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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.

David Marchese edit

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Created by Spaghettifier (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Spaghettifier (talk) 01:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article looks good -- created within the window, long enough and generally in a good state. All statements are sourced and I can see no BLP or copyvio issues: the article does err on the positive side, and there might be some relevancy questions about e.g. the volume of his notes or his high-school disciplinary record, but none which represent serious problems or should prevent a DYK appearance. I do however think that His 2018 interview with Quincy Jones, in which the subject ... revealed an affair between Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor, went viral on social media needs a rephrase: revealed means that it was absolutely factual, whereas it seems that the claim is far more contentious and a serious matter to at least one living person. It hardly needs saying that ALT0 is the stronger hook: there's a WP:SELFPUB question-mark over it that would be solved by changing it to "once claimed to have..." or similar. UndercoverClassicist T·C 19:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • @UndercoverClassicist: Thanks for the review! In regards to the Brando/Pryor sentence, let me know if the phrasing (alluded to an alleged affair) looks more solid — I also added another reference to substantiate the whole topic a bit. Also cut the suspension sentence, I was wavering about whether to include it. To couch the hook a little bit, how's this below?
ALT2: ... that David Marchese once recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?
Cheers — Spaghettifier (talk) 01:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Approved: all of that works well. UndercoverClassicist T·C 09:26, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Solomon Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics edit

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5x expanded by Arconning (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Arconning (talk) 13:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Qualifies through 5x expansion. Good sourcing on both the first hook and the article in general. No evidence of copyvio, article generally in good shape. Still needs a QPQ. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
    •   Oops! I've seen you around so much I sort of assumed you needed a QPQ; this is good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Called by Name edit

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On June 16, 2019 in Skłody-Piotrowice, Aleksandra and Hieronim Skłodowski were commemorated as part of the "Called by Name" project of the Pilecki Institute through the pictured monument.
Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 513 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:46, 27 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

Watamou Lamien, Revolutionary Military Organization edit

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  • Source: James Genova. Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983–1987. MSU Press, 2022.
Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 390 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 01:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Both articles are in good shape, I don't see any evidence of copyvio or anything that would need fixing before running. AGF on the hook, but it's supported and cited in both articles. QpQs check off. Both articles are eligible in terms of length and newness. Seems good to go here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 23:13, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Detroit Lions draft history edit

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Moved to mainspace by Hey man im josh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Hey man im josh (talk) 15:53, 28 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  • Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • @Hey man im josh: Looking at the link, I see Wojciechowicz (1), Graham (2), Tittle (3), Karras (4), B. Sanders (5), Johnson (6), Stanfel (7), Biletnikoff (8), Barney (9), Lary (10), C. Sanders (11), Christiansen (12), Schmidt (13), Speedie (14) and Creekmur (15). Am I missing something? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:59, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • @BeanieFan11: Looks like it was me who was missing something. I believe I accidently counted Doak Walker, who wasn't actually drafted by the Lions. I've updated this nom and the article appropriately. I also updated the DYK statement's wikilinking (but not the wording outside of the number of players). Hey man im josh (talk) 17:10, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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  • Interesting:  
QPQ: None required.

Overall:   With the number issue being sorted out, this looks good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Kēkerengū edit

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Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:09, 28 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article was moved to mainspace on the 28th, so is new enough. At over 3000 characters, it is long enough. In-line citations are properly used, the article reads neutrally, and the copyvio detector found no issues. The hook is neutral, interesting, and cited in-line in the article. The QPQ has been done. Looks good to go! SilverserenC 23:24, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hindu Temple of Wisconsin edit

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  • Source: [1] The 22 acres that are home to the Hindu and Jain Temples of Wisconsin were situated in “the middle of nowhere” when they were built in 2001, according to Sarvesh Geddam, the secretary of the two congregations.
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Moved to mainspace by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk contribs) 17:01, 28 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article new and long enough, well-referenced generally. Hook interesting, cited inline and verified by source cited. No copyvio detected, and nominator has no QPQ requirements. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 03:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Charleen Kinser edit

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  • ... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy designed by Charleen Kinser for $1600 in 1985?
  • Source: Gilman-Tompkins, Sherri (8 May 1985). "Tiniest Yuppies Treated Royally in this Catalogue". Chicago Tribune – via ProQuest. Take the $1,600 Rocking Ram by Forever Toys, which will be available in the next catalogue. The animal's fleece is made of three types of sheepskin, hand pieced and stitched.
Created by Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Interesting enough — it might be good to include a conversion template for readers unaware of what $1600 means in an 1980s US context, but I don't think this is strictly required. Hook does check out with the source, and the article is long enough, eligible, and fully cited. I don't see any evidence of copyvio. Looks good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yulia Lipnitskaya edit

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Lipnitskaya at the 2014 European Championships
Improved to Good Article status by Riley1012 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

Riley1012 (talk) 11:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   GA status confirmed as recent (May 29, 2024). Size, hook, etc. all GTG. I wonder if a more interesting hook could be made, for example about anorexia?. I'd be happy to review a more interesting hook if any are proposed. Ping Riley1012. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:38, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi edit

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  • Source: Summary of the article sections 'Rise to power' and 'Downfall and death'.
Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 143 past nominations.

Constantine ✍ 11:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Ooh, nice GA! Qualifies through that, and the article is in great shape and fully cited. No evidence of copyvio, and I think the first hook is pretty interesting. The QPQ seems good. However, the hook really does need a specific source - we would just need the specific page numbers of (what I assume) Halm & Brett for him helping al-Amir rise to power, and him being imprisoned & executed. Once we have that, it's good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:17, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • @Generalissima: The article has a quote from Brett in the section 'Rise to power' (p. 253: "The relationship itself was one of alliance, in which the minister was entrusted as before with the responsibilities of government, in return for bringing the monarch out from his seclusion into the public eye"), and for the rest, Brett p. 257 ("[al-Bata'ihi] he had exchanged al-­Afdal for the Caliph as his patron. Thereby he had placed himself in the position of ... a minister with full responsibility for the government, but one who was nevertheless dependent upon the favour of a monarch to whom he had restored the powers of the Caliph after their appropriation by Badr and his son...resurrected to prominence and power in the ceremonial routines redeveloped by al-­Bata'ihi. To it, towards the end of 1125, the Wazīr fell victim."). Constantine ✍ 07:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
      •   Looks good enough to me, and it seems these sentences are cited in the article. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:54, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Vivian Cosby edit

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  • ... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater?
Created by Silver seren (talk) and FloridaArmy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 119 past nominations.

SilverserenC 23:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall:   Cremastra (talk) 23:19, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Adam Parry edit

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  • ... that Adam Parry was blamed for infecting the study of the Roman poet Virgil with "Parryitis"?
  • Source: Brooks, Ward W. (2017). "What the Harvard School Has Taught Me". The Classical World. 111 (1): 54. JSTOR 48553367.
Moved to mainspace by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Parryitis, lol. Good article, certainly eligible and extremely well sourced, with no evidence of copyvio — I have some sort of premonition of yet another classicist FAC in our futures. QPQ is good, and the source checks out as well, and is correctly cited in-article. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oliver Gould Jennings House, Henry T. Sloane House edit

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The Jennings House (left) and Sloane House (right)
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 655 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Both articles are fully sourced, and DYK eligible. The first hook is, I feel, the most interesting. No evidence of copyvio on either. The sourcing and the QPQs check out on this. Image is correctly licensed. Seems like we're good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ice edit

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Graph of ice losses between 1994 and 2017
  • ... that between 1994 and 2017, 28 trillion tonnes of ice were lost worldwide due to climate change?
Improved to Good Article status by InformationToKnowledge (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

InformationToKnowledge (talk) 13:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   article was recently promoted to GA, is long enough and is within policy. Hook is sadly interesting to a general audience and short enough. Image is freely licensed. QPQ is complete. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Slater, Thomas; Lawrence, Isobel R.; Otosaka, Inès N.; Shepherd, Andrew; Gourmelen, Noel; Jakob, Livia; Tepes, Paul; Gilbert, Lin; Nienow, Peter (25 Jan 2021). "Review article: Earth's ice imbalance". The Cryosphere. 15 (1): 233–246   Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Bibcode:2021TCry...15..233S. doi:10.5194/tc-15-233-2021. hdl:20.500.11820/df343a4d-6b66-4eae-ac3f-f5a35bdeef04.

Edwin Ford Piper edit

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Created by SL93 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 403 past nominations.

SL93 (talk) 02:30, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Interesting enough hook, but you need to provide a source. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Generalissima I did in the article. https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/bai/article/id/29045/ SL93 (talk) 04:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
SL93 I know, but it also ideally would have a source given in the submission above. The article otherwise is in good shape and eligible, the QPQ checks out, and I see no evidence of copyvio. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:45, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Generalissima Can you give a final approval template if this is approved? SL93 (talk) 20:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
SL93 I'm still waiting for you to add the source to your submission itself. I know it's in the article, but it needs to be added here as well for reference reasons. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:19, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Generalissima No. That is not a requirement. SL93 (talk) 00:45, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
BlueMoonset Did something change? SL93 (talk) 00:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Generalissima If at some point in the future the source is removed or altered, it would make verifying the hook after the fact extremely difficult. It's an edge case, sure, but it's best to make sure everything on here has a listed source. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 00:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Again, no. I'm not doing it on principle at this point, because it isn't required. It is already here anyway up above. SL93 (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  After some consultation, it seems that including the source in the nomination is standard practice, but not strictly required. I apologize for my ignorance on the matter. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oxford (toy company) edit

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5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 514 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   So this is technically not a 5x expansion. However, if you found a way to summarize some of the genres of sets in the bulleted lists, this would qualify. It's about 50 words short as far as I can tell. Otherwise AGF on the source, as I do not speak Korean. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • Generalissima, I debulleted the list. The cited source is in English, although access may be limited for folks outside Koraen university network (I can provide the file by email). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
      •   I'm willing to AGF on the paywalled source, especially since the news articles about the company's new sets show off these same themes described. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Flemish bond edit

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Flemish bond brickwork on an 18th-century Virginia home
  • Source: McClain, Joe (August 30, 2011). "1,000 Giddy Arcana*: Bond. Flemish bond". The W&M Blogs. Williamsburg, VA: College of William & Mary. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

Pbritti (talk) 22:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Once the QPQ is done, this seems like a good hook. The article qualifies, is long enough, is fully sourced, seems in good shape, and has no evidence of copyvio. The hook is interesting and is cited in the article. The image is also correctly licensed (as your own work). Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:07, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Republica weatbrooki, Republica (plant) edit

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Republica hickeyi leaf
  • ... that while both are named from the same place, the genus Republica (pictured) is not the genus Republica?
  • Source: Archibald & Cannings 2021 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.11 materials and methods for location data "We examined a single fossil in lacustrine shale recovered from exposure B4131 of the Tom Thumb Tuff Member

of the Klondike Mountain Formation at Republic, Washington, U.S.A."

Wolfe & Wehr 1987 doi:10.3133/b1597 page 2 fig 1 shows the location in Republic of site 8428 of the Klondike Mountain Formation, page 22 gives the genus etymology and 23 the type locality occurrence in Republic
Created by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 351 past nominations.

Kevmin § 00:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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QPQ: Done.

Overall:   My first time reviewing a dual-article nomination, and I appreciate the effort which must have gone into it!

Both articles moved to mainspace yesterday. QPQ is done. No plagiarism detected via Earwig. For both articles, length, referencing and image licensing are all good. For the insect, I think that the first paragraph of "Description" and of "Paleoenvironment" are both a bit long and ought to be split up a bit, and that "Paleoenvironment" should have at least one image - even the location map over at Klondike Mountain Formation would be really helpful. For the plant, you really should move the distribution images a couple of paragraphs down to avoid MOS:SANDWICH, and the last sentence of the lead is missing a period. Still, I would not hold up the nomination for those reasons alone.

To me, it is the hook which has multiple significant issues. It may not be grammatically correct (shouldn't it be named after the same place, not named from the same place?), it is really confusing and vague, as you have no way to tell what place is actually being referred to without clicking on both links, and I feel that a lot of readers would just say "So what?" when they see it as currently written. Suggested wording: Alt1 "...that extinct plants and damselflies from the Eocene were discovered and named after Republic in Washington?"

I also think that both articles should have a sentence which makes this connection between the two more explicit than the mere hatnote at the top. Lastly, you should at least add DOI and ISBN links to your DYK citations. Right now, there is no way to tell which citation refers to which fossil without going through the articles' references, and we should not have to do that. InformationToKnowledge (talk) 13:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

InformationToKnowledge The hook as written is a play on the hemihomonym use of the genus name Republica for both a plant and an animal, but I like alt1 as well. I've added the dois for each source and a map to Republica weatbrooki, plus added splits in the Description and Paleoenvironment sections. A sentence calling out the hemihomonymy has been added to each article under classification. The image/map placement for Republics (plant) is more problematic though. I edit on a wide screen desktop monitor, and my view of the article has the maps already almost all the way down to the start of References. Ideally I was wanting a single map, but I wasn't able to find one I could make work for the West coast sites plus Alaska.--Kevmin § 18:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Taking conciseness into account and a matching the details of the articles:

Alt2 "...that fossil plants (pictured) and damselflies from the Ypresian were named after Republic in Washington state?"

Kevmin OK, that addresses all my concerns. Thanks for the prompt response! InformationToKnowledge (talk) 17:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Gabriel André Aucler edit

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Created by Ffranc (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

Ffranc (talk) 11:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   New enough, long enough, sourced properly with no copyright issues on Earwig, and with appropriately licensed images. QPQ is done. Hook is cited appropriately, interesting, and short enough. Recommend ALT0. Overall, great work. Good to go! ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Shane Rawley edit

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Shane Rawley
  • ... that baseball player Shane Rawley (pictured) published a novel?

DYKchecktool does not recognize a 5x expansion because of this vandalism. I doubt his daughter was creating a cat army or his son is hunting dolphins.

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 533 past nominations.

– Muboshgu (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Another good hook - and I feel making an exception for that obvious vandalism is warranted. Hook checks out, article seems in good shape, and is fully sourced with no evidence of copyvio. Looks like we're good here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Arndt Jorgens edit

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Arndt Jorgens
5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 532 past nominations.

– Muboshgu (talk) 03:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   A very good hook! I like the image, the article seems in good condition (no sign of copyvio, etc.), and the hook checks out to the source. It also qualifies from 5x expansion. Good job. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Detroit Sign edit

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The Detroit Sign at night.
  • ... that an AI-rendering of the Detroit Sign (pictured) misled people into thinking it would be larger than its actual size?
Created by Reppop (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

reppoptalk 02:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article is new enough and meets adequate quality and notability standards, though due to the line "stopped on the side of the freeway to take selfies in front of the letters" being a pretty lengthy word-for-word phrase from the source, I would recommend that it be copyedited or placed in quotation marks. Both hook and ALT1 work, no QPQ needed. Nice work on the article, please ping when complete and I'll go through with passing it. B3251 (talk) 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    • @B3251: I've rewritten it to be "stopped on the freeway for selfies". Let me know if that's good enough. reppoptalk 20:02, 31 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Chenqiao Mutiny edit

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Zhao Kuangyin is proclaimed emperor
  • Source: Hung, Hing Ming (2014). Ten States, Five Dynasties, One Great Emperor. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62894-072-5.
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Created by Lyn1644 (talk) and TheLonelyPather (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Lyn1644 (talk) 23:43, 1 June 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   AGF on the source, as I don't have access to it. Article is eligible, in good shape (fully cited, well written), and I can't find any evidence of copyvio. No QPQ needed. Looks like we're good to go here. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Toby Olubi, Can't Touch This (game show) edit

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5x expanded by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 231 past nominations.

Launchballer 13:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC).Reply

Auto Dollar edit

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  • Source: Bevan, Paul (2019). "Zhou Xicheng's "Guizhou Auto Dollar": Commemorating the Building of Roads for Famine Relief". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 29 (2): 345–359. doi:10.1017/S1356186318000561.
Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:10, 2 June 2024 (UTC).Reply

  •   Very interesting well written, no copyvio, QPQ done and on theme intrestingly enough, hook is interesting. I trust that the source listed confirms this but did go and look for external sources and found that it's true. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
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