Template talk:Did you know/Approved/week

This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.

• ... that according to the medieval legal compilation known as the Laws of London, also known as IV Æthelred, merchants from lands ruled by the German emperor appear to have enjoyed special trading privileges in eleventh-century London?

• • Reviewed:

Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 20:11, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Expension date, hook, length, close paraphrase check ok. No QPQ needed. --Soman (talk) 12:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that John W. Keogh killed an attorney to encourage redistricting? Source: The Daily Chronicle
  • ALT1: ... that John W. Keogh was driven to insanity by malapportionment? Source: The Daily Chronicle
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Patricia Taylor
  • Comment: Feel free to suggest other hooks if you can think of something more catchy :)

Elli (talk | contribs) 03:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:11, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Wow – that was...interesting. Article looks good and appears to meet all the criteria. QPQ done. Both hooks are interesting, although I prefer ALT0. Looks good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the barracks at the Xifeng concentration camp were named for Confucian tenets such as righteousness and filial piety?

• ALT1: ... that the Kuomintang drew from both Nazi and Soviet examples when establishing the Xifeng concentration camp? Source: Mühlhahn, Klaus (2009). Criminal Justice in China: A History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-674-05433-2.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Brenden Bates
• Comment: There could be a hook in Song Zhenzhong being an infant when detained at Xifeng and nine when executed, but I need a stout drink.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:13, 14 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Article new and long enough, well-referenced throughout. Both hooks confirmed in the Muhlhahn book, and both interesting, either will work. QPQ is done, and copyvio not detected (Earwig only flagged long names). Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 07:50, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the Indonesian pulp and paper industry collectively control over 10 million hectares of land? Source: [1]
  • ALT1: ... that the first modern paper factory in Indonesia (pictured) was opened in 1922? Source: [2]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Xifeng concentration camp
  • Comment: -

Juxlos (talk) 07:53, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. Not sure about Alt1 as it is unclear why it opening in 1922 is noteworthy. Sahaib (talk) 09:30, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that after learning that UCLA's student body president was Black, John Moore's mother said "this is where he's going to school"?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ricot Joseph
• Comment: The source is offline. Let me know if more quotes are needed.

—Bagumba (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough. Hook is interesting, reads good, and is short enough. Everything in the article is cited. I read the entire article and just fixed a few minor things. Approving the hook. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a Gondwanan "ghost"?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Premna microphylla
• Comment: nominated for the Oct 31 Halloween sets

Kevmin § 16:31, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• New enough, long enough. Hook fact is interesting, supported in article. Spiders and ghosts are a perfect blend for Halloween. No close paraphrasing (Earwig shows 0%). Good to go! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:52, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that a San Francisco TV station had to convince advertisers that its viewers would not "go down to Chinatown and buy a chicken on a string"? Source: https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/bay-area-chinese-have-american-buying-habits/irylramsqtgwsdckhbypyjpgvyusjjds_ip-10-166-46-152_1700154675048
  • ALT1: ... that before it was dubbed into English and aired on national television, the Japanese TV show Iron Chef gained a cult following on a San Francisco TV station? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-new-chefs-at/135330361/ / https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-bill-citara/135330357/ and https://search.proquest.com/docview/280768060
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Meijer de Hond
  • Comment: The ALT0 clip quote is a little hard to make out due to scan quality.

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:17, 19 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:07, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:49, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that although tea was introduced to Indonesia in 1684, commercial production only began in the 1820s? Source: [3]
  • ALT1: ... that during the colonial period, Indonesia was the largest exporter of tea outside of the British Raj? Source: [4]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Veiqia
  • Comment: -

Juxlos (talk) 06:57, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Per WP:DYKCOMPLETE please expand the section Impact to more than a one sentence paragraph RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:16, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Easier to merge it to Statistics. That better? Juxlos (talk) 02:41, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Juxlos: works for me. Thanks for the efforts to create this article.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 03:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Keir Starmer described Chief Constable James Smart (pictured) as "one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Police"?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pulp and paper industry in Indonesia

Sahaib (talk) 09:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Hi Sahaib, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 16 October and is of good length; article is well written and cited inline throughout; I hadn't heard of the publisher used for the citaiton for the hook but the author looks like they are reliable, holding a PhD and having written on the history of Scottish police elsewher (and being a former police superintendent); hook fact is mentioned in the article and supported by the source; image is OK and looks to be public domain by virtue of age; I didn't pick up any issues with overly-close paraphrasing from the online sources; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks OK to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:24, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that feelies (example pictured) have been used for everything from copy protection to sexual roleplay?

• ALT1: ... that the feelies shipped with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy included a pin (pictured), a cotton ball, and a microscopic space fleet, but no tea? Source: Peters, Ian M. (2014). "Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, Superheroes in Miniature, and Pink Polka-dot Boxers: Artifact and Collectible Video Game Feelies, Play, and the Paratextual Gaming Experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Qian Jin Bao
• Comment: Note that this was a redirect from 2016 through today. Even then, this would count as a 5x expansion over what existed before the article was turned into a redirect.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Looks good to me. Expansion is fine (this has nothing in common with the earlier collection of unverified trivia), the first hook is verified, I don't see any plagiarism, paragraphs are sourced, the image is properly licensed, etc. I like the first hook best. Drmies (talk) 01:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that when French secret police raided Deng Xiaoping's hotel room in Billancourt, they encountered copies of the Moscow newspaper Qian Jin Bao (pictured)?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eternity in Flames

Soman (talk) 21:58, 19 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough and long enough. Earwig is showing me 0%, which may be an error, but spotchecking I haven't found any issues. Image is sufficiently clear for what it is – one doesn't expect newspapers to show up well at 100px. Looks good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Eternity in Flames, now commonly shown in Chinese schools, was banned during the Cultural Revolution?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Come In (Weatherday album)

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:49, 19 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• Length, date, hook, QPQ, close paraphrase check ok. Article says pulled from circulation, not banned, but in this context this is a very narrow semantic difference, so ok. --Soman (talk) 21:54, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]