Talk:Corvus: A Life with Birds

A fact from Corvus: A Life with Birds appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the non-fiction book Corvus: A Life with Birds focuses on a rook named after a drag queen called "Madame Chickeboumskaya"?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:07, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the non-fiction book Corvus: A Life with Birds focuses on a rook, named after a drag queen, with the full name Madame Chickeboumskaya?

Reviewed: Elizabeth Laurie Rees

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:49, 18 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - sufficiently sourced but couple of issues
The Guardian source does not support the line about "a magpie named Spike, and a crow named Ziki"
It looks like Maureen Beattie also read additional episodes of the book on BBC Radio 4. You should update. Not sure that the length of time read on air is significant though.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - hook is cited on the page - would help to have source listed in the submission
Interesting:

QPQ:
Overall: I think you need a second close quote (") after "rejoice in its meaning". I am a new DYK reviewer and would appreciate a second opinion on my review. Dwkaminski (talk) 18:59, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dwkaminski I fixed the issues, but having the source in the nomination is not an issue and is not a requirement. SL93 (talk) 21:58, 29 October 2021 (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: I think just proof of QPQ and should be done. Not sure how to check. When I click on QPQ check it shows your credits for DYK but not QPQ. Dwkaminski (talk) 18:59, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dwkaminski I submitted my proof of QPQ when I created the nomination - " Reviewed: Elizabeth Laurie Rees" SL93 (talk) 15:28, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SL93 Got it. We are good!

Dwkaminski (talk) 19:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P1