Talk:Taubaté pregnancy hoax

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A fact from Taubaté pregnancy hoax appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Taubaté became the "city of lies" after a 2012 pregnancy hoax?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Taubaté pregnancy hoax.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:20, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Taubaté became the "city of lies" after the Taubaté pregnancy hoax? Source: "Taubaté, cidade da mentira: o que há para conhecer na terra dos memes". iG Turismo. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ALT1: ... that the suffix "from Taubaté" designates hoaxes? Source: Neto, Natival Almeida Simões (2019). "O padrão [[X]n de Taubaté]n no português brasileiro: um estudo sobre compostos sintagmáticos em perspectiva construcional". Revista Diadorim. doi:10.31513/linguistica.2019.v21n2a24366.
- Reviewed: 4th nomination.

Created by Skyshifter (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Taubaté pregnancy hoax; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough and long enough. Nominator is QPQ-exempt. What a fascinating story! I've given the article some attention to make its English less obviously translated (e.g. pregnant with, not pregnant of). The hook facts check out and are in the article, and I do not see any textual issues. Proposing a reworded ALT0: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0a: ... that Taubaté became the "city of lies" after a 2012 pregnancy hoax?

@Sammi Brie: thanks! I tend to be not very good with translations, so thank you for copyediting. I support the reworded hook. Skyshiftertalk 19:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is Maria related to George Santos?[edit]

This may just be a freakish coincidence, but they both have the same last name, look somewhat similar (at least to me), are both Brazilian (George’s parents were born in Brazil, although I’m not sure if they came from Taubaté or not), and of course, they are both infamous for lying/hoaxing the public. It’s probably a coincidence given how huge Brazil is, but you never know. LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 04:32, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Santos is a common as fuc.k last name in Brazil. Every "pé rapado" walking down the streets may be a Santos, Silva, Souza 2804:388:C359:F7B7:7C38:DED:ECC7:CD64 (talk) 14:31, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Film"[edit]

By the way, the film is probably a hoax as well—"Diaraki" is a phonetic spelling of "de araque", which in Portuguese means exactly the same as "de Taubaté" (phony, bogus, or fake). I'd refrain from mentioning it in an unqualified manner as the article does now. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 05:45, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. All news article relating to the film contain the same text. Frank Diarati doesn't get any search hits, except a defunct Instagram account. And nothing on IMDb. Jesus automatic (talk) 07:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Diaraki is not the director's actual surname, just a nickname/pseudonym. I've added quotation marks to make that clearer. Not all news articles have "the same text" and there are news about an actress that was invited to play Maria, weeks after the film was first announced. Skyshiftertalk 14:37, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Passed. — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 11:07, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Taubaté pregnancy hoax/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Vortex3427 (talk · contribs) 09:53, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This one seems kind of... wow.

Hello Vortex3427, do you still plan to review the article? Skyshiftertalk 15:27, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skyshifter: Sorry for the wait. Will return tomorrow with spotchecks

Maria, Chris, and Frank should be referred to by their surnames, shouldn't they?

Yes. In Portuguese the standard is to mention the first name, so I forgot to change that when translating. However, "Diaraki" is not Frank's surname, but a pseudonym.

Grávida de Taubaté (lit. 'pregnant woman from Taubaté') Add the literal pronunciation to the body as well.

Done

initially discovered initially thought

Done

would be rare would have been

Done

A week after the supposed pregnancy was discovered Something like "By next week" would be more concise

Done

several famous media outlets The word famous is usually discouraged. You could say several national media outlets or ... national networks and newspapers. Same with Her most famous appearance; maybe use well-known instead.

Done

showed she was not pregnant, ~~which would be impossible.~~ Not needed.

I'm not sure. The reader would then have to think "well, does it matter that she wasn't pregnant in August?" and calculate how many months have passed to then assert that it would be impossible. I think it's okay to make that information clearer.

with whom she was monitored who monitored her

Done

In the format "X de Taubaté" ("X of/from Taubaté") to designate hoaxes, the city itself became known as the "city of lies". The connection between the two parts of the sentence is unclear. Maybe "Taubaté became known as the "city of lies", Taubaté earned the nickname "city of lies," and "de Taubaté" ("from/of Taubaté") was appended to words to suggest hoaxes." Also, is this still in common use?

Done. Yes, it's still in common use.

a G1 publication in December 2012 December 2012 G1 article

Done

In September 2023, director Frank "Diaraki" announced a movie about the case Why is "Diaraki" in quotes. Maybe "announced he was making..."

Diaraki is not his surname, but a pseudonym. It's also in quotes in the sources. Done for the latter.

Some parts with passive voice sound weird, like but the script has already been finalized and signed by him could be replaced with "he had already signed off on the script."

Done

What makes Além do Meme a reliable source?

Its creator pt:Chico Felitti won journalism awards and was nominated for the Prêmio Jabuti.

— VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 02:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vortex3427: Responded. Skyshiftertalk 12:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vortex3427: Any updates? Skyshiftertalk 15:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.