Talk:1973 Nobel Peace Prize

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A fact from 1973 Nobel Peace Prize appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel Peace Prize ever to have been declined?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1973 Nobel Peace Prize.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 21:23, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Tom Lehrer once said, "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize"? Source: "When Kissinger won the Nobel peace prize, satire died", The Guardian
- ALT1: ... that the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel Peace Prize to have ever been declined? Source: Nobel Prize Official Website
- ALT2: ... that the choice to award Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize caused two members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to resign? Source: Nobel Prize Official Website
- ALT3: ... that The New York Times called the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize the "Nobel War Prize"? Source: The New York Times
- Reviewed:
- Comment: This is my first DYK nomination! Hope there aren't any issues with it, but if there are please let me know and I will fix them!

Created by Wasianpower (talk). Self-nominated at 15:57, 23 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1973 Nobel Peace Prize; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Wasianpower: New enough, very well-written, well-sourced, and I can't find anything to prevent it from becoming a DYK. Thank you for making an article about this absurd Peace Prize victory. I think this hook, which combines some of your hooks, would be better.
ALT 4 ... that Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ receiving the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize caused two members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to resign and Tom Lehrer to comment that political satire was obsolete? Jon698 (talk) 15:32, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jon698: Thank you so much for your review and kind words!! That hook sounds great to me. Wasianpower (talk) 20:30, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

High earwig is two long quotes. The given hooks are well done, I might suggest not linking so many items as they will take from the main article. Bruxton (talk) 21:21, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]