Talk:Novak v. City of Parma

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A fact from Novak v. City of Parma appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Onion said in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that "the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by total Latin dorks"?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:44, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Onion told the U.S. Supreme Court that it has 4.3 trillion readers? Source: The New York Times
- Reviewed: exempt (last one!)

Moved to mainspace by Tamzin (talk). Self-nominated at 12:08, 5 October 2022 (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: @Tamzin: Good article! However, I feel as if the hook could be better because to me it feels like it's lacking in something. other than that everything is fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:49, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: How about...
ALT1: ... that The Onion said in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that "the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by total Latin dorks"?
-- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 15:44, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Tamzin: Better but i'd like a citation for this before I approve it. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:36, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Rachel Treisman, The man who wrote The Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously, NPR (October 4, 2022) (quoting Amicus Br. of The Onion in Supp. of Pet'r, Novak v. City of Parma, No. 22-293 (U.S.), at 4). -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 01:39, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Tamzin:

Alright then, approving nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:47, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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SCOTUS-Oct 03 2022-Main Document-Brief amicus curiae of The Onion filed=20221006144840674 Novak Parma Onion Amicus Brief.pdf

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