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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 SL93 (talk) 23:42, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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Freya (walrus)

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Created by HenryTemplo (talk). Self-nominated at 15:25, 14 August 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I see an obvious alternate hook, how she had to be put down because people wouldn't leave her alone. Feel free to suggest one, but current one isn't bad either so I'm approving. --LordPeterII (talk) 16:51, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

  • I would of done that hook, but someone had already nominated the article for ITN/Recent Deaths, so I thought I'd focus on something else about her! Thanks for the speedy review, and have a great day! HenryTemplo (talk) 17:26, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Hey @HenryTemplo, would you mind quickly checking my latest update to the article? The Guardian source suggested above led me to realize that she was first spotted on top of a "Walrus–class submarine", while also being the first of her species to enter Dutch waters in 23 years. I smell a hooky hook here! If you suggest an ALT one, I could approve it :D --LordPeterII (talk) 20:37, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
  • I like your thinking! I'll draft one up ASAP! HenryTemplo (talk) 20:39, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Approving ALT1 also; my personal preference is that one, but promoter may chose either. --LordPeterII (talk) 21:30, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
  • No wait, how about this:
It's even more hooky maybe. --LordPeterII (talk) 21:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Love it! Let's go with your one (Alt2), Thankyou for drafting it up! HenryTemplo (talk) 06:53, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Splendid. We only need another reviewer to approve ALT2 now. --LordPeterII (talk) 07:34, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Happy to jump in. I agree with @LordPeterII:'s assessment above with the review, wouldn't change a thing. Regarding the hook, it's a bit ambiguous whether Freya herself "sunk several boats". Perhaps a rephrase?--Coin945 (talk) 05:13, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Hm true, she did cause the sinking, but ofc accidentally. How about instead
That sounds less intentional, but still retains the hooky aspect. --LordPeterII (talk) 15:03, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
How about this one? HenryTemplo (talk) 15:35, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
It's still a bit of a weird tagline because there's no causation between the cute riding of a ship named after her species, and her accidentally sinking several ships due to being disruptive. Perhaps write a tagline that highlights just one of these events. Alternatively, I wonder if you could do something cute like this. --Coin945 (talk) 17:04, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • ALTfake: ... that in 2021 two inseparable walruses sailed to the Netherlands?
  • @Coin945: ALT2fake is not factually correct, because if you read carefully the sources actually say that she only rested on the submarine while it was in port. So, no actual sailing (if you can even sail a submarine... ^^). I'm aware that this is ever so slightly "misleading", but the point is that nothing about hook ALT2a/b is factually incorrect (they only state that the sinking happened later than the riding); it's hooky because the reader might assume that the two incidents are related causally. There's imo a bit of leeway with what's considered hooky and what not; your call. Anyway, maybe you'd like
better? It has more separation between the two events, but maintain both aspects for which Freya was known. (actually I found that the sources say occasionally sinking them, so I guess we can use the active rather than the passive) --LordPeterII (talk) 19:19, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • ALTfake2: ... that in 2021 a walrus was spotted publicly riding another off the coast of Holland?
Haha, it's fun to play around with. I've got my April Fools Day cap on. I'm happy with ALT2c. Approved. (Unless you want to go with my playful one which I'm fine with too).--Coin945 (talk) 19:28, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • @Coin945: Hmm, I still prefer mine, but I admit that this is also a nice one. @HenryTemplo I'd say your call on whether you want this for April Fools or not. --LordPeterII (talk) 20:38, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • My personal preference is ALT2c, although I really like the April Fool idea, but I think the hook has more potential as a non-AF hook rather than vice-versa. :) HenryTemplo (talk) 20:43, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Then ALT2c it is, as approved above (this time for real, you can move it to approved now @admins). I've struck the other ones. --LordPeterII (talk) 20:55, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Approved ALT2c. --Coin945 (talk) 21:04, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
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