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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:34, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

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Herrera v. Wyoming edit

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Created by DannyS712 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC).

  • I'm not sure the pun on an ethnic name is a good idea (esp. for April 1, for which this has been nominated). If it was really, REALLY funny that would be one thing, but it's only very modestly amusing or clever at best. I see trouble ahead. EEng 04:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
    • We are not here to be PC (as NOTCENSORED is supposed to attest), we are here for AFD to be funny. I see no problem with it. Now for the reivew: Date, length and hook all OK under DYK and AFD rules. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing. Good to go. Well done @DannyS712: on the first approved hook for April Fools Day 2020. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
      Jesus, this has nothing to do with censorship, nor with the dopey concept of "PC". I can say without fear of contradiction that there is no WP editor more willing than I to find a laugh wherever one is available. The problem is, as I already said, this really isn't funny or clever; it's a lame and obvious pun. At the very least, if we're going to bore our readers with this on AFD, the word crow should be lower-cased, or there's no joke at all. EEng 22:48, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
      @EEng: alt 1 added accordingly --DannyS712 (talk) 22:52, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Alt 1 ... that a crow won a Supreme Court case against Wyoming? Source: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2018/17-532
    Despite what was said, Crow would need to be uppercase. I would also be wary of the term for nation and people being applied to an individual, which reads to me as "a British won a court case", but I'm applying usage of national and ethnic terms from elsewhere. On the other hand, "an American won court case" would work, but that is just what happened and not funny either. cygnis insignis 23:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
    I'll just say it one more time before unwatching: either phrasing -- a crow or a Crow -- is weakly amusing at the very best, is a bad idea, and has a good chance of ending in tears. EEng 02:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
  • As we have ample evidence based on a number of his own nominated hooks that The C of E is not a good judge of what is appropriate when it comes to potentially controversial nominations, I am requesting a second opinion review, preferably by someone with experience in judging April Fools' Day hooks. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:47, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
    • Again I have to say NOTCENSORED, but its things like this that make me wonder if we really are. There is no policy based reason to override and furthermore according to WP:DYKAPRIL, it states that capitalisation can be disregarded for AFD. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:29, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
  • An unsalvageable attempt at humour. cygnis insignis 06:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
  • @Cygnis insignis: can I do a non april fools hook? --DannyS712 (talk) 06:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
    I would remove my objection if an interesting hook for the regular queue was proposed. Excuse the critique as suitable humour for the front page, victimless jokes are difficult to find and I don't think that your intention was anything but an attempt at fun. cygnis insignis 07:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
  • There's no deadline. Three out of four editors commenting here have serious concerns about the hook. EEng 15:09, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Once again, I am putting out the call for a new reviewer to give a second opinion; as EEng points out, only The C of E out of four reviewers has no problems with the hook, and his judgment, as I noted above, has proved faulty with regard to such hooks on numerous occasions. If necessary, this will go to the WT:DYK page for further discussion. (Note to DannyS712: you are most welcome to propose a non-April 1 hook; please feel free to do so.) BlueMoonset (talk) 04:10, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
  • I object to that characterisation. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:40, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
  • the proposed hook is a bad idea. It is offensive to make a play on words regarding a First Nations tribe name. Another hook needs to be proposed here. Flibirigit (talk) 16:59, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
ALT2 ... that in Herrera v. Wyoming, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Wyoming's statehood did not void the Crow Tribe's right to hunt on unoccupied lands?
ALT2a ... that in a 2019 court case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Wyoming's statehood did not void the Crow Tribe's right to hunt on unoccupied lands?
Sounds clear and reflects the wording used in the lede, without being offensive. And The C of E, I strongly advise that you stop insisting on the April Fools wording. I understand that you feel very strongly about using that wording, but consensus is against you at this point, and consensus is how Wikipedia (and by extension DYK) decides on matters. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:58, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
I've added an ALT2a in case there are concerns about "Wyoming" appearing twice in the hook. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:41, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: Thanks so much. I support these hooks --DannyS712 (talk) 19:54, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

ALT2a is the best option here, with ALT2 as an alternative. I have struck ALT0 and ALT1. The new hooks are neutral, reasonably interesting, mentioned inline and properly cited. The article adheres to all other DYK policies for newness, length, tone, neutrality and sourcing. I detected no copyvio issues, and QPQ requirements are met. Flibirigit (talk) 16:30, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

  • Fine with me, I removed my oppose above. cygnis insignis 18:22, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
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