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This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.

Clover Point[edit]

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Pedestrian view of Clover Point
Pedestrian view of Clover Point
  • ... that untreated sewage was dumped directly into the ocean from Clover Point (pictured) until 2020?
  • Reviewed:
Created by Clovermoss (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:45, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • New article of good length. Sources look fine and I didn't find any copyright issues. The hook is interesting and short. The picture is freely licensed and works in a small format. Third nomination, so QPQ is not needed. Seems like everything is good and ready to go, well done! Ffranc (talk) 11:53, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Rose Bowl[edit]

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5x expanded by PCN02WPS (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 77 past nominations.

PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:09, 6 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Ready to go. Sahaib (talk) 15:51, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tobey (song)[edit]

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Created by Launchballer (talk) and Dxneo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 236 past nominations.

Launchballer 09:26, 5 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Henry Donch[edit]

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Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Godzilla Minus One[edit]

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  • ... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"?
Improved to Good Article status by Eiga-Kevin2 (talk). Nominated by Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 09:08, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 20:27, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

McVey Fire[edit]

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Aftermath of the McVey Fire
Aftermath of the McVey Fire
  • ... that after the McVey Fire, the United States Forest Service accidentally planted thousands of non-native trees?
  • Reviewed: Céline Dept
  • Comment: QPQ pending completed. Welcome to hook tweaks.
Moved to mainspace by TCMemoire (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

– TCMemoire 10:04, 9 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article created 4 days before nomination. Meets adequate length requirements, properly sourced inline, Earwig doesn't pick up any issues. QPQ done, and hook is good. Nice work! B3251(talk) 17:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aminata Barrow[edit]

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Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 202 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: Article is new enough and long enough. Well-sourced and passes Copyvio detector. This is a "first" hook but is backed by multiple sources and can also be verified by Olympedia. Waiting on QPQ. Riley1012 (talk) 20:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Once approved, please place this nomination in the Olympics: Special occasion holding area

Libotonius[edit]

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Libotonius pearsoni fossil
Libotonius pearsoni fossil
  • ... that some of the first likely Libotonius (pictured) fossils collected are lost at the Smithsonian?
  • Source: Wilson 1978 doi:10.1139/e78-075 "Since then Pearson's collection was forwarded to, but never accessioned in, the Smithsonian Institution. and it cannot now be located.
    Wilson 1979 doi:10.2307/1443214 "Pearson's specimens cannot be located, but they probably included specimens of the new species described here, rather than a species of the similar Erismatopterus"
  • ALT1: ... that Libotonius (pictured) are small fish, with adults ranging between just 10.6–40.0 mm (0.42–1.57 in)? Source: Wilson 1977 Page 44 L. blakeburnensis GENERAL FEATURES Summary statistics for the species are given in Table 5. The known specimens (Fig. 13) represent only a small size range, from about 30 to possibly 40 mm
    Wilson 1979 doi:10.2307/1443214 L. pearsoni Description.-All specimens small compared with other Eocene percopsiforms, ranging from 10.6–20.8 mm (0.42–0.82 in) standard length
Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 354 past nominations.

Kevmin § 15:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: No - ALT0 is interesting, ALT1 isn’t super thrilling for me, but I would let the readers decide.
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like ALT0 the best, but both are cleared awkwafaba (📥) 02:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2000 Cambodian coup d'état attempt[edit]

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Created by Arcahaeoindris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Arcahaeoindris (talk) 15:25, 6 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:21, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Tottenham, 8th Marquess of Ely[edit]

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Created by Roc0ast3r (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

 RONIN  TALK  20:26, 6 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi Roc0ast3r, interesting article; review follows: article created 6 July and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources for the subject matter; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck on sources; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to the sources cited; a QPQ is not required. Looks fine to me, nice work - Dumelow (talk) 07:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Jane Patterson[edit]

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  • ... that Mary Jane Patterson, daughter of a slave, was the first African American woman to gain a BA degree, having taken a 'gentleman's course'?
  • Source: Blakemore, Erin (2017-05-23)' How the Daughter of a Slave Became the First African American to Earn a Bachelor's Degree.' Time
  • ALT1: ... that Mary Jane Patterson was the first Black principal of a famous high school in Washington DC? Source: Stewart, A (2013) First Class: The legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black Public School. Chicago. Ill: Lawrence Hill Books p 32
  • Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Balance person (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Balance person (talk) 11:52, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article was promoted to Good Article within the last couple of days, is easily long enough, well written and copiously referenced. In my opinion the original hook, about being the first to get a BA degree, is best - very interesting indeed. The fact is cited immediately after it, in the lead introduction, to a page hosted on the university website. If I was being picky I'd say the info about achieving a BA degree should be included in the main body of the article too, because the lead intro is normally a summary of the main article. But the GA reviewers didn't have an issue with this, so I'm happy to say good to go to the next stage. Sionk (talk) 17:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hunter River Railway Company[edit]

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  • Reviewed:
Created by Willthorpe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Will Thorpe (talk) 13:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Interesting article. Article is within policy, cited to reliable sources, and no copyright violation detected. Hook fact is verified to the cited source. However the hook statement itself is not currently explicitly stated in the article. We need the hook fact clearly presented in the article with similar language with an inline citation before this can be promoted.4meter4 (talk) 18:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
4meter4 I’ve reworded it, does this suffice? Will Thorpe (talk) 00:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Willthorpe You misunderstood what I said. I didn't need you to change the hook fact, I needed you to add as inline citation inside the article itself (along with making the text of the hook fact appear in the article's body). We can only promote hooks where the hook content is written with similar language in the article and where that information is directly followed by an inline citation. Currently the Great Northern Railway is only mentioned in the lead and without an inline citation. We need to see the content of the hook fact in the body of the article and with an inline citation. That will require you editing the article to make it compliant with DYK's requirements. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@4meter4 Oh! I’m afraid you’ve missed it! It’s in the ’Legacy’ section at the end of the article. I figure that featuring citations in the lede is usually bad practice as the content is elaborated on further down, with references there. Will Thorpe (talk) 14:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks I see it now. Looks good. Approving the hook for promotion.4meter4 (talk) 16:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont[edit]

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Created by Roc0ast3r (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

 RONIN  TALK  02:35, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi Roc0ast3r, nice article on an interesting subject; review: article created 7 July and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck; hook facts are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to sources cited, I would be a little wary of ALT1 as the article (and source) state that he later regretted not taking up his seat, happy to leave to the discretion of the promoter; no QPQ is required. I picked up the dates of his eligibility for the Lords (stated in the infobox) are not cited, if these can be added or removed this should be good to go - Dumelow (talk) 07:39, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Roc0ast3r, all good to go - Dumelow (talk) 15:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Victory Vertical[edit]

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US Air Force personnel with a Victory Vertical in 1945
US Air Force personnel with a Victory Vertical in 1945
  • ... that the Victory Vertical piano (pictured) was developed in 1942 to be parachuted to US troops?
  • Source: "The first prototype for the Victory Vertical pianos was prepared for government inspection by June 1942, after Theodore E. Steinway received a request from the U.S. government’s War Production Board for heavy-duty military pianos" from: Sparks, Alyssa (9 June 2019). "The Steinway Victory Vertical Piano Project". The Messenger. Retrieved 3 July 2024. and "Around 5,000 special models of piano called the ‘Victory Vertical’ or ‘G.I. Steinways’ were made during the Second World War; a small piano designed to be carried on ships or dropped by parachute from an airplane to bring music to the soldiers on the battlefield." from: Hall, Sophia Alexandra (5 May 2022). "During World War II Steinway pianos were parachuted onto battlefields to provide relaxation". Classic FM. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 851 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 08:41, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]


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
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I prefer the first hook. The issue noted above re the expansion needs to be addressed. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:1C0D:29BD:F02A:DC84 (talk) 23:47, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the review. Note that I nominated this as a new article, not an expansion. This article didn't exist in Mainspace until it was moved on 7 July; it had lingered as a draft in my userspace from 2023. This is permitted under Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Guidelines#Newness ("For DYK purposes, an article is considered new if, within the last seven days, the article has been ... moved from userspace or draftspace into mainspace") - Dumelow (talk) 08:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah - apologies. Nicely done. Good to go. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:E9A0:8637:BE9D:BB0E (talk) 21:45, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Côte d'Ivoire–Ghana Cocoa Initiative[edit]

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  • ... that Ghana and Ivory Coast have been accused of setting up a cocoa cartel?
Created by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Yue🌙 00:26, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Love it! Great article, thorough and balanced, facially eligible, source is cited and in article. That the organization is greedy or corrupt seems a prominent enough perspective that I don’t think it’s undue for the hook.꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, and I made a little tweak to the hook so the link includes the grammatical article, since the article is about one supposed cartel, not cocoa cartels in general. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Langmuir[edit]

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  • Source: "In 1949, Dr. Langmuir created a corps of epidemiologists at what is now the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The corps was ready to fly anywhere immediately to investigate reports of an epidemic or an unusual cluster of cases. Known as the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the program played a crucial role in turning what was then an obscure and fledgling operation into a large Federal agency. [...] When the possibility of biological warfare was raised during the Korean War, scientists looked to epidemiology as the first line of defense. But the country was not prepared. Dr. Langmuir seized the opportunity to strengthen disease surveillance and his program." [1]
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I feel that initializing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is appropriate for readability, given that the hook specifically focuses on Langmuir's work with its subsidiary Epidemic Intelligence Service. However, if others feel that the full agency name needs to be listed, that still fits within the 200 character limit (147 vs 186).
Improved to Good Article status by BluePenguin18 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

BluePenguin18 🐧 ( 💬 ) 19:19, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article was promoted to GA on 8 July, is well cited, and the hook is interesting. Hook is also cited. Copyvio detector shows high percentages, but it's mostly due to long names of people and institutions. QPQ is not needed. Nice article, happy to approve it for dyk! Artem.G (talk) 18:14, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Patrick (ice hockey)[edit]

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  • Source: The Washington Post - "So there was the sixth Patrick with his name on the Cup. But go down to the third line, which begins: 'Christopher Patrick . . .' That’s the seventh Patrick with his name on the Cup."
  • Reviewed:
Created by The Kip (talk) and Buffalkill (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

The Kip (contribs) 00:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: None required.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • @BeanieFan11 and The Kip: This doesn't feel quite as accurate as it could/should be. Based on the article, Craig Patrick#Patrick family history, and Chris's article, both Chris and his father, Dick Patrick, would be tied for being the sixth to win the cup. PS. Someone should really make an article for the Patrick family. Four hall of famers, even more who played professionally, and several of them had high ranking front office roles (and ownership). Seems pretty clear there's enough SIGCOV from just a little bit of Googling. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Hey man im josh: I suppose so, guess it’s more a technicality with Dick’s name being before Chris’ - I’m just going by what WaPo said. Agree on the Patrick family article however, was a little surprised there wasn’t already one. The Kip (contribs) 16:31, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @The Kip: Perhaps I'm missing something, but the article basically just says that Dick's name is a couple rows above Christopher's. In the context of the hook, it implies something a bit different. I think there's great potential for a hook here, but I think it needs a slight tweak of some kind. Maybe something like... ALT1: ... that Chris Patrick is the seventh member of his family to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup? Even then though, nothing states that he was the seventh, instead his name could have been etched before his father's. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:39, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Hey man im josh: The full passage reads:
Now, nearly seven months after the Capitals won, the top line of the Cup’s newest panel reads: “Ted Leonsis Dick Patrick Brian MacLellan.” “He deserves the majority to all the credit for us winning a Stanley Cup,” Leonsis said. “I promised him that he deserved the Stanley Cup more than anyone, because he’s been at this for his whole life and career — and he has his family. I didn’t want him to go to any more family reunions and be the only Patrick without his name on the Cup.” So there was the sixth Patrick with his name on the Cup. But go down to the third line, which begins: “Christopher Patrick . . .” That’s the seventh Patrick with his name on the Cup. They span four generations. And none of them had to scratch their names on it with a needle. They earned it. Quietly, they earned it.
Hence the distinction between Dick as the sixth and Chris as the seventh - it's more how Svrluga framed it than anything else. I suppose it's somewhat pedantic/a technicality (whether due to actual order on the Cup, seniority with the org, seniority in age, etc), and I'm not opposed to the alt if you feel it's a better fit. The Kip (contribs) 20:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@The Kip: Ok good, so I was looking at the right spot. The way they described it makes it sound one way, and they're not wrong, but the hook itself does mislead readers a bit. I actually don't even like the alt1 I proposed now for the same reason. Again, there's great and very interesting potential here, I just think the wording is problematic, even if it does match what the source is saying. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:00, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hey man im josh: How about this:
Did you know... that Chris Patrick is one of seven Stanley Cup champions within his family? The Kip (contribs) 21:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@The Kip: I'd happily support that hook. But perhaps it'd make sense to save that for a Patrick family article? Your call of course, but I just can't get over how that's not an article already. It deserves to be GA at least. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:32, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hey man im josh: Feel like there's not much else interesting for a hook from Chris' article, though, while there's quite a bit that could hypothetically be pulled from a Patrick family article - something about their HHOFers, coaches, GMs, etc. I'll go ahead and put my proposed hook as an alt. The Kip (contribs) 21:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Verna Osborne[edit]

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  • ... that San Francisco voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101?
Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 85 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 18:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: Looks mostly good. Nice work. The only issue I see, @4meter4:, is that there appears to be excessive citations in the second paragraph of the body. Is it necessary to include 16 references for the statement She had her own regular radio program on WOR, Verna Osborne, Songs, from 1933-1936? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, because each reference is just covering a single program. I provided a representative sampling across time to demonstrate that it was a recurring program. There are many more of this kind. I couldn’t find a source talking about the program in a long term way to replace these. Best.4meter4 (talk) 16:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I'm not an expert with this, so I'll let it pass. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:42, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Casket Company[edit]

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Ol' Rip in his casket
Ol' Rip in his casket
  • Source: "A wooden, hand-carved mahogany casket, model 2040, was the chosen vessel for McKinley’s ornate resting place — at least at first, Beardsley explained. The Oneida casket was apparently used for the funeral services, and later McKinley was transferred into another casket, made in Ohio, for the actual entombment. A New York Times article from September 15, 1901 reads: '[McKinley’s casket] was furnished by the National Casket Company of Oneida and is elaborate in design. It is made of solid crotched Santo Domingo mahogany. It measures 6 feet 3 inches in length, is 22 inches wide, and 20 inches deep inside.'" from: Stone, Carly (4 November 2022). "Famed casket company in Oneida recalled". Rome Sentinel. Retrieved 8 July 2024. and "Will Wood had Old Rip preserved, courtesy of the Barrow Undertaking Company. The National Casket Company provided a tiny casket" from: Newton, Teresa S. "Old Rip". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 852 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 20:54, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough and long enough. It is well-sourced, presentable, neutral, and BLP-compliant. Earwig is mostly picking up on proper nouns. The hook is cited and interesting. I would use U.S. and not US as this is an American company and maybe shorten the hook to just Ol' Rip, leaving off the Horned Toad if the image is used. QPQ has been done. The image has a free license, is used in the article, and renders well at a small size. Good job. gobonobo + c 02:02, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dov Noy[edit]

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Created by Artem.G (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Artem.G (talk) 13:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Created July 3, not July 9, but as of the July 9 nomination date that was still current enough. Long enough and adequately sourced. QPQ done. Earwig is overloaded and unavailable but spot-checking found no likely copyvio. Hook interesting and within rules. Both hook claims are almost sourced by the "Doyen" footnote, except their number is slightly under 25,000. "Over 25,000" is however in the Storytelling, Self, Society footnote. I don't think we can read anything from the publication dates of those two sources, which are both obituaries of Noy from roughly the same time. Different web sources have different numbers and the archives itself [2] does not appear to provide a current number. If we want to be cautious, we could say "approximately 25,000". I'll leave it up to the hook-builder, but other than that quibble this is good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:43, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lucario[edit]

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Ryukyu, Asahi (2022-10-24). "ポケモンキャラがラジオ体操普及に一役". 5channel (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

Krista, Rogers (2022-04-19). "Pokémon Lucario becomes official radio calisthenics promoter for kids across Japan【Video】". SoraNews24. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

lunaeclipse (talk) 14:35, 10 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: The hook is verified by the English-language source. I am not literate in Japanese so I used a machine translator; the machine translations of the two Japanese-language sources also verified the hook. I spot checked the English-language sources for close paraphrasing and found no issues. Keeping this in mind and the fact that this article was promoted to GA status before the nomination, I am assuming in good faith that the English translations of the Japanese-language sources would not turn up close paraphrasing issues either.

It is possible that readers may be unfamiliar with Pokemon, and thus the hook may be modified from "the Pokemon Lucario" to "the fictional Pokemon species Lucario". However, I find that wordy and unnecessary, as the Pokemon franchise is well-known globally. I encourage the promoter not to modify the original hook, but I am aware that this may be a possible concern. Yue🌙 23:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Owens (Abraham Lincoln fiancée)[edit]

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  • ... that Abraham Lincoln felt obliged to propose to Mary Owens  (see image) – a woman he did not want to marry – but was rejected, not once but several times?
Created by Clarityfiend (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Clarityfiend (talk) 10:31, 10 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough, within policy, QPQ done. It contains a lot of quotes but by my count the prose section is just long enough. The hook is great (and unusually, kind of a summary of the article), and the facts in it supported by reliable sources (though I cannot access the article in The Atlantic it is AGF). No image. The article should be good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 19:42, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Yakikaki: There is now an image in the article, but I'm not quite sure how to add it to this DYK.
  • Hi Clarityfiend, I also don't know how to include it post-nomination. I've had a look at it and it appears to me to be usable, i.e. no copyright restrictions, but it is a bit grainy and I'm not sure it would be a perfect fit for the main page in any case. But formally it should be OK, if someone more savvy can find a way to include it in the nomination. Kind regards, Yakikaki (talk) 19:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jenya Kazbekova[edit]

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  • Source: The Guardian, "Her grandmother had become the Soviet Union’s champion ... Her World Cup‑winning parents"
Created by David Eppstein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 185 past nominations.

—David Eppstein (talk) 18:45, 11 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Tropical Storm Chris (2024)[edit]

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Satellite image of Tropical Storm Chris on July 1
Satellite image of Tropical Storm Chris on July 1
Created by IrishSurfer21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

IrishSurfer21 (talk) 22:13, 10 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

The article fulfills all the standards for a DYK, being new, long, and interesting enough. I'll accept it. OhHaiMark (talk) 12:10, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ri Jong-yol[edit]

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  • Source: Caesar, Ed (19 April 2021). "The Incredible Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 July 2024. After winning another silver medal, Ri took his chance. He walked out of the dorm where he was staying and hailed a cab to the airport, where—with the help of a friendly airline worker—he found the address of the South Korean consulate. He took another taxi there and told a South Korean diplomat that he wished to defect. He then spent seventy days in Hong Kong, waiting nervously while the South Korean delegation negotiated his safe passage to Seoul.
Created by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Yue🌙 03:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi Yue, review follows: article created 10 July and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources; I didn't pick up on any issues with overly close paraphrasing; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to sources cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Good to go. I am not sure why this qualifies as an Olympic special occasion hook though? I couldn't see any obvious connection between the Maths Olympiad and the Olympic Games? Dumelow (talk) 11:20, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dumelow: The SOHA box was placed in good faith by Schwede66. I have removed it because I did not intend for this hook to be held for the Olympics as the International Mathematics Olympiad is not related to the Olympics, only similarly named. Yue🌙 20:43, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ravenswood standing stone[edit]

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Ravenswood standing stone
Ravenswood standing stone
  • ... that the 4,000-year-old Ravenswood standing stone (pictured) now lies in a cul-de-sac in a 1970s Scottish housing estate?
  • Source: " It was moved from this position in about 1971 when a new housing scheme was built. The stone is being re-scheduled now to afford it protection in its new location in a modern urban setting. The stone is set into the pavement on the NW side of the cul-de-sac at the E end of Ravenswood Avenue and is surrounded by metal railings. The stone was first erected probably about 4,000 years ago." from: "Liberton, standing stone, east end of Ravenswood Avenue, Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh". ancientmonuments.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
Created by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 854 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 11:15, 10 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Consider providing the link to housing estate in the dyk that I have provided in the article; it has different connotations in different places in the world. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:C039:9FFC:332E:C66 (talk) 18:38, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roberto Quintanilla[edit]

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  • Source: "Quinanilla, Roberto (colonel in the Bolivian intelligence service who ordered Che's hands to be cut off for fingerprints..." from: Harris, Richard L. (18 November 2010). Che Guevara: A Biography. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 206. ISBN 979-8-216-05935-6.
  • ALT1: ... that Bolivian consul-general Roberto Quintanilla was assassinated in his Hamburg, Germany, office by Monika Ertl? Source: "por eso la hace pasar a su despacho ... En esos cinco segundos que ambos han quedado a solas, la joven saca un revólver Colt modelo Cobra calibre .38 SPL de su cartera y le pega tres balazos que ingresan por debajo de la tetilla derecha del desgraciado cónsul. ... Él está mortalmente herido y se va muriendo de a poco. Ella se llama Monika Ertl" which Google translates as "he invites her into his office ...In those five seconds that they were alone, the young woman took a Colt Cobra model revolver, caliber .38 SPL, from her purse and fired three shots that entered below the right nipple of the unfortunate consul. ... He is mortally wounded and is slowly dying. Her name is Monika Ertl" from: Di Genova, Facundo (26 January 2022). "Vivió entre nazis y fue emboscada por un amigo de su padre: Monika Ertl, la joven que mató al verdugo del Che Guevara". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  • ALT2: ... that the death of Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla by assassination has been attributed to a curse resulting from his involvement in the killing of Che Guevara? Source: " In the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra another team of Cuban doctors restored the eyesight of Mario Terân, the soldier whose superiors ordered him to shoot Guevara point-blank. Terân was one of the men beset by Che's curse. This stigma is also said to have punished La Higuera with drought. Serrano explains it as Che's vengeance on the town that turned him in. The curse has also delighted in bedeviling Gary Prado Salmon, the general who headed the mission to capture Guevara and ordered his execution. Prado spends his old age in a wheel chair. Honorato Rojas, the peasant who alerted authorities to the whereabouts of the guerrilla band, was murdered. René Barrientos, who was president of Bolivia at the time, burned to death in a freak helicopter crash in 1969. Juan José Torrez, the army chief of staff, was killed by paramilitaries in Buenos Aires. And intelligence chief Roberto Quintanilla was shot to death by a Bolivian guerrilla fighter while serving as consul in Germany" from: Ugarte, Álex Ayala; Thompson, Chandler; Creutzmann, Sven (2009). "Che Sat Here: THE MAKING (AND MARKETING) OF A MARTYR". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 85 (1): 78. ISSN 0042-675X.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pinxton Castle
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 856 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 14:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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: Interesting article. QPQ done; no Earwig problems. ALT0 is hampered by MOS:EGG, while ALT1 isn't compelling to readers unfamiliar with the subject. So my approval goes to ALT2. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for the review CurryTime7-24, I do quite like ALT0 but agree the link was a bit eggy, perhaps ALT3 is OK? - Dumelow (talk) 20:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Great work modifying the hook! That's better than ALT2. Approval for ALT3 and ALT2, in order of preference. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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