Template:Did you know nominations/Carol Cox

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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Mifter (talk) 05:32, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Carol Cox[edit]

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... that drag racer Carol Cox was the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national event?
- ALT1:... that drag racer Carol Cox was the first woman to win a class at a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national event?
- ALT2:... that drag racer Carol Cox drove her class-winning Pontiac Ventura to the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national event where she then raced and won in it?

Created/expanded by Trekphiler (talk). Self-nominated at 00:36, 20 September 2018 (UTC).

Review

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 eligibility:

Cited: - The first hook fact doesn't seem to be stated clearly in the main source. The second hook fact, ALT1, looks best but I'm not seeing a clear inline citation and I'd like to be sure that we're getting the claim right – is winning a class the same as winning a trophy?
Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Andrew D. (talk) 21:32, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

"The first hook fact doesn't seem to be stated clearly in the main source." It is: "Just a year before Cox’s breakthrough, women weren’t even allowed to compete at NHRA national events." The second is a bit less clear, since AFAIK, there wasn't an actual trophy awarded in the class, but: "first woman to ever win a trophy of any kind at an NHRA national event" & "Cox won her class, S/SA". Both are cited to the NHRA.com link; all 3 quotes are from there. Clearer? (Personally, I prefer the first hook: it's a bigger deal, & it's less ambiguous. The second has a cool factor, tho: she drove the winning car to the track.) TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 02:26 & 02:41, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

As this is your 8th nomination at WP:DYKN, please provide a QPQ. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:39, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I've offered comment on 2 already. If that doesn't meet a formal standard, you can do what you want with the 8 noms. I won't miss it. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 00:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

@Trekphiler: As I was scrolling down the WP:DYKN page, I noticed you had started some reviews. Please list the template of one of them here and one of them on another of your nominations. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:40, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

This whole process is so complicated, the nominations begin not to be worth it. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 00:50, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@Trekphiler: it's true, DYK does have too many rules. But we instituted the QPQ rule so nominations like yours would be reviewed in a timely manner. Please just note here the template that you started to review. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:39, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

@Trekphiler: are you planning to continue with this nomination? Yoninah (talk) 19:53, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

It can go ahead, or not. I'm jumping through no more hoops to make it work. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 20:55, 19 November 2018 (UTC)