Talk:BOW counties

A fact from BOW counties appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the BOW counties in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Map of Wisconsin highlighting the BOW counties in red

... that the BOW counties (pictured) in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020? Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/08/biden-won-election-map-435057
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alopekis
- Comment: I'm open to other hook ideas.

Created by Awkwafaba (talk). Self-nominated at 13:46, 14 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/BOW counties; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

@Awkwafaba: That QPQ doesn't count yet since you didn't carry out the review properly. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:07, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: can you be specific? awkwafaba (📥) 16:30, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Awkwafaba: As long as we're clear that verifying for "copyvio free" and "sourcing matters" for DYK articles, not just for the hook itself, it's cool. (It's the "well sourced" part of WP:DYKI...with more detailed guidelines at WP:DYKCRIT) Thanks for your DYK submission and for participating in the QPQ process. Cielquiparle (talk) 18:17, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Awkwafaba: I'm showing this at 1432 bytes readable prose size, just below the line, so it needs a little bit of increasing size-wise. No textual issues. The hook fact checks out. (Also, the 1996 data is incomplete.) A bit more prose is needed, and I'd like to see the 1996 lines filled out prior to approval. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:35, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie: that’s weird. DYK Check says “ DYK eligibility scan results: (See here for details.) Prose size (text only): 1727 characters (245 words) ‘readable prose size’”. As for 1996, the state only has county data for this century. I looked at WOW counties for their source and it only has percentages unless you pay. awkwafaba (📥) 02:23, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Awkwafaba: Wow, DYKcheck and Prosesize turn up different results totally. And Xtools says 1427. I took this to WP:DISCORD for some technical advice. I'd err on the side of it being too short. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:40, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammi Brie and Awkwafaba: I think the DYKcheck script may not be functioning as intended. When I copied and pasted all of the prose in the article into a sandbox, that script indicated that the article only had 1,316 characters of readable prose size. I am not sure why there would be a 400+ byte discrepancy in the readable prose size. Epicgenius (talk) 04:20, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius and Sammi Brie: it is now over the threshold: Prose size (text only): 2044 characters (298 words) "readable prose size" VS. Prose size (text only): 1749 B (298 words) "readable prose size". I notice that the units are different, characters vs. B. awkwafaba (📥) 13:51, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approving. The Reddit primary source is I think acceptable here because it's clearly before any article in print media (I found one from April 2020, not October, and have updated the article accordingly). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:55, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]