Template:Did you know nominations/Biderman's Chart of Coercion

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The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 15:55, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Biderman's Chart of Coercion

Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
  • ... that, although created to understand Chinese psychological torture of American POWs during the Korean War, Biderman's Chart of Coercion was utilized by American interrogators to administer Guantanamo Bay detention camp? Source: multiple
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by HAL333 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:29, 4 June 2021 (UTC).

  • Nominated within seven days of creation, long enough even when not counting the text in the chart itself, stays neutral and is properly sourced. No copyright issues detected; Earwig's Copyvio Detector only gives hits for quotations. QPQ is done. Pic is in the article and public domain. The hook is interesting and cited in the article, but slightly too long: 219 characters as opposed to the maximum of 200. Could you trim it down a little bit? Ffranc (talk) 08:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • How about:
ALT2 ... that, although created to understand Chinese psychological torture of American POWs during the Korean War, Biderman's Chart of Coercion was used by American interrogators to administer Guantanamo Bay?
~ HAL333 15:41, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Very good, that's exactly 200. I'm ticking this off now. Ffranc (talk) 08:26, 9 June 2021 (UTC)



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
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Copyvio report shows likely violation, but this is due to a cited chart quotation (https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&oldid=1026387150&action=compare&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmadisonmentalhealthcounselor.com%2Fdomestic-terrorism) Alt2 and the main hook don't branch out as well as I think they could, given that this can be tied into domestic violence, and Alt1 is nonexistent. I have suggested Alt3 which does make the connection to domestic abuse. Lastly, this is my first DYK review, any constructive feedback would be appreciated. Chef Vortex (talk) 19:20, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

  • ALT3 is good though. It doesn't hurt to have another option. Ffranc (talk) 08:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Still much prefer ALT2, otherwise the image is irrelevant. ~ HAL333 22:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)