Template:Did you know nominations/Midnight Sun Mosque (2nd nomination)
- 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) 09:17, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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Midnight Sun Mosque
Midnight Sun Mosque, in the midnight sun
- ... that the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere (pictured) was built in Winnipeg and shipped to Inuvik by barge and truck? Source: Praying to the West, Omar Mouallem, p. 280–82; "By constructing it in Winnipeg, then sending it by truck 2,400 km to Hay River and by barge 1,850 km to Inuvik, the Foundation sought to save $150,000.", "Western Hemisphere’s most northern mosque sent to Canadian Arctic", Manitoba Islamic Association; 2010; "In Inuvik, Canada, home to the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere ...", "Celebrating Ramadan in the Arctic", Andrew Martin, The Washington Post; July 10, 2015
- ALT1: ... that biryani served for iftar at the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere (pictured) is made with reindeer meat rather than beef? "The iftar meal includes dates and rich curries—as well as local game such as reindeer, prepared in accordance with Islamic law. 'We make a soup or curry it—we make a biryani, but instead of using beef, we use reindeer.', "Arctic Ramadan: fasting in land of midnight sun comes with a challenge", The Guardian; July 3, 2016
- ALT2: ... that fasting during Ramadan at the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere (pictured) uses Mecca's hours of sunrise and sunset but at local time? Same source as above
- ALT3: ... that iftar meals at the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere (pictured) sometimes take place in full daylight due to the midnight sun? Same source as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/This too shall pass (composition)
- Comment: I withdrew the first nomination last month after it was clear there were eligibility problems, with the understanding it could be renominated if it passed GA. Since it recently has, I am renominating.
I would like Ponderosapine210, who started the article, to get credit for this as well.
I would also very much like for this to run on the Main Page before my other pending recently-promoted GA, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, since my next Main Page DYK will be my 700th and this nomination is special for me as I took the picture (my shadow at the bottom) while wandering around Inuvik in the (literal) midnight sun (Nothing against the museum. I did a lot of work on that article and while I as a result feel like I've been there, I've never even been to Australia, much less the museum).
Improved to Good Article status by Ponderosapine210 (talk) and Daniel Case (talk). Nominated by Daniel Case (talk) at 20:19, 16 January 2022 (UTC).
- Note: first nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Midnight Sun Mosque
- New, promoted to GA, long enough, cited, neutral, Earwig reported violation unlikely (17.4%), QPQ done, main hook interesting, cited, picture looks good, (still need to review other hooks)
In the lede, "the only North American mosque of [[Islam in the Arctic|the few above the]] Arctic Circle" does not seem to be supported by the sources. And the link to Islam in the Arctic does not seem right, should it be in the See also section? Should "of the few" be removed? Thanks, Zeete (talk) 17:52, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Fixed I hope. I changed the wording, moved the link and set up a note explaining how the mosque is uniquely above the Arctic Circle compared to other mosques north of 60 in Canada and Alaska (Given that there's maybe one Muslim in Greenland, there aren't any mosques there to worry about. Yet). Daniel Case (talk) 07:37, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
- Looks great! I understand it much better now.
- Finishing review, other hooks check out fine. I prefer the main hook, feel it would be interesting to a broad audience.
Good to go! Note: should run on the Main Page before Template:Did you know nominations/Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 12:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
ALT0 to T:DYK/P1