Template talk:Did you know/Approved/week
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 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.
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Mary A. Wray[edit]
- ... that Mary A. Wray was the oldest living American actress at the time of her death in 1892? Source: The Oldest Actress Dead, Recent death: The Oldest Actress
- ALT1: ... that Mary A. Wray, a celebrated American actress of the 19th century, was considered the oldest representative of the American stage at the time of her death in 1892? Source: A Woman of the Century
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Street salamander tunnels
X (talk) 05:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC).
- New enough, long enough, and neutral with all reliable sources. The hook is directly cited. I assume good faith on the book reference. I prefer the first hook. A QPQ is needed. SL93 (talk) 18:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- @SL93: QPQ done. Re AGF, you could also access them by Wikipedia Library repositories such as Newspapers.com and NewspaperArchive.com. But Google News archive in itself is freely accessible and reliable. And yes, let's go with ALT0. Regards. X (talk) 06:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Pujol (restaurant), Quintonil[edit]
- ... that Pujol and Quintonil restaurants tied with two Michelin stars, the highest ratings in Mexico's first guide?
- Source: [1] On Tuesday, the Michelin Guide announced its first-ever rankings for the country, with two two-star restaurants and 16 one-star spots.
- ALT1: ... that Pujol and Quintonil restaurants were awarded two Michelin stars in Mexico's first guide? Source: [2] On Tuesday, the Michelin Guide announced its first-ever rankings for the country, with two two-star restaurants and 16 one-star spots.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Girl Friday (TV programme)
- Comment: 5x expanded / created. It says 1 QPQ is required, but this is a multi-nomination: Template:Did you know nominations/Mrs. Brisby
(CC) Tbhotch™ 04:19, 20 May 2024 (UTC). Both articles:
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Overall: Nice work. This looks good to go. Epicgenius (talk) 14:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: Hi! Thanks for reviewing it. I noticed that I could also expand List of Michelin starred restaurants in Mexico. Can I add it to this nomination as follows?
- ALT2: ... that Pujol and Quintonil restaurants tied with two Michelin stars, the highest ratings in Mexico's first guide?
Here is the QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Taste of Summer. (CC) Tbhotch™ 19:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Tbhotch: Sure. My review is as follows. Epicgenius (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
List of Michelin starred restaurants in Mexico:
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Overall: The List of Michelin starred restaurants in Mexico article is new enough, long enough, sourced, and has no issues with neutrality or plagiarism. As with my review above, the nomination is good to go with 3 bolded links. Epicgenius (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis[edit]
- ... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"? Source:
Throughout the decade, Tilden was the most famous sportsman in the world
, Simon Briggs, "Brilliant New Biography Underlines Debt Tennis Owes to Big Bill Tilden", The Telegraph, February 23, 2018; andmost forgotten great athlete in American history
, Allen M. Hornblum as quoted in Dan Wolken, "Tennis Legend Bill Tilden's Controversial History Resurfaces in a Suitcase" USA Today, October 16, 2019.
Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 04:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC).
- Date, size, refs, hook, copyvio spotcheck, QPQ, etc. all fine - GTG. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
The Last of Us season 1[edit]
- ... that Neil Druckmann (pictured) ensured specific plot points were included when negotiating a deal for the television adaptation of The Last of Us?
- Source: The New Yorker
- ALT1: ... that the first season of The Last of Us was reduced from ten episodes to nine? Source: Variety
- ALT2: ... that the budget for the first season of The Last of Us exceeded each of the first five seasons of Game of Thrones? Source: The New Yorker
- ALT3: ... that approximately CA$141 million was spent on production of the first season of The Last of Us? Source: Calgary Herald
- ALT4: ... that Mahershala Ali and Matthew McConaughey were considered for the lead role in the first season of The Last of Us? Source: Video Games Chronicle & Variety
- ALT5: ... that the first season of The Last of Us was the first live-action video game adaptation to receive major awards consideration? Source: Variety
- Reviewed: Boom (Doctor Who)
- Comment: Image with ALT0 only
– Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC).
- QPQ done, improved to GA recently enough, long enough, hooks are all interesting and well sourced, no copyvio. Good job. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 15:14, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Natives Representative Council[edit]
- ... that the Natives Representative Council held meetings in school halls?
- Source: "Instead, the first session was postponed for six months from August to December 1937 when it was held in a cramped Pretoria school hall and addressed by the deputy prime minister General Smuts. This set the tone for subsequent sessions that were always held in dingy halls around Pretoria (Rich, 1996)."
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Iamawesomeautomatic (talk) 22:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC).
- Reviewing this, new article and no copyvio according to Earwig. No QPQ needed as this is first nom, the sentence also cited in the article. However I have one suggestion for the prep to maybe truncate it to just "held meetings in school halls" as the other part feels subjective and not stated outright in the source. Otherwise it's good to go for me. Nyanardsan (talk) 12:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Nyanardsan: Thanks. Just updated it. Iamawesomeautomatic (talk) 16:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
Henry Street salamander tunnels[edit]
- ... that the Henry Street salamander tunnels (example pictured) in North Amherst, Massachusetts, were the first amphibian tunnels in the United States?
- Source: source
- ALT1: ... that before the Henry Street salamander tunnels (example pictured) were built in North Amherst, Massachusetts, volunteers carried spotted salamanders across Henry Street in buckets? Source: source
- ALT2: ... that spotted salamanders in North Amherst, Massachusetts, use underground tunnels (example pictured) to cross a street? Source: source
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Max Whitlock
Bruxton (talk) 05:00, 21 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Very interesting article. Needed a good chunk of minor copy editing, which I've done. It's good to go. Strong preference for ALT0 with possible wikilinking to amphibians. Given its subject, I couldn't think of a relevant infobox. X (talk) 06:36, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Boom (Doctor Who)[edit]
- ... that while filming the Doctor Who episode "Boom" some takes lasted up to seven minutes?
- ALT1: ... that Steven Moffat was executive producer for only one episode of the fourteenth series of Doctor Who? Source: https://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/tv/doctor-who/the-big-interview-doctor-whos-steven-moffat/
- ALT2: ... that the Doctor Who episode "Boom" was shot in chronological order? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zAd_nTLXY
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Silence Is Loud
- Comment: TheDoctorWho is the top contributor on the article, I am the second. Alex 21 created the draft and moved in into the main space.
Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:35, 21 May 2024 (UTC).
- Article is neutral, free from copyvio, suitably referenced, and meets the length and newness criteria—moved to mainspace on 21 May, the same day as this nomination. The hooks are succinct, neutral, interesting, and reliably sourced (though I would recommend adding timestamps to the video refs). My pick would be ALT2, then ALT0; I find ALT1 interesting personally, but I'm not sure general audiences would as well. QPQ is done (albeit a bit brief). This is good to go! – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Timestamp for ALT2 is from 6:08 to 6:28; it's a quote from Russell. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
William Henry Harrison Seeley[edit]
- ... that William Henry Harrison Seeley was the first American recipient of the Victoria Cross?
- Reviewed: [[]]
- Comment: For the source, note that there are two newspaper sources that I couldn't get to as it seems that the access through The Wikipedia Library is down currently.
CommissarDoggoTalk? 10:50, 22 May 2024 (UTC).
- Comments by Tbhotch
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Overall: An article that was recently promoted to GA. No picture to review. No QPQ is needed, this is your fourth nomination. No copyright issues on text and files. The hook is interesting and sourced. The article is sourced and I assume good faith on the inaccessible sources. (CC) Tbhotch™ 04:54, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Lois E. Trott[edit]
- ... that American educator Lois E. Trott (pictured) ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment? Source: A Woman of the Century
- ALT0a: ... that American educator Lois E. Trott (pictured) managed the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, without receiving any remuneration? Source: A Woman of the Century
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sam Kee Building
X (talk) 14:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: The article was created on 22 May 2024. It has a readable prose size of 3211 characters. QPQ not yet done. WP:EARWIG shows now copyvios. More comments later.
Each paragraph has a source. Some parts of the lead and the section "Early life and education" sound very similar to the text in Moulton 1893, p. 722. This needs to be rewritten to avoid WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. I didn't check the rest of the article so please make sure that the problem is not found in other parts as well. The hooks are interesting and supported by the source. Both hooks are too long: they should be below 200 characters and ideally below 160 characters. The picture is freely licenced, used in the article, and clear. Phlsph7 (talk) 13:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Phlsph7: thanks for your evaluation. Some parts of the lead and the section "Early life and education" sound very similar Because they are similar. I've used it as a source material, and "the article merely presents standard facts for a topic like this in standard sequence. The article does not copy any creative words or phrases, similes or metaphors." And a direct comparison with the Moulton source shows no violation. However, all of these becomes irrelevant here because the dictionary is in public domain and properly attributed in the source section. Regardless PD or not, the article does not closely paraphrase, rather presents standard facts in an orderly sequence. WP:LIMITED exists. Although redundant, I've now added a PD template as well in the ref section (which is usually done if it's a case of somewhat direct copy-paste, although this isn't the case here). Re the blurb's lentgh, while nominating I made sure they are under 200 characters. And yes shorter blurbs would be better. We may simply remove the "American educator" bits: ALT0b ... that Lois E. Trott (pictured) ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment? ALT0c... that Lois E. Trott (pictured) ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support without receiving any payment?
Let me know which one you prefer or if have your own opinion. Regards. X (talk) 07:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- The template should solve the close-paraphrase problem. I wasn't aware that the phrase "(pictured)" does not count towards the character limit (per WP:DYK200), which means that the original hooks pass the test. I think all that remains is the QPQ. Phlsph7 (talk) 07:55, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Mel Carnahan[edit]
- ... that Mel Carnahan (pictured) was the first person in U.S. history to be elected to the United States Senate posthumously?
- ALT1: ... that in 1999, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan (pictured) commuted a death sentence at the request of Pope John Paul II? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/29/us/governor-grants-pope-s-plea-for-life-of-a-missouri-inmate.html
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FountofInterestingInfo (talk) 14:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC).
- (for original hook, which is most interesting) GA status, date, close paraphrase check ok. No qpq needed. Image free on Commons. --Soman (talk) 19:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
Youn Sung-ho[edit]
- ... that a DJ 'monk', NewJeanNim, was credited with reviving interests of Buddhism among South Korean youths? Source: South Korean DJ NewJeansNim barred from performing at Singapore nightclub
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– robertsky (talk) 17:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC).
- Good to go. Article is new enough, just long enough, and has the proper sourcing. Earwig tool shows a very low copyvio%. The article is presentable, and the hook is both sourced properly and particularly interesting. QPQ is unnecessary here. Should be all good. Soulbust (talk) 15:23, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- New to DYK. Article looks fine but the hook is a bit awkward - maybe try ...that "NewJeansNim," a DJ[ing] monk, was credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youth[s]? (Bracketed parts are ones I might add or remove.) Also the guy's nickname is NewJeansNim (not NewJeanNim) and the article uses his real name as the title (though I've seen a fair amount of DYKs that were TV Tropes-style potholed). Wuju Daisuki (talk) 00:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
Clark House (New Zealand)[edit]
- ... that Clark House (pictured) was used to host Cold War meetings?
- ALT1: ... that Clark House (pictured) was constructed with hollow ceramic blocks? Source: https://clough.co.nz/monographs/clough_monograph3.pdf
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- Comment: First time at DYK, I think the Cold War hook is more interesting to a general reader, although someone into architecture would be more interested about the hollow ceramic blocks (but most of that information is out of scope for the article).
Abydocomist (talk) 17:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: Really nice inaugural article from new user Abydocomist about a historic house in West Auckland, New Zealand (hopefully many more to come!) Since I am taking the Clough & Associates reference on good faith (I had problems accessing it on my browser) I would rather stick with ALT0. I also removed a possibly promotional sentence which used an unreliable source. Havradim leaf a message 08:00, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Sam Kee Building[edit]
- ... that the Sam Kee Building (pictured), recognized by Guinness World Records as the "narrowest commercial building in the world", was built on a bet between two businessmen?
- Source: Moliere, Ashley (May 25, 2021). "Built on a Bet: An inside Look at the World's Narrowest Building". CBC News.
- ALT1: ... that the title of "narrowest commercial building in the world" is contested between the Sam Kee Building (pictured) in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the Hendel Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? Source: Mellon, Steve (May 30, 2004). "Here: In Downtown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. F9. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010.
- ALT2: ... that Chinese-Canadian businessman Sam Kee built the Sam Kee Building (pictured), a narrow spite house, after the city took his land without compensating him? Source: "Sam Kee Building". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Parks Canada.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ryu Sung-hyun
- Comment: A very curious building in my hometown with many interesting details, too many to fit in one DYK nomination. The hooks offered here are ordered by my personal preference.
Yue🌙 03:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC).
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Overall: The fivefold is borderline met here as per my calculation. All other criteria are fulfilled. I've done some minor copy-editing. ALT0 is the most intriguing of the 3. X (talk) 08:10, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Ella Scoble Opperman[edit]
* ... that American pianist Ella Scoble Opperman (pictured), the first dean of the Florida State College for Women, was praised for growing the college into a credible School of Music?
- Source: Faucett, B.F. (2017). The Marching Chiefs of Florida State University: The Band That Never Lost a Halftime Show. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4766-6832-1. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
SL93 (talk) 07:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC).
- Reviewing now! Innisfree987 (talk) 03:06, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
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I am a little concerned because the article only cites three sources and one (arguably two) are not independent of the subject. Is it possibly to cite some of the other biographies of her mentioned in the entry, to ensure neutrality?
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The documentation on this image is not really adequate (incorrect template used, no date given in the source linked); however this alternative source shows a portion of the same picture with a date given as circa 1920, and thus PD in the US, so I do believe it’s freely licensed but I’m not sure how we can adequately update the documentation; that probably does need to happen so it doesn’t wind up deleted on a technicality while on MP. Alternately, that site does have more pictures of her you could choose from, altho the organ is very nice. - Used in article:
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Overall: For the image and the sourcing, just let me know when updated and I will update my review! Innisfree987 (talk) 03:32, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Innisfree987 I added more sources. I will just ditch the image. SL93 (talk) 04:13, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- ALT1: * ... that American pianist Ella Scoble Opperman, the first dean of the Florida State College for Women, was praised for growing the college into a credible School of Music?
- Thanks for the quick turnaround! All set now. Innisfree987 (talk) 05:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)