Template:Did you know nominations/Name changes due to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:47, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
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Name changes due to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[edit]
... that a French band, a hurricane and a Belgian chocolate manufacturer are no longer called ISIS?
- ALT1:
... that ISIS wondered why nobody in America would buy their chocolate? - ALT2:
... that ISIS used to help immigrants settle in Nova Scotia, and taught languages at Oxford? - ALT3:... that until recently, ISIS would give you a manicure in New York?
- Reviewed: Martha Harris (footballer)
- ALT1:
Created by The Almightey Drill (talk). Self-nominated at 20:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC).
- Comment (not a review): the chocolate part of the article is worded too closely to its source for my comfort. I didn't check the whole article carefully for close paraphrasing, but the first two or three others looked ok. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
- I've struck the original hook, because of course there are three storms called Hurricane Isis that won't be changing their name, since they're in the past. (The same with three past Tropical Storms, also named Isis.) What happened was that Isis was removed from the regular list, so the ninth named storm in the Eastern Pacific (Tropical Storms and Hurricanes) in 2016 and every six years after that will be called Ivette rather than Isis. So the original hook as written is inaccurate, and it would take far more explaining to fit into that hook. (The hurricane naming could be a separate ALT if worded carefully.) I should also point out that ALT1 is not supported by the article text. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:39, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:39, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
New enough (at the time of nom), long enough, no close paraphrasing seen from spot-checks, ALT3 is cited and interesting, QPQ done. Good to go. Keilana|Parlez ici 19:16, 25 July 2015 (UTC)