Talk:Lisa Nishimura

A fact from Lisa Nishimura appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producing Netflix documentaries including Chef's Table and Making a Murderer?

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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) 02:10, 24 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that Lisa Nishimura has played a major role in expanding the range of documentaries on Netflix? Sources: [1] [2]

Created by Mx. Granger (talk). Self-nominated at 19:05, 19 January 2021 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - n

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

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The hook is rather vague. Also, the image in the article can be included if you crop it more closely. Joofjoof (talk) 07:39, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Joofjoof: Thanks for the review. I've cropped the image more closely, and here are some alternative hooks – what do you think?

ALT1 ... that Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producing Netflix documentaries like Chef's Table and Making a Murderer? Source: [3] [4]
ALT2 ... that "queen of the docu-series" Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before joining Netflix? Source: [5]
ALT3 ... that Netflix's VP of independent film and documentary features, Lisa Nishimura, originally wanted to go into medicine instead of entertainment? Source: [6] [7]

—Granger (talk · contribs) 13:18, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, these are better; my preferences are ALT1 and ALT3. I have also added an image review. Joofjoof (talk) 19:46, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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