Talk:Ganna (seeress)

A fact from Ganna (seeress) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the early Germanic priestess Ganna may have been named for her magic staff?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:20, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the early Germanic priestess Ganna may have been named for her magic staff?
- ALT1:... that ancient Germanic priestesses were so influential that Ganna was summoned to an audience with Roman Emperor Domitian himself?

5x expanded by Berig (talk). Self-nominated at 12:52, 2 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article itself seems fine, expanded adequately and well-cited throughout, but I think the primary hook needs a little work. The article and its citations (assuming good faith on the relevant one used here) discuss her being named for her staff, not necessarily her abilities--I know this might seem pedantic but it's conflating something that might not be inherent. I'm also not sure the lay reader--the average main-page visitor--would be familiair with the "1st c." formatting and so maybe we want to spell out "1st century" here, but that's a minor quibble. ALT1 is perfectly fine though so if we prefer to just run with it then we're good to go, but I'll wait for a response before giving it the tick. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 00:07, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have tweaked the hook a bit, and I think it is better now.―Berig (talk) 07:26, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me, good to go. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:04, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!-Berig (talk) 15:14, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3