Template talk:Did you know/2011 Ukraine mine accidents

2011 Ukraine mine accidents

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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: rejected by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle}

... that after the 2011 Ukraine mine accidents, the President of Ukraine ordered the government to set up a commission to investigate them?

Created by Bacon and the Sandwich (talk). Self nom at 22:16, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The wording of the hook is a bit awkward (mainly the "them"). Also, I don't find it very interesting; setting up a commission to investigate some accidents is not unusual. rʨanaɢ (talk) 22:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
More seriously, I'm not sure this should even be an article. It looks like two as-of-yet non-notable news items that happen to be in the same country on the same day. I don't even see any sources mentioning a connection between them. The article doesn't say the president set up a commission to investigate them, it says he set up a commission to investigate one of them. rʨanaɢ (talk) 22:26, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This event/article has also been submitted to ITN. If it is accepted there, our rules say article can't also be a DYK, sorry. Sharktopus ^talk 00:56, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No wonder the hook is uninteresting - there is absolutely nothing of interest in the article, which is too short and barely makes the wordcount requirement. I suspect that if these two unrelated subjects were split, there would be insufficient material to create valid DYKs. The article is poorly written, low on detail, and is written like a news article, viz: Hundreds of other workers laboring at a different section of the mine were trying to leave through emergency exits and pathways, said Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova. Remove that last sentence of obvious news journalism, and the article fails. Perhaps an article could turn into something once the official investigation report is published... --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]