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This page holds approved nominations that are waiting to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page. Following DYK approval, nominations are processed and moved into a Prep area, and from there, prep sets are promoted to a queue, and then to the main page.

To create a new nomination or to see those that are yet to be approved, see Template talk:Did you know. For the discussion page see WT:DYK. Click on the link to go directly to the Special occasion holding area.

  If some of the nominations are not showing up properly at the bottom of the page, these alternative pages can be used to view a subset of the most recent nominations.
Count of DYK Hooks
Section # of Hooks # Verified
September 19 1 1
September 28 1
September 29 1 1
September 30 1 1
October 3 1 1
October 5 5 3
October 7 1
October 8 4 4
October 9 2
October 10 2 2
October 11 3 2
October 12 1 1
October 13 2 1
October 14 2 2
October 15 2 2
October 16 2 2
October 17 1 1
October 18 2 2
October 19 4 4
October 20 3 1
October 21 3 2
October 22 2 2
October 23 6 5
October 24 4 2
October 25 5 4
October 26 8 6
October 27 4 3
October 28 3 3
October 29 5 4
October 30 2 2
October 31 6 6
November 1 5 5
November 2 6 6
November 3 9 8
November 4 6 5
November 5 6 4
November 6 1 1
November 7 8 6
November 8 8 8
November 9 4 4
November 10 7 7
November 11 9 9
November 12 6 5
November 13 6 4
November 14 12 11
November 15 8 8
November 16 4 4
November 17 3 3
November 18 5 4
November 19 12 8
November 20 4 3
November 21 11 7
November 22 6 4
November 23 8 6
November 24 6 4
November 25 15 10
November 26 13 10
November 27 7 6
November 28 8 7
November 29 12 8
November 30 12 6
December 1 7 6
December 2 4 2
December 3 6 3
December 4 4 2
December 5 10 1
December 6
Total 347 265
Last updated 08:28, 6 December 2025 UTC
Current time is 08:38, 6 December 2025 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators

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This page is for those nominations that have already been approved and are waiting to be promoted. If yours has been approved but has not yet been run on the main page, it should either be on this page or will soon be moved here, or already promoted to a Prep area or Queue ahead of an appearance on the main page.

If you wish to create a new nomination, please go to the Template talk:Did you know page; there are instructions there in a section similar to this one on how to nominate an article for DYK.

Frequently asked questions

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Backlogged?

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This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until someone promotes it to a preparation area. To alleviate this problem, we sometimes change hooks twice per day (every 12 hours) instead of once per day (every 24 hours); see WP:DYKROTATE for details.

Where is my hook?

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If you can't find the nomination you submitted to the nominations page, and it also isn't on this page, in most cases it means your article has been approved and is either in one of the prep areas, has been promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.

Instructions for other editors

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How to promote an accepted hook

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  • See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for full instructions.
  • In one window, open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to promote.
  • In another window, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.
  • In the prep set...
    • Paste the hook into the hook area (be sure to not paste in that that)
    • Paste the credit information ({{DYKmake}} and/or {{DYKnom}}) into the credits area.
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted [[Jane Fonda]]", preview, and save
  • Back on DYK nomination page...
    • change {{DYKsubpage to {{subst:DYKsubpage
    • change |passed= to |passed=yes
    • Add an edit summary, e.g., "Promoted original hook to Prep 3", preview, and save

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to the nominations page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from the nominations page.
  • If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.

Nominations

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Special occasion holding area

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Shortcut
Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section on the regular nominations page, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began, or it was listed as a Good Article; be sure to indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
Note: Articles intended to be held for special occasion dates should be nominated within seven days of creation, start of expansion, or promotion to Good Article status. The nomination should be made between at least one week prior to the occasion date, to allow time for reviews and promotions through the prep and queue sets, but not more than six weeks in advance. The proposed occasion must be deemed sufficiently special by reviewers. The timeline limitations, including the six week maximum, may be waived by consensus, if a request is made at WT:DYK, but requests are not always successful. Discussion clarifying the hold criteria can be found here: [1]; discussion setting the six week limit can be found here: [2].
April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know.
Note for promoters: please be sure to add an "invisible" comment after a hook when you've placed it in prep, noting that it's a special occasion hook and including the date it is supposed to run. This should keep the hook from being moved after promotion, as sometimes happens to hooks when a queue needs a slot filled or a prep set needs to be made more balanced by swapping hooks between preps.

December 16

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Urain Ge, 141 Schools for Peace

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  • Comment: Hope it gets reviewed for 16 December 2025 DYK feature.
Created by M.Billoo2000 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

M. Billoo 13:15, 21 November 2025 (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: Yes
  • Other problems: No - This hook would be appropriate for an article about the campaign, not the song
QPQ: None required.

Overall: @M.Billoo2000: Article is new and long enough. I don't see any issues with sourcing or neutrality. Since the article is about the song and not the campaign, the hook has to be about the song as well. That being said, a campaign to build 141 schools deserves an article of it's own. Maybe the article can be created and some material from the "Influence" section here can be moved there as well AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:46, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, I don't think the lines about the 2014 Tsunami March are relevant to the article. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:55, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AmateurHi$torian: thank you for commenting. I could not write more than 1500B for separate articles, so I merged them. Further, the political context is added only because the singer had appreciated the unity. I will this weekend what I can do. M. Billoo 01:18, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@M.Billoo2000: As for this nom, if you can suggest an ALT hook that's more relevant to the song, I'd approve it. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 02:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The singer might have appreciated it, but I don't think it deserves a place in the article. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 02:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AmateurHi$torian: I have started another draft. Probably I will go for a double nom now. M. Billoo 03:03, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@M.Billoo2000: Okay, the new article has come along very nicely. I still maintain that the part about PTI launching the 2014 Tsunami march and subsequently cancelling it due to the attack (this phrase: "and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched the 2014 Tsunami March protest against the alleged fraud in the 2013 Pakistani general election and demanded justice.", and this one:"A day after the attack, PTI's chairman Imran Khan also called off his march protest.") is not relevant to the song, and shouldn't be included in an article about the song.
Apart from that, "Urain Ge" has no other issues.
Review for 141 Schools for Peace: It is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and neutral in tone. No QPQ required. Maybe "Influence" and "Milestones" can be combined into a single, chronological "Timeline" section in order to comply with MOS:OVERSECTION.
I cannot approve ALT1 since "martyr" is not an encyclopedic term. I like ALT1a very much. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:37, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AmateurHi$torian: Complied, thank you! M. Billoo 18:18, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Approving ALT1a only. Thanks for creating these articles; May the souls of the victims RIP. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:32, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

December 19

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Irina Voronina

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Irina Voronina in 2011
Irina Voronina in 2011
Improved to Good Article status by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 345 past nominations.

Launchballer 08:08, 27 November 2025 (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: The article satisfies the newness (GA on 25 November) and length (3978 characters) requirements. It is well-sourced and neutral. I have not detected any close paraphrasing or plagiarism. All hooks are cited. I think ALT1 and ALT2 are much more interesting than ALT0, since a Playboy model posing nude isn't really unusual. The image is freely licensed, clear, and used within the article. Both QPQs done. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 15:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noticed this. Obviously promoter's choice, but Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/Monthly summary statistics/2025/Non-imaged says ALT0 meets the 'intriguing' part of WP:DYKINT.--Launchballer 21:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


December 25

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How To Survive Christmas

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Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 154 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 08:26, 11 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Lajmmoore: Have you been able to think of new hooks yet? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:34, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Does Launchabller's ALT2 not work? I'd be happy with that Narutolovehinata5? Lajmmoore (talk) 08:05, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I misread the above comment. I thought the issue was with the hooks and not the plan to bring Jilly to GA. Are you still planning to do so? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:06, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ideally I'd like to, but I'm not sure I will have time. Is there a limit on when I could add a GA to this hook? (if it does get held for Christmas) Lajmmoore (talk) 16:18, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is no limit as to when a double nom can be added; I added Mesadorm to Blythe Pepino six weeks after I created the nomination.--Launchballer 16:22, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Launchballer - I'll get on with it then, and try to get it nominated by the end of the month with the hopes I can tempt a reviewer in December Lajmmoore (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Lajmmoore: In the meantime, giving this a full review. The article was moved to mainspace on the day of the nomination, and meets the length requirements. Apart from the Synopsis section (which does not need references), everything is properly referenced. A full QPQ has been provided. I did not find any close paraphrasing. Although the proposed hooks are interesting, none of them would meet WP:DYKHFC since the book's title, and even the "Xmasochist" subtitle, lack footnotes. Yes, the hooks are meant to be quirky, but without proper referencing, they can't be used. Instead, possible options could involve hooks based on the Reception section.
In the meantime, since it is unclear if Jilly will be nominated for GA anytime soon, and even if she was, if it would make it in time for Christmas, my suggestion would be to move forward with this nomination without Jilly, and propose a separate nomination for her. Given her recent death and the circumstances, DYK will probably give leeway regarding the excess of Jilly hooks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:58, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Coincidentally Narutolovehinata5 I did the GA nomination this morning, but thanks for the review and go ahead. I'll have a think of some new hooks Lajmmoore (talk) 11:11, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Those are okay, but could you also propose a hook about the advice? Once that's done I can approve the nom and leave the hook to the promoter. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:30, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT5 ... that How To Survive Christmas included advice on Christmas shopping, lovely guests and drunken lunches? christmas shopping=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-the-paper-for-wales-pxt-reli/182725509/; lonely guests=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-a-season-of-giddy-hi/182724172/; drunken lucnhes=https://www.newspapers.com/article/swindon-advertiser-its-the-people-who-m/182663697/ Lajmmoore (talk) 18:02, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Upon reflection, I think ALT5 might not be compliant with WP:DYKFICTION, so I am only approving ALT3 and ALT4. I do have a slight preference for ALT4, but I will leave the final choice to the promoter and I will not object if ALT3 is promoted instead. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:12, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lajmmoore and Narutolovehinata5: A heads up that Talk:Jilly Cooper/GA1 is a thing.--Launchballer 15:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware, but we already agreed to have Jilly run separately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 15:18, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks both, once Jilly Cooper is GA'd, I can combine that nomination with another article, to get trying to group these together. Lajmmoore (talk) 08:14, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Lajmmoore: As an aside, since I'm sure DYK will be lenient just this once given Cooper's recent death, would you be open to have a solo hook just for Jilly? Yes, the recent DYK preference has been to multi-hooks, but I'm sure DYK would be fine with it given the circumstances. Also, it might be better to just have a hook about Jilly herself than any specific book since she did so many and it would be hard to choose which one to focus on. It might even be interesting if a non-book hook could be found about her. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:36, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good idea, works aside she was a really interesting figure. Lajmmoore (talk) 10:24, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Eat Salmon on Christmas!

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Created by AlphaBetaGamma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 00:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Thriley: Don't forget to review this :). I'll review it if you don't feel like it anymore! Just let me know. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:05, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Panamitsu: Please go ahead! Best, Thriley (talk) 14:38, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting hook and article. The hook matches the article and matches the source (using Google Translate because I can't speak Japanese). QPQ done. Looks good. I really hope this could run on Christmas at the WP:SOHA. It is now 5 weeks before Christmas, which is under the limit of 6 weeks, so hopefully it should work out. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Macrobrachium xmas

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  • ... that a cave shrimp from Christmas Island was christened xmas and heralded on Christmas Day?
  • ALT1: ... that a cave shrimp was christened xmas and heralded on Christmas Day?
    • Source: Fujita, Yoshihisa; Davie, Peter J.F.; Ng, Peter K.L. (25 December 2015). "A new stygobitic prawn of the genus Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1864, from anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Indian Ocean; with a rediagnosis of M. miyakoense Komai Fujita, 2005 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 63. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore: 610–625. ISSN 2345-7600.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sound recording copyright; Template:Did you know nominations/Gibraltar Mountain (Washington); Template:Did you know nominations/Diocese of Zhangjiakou; Template:Did you know nominations/Claude Hayes (artist)
    • Comment: Created for the upcoming Christmas Eve or Christmas Day set. Suggestions, tweaks, and alt hooks for improvement are invited.
Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 48 past nominations.

Viriditas (talk) 01:36, 22 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New article, long enough. The sources used are reliable and I see no neutrality issues. No copyvio detected on Earwig. The hook is interesting, short enough and well sourced; not to be a Scrooge but I would probably omit the "with good tidings" part! The images used are correctly licensed. QPQ has been done, it would appear that you have two QPQ's still up your sleeve. Nice job User:Viriditas! My only query would be whether the table under the Taxonomy section is necessary – possibly it would be more appropriate for the main Macrobrachium article although I appreciate it demonstrates the rareness of the cave-dwelling species. I T B F 📢 05:14, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done. The table was admittedly a bit excessive, so I removed it for now. I also removed "good tidings" from ALT0 per your suggestion. As for the phrase "heralded good tidings", I was trying to riff on "announced good news", as the journal article was an announcement of the discovery of the cave shrimp. In the larger context, this is "good news" (good tidings) because of the longer history of the search for endemic species on the island going back over a period of sixty years, but I suppose that could be a bit too esoteric. I had intended to expand that part, but left the larger scope in the further reading section for now. I'm still open to new hooks if people don't like either of them. One of the things that I discovered that I haven't yet mentioned is that the exploration of the caves and discovery of cave fauna on the island is much more recent than people might think. I found that surprising, as if maybe it was taboo in the past to explore the caves? The cave research only goes back to the late 1980s, early 1990s. In the 2000s, there was something like four expeditions, so most of the major research has taken place in the last 25 years. Another thing that could possibly be worked in is that the researchers tend to believe that many of the caves are linked to each other in some way, but it hasn't been proven. Viriditas (talk) 08:36, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mary and Eve

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Created by Dclemens1971 (talk).
  • Comment: Nominating for the Christmas Day set.
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 32 past nominations.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:25, 21 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • An interesting article. It's in good shape, eligible, and without evidence of copyvio. Alt0 hook is interesting enough and checks out with the source (findable by searching "simple yet theologically dazzling" on that Google Books page. QPQs are fine. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:06, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Santa Claus and His Elves

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  • Source: "Kirja esittelee Joulupukin ja tonttujen arkista tohinaa." (tr. "The book introduces the every day life of Joulupukki and the elves") (https://www.kirjavinkit.fi/arvostelut/joulupukki/) "Kunnas gives a realistic sense of the North Pole’s physical appearance (living near the Arctic didn’t hurt him, I guess); and he shows us Santa putting on liniment and having a post-trip sauna. Added to the practical tone are a couple of notions many parents will applaud." (Boston Phoenix, Dec. 14, 1982, https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-12-14_11_50/.)
Moved to mainspace by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:01, 24 November 2025 (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: @Dclemens1971: Very nice article for Christmas set. New enough (moved to mainspace 24 Nov, same date as nom), long enough (3148 B), reliably-sourced, EW 2.9% with one fragment overlap that looks fine, spot-checked machine-translated sources [1], [5], and [7] as of this revision for WP:TRANSVIO and didn't see any. Both QPQ are done. Hooks are appropriately sourced. I personally find ALT1 more intriguing than ALT0 - although maybe that's because I didn't immediately recognize the word "liniment". Only note overall is that the Mauri Kunnas article currently has a BLP sources banner, unsure if that needs to be addressed before being linked in a hook on main page? Zzz plant (talk) 21:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzz plant: Thanks for the review! Only the boldlinked article is required by WP:DYKG to be presentable in order for a hook to be promoted. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:08, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles created/expanded on September 19

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Arlan (Indonesian politician)

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Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 291 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 08:33, 24 September 2025 (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: Nomination is solid and ready for mainpage. Article has been moved to mainspace within the required timeframe, and exceeds the minimum length threshold. Well-sourced, maintains neutral tone, no signs of plagiarism, and hook is cited and attention-grabbing. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:36, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Juxlos, @Jeromi Mikhael and @Dclemens1971, I've pulled this due to the hook not being interesting. See Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Arlan_(Indonesian_politician). TarnishedPathtalk 23:55, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Juxlos, Jeromi Mikhael, TarnishedPath, and Theleekycauldron: If "hook not being interesting" is the only reason for pulling it, when a nominator, reviewer and prep builder did think it was interesting, well, that gives us nothing at all to talk about here. Regarding leeky's comment I was a bit concerned that the hook could come off like 'oh, look at the strange habits of non-Westerners!', per the Pew Research Center polygamy is quite rare worldwide, even in many non-western cultures, and thus it wouldn't really be a western/non-western dichotomy and more something that is genuinely rare (even in Indonesia, according to Pew). Pulling a hook is obviously the queuer's prerogative, but doing it on subjective criteria doesn't really give us anything to discuss here. TarnishedPath, since Leeky's objection to the hook was putting her name on it and did not necessarily apply to other queuers, do you mind returning this to a prep for another queuer to consider? Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
From the article: "As mayor, Arlan designated 800 hectares of land within the city as agricultural land, which could be used by farmers at no charge." TarnishedPathtalk 02:34, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What is interesting about a politician introducing his spouse to the public? They do it all the time. The fact that there are four spouses doesn't make it "interesting", it only makes it xenophobic to point it out. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 17:08, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Juxlos: As this will be turning two months old in a few days, can you please propose a new hook so this nomination can proceed either way? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:17, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: I tired to hint the nominator, but apparently I wasn't explicit enough.
  • ALT1 ... that as mayor, Arlan designated 800 hectares of agricultural land, which could be used by farmers at no charge?
TarnishedPathtalk 09:39, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, apologies, have been off the DYK mood in the past couple weeks or so. I'm fine with the proposed ALT1. Juxlos (talk) 11:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Juxlos: Per TarnishedPath's request, I was about to approve this, but there's an error in the article: it says he was born on 30 April, but the source says he was born on 30 March. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:13, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's odd, huh. Anyway, fixed it to follow sources. Juxlos (talk) 02:21, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't anyone else think it's weird not saying where he serves as mayor in the hook? On a side note, articles on mayors are often take to AFD for not passing WP:NPOL. No opinion as to notability on this particular mayor, but given the propensity to take this type of article to AFD... It would be taking a risk running this as editors tend to rush to delete this type of content. We should be prepared to swap this one out if we do run this.4meter4 (talk) 02:26, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@4meter4:, it depends. See WP:POLOUTCOMES. That aside if they pass WP:GNG the fact that they are a mayor is irrelevant. TarnishedPathtalk 06:02, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I am aware. My point was more that local politician articles are often targeted for what ever reason at AFD in a way that other topic areas don’t seem to attract (although there are other favorite targets at AFD like beauty pageant contestants). It’s a cultural phenomenon among Wikipedia editors. (I patrol at AFD routinely so I see this). I’m not saying this article wouldn’t survive that AFD only that in my experience mayor articles often attract AFD nominations, both when appropriate and in spurious cases. Knowing that any article nominated at AFD would have to be pulled, and that mayor articles often attract deletion nominations means we should be prepared with a hook to swap in if necessary. That is all I am saying.4meter4 (talk) 07:03, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I used Google Translate to verify the hook in the source and it checks out. I'm not the biggest fan of the hook, but in the interest of this moving forward I am approving it. If there are any concerns with notability, that bridge can be crossed when we get there. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:38, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also not the biggest fan of the hook, but like before, don't want to stand in the way. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:37, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on September 29

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Yonki-no-kai Productions

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  • Source: Galbraith, Stuart (2002). The Emperor and the Wolf:The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. USA: Faber and Faber. p. 473. ISBN 0-571-19982-8.
Created by Zalaraz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Zalaraz (talk) 13:50, 30 September 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes

QPQ: Unknown
Overall: Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:49, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing the nomination. Zalaraz (talk) 04:51, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gommeh: AGF approval is deprecated.--Launchballer 07:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: What does that mean? I'm confused. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gommeh: It's no longer sufficient (I'll update {{DYK checklist}}) to accept an offline/foreign language citation in good faith. You need to get access to a copy of the source and verify the hook, or at the very least a quote from the source for foreign-language sources. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:08, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Quoting from the source: "In response, Kurosawa, along with directors Masaki Kobayashi, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Kon Ichikawa, formed their own joint company, Club of the Four Knights (Yonki no kai), in July 1969. This powerhouse of talent, arguably the four greatest living Japanese directors of the time, was created with the single purpose of producing films that would rejuvenate the flag-ging industry." Zalaraz (talk) 03:28, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That makes it seem like the source is saying "rejuvenate the flagging industry" in their own voice, but the end of paragraph 2 seems to imply that Kurosawa said that? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:50, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which paragraph exactly? Zalaraz (talk) 03:57, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
2nd para of the article, end sentence is In these circumstances, Kurosawa formed the Yonki-no-kai production company with three other leading directors of the era to finance his next project with a stated aim of producing "films that would rejuvenate the flagging industry". theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're right, will removing "stated" fix it?. Zalaraz (talk) 04:01, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
that works, but possibly also attribute which source said it inline? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:27, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Removed it. Zalaraz (talk) 08:04, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gommeh and Theleekycauldron: Is this good to go now? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:38, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
mm, sorry, i do still think the sentence should also attribute inline to the source that gave the quote. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 15:21, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have provided the attribution. Zalaraz (talk) 00:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. @Theleekycauldron: Is this ready to roll now? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:28, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is. Gommeh 📖   🎮 01:08, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
nihil obstat, let's roll :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:15, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on September 30

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Tilly Norwood

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5x expanded by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 327 past nominations.

Launchballer 18:36, 30 September 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I'm not comfortable with asserting that Tilly Norwood exists, actually. I'm also not comfortable with the article using gendered pronouns for the Tilly construct. DS (talk) 19:48, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your discomfort comes without justification and is inconsistent with you using the term "Tilly construct" for a subject you claim doesn't exist. If you're right then what are you talking about? This sentence exists, pictures exist, stories exist, your prejudice exists and line blurring metafictions like Tilly exist. 2A02:C7E:205B:3D00:ADF7:E53:C019:2ACB (talk) 09:30, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
SAG-AFTRA isn't likely to mean anything to anyone unfamiliar with the industry. Naming the actresses might add interest, but I'm disinclined to go there given what happened at Michelle Pfeiffer (Ethel Cain song). As for the gendered pronouns, I've said my piece at the talk page, in as much that (in my opinion) avoiding their use would be silly.--Launchballer 04:56, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think SAG-AFTRA has higher prominence after the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which was also about studio's using AI avatars (among other issues), so it's increasingly relevant here. FallingGravity 04:21, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: @FallingGravity: maybe "creation" as a synonym for existence? Roast (talk) 01:19, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0a: ... that the creation of Tilly Norwood (pictured) has been criticised by multiple Hollywood actresses?--Launchballer 13:23, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that a Hollywood actress recently described Tilly Norwood (pictured) as "really, really scary"?--Launchballer 15:00, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We could run ALT2: ... that the talk page for Wikipedia's article about Tilly Norwood (pictured) has been described as "a fascinating window into the semantic debates that our society is facing more broadly" as a result of AI? on 15 January, Wikipedia's 25th. (I'm guessing I can't nominate a talk page and run it as a double nom?)--Launchballer 14:42, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(seeing this DYK on the article TP). I do think that ALT1 is very good - this whole area is scary, but that is the point and that hook captures it perfectly. Aszx5000 (talk) 11:23, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I strongly object to this item appearing on DYK at all. Documenting the existence of "TillyNorwood.exe", sure. Taking any further steps to promote it in the public consciousness and thereby boost its commercial viability — and don't bullshit yourself, that's exactly what this would be doing — no. Same reason we don't have DYKs on political candidates when they're running for office. DS (talk) 15:12, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My sphincter, we run real-life actresses all the time and this is no more promotional.--Launchballer 15:52, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Do you understand why we don't run DYKs on political candidates when they're actually running for office? DS (talk) 04:21, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, WP:DYKNOT dictates that we must not provide inappropriate advantage for commercial/political causes. It also says "it is fine to cover topics of commercial or political interest". Norwood is not a cause.-Launchballer 07:52, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you're convinced that you absolutely must slobber in adulation all over Xicoia/Particle6, fine. ALT1b: that the creation of Tilly Norwood (pictured) has been described as "really, really scary"?

(because attributing that to "a Hollywood actress" feels oddly like an attempt to discredit the opinion.) DS (talk) 02:24, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me, will let a reviewer adjudicate.--Launchballer 02:35, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Launchballer: Why doesn't any of the suggested hooks mention that 'she' is AI? That's the most interesting thing about 'her'. I think we're missing out by not including that. jolielover♥talk 12:55, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I guess. ALT3: ... that the AI creation Tilly Norwood (pictured) has been described as "really, really scary"?--Launchballer 15:22, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New enough, long enough, sourced, no apparent copyvios, QPQ done. Hooks check out. I prefer ALT1 or ALT2. As to ALT1, I don't share the same concern about attributing the quotation to "a Hollywood actress" although, if others share that concern, it could be changed to "Hollywood actress Emily Blunt". As to ALT2, I wondered at first if Fast Company is a reliable source, but it seems to check out. I do have a slight remaining reservation as to whether it it too on the nose, however—the article directly references this very DYK discussion, after all, quoting several of DragonflySixtyseven's statements above. (If it does run, however, I don't see it running as a double nom as Launchballer contemplated, but the talk page could at least be linked.)
Note: There's currently a deletion nomination for the article. While it seems unlikely to succeed, the DYK should not run until the nomination is closed. --Usernameunique (talk) 15:29, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
marking as on hold. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:28, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The deletion nomination has closed as "keep". Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Restoring the tick as there are no outstanding issues at the moment. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:48, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
information Note: image removed per Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Tilly Norwood. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:29, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've marked both the image and the video in the article for deletion at Commons. Similar requests have been processed in a couple of weeks, I'm fine waiting.--Launchballer 12:55, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I think I can mark this as on hold for now until the image issue is resolved. Z E T AC 16:07, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tilly Norwood
Tilly Norwood
It would actually be {{dyk?no}} to mark a nom on hold, but the image has actually been reuploaded as a local file as it's public domain in the US. Let's see what the WT:DYK discussion comes back with.--Launchballer 22:11, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer, AirshipJungleman29, and HurricaneZeta: Given that the nomination is already over two months old, I think the safest option here is simply to re-promote this without an image. The discussion on what to do with the pictures can continue without this being held back. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:27, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's quite clear from the WT:DYK discussion that the image is fine.--Launchballer 11:23, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Even if so, there's no assurance that the hook will run with an image anyway. Would you be open to it running without a picture, regardless of the discussion's outcome? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to say I wouldn't be, but it would be seriously irritating if it ran without given that a) it already had the image slot, b) neither of the arguments against have proven to be valid, and c) and that's an excellent picture, especially with that hook. (If I was the supreme ultra dictator of DYK, we'd be running this without mentioning she's AI because for me that gives the game away about why an apparently friendly face is apparently not that, but I'm guessing that would need to run as an WP:DYKAPRIL hook?)--Launchballer 10:29, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I wish to apologise to everybody here for nominating this article to AfD whilst this DYK was in discussion. I was completely unaware that this was taking place and would not have nominated it had I known. I don't think I violated any rules by making the nomination whilst this DYK was ongoing, however it did cause a significant delay, which I believe was disruptive on my part. I am absolutely in the wrong, as evidenced by the AfD close, and I will commit to being more thorough in the future so as not to disrupt ongoing discussions and processes like this one. 11WB (talk) 01:13, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't worry about it. The current discussion ultimately had nothing to do with notability concerns or the deletion discussion. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:24, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given that there are no longer any open issues other than the image, I will be promoting this without the image. If there is still a desire from another prep builder to have a picture, they are free to move it to the image slot. The hook also works as a quirky anyway. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, I'm reverting that. Aside from the fact that you've just put this in the quirky slot of the bottom set which is supposed to be clear anyway, promoters can't promote hooks they approve and WT:DYK#Tilly Norwood is quite clear that there are no issues with the image. Please let someone else adjudicate.--Launchballer 12:49, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Technically I did not approve the hook, I merely restored Usernameunique's approval following the above discussion. For what it's worth, I read the FAQ, and it says that it requires "that only freely licensed images be used on the Main Page." I'm not sure if "freely licensed" includes material that is not copyrighted in the US but is under copyright in its home country, given that the FAQ also mentions that the MP "excludes copyrighted images". At the very least, this seems to be a gray area that has to be resolved either way, although that would be outside the scope of this nomination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:55, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be tempted to make a bold edit to that page and see if it sticks. Also, see File:Hon robert palmer 1911.png.--Launchballer 13:13, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on October 3

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Josefa Tolrà

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  • ... that Catalan artist Josefa Tolrà draw, embroider, and write during her mediumistic trance?
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  • Comment: I created the article yesterday as part of the Women in Red initiative for October. I think the article is ready.
Created by Alsoriano97 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

_-_Alsor (talk) 09:41, 4 October 2025 (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: ALT1 is the best hook. Munfarid1 (talk) 10:26, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40

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  • Source: The Television [ja] (link): （『エヴァンゲリオン』の中で）ミサトさんがシンジ君を見守るように、すず子には雀さんを見守っていてほしいですし、私の幼少期から人生にかけて、ずっとそばにいた『セーラームーン』のように、すず子には雀さんのそばにいてほしいなという思いからお願いしました。[Just as Misato (from Evangelion) watches over Shinji, I wanted Suzuko to watch over Suzume, and just like how Sailor Moon was always by my side in my childhood, I wanted Suzuko to be by Suzume's side, so I asked [Kotono Mitsuishi].]
Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 73 past nominations.

lullabying (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Source: Animate (link): （「最初は、外国人風の淫魔おじさんが地球に降ってくる」という設定のSFストーリーの企画が練られており、本作とは全く異なる物語を構想していたと語るマミタ先生。「サキュバスのおっさんだから、“おじキュバス”という新しいジャンルを作ろうとしていたんですけど……」という先生の発言に、客席から「ふふっ」と笑い声が漏れる一幕も。[Mamita said that they had planned to create a sci-fi story that, "at first, was going to be about a Western-looking older man who descends to Earth", and the story they had envisioned was completely different. When they confessed, "I wanted to create a new genre called old-man-ccubus, because it was about an older man succubus", the audience burst out in laughter.]
  • Here's an ALT I came up with! lullabying (talk) 07:17, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Giving this a full review. The article was created on the day of the nomination, and I did not find any close paraphrasing. A full QPQ has been done. The article also meets the length requirements. Approving ALT1 only as it is interesting to a broad audience and not just to those into Japanese media: it is cited inline, verified in the source, and the translation checks out. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:55, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 Turkey water crisis

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

    TonyFerro (talk) 06:49, 8 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    MPGuy2824 (talk) 15:27, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I agree and think ALT1 is better Chidgk1 (talk) 16:14, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bogazicili: If you have time it would be great if you or any other native speaker could expand tr:Vikipedi:Güvenilir kaynaklar/Mütemadi kaynaklar - I can't speak for the nominator but sometimes it is hard for me to judge the quality of a foreign language source. Having said that I should be able to fix a few of the English language cites - for example I don't know Agenzia Nova but hopefully would be able to find a source I know to be reliable for the minister's statement. Are there claims in the article you find particularly important which are poorly cited? Chidgk1 (talk) 12:38, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I do not have the time. I also think news sources should be limited anyway. Doesn't matter if they seem reliable in a place like Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. They are still lower quality sources. Sometimes, for recent and ongoing events, you have to use news sources because academia hasn't caught up yet. But I think creating an entire article, 2025 Turkey water crisis, based mostly on news sources in this case is WP:COAT. These issues should be covered in Drought in Turkey and Climate change in Turkey with DUE weight. Bogazicili (talk) 15:13, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This must go on hold as it is at AfD.--Launchballer 23:04, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Article's been kept; an actual review needed.--Launchballer 22:51, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The article counts as new and long enough. The article looks good (though I am not a fan of single-paragraph sections) and cites plenty of sources. I see no neutrality or copyright issues. I like ALT1: it is simple and likely to draw attention. Thanks, TonyFerro. Surtsicna (talk) 18:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Dumagat people

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    • ... that the Dumagat people cook dishes like ginataang pugahan na may suso inside a bamboo over an open fire?
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    Created by Jojit fb (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Jojit (talk) 07:36, 6 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    It's not the best hook ever, but in the absence of the original hook it's better than nothing. Daniel Case (talk) 16:18, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Daniel Case, this nomination remains unapproved due to TechnoSquirrel69's question-mark icon yesterday superseding your original tick. If you think it is ready for approval, please add a new tick below. (If not, then if another icon is warranted, please add that.) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:52, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I was sort of waiting for TS's feedback, but ... OK. It's done. This has spent far too much time waiting. Daniel Case (talk) 16:54, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on October 8

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    Saru (Star Trek: Discovery)

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    Jones said that throughout his long career, Saru was the first role he was ever offered as first choice with no audition.[2] "I have waited, all my life, for the moment to happen, where a big role in a big series was just being offered to me, based on reputation alone, and it was humbling," he said.[2]

    A year before the first season of Star Trek: Discovery aired, in November 2016, actor Doug Jones was cast as Saru, an alien known as a Kelpien, a newly created species for the Star Trek universe.[1] Bryan Fuller offered Doug Jones the role of Saru, telling Jones "he was the one the show needed," which made the veteran creature actor feel his career was "back on."[2] Prior to being offered the role of Saru, Jones considered moving away from and winding down his signature prosthetics acting work after decades in the make-up chair.[2]

    Improved to Good Article status by Very Polite Person (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

    — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:32, 9 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Not a review, but the image violates WP:DYKDIVERT and cannot run.--Launchballer 22:54, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Very Polite Person: Article new enough (GA Oct 9), long enough (14 KB), no copyvio. However, I see one issue with sourcing: CinemaBlend is considered an unreliable source. I also can't find any discussions about some Star Trek-specific sources (such as TrekCore), but it appears that the GA reviewer is familiar enough with Star Trek, so I will trust that these sources are reliable. As for the hook itself, it is interesting and verified in the source. However, as mentioned above, the image is not acceptable. The hook should also avoid the word "iconic". — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:23, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Vigilantcosmicpenguin: CinemaBlend isn’t unreliable. You are referring to a RS noticeboard quip made in 2010. A follow-up in 2015 found no problem. Current version has an editor, is written by an actual credentialed journalist, and features an interview with the subject. The site isn’t listed as unreliable as far as I am aware. Viriditas (talk) 18:30, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • Makes sense. I had been going off of WP:VG/RS, which lists it as unreliable, but now that you mention its editorial policies, I am convinced it is reliable. This is now good to go; approving the hook as currently written. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 19:37, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • @Viriditas and Vigilantcosmicpenguin: I'm a bit iffy on whether the sourcing backs the hook here. The source says

            "It was like, 'Oh, I'm getting a call, and no audition is required?'" [Jones] said. The showrunner at the time was Bryan Fuller, who reportedly offered the role to Jones and said that he was the one the show needed.

            Part of the issue here is that the source doesn't say the fact in its own voice, it hedges with "reportedly" and quotes Jones. The other thing is that while the source implies that Jones was the first choice fairly strongly, it doesn't actually say it; it's plausible that Fuller had at least put out feelers for someone else, barring another source saying this more strongly. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:18, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
          • @Viriditas and Vigilantcosmicpenguin: any update here? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:40, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Reviewing the hook only. The source said that he was considering quitting prosthetics acting rather than "creature acting" (although the article does use both terms). Are they the same thing? My reading of the source is that he had been planning to quit prosthetics acting specifically and not creature acting (which our article on it suggests is a broader term). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:31, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Narutolovehinata5: Jones is known for creature acting/prosthetic work. Think his stuff in the Hellboy movies as Abe, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and The Shape of Water. The terms are here basically mutual especially between the sourcing. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 16:08, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I see, but the source seems to suggest he wanted to quit prosthetic acting specifically and not creature acting in general, so I'm not sure if the hook is precise enough. Or maybe I'm reading the source wrong? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:41, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The terms are in parlance largely interchangable. If you show on a Star Trek as a guest or regular and have things attached to you, like say Vulcan eyebrows and ears, or the whole Klingon forehead thing, that's prosthetics. Orlando Bloom as Legolas or John Rhys-Davies as Ghimli are doing prosthetics, while the guy who played Lurtz in Lord of the Rings was full on creature acting. Creature acting is taking a bit further, to full costuming and being covered up largely. It's basically summed up in this passage:
    For over three decades, Doug Jones has been the undisputed king of creature acting, but as any actor who has donned extensive prosthetics can attest, it's pretty physically exhausting to consistently perform underneath layers of makeup, latex, and silicone. In a recent interview with Collider, Jones was asked whether or not it gets old to be constantly playing non-human characters, and the decorated performer had a moving response. "When you're wearing rubber and glue, that part gets old, and the older I get, the older it gets," he said. "I thought that maybe my time in rubber and glue would end." Jones wanted to wind down the frequency of his appearances in prosthetic-heavy performances as he got older, but when he was 56 years old, he was offered the role of the Kelpien alien Captain Saru in "Stark Trek: Discovery." This casting was, according to Jones, the moment when "the game [was] back on."
    Jones in particular was known for going the full deeper spectrum of that sort of work. An actor in an old timey Godzilla suit is a creature actor but not prosthetics. When you see a film like Hellboy, with Ron Perlman and Jones covered head to toe in their Hellboy and Abe make up, suits, costumes and prosthetics, that's creature acting. A Trek Vulcan or Legolas=prosthetics. Saru, on the other hand, is creature acting. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 01:04, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If that's the case then I guess I can approve this. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:20, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


    Nobuhiko Jimbo

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    Roxas and Jimbo
    Roxas and Jimbo
    • ... that Nobuhiko Jimbo saved Manuel Roxas (both pictured) from execution during World War II, and Roxas saved Jimbo from execution after the war?
    • ALT1: ... that Nobuhiko Jimbo saved Manuel Roxas (both pictured) from execution–only for President Roxas to do the same four years later? Source: Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2018-01-26). "The Japanese officer who saved Manuel Roxas". INQUIRER.net.
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    • Comment: First nomination, not sure if it needs more to clarify that they were wartime enemies or if the context clues are enough
    Moved to mainspace by PritongKandule (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    PritongKandule-✉️📝 17:06, 8 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough (created as a draft six days ago; moved two days afterward), long enough (1,600+ words at this writing), and verifiable enough (Inquirer.net is the official site of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a national newspaper of record). The two versions of the blurb above are the same (with a couple of contextual differences); leaving it up to the DYK coords to determine which is better.
    Earwig reports an 87.6% match from the Inquirer source, but the text in question (Roxas' request for clemency) is blockquoted. I may upgrade my rating to {{DYKyes}} once someone else at DYK clears things up.
    As a reminder, this is my first QPQ since the start of my self-exile from WP last year, so bear with me here in case I'm not up to par.
    --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 06:24, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm having a look since this is a bromance we shouldn't miss out on. PritongKandule, first of all, I suggest you take the first hook and add something--I mean, who are these people? So, "DYK that Japanese officer Jimbo saved future Philippine president Roxas..." or something like that. Second, I'm looking at the article and I'm not totally happy with the short paragraphs/newspaper style of the main text. I think a bit of reordering would be good, but moreover, Roxas just gets dumped in there, in the WWII section, "Manuel Roxas (who had just escaped from Corregidor)"--that needs a note on who Roxas was at the time, etc. That's not a simple copy edit; I can't do that for you. Things that need copyediting are phrases like "instead of resentment" (does not match the grammar of the main clause), "...decision unwilling", "by those that issued"... The executed chief justice and consul general also fall into the narrative out of nowhere: are they important? The long quote, the entire letter--personally I think that's too long, and I would use only a few phrases from it, enough to get the "personal" point across. Let me know what you think. Drmies (talk) 22:06, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @PritongKandule: Please address the above.--Launchballer 16:36, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer and Drmies: PritongKandule has not edited since November 11 and never responded to this nomination. Normally I would suggest that this be marked for closure, but given that DYK has regulars who are either Filipino or deal with politics-related articles, it may be a good idea to try and ask for their help first before considering closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Narutolovehinata5, this is a great article, it just needs an editorial overhaul. I can do that--but that takes me out as a reviewer of course. Let me know. Drmies (talk) 17:42, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Drmies: If you're willing to do that then feel free. Given that this will turn two months old in less than two weeks, I could request for a review at WT:DYK if an expedited review is needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:22, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Drmies: Are you still planning on picking this up? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:56, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Narutolovehinata5, check the article history. Drmies (talk) 13:41, 1 December 2025 (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: None required.

    Overall: It was moderately amusing to imagine Jimbo as Jimbo. Article's structure is a bit unusual and I think it plays a little fast-and-loose with wikivoice, but I don't find those to be disqualifying in it running. On the hook, I would recommend this meshing:

    ALT1a: ... that Nobuhiko Jimbo saved future-Philippine president Manuel Roxas (pictured together) from execution during World War II—with Roxas doing the same for Jimbo four years later?

    I have next to no experience with image copyright, but the image is on commons, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1brianm7 (talk) 06:59, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mariame Clément

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    • Comment: QPQ donated by Gerda Arendt.
    Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 119 past nominations.

    Storye book (talk) 16:54, 10 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • This is not a review, but the hook does not appear to meet WP:DYKMAJOR as it seems to focus more on Cosi fan tutte (or more specifically a production of it that she directed), rather than Clément herself. Do you have any other hook proposals? I am also asking Viriditas or 4meter4 for possible alternative hook options here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Sorry, I don't understand. Te freezing of the wedding is not from the opera, but her very personal, unusual way to tell the story, discussed by all critics. Did you read the article? If you can word it better, great. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      I am happy to provide a hook, but I can assure you that Gerda will dislike it. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Viriditas (talk) 21:29, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      I try not to hate. Have you seen the trailer? (last line in the article) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:55, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Gerda, it's a joke; it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Look up the phrase. Viriditas (talk) 22:04, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Look up the trailer. Should be fun. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      I watched it! Looks and sounds amazing. Teona Todua has quite the voice and stage presence. Saw nothing about the wedding being frozen in time. Viriditas (talk) 00:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      I saw the whole thing and can tell you what the written sources also say: At the end of the overture, you see a tableau - still - of that bride about to sign, and shortly before the end you see the scene again, and she doesn't sign. YouTube is no source, anyway, - I mentioned it to give you a feeling for the story-telling of the director. Off to the opera I travelled for. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Storye book: I created a redirect to freeze frame (theatre) as it is currently discussed at freeze frame shot and doesn't yet have its own article. Can you talk a bit more about how Clément's use of the theatrical technique is unique here? Are you implying that her directorial approach to Così fan tutte used this technique in a new and novel way for this production? If you are, I think that would make for a good hook, but it isn't clear in the current version. Viriditas (talk) 21:50, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Gerda and Storye book, is that what is meant by "So steht es nicht in Mozarts und da Pontes Gemeinschaftswerk...Aber dieses zunächst irritierende Standbild mit der eingefrorenen Hand zur traumhaften Bebilderung der Ouvertüre ist gleichsam Peter von Matts bildhaft-szenisches Grundereignis, wenn man will: die ikonographisch wirksame Leitidee der ganzen Inszenierung." The problem is that this article and hook imply that this tableau is the work of the direction of Clément. Do we know that it is? Do other sources say this? If we do know and they do say this directly, then I would support some variation of the current hook. But even knowing that, Narutolovehinata5 might still object. It's obvious that the source you cite says this dramatic technique is important. That's good. That means the reader isn't involved in making that determination. But how do we know Clément was responsible for the tableau? That's the part I'm having trouble seeing. It might be in the original source and I'm just missing it. Update: ok, it looks like one of the missing pieces of the puzzle was Markus Gründig's article, which as far as I can tell, attributes full authorial intent to Clément in terms of the scene mentioned in the hook.[6] I think that seals it for me. How to word this hook is the tricky part. The key takeaway for the hook to mean something is Gründig's quote: "Während der Ouvertüre zieht eine fein gekleidete Gesellschaft für eine Hochzeitszeremonie in einen Festsaal ein (Kostüme: Bianca Deigner). Wenn die Braut dann den Ehevertrag unterzeichnen will, stoppt die Handlung. Die Figuren bleiben wie bewegungslos stehen...Deshalb spielt Clément mit der Zeit, verkürzt und streckt sie in ihren Bildern. So ist ist ihre Umsetzung auch eine Reflexion über die Angst, dass Gefühle nicht ewig dauern." I think that the hook needs to focus more on that general POV by summarizing it in relation to the novel approach (I think?) of freezing the wedding in time. Once you do that, it will meet Narutohinata5's objection, and frankly, that's the missing element. In other words, if I'm reading this correctly, Clément interpreted Mozart's Così fan tutte in a new way with a tableau to experiment with the concept of time by freezing the scene of a wedding at the beginning of the opera, only to restart it again at the end? Not sure if that is a correct summation, but you get the idea of where I'm going with this and can adapt it for your own purpose. I will add one variation of a sample hook below, regardless of its accuracy, which you can tune to your own liking. Viriditas (talk) 01:10, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        • ALT0a: ... that opera director Mariame Clément experimented with the concept of time in Mozart's Così fan tutte?
          Thank you for thinking, but I think "frozen wedding" is more attractive. In the opera, there is no wedding until the very end. In her narration - and of course these things are determined by the director - the (contemporary) wedding is going on during the overture. When the scene resumes (in the end) at the point where a bride turns to sign the contract, she stops, they send the guests home and the four party silently alone. That's too complex to say it all in a hook. But aren't we always told that we shouldn't say it all? Off to travel. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:29, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    * Severe difficulties with broadband mean I cannot always reply immediately or at all. Pot luck if I get a broadband opportunity. The director of any public entertainment is always responsible for intentional drastic changes in a script, score, libretto, whatever, and that includes letting crazy performers have (at least partially) their way. But this is clearly not even letting performers covertly direct, because in this case they would have to be directing as a team, which would be impractical. At that level, musicians have more than enough to do in preparation for their individual performance, and in fitting in with the orchestra and other singers. That is why we have directors..That should be obvious.
    * ALD0b: .. that Mariame Clément directed Mozart's Così fan tutte starring Teona Todua, in which she froze a wedding in time, then restarted it later? Storye book (talk) 08:59, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    * ALD0c: .. that when Mariame Clément directed Mozart's Così fan tutte starring Teona Todua, she froze a wedding in time, then restarted it later? Storye book (talk) 09:03, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • This will be my final comment: I don't think it's at all obvious to the reader that "freezing a wedding in time" refers to the director's use of a tableau device. I tried to address this up above by making the hook more approachable by describing the general experiment with time instead (per the source), but it looks like I was ignored in favor of a weird discussion about the director, which was not my overarching point regarding the hook or concerns expressed above. Yes, a director has control, but that was never my point. My point was, did the director come up with the unique use of the tableau in this instance, and if they did, describing it as "freezing a wedding in time" makes little sense without referring to the use of the tableau. Anyway, good luck with the hook! Viriditas (talk) 10:04, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    * ALD0d: .. that Mariame Clément directed Mozart's Così fan tutte starring Teona Todua, in which she froze a wedding tableau in time, then restarted it later? Storye book (talk) 10:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    * ALD0e: .. that when Mariame Clément directed Mozart's Così fan tutte starring Teona Todua, she froze a wedding tableau in time, then restarted it later? Storye book (talk) 10:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Personally, I feel that the new proposals are too complicated and don't solve my original concern (and really, neither do they solve Viriditas's concerns either). If anything, they introduce new ones: the hooks are now harder to read and thus their "hookiness" or punch becomes less. Given my previous interactions with Gerda's nominations, I would rather leave the full review and the final decision to another editor, but I have to agree with Viriditas's comment that the approach being presented here is not ideal. The only hook I'd be happy with so far is ALT0a given that it is the simplest and easiest to understand, but I understand that neither of you are happy with it.
    Looking at the article, another hook option could be the one about her direction of Don Giovanni and the mention of the giant cream cake, but my concern is that it would have the same issue as the original hook: it would seem to be more about Don Giovanni rather than Clément herself. However, if you could come up with a wording about it that focuses on Clément's direction and doesn't have excessive details, that might work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Reading the article again, this is the wording or at least the direction I had in mind:
    ALT1 ... that Mariame Clément's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni in 2023 features the title character sitting on a giant cream cake?
    It doesn't really solve my "it focuses more on the opera and not Clément herself" concern, but I hope you get what I mean with this direction. I would prefer a hook with as few details as possible, because including excessive details like the exact festival or the actor's name would make the hook too complex instead of concise.
    The issue with this right now is that the relevant part of the article is awkwardly written. The current wording is vague, and given how it is worded, it is unclear if it is Don Giovanni or the women who are sitting on the cake. Regardless if we go with ALT1's hook fact or not, that wording will need to be copyedited. @Viriditas: I hope you don't mind, but is it okay if you copyedit that part in the article? Actually the entire article may need to be copyedited for things like run-on sentences and confusing wording. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5 and Viriditas: I have copyedited the article in response to the above request, and clarified who was sitting on the cake (If you had clicked on the source, you'd have seen a big picture of Giovanni sitting on the cake on his own, anyway, although the text says it too). Storye book (talk) 08:55, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My problem with ALT1 is that it's a simple funny effect, while ALT0 and variants allude to to her cleverness in telling a complete story. The festival in Glyndebourne would be worth mentioning because it tells those who know it of top class, and the the others can learn that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:01, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    * :ALT1a ... that Mariame Clément's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne in 2023 features the title character sitting on a giant cream cake? (Note: In England, at least, it is normal to just say "Glyndebourne" if mentioning opera there.) Storye book (talk) 09:22, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that I have suggested a hook that requires verification, this will need a full review by someone else. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:10, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: Your hook ALT1 does not require verification. It's already in the citation which accompanies the hook fact in the article - both as a picture and as clear text. It's in English, so you can read it here. Storye book (talk) 09:22, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    By verification, I mean it needs to be checked by an uninvolved editor. I can't approve my own hook as it introduced new facts. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:25, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you. Yes, I understood that, but I was also responding to your previous comment:

    The issue with this right now is that the relevant part of the article is awkwardly written. The current wording is vague, and given how it is worded, it is unclear if it is Don Giovanni or the women who are sitting on the cake. Regardless if we go with ALT1's hook fact or not, that wording will need to be copyedited. ... Actually the entire article may need to be copyedited for things like run-on sentences and confusing wording.

    . I have now dealt with all that, and that is what Iwas telling you. Storye book (talk) 13:05, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Approving Alt1 and Alt1a only. Both check out to the cited source. I will leave it to the promoter to decide which of the two hooks to use.4meter4 (talk) 01:44, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @4meter4: It seems you forgot to check all the DYK criteria, so the review is incomplete. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:59, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies, didn't realize this was a "full review" as I thought you had done the earlier part, but I see now that was what was requested. The tick still stands. Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. No copyright violations detected. QPQ is done. All criteria are met.4meter4 (talk) 04:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have a slight preference for ALT0f due to it being more easily understandable and having clearer context. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:13, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    In the interest of this moving forward, I am going ahead and approving ALT0f only; ALT0g is declined as ALT0f has a clearer wording. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:34, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, it turns out that this hook fact is still not DYKHFC complaint (there has to be a footnote after "The stage action returned to that moment near the end of the performance, and following the emotional turmoil between the four protagonists." at the latest). That particular section may also need to be revised, because it is not clear in the current wording that the scene was not unfrozen towards the end, only that "The stage action returned to that moment near the end of the performance." Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    To my ear, to restart the stopped action at or near the finale carries much the same meaning as the action returning at or near the end. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 16:23, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The issue is the term "stage action". The article wording is vague if it is the performance that was unfrozen or just the scene. That probably has to be rephased to make it specific that it was the scene that was unfrozen, not a vague/general "stage action". The issue remains regardless if the hook uses "scene" or "wedding tableau". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:55, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have clarified that section as requested. I agree with Cl3phact0 that further clarification of this point is unnecessary, but have done as requested in order to move this nomination on. Storye book (talk) 08:32, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. That should do it. As mentioned earlier, I am approving ALT0f as being somewhat more easier to understand than ALT0g (a reader might not know what a tableau is). Admittedly, that particular hook fact is not my preference (it remains the Persian miniatures angle), but in the interest of this moving forward since that angle will not gain consensus at this time, I am approving this angle as a compromise. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:22, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Birinci İnönü-class submarine

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    One of two Birinci İnönü-class submarines
    One of two Birinci İnönü-class submarines
    • Source: [Turkey] Birinci İnönü-class submarine

    Builder: Fijenoord (Amsterdam) Notes: The Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS) in The Netherlands developed this design as an update of the wartime UB-III type...

    Page 194 of Submarines: An Illustrated History of their Impact by Paul E. Fontenoy
    Created by GGOTCC (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

    GGOTCC 14:29, 14 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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    The End of the Story

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    • ... that the novel The End of the Story largely emerged from two competing drafts, which offered different perspectives of its unnamed narrator's love affair?

    Returning to DYK--in earnest--well after taking some self-exile from WP in the wake of Milton's aftermath and concerns over my reviewing style at the time. Took four months to get this finally going (and off an AFC queue that became rather worse for wear in my near-absence), but here we finally are. (Not to mention the throughline of this 1995 title strongly brings another, more recent DYK-to-be to mind--and my own off-WP writing career to date; you'll figure it out after you select "Draft" as a namespace option on my contributions list as of this writing.)

    Another G13 appeal, concerning a kidlit title promised on said queue for ages, is on the horizon. Wish me luck till then...

    Moved to mainspace by Slgrandson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 18:44, 12 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. QPQ is done. I have a few alt hooks of interest that I could suggest if this is deemed not interesting enough, but I think it works. It is verified to the cited source. @Slgrandson: The plot is difficult with this novel as it really doesn't have a straight forward narrative. The handling of it is good enough to pass WP:DYKCOMPLETE as is, but I might suggest (optional and shouldn't hold up approval) that the character of Vincent and his critical feedback be mentioned, and maybe a stronger emphasis on the narrator's struggle with the writing process, because writing process is a central part of the novel, and this could be emphasized more in the plot summary. This source could be used in that direction. Best.4meter4 (talk) 19:02, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Lotte Ledl

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    Ledl c. 1952
    Ledl c. 1952
    • ... that Lotte Ledl (pictured), who played characters at the Vienna Burgtheater, in Heimatfilm, literature adaptations and crime series, was awarded an honorific title at age 89? Source: [7]
      • Reviewed: Lewis House (Tallahassee, Florida)
      • Comment: I wish I knew how to summarize the types of characters described in the sources. Look. (She talks about her first film that she didn't like when she saw it but says that she made five more the following year.)
    5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2155 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:23, 12 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • – Thank you for improving this interesting article. It is long enough, and was recently expanded. I see no obvious issues with sourcing or copyright. I have made three minor corrections to the hook. The normal spelling is 'honorific' (not 'honourific'), even in British English, and this word takes 'an', not 'a'. I have also rendered Heimatfilm in italic type per MOS:NONENGITALIC.
      I think the hook is interesting; upon reading it, I rushed to see what sort of title could possibly have been awarded in a country that made noble titles illegal ages ago! I wonder, however, about how the article discusses the title. Currently, the title's granting is mentioned only in the lead and the list of awards. I think that it would be better to mention this is in the body of the article, and to contextualise it, i.e. indicate its significance to the reader. Is this something that can be arranged? Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 07:14, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Thank you for a thorough review including hook improvement. I'll add a bit after nominating a singer to RD. Problem is that while we have an article Kammersänger, and everybody seems to understand it without explanation, a similar article for actors' similar title [de] is missing here (although the list in German is short, and I'd conclude that it means more to get it than for the singers). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand. One sentence in the body of the article to explain who awarded the title – is it the Austrian president or culture minister? – and why would likely satisfy the reader. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 09:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I added a bit, including her funny response. Please feel free to rephrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good to me! I took the liberty of making a few minor adjustments. In any case, I think this is ready for DYK. Thank you for your hard work. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 10:37, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Shiver, Frye and Big Man

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    Improved to Good Article status by Captain Galaxy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    CaptainGalaxy 14:05, 12 October 2025 (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 was promoted to GA on 11 October and is 3,783 words (22,938 characters) in length. It is fully-sourced, neutral and free from plagiarism, as verified by the GA review. The hooks are cited and QPQ is done. I think ALT1 is intriguing, as it's unexpected to see "pirate radio" in the same sentence as a Nintendo game; but I'm not sold on ALT0, as Nintendo games referencing themselves isn't particularly novel. Approved ALT1. Grnrchst (talk) 19:16, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Captain Galaxy: If you're alright with the trimmed ALT2: ... that Nintendo denied that Shiver from Splatoon 3 was non-binary?, I'll approve it. Also, this really should be at "Shiver, Frye, and Big Man", but that's not a DYK issue.--Launchballer 14:39, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: I approve the shortened ALT2. CaptainGalaxy 14:46, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's roll.--Launchballer 14:47, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Louis Tomlinson

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    Rovers: The Guardian
    Improved to Good Article status by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

    jolielover♥talk 13:08, 11 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. All hooks are interesting and sourced. QPQ is done. Looks good. Thriley (talk) 18:01, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No-one's questioned the approval of ALT0 or ALT2, so marking this accordingly. (I might hide his name under 'a member of one of the best-selling boy bands of all time', but I'll let a promoter make that choice.)--Launchballer 14:32, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Blood on the Saddle (song)

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    Moved to mainspace by Metropolitan90 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    --Metropolitan90 (talk) 21:20, 12 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - Yes. Just as an FYI, though, my PC's antivirus blocked the cartoonresearch.com site when I tried to open it.
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: @Metropolitan90: Nice work. I just had a couple of comments above. Epicgenius (talk) 16:01, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Winter Kept Us Warm

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    • Source: Page 11 of Cronenberg on Cronenberg by Chris Rodley
    Improved to Good Article status by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 104 past nominations.

    Jon698 (talk) 02:09, 15 October 2025 (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: Out of the two, I would recommend the second hook, with a bit more context. That is, people unfamiliar with the film will be unaware of the time period and amount of queer content. We may also consider the following hooks:

    • ALT2: ... that the cast of Winter Kept Us Warm were not informed of the film's queer subject matter, despite homosexuality being a "triple taboo" in 1965?
    • ALT3: ... that Winter Kept Us Warm is considered English Canada's first gay film? Source: [8], [9]

    Thoughts? Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 22:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Either of those hooks would be fine @Significa liberdade: Jon698 (talk) 23:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Reviews needed for ALTs 2 and 3, as reviewers can't approve their own hooks; courtesy pings to Jon698 and Significa liberdade :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jon698 and Significa liberdade: If you're alright with ALT2 being trimmed to ALT2a: ... that the cast of the 1965 film Winter Kept Us Warm were not told about its queer subject matter? and can ply me with a quote from the source, I'll assess it.--Launchballer 15:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Launchballer: The source is the book Winter Kept Us Warm by Chris Dupois, p. 57. There's a section titled "Keeping Secrets from the Cast," where the first two sentences read, "While Secter’s choice to hide the film’s queerness from the university is no surprise, the fact he kept it secret from the cast is an odd quirk of Winter’s production history. Whether it was his cautious take on the plot or, as Matthew Hays notes, the fact that gay film didn’t really exist, Secter’s collaborators were largely in the dark about the film’s true subject matter (Hays 2015)." [10] Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 15:28, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's roll.--Launchballer 15:31, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    University of Chicago

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    Some of the University of Chicago team who worked on the production of the world's first human-caused self-sustaining nuclear reaction, including Enrico Fermi in the front row and Leó Szilárd in the second
    Some of the University of Chicago team who worked on the production of the world's first human-caused self-sustaining nuclear reaction, including Enrico Fermi in the front row and Leó Szilárd in the second
    • Source: The University of Chicago: A History, by John W. Boyer, pages 301-305. ISBN 9780226835303
    • ALT2a: ... that the University of Chicago has hosted an annual debate since 1946 arguing whether latkes or hamantashen are superior? Source: https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0512/features/puns.shtml, University of Chicago Magazine
    • ALT4a: ... that the original University of Chicago, founded in the 1850s, was foreclosed upon and shut down in 1886? Source: The University of Chicago: A History, by John W. Boyer, pages 8-10. ISBN 9780226835303
    • ALT5: ... that the University of Chicago's Gothic architecture was deliberately designed to evoke Oxford and Cambridge, despite the university being located in America's Midwest? Source: Schulze, Franz; Harrington, Kevin (2003). Chicago's Famous Buildings (5th ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 246–50. ISBN 0-226-74066-8. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I don't have the Boyer book with me at the moment, but if necessary I can get it and find the exact text supporting the claims.
    Improved to Good Article status by Charter6281 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Charter6281 (talk) 19:06, 14 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • I am reviewing this. Cielquiparle (talk) 22:13, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Article was nominated for DYK on the same day it passed GA (Oct 14) and at 44k characters and 6.5k words it is more than long enough. Sourcing is fine, although if I were the GA reviewer, I would have asked for more independent secondary sources rather than relying so heavily on University of Chicago-affiliated sources (understandable as this is pretty typical of university histories; it's just that it's not that hard to find secondary sources for a lot of the claims in the article). Article is neutral in tone. Earwig suggests that copyvio is unlikely; the match rate nevertheless seems high (31% with Britannica for example) but when you look closely it turns out to be due to things like the long institute names, which should remain fixed. As for manual spotchecks, a quick comparison with pages from the Boyer book, which the article cites heavily, makes it apparent that the Boyer book is much more flowery in tone and that close paraphrasing seems unlikely. Only one link in the proposed hooks is bold-linked and this article looks presentable. The QPQ is not required, as the nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
    • This leaves the hooks. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 fail the "short enough" test – ALT0 and ALT1 both contain very interesting facts, but they are crammed with so much detail and bluelinks, such that there is no compelling reason for the reader to click on the link to read the University of Chicago article. (In other words, you don't want to ask a question that contains the exact answer. ALT1, for example, could perhaps be shortened to "... that only Room 405 of the University of Chicago's George Herbert Jones Laboratory is a National Historic Landmark?" because at least then the reader would want to know "why only Room 405?" but it's not great in that it's more about George Herbert Jones Laboratory than the University of Chicago itself. And in any case, if you wanted to use that hook, you really should cite additional sources like this one in the article itself. To be honest, ALT3 is the hook that caught my eye from the very start, but WP:ERRORS is very unforgiving of superlative claims like "first" and "largest". Even if it technically is true that University of Chicago Press is the largest in North America, this claim is only sourced within the article to the University of Chicago Press itself (a primary source), which also fails to explain exactly why it's the largest (by what metric). This leaves ALT4. And while I thought ALT4 was going to be an easy pass, a potential problem is that the article itself doesn't use the words "bankrupt" or "bankruptcy" anwhere, and one could argue that foreclosure is not the same as bankruptcy. @Charter6281: If you are in a hurry to get this DYK approved, I would recommend doing a bit of work to resolve this and bulletproof ALT4. Otherwise, good job with the article; it's well written and very informative. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charter6281: Better. Thanks for working on your hooks. There are still issues that need to be resolved, though. See below. (And also, from this point on, please don't swap out any ALT hooks. You can start new ones inline here in the Comments, formatted the same way (scroll through WP:DYKNA to get a feel for formatting options for revised ALT hooks) and strike any content you decide not to use like this. I've also re-numbered your ALT hooks so it's clear to any subsequent reviewers that we aren't talking about the same hooks as before. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • ALT0a seems like an interesting hook. Can you find an additional source for it that isn't University of Chicago Press? For a "world's first" claim like that, we're looking for reliable secondary sources that verify that the claim is true. That source or sources need to be added to the article itself.
    • ALT2a is better than it was before, but there is literally only one sentence about the topic in the actual article that doesn't give us any "reward" for clicking on the hook and no real argument about why this is a significant or interesting fact (plus it's only sourced to the University of Chicago magazine). Either expand the content in the article by at least one sentence, citing at least one reliable secondary source, or we can just table this hook.
    • ALT4a is ok.
    • ALT5 is interesting but the article refers only to Oxford, not Cambridge, and the hook itself is still way too verbose.
    In conclusion, I would recommend you fix at least ALT0a and possibly ALT5 (meaning fix the corresponding sourcing in the article itself in the case of ALT0a, and fix the hook language and possibly the content within the article itself if you can find a source to back up the "Cambridge" part), and then we will have at least 3 approved hooks and leave it up to the hook promoter which one to choose. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    One possible solution to ALT0/ALT0a is to simply drop the "first" claim and just mention that the reaction took place under a stadium's stands. To me at least, that was the actually interesting part, not that it was a "first". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:07, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT0b ... that the University of Chicago achieved a nuclear chain reaction under the stands of an American football stadium?
    One issue is that the article currently does not mention "stands" but only the specific stadium itself (in this case, Stagg Field) is mentioned, without any mention of the experiment being done under the stands. Unless the article is revised, another possibility could be:
    ALT0c ... that scientists at the University of Chicago achieved a nuclear chain reaction at the school's American football stadium?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Narutolovehinata5: I like these versions, yes. I can edit the article to make the first hook possible if need be.

    Charter6281 (talk) 17:12, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You can do either. For what it's worth, I'm also fine with ALT2a, but not the other hooks. I find ALT5 not that interesting and even complicated. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:56, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charter6281, Cielquiparle, and Narutolovehinata5: What else needs doing here?--Launchballer 16:28, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The article still needs to be edited to make sure that the "football stands" claim is explicitly stated and cited to a reliable source within the article body. Right now it just appears as a claim in the lede with no footnote. (Personally I find the insertion of "American" before "football" superflous in this case because "Chicago" implies "American" from context and the question of what kind of football stand it is doesn't impact the nuclear chair reaction.) Cielquiparle (talk) 17:11, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charter6281: Are you up for fixing the article still? The main thing is to make sure that the "under the football stands" claim is explicitly stated within the article in a sentence that has a footnote at the end, citing a reliable source. Cielquiparle (talk) 18:15, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Or, if you want to sidestep the "football" issue, you could just omit the sport altogether and just say "a stadium". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 21:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cielquiparle and Narutolovehinata5: Alright, just added the claim and relevant citations. Let me know if there's anything else that ought to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charter6281 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cielquiparle and Narutolovehinata5: follow-up pings, because previous comment was unsigned :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:45, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I will leave this to the reviewer, I'm not the best person to review the article myself. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:47, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks Charter6281 (talk · contribs) for making the changes. I have now added a copy edit to the article as well. Proposing variation of alt hook:

    Need new reviewer to weigh in on hooks ALT0a, ALT0b, ALT0c, ALT0d. (Article itself was reviewed by me.) Cielquiparle (talk) 05:39, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Approving ALT0d.--Launchballer 15:22, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Laura Kenny

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    Trott in 2015
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    Improved to Good Article status by Canary757 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 336 past nominations.

    Launchballer 23:42, 14 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment (as GA reviewer) I can't believe I managed to review this huge beast!, not knowing she was (one of) the greatest Olympic players! I knew this would be nominated for DYK for this exact reason! Seeing as Launchballer also nominated Emma Finucane (DYK nom) which also had the same GA nominator. Since I reviewed this article as part of the GA process, I cannot review this article again for DYK (plus it would be tiring). Anyway, I don't mind whether ALT0 or ALT1 is chosen. JuniperChill (talk) 17:36, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]


    I'm going to review this. It's my third review so I have some experience but not a ton. Gb321 (talk) 23:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: Yes
    • Neutral: No - I don't think "most successful" is a proper way for an encyclopedia to describe someone who has the most medals, as "most successful" is subjective and can be defined in ways other than "person with the most medals." From the article's sources, I see that the BBC uses "most successful" when describing Kenny, so maybe this DYK (and the article itself) could be something like:
    ...that the BBC considers Laura Kenny (pictured) the most successful British female athlete in the history of the Olympic games?
    internationalwomensday.com is another cited reference that uses "most successful" but I think mentioning the BBC is enough.
    Another option could be:
    ... that Laura Kenny (pictured) is the most decorated British female athlete in the history of the Olympic games?
    as "most decorated" is objective and is also how she is described at olympics.com, although to be fair, this article does use "most successful" as well
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

    QPQ: No - nomination states "Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 336 past nominations"
    Overall: I think this DYK definitely belongs as long as it can be changed from a subjective opinion to an objective fact Gb321 (talk) 23:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I have already provided all the QPQs required for this. Regarding the hook, I suspect this might have been what @Canary757: meant by User talk:Launchballer#DYK. ALT2: ... that Laura Kenny (pictured) is the most decorated British female athlete in the history of the Olympic games?--Launchballer 23:49, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: My comment is different than Canary757's. Canary757 notes clarifies that Laura Kenny has more golds than Dujardin and that's what makes her the "most successful", whereas my note is specifically regarding the subjective nature of "most successful". That's why I made the recommended adjustments, not to clarify but the switch the DYK from subjective to objective. I think your ALT2 works as it is objective while keeping the interest of the original hook.
    My computer shows one QPQ required. Are you sure you've done all the QPQs necessary? If so, then for ALT2.
    "Number of QPQs required: 1" means "one QPQ required". I've provided that.--Launchballer 03:42, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding QPQs, I was confused, but I get it now. Thanks! Gb321 (talk) 03:46, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I would like to point out that regarding QPQs, its required the moment the nominator has over five nominations. If the nominator didn't provide a QPQ, it would likely be closed by now. JuniperChill (talk) 17:06, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Variations for Flute and Piano in E major (Chopin)

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    Created by Intforce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    intforce (talk) 13:49, 15 October 2025 (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: Hello, with a view to approving ALT1, the source says "one may add that Chopin probably composed only the 3rd variation"; do you have a source that would enable the addition of how many variations there are, and that the third is (the only one) in a minor key? Thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 20:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Maculosae tegmine lyncis: Please address the above.--Launchballer 16:29, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Intforce: In which case, please could you add this to the article, so that I can then approve this nomination/hook; thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 17:01, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Maculosae tegmine lyncis: Done intforce (talk) 00:28, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Intforce: Sorry to belabour this a little, but there seem to be issues with the added sentence: (1) where does the source adduced say the theme & variations are in E major, except for the one in E minor? (2) in the manuscript, the minor variation is "marked as the second", but the editors seemingly "alter [the sequencing of] variations II and III" (p. 11), so that they can say "Chopin probably composed only the 3rd variation" (p. 2), meaning variation II in their source, variation III in their edition—I think this may be a relevant clarification to help tie the claims in the new sentence to the sourcing (and for anyone using this edition); thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 05:52, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Maculosae tegmine lyncis: I'm sorry, but I do not follow your concerns. I do not see how the number of variations, and the exact placement of the minor-mode variation, is relevant to the hook that the minor-mode variation was probably not composed by Chopin. In any case, for musical compositions, certain structural aspects (key, meter, tempo indication) should be able to be derived from the work as a primary source; just like a novel, where we do not need citations for the plot summary, the book's language, or the number of chapters. If you disagree or think that the sentence is not precise enough, I propose that we remove it. intforce (talk) 10:39, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The "placement"/interventions in the Ekier edition are a bit confusing—sufficiently so that immediately above you say the minor is not by Chopin, while the hook and source say it is—while adequate sourcing/citation is one of the DYK requirements; there's also nothing in the rules outlawing clarifications and improvements beyond the bare minimum needed for dyk; as seemingly the simplest way out of this impasse, I have tidied this up for you; good to go with ALT1, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 07:56, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Perron of Liège

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    Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 155 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 19:26, 15 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough and long enough, fully cited and generally in good nick. QPQ is done. Strictly, I think File:Liège JPG03.jpg needs a tag for the original work, as Belgium's Freedom of Panorama law came in in 2016, and it was taken in 2006 (this also applies to File:Blason-liege-pierre-bleu.jpg). File:Perron liegeois 1478.jpg needs a US copyright tag. I think the last part of the hook is a bit dubious: we have in the article The city of Liège describes the monument as the most important symbol of the city., but there's a clear COI there: we can't extrapolate from that to "is described as..." any more than we could do so from e.g. "Donald Trump describes the Big Beautiful Bill as the greatest piece of lawmaking ever". With that taken out, I think we could probably do with a slightly more engaging hook: would you have any suggestions here? UndercoverClassicist T·C 07:45, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks UndercoverClassicist for the review! I'll try to solve the issue with the tags for the pictures. And what do you think of this as an ALT hook?
    ALT 1 ... that following a failed uprising, the Perron of Liège (pictured) was dismantled and removed from Liège by the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold? Yakikaki (talk) 16:43, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi again, I've added the US tag to the picture of the oil painting, but as to the other two I'm not sure what to do exactly. Could you elaborate a bit? I'm afraid tagging for copyright in the right way is not my strongest skill. Yakikaki (talk) 17:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a bit of a formality: when we use a photograph of something, we need to verify that both the photograph and the object itself are in the public domain. Freedom of panorama is a legal rule that some countries have which means that we don't have to do this for the object, as long as it's in a public place, but Belgium didn't have that at the time the photos were taken, so to be on the safe side we should add a tag that says the object is so old that it is out of copyright (as buildings, sculptures etc usually can be protected by copyright). ALT1 looks good to me. UndercoverClassicist T·C 19:59, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi again UndercoverClassicist, I've tried adding the tags but please check, I'm not sure I got it right. Thanks! Yakikaki (talk) 17:56, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    All looks good. One final formality: could you provide me with the quote from the cited source to support the new hook? UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:40, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure, it's in Vaughan, who writes "The perron, a column in the market place, symbol of the civic dignity and jurisdiction of Liège, was removed to Bruges." It's in a longer paragraph discussing the consequences of the failed uprising. But it's actually also here, more succinctly put (in French): "en 1467, Charles le Téméraire enleva le monument pour l’emporter à Bruges et ainsi signifier aux Liégeois leur défaite et la perte de leurs libertés." I'll add that as an inline citation in addition to Vaughan. Yakikaki (talk) 20:14, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That sorts it: Approved ALT1. Nice job on the article and the nomination. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:30, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    J. Harry Benrimo

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    • ... that according to one scholar, actor and playwright J. Harry Benrimo (pictured) was a "central and versatile figure in Orientalist theater"?
    5x expanded by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 124 past nominations.

    4meter4 (talk) 01:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Thank you for an interesting life on stage, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and features the period nicely. The hook is possible, but I didn't even know what "Orientalist Theater" means until reading further. I am surprised that the play in which he played a Chinese character doesn't have an article yet. I could imagine of being specific by mentioning his role in it, getting it started, perhaps in a double nom. I'm willing to approve the original, though. In the image caption; I'd just give his surname because the article says he is known by it. I'd also give him an infobox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:13, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review. I don't add infoboxes to my articles so it's not really in my skill set to add one (I'm not opposed to one in this article). I would need assistance with that. We do need an article on the play and Orientalist theater for that matter, but those would both be large projects that would take time for me to research and build and I probably won't get to it in time for a double hook nom. I modified the caption as requested. Best.4meter4 (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    fine, you decide. I'll give him an infobox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Saint Dominic Church (Columbus, Ohio)

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    The current basilica-style St. Dominic building was completed in 1916.
    The current basilica-style St. Dominic building was completed in 1916.
    Created by Maximilian775 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

    Maximilian775 (talk) 18:18, 17 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - Not quite; see below.
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Interesting article! I like the hooks a lot, although on ALT1 the fact about Diehl being 7 when he began as organist is not in the article and it needs to be. Sources and hooks check out otherwise. There is WP:CLOP; this sentence (In the spring of 1889, Bishop John Watterson appointed Fr. Thomas O'Reilly to organize a parish in the northeastern section of the city of Columbus. The previous year, three lots had been purchased at the intersection of Devoise and 20th Streets.) appears to be too closely paraphrased from a source: In the early spring of 1889, Rt. Rev. John Ambrose Watterson, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, convinced there was a need for a church and school in the northeastern section of the city, secured a suitable site on North Twentieth Street and Hildreth Avenue on April 9, 1889. Rev. Thomas J. O’Reilly was appointed on August 24, 1889 to organize the new parish which was placed under the patronage of Saint Dominic. Once this is addressed, the citations need to be cleaned up to be presentable for the main page. Multiple citations have error messages, and throughout bare URLs are included directly in ref tags. (Bare URLs are not allowed per WP:DKYG.) I'd like to see the use of citation templates to improve the navigation and readability of the sources. Several sources available online are offered without links (anything with a Lexile score must have come from a database so there should be links for all those); please reformat those citations to add links (and take out extraneous info like Lexile scores, word counts, etc.). I will likely suggest some cosmetic improvements to the hooks once the other issues are addressed. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:16, 24 October 2025 (UTC) Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:16, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the eyes Dclemens1971. I added the specifics of the hook fact about Diehl, and I think I eliminated the CLOP in the first paragraph by shifting phrasing. I reformatted the problem citations, but could only find one online -- I found most of these through a local library database of scanned newspapers that I don't think is availible to non-patrons.Maximilian775 (talk) 18:44, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Footnotes 5-11 and 13-17 still have the bare URL and need to be reformatted. CLOP is dealt with, and the Diehl hook fact is now fully added. Please ping when you have the remaining citations formatted properly; thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:49, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, forgot those Catholic Columbian citations were improper too. Dclemens1971 thanks for your patience! They're now fixed. Maximilian775 (talk) 19:02, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you; both alts are approved. I slightly trimmed ALT1. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Evgeny Ketov

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    Evgeny Ketov playing for Russia's national team
    Evgeny Ketov playing for Russia's national team
    5x expanded by Шахматист2025 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Шахматист2025 (talk) 02:01, 18 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Ninefold expansion, long enough, reliably sourced, neutral. I'm not a Russian speaker, but I did a spotcheck of the sources in Google Translate and could not any detect close paraphrasing. I've also used Google Translate to translate the citation titles to English. If I've made any errors please feel free to correct them. QPQ not necessary as it's the first DYK by the nominator. ALT0 is the most interesting of the bunch and is directly cited to a reliable source (albeit to a different source than the one given above). DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:19, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Charlie Mitchell (chef)

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    • ... that Charlie Mitchell is the first Black chef in New York City to receive a Michelin star? and only the second Black executive chef in the country to receive a star?
    • ALT1: ... that Charlie Mitchell became a pantry chef after retrieving a sous chef's car while working as a valet?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: This is an important accomplishment and I believe it should be seen by a wider audience.
    Created by Snugglebuns (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 15:52, 19 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Snugglebuns: Who is the first black executive chef to receive a star and do they have an article? If not, consider a double nom.--Launchballer 17:15, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Launchballer: It is Gerald Sombright and he doesn't have an article, I already have a good bit of the resources needed for him and can get it put together. Once I get it done do I nominate his separately or add it on to this one? New to all of this and want to do it correctly.
    Up to you whether you want to nominate separately or add it to this one; I recommend the latter.--Launchballer 17:27, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I put together what I could for Gerald Sombright, but there isn't nearly enough for me to be willing to submit it with Mitchell's. Mitchell has received significantly more press coverage because of receiving the Young Chef Award and the James Beard Award, and doing so at such a young age. If changing the hook would be more appropriate I would be happy to reword it. (Also I corrected the capitalization in the hook.) Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 21:26, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's your choice, although the article is eligible. Full review needed.--Launchballer 21:31, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I would like to leave this submission as just Chef Mitchell, and the hook as is, and then leave Chef Sombright's to potentially expand and submit in the future. Snuggle 🖤 (talk) 22:58, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This isn't a review (yet), but I would suggest splitting the hook into two separate hooks, or perhaps only focusing on the Michelin star hook. "Only the second Black executive chef in the country to receive a star?" is a superlative and exceptional claim, and per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, would require very strong sourcing to prove. "First Black chef to receive a Michelin star", while a "first" hook, might be easier to verify. However, I have concerns about the hook wording itself since "first Black chef" is vague: did he himself get the Michelin star, or was it the restaurant he worked for that received it? Are we sure that prior Michelin-starred restaurants in New York did not have Black chefs working for them? That's the issue with "first" hooks: they need to be scrutinized to make sure they're accurate. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:42, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree that the hook can be split, as far as the first claim goes - the hook as it is right now is using the same wording as the Michelin Guide,[1][2] the New Yorker,[3] CBS news,[4] MSNBC,[5] Today,[6] and Grub Street/New York magazine.[7] Yes, it's technically the restaurant that receives the star and the star remains with the restaurant and doesn't move with the chef but within the profession it is understood that the executive chef/head chef/chef de cuisine is the one that "earns" the star. He is called the first Black chef in the country to receive a star in multiple sources as well simply because Chef Mitchell and Chef Gerald Sombright earned their stars in the same year, one being awarded at the Florida awards which took place in June 2022 and the other being awarded at the New York awards that took place in October 2022. On a side note, the claim that he is the 2nd executive chef to receive the honor is more or less a technicality thing (I am personally not a fan), since Mariya Russell was the first Black chef in the country to receive a star but she didn't hold the executive chef title at the time and she left fine dining after receiving the star.
    The issue is that what the industry knows may not be compatible with what the general public knows, so WP:DYKINT is an issue. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:12, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    tone: genuine, trying to learn
    @Narutolovehinata5: I would be happy to change the hook to something that would be more in line with DYK hooks but I don't know how it should be worded without being disingenuous to the sources which are mainstream (majority non-food focused) publications, Grub Street being the only one that is food-centric. If the fact that he is the first Black chef in NYC to receive a star isn't interesting enough then I'm not really sure how to proceed. I just struggle to say he didn't receive and earn it considering he was co-owner and executive chef, meaning 99% of the criteria that Michelin look at for stars was under his purview. It wasn't a Bib gourmand, he retained the star for a second year, and is now at a two-starred restaurant. The full 2025 guide will be released in 5 days, depending on how Saga rates this year, there may be a better hook revealed then.
    @Snugglebuns: It's just that saying that he was the "first Black chef in NYC to get a Michelin star" sounds inaccurate when it's restaurants that get stars, not chefs. Even if it can be interpreted that way, the statement is vague and imprecise enough that, even if the hook was approved, it might get shot down at WP:ERRORS. It's not about it being interesting, it definitely is, but the question is if the statement is accurate. Coupled with DYK's increasing scrutiny of "first" hooks, and presenting that hook adequately is a challenge. Something like "Mitchell was the chef when X received a star" would only make the hook more complicated and clunky. Is it possible to move away from the "first"/"second" Black chef angles and instead propose a different hook fact? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:28, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: so the other hook that I had been considering that isn't about the star was something along the lines of ALT2: ... that Chef Charlie Mitchell got his start in the kitchen after asking the sous chef for a job while valeting his car? but the wording felt awkward to me (which might totally just be me since it's something I've been tossing around in my head for a while now) and I've been kinda stuck on it. (Mitchell was a valet at the restaurant that he worked at in Detroit, he got his first job in the kitchen as pantry chef after asking the sous chef for a job while getting the sous chef's car.) Would that be more along the lines that I should be working? Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 20:48, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    With some wordsmithing, that could definitely work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:15, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A couple ideas:
    • ALT3: ... that Chef Charlie Mitchell went from valet to pantry chef after asking the sous chef for a chance while retrieving his car?
    • ALT4: ... that Chef Charlie Mitchell's path to Michelin-starred kitchens started in the valet lot? (I have a bit of a preference for this one but would be open to other options.)
    (throwing references here as well since they aren't the same as above[8][9]) Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 02:22, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    After talking to my adopter, I'm thinking that removing the Chef from his name would be better and using the less vague option so along the lines of "..that Charlie Mitchell became a pantry chef after retrieving a sous chef's car while working as a valet?"Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 16:05, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. The last hook works in terms of wording. I am probably not the best person to give this a full review, so I am inviting a new look at this. I was mainly concerned with helping out with proposing a better hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:16, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Snugglebuns: Long enough, new enough. I've taken the liberty of formatting your suggestions as proper ALTs; my preference is ALT4. QPQ is unnecessary and Earwig is clean. You have a {{citation needed}} tag in the first paragraph of Saga and this needs resolving. Also, while not technically a DYK issue, expect a GA reviewer to pull you up on the Guest chef appearances section being a bullet point list.--Launchballer 09:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Launchballer: CN tag resolved, I appreciate the heads up on the guest chef section. My preference is also for ALT4, I find it the most interesting. Snuggle 📫 🖤 12:34, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Didn't realise the GA review had started. Alright, let's roll.--Launchballer 12:39, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ "The Dynamic Duo Behind the Hottest Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    2. ^ "Chef Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill One Year After His Star Moment". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    3. ^ Rosner, Helen (July 21, 2024). "A Brooklyn Tasting Menu with Manhattan Ambition". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    4. ^ "The Dish: Chef Charlie Mitchell Rises to Michelin Star Success with Clover Hill in Brooklyn - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    5. ^ "How this history-making Black chef's restaurant earned a Michelin star". MSNBC.com. March 17, 2023. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    6. ^ "Meet Charlie Mitchell, the first Black Michelin-starred chef in New York City". TODAY.com. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    7. ^ Sytsma, Alan (June 11, 2024). "Chef Charlie Mitchell Is New York's James Beard Winner". Grub Street. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
    8. ^ "James Beard Winner Charlie Mitchell on Leading Saga After James Kent". Escoffier. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
    9. ^ D'Artagnan (April 28, 2019). "Meet the Chef: Charlie Mitchell of Villanelle in NYC". Center of the Plate | D'Artagnan Blog. Retrieved 2025-11-16.

    Eurovision Song Contest 1961

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    Improved to Good Article status by Sims2aholic8 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Sims2aholic8 (talk) 14:58, 22 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. ALT2 is interesting and sourced. QPQs are done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    2001 Biggin Hill Airshow disasters

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Recently passed GA.
    Created by 11wallisb (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    11WB (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Burke, Damien. "Biggin Hill International Air Fair, 2/3 June". Force9. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
    • The GA review was very thorough, which I am always pleased to see, and the article was nominated immediately after passing. It is obviously long enough. I could not detect any neutrality or copyright issues. The hook wording is a bit off, though; a single aircraft could, I suppose, crash on two days, but that is sufficiently unlikely to make the sentence read a bit goofy. Could it be slightly reworded, 11wallisb? Surtsicna (talk) 21:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @11WB: Just in case you haven't seen this.--Launchballer 10:28, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll be honest, I was going through User:GalliumBot/transfem/DYK nominations needing attention quickly, and didn't notice that the original hook violated MOS:EGG. I suggest ALT1: ... that the 2001 Biggin Hill Airshow featured two separate fatal aircraft crashes?--Launchballer 15:30, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have used the word 'accident' instead of 'crash'. The rewording is definitely an improvement. Thank you! 11WB (talk) 07:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That should work. Thanks for, Launchballer, and for the article, 11WB. Surtsicna (talk) 21:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hostage (memoir)

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    Eli Sharabi
    Eli Sharabi
    • ... that Hostage, a book written by Eli Sharabi (pictured) after surviving 491 days in Hamas captivity, became the fastest-selling title in Hebrew publishing history?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Eliezer1987 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Eliezer1987 (talk) 05:11, 21 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comments by Tbhotch

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: A newly created article that is long enough and new. It is sourced but there are dead links at the moment, so I cannot verify some information. It is neutral and there are no copyvios, but "His wife Lian and daughters Noya (16) and Yahel (13) were murdered in the attack" is close to the text used in the source. QPQ not required. The hook is sourced and interesting. Picture included and acceptable, but this selection depends on the DYK volunteers. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 04:05, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Eliezer1987: Please address the above.--Launchballer 16:36, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Eliezer1987: I will close this in 24 hours if I don't see some action on this.--Launchballer 18:48, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies for my unavailability. I fixed the things you mentioned, hope it's okay now. thanks! Eliezer1987 (talk) 06:10, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
     Reviewing... Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 06:14, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Eliezer1987: Thank you. The sources saying it was published on June 5, 2025, never mention June 5. The Jersulaem Post says it was "released last month" (article from June 25), and we do know it was "officially launched" (as said by the Wikipedia article) on May 30. So, please, correct the inconsistencies as well, as June 5 is contradictory and unsourced at this point. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 06:27, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I added a source that says (in Hebrew) "the book will be released in bookstores on 5/6/25" ("הספר ייצא לחנויות הספרים ב5/6/25") here Eliezer1987 (talk) 06:55, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    No further comments. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 07:21, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Granny's Wonderful Chair

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    "Listen to the story", (from the Introductory to Granny's Wonderful Chair, illustrated by Marie Seymour Lucas, 1890
    "Listen to the story", (from the Introductory to Granny's Wonderful Chair, illustrated by Marie Seymour Lucas, 1890
    Moved to mainspace by DrThneed (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 23 past nominations.

    DrThneed (talk) 03:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Added second review. Note I can share the chapter that supports the hook by email if the reviewer has no access. DrThneed (talk) 04:23, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sufficiently fresh, sufficiently long. I see no neutrality issues and, as far as I can tell, you have not pulled a Browne. This is such a sweet subject, DrThneed. I wonder whether the synopses are a bit too long, but that is no obstacle to DYK. I wish we could have a hook about the premise or the lasting significance of the stories, but the former might be against WP:DYKFICTION and the latter might necessarily involve a "described as" angle (which I dislike). Surtsicna (talk) 21:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the review Surtsicna. I have a long-term plan to get this to GA, if I wait five years to do that it can have another go on DYK with maybe a hook about its significance, depending on what gets published about it between now and then! DrThneed (talk) 20:13, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    So I am not the only one who is thinking about DYK nominations five years ahead! 😂 Surtsicna (talk) 22:06, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Catherine Helen Spence

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    Catherine Helen Spence
    Catherine Helen Spence
    • ... that by the time of her death, Catherine Helen Spence (pictured) was known as the "Grand Old Woman of Australia"?
    Improved to Good Article status by MCE89 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MCE89 (talk) 04:21, 20 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ?
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: All good to go with ALT0. @MCE89: if I can get a quote for ALT1. Once that is provided I'll approve that hook also. TarnishedPathtalk 10:50, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the review @TarnishedPath! Here's the quote for ALT1 with the relevant bits bolded:
    It is understandable, then, that when Spence submitted the manuscript of Handfasted to The Sydney Mail in 1879 hoping to win a £100 prize, she was informed by the judge that her novel ‘was calculated to loosen the marriage tie – it was too socialistic, and consequently dangerous’. Spence’s frank acknowledgement of pre-marital sex and her failure to criticize it no doubt was largely responsible for the manuscript’s rejection and its consequent obscurity, which remained so until 1984 when the first and only edited version was published
    The fact that it was her final novel is supported by p.45 of the other listed source, which should be freely accessible.MCE89 (talk) 11:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @MCE89 thanks for that, it wanted me to create an account when I attempted to access the source and I wasn't up for that. Anyway, both hooks approved with a preference for ATL1, which I think is more interesting. TarnishedPathtalk 11:30, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Mai Murakami

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    Murakami at the 2018 World Championships
    Murakami at the 2018 World Championships
    • ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years?
      • ALT0a: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years?
      • ALT1: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal?
      • ALT1a: ... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal?
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jenny Price
      • Comment: Driveby nom.
    Improved to Good Article status by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 339 past nominations.

    Launchballer 16:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Hey @Launchballer: ALT1 is inaccurate, it should say something like first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal (as in, not in the team event, and the medal she won was bronze, not gold). That is a bit wordy, so maybe there are better ideas for an ALT hook... -Riley1012 (talk) 17:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My mistake, I proposed ALT1a. There's already another hook so I'll let a reviewer adjudicate.--Launchballer 17:26, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: I'm new here and maybe I'm misunderstanding how this works. Do the ALT proposals supersede the original? "The first female gymnast to win a world title in 63 years" is very incorrect, so much so that I'm not even sure how to fix it. The closest to correct I could get this would be something like "In 2017, Murakami was the first female representing Japan to win an artistic gymnastics world championship in 63 years." or something to that extent. I would also agree with the currently not scratched out ALT, which is more concise, and would prefer that. GauchoDude (talk) 12:37, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I couldn't decide which ALT to go with and ended up (wrongly) reciting them from memory. I added an ALT0a, which says exactly what the article says. Essentially, all ALTs are 'live' unless they've been rejected by a reviewer; essentially, ALT0a and ALT1a need reviewing.--Launchballer 12:49, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - Hook fact needs end-of-sentence citation
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

    QPQ: No - 1/2 QPQs provided
    Overall: @Launchballer: Article satisfies newness, length, neutrality. I haven't detected any close paraphrasing or plagiarism. The image is free, clear, and used within the article. The hook fact in the article needs an end-of-sentence citation. Furthermore, the nom says that 2 QPQs are required, and only one has been provided. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 18:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No, two have been provided, that's a double nom. Let me look at the article.--Launchballer 18:34, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT0a is in the penultimate sentence of 2016-2017 (63 is acceptable per WP:CALC). As for ALT1, Google Translate says "This is the first time that a Japanese woman has won an Olympic medal in women's gymnastics since winning the bronze medal in the team all-around at the last Tokyo Games in 1964, and the first time she has won an individual medal." - is this backed up by the paywalled bit of the article, and if so this needs a quote @Riley1012:?--Launchballer 18:44, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies, I do see now that it's a double nom. ALT0a checks out. From what I can see, ALT1a is the penultimate sentence of the second paragraph of "2020–2021". The citation at the end of the paragraph does say (using Google translate) "she won the bronze medal for the first time in the individual event for a Japan woman". I've added it to the end of the sentence. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:24, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    O'Donoghue v. United States

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    • Source: "Having decided that the D.C. courts were Article III courts, the Supreme Court had to reconcile the fact that such courts performed nonjudicial functions with the rule that constitutional courts can exercise only the judicial power of the United States. The Court did so by holding that, in establishing courts for the District, Congress performs dual functions pursuant to two distinct powers: its power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court [i.e., Article III court], and its plenary and exclusive power to legislate for the District of Columbia. [i.e., Article I tribunal]" https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S1-9-4/ALDE_00013607/
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Lethargilistic (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    lethargilistic (talk) 13:27, 26 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    • Adequate sourcing: No - As of writing, the article has two citation needed tags, two verification needed tags, one better source needed tag, and three further explanation needed tags.
    • Neutral: Yes
    • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - Earwig returns 84.8% similarity to the SCOTUS decision hosted at Justia. Much of the shared prose is attributable to quotes, but that speaks to the fact that 43 quotes in a 3.7K article is excessive. Furthermore, there are many phrases copied from the decision without attribution, such as lifting the phrase "By the act of Congress already referred to, his salary was fixed at [...]" without attribution to Justice Sutherland.
    • Other problems: Yes

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - "said" seems like the wrong verb for a court, especially the highest one for a country. "held" would be more appropriate.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Unclear why Lethargilistic nominated this, given that at the time of submission, he had tagged sentences that he had written with "citation needed". Per my above comments, the sourcing remains inadequate and the prose is overly reliant on extended quotes with occasional instances of actual plagiarism. The necessary changes seem like an insurmountable amount of work while the article is sufficiently "new", but the cited analysis from law review articles is impressive, so I could definitely see this hook running in DYK after becoming a Good Article. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 18:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @ViridianPenguin: Sourcing: I use tags to keep track of my writing. If the article must be free of all citation needed tags, I could understand that, and I could easily fix that. But the idea that it cannot contain any tags whatsoever does not sound right. That just incentivizes people to not disclose/record how the article could be better.
    Copying: The article has a high Earwig score because I copied public domain text. None of it is copyvio, and close paraphrasing is not at issue because it is not copyvio. That said, please actually read the plagiarism policy: [E]ven though there is no copyright issue, public-domain content is plagiarized if used without acknowledging the source.. Further, Whether it is copyright-expired or public domain for other reasons, material from public-domain sources is welcome on Wikipedia, but such material must be properly attributed. That is why all of the public domain sources other than the cases are marked with {{usgovpd}} if I copied from them. Any case text I copied is covered by the {{USGovernment-courts}} at the bottom and the citation to the specific case. All of it is attributed, so none of it is plagiarism. The fact that you, personally, would have written it a different way does not change the fact that what I have written follows the policy and the guidelines.
    Other problems: Not a problem preventing DYK, and IMO insufficient formality is not a problem. Those aren't holding summaries. They're just quotes, so "said" is fine.
    Overall: This "unclear" comment was unnecessarily snide, mate. I put a lot of work into this article, and I have never previously submitted a DYK. lethargilistic (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I misread which section VP's "other problems" comment was in and thought they were talking about the article's text. No objection to changing "said" to "held" in the DYK hook because that is, in fact, a holding summary. lethargilistic (talk) 20:31, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I also use "citation needed" tags when writing articles to know where I have to go back and add more footnotes. My point is that if you know portions of the body are insufficiently supported, then the article is not ready to be presented on the main page right now. For the same reasons as your explanation, I am not accusing you of copyright infringement. However, frequent and extended quotations from SCOTUS cases violate the MOS:QUOTE guideline, which Wikipedia:Did you know/Guidelines#External policy compliance seems to prohibit. I truly did not intend to denigrate your article writing, hence why I foresaw this level of research paving the path to a Good Article. I certainly did not want to scare you off from the DYK process, and I hope that you can forgive any offense caused as this is conversely my first DYK hook review. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 22:30, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have copied that public domain text, not quoted it. It represents my WP:OWNWORDS, and it is attributed to comply with WP:PLAG. WP:QUOTE has nothing to do with that. There are places in the article where I have quoted. Those comply with the quote policy. If your interpretation was right, not only would WP:PLAG and the huge suite of templates like {{usgovpd}} be completely redundant, then the article would be interspersed with block quote formatting that would actively interfere with conveying the article's information. The objection, in that case, would be that the article was ugly. Ultimately, the objection to using public domain sources like this is an aesthetic difference between how you like to write and how I like to write, not something that interferes with Wikipedia's mission. How I like to write does not violate policy. lethargilistic (talk) 00:29, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have resolved the "citation needed" and "verification needed" tags. I don't think the others should stand in the way of DYK because they just mark where the article should be longer, not sourcing issues. The "better source needed" marks the use of a primary source that is fine, but I think it could be improved with a secondary source, if possible. lethargilistic (talk) 10:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Chiming in here. I don't have an opinion on the article, but the hook may need to be rewritten, or a new hook angle may be needed here. The issue is that, as currently written, it may not meet WP:DYKINT as readers may not know the difference between an Article III court and an Article I tribunal, or if they do, why that is significant. General readers may be confused by the hook and not understand what it means: generally speaking, hooks should be understandable and interesting even to readers without specialist knowledge (in this case, knowledge of the US court system). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:37, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: Fair point. And difficult to address because FedCourts cases are interesting because they can be impenetrable. My first stab at that would be "...that courts in Washington, D.C. are the only courts in the United States that may be organized under two articles of the Constitution at the same time?" That changes the hook from being trivia about federal tribunals to being trivia about the Constitution, which people feel more familiar with even if they don't know anything about it. But I sense that can be improved, and I'll think about it some more. lethargilistic (talk) 13:28, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps ...Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that could use both congressional and judicial powers, but Congress doubled the number of courts in D.C. to avoid this. lethargilistic (talk) 23:58, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That sounds too complicated. I'm not well-versed in how the US judicial system works exactly, but would simply "... that Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that could use both congressional and judicial powers?" work? There might be WP:EGG concerns though, but I will leave that to the reviewer. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:38, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, I'd say so. I'd make one more slight change: "... that Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that might use both congressional and judicial powers?" "Might" is better than "could" because the current law establishing these courts does not allow it. lethargilistic (talk) 01:46, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A review is still needed for the above proposal. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:57, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    First addressing the rewritten hook, I disagree that "congressional and judicial powers" is accurate phrasing. As the Constitution Annotated source titled "ArtIII.S1.9.4 District of Columbia and Territorial Courts" indicates, Congress has the power to govern Washington, D.C., which includes the power to establish its legislative courts. Saying that the legislative courts use congressional powers seems wrong because Congress was never empowered to decide D.C. cases itself. I would prefer "... that O'Donoghue v. United States allowed Washington, D.C.'s courts to hear claims arising under federal or local law?" The use of "allowed" rather than "allows" indicates that this is no longer the case, and this rewording minimizes the surprise of a wikilink on a court's powers going to a different court's decision, rather than to an article on D.C. courts.
    Second, per threads like Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 189#Queue 7, I remain confident that an article with overquoting and tags requesting better sources and further explanations is unencyclopedic, such that even if I approved this hook, it would be paused/rejected at the prep/queue stage. Lethargilistic is correct that the consensus on the need to resolve tags creates a perverse incentive not to disclose deficiencies via tags, but that does not change the fact that having tagged the article, he (or some other editor) must resolve them before this article is fit to run on the main page. Compared against Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 196#How many quotes are too much?, an article of this size having 87% similarity with the SCOTUS opinion suggests that the necessary rework will take long enough that the nomination should be rejected, rather than put on hold. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 17:49, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    First, a legislative court is using the power of the delegating entity, and a legislative court does not have access to judicial power under Article III. For example, if Congress delegated its power to settle debts to a tribunal, then the tribunal would be using Congress's power to settle debts under Article I, not judicial power associated with Article III. This is not controversial; it is the very difference between legislative courts and judicial courts. In this case, Congress delegated powers to these courts that were derived from Article I; that is, congressional powers. Those powers were not even exclusively related to deciding cases in the district. For example, the judges of one of the hybrid courts could appoint school board members at one point. As that example demonstrates, the alternative hook you proposed, saying they could take cases arising under either federal or local law, is imprecise. The O'Donoghue decision was not limited to these courts' power to hear legal cases. The O'Donoghue decision has also never been overturned, so it would be inaccurate to describe its ramifications in the past tense, as you suggested.
    Second, I repeat that the article is not "overquoting" because the portions of the article you are talking about are not quotes. The thread you linked is obviously talking about an article where the contents of the article were quotes, either in quotation marks or set off as block quotes. The O'Donoghue article is not composed of blockquotes. This article is in my own words, which I developed while copying from public domain materials. That is allowed under the rules, as I explained this in more detail above. I, in fact, predicted that the problem would become "there are too many blockquotes" if I did do what you are inappropriately asking me to do. I will not do that because they are not quotes; this is how I like to write. In fact, because I have put the article in my own words, to rearrange the article as quotes would require me to change the article's text to exactly match those public domain sources; they are not quotes. The copyvio policy and plagiarism guideline are what we should be looking at to resolve this, not a percentage from a tool used to flag common signs of potential problems. This article was composed in line with policy, so it is by definition not a problem.
    Furthermore, I resolved all of the citation-related tags except one mentioning that a secondary source would be preferred over the primary source currently used. The primary source currently used is fine. Other tags in the article saying "further explanation needed" do not say or imply that the current contents of the article are unverified or unencyclopedic. They mean exactly what they say: it would be better if this paragraph was expanded. Denying a DYK on the basis of tags like that would be ridiculous. The entire point of this process is to promote what people have been working on lately, not to enforce GA or FA standards on new stuff.
    Unless you have a specific objection to the sourcing establishing the article's verifiability, I ask that you withdraw this objection. This objection is not based on any policy violation; it is principally based on the fact that the way I write is different than the way you do or at least the way you expected based on what you have seen others do. The way I write may not be common, but that does not make it wrong. lethargilistic (talk) 23:00, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    For the reasons I have expressed above, I think the tags and closeness to the opinion's wording are issues requiring long-term work, so @DYK admins: can you provide advice on how to proceed?
    As for the hook, I am willing to agree that my rewording is too narrow, but I would prefer "legislative" to "congressional" to clarify that Congress cannot delegate all of its congressional powers to a D.C. court, but it can delegate legislative functions currently handled by the D.C. Council. For the same reasons of avoiding wikilink surprise, does "... that O'Donoghue v. United States allowed Washington, D.C.'s courts to exercise legislative and judicial powers?" work with you? ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 00:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you have a RS that says there is such a specific limitation on what Congress can delegate to legislative courts? (i.e., you are saying that Congress can only delegate powers to the D.C. judiciary under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, but neither O'Donoghue or the current statute say that. Other Article I tribunals exist with powers derived from different parts of the Constitution, and Congress could delegate those powers to a court in the D.C. judiciary as well.) The nondelegation doctrine is not at issue here because a legislative court exists within the legislative branch. Besides, by my reading, using the word "legislative" in that suggestion implies that Congress can delegate the act of crafting legislative acts but not other congressional powers. Take again the example of a court organized under Article I's authority to pay the debts of the United States. That is not a "legislative" power; it is a "congressional" power. "Congressional" is the more general term, so it should be used here. lethargilistic (talk) 01:29, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co. only refers to their powers as legislative and judicial, and the opinion's only use of "congressional" is to describe the act of Congress establishing the D.C. courts' power. O'Donough's use of "congressional" is limited to similar circumstances, and it refers to the union of "legislative and judicial powers in a single hand". 289 U.S. at 546. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 01:50, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This is not a court. How the Supreme Court phrased it 100 years ago does not govern. If you walked up to someone on the street in 2025 and said "This is a legislative act," they would think you were talking about legislation. If you said "This is a congressional act," they would think you were talking about Congress. I don't remember what the WP:COMMONNAME analog is regarding names that aren't article titles, but that is the clear natural language use. lethargilistic (talk) 02:00, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    See Crews (2020) p. 719 for a very recent description of O'Donough as allowing D.C. courts to exercise legislative and judicial powers with no claim that such power was "congressional". "Congressional" includes the powers that make Congress unique from state legislatures, such as international treaty-making, which seem non-delegable. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 02:42, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    And see here for a source that includes legislative power as a subset of congressional power and is not explicitly discussing the separation between the three branches of government. Nondelegation is not at issue here because the legislative branch can obviously delegate its powers to the legislative branch. Your bald assertion that they can't delegate the ratification of treaties (negotiating treaties is an executive function) has nothing to do with this and may even be wrong; I don't think that's ever come up. Likewise, your reference to state legislatures; we're not talking about state legislatures. Frankly, the terms we're talking about are mostly synonymous. I don't see why it can't be the one I picked for the reasons I have stated and, where there's at worst a tie, because I am the one who has done the work on this article. When it is there, I want to see it in terms I think best. Obviously, if there is an actual consensus the other way, I'll accept that. But this process has so-far offered nothing but overly-narrow quibbling over shadows. lethargilistic (talk) 03:25, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not sure what the Wex link is meant to show. I already agree that legislative power is a subset of congressional power and am arguing that D.C. courts only got that subset along with their judicial power, rather than powers over interstate commerce, war, defense, etc. too. It is not a "tie" broken by the article writer. I have plainly shown that the cases and law review articles cited by this article refer to the D.C. courts possessing "legislative" power, rather than "congressional power". Clearly we are at an impasse, so hopefully the reviewing DYK admin can offer a way forward on this point too. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 03:56, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    No, if we agree that legislative power is a subset of congressional power, then what you have is a misunderstanding of what the nondelegation doctrine refers to. You think—based on this misunderstanding—that there are congressional powers that Congress cannot grant to legislative courts organized under the legislative branch. This is not what the nondelegation doctrine is about. Nondelegation is about one of the three branches giving a power that is essential to it to the two other branches. A legislative court created by the legislative branch does not trigger nondelegation concerns because the question is entirely within the legislative branch. Now, could a court decide the other way? Certainly, and they would announce a new rule for that. The cases previously referred to in this thread say nothing about this because they are not about the nondelgation doctrine. For the purposes of Wikipedia, the hedge you intend with "legislative" over "congressional" is unneeded. The implication that Article I tribunals are limited to legislative power is not legally correct and, as I said earlier, would mislead the average reader that this is supposed to be for. lethargilistic (talk) 04:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current suggestion

    Given that suggestions have been bandied back and forth and a request for the DYK admins has been made, it seems prudent to update this with a current proposal:

    "... that Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that might use both congressional and judicial powers?"

    Or, to address WP:EGG, I suggest:

    "... that, under O'Donoghue v. United States, Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that might use both congressional and judicial powers?"

    lethargilistic (talk) 02:11, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alllll righty. There sure has been a lot of back-and-forth here – I spent many, many more hours than I care to admit staring at this question, but I couldn't resist an American-judiciary*-related DYK, that's my jam twice over! There's a few outstanding things here, and I'll deal with the easy ones first. Sorry in advance for a wall of text.

    On public-domain text, ViridianPenguin seems to argue that there is an upper limit to how much an article can incorporate verbatim. They are correct, to a point: public-domain text doesn't count towards the minimum length requirement. That's it, though; the text is public domain and properly attributed, so there are no copyright or plagiarism concerns. MOS:OVERQUOTE isn't a DYK issue except to the extent it implicates copyright, which is what those DYK threads linked above were based around. Given that there are (at least, I'm pretty sure) more than 1,500 characters of original prose here, the public-domain text is fine.

    On maintenance tags, WP:DYKTAG is pretty clear that the article can't have any listed at Wikipedia:Template index/Disputes. That list is generally taken to be exhaustive, and does not include [better source needed] or [further explanation needed]. I'll leave it to y'all on remand on whether the number of "further explanation needed" tags implicates WP:DYKCOMPLETE.

    Lastly, there's the big thorn of whether, pre-O'Donoghue, D.C. courts exercised "congressional" or "legislative" power; this is a very good example of why it's dangerous for very smart people who know quite a lot about the law to write about it here, particularly when relying on capsule summaries like the Constitution Annotated. Editors get into interpretation disputes that, given that questions of law are basically entirely interpretation disputes, really should be resolved by looking at the RSes. On the pure legal side of things, I almost certainly agree with lethargilistic: there's no reason a D.C. hybrid court wouldn't be able to exercise some other Article I power if imbued with it, and there's no reason that Congress couldn't appoint itself to be the D.C. Supreme Court under its Article I plenary power. I think if Congress ever tried to give non-legislative congressional power (as defined here) to an O'Donoghue court, that would be fine. It certainly wouldn't be a nondelegation doctrine issue for all of the reasons lethargilistic lays out (and because nobody cares about the nondelegation doctrine in practice anyway).

    The problem is that there's just no RS that claims that Congress ever did give that power, though, and no RS that really contemplates that possibility or even a distinction between the two terms. No RS, particularly not the one cited for this hook (which really should have been the first thing examined), ever describes the D.C. courts as wielding "congressional power". Amer 1963 says on p. 303 that these courts were established pursuant to Congress's legislative powers. So does Crews 2024. Congress's plenary power to govern the district, despite clearly involving more than the power to make D.C.'s laws, is described as legislative power. The balance of other sources provided here and in the article refers to the powers conferred as "legislative", sometimes including Congress's power to legislate nationwide, and we should match that usage no matter how we would define the terms in other contexts.

    To the extent there is a firm distinction, RSes don't qualitatively assert that the powers that were granted are non-legislative, either. The RS linked by ViridianPenguin above does say that D.C. courts dealt with administrative matters outside of Article III and outside of the district powers (Crews 2024, p. 720, on General Electric), but that's never contemplated by that source to fall outside of Congress's legislative power. This is a purely academic dispute on whether the courts might allow a 1930s D.C. court to mesh with some non-legislative legislative court, which is completely irrelevant to this nomination because that never happened. There is no SIRS claim that O'Donoghue ever definitively addressed that question, and specifying as much by changing "congressional" to "legislative" wouldn't imply that O'Donoghue answered that question in the negative.

    Since the sources provided do not verify the claim that D.C. courts exercised "congressional" power, the proposed hook doesn't verify. I will leave it to y'all to find a hook that does verify or sources to support lethargilistic's proposal. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:40, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I appreciate a wall of text more than whack-a-mole. Thanks for the off-ramp. To resolve this, I think a new suggestion to eliminate the distinction debate entirely is in order:
    "... that, under O'Donoghue v. United States, a Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only courts in the United States that might be both constitutional courts and legislative courts at the same time?"
    I don't love the idea of calling them legislative "courts" on the main page because "tribunal" is right there, and this distinction is much easier to grasp if we don't call both kinds "courts." But, in the spirit of getting this done without any more research or debate, it should be obvious based on the sources already discussed that these alternate terms correctly describe the two categories at issue. The CONAN article attached to the original suggestion uses both of them. lethargilistic (talk) 00:51, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the clarification, leeky! @Lethargilistic: I am good to support, so long as we make the minor tweak to delete "a" before "Washington, D.C.'s courts" as a grammar fix. Good with you? ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 04:03, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes. lethargilistic (talk) 05:15, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Approved as follows, incorporating the word "tribunals" to avoid using the word "court" three times in a single hook: ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 05:37, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "... that, under O'Donoghue v. United States, Washington, D.C.'s courts are the only tribunals in the United States that might be both constitutional and legislative courts at the same time?"

    Natal Native Pioneer Corps

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    Improved to Good Article status by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 951 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 14:09, 21 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Thank you for the nomination. Earwig does not appear to have violated any copyright, and the article is long, original, and properly sourced. The QPQ has been completed, and the source notes that the hook is engaging and intriguing. I recommend selecting the original DYK, as it is ready for use. Pangalau (talk) 05:28, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Ja'Markis Weston

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    • ... that one sportswriter said, "If Dr. Frankenstein could construct a football player, Ja'Markis Weston would emerge from the lab"?
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 428 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:48, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was new enough and long enough at the time of nomination. The sourcing looks good, no copyvio issues. QPQ looks to be done. Hook fact checks out and is in the article, as well as being sufficiently interesting. Playing both safety and defensive end at that level is wild. Nice work; good to go! JTtheOG (talk) 02:02, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    West End Girl, Pussy Palace

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    • ... that a recent UK Top 20 single from Lily Allen's West End Girl is about the discovery of sex toys and hundreds of condoms?
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis album)
      • Comment: Driveby nom. If the song gets an article, I will instead use Template:Did you know nominations/The Common Years, as that is a triple instead of a double.
    Created by Fixer88 (talk), Sock (talk), Bizarre Bizarre (talk), C99j (talk), and Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 340 past nominations.

    Launchballer 23:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Lily Allen checks out here.
    • Meets length needs, 5x build out et al.
    • Long enough -- 6509 characters (1091 words).
    • The article looks fine as presented. Earwig says 29% but it seems to be common enough terms and some quotes.
    • Presentation looks fine/normal.
    • Source good.
    • Hook's good.
    • It's fine as an album cover here.
    Worth adding any other blue links like to the UK Top 20? Not needed but maybe +1 could be nice. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:05, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I prefer to avoid adding non-bolded links as they siphon off views, but thanks for the review.--Launchballer 17:12, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome! I never thought of that (but I am notably a fan of ever-more blue links). — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:15, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A heads up that Pussy Palace now has an article, albeit a 403 character stub. I intend on 5xing it in the next couple of days.--Launchballer 22:10, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Very Polite Person: I expanded the article so it's above 1500 characters and have swapped the QPQ as stated. The proposed hook is ALT1: ... that a recent UK Top 20 single from Lily Allen's West End Girl is about the discovery of sex toys and hundreds of condoms?. Would you like to review this or should I call for another reviewer?--Launchballer 02:34, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    and and for hook all around. Nice one on the double. I never really listened much after her first two albums, how's the later and newer? — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 03:04, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Very Polite Person: Bit WP:NOTFORUMy that, but since you've asked, Sheezus was patchy (URL Badman I remember being alright if slightly too subdued in places for my taste and Our Time and Air Balloon were boring) and I only found out she released No Shame last month. I've only listened to Beg for Me from West End Girl and thought it wasn't worth the cost of the Lumidee sample. (It's pretty unusual for me to actually listen to any of the music I nominate.) Just as a belt and braces defence against WP:DYKFICTION, would you mind assessing
    ALT2: ... that a song about the discovery of sex toys and hundreds of condoms from West End Girl recently became Lily Allen's first UK Top Ten single since 2014?
    Source says "For multiple entries from a new album to register improved chart placings on their second week is very rare – but that’s just what Lily Allen achieves this week with P*ssy Palace (12-8, 22,935 sales), West End Girl (17-15, 17,454 sales) and Madeline (19-16, 17,245 sales), from her West End Girl album, all doing so. Her highest-charting song for 11 years, P*ssy Palace becomes her 11th Top 10 hit. It is also the only new song to make the Top 10 this week...".--Launchballer 21:58, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: for ALT2. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 16:13, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Lim Joo Hock

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

    BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 21:54, 23 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article was moved to mainspace on the 23rd and nominated on the same day. It also meets the length requirements. No QPQ is needed as the nominator has less than five nominations. I did not find any close paraphrasing. The hook is mentioned, cited inline, and verified in the source. However, I have reservations if it meets WP:DYKINT. If a reader is unfamiliar with Holden, they may not understand the hook's significance and thus find it uninteresting. I would suggest proposing alternative hooks. If you are having trouble, I can invite Icepinner, another Singaporean editor and a DYK regular, to assist you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the feedback! Now that you mention it, I see why it can be uninteresting. Perhaps adding some context might help? BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 13:48, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thank you for the ping, Narutolovehinata5. Fyi, I have read your message on Discord, but have not yet had the chance to properly read through the entire article. I'm a little bit busy with IRL stuff, but am willing to suggest any alternative hooks if the nominator is having trouble. I note that I discussed ALT0 with a couple of other users off-Wiki, and one of them thinks it doesn't meet WP:DYKINT since it's just a party giving another party an object. I do think the hook could be interesting since it's structured in a way such that readers would think Lim gave Holden an actual lion head, but it is rather a borderline case. Icepinner 15:03, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The new wording is an improvement, although it still seems to be a borderline case at best. I can see others finding it interesting though, so I'm willing to ask for a second opinion regarding ALT1. Otherwise, we could ask for more options or advice, perhaps from another editor like ZKang123. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 21:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's def an improvement, but I think it's chunkier now and I felt it should be kept in the active writing than passive, given the hook is supposed to be on the subject. So I might rewrite smth like:
    I think this would generate some intrigue and have people also realise we are talking about the lion head from the lion dance, not an actual lion head.ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 00:52, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That may need to be reworded further. For one thing, the current wording suggests that it was Lim who visited Singapore, not Holden. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:18, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    What about:
    ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 04:47, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. I'm still not 100% sure if that specific hook fact is interesting to others, so I am inviting a second opinion regarding its interest. Given the discussion above, only ALT2b is for consideration. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd say it's cheating to call a fake lion head a lion head. Bremps... 03:27, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT3: ... that Lim Joo Hock was called to the bar nearly two decades after he got his bachelor of laws?
    ALT4: ... that Lim Joo Hock studied history, bore stretchers, taught at schools, directed an immigration department, and practised law? Bremps... 03:37, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Bremps: Assessing ALT3. From what I can tell, the article says nine months after returning to England in 1973 and the sources say 1975. This needs reconciling.--Launchballer 15:41, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Launchballer: Thanks for highlighting the ambiguity :) I have done further research to support the claims. Lim was called to Lincoln's Inn in July 1974 (added citation in article). According to the oral history interview, he was called to the Singapore Bar in 1975. Hope this helps. BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 12:21, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright, that checks.--Launchballer 12:50, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Traum von Monte Carlo

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    • ... that Max Beckmann painted Traum von Monte Carlo (pictured) while exiled in Amsterdam, portraying a casino he once visited as an allegorical vision of destruction and moral decay?
    Created by TouchedWithFire (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    TouchedWithFire (talk) 07:48, 23 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting painting, well covered on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. Before we get into detail we need to talk about the title. The article was moved to an English title, not by the creator, but I don't see referenes used mentioning that title, and we should not invent one. TouchedWithFire, what do you think? - Of the two hooks, I prefer ALT1, and I love seeing the image, which is licensed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gerda Arendt: I agree with you regarding the title, Traum von Monte Carlo is the the title given to it by Beckmann, and even if it can be translated, that doesn't mean that it should. The only sources I see that use "Dream of Monte Carlo" are websites which sell reproductions, hardly reliable sources... And regarding the hook, Alt 1 is fine, in fact it was originally my first choice too. TouchedWithFire (talk) 07:29, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I suggest you move the article before we proceed, giving this explanation. TouchedWithFire. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Gerda Arendt Done! Thank you! TouchedWithFire (talk) 14:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT1 preferred. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello everyone,

    I am the main contributor of the German-language article Traum von Monte Carlo, see here. The translation (into EN) and the abridgement was probably based on the article I wrote. Is this recorded anywhere?

    I have now skimmed through the English article. In my opinion, this article is incorrect in some places.

    • Max Beckmann was not a expressionist. He rightly resisted such a classification. Art history also takes a much more nuanced view.
    • Beckmann did not go from Frankfurt to Amsterdam. He left Frankfurt to live in Berlin for several years. From Berlin, he went to Amsterdam in 1937.
    • The painting was not purchased by a private collector. Helmuth Lütjens [de] bought it from Beckmann in 1945. Eleven years later, he sold it to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Lütjens represented an eminently important gallery, the Paul Cassirer Art Salon. For more information on the significance of this salon, see here.
    • The art dealer Maria Almas-Dietrich was not an employee of Lohse; she occasionally collaborated with him. That's something else.

    In my opinion, these inaccuracies and errors mean that the article is not ready for presentation on the main page.

    Atomiccocktail (talk) 18:09, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for the information. I'm not the author, but looked at both versions, saw that it looks like at least a partial translation, and added a template to the talk page. A translation should also be mentioned in the initial edit, - if that was missed in a later edit. - I changed your direct links into the German Wikipedia to interlanguage links, because blind people would get confused. - I'll wait for TouchedWithFire. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:28, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Atomiccocktail, thank you for your comments. You are right about the attribution, I regret to say that I only recently learned that translating articles requires attribution to the original language, and I apologize for the mistake. Thank you for your contributions which made this article possible, and many thanks to Gerda Arendt for bringing it to my attention and adding the template to the talk page. As for your comments, I find them somewhat puzzling. I'll tell you what I mean:
    • Max Beckmann was not a expressionist - according to most of the English sources I have seen, including the Encyclopedia Britannica, he is defined as an Expressionist, and that is also how he is described in the Wikipedia article about him. I understand that it would no doubt cause him quite a bit of discomfort if he knew that he would be labeled as such, but the fact remains that he was influenced by expressionism, and his art shares too much with it to be ignored. See Carrie Robbins' essay on him for the nuances of this definition.[11] I will provide additional sources in the article.
    • Beckmann did not go from Frankfurt to Amsterdam - thank you for the comment, the sentence was wrong, and I have corrected it. Though if you meant that it is necessary for Beckmann's years in Berlin to be mentioned - the sources I've seen, including the Britannica ("Finding the conditions in Germany intolerable, he fled to Amsterdam in 1937."), The Tate Museum article about Beckmann ("Under the Nazi regime Beckmann was classified as a 'degenerate' artist and fled to Amsterdam in 1937."), the Kallir Research Institute article about Beckmann ("Beckmann was dismissed from the Städelschule and vilified by the Nazis as soon as Hitler came to power in 1933. His works hung in the first room of the “Degenerate Art” exhibition in 1937. The day of the show’s opening, the artist and his wife fled to Amsterdam, where they lived out the war.") and the Guggenheim article about Beckmann ("The day after the show opened in July in Munich, the artist left Germany for Amsterdam, where he remained until 1947.") do not go down to that resolution, and do not mention his years in Berlin. Please provide a source so I may include them.
    • The painting was not purchased by a private collector. Based on the sources available to me, the painting was acquired by Lütjens,[12] I am fine with calling him an art dealer as opposed to a collector, though it is my understanding that it was for his own private collection. I cannot find evidence that it was purchased for the Paul Cassirer Art Salon, and it is not mentioned among the pieces with Cassirer provenance in the article on the Berlin Museum's website.[13] That being said the date of purchase in the article is incorrect and will be fixed.
    • The art dealer Maria Almas-Dietrich was not an employee of Lohse - I don't understand, the only mention of her in the article calls her a collaborator and not an employee...
    I look forward to further comments, and of course a collaboration to make the article better would be welcome. Once everything is resolved I would like to continue the DYK process. Thank you!

    TouchedWithFire (talk) 14:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Atomiccocktail and Gerda Arendt: What else needs doing here?--Launchballer 15:34, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd like to hear from Atomiccocktail that the article is good enough to be presented on the main page. Once that happens, anybody can restore my approval in case I'm not around. (Will travel starting tomorrow.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • In my opinion, categorizing Beckmann as an Expressionist is simplistic and therefore incorrect. He himself rejected this classification. He adhered too closely to classical themes in European painting, such as space, figures, mythology, and allegory. His painting was never radically subjective or abstract. My suggestion is to refrain from classifying him as an Expressionist, even if some scholars do so (you can find a “witness” for every thesis). I wouldn't classify him at all. Neither as Expressionist nor as New Objectivity.
    • Lütjens: Now it fits.
    • Maria Almas-Dietrich: I had misunderstood the wording, that fits.
    • From Frankfurt to Berlin: I have added that to the article.
    Atomiccocktail (talk) 19:47, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! - I restore my tick, with the suggestion to either drop the "expressionist" simplification of give it a sourced footnote that he rejected it. But even if none of these two happens, it should not prevent the article from being presented. (Or article title "Evangelical Church in Germany" is incorrect, because it's not Evangelical in the sense of Evangelicalism at all, but we say what sources say, even if incorrect.) --
    Just to give one example that the simple classification “Expressionist” cannot really be correct. Benezit (see Oxford Art Online, Wikilibrary) classifies him as belonging to New Objectivity.
    I will look at the entry in the AKL (Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon) as soon as possible. Atomiccocktail (talk) 07:06, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I looked up the entry on Max Beckmann in the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. It is the standard reference work in German-speaking countries. Among other things, the article (Rudolf Pillep: Beckmann, Max. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Band 8: Bayonne–Benech. K. G. Saur, München, Leipzig 1994, S. 192–199) states:
    • In his early phase before the First World War, Beckmann was influenced by Impressionism, but retained his artistic independence. He also had nothing to do with Expressionism. He did not reject modern trends, but did not join any movement or group.
    • Even though influences from Expressionism, Cubism, etc. were noticeable after the First World War, Beckmann remained strongly attached to the old masters and to the tradition.
    • Regarding the 1920s, it is said: „Gemessen an der Kunst der „eigentlichen“ dt. Expressionisten erscheinen B.s Gem. von einer eigentümlichen „Sachlichkeit“ bestimmt.“ (“Measured against the art of the ‘real’ German Expressionists, B.‘s paintings appear to be characterized by a peculiar 'objectivity’.”) He was concerned with messages, not styles. He took what he needed and processed it for the meanings he sought.”)
    • In the 1930s, there was a phase in which he approached Expressionism without ever becoming absorbed in it.
    • Regarding his painting during his exile in Amsterdam, it says: „… er hält unbeirrt an der scheinbar trad. Position fest, daß Malerei eine Botschaft über Mensch und Welt enthält und er verbindet Trad. und Moderne auf eine ganz eigenständige Weise.“ (“He unwaveringly adheres to the seemingly traditional position that painting contains a message about humanity and the world, and he combines tradition and modernity in a very independent way.”)
    • In summary, it says: „B. ist als Einzelgänger nie vollst. in irgend einem Ismus aufgegangen, obwohl es an Versuchen nicht fehlte. ihn "einzuordnen".“ (“As a loner, B. never fully immersed himself in any ism, although there was no lack of attempts to ‘classify’ him.”)
    As I said before, it is inappropriate to describe Beckmann as an expressionist. We should refrain from categorizing him altogether, as this only leads to false generalizations. Atomiccocktail (talk) 14:54, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I said I see two options, drop the attribute or make a footnote, and you can be the to do that. You can add the above to the biography of the artist, which is where people will look from the article about his work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:52, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    As I said, I would simply omit this reference to Expressionism here.
    I am not inclined to edit the article about Max Beckmann. I only got involved here because I wrote almost the entire article “Traum von Monte Carlo” in German myself.
    If you would like to add something to Max Beckmann, you are welcome to use the information from Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, no problem. Atomiccocktail (talk) 17:13, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Please just removed the attribute. I am the reviewer and shouldn't edit. I have no time for Beckmann, sorry, - I promised replies for two reviews and didn't get to them, and have several articles waiting for update. This article should not contradict the Beckmann article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. No problem. Atomiccocktail (talk) 06:01, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Suprapto Martosetomo

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    • ... that Suprapto Martosetomo's house in the Philippines became a refuge for Indonesian students during the 1989 Philippine coup attempt? Source: "Suprapto Martosetomo, Duta di Takhta Suci". Hidup Katolik. 9 November 2011. p. 1. "Saat berkarya di Manila, Filipina, rumahnya menjadi tempat mengungsi para mahasiswa asal Indonesia. ”Saat itu terjadi usaha kudeta Presiden Cory Aquino. Tentara pemberontak sudah menguasai wilayah Metro Manila termasuk tempat mahasiswa. Maka, demi keselamatan, para mahasiswa tinggal di tempat saya." [While working in Manila, Philippines, his house became a refuge for Indonesian students. "At that time, there was an attempted coup against President Cory Aquino. Rebel troops had taken control of Metro Manila, including the student housing complex. So, for their safety, the students stayed with me.
    Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 104 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:30, 25 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

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    Pyramidal ceiling and sloping above-stage canopy
    Pyramidal ceiling and sloping above-stage canopy
  • ALT1: that Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (pictured) is dedicated to the memory of Takemitsu Tōru? (source)
    • Created by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 71 past nominations.

    Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 20:40, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Nice article. New enough. Second DYK review isn't finished yet but it's almost done so it should be fine. ALT0 matches the source and article. ALT1 does too. The image is freely licensed and Japan has freedom of panorama so it looks good. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:13, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Wallace Presbyterian Church

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    Wallace Presbyterian Church
    Wallace Presbyterian Church
    • Source: "Just outside of the reaches of the campus stands the building: A life-size origami creation, with a paper-white exterior, a seven-sided base and a classic steeple. Is its architecture Romanesque? Gothic? Or just plain geometric? Whatever the style, students and congregation members say the new building for the Wallace Presbyterian Church – located on Metzerott Road across from the university’s Comcast Center entrance – is an eye-catching sight to behold." https://dbknews.com/2008/03/03/article_588547bf-8565-5345-89bd-d222d6bf26ce-html/
    Moved to mainspace by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:17, 24 October 2025 (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: ALT1 preferred, as ALT0 is not technically what the source says (it is not the heptagonal sanctuary that was described as eye-catching, but the whole building. Onceinawhile (talk) 15:24, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    San Lorenzo (restaurant)

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    • ... that Jonathan Meades described the patrons of San Lorenzo as "Arms dealers, horizontals, rock legends, educationally subnormal royals, ladies who lunch, rag trade morons, ladies who shop, actors [and] supermodels"?
    5x expanded by No Swan So Fine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 131 past nominations.

    No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:44, 30 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    FYI, ALT0 fails WP:DYK200 unless it can be shortened. There is a ProQuest link for ALT1 (but the gale link, which doesn't work, is cited in the article), but it doesn't have the full text. Additionally, a more accessible link for ALT0 would help as well. HurricaneZetaC 01:33, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @No Swan So Fine, HurricaneZeta, and Pi.1415926535: Maybe we can move away from a quote hook entirely? I'm surprised that no hook about the Princess Diana angle was proposed. Why not go with that instead?
    ALT3 ... that the Italian restaurant San Lorenzo was a favourite of Diana, Princess of Wales?
    ALT4 ... that San Lorenzo was one of Diana, Princess of Wales's favourite restaurants?
    I'm not sure if the hook should say "Diana, Princess of Wales" or "Princess Diana", but either way, this seems more interesting than either quote hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:43, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, ALT3 is quite concise. No Swan So Fine (talk) 15:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Needs review for ALT3 and ALT4. HurricaneZetaC 15:21, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @No Swan So Fine: Approving ALT1 only. Two reasons; "favourite" appears in the lead only, where it is unsourced, and I cannot see any issue with ALT1 whatsoever (a quote's been given and the hook's interesting).--Launchballer 09:37, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "Favourite" can be seen as a summary of the Diana section. If you have any ideas on an alternate wording, you are free to do that. I'm not convinced the quote angle is the best option here as, from experience, quote hooks have often (but not always) underperformed among our readers. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:34, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My original issue with ALT1 was that the source within the article is to a broken TWL gale link. If that isn't an issue anymore due to the quote, I'll let someone else promote it. HurricaneZetaC 13:59, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jane Madders

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    (2) "The experiment has taken the form of a course in muscle relaxation, devised and directed by Mrs. Jane Madders ... Mrs. Madder's pupils were 20 patients recommended by Dr. K. M. Hay, of Birmingham Migraine Clinic, as victims of very severe and frequent attacks." https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-post-relax-this-is-the/163062660/

    (3) "Britain’s first relaxation charity—Relaxation for Living (RforL) ... Physiotherapist and health educator Jane Madders was the key inspiration behind the organization’s therapeutic ambitions and practical set up. Madders acted as a technical advisor, leading the training of RforL teachers and later became Chairwoman of the organization." https://doi.org/10.1057%2Fpalcomms.2016.43
    Improved to Good Article status by Alanna the Brave (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

    Alanna the Brave (talk) 20:41, 30 October 2025 (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: Needs its QPQ, as you've noted, ping me when it's done. I was curious that there's no information in the article about her life before college but I assume you have worked with the information available. Anyway - hook fact is supported, and as I'd never even heard of a relaxation charity I find it interesting. DrThneed (talk) 02:46, 1 November 2025 (UTC) @Alanna the Brave: review above, please add a QPQ. DrThneed (talk) 01:07, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @DrThneed: Just working on one now. Apologies for the wait! Alanna the Brave (talk) 01:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @DrThneed: QPQ done (added Jack-be-little above). Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:09, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Alanna the Brave: Great, thanks - no need to apologise, I had just realised I didn't ping you when I reviewed it so you probably wouldn't realise it was done. Sorry! Changed the status, all good to go with this. DrThneed (talk) 02:17, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Yuki Wakai

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    Converted from a redirect by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 109 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 03:07, 28 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article was converted from a redirect within seven days of the nomination and meets the length and newness requirements. The necessary QPQs have been completed and given. I did not find any close paraphrasing. The hooks are cited inline and verified in the source. However, I'm not really sure about this potential hook angle. Going from a singer-songwriter to being a singer does not really sound all that unusual, does it? It's still singing. I wonder if you could include her voice acting career there somewhere to add interest. Other than that, maybe other hook angles are possible? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Narutolovehinata5: Well, in my defense, I though the redundancy would make it interesting to stand out. After all, we've run several hooks with redundancy as the punchline. And I don't think noting the VA career is needed if the punchline's related to her music career, or it can get a little too long. In any event, I think I found two more hooks to strengthen the interest with more redundancy, as well as another set with more info I found:
    ミラP@Miraclepine 19:30, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be okay with either ALT3 or ALT4, because the "giving up the dream then revisiting it later" angle is more interesting than the initial giving up. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:58, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I forgot to mention this, but it might also be worth linking to Japanese idol in the hooks for the benefit of nonspecialist readers (I've gone ahead and done so). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:47, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's fine too. I also fixed some formatting since it caused half the nom to disappear. ミラP@Miraclepine 14:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Approving ALT3 only. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:03, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Whoops! I forgot to add the tick. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:37, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    G. Michael Brown

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    • ... that G. Michael Brown said that his 1980 conviction of four mobsters showed that the Mafia wasn't merely "a figment of Hollywood's imagination."?
    • Source: [14] "The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General G. Michael Brown, said the convictions proved that the national crime conspiracy commonly called the Mafia and described in the trial as 'this thing of ours' is not 'a figment of Hollywood's imagination.'"
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: QPQ review is forthcoming
    5x expanded by Alansohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 59 past nominations.

    Alansohn (talk) 21:40, 31 October 2025 (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 looks good. Just awaiting QPQs. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:58, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ethelwina, Or The House of Fitz-Auburne

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    Created by LEvalyn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.

    ~ L 🌸 (talk) 06:14, 26 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    General eligibility:

    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: Moved to mainspace yesterday and prose is at 12kb. Honestly, the only reservation about the hook was that it was about a fictional element, but then it's about the work's production. Plot doesn't need citing, and there are no other issues to write home about. ミラP@Miraclepine 02:37, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The Birth of the Milky Way

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    The Birth of the Milky Way
    The Birth of the Milky Way
    • Source: "Rubens based this painting for the Torre de la Parada —a small royal palace near Madrid— on a work by Titian (Ca. 1485 - 1576), though the goddess´s face is that of his wife, Hélène Fourment." Museo del Prado
    5x expanded by JeBonSer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 21 past nominations.

    JeBonSer (talk) 10:30, 29 October 2025 (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: Good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:25, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @JeBonSer: Are we sure The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens) wouldn't be a better title for this article, consistent with the Tintoretto currently at The Origin of the Milky Way? (From WP:CONSISTENT: "To the extent that it is practical, titles should be consistent among articles covering similar topics.") The Prado does use The Birth of the Milky Way on its website, probably translating directly from El nacimiento de la Vía Láctea, but our guidance at MOS:ART says "Where there are several variant titles, preference is usually given to the predominant one used by art historians writing in English, and if this is not clear, the English title used by the owning museum. Few old master paintings had specific titles when they were painted." I'll try to look into the English-language usage for this painting later. Ham II (talk) 07:54, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ham II:  Done. JeBonSer (talk) 09:30, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ham II: I changed the article name but it was reverted by Amakuru. JeBonSer (talk) 14:21, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Fluier

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    Romanian shepherd's fluier-whip
    Romanian shepherd's fluier-whip
    • ... that for Romanian shepherds in the Carpathians, even the staff and the whip could sing, as the fluier (flute) was sometimes built directly into them?
    • Source: Original Romanian: Asemenea fluiere sînt uneori construite într-o bîtă («fluier în botă »), în care caz se taie în tub o deschizătură corespunzătoare găurii de jos a ţevii. Alteori, un fluier cu dop şi şase deschizături pentru degete se face în codirişca unui bici («fluier bici»).

    English Translation: Such fluiers are sometimes constructed within a stick or staff (fluier în botă, literally 'flute in a stick'), in which case an aperture corresponding to the lowest finger hole of the pipe is cut into the outer casing. Alternatively, a fipple fluier (with a whistle mechanism) and six finger holes is constructed within the handle (shaft) of a whip (fluier bici, 'whip fluier').

    Alexandru, Tiberiu (1956). Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn [The musical instruments of the Romanian people] (in Romanian). București: Editura de stat pentru literatură şi artă, p.63
      • Reviewed:
    Created by Iurii.s (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Iurii.s (talk) 08:26, 26 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article was new enough (created on the same day as the nom) and appears neutrally written. Copyvio is unlikely, and I see no problem with the sources (WP:AGF). Approving, since the hook seems pretty interesting to me, however, I would recommend adding some more wikilinks to the hook. Gommeh 📖   🎮 16:22, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gommeh: Please add an icon.--Launchballer 22:47, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi

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    • Source: The Television [ja] (link): すべて実際に作っています。普段から作っているものと、各キャラクターに合わせて用意したレシピがあります。あと、めんつゆのメーカーさんの公式レシピからお借りしたものもいくつか。[I've actually been making all the dishes. There are dishes that I've made normally, and recipes I've prepared that match the characters. Also, there are some that I've borrowed from official recipes from mentsuyu manufacturers.]
    Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 74 past nominations.

    lullabying (talk) 08:22, 26 October 2025 (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: Yes
    • Other problems: No - Hook is interesting but​ is there any way to support the much more interesting ... that every chapter of the manga series Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi has recipes includes a recipe on cooking with mentsuyu?? It seems to be true but I can't find English-language sources to support this stronger statement.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Nominated the same day as article creation. DYK Check returns 3,351 characters of prose. All statements in the article and the hook are cited. Primarily to Japanese-language sources, but with provided translations that are close enough to machine translations that I accept them. Earwig review is clear. Hook is interesting enough. Nominator did two QPQs as required, which were satisfactory. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 08:49, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lullabying and Dan Leonard: What else needs doing here?--Launchballer 16:48, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Launchballer: I approved it as good to go. My suggestion for a snappier alt hook doesn't seem to have gotten purchase so the original is fine to use. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 17:42, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure why the bot's not moved this to Approved, so adding a tick myself.--Launchballer 20:52, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Early life and education of Donald Trump

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    Improved to Good Article status by ElijahPepe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 05:26, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Done. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 17:39, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Article looks good to me. Long enough and all that. Earwig's is clear. Didn't appear to have any neutrality issues although I'm not a politics guy so I'll just rely on the judgement of the good article reviewers. I'll just review ALT0 for now because I don't have access ot the books. ALT0 matches the source and article. I think the biggest issue is that the hook doesn't mention that it's adjusted for inflation, so maybe you could add something saying that it is? I don't really have an opinion because I guess people would look at it with today's value of the dollar. I'm not sure. ―Panamitsu (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Panamitsu: Done. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 05:40, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alek Skarlatos

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    Improved to Good Article status by CookieMonster755 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    cookiemonster755 (talk) 10:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Jessie Wright, Rocking bed, The Watson Institute

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    A rocking bed
    A rocking bed
    Moved to mainspace by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 6. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 54 past nominations.

    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 03:48, 27 October 2025 (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: Articles were created or substantially expanded on 27 October. They are all long enough, with the shortest article being 271 words (1,624 characters) in length. They are all fully-sourced, broadly neutral and free from plagiarism (Earwig results for each flag nothing consequential). The hook is cited and interesting. The image is released under a valid CC license and is discernible at a small sized. QPQ for 6(!) other reviews has been done. No issues here, so approved. Grnrchst (talk) 12:41, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hkam Hkai Hpa of Hsenwi

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    • Source: (Harvey 1925: 87), (Fernquest 2006: 53)
    Chronicle sources: (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 32), (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 239), (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 8)
    Created by Hybernator (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 116 past nominations.

    Hybernator (talk) 02:23, 27 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article passes length threshold 4349 characters (670 words) "readable prose size", new enough, and is mostly based on offline references (AGF on that). Reference has been provided on the hook, hook is interesting "likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest". All good from me! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:04, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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    Rushell Clayton, Femke Bol, and Shamier Little
    Rushell Clayton, Femke Bol, and Shamier Little
    • Source: "In the women’s 400m hurdles final on Thursday, there were no mistakes as she dominated her way to the first global title of her career." (link)
    Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.

    Editør (talk) 08:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    2024 Delaware elections

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    Moved to mainspace by Olliefant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Olliefant (she/her) 21:07, 27 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]


    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - ?
    • Other problems: No - ?

    QPQ: Unknown
    Overall: Olliefant The article is all right overall with no real issues I see, the only thing is that all the hooks are a bit meh. The first two state something that is rather common knowledge for most people following American politics - so no "wow" factor, while the third one is vague about "large" (it's a relative and somewhat subjective term). How about quantifying this? Something like:

    ALT2a ...that in 2024 Delaware elections for the state Senate, all but two candidates ran unopposed?

    or, if you include the number of Senate seats up for grabs,

    ALT2b that in 2024 Delaware elections for the state Senate, 80% of candidates ran unopposed?.

    That's more interesting particularly for an average reader outside of Anglophone countries, where first-past-the-post voting dominates. If you agree with either version - choose whatever you believe is a more interesting formulation - I'd need some other editor to sign off on my proposal as I cannot approve my own hooks. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 00:35, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This doesn't seem to be true, because for example only 21/41 state House seats were not contested (I think you should add this info if we are running on a variation of this hook). "Nearly all" would suggest figures closer to 100%. "Most" or "majority" would be better. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 11:14, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    How about Olliefant (she/her) 03:55, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The hook is good, the only thing that is missing is the number of state representatives who ended up not having any competition - this is to make sure that any person reading the article can check that this statement is true. After that, we are good to go. Ping me when ready. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 12:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Szmenderowiecki: I don't think thats needed as there is a source directly next to the statement in the article. Olliefant (she/her) 08:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Olliefant I get your point, however, DYK eligibility criteria require that facts of the hook need to appear in the article with a citation no later than at the end of the sentences in which they appear (emphasis mine). I hope we both agree that we don't want to be dragged to WP:ERRORS for such a small fix. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 11:44, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Szmenderowiecki: Done Olliefant (she/her) 11:08, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT3A is good to go. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 12:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona

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    Republican loyalists and Assault Guards defending a building in Barcelona
    Republican loyalists and Assault Guards defending a building in Barcelona
    Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 69 past nominations.

    Grnrchst (talk) 11:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Upgraded to GA on the 27th and QPQ is met. I can find no major issues with the article. All of the hooks are fine except for the last one which is not particularly interesting. Good job on this article @Grnrchst: Jon698 (talk) 14:59, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Hugh of Fagiano

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    • ... that Hugh of Fagiano, the most strongminded 13th-century archbishop of Nicosia, quarrelled with virtually everyone–the Catholics, the Orthodox, his parishioners, the nobles, the king, and the queen?
    • Source: "he became the most controversial and strongminded Latin archbishop of thirteenth-century Cyprus" (Coureas 2016, p. 202)
    • "Archbishop Hugh came into conflict with just about everyone, including the Latin secular and regular clergy on Cyprus, the Greek clergy, and the crown and nobility."(Schabel 2014, pp. 157–158)
    • ALT1: ... that Hugh of Fagiano, a medieval archbishop of Nicosia, condemned moneylending as cancer, refused to let his church be "abandoned like a hut in the desert", and threatened singing women with the rack? Source:
      "These addressed the activities of moneylenders, which he described as a cancer in Cyprus, and particularly in the city of Nicosia." (Coureas 2016, p. 103) "From Hugh's ruling it is clear that lack of public anendance of divine services at St Sophia, especially on feast days, made it look embarrassingly empty and the decree was passed; 'so that the Nicosia cathedral does not suffer from a lack of respect on feast days or on holy days or becomes abandoned like a hut in the desert '."
    • ALT2: ... that flute playing and hired wailing irked the Latin Church so much that Archbishop Hugh threatened to put the offending women on the rack? Source:
      "The Latin Church there was concerned by the rise in the use of flute players and hired female mourners who would wail at funerals . They claimed that this not only disturbed divine service but was also a pagan ritual . Archbishop Hugh of Fagiano ruled in 1252-7 that , 'if from this point on these [singing women] should go against our prohibition, we shall have them captured, beaten, put on the rack and then thrown into prison until they learn from the instruction of punishment how much they have transgressed.'" (Mitchell 2006, p. 111.)
    • ALT3: ... that Archbishop Hugh left Cyprus once after quarrelling with the king, once after being besieged by his parishioners, and finally in disgust of the pope's concessions to his Greek rival? Source:
      "Archbishop Hugh’s own parishioners removed him from power ... The more important people taunted him in his own house, even with atrocious threats to his person, besieging him in that house for several days and nights, so that eventually out of fear for his life he left the island of Cyprus in secret and went into exile for a long time." (Schabel 2014, p. 158)
    • ALT4: ... that Hugh of Fagiano, archbishop of Nicosia, thought he could do as he liked under a woman's rule, but then complained to the pope that the queen had him robbed? Source:
      "Archbishop Hugh of Fagiano, expecting doubtless a freer field for his policy, now that Henry, with whom he had quarrelled, was removed, a woman was at the head of the state, and the Cardinal Eudes de Chateauroux had left the island, returned and raised the interdict which he had imposed." (Hill 2010, p. 149)
      "After [Archbishop Hugh] had set off for the Apostolic See on his and his church’s business, you, at the urging of some people envious of him, had him despoiled of all his ecclesiastical and worldly goods." (Schabel 2014, p. 159)
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Baltimore classification
    • Comment: This article just keeps giving. The guy had beef with so many that merely naming them all would be against DYK hook length rules.
    Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 259 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 13:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Claiming this nomination for review! WatkynBassett (talk) 10:45, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • The article was created on 28 October 2025 and nominated on 31 October 2025. It is thus eligible.
    • The article is (very) well-sourced. I did two spot checks and they checked out (Hugh source).
    • The article is written in a neutral and non-promotional tone.
    • Earwig did not bring up anything noteworthy (mostly direct quotes).
    • Regarding QPQ: You have provided one QPQ. As currently - to my understanding - two QPQs are required (backlog mode), please confirm to me that only one QPQ was required when you nominated the article.
    • Hook review (Original hook): I like ALT2 best. I took the liberty, however, of wlinking rack. The hook is below the threshold of 200 characters and well-sourced.
    • Thank you for creating well-sourced free knowledge! I will approve ALT2 if you can confirm that only one QPQ was required at the time of nomination. WatkynBassett (talk) 11:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not know how to check that, WatkynBassett, so here is another QPQ review just in case. Surtsicna (talk) 21:23, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I approve ALT2.WatkynBassett (talk) 06:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Saint John the Evangelist Church (Columbus, Ohio), Hassan Jeru-Ahmed

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    • Source: The Columbus Dispatch, 6 February 1972, Page 19 "Ex-Addicts Worry Neighbors", James Bradshaw
    Created by Maximilian775 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 4. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Maximilian775 (talk) 02:45, 30 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Both articles are long enough and new enough, and QPQs have been done. Earwig doesn’t show any issues, and my spot checks didn’t turn up any close paraphrasing or source-text integrity issues. The articles are both fully cited and all sources appear appropriate. The hook fact appears in the first article and is cited at the end of the sentence. The only tweak I would suggest to the hook would be to uncapitalise "Paramilitary", since unless I'm missing something I don’t believe "Black Paramilitary" is being used as a proper noun here. If you can just provide a quote from the Columbus Dispatch article to support the hook fact then this should be good to go. MCE89 (talk) 07:18, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good catch, thank you.

    "Few people would expect social problems to be created by the occupants of a convent, but neighbors of St. John the Evangelist Church, 630S. Ohio Ave., are concerned about the habits future tenants there might dis-play.The church's convent is no longer used as a nunnery, and church officials are seeking a zoning variance to allow it to become a rooming house for staff members of a black anti-drug program.

    THE PROBLEM is that many of those workers will be former addicts - and some area residents are uneasy about how firmly those workers are reformed. The group seeking lodging is the Blackman's Development Center (BDC) whose members are characterized by green combat fatigue uniforms and military titles usually of sufficient rank to insinuate former service in the Pentagon. There seem to be no privates in the Blackman's army. The paramilitary nature of the black organiation has caused white distrust in many quarters, perhaps from conjured mental comparisons with openly militant groups such as the Black Panthers"

    BDC'S NATIONAL leader, General Hassan, has been accused by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League of being anti-Semitic."

    (There might be some typos in here I didn't catch from my computer's OCR, sorry.) Maximilian775 (talk) 11:51, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Maximilian775 Thank you! Are you able to also provide a quote from a source that confirms the proposed rehabilitation centre ever opened? I'm sure it did, but the quote above only confirms that they were seeking a zoning variance to allow for its use as a rehabilitation centre, not that it actually ended up being used for that purpose. MCE89 (talk) 06:51, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "...Suleiman said the office equipment in dispute is "here with us" at 630 S.Ohio Ave., but would make no further comment. Program officers obtained a zoning variance in February 1972, to allow them to use the Ohio Ave. building, former convent of St. John the Evangelist Church..." "Officials say BDC Building Goods Taken". The Columbus Dispatch. 28 June 1973. Maximilian775 (talk) 03:00, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Maximilian775 Thanks. Sorry to be a pain, but that quote still only confirms that they received the zoning variance right? I think we still need a source that confirms they actually ended up using the facility for the intended purpose as a rehab centre. Unless there's some context to the office equipment dispute in the quote above that I'm missing? MCE89 (talk) 03:15, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good clarification, it seems the building primarily served as a dormitory for staff. How's
    ** ALT1: ... that * ... that a convent at St. John Church was used as part of the heroin recovery center run by Hassan Jeru-Ahmed's Blackman's Development Center, a Black paramilitary group? Switzer, John (1 July 1972). "Addict Tells Court About BDC Incident". The Columbus Dispatch. A Columbus drug addict told a US District Court magistrate Friday that he was beaten, imprisoned and driven to Washington DC by officers of the Black-man's Development Center (BDC) at 1100 E. Main St. The victim told the court that Col. Danyil Sulieman, 40, director of the BDC, began the beatings when he hit him over the head with a blackjack ... He was living at the center and was visiting his wife at 1066 Oak St. on June 15 when he received a phone call from the center and was told to return to work on a reception desk. WHEN HE arrived at the center he was taken into an ofiice and questioned about the theft of $10 of the center's money. He said Suleman hit him with a blackjack and Kemo hit him with an axe handle. He said he admitted taking the money Then he was taken to a residence at 630 S. Ohio Ave. that he said was provided by St John's Church. He said BDC single women and married couples lived there.

    (Sorry for the long off-topic quote, I thought there could be another interesting alt hook until I saw that the charges discussed here were later dropped.) Maximilian775 (talk) 03:24, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Maximilian775 That works, but can I suggest potentially simplifying the hook to:
    In my view that's both a bit more punchy, and it gets around the issue of there not really being a source that explicitly says the convent was part of a heroin recovery center. MCE89 (talk) 04:35, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    works for me!Maximilian775 (talk) 12:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT2 good to go. Also noting for the record that I've confirmed the descriptor of "Black paramilitary group" is contained in the article Hassan Jeru-Ahmed and is supported by p.51 of this source. MCE89 (talk) 12:24, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The above still works for me, but here's a source definitively stating that the 630 Ohio property / the convent was used for addiction treatment: "THE APPROPRIATION is sponsored by the Moody administration and councilman James Roseboro.The center at 630 S. Ohio Ave. has been beset with numerous financial and legal problems over the last two years. According to Roseboro, the center now treats only 33 drug addicts and does not have enough funds to take on new patients." (Funds Uncertain for Drug Center, the Columbus Dispatch, 27 Juky 1973). Maximilian775 (talk) 13:10, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I might be misunderstanding something @Maximilian775 and MCE89:, but right now ALT2 seems to be indicating that the Blackman's Development Center was a Black paramilitary group; wasn't that the Blackman's Volunteer Army of Liberation? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Period reporting applies that label to both groups IIRC. I’ll reply later with citations. Maximilian775 (talk) 21:44, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ~~ AirshipJungleman29 see the quote I posted above (2nd reply to the nomination in-thread) on October 31. The BDC was also described as a paramilitary group. Maximilian775 (talk) 01:52, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Pallas Athena (Rembrandt)

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    Pallas Athena
    • Source: Title: Pallas Athena

    Other/old title: Minerva, Alexander the Great, Man in armor

    There is no consensus of opinion on the subject of this painting, for which different suggestions have been made (see bibliography). RKD Research
    5x expanded by JeBonSer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 22 past nominations.

    JeBonSer (talk) 11:24, 29 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - The article is ambivalent on whether the painting is, definitively, Pallas Athena, with some sections saying definitively and others saying maybe.
    • Interesting: Yes
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

    QPQ: No - 2nd QPQ is required
    Overall: @JeBonSer: I really dig the painting. great work on the expansion. Since DYK is in unreviewed backlog mode, you need to do a 2nd QPQ. The article is ambivalent on whether it actually depicts Pallas Athena, though. And reviewing the sources the consensus seems to be its unclear. I don't think this is actually a problem, though; the hook could easily be rephrased to not take a side and still be interesting. 1brianm7 (talk) 16:09, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    ALT1: ... that Rembrandt's Pallas Athena (pictured) was sometimes attributed to Alexander the Great? Source: RKD Research. JeBonSer (talk) 17:32, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    qpqs check out, ALT1 is approved. 1brianm7 (talk) 17:39, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Unsolicited drive-by: a painting being "attributed to" someone means that people thought this was the artist. We need to rephrase: "identified as" as better. UndercoverClassicist T·C 17:50, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good point. I approve ALT1a: ... that Rembrandt's Pallas Athena (pictured) was sometimes identified as Alexander the Great? (Do I have to do something else, or is that good?) 1brianm7 (talk) 18:05, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Logan Barrio, Santa Ana (California)

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    • ... that Logan Barrio (map pictured) in Santa Ana, California, is significant to the city's Chicano/Mexican-American history and is unofficially referred to as Historic Logan Barrio?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Archiving archives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Archiving archives (talk) 00:24, 4 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Due to multiple unverified statements (I've tagged two with "citation needed"), I can not approve at this time. The EARWIG copyright tool flagged only unavoidable terms, so no concerns there. I believe the image is a copyright violation, though. Please indicate why that map is public domain. The hook is a bit lackluster—pick a particular individual or event that demonstrates the neighborhood's history. I have moved the article to the shortest fully disambiguated form. Ping me when you have completed the necessary changes. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Added necessary citations. Researching alternative map options.
      • ALT1 ... that Logan Barrio is one of the earliest Mexican barrios and oldest neighborhoods in Santa Ana, California? Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 09:38, 4 November 2025 (PST)
    • @Pbritti: The Chepa's Park image I own. I took the picture, it is a public space. For the section "Religion", you can find the information on page 49 and 50. Regarding the neighborhood "Logan Barrio," what proof do you want? Would something from the city suffice? As for the 25th Reunion flyer, that is posted for public use on their Instagram page, and resident Michael Andrade provided permission for use and provided a copy without the email and phone number. Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 10:28, 4 November 2025 (PST)
      You do not own the design of the sign, though, and the sign incorporates an image that is likely not in the public domain, meaning there are two levels of copyright possibly being violated. If you have evidence that the flyer was released under fair use, you must provide evidence of that (see WP:Fair use for more information). Just because something is shared in public does not make it public domain. I need you to include the quotes from page 49 and 50 for the purposes of verification. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      @Pbritti: I am working on obtaining better images. The owners of the copyrights are working on making them available. I added citations for the religion section and the OC Streetcar and Logan Barrio connection. Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 12:49, 4 November 2025 (PST)
      Substantial portions lack sourcing, while other portions read as promotional of a mural or a particular historian's book. External links mid-body of the article are also not appropriate. At this time, I'm inclined to fail the review. I'll give you a couple days to take some time to thoroughly clean the article. Consider looking WP:FIRSTARTICLE for some additional guidance. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:26, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      @Pbritti: I added the citation needed and removed the external links. Gracias, Archiving archives (talk), 13:50, 10 November 2025 (PST)

    Liyue (Genshin Impact)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Gommeh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Gommeh 📖   🎮 13:49, 30 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Geographical indications in Ukraine

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    Moved to mainspace by Shwabb1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Shwabb1 ⟨taco⟩ 18:27, 30 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Newly moved to mainspace, long enough, and well-written. No copyvio issues found. Hook is properly cited, short enough, and interesting (more so than ALT1 and ALT2). QPQ not required. Good to go! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:33, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    De Osma Studentship

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

    Aeengath (talk) 15:36, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment: I suggest expanding the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan and running a double hook. I question the interestingness of this hook, but that's not my concern at this moment. Roast (talk) 06:36, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Guerreroast: Thanks for the feedback! I've now expanded the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan article. Since the two subjects are directly connected, happy to propose a double hook linking both pages:

    —Aeengath (talk) 09:56, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

     Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 16:32, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - ALT0-2 is technically inaccurate since the Perez de Arcos ref says "Spanish studies".
    • Interesting: No - This is a first hook so DYK rules requires WP:EXCEPTIONAL sourcing; luckily in addition to the Pérez de Arcos ref and Diario ABC ref, I found a few academic sources (though the last one is non-independent): [19], [20], [21], [22]. As for interestingness, we only need the "first Spaniard at Oxford" part.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Pages' prose size in bytes: 2362, 1857, and 1874. First page created yesterday, second page four days old, and third page was expanded from 157 to 1553 B yesterday and today. This is the nom's third and fifth DYK nom, so no need for QPQ. I have two hooks that not only can fix the issue, but are even catchier given the three bolded links, on top of the added brevity and implcitly noting that the bolded institute's founder is also bolded:

    ALT3: ... that the first Spaniard to study at Oxford later endowed their De Osma Studentship to support Spanish studies at his Institute of Valencia de Don Juan? Source: Several sources call him the first Spaniard to study at Oxford + see ALT4
    ALT4: ... that Guillermo de Osma endowed his alma mater’s De Osma Studentship to support Spanish studies at his Institute of Valencia de Don Juan? Source: Several sources call him the first Spaniard to study at Oxford + Osma succeeded in his pioneering effort to create an enduring studentship that would support and promote Spanish Studies at Oxford. ... Whereas Guillermo Joaquín de Osma, M. A., late of Pembroke College, founder of the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan at Madrid, has offered to the University of Oxford a sum of £2,110 1 s. 4 d. Four per cent. ... The Student shall undertake to study in connection with the Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan in any subject for which facilities are provided there, for the space of not less than six weeks.

    @Aeengath: fix the issues and you're good to go. And since the Institute article was tiptoeing MOS:LEADSTUB at the time I reviewed it, you may wanna add some extra content in that article and the De Osma one, especially since I recommended deleting the de Osma trustees list from the scholarship article. ミラP@Miraclepine 18:16, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Noting for the record that the nom has approved ALT3/4 at Template:Did you know nominations/Guillermo de Osma, though other issues have to be sorted out first. I'm gonna be busy with homework I have to hand in by 11:59:59pm on the dot, but I'll hopefully get this sorted out tonight or tomorrow. ミラP@Miraclepine 23:13, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Aeengath: And I'm back. The sentence "The Institute continues to host exhibitions, academic seminars and cataloguing projects related to Spanish art and history" doesn't appear verified by the refs and should be removed unless verified. And apparently, the "operating within the exclusive jurisdiction of the vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford" sentence apparently contradicts the "administered by the chancellor of the university"? These are the only issues stopping me from this being approved. ミラP@Miraclepine 04:03, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Miraclepine: Thanks! have now removed the exhibitions line and corrected the vice-chancellor/chancellor mixup. Also marked the Guillermo de Osma nomination as withdrawn (couldn’t find a dedicated template so marked it manually). Hope I didn’t make you miss the deadline! -Aeengath (talk) 06:45, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Aeengath: With all these issues taken care of, time to roll and mark this pro forma. BTW there's only one deadline in DYK, and it's not even for several weeks. ミラP@Miraclepine 15:43, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Miraclepine: I meant your homework deadline! Glad everything’s wrapped up now thanks again for the super thorough review -Aeengath (talk) 20:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Of course I got my homework in, with two hours to spare I might add. Now let's wait for this to be promoted in the meantime. ミラP@Miraclepine 20:27, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Interstate 155 (Missouri–Tennessee)

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    Improved to Good Article status by Bneu2013 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Bneu2013 (talk) 18:58, 30 October 2025 (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: Review as follows: article is new and lengthy enough, uses reliable sources from national and local newspaper as well as verifiable documents and reports, article is plagiarism free (as mentioned above, it is the external sources who copied Wikipedia), hook is cited and interesting, QPQ has been done. All good! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:39, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Helen Essary

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    • Source: "While the maxim was attributed to Alice, she regularly denied having formulated it. Not until 1968 was her confusion about how she came to be credited with it cleared up, when she received a letter revealing the true author. Isabel Kinnear Griffin wrote to say that twenty years earlier she was 'working with Helen Essary Murphy on the Democratic Digest, [a] publication of the Democratic National Committee.' An 'unflattering picture' of Dewey that needed a caption prompted Murphy to pop out with 'He looks just like the little man on the wedding cake!' The two women loved the line so much they didn't want to it to go unnoticed and felt the Democratic Digest was not a large enough forum.... 'At the British Embassy reception that afternoon, we asked each person we met: "Is it true Alice Longworth said Governor Dewey looks like the little man on the wedding cake?" As we had anticipated, it spread like wildfire, only now it became: "Have you heard Alice Longworth's description of Governor Dewey?"'" Stacy A. Cordery, Alice, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alice/spNPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA424&printsec=frontcover
    Moved to mainspace by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:53, 30 October 2025 (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: Interesting article, nice work. ALT1 is interesting and I approve it. 1brianm7 (talk) 15:31, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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    John Marzetti

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    Created by Maximilian775 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 27 past nominations.

    Maximilian775 (talk) 14:49, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • If you're going for April Fools, then how about something along the lines of "...that John Marzetti may have eaten Johnny Marzetti?" DrThneed (talk) 20:57, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • New enough, long enough, contains no close paraphrasing that I could detect (most of the sources are offline but the few that weren't were paraphrased sufficiently). Hook fact has a citation directly after it in the article. I would like to see it integrated into the body eventually, maybe in a "Legacy" section, but it suffices for now. I noticed the Chicago Tribune article makes a potential error when it states that his son died in 1872 at the age of 32. John Marzetti was born in 1836; something doesn't add up. Can we figure out his true death date? Other than that, I like ALT3 or the proposed April Fools hook above. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:07, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    DigitalIceAge To clarify, are we trying to ascertain Marzetti Sr.'s death date, or Jr.'s death date? If the latter, I don't think it's that important for the article -- all mention of Jr. can be removed other than that he was one of Sr.'s sons. Maximilian775 (talk) 00:24, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Jr.'s death date. The only reason I bring him up, and maybe why he deserves more than a brief mention, is because the Chicago Tribune implies that there's debate whether the dish was named after the senior or junior Marzetti. DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:50, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    For the sake of the hook, I think that ambiguity is fine -- it's still unclear whether "John Marzetti" (Jr. or Sr.) is the namesake of the pasta dish. Maximilian775 (talk) 13:10, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jack-be-little

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    Jack-be-little pumpkins
    Jack-be-little pumpkins
    • Source: "Because the Jack-be-Little is an attention getter and a conversation piece - particularly if the creative cook serves up the soup in the hollowed out little fruits - people are asking, Where did it come from?" Christian Science Monitor
    • ALT1: ... that the Jack-be-little pumpkin (pictured) only became publicly available in the late 1980s? Source: "...the Jack-be-Little pumpkin, a heavily fluted orange-colored miniature, has taken the country by storm these past two seasons... Ten years ago, an Indiana farmer approached seed producers Bob Nelson and Larry Hollar with a bushel basket filled with miniature pumpkins. If they were prepared to work with the seed somewhat, ``clean it up a bit, as he put it, the company might be able to ``do something with his unusual pumpkins....``We knew the pumpkin would sell, Nelson says, but they had no idea it would take off as it did. Home gardeners and commercial growers alike took to producing the Jack-be-Little....Novelty items have a way of skyrocketing in popularity one year and then falling the next, but the tiny pumpkin seems to be holding on. After four years on the market, seed merchants have already contracted with Hollar and Co. for 70 percent of this past season's record orders. ``That's very high for a novelty, Nelson says." Christian Science Monitor
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The One Where Michael Leaves, Template:Did you know nominations/Marymount MRT station
    Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 192 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 20:28, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • This article is new enough and just long enough (1518 characters). No issues with presentability. QPQ is done. I like the first hook -- it's short enough, interesting, and cited to reliable source. Image is clear (Quality Image on Commons) and in the public domain. The article looks neutral and reasonably sourced, but I'm flagging a couple small issues found via spot-check: (1) the line "as serving bowls for pumpkin or vegetable soup" is lifted straight from the source, so that sentence needs better paraphrasing, and (2) the claim that "The pumpkins are mostly used as decoration" comes from a source that's almost forty years old, so I'm wondering if there's a more recent source to confirm that's still true today. Let me know when you've addressed these flagged items. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:03, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your review. I will correct the issues shortly. Thriley (talk) 04:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Here's a recent mention which states they are used for decoration: marthastewart.com Thriley (talk) 04:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Alanna the Brave: I have fixed up the article. I added a cite to a 2018 article which states they are used for decoration. Thriley (talk) 19:17, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thriley: Thanks! I'm struggling with a busy schedule this week, but I'll find time to check your updates over the next couple of days. Alanna the Brave (talk) 22:53, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Thriley: Okay -- you've fixed the paraphrasing issue, and I've gone in and edited the line about how the pumpkins are "mostly used as decoration" just to help clarify that this became a common use back when they were first introduced (I think that more accurately reflects the use of a 1987 source, and your subsequent sentences & citations make it pretty clear that this use has continued on in the present day). I'm ready to approve the first hook. Thanks for your patience! Alanna the Brave (talk) 02:15, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Frank Deig

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    • ... that a restaurant once hired Frank Deig to eat its food?
    Improved to Good Article status by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 432 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:52, 7 November 2025 (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: Yes
    • Other problems: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Promoted to GA seven days before nom and prose 3838 B. Hook is interesting even without the quote thanks to the irony. No other issues to note other than some minor fixes I made. ミラP@Miraclepine 03:12, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thihapate III of Taungdwin

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    • Source: (Aung-Thwin 2017: 85)
    Chronicle sources: (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 275), (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 65)
    Created by Hybernator (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 117 past nominations.

    Hybernator (talk) 02:30, 1 November 2025 (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 looks good. Nice work. @Hybernator: As the sources for the hook are offline, could you provide me with a relevant quote so that I can verify it? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:32, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins

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    Reverse of the National Baseball Hall of Fame silver dollar
    Reverse of the National Baseball Hall of Fame silver dollar
    • Source: "So while the panel fretted, Don Everhart, one of the Mint’s most prolific sculptor-engravers, and Steve Antonucci, the Mint’s head of digital technology, whipped out a seventh design on the back of a briefing sheet. Their design, dubbed “HOF 02a” for “Hall of Fame,” quickly won the committee’s endorsement for the reverse." McAllister, Bill (March 25, 2013). "CCAC baseball coin review". Coin World.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Eman7blue42 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Eman7blue42 (talk) 18:32, 31 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Mary "May" McGee

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

    Roundtheworld (talk) 12:25, 31 October 2025 (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, long enough, sourced and neutral. Earwig picks up the long quote (fine), but also this: "cross examination about whether he would be happy to see his wife on contraception, he said: “I’d prefer to see her using contraceptives than be placing flowers on her grave.”" I think it should either all be in quotes or perhaps the first part of the phrase in bold could be re-written? Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ is not required. Lajmmoore (talk) 14:54, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Text adjusted as suggested.Roundtheworld (talk) 21:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    thank you, all good Lajmmoore (talk) 09:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on November 1

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    Neoliner Origin

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    • ... that Neoliner Origin is the largest sail-powered cargo ship in the world?
    Created by Yadsalohcin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Zeibgeist (talk) 07:12, 5 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    List of highest-grossing concert series at a single venue

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    Coldplay
    Coldplay
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I never did this before, please guide me.
    Created by GustavoCza (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 04:44, 8 November 2025 (UTC). I'm a bit surprised this article didn't exist, so kudos on pulling this together, as I have a feeling a lot of people (or LLMs) are going to refer to it. Excellent use of pictures, nice list, excellent references, definitely new and long enough. One question - why not include the photo? Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Dukiełka

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    Dukiełka in Dukla
    Dukiełka in Dukla
    • ... that the Dukiełka stream (pictured) in southeastern Poland once supplied water to a 19th-century brewery?
    • ALT1: ... that the medieval town of Dukla developed along the Dukiełka stream (pictured), whose name dates back to documents from 1336? Source: Figurska-Dudek, Joanna (2015). "Dukla w średniowieczu. Prolegomena do badań". Wiadomości Konserwatorskie (in Polish). 42. Stowarzyszenie Konserwatorów Zabytków: 91–100. ISSN 0860-2395. and "Dukiełka" (in Polish). Electronic Dictionary of Polish Hydronyms. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
    • ALT2: ... that the valley of the Dukiełka stream (pictured) in Poland serves as an important ecological corridor for bats such as the lesser horseshoe bat? Source: "Trzciana PLH180018" (in Polish). gov.pl. Retrieved 2025-11-05. and "Obszar Natura 2000" (in Polish). Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Szturnek (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Szturnek¿? 15:48, 5 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Approving all three hooks since the information seems to be verified in the wiki article from listed sources; I'm leaving the choice to the promoter. You could probably expand the lead to summarize what's covered in the article, however. PrimalMustelid (talk) 06:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Violin Concerto (Khachaturian)

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    • Source: Maddocks, Fiona (15 June 2014). "Khachaturian, Shostakovich review – pliancy and power from James Ehnes". The Guardian. The Khachaturian concerto, full of oriental-Armenian folk motifs
      Geodakyan, G. Sh. (1970). "Армянская ССР [Armenian SSR]". In Keldysh, Yu. V. [in Russian] (ed.). История музыки народов СССР Т. 2 [History of Music of the Peoples of the USSR. Vol. 2] (in Russian). Moscow: Sovetsky kompozitor. pp. 389–393. В скрипичном концерте расширяется круг народно-жанровых исто- ков творчества Хачатуряна, углубляются связи с крестьянским музы- кальным фольклором. Можно указать на интонационную связь темы главной партии первой части с мелодиями танца «Кочари», песни «Келе, келе» («Шествуй, шествуй»), темы побочной партии - с мело- дией песни «Эс арун» («Ручеек»), основной темы финала - с мелодией песни «Вард кошикс» («Башмачок») и т. д. При общем праздничном характере музыки в концерте встречаются и скорбно-драматические образы. Так, в среднем разделе второй части чувствуется интонационная общность с трагическими по содержанию песнями «Крунк» («Журавль»), «Антуни» («Бездомный»).
    5x expanded by Yerevantsi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 78 past nominations.

    --Երևանցի talk 18:08, 2 November 2025 (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: Page was expanded 5x, now at 2,220 words. Reliable sources throughout, assuming good faith in offline sources. Original hook seems more interesting to me. QPQ done. Looks good overall! BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Berlin Papyrus Collection

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    Papyrus Berlin 25239
    Papyrus Berlin 25239
    Created by WatkynBassett (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 31 past nominations.

    WatkynBassett (talk) 11:25, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    New enough (created Nov. 1, nom Nov. 2); long enough (8,658 characters/1356 words); well-sourced with scholarly publicaitons. Both hooks are short, interesting and sourced. Two QPQs done. I've made several small corrections to the text. I'm unsure about the image and whether it is actually PD, because it's indicated to have come from lsaclassics.com. --Երևանցի talk 09:36, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Yerevantsi: Thank you very much for your helpful edits and the review. I would consider this image to be PD because the papyrus itself is obviously old enough and it is Commons policy to accept that the process of scanning does not add the required level of originality to make it itself copyrightable. But we will not have to worry about that as I have since located an image of the papyrus which has a compatible licence and uploaded it. I have taken the liberty to change the image above accordingly and will do so in the article. WatkynBassett (talk) 22:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good! --Երևանցի talk 13:34, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Knowa De Baraso

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    De Baraso in 2025
    De Baraso in 2025
    Moved to mainspace by Tipyyy (talk) and Mrwonders2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    TarnishedPathtalk 11:19, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    TarnishedPathtalk 11:38, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm on the fence about whether a Wikipedia article is appropriate about this child, but I'd point out that he wasn't a "teenager", he was only 12 years old when he asked the question to Lindell. His age seems to be what drew attention to him, so I would suggest is age (at the time) being included in the DYK, rather than "teenager". A 19-year-old teenager involved in politics is nowhere near as unusual as a 12/13 year old. Sionk (talk) 13:40, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sionk, I've updated ALT1 per your observation. ATL0 he was 13 by the time that interview occurred, so no need to update that. Regarding your comment about the subject being a child, I was slightly hesitant about approving it at WP:AFC; however, I determined that they met WP:GNG and considered that they have their own social media presence and it looks like they're going to keep at it. TarnishedPathtalk 01:47, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Judging by his Instagram [25], he's certainly met some known people. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:37, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A couple of comments: For ALT0, can we find any sources that confirm he went on the campaign trail with Biden and Harris? That would be a stronger claim than that he said he had been on the campaign with them. For ALT1, please change "their claims" to "his claims" in reference to Mike Lindell. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:48, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Metropolitan90: I'll try and find some sourcing for ALT0 which confirms De Baraso's statement. TarnishedPathtalk 03:04, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Metropolitan90:, the best I've been able to find is an 11alive.com story in which there is a quote: De Baraso has worked with and supported several Democrats at the state level and nationally, including Former President Joe Biden. The teen said he was tapped by Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ team during her 2024 presidential run for outreach to the 18 to 24-year-old voting demographic. In Georgia, De Baraso has worked with heavy hitters like District Attorney Fani Willis, among others.
    I don't think that cuts it as far as what you were looking for. TarnishedPathtalk 03:19, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not planning to do a formal review for this DYK nomination. I just wanted to comment on the potential hooks. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:48, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The article was nominated the day it was moved to main space. It is long enough. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. Sources are cited. QPQ is done. ALT1 seems to be the best choice here. Surtsicna (talk) 22:10, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Gerrit van der Waals

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    Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 574 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:57, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting life, on fine sources, foreign-language sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The hook is fine by me, I just fixed a typo. Why no image, perhaps one of the two views? I understand that you will have to supply a second qpq review, then we are set. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Piotrus, did you hear me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:54, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gerda Arendt: Not until the ping now, since my watchlist is too large, and I did not get any talk page notification. The ping now of course worked. Here's the 2nd QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (ongoing). Tnx for your review. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:31, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. (I don't clutter talk pages if I can avoid it, expect people to monitor their nominations, and I do for m< reviews,) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:01, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Carlos Manzo

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    • ... that after the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo, known for his stance against organized crime, his wife, Grecia Quiroz, was chosen to complete his term in office?
    Created by Moscow Mule (talk), Tbhotch (talk) and Coqui002 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 4. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 61 past nominations.

    Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 04:03, 6 November 2025 (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) 00:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Defense of Azakh

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    • ... that one of the most significant episodes of Assyrian resistance during Sayfo was the Defense of Azakh?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: For whoever is unable to access the source, page. 85 states "Beside Iwardo, the most successful Assyrian resistance took place at Azakh (now Idil, situated between Midyat and Cizre)..."
    Improved to Good Article status by Surayeproject3 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Surayeproject3 (talk) 19:20, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Recently promoted to GA and no QPQ needed. No image. Article is NPOV and is long enough. The hook is, by my estimation, interesting. While it's not a strange or unusual fact, it gives enough references to relatively obscure events that it will prompt the reader to click as much as any. Hook is inline cited to a RS. Seems good to me! Chetsford (talk) 16:45, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay

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    Femke Bol passing Naomi Van den Broeck
    Femke Bol passing Naomi Van den Broeck
    • Source: "Elsewhere on the track, the Netherlands’ Femke Bol provided one of Paris’ signature moments, overcoming three runners to earn her country a gold in the women’s 4x400-meter mixed relay." (link)
    Improved to Good Article status by Editør (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.

    Editør (talk) 11:38, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme

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    Improved to Good Article status by MCE89 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    MCE89 (talk) 13:46, 2 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - For the ALT0 hook, the source states "nearly 33% of all meat processing workers", whereas the article states "33% of its meat processing workforce" and the hook states "one in three Australian meat processing ...". Please update ALT0 and the article to accurately reflect the usage of nearly in the source.
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: @MCE89:, if you can update the article and ALT0 to more accurately follow the source in it's usage of the term nearly I'll approve this. TarnishedPathtalk 07:08, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Whoops, thanks for catching that @TarnishedPath — now fixed. MCE89 (talk) 07:10, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Approved with a preference for ALT1. TarnishedPathtalk 07:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Bea Sprung

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    • Source: NXGN 2023: The 25 best wonderkids in women's football [26]
    • (Hon lämnar Skåne bakom sig med tre SM-guld och en cuptitel i bagaget.
    • She leaves Skåne County behind with three Swedish championships and a cup title. [27]
    • ALT1: ... that GOAL included Bea Sprung among the 25 best wonderkids in women's football in 2023, or that she credits her competitive swimming background with aiding her development as a footballer?
    • Source: See first source for ALT0 hook
    • Vad har simningen gett dig?
    • – Disciplin skulle jag säga. Du måste pusha dig själv på ett annat sätt, inte riktigt som du gör på fotbollsplanen. Det är mer mängdträning. Men du måste pressa dig själv, och det tror jag har hjälpt mig.
    • What has swimming given you?
    • – I would say discipline. You have to push yourself in a different way, not quite like you do on the football pitch. It's a higher training volume. But you need to push yourself and I believe that has helped me. [28]
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Since this is my first DYK-nomination, any advise/feedback is appreciated.
    Created by Chili Stampede (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Chili Stampede (talk) 05:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Passes DYKcheck and copyvio check, both hooks look good/interesting and are backed by three WP:RS's. Article was created on 3 November 2025 and submitted as a DYK on 7 November 2025, so within the 7-day limit. No QPQ performed. Chili Stampede: I'm torn between your two hooks. What if the second was reworded to read something like:
    ...that GOAL included Bea Sprung among the 25 best wonderkids in women's football in 2023 and that she credits her competitive swimming background with her skills as a footballer?
    There's something about the word 'or' in each hook that makes it a little awkward. I'm trying to reword the second to better link the two halves of the overall sentence. What do you think? Thanks! CaptainAngus (talk) 21:44, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The issue here is that the hook proposal is complicated and could really be split into two separate hooks. How do these options sound instead?
    ALT2 ... that GOAL included Bea Sprung among the 25 best wonderkids in women's football in 2023?
    ALT3 ... that Bea Sprung credits her competitive swimming background with aiding her development as a footballer?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you summed it up. I'd lean towards ALT3 myself, but either would work. Chili Stampede? CaptainAngus (talk) 03:58, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Chili Stampede: Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @CaptainAngus:@Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the feedback. I like both Alt2 and Alt3. I was originally torn between which hook I would submit, so I combined them into one, but I suppose less is more in this case. Chili Stampede (talk) 17:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Updated status to pass based on either ALT2 or ALT3. Thank you both! CaptainAngus (talk) 01:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Eugen Constant

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    • ... that, while interrogated by Romanian authorities for his involvement with a 1934 protest, poet Eugen Constant claimed to have persuaded the examining magistrate about the validity of Marxism?
    • Source: Petre Dragu, "Partidul — izvorul îndrăznelii noastre. Convorbire cu poetul Eugen Constant", in Scînteia Tineretului, 13 April 1971, p. 1: Prin 1934, după ce publicasem un volum de versuri în care înfieram „orinduirea cea crudă şi nedreaptă“ şi pe ministrul de justiţie — care se lăudase că poartă la brîu toate cheile penitenciarelor din România — , am fost chemat în faţa judecăţii. Procurorul care m-a „instruit“, un tînăr intelectual autentic, m-a primit, la prima înfăţişare, bătînd cu pumnul în masă, ameninţîndu-mă, insultîndu-mă, ca pe un „duşman al poporului“, ce mă socotea. Şi chiar aşa mă considera, prin prisma a ce şi cum învăţase el despre lupta revoluţionară şi ţelurile ei. [...] L-am provocat, atunci, pe loc, la o discuţie „de lămurire“, discuţie pe care — ca dovadă că nu mă-nşelasem asupra lui — el însuşi a dorit s-o continuăm şi în întîlnirile următoare. Urmarea : m-a socotit nevinovat și, fiind pedepsit de ministru pentru hotărîrea lui, și-a dat imediat demisia, în mod public, cu un tărăboi pe care numai tinerii care descopăr adevărurile fundamentale știu să-l facă. Mai tîrziu avea să-mi fie harnic și priceput colaborator la un ziar de atitudine, independent, pe care-l scoteam la Craiova. Translated: "Around 1934, after I had published a volume of verses in which I denounced the 'cruel and unjust order' and the Minister of Justice — who had boasted that he carried the keys to all the prisons in Romania — I was summoned to appear in court. The prosecutor who 'instructed' me, a young and genuine intellectual, greeted me, on my first appearance, by banging his fist on the table, by threatening me, by insulting me, as, in his words, an 'enemy of the people'. And that is exactly how he viewed me, in light of what and how he had been taught regarding the revolutionary struggle and its goals. [...] I then challenged him, on the spot, to a 'clarification' discussion, a discussion that — as proof that I had not been mistaken about him — he himself wanted us to continue in our subsequent meetings. The result: he considered me innocent and, being punished by the minister for his decision, he immediately resigned, publicly, with a fuss that only young people who discover fundamental truths know how to make. Later he would be my diligent and skillful collaborator on an independent opinion newspaper that I myself was publishing in Craiova."
    Created by Dahn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 118 past nominations.

    Dahn (talk) 09:16, 7 November 2025 (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: Yes
    • Other problems: No - Grammar seems a bit wonky
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: See below AmateurHi$torian (talk) 12:17, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • The article is new enough (created on November 3, 2025) and long enough (21936 characters).
    • It is neutral in tone.
    • It is pretty much entirely based on sources that are inaccessible to me. I can access one article that provides a very brief biography of the subject. Approving per WP:DYKRI ("If the article is entirely or substantially sourced to offline, foreign-language or paywalled sources, verify the basic facts, or at the very least, the existence of the article subject.").
    • The hook can be verified per the provided quote and its translation (AGF).
    • Both QPQs have been provided.
    • @Dahn: The hook sounds a bit awkward. I think it should be "while being interrogated" instead of "while interrogated", and "persuaded of" instead of "persuaded about". Another issue is that the wording makes it sound like he made the claim during the interrogation. Could you please provided a reworded hook? -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 12:17, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • How about ALT1: ... that poet Eugen Constant claims that, while being interrogated by Romanian authorities over his involvement in a 1934 protest, he persuaded the examining magistrate of the validity of Marxism?
    Edit conflict Thank you, and you're right to point that out. Also phrasing as ALT 2: ... that Eugen Constant, who was interrogated by Romanian authorities for his involvement in a 1934 protest, claimed to have persuaded the examining magistrate of the validity of Marxism? Dahn (talk) 12:22, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dahn: ALT2 is better. The word "about" should be replaced by "of", though. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 12:31, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @AmateurHi$torian: Or is it "on" ? Dahn (talk) 13:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dahn: See example 5 -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 13:17, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough. Amended to "of" (though the OED also cites "about" as acceptable, this is probably punchier). Dahn (talk) 13:30, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Struck ALT0. Approving both ALT1 and ALT2. Since ALT1 is a rewording which doesn't introduce any new facts, another reviewer is not needed. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 13:50, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Natick Center station

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    • ... that the former Natick station building became the basement of a liquor store?
    Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 67 past nominations.

    Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:50, 3 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comments by Tbhotch

    General eligibility:

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

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

    Overall: A recently approved GA. The article is written neutrally, I didn't spot text issues. No plagiarism issues. The sources I could access match what the article says. No pictures to review. QPQs done. The hook is cited and interesting. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 05:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Waverly W. Wray

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    • ALT1: ... that Waverly W. Wray donated half his salary as a soldier to build a church in his hometown?
    • ALT2: ... that Waverly W. Wray was too heavy for his parachute, though was never issued a larger one due to having "legs like tree trunks"?
    • ALT3: ... that Waverly W. Wray was nicknamed "Deacon" for his devout Christianity?
    Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.

    Roast (talk) 23:34, 3 November 2025 (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. ALT0 and ALT2 seem the most interesting. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:23, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chan Wa-yen

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    • Source: "拳手陳維仁 未參加集訓 教練替他體重耽心" [Boxer Chan Wa-yen Did Not Attend Training Camp; Coach Worries About His Weight]. United Daily News (in Chinese). 1968-09-17. p. 6.

      The article notes: "世運選手集訓一週，拳擊國手陳維仁，始終未參加訓練，只有何四郎與王基瑩兩人受訓。世運拳擊隊教練林忠孚指出，陳維仁在軍中服役生活有規律且營養豐富，體重直線上升，目前已達五十五公斤。"

      From Google Translate: "During the week-long Olympics training camp, national boxer Chan Wa-yen has not participated in any training sessions. Only Ho Su-lung and Wang Chee-yen have been training. World Games boxing coach Lin Chung-fu pointed out that Chan Wa-yen's regular and well-nourished life during his military service has led to a rapid increase in weight, currently reaching 55 kilograms."

      Shih, Ko-min 施克敏 (1968-10-23). "我拳手「反傳統」的表現" [Our Boxer's 'Unconventional' Performance]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. 6.

      The article notes: "陳維仁來此參加世運前，因參加暑期軍集，始終沒有請准假，到代表團報到集訓，到墨西哥時，他的體重超過四公斤，就在比賽前十三天，才逐日節食，把這四公斤減下去了，但這已削弱了他的體力，我們國內常常有很多不協調的制度，阻礙運動的進步，影響國家代表隊集訓，這是一例。"

      From Google Translate: "Before Chan Wa-yen came to participate in the Olympics, he was participating in summer military training and had not been granted leave. He reported to the delegation for training. When he arrived in Mexico, his weight exceeded four kilograms. He only managed to lose those four kilograms by dieting every day for thirteen days before the competition. However, this had already weakened his physical strength. There are often many uncoordinated systems in our country that hinder the progress of sports and affect the training of national teams. This is one example."

    5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 103 past nominations.

    Cunard (talk) 10:46, 3 November 2025 (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: Fabulous rescue and expansion of this PRODed article. Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:45, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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    Satank Bridge, Satank, Colorado

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    The restored Satank Bridge
    The restored Satank Bridge
    • ... that Satank Bridge (pictured) to Satank, Colorado, was constructed in 1900 for $2,325, while its 2011 restoration was estimated to cost at least $750,000?
    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 4. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 85 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 00:12, 4 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Hi Pbritti, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 27 October and nominated within 7 days; article exceeds minimum length and is well-enough written; article is cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources; I didn't pick up on any overly-close paraphrasing from a spot check on the sources; hook fact is interesting enough for me (even accounting for inflation the values are markedly different), though perhaps also consider alternatives eg. that the settlement has had four names; the proposed hook fact checks out to sources cited. A handful of minor issues - Dumelow (talk) 07:48, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • The links you bolded are the same article, I would lose the bridge one since the article is at Satank, Colorado
    • The image used must be in the article linked, this one isn't
    • The cost stated here and in the source is $750,000, in the article you have $750,500
    • To comply with DYK rules you need to have a citation immediately after the two sentences with the costs in
    • You need to provide QPQs
    Sorry, I must have clicked the same link twice and assumed one was a redirect to the town article! I will review the Satank Bridge article soon. I would suggest you link this article from Satank, Colorado and consider using a {{main}} header in the "Satank Bridge" section of that article - Dumelow (talk) 15:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Absolutely no worries. Good idea with the Template:Main. Working on the last two QPQs momentarily. Thanks for your patience and review! ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Satank Bridge is also fine and meets all criteria. Let me know when you have completed the last two QPQs - Dumelow (talk) 20:34, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, you already did! Good to go - Dumelow (talk) 20:35, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Lorens von der Linde

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    Lorens von der Linde
    Lorens von der Linde
    • Source: "Omedelbart efter tronbestigningen sände Karl Gustav sin trogne krigskamrat till Holstein för att rapportera om den prinsessa han valt till sin drottning" which Google translates as: "Immediately after ascending the throne, Karl Gustav sent his faithful war comrade to Holstein to report on the princess he had chosen as his queen." from: "Lorens Linde, von der". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Riksarkivet. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
    5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 952 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 09:22, 4 November 2025 (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: Spot-checked citations 2–6 with the assistance of a translator tool for Swedish-language sources; no verification issues or obvious discrepancies arose. Yue🌙 20:16, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Farzana Kochai

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    5x expanded by Yue (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 44 past nominations.

    Yue🌙 23:27, 3 November 2025 (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: Main Norwegian source was easy to cross check with google translator. Every thing requisite seems good enough to succeed for DYK. Bookku (talk) 07:39, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on November 4

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    Tareq Baconi

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    • ... that Palestinian author Tareq Baconi wrote policy reports on energy and water in the MENA region, a study of Hamas, and then a memoir on "queer identity, family history, and political awakening"?
    Created by Drmies (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 228 past nominations.
    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: Nice job on the article- will definitely be checking out the memoir! Article is new enough (created 4 Nov, nom 6 Nov), long enough (1860 B), QPC done, EW is 18.7% mostly because of a long quote about memoir- I would shorten and/or paraphrase some of it, since it's just describing the book's topics and the particular phrasing doesn't add a lot imo. NPR hook citation supports the Hamas study and queer identity memoir but not the water/energy policy reports - but that's cited in the article text. At 195 characters, the hook is within limits but does feel a bit wordy/listy to me. What do you think of this alternate:

    Maria Rickmers (barque)

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    Abeam view of Maria Rickmers in 1892
    Abeam view of Maria Rickmers in 1892
    • ... that Maria Rickmers (pictured), one of the largest sailing ships of her day, disappeared on her maiden voyage?
    • Source: ...Maria Rickmers was one of the largest sailing-ship...on her maiden voyage...disappeared and is believed to have capsized" from pages 245 and 246 of The Great Age of Sail
    Created by GGOTCC (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

    GGOTCC 02:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    The article is new enough (created November 4) and long enough (2980 characters). It is sourced, neutral, and plagiarism-free. Assuming good faith on the sources I cannot access. The hook is cited and interesting. The image is in the public domain, clear, and used within the article. QPQ has been provided. I'm assuming "Maria Rikers" is a typo? Since the article itself and all the sources mention "Maria Rickmers". -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 16:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @AmateurHi$torian: OH, yes!! Thank you for pointing that out, I cant believe I missed that! GGOTCC 17:51, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good to go -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 13:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Malakhov Kurgan

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    Malakhov Kurgan
    Malakhov Kurgan
    • Source: "In the battles for the mound Vice-Admiral V.A. Kornilov and P.S.Nakhimov who commande dthe Sevastopol defense were wounded deadly" from: Grinevetsky, Sergei R.; Zonn, Igor S.; Zhiltsov, Sergei S.; Kosarev, Aleksey N.; Kostianoy, Andrey G. (30 September 2014). The Black Sea Encyclopedia. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-55227-4.
    • ALT1: ... that the Malakhov Kurgan (pictured) has played roles in the Crimean War, Russian Revolution of 1905, Second World War and the Russian annexation of Crimea? Source: As above plus "during the Revolution of 1905-1907 MK was the meeting place of workers, soldiers and sailors" from the same source plus "Shortly after the Soviet leadership fled, German infantry from Oberst Ernst Maisel's IR 42 began advancing into the shattered and burning ruins of Sevastopol, followed by IR 72. Captain-Lieutenant Aleksei P. Matyukhin's battery of two 130mm guns located on the edge of the city on the Malakhov Hill fired as long as they could against advancing German troops, but was overrun when it ran out of ammunition. Matyukhin was captured." from: Forczyk, Robert (20 September 2014). Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941–44. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 329. ISBN 978-1-78200-976-4. and "Crimea is Balaklava and Kerch, Malakhov Kurgan and Sapun-Gora. Each one of these places is sacred to us, as symbols of Russian military glory and unheard-of valor." from: Greene, Samuel A.; Robertson, Graeme B. (11 June 2019). Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia. Yale University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-300-24505-9.
    • ALT2: ... that Malakhov Kurgan (pictured) in Crimea is named after the operator of an illicit vodka shop? Source: "Today, Malakhov Hill is a popular city attraction: a serene, wooded park and open-air memorial complex replete with an eternal flame. Given the hill's strategic and historic importance, surely this Malakhov fellow after whom it is named was some legendary military hero, no? Actually... no.Mikhail Malakhov was a lowly ship's purser in the tsarist navy in charge of bookkeeping and buying provisions. His position allowed him to acquire great quantities of charka liquor on the navy's tab, which he then sold for immense per-sonal profit. Even after being court-martialed for such corrupt abuses, Malakhov used his connections with shifty procurement officers and bootleggers to open an illegal, ramshackle (but extremely popular and lucrative) vodka shop, built into the side of the hill that now bears his name." from: >Schrad, Mark (March 2014). Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-975559-2.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mohamad Asruchin & Template:Did you know nominations/Glory Hole Park
    5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 953 past nominations.

    Dumelow (talk) 15:02, 4 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Fantastic article. New enough, long enough, well cited, and good images. Citing is good and no evidence of close phrasing, etc. Personally like the first hook, but the rest all check with direct cites as well. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sepp Kuss

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    • Source: [29] "In the first nine months of 2023, Kuss has already recorded 256 activities, totaling some 29,007 kilometers (18,024.6 miles) and 547,019 meters (1,794,682 ft) of elevation — that’s nearly 62 Everestings in 37 weeks."
    • ALT1: ... that cyclist Sepp Kuss set 808 individual Strava records in 2023, the most of any pro athlete? Source: [30] "The activity-sharing platform today announced that Kuss has claimed more virtual King of the Mountain trophies than any other professional athlete in 2023 ... We’re talking about the 808 KOMs he claimed this year."
    • ALT2: ... that cyclist Sepp Kuss won his first Tour de France stage near his home in Andorra? Source: [31] "Among them is American climbing specialist Sepp Kuss, who lives in Andorra year-round ... Spotted from his deck view, Col de Beixalis looms as a daily source of inspiration. It's on this 8.2-kilometer climb that Kuss clinched stage 15 of the 2021 Tour de France"
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Verylongandmemorable (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Verylongandmemorable (talk) 01:04, 11 November 2025 (UTC). I'm accepting on GF that sourcing is good from the GA. Otherwise the article itself is quite good, with lots of images that would be good in the hook. Hook is directly cited. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:59, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mavuika

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Wasn't sure if the Game Base source was good enough for DYK on its own, so I added two more to be safe.
    Improved to Good Article status by Gommeh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Gommeh 📖   🎮 13:30, 5 November 2025 (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 - Really sorry, but from my perspective I don't get the interesting part of this hook - what makes it so special that a character in a video game rides a bike in war?
    • Other problems: No - Hook contrasts WP:DYKFICTION If the subject of the hook is a creative work, the hook must be focused on a real-world fact. Try to focus the hook on the IRL processes of the character (during its creation and design process).
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Needs some work per above Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 04:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    How about: ALT1: ... that Chrissy Costanza (pictured) sang a promotional song for the Genshin Impact character Mavuika?

    Gommeh 📖   🎮 04:56, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Gommeh: I'm good with that. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 01:16, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jeromi Mikhael: I'm thinking of adding this picture of Chrissy Costanza as an image, but I'm not sure how to add that now that I've already made the nomination. The hook would be the same as ALT1, just with "(pictured)" added after the singer's name. Would that be OK? Gommeh 📖   🎮 13:30, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gommeh: No problem! I think you could just amend ALT1 without having to add any new ALTs. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:08, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jeromi Mikhael: Changed my mind per WP:DYKDIVERT. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on November 5

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    Miho Karasawa

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    • ... that Miho Karasawa's stage name True was influenced by her interest in anime being her "true" self? Source: [32] (──本当にやりたいこととして、アニメソングにたどりついたと。じゃあアーティスト名の“TRUE”というのは、ご自身の“本当の姿”みたいな意味合いなんですか？ TRUE　そうですね。私が現在、アニメソングの歌詞を書けるのは、そういう一アニメファンの目線を持っているからだと思います。アニメソングの歌詞ってJ-POPと作り方が違いますし、作品が好きな人じゃないと作れないと思うんです。)
    5x expanded by Narutolovehinata5 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 122 past nominations.

    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Interesting article about a women who knows what she's doing. I don't think that shows in the hook, but am willing to approve it if it is what you want to say. I would prefer to be told that she is basically a singer, rather than just "stage" which could be so many things. You might say she appeared under the stage name without giving the rest of characters to quirkiness - anime and "true self" seem quite a contradiction to my limited understanding. I'd be more interested in the many songs she performed that became theme songs, and could imagine one with an interesting title for an example. The most unique thing I found in the article was the last sentence, about her being willing to "give away" her song creations to others performers who might sing them better. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:02, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Forgot to say the basics: fine expansions, Japanese sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for the review Gerda, but I really did not understand what your concern was with the hook or what you want me to do. Do you want me to propose a new hook, or to reword the existing one? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:23, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    My concerns with the hook are
    • ... that "stage" could mean anything (drama stage, musical theater stage ...), but doesn't lead me to thinking "singer" and certainly not song-writer.
    • ... that I find True an interesting stage name, but would not care about why someone chose it, and was surprised about the combination of anime (which looks artificial to me), to true self.
    • ... that the main idea is someone saying something about herself, which I'd avoid (compare a discussion on Fauré Requiem about how reliable a source some composer is), - we can only claim that a person said it is so, not that it is so.
    I also gave two facts I'd be interested in. Your turn to make changes or not. If you don't share or understand any of my concerns, I'll approve the original. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "Stage name" is a common English term for aliases used by celebrities in entertainment. For example, Stefani Germanotta going under the name Lady Gaga, or Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar going by the name Cardi B. Also, the intention here is for a hook that would interest a broad audience and not necessarily just you. As for your last concern, I do not have reason to doubt her reasoning behind her stage name, so it should be acceptable per WP:ABOUTSELF. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:22, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I know what stage name means. My concern is that the hook gives no idea of what she does on stage, and certainly not that she is a creative songwriter. But as you wish. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Armand Avril

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    Created by Jmanlucas (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 2160 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article looks good -- no obvious copyright violations. If you don't mind I'll just review ALT1 since I can't speak French and I think that ALT1 is more interesting. It matches the source and article and looks good. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:20, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Linggawaty Hakim

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    • ... that Indonesian diplomat Linggawaty Hakim assisted the Bahamas government in determining its maritime border with Cuba? Source: "DAFTAR RIWAYAT HIDUP" (PDF). Department of Foreign Affairs Indonesia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2025. "Membantu Bahamas di dalam menyelesaikan batas maritim dengan Cuba." [Assisting the Bahamas in resolving maritime boundaries with Cuba]
      • ALT1: ... that Linggawaty Hakim sent a note of protest to the Malaysian government after it attempted to claim the Tortor dance as its own? Source: "Soal Tor-tor, Kemlu RI Catat Boleh Tapi Tegaskan Asal dari Indonesia" [Regarding Tor-tor, Indonesian Foreign Ministry Notes It's Allowed but Affirms Its Origin from Indonesia]. Detik News (in Indonesian). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2025. [sent a diplomatic note to the Malaysian government regarding the Tor-tor dance. In the note, Indonesia requested that Malaysia also record the origin of the Tor-tor dance, namely Indonesia...the Director General of Law and International Treaties, Linggawaty Hakim.]
      • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pringle House (New Zealand) and Template:Did you know nominations/Mavuika
    Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 108 past nominations.

    Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 04:08, 9 November 2025 (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: Recently created article. Both the hooks are cited in the main body of the article and I prefer ALT1 as its more interesting. No plagiarism concerns and good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 13:33, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Trinity Communion Church

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    • ... that Trinity Communion Church in western New York erected a 10 foot (3.0 m) papier-mâché pink elephant on its lawn to increase the church's visibility in its neighborhood?
    • Source: "'Now that’s a pink elephant,' said Jerry Corbett of Webster, who wheeled up to the front lawn of Irondequoit’s Trinity Communion Church Wednesday night, just as pink-spattered painters were wrapping up their “pink-ifying,” if you will, of a pachyderm that has been in residence, in various stages of completeness, for about a month. The purpose of the elephant is really to engage the church family in making the building and themselves more visible to the surrounding community - albeit in a whimsical way.... The about 10-foot-tall elephant has a plywood frame but was also constructed of chicken wire, some cement, papier mache, fabric and glue." Daily Messenger, https://www.mpnnow.com/story/news/2009/07/10/painted-pink-pachyderm-prompts-party/45576391007/
    Moved to mainspace by Dclemens1971 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 29 past nominations.

    Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:43, 5 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on November 6

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    Kaiten no Albus

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    Created by Link20XX (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Link20XX (talk) 11:09, 7 November 2025 (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: Yes
    • Other problems: No - I think ALT1 would be the best hook here. ALT0 doesn't sound as interesting to a general audience unless they know what an RTA video is.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Nice work on this article. Approving ALT1. Epicgenius (talk) 15:16, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on November 7

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    Yi Peng festival

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    Floating lanterns over Chiang Mai during Yi Peng
    Floating lanterns over Chiang Mai during Yi Peng
    Created by ManoiCMU (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    ManoiCMU (talk) 16:05, 7 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Lovely and fascinating article with an excellent and evocative image (suitably licensed and attractive even in small format); highly recommend for promoters to place this in an image slot. Article is new enough and long enough; copyvio free. No QPQ required. The first hook does not work as the source doesn't include the details in the second half about the heavenly stupa, but ALT1 is good to go. Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:22, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dclemens1971: Thank you very much for your kind comment and review. For ALT0, I have a strong source to support that fact (see: [35]). However, I agree to promote ALT1 as you suggested, along with the photo (note for the DYK promoter). ManoiCMU (talk) 15:13, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @ManoiCMU: Can you provide a translation of the relevant passage? The machine-translation tools I have don't work for with Thai. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:17, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    yes sure...here it is: "...ความเชื่อ การปล่อยโคมเพื่อบูชาพระเกศแก้วจุฬามณี เป็นความเชื่อของผู้คนที่จะทำทุกวิธีทางเพื่อให้สามารถกราบไหว้พระเกศแก้วจุฬามณีที่อยู่บนสวรรค์ได้..." [“...The belief in releasing sky lanterns as an offering to the Cūḷāmaṇi Cetiya, which enshrines the Buddha’s hair relic, reflects people’s faith and their desire to find any possible way to pay homage to the sacred relic residing in heaven...”]. ManoiCMU (talk) 15:31, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, giving a to ALT0 as well. I tweaked it slightly. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:15, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Bartholomäus Scultetus

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    • Source: Page 97 of Biographies of a Reformation: Religious Change and Confessional Coexistence in Upper Lusatia, c. 1520-1635 by Martin Christ
    5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 105 past nominations.

    Jon698 (talk) 21:48, 8 November 2025 (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
    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: Yes

    QPQ: No - pending
    Overall: Once QPQ is completed, good to go. Maximilian775 (talk) 15:31, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Maximilian775: QPQ is provided above. Jon698 (talk) 17:06, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry for delay! Maximilian775 (talk) 19:41, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Doot Doot (6 7)

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    Created by WhatADrag07 (talk) and Gdshordy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    WhatADrag07 (talk) 17:26, 9 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article meets all 6710 DYK criterias above. Article long and new enough, also very detailed about the song and its prominence in light of the 6-7 meme. Article is also well-sourced, neutral and verifiable, as well as having its content organized in a presentable format. Hook is definitely very eye-catching and interesting. All good to go! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 03:05, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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