Template:Did you know nominations/Dial Square F.C.
- 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 SL93 (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
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Dial Square F.C.
- ... that Dial Square F.C. was founded as a protest against Stan Kroenke's ownership of Arsenal? Source: Evening Standard
- ALT1:... that the breakaway club Dial Square F.C. uses the original football club name of Arsenal? Source: The Athletic
- Reviewed: Wilson Tucker (politician)
Converted from a redirect by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 16:20, 20 April 2021 (UTC).
all checks out, new enough (after redirect was replaced), long enough, no obvious sign of copyvio, hook is interesting. BUT, Dial Square F.C. had already been founded as the predecessor to Arsenal F.C. so this (and the article) should really reflect that. Obviously, to a non-expert, that fact will be completely missed. This is proper nostalgia and it's a shame that it goes missing in the current name. I see ALT1 does that to an extent, but it would be best to merge those facts (in my opinion) in one single hook because the first is more interesting than the second, but the second is more important than the first if you follow me.... ?! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:39, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- That is a good point @The Rambling Man: so I have combined them in ALT3... that the breakaway club Dial Square F.C. was founded as a protest against Stan Kroenke's ownership of Arsenal, under the original name of Arsenal? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 11:35, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- What about ALT3a... that the breakaway club Dial Square F.C. was founded under the original name of Arsenal as a protest against Stan Kroenke's ownership of the contemporary club? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:45, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man: that's fine with me. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:01, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
then we have an ALT3a winner! Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:02, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- For non-administrators who have no access: The article at Dial Square Football Club (AfD discussion) was some 3900 characters, and this is around 4600 characters. There are some sentences in the introduction that are largely the same, but they have the same things to say, like "They currently compete in the Guildford and Woking Alliance League.". Uncle G (talk) 08:21, 27 April 2021 (UTC)