Template:Did you know nominations/China–Hong Kong football rivalry

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:46, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

China–Hong Kong football rivalry edit

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 19:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC).

  • Well-cited, neutral, hook is cited, sufficient length. Intriguing topic too, nice work. ViperSnake151  Talk  06:31, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
  • Returned from prep per discussion at WT:DYK. Teams do not play "in a football rivalry". Rather, the rivalry is what led to the hooliganism. Proposing a shorter hook for page creator's review:
  • ALT1a: ... that in 1985 the China–Hong Kong football rivalry resulted in China's first recorded case of football hooliganism? Yoninah (talk) 23:13, 27 September 2016 (UTC)