=true
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape
  • Comment: This station is chock-full of potential hooks!

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:00, 28 October 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. Great work!! Thriley (talk) 20:01, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that during the presidency of Nayib Bukele (pictured), El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender?

• ALT1: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world" on Twitter? Source: Youkee, Mat (26 September 2021). "Nayib Bukele Calls Himself the 'World's Coolest Dictator' – But Is He Joking?". The Guardian. San Salvador, El Salvador. ISSN 0029-7712.
• ALT2: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) is of Palestinian descent? Source: Ahren, Raphael (7 February 2019). "His Dad was an Imam, His Wife has Jewish Roots: Meet El Salvador's New Leader". The Times of Israel.
• ALT3: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) supports reunifying Central America? Source: "Nayib Bukele: "Centroamérica Debería Ser Un Solo País"" [Nayib Bukele: "Central America Should Be One Single Country"]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 4 January 2024.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis L. Sampson

PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 09:10, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• That's quite the GA – good job. Review to come. charlotte ^👸♥ 05:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nominated the day it was GAed, certainly long enough, copyvio checks return fine. All hooks are cited and interesting (Times of Israel is no consensus, but probably fine for this info), although I think ALT1 is the most interesting. Image has VRT and QPQ done. charlotte ^👸♥ 20:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu was unable to generate urine for a drug test so drank six huge glasses of beer to help him urinate?

• ALT1: ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu drank six huge glasses of beer to help himself urinate for a drug test? Source: Same as the first hook.
• ALT2: ... that the weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu set nearly 20 national records? Source: He, Chang-fa 何長發 (1997-07-14). "大雞慢啼 吳再富揚州償宿願" [Late Bloomer: Wu Tsai-fu Fulfills His Dream in Yangzhou]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). p. 2.

  The article notes: "吳再富十四歲首次參加舉重賽以來，先後打破全國紀錄將近二十次，但在亞洲大賽奪牌這還是第一次，算是「大雞慢啼」的老選手。"

  From a translation: "Wu Tsai-fu has broken national records nearly twenty times since he first participated in a weightlifting competition at the age of fourteen, but this is the first time he has won a medal in an Asian competition, and he can be regarded as a veteran player of "Late Bloomer"."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Zhou Houkun

Cunard (talk) 05:33, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Page was 5x expanded recently enough, is long enough, the hook is interesting and quite funny, and QPQ has been done. I think that ALT1 is preferable because it's more concise. I'm going to AGF on the Chinese sourcing. Overall, seems good! Di (they-them) (talk) 23:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note, I have edited ALT1 slightly to fix a grammar mistake, it was "generate urinate" so I changed it to just "urinate". Di (they-them) (talk) 23:23, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that sports broadcaster Carrlyn Bathe started her career as a member of the Los Angeles Kings Ice Crew?

• ALT1: ... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand? Source: [6]
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan

Kimikel (talk) 04:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Will be claiming this for review and hope to get to it soon. Among the two hooks, ALT1 is probably the more unusual or interesting once since it's less reliant on NHL knowledge (and thus specialist knowledge), although I would suggest also putting "sports broadcaster" before her name. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination, and I didn't find any close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been completed. Both hooks are cited inline and verified (I am accepting the use of Facebook and Twitter as the FB link is the official Kings page and the Twitter link is her own, so meets the guidelines at WP:SPS). As mentioned above, the second hook is the better hook as it's less reliant on familiarity with the NHL or ice hockey. Good to go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the Miracle in Motown was the first of three successful Hail Mary passes in a span of 13 months thrown by Aaron Rodgers?

• Reviewed: Derrick Harden

« Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:18, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Overall, hook and article meet all criteria for DYK, no reason not to approve. JJonahJackalope (talk) 02:16, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that in St Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill, John Francis Bentley was baptised in the same font that he himself designed?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rust Red Hills

Cardofk (talk) 17:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great! Very fun hook. Great article, thank you for writing it! ~Darth Stabro^{Talk/Contribs} 21:25, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]