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 Yoninah (talk) 19:29, 29 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
... that when Pehr Kalm explored North America in the mid-1700s, he reported being served apple dumplings(pictured) at every meal? Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, Volume 1: "botanist Per Kalm, touring from New Jersey to Quebec in 1749-1750, found apple dumplings at every meal"
Comment: Welcome The Rambling Man to review, if he's up for it. This article needs serious help, but I was going to run out of time so I went ahead and nom'd. If it's hopeless, it won't hurt my feelings!
5x expanded by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 20:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC).Reply
A few [citation needed] tags need to be addressed before we get to passing this nomination. The article has been vastly improved (and meets the fivefold expansion requirement), there's no obvious sign of copyvio, I really do like the hook, but I'll focus on that in due course. One last thing, I wonder if the "preparation" gallery of images would benefit from some explanatory text? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:34, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
Dealt with the cn's, which were primarily for the parts of the original article that still remained. A few were prep/ingredient/serving details, and I had to source to cookbooks etc. When I do that I generally try to source to the narrative sections, but occasionally ingredient details can only be found in ingredient lists within an actual recipe. In these cases I try to source from respected cookbooks and to make sure a particular ingredient assertion is traditional/non-controversial. --valereee (talk) 14:46, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
remarkably straight forward. Article is good condition, hook is interesting about what, at face value, is quite a banal subject. Good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:22, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
The Rambling Man, thank you for the review! Yep, not a particularly fascinating food. Not expecting huge numbers of page views lol! --valereee (talk) 16:13, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
The only parting shot I'd offer is that the selected image is a little odd (with ice cream) given the historical nature of the hook we're promoting... The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 16:15, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
Do you think this would work better? It's not very colorful. Probably isn't going to get selected for an image slot, I suspect. There are just too many beautiful or interesting non-bio images. --valereee (talk) 16:21, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
Well you're right, the one you originally selected is more eye-catching... I'd keep with your best instincts! Good luck. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:16, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
A fact from Apple dumpling appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when Pehr Kalm explored North America in the mid-1700s, he reported being served apple dumplings(pictured) at every meal?
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remarkably straight forward. Article is good condition, hook is interesting about what, at face value, is quite a banal subject. Good work. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:22, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
