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Overall: @Bsoyka: Good work on the article! I prefer ALT0 over the rest of the hooks. I do have the board game, so hopefully I don't have a COI :p ~ TailsWx02:41, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... that the Bergdorf Goodman Building's architecture was intended to evoke the design of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, which it replaced? Source: "Real Estate in City and Suburbs: $5,000,000 Vanderbilt Corner Lease Bergdorf & Goodman Co. Rents Building Planned for Fifth Ave. and 58th St. Part of Chateau Site". New York Herald Tribune. March 12, 1927. p. 24.
ALT3: ... that Bergdorf Goodman originally did not want its store to become a New York City landmark because of concerns over tenants and mortgages? Source: Dash, Earl A. (March 25, 1971). "Broadway-Hale Buys Bergdorf's: Goodman Talked To Marcus,Liked Deal N-M Got: The Same Family". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 122, no. 58. pp. 1, 11.
... that a 1917 agreement between France and Russia to support each others' post-war territorial ambitions was rendered void within days due to the February Revolution?
Source: "one of the last acts of the Tsarist government was to agree with the French (11 March 1917) that, in return for recognising their claims to Alsace-Lorraine and the right to fix the eastern frontier, Russia received the right to determine her own western limits, that is, to include as much of Poland as she could reconquer, Fortunately this bargain did not survive the revolution of March 1917" from: Reddaway, W. F.; Penson, J. H.; Halecki, O.; Dyboski, R. (15 September 2016). The Cambridge History of Poland. Cambridge University Press. p. 485. ISBN978-1-316-62003-8.
Overall: I'm not sure I can support ALT1 because this seems like it could be a POV interpretation. The designation of territories as "Poland", "Russia", etc. was a key controversy in boundary disputes. I think the original hook is best. (t · c) buidhe00:06, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that the uniform of the Hong Kong contingent of the Submarine Mining Service was designed by future British Army Lieutenant-General George Macdonogh(pictured)?
ALT1: ... that in 1896 the Hong Kong Telegraph described the local detachment of the Submarine Mining Service as the only company of the British Army to wear a silk uniform? Source: "The Hong Kong Telegraph commented in 1896, 'Hongkongites have just reason to be proud of possessing the only company in the British Army clothed in silk, which distinction is enjoyed by the local Chinese Company of Sappers, their "full dress" being composed of that material ... . By emphasising the use of silk in the uniform of the Hong Kong submarine miners, the writer intentionally or unintentionally strengthened the hierarchy of races with the white men on top" from the same page as ALT0
Overall: 1. I prefer ALT1. 2. DAB Chatham, and inline Portsmouth and Plymouth. 3. Not clear what a mortar boat is, but we have no wp article on it. 4. "in later life" is ambiguous in the image caption - later than what? 5. I think it's fine that the newspaper was likely incorrect, as this is a hook and accurate as to what was written by the paper. 6. I'm partial to the Oxford comma, but not everyone is, so I've not touched that, though I have made some copyedits. 7. I gatjer that the hook is likely supported by the ref following the sentence with the quote in the article, but perhaps it is good form to place the ref at the end of that particular sentence as well, given that it is the hook sentence. 8. I can't do a copyvio check, as the sources are not freely publicly available, so - promoter tell me if the rule is otherwise, - I assume i have to accept that there is no copyvio on good faith. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D997:A770:F85:5F4D (talk) 04:54, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the review and improvements to the article. I've made an edit to the article that I hope addresses all your comments, but let me know if any issues. I have linked gunboat for mortar boat, they would likely have been of the Arrow, Gleaner or Dapper class vessels but not sure which - Dumelow (talk) 07:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Article looks good. My only concern is the hook states that it was while writing the story, whereas the article says he was a victim of an enforced disappearance shortly after ending the story. Thoughts on this? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:12, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done. The problem was that I started writing "on the fly", and by logic, if the story is completed (the comic itself is) he must have been kidnapped after finishing it. And yet, it happened a year earlier. I then corrected the article when I realized that and sought sources with more detail, but I forgot to update the lead. As for the proposed ALT1, that doesn't seem like better wording to me. "Murdered" (a public figure by a national government) would suggest something more visible and/or public, like a firing squad execution, and just "disappeared" sounds like a magic trick. A hook should be understood on its own, without any other context at all. "enforced disappearance" is more precise and does not leave space for misunderstandings. Cambalachero (talk) 04:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article was made on the 8th, so is new enough. At almost 1700 characters, it is long enough. The article properly uses in-line citations and the copyvio detector finds no issues from the sources used. The hook is interesting and properly cited in-line in the article. No QPQ is required. Looks good to go! SilverserenC22:07, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Rash, David A. (2014). "Donald MacKay". In Ochsner, Jeffery Karl (ed.). Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects (2nd ed.). University of Washington Press. pp. 40–45.
Hi Generalissima, review follows; article created 9 August and exceeds minimum length; article is well written; article is cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources for the subject matter; I didn't pick up any issues with close paraphrasing from the two online sources, AGF on the other two; hook fact is interesting and mentioned in the article, AGF on offline source; QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Looks good – the only thing is I believe there needs to be a citation directly after the sentences assignment editor Matt Zaleski later told The Blade, "That's when my reaction was, 'My God, I've got a front-row seat to a train wreck.'" and During this time, the news department operated out of a leased double-wide trailer parked next to the studio building, which continued for three years (from 1977 to 1980). as they're the hooks. Otherwise fine. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:49, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that "Trust Issues" by Drake(pictured) was originally released in 2011 as a free download? Source: Ref: Drake slows down DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One” on “Trust Issues,” another new song released as a free download via his blog.
Reviewed:
Created by Dxneo (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
The article was nominated five days after it was created so it is still new. The background section and all the emperors are well-sourced, and Earwig confirmed it is free from plagiarism. I am also satisfied with the hook, I think it is interesting. Good to go! —Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul)15:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that children's museum La Nube(pictured) caught on fire during its construction? Source: Golden, Lianna (2023-03-14). "Safety concerns surrounding cloud shape of La Nube children's museum arise after fire". KDBC. El Paso, Texas. Retrieved 2024-08-08. Safety concerns surrounding the structure of the La Nube children's museum in downtown El Paso are surfacing after the building caught on fire Monday.
Overall: The article was moved to mainspace on August 10, 2024. It has a prose size of 3343 characters. Each paragraph in the body of the article has at least one reference. WP:EARWIG did not find any copyvios. QPQ was done. The hook is cited, interesting, and not too long. I'm not sure that the term "curator" is correct in this context. Does one of the sources use it? Or should it be "supplier"? I suggest adding a short description. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:35, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Curator seemed like the closest term to explain what the Royal warrant had her doing. She was in charge of going through and deciding the lighting fixtures and accompaniments for all the lighting in Buckingham Palace (and for any of the Royal's homes that requested it). Supplier would imply she just handed over pieces from her shop, but her involvement seemed to be more than that. How about this, I made some changes to what terms were in the hook, going with the term actually used directly by the reference. Is that better, Phlsph7? SilverserenC15:04, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. I was considering whether "was made" should be replaced with "became" but I don't think it makes much of a difference so I'll leave it to your judgement. Approved.
Overall: All looks good! Was very interesting reading about Bryson and I think the hook will grab people as well. DYK is often wary about publishing hooks about "firsts" but the cited source seems to be pretty clear about this. Grnrchst (talk) 11:39, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Article was created on time and is free from close paraphrasing. The hook is cited inline in the article, meets DYKINT, and is verified in the source. The statement about structures being wrapped in protective foil is not stated by text in the source, but pictures are shown which do show foil, so that works for me. Several statements cited to the Wenatchee World article are not in the current version of the article, such as the mention of Team 13. In addition, the article says that the fire may have "originated from a human-caused structure fire", but The Seattle Times only mentioned that the fire was "human-caused" with no mention of structures; the sentence also uses the Wenatchee World as a source and that too does not mention a "structure". A QPQ has also yet to be provided.
Source: "A pier in Morecambe was damaged, and a train in Cumbria was blown over." from: "1903 Ulysses Storm among windiest ever in British Isles". BBC News. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024. The other source in the article details that the pier was broken in two places, which I think is enough for the qualifier "badly"
ALT1: ... that the 1903 Storm Ulysses(damage pictured) was so named because its effects were described in James Joyce's novel of the same name? Source: "Storm Ulysses is so called because it inspired a passage in James Joyce's famous novel Ulysses." from same source as above
I think the image is by T. H. Stephenson, who is probably dead for over 70 years. (Compare the signature here). So it might be PD in the UK?
New enough, long enough, not copyvio (Earwig just finds direct quotes which are OK). Sourced nicely and neutral, no other policy issues. Hooks are sourced and interesting. I personally prefer ALT0 because we don't seem to have information on who called it "Ulysses". The image is just about OK at the size, certainly PD in the US and probably PD in the UK. QPQ has been done. —Kusma (talk) 16:05, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I got carried away. I was copyediting the article myself and then realized that I was getting too involved to be objective. I'd like another reviewer. BorgQueen (talk) 18:38, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks mainly good. I also verified the source and added an explicit mention of black magic into the article body per that source. I don't like that the coven mention is confined only to the lead, where it is unreferenced, and I don't see that word used in the source. I might recommend removing it, or I'm open to hearing a counterargument. Ed[talk][OMT]02:54, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... that Perugia's limia(pictured) females do not care whether males dance for them but only how big they are?
Source: "females of L. perugiae do not prefer courting versus noncourting males. They choose only with respect to body size" [2]
ALT1: ... that though it may have the gut of a herbivore, Perugia's limia(pictured) has quite a taste for bugs? Source: "species with longer guts corresponded to a more herbivorous dietary mode ... L. perugiae showed a large relative gut length combined with a high proportion of invertebrates in the diet." [3]
ALT2: ... that in Perugia's limia(pictured) the dominant males may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that all the females end up sneakily impregnated by the subordinate males instead? Source: "the dominant male must spend more time fighting and less time pursuing females. Furthermore, attacks on nonaggressive subordinates decrease as aggressive high rank males devote proportionally more time fighting each other, allowing lower rank males a greater opportunity to mate successfully." [4]
Overall: Going thru the articles and the paper, I highly recommend the ALT2 headline, I think that is an insightful, interesting mating behavior, good work! NeverBeGameOver (talk) 14:46, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: Nominated five days after creation and size is 1822 B. Figuring out if ref 4 supported the text and hook needed an extra minute of thought, but the article is overall in good shape. ミラP@Miraclepine19:08, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2: ... that many women writers have contributed to the development of Syrian literature? Source: Firat, Alexa (2017). Syria. In: Waïl S. Hassan (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions (online edition) Oxford Academic, Oxford, pp. 439–454, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199349791.013.29
Comments:ALT0 isn't accurate. In the source article, Samar Haddad says (translated into English): There's a trend towards making PDFs of books available as free downloads on websites. We publishers are directly affected because it's a lost opportunity to sell a book, but there's not much we can do about it. I once chatted with a young man who has a Facebook page, with a funny name in Arabic [Abu Abdo the Mule], that distributes free PDFs of books. (...) I know people who have stopped reading free copies after we've explained to them that they're harming us and the authors too. But such understanding people are rare. The thing that hurts the most about the subject is that people easily save money to buy stupid things, but not books. She says nothing about the low number of books getting published because of that. BorgQueen (talk) 19:07, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comments: I've reworded ALT1. The Al Jazeera news article supports the war and torture part; while it mentions the threat of imprisonment the poets are facing, it doesn't explicitly say imprisonment is a source of inspiration. In addition, the source talks about contemporary Syrian poetry, which is only one aspect of the national literature, so I added "partly". BorgQueen (talk) 19:27, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comments: I've struck ALT2 as there's nothing unusual about many women contributing to literature. Perhaps you could argue that Syria is an extremely male-dominated society and that makes it unusual and interesting, but our readers won't get that cultural context from the hook. BorgQueen (talk) 20:08, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comments: I've reworded ALT3 as well. The rationale behind Mohja Kahf's declaration of Syrian literature not existing is rather complicated actually, involving several linguistic, historical and geopolitical factors. I don't think what is written in the 2013 news article can be used to prove that Mohja Kahf completely revoked the previous statement. BorgQueen (talk) 20:26, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BorgQueen: Sure, I am OK. Thanks for reading these hooks so carefully. As you known, sometimes it is hard to find a good hook supported by the exact wording of a source. So ALT1 seems best to me. Munfarid1 (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]