The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 01:04, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
... that the infinity symbol ∞ has been used on the flag of the Canadian Métis people since the early 19th century? Source: [1], "first used by Metis resistance fighters prior to the Canadian Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816".
ALT1: ... that the mathematical infinity symbol ∞ may be derived from Roman numerals for 1000 or for 100 million? Source: 1000, Clegg, "A Brief History of Infinity" (offline); 100 million: [2]
ALT2: ... that the infinity symbol ∞, as used to designate infinity focus, has been called "probably one of the oldest symbols to be used on cameras"? Source: [3] (paywalled)
Overall: @David Eppstein: New enough, approved Feb 22. Earwig detects plagiarism, but the articles listed copy directly from Wikipedia itself (one literally just says "Source: Wikipedia") so that shouldn't be an issue. As a general thing, and this does not need to disqualify the article but I would definitely appreciate the meaning behind the individual instances of the symbols usage under the "Graphic design" section, as the page does not really elaborate on why they would use the symbol. Great work and congratulations on the getting the article to good article status! Ornithoptera (talk) 04:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! Re what they mean by the symbol: The one that I would most like to know this for is the Métis flag in the hook, but it has its own article and the theories for that are almost as muddled as for its origin and for what its red and blue variants are supposed to represent, so I thought best not to try to go into detail. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:20, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
That's totally fair, I thought that going into the meaning would help illustrate the symbolic meaning and interpretations of the symbol in popular culture since some instances are given explanations throughout the article. If you could do so, that would be great, but its totally fair if you don't wish to, this isn't a prerequisite for my approval of course! Ornithoptera (talk) 10:16, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
@David Eppstein: New enough, approved Feb 22. Earwig detects plagiarism, but the articles listed copy directly from Wikipedia itself (one literally just says "Source: Wikipedia") so that shouldn't be an issue. As a general thing, and this does not need to disqualify the article but I would definitely appreciate the meaning behind the individual instances of the symbols usage under the "Graphic design" section, as the page does not really elaborate on why they would use the symbol. Great work and congratulations on the getting the article to good article status! Ornithoptera (talk) 04:57, 26 February 2022 (UTC)