Template:Did you know nominations/Mariam al-Mansouri

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:39, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Mariam al-Mansuri

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• ... that Major Mariam al-Mansouri, UAEs first female fighter pilot, has a degree in English literature?

• Reviewed: Reginald's Tower

Created/expanded by Serten (talk). Self nominated at 15:25, 26 September 2014 (UTC).

• How to shift mansuri -> mansouri? Serten (talk) 16:05, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

• I've only reviewed 5-6 DYKs so bear with me if I don't present this properly...
  • Appears long enough.
  • Hook is interesting and properly referenced.
  • Article is properly referenced, but there appear to be several instances to very close paraphrasing evidenced here, here, and here, even after discounting what is included in quotation marks and only looking at 10+ matching words. If this can be cleaned up, then the article may be acceptable. A more experienced reviewer may want to weigh in here.--Godot13 (talk) 05:31, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Hallo Godot, (has any joke been waiting?) The story went viral globaly, insofar a lot of news magazines parrot the same stuff. But I corrected the paraphrasing respectively more direct quotes have been used. Thnx Serten (talk) 06:48, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Surprisingly fewer jokes than would be expected. I'll have another look...--Godot13 (talk) 03:10, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Done some further polishing, should work now. Serten (talk) 10:25, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

• Not a full review, but the hook fact isn't the least bit interesting. I suggest that @Serten: think up an alt1. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 20:07, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
  • I won't think on orders :) Serten (talk) 22:03, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
    • Good thing nobody's giving you any :) G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 10:47, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that U.S. Air Force tanker pilots were struck dumb when they radioed in to speak with the United Arab Emirates mission during air refueling and heard a female voice answer?
• ALT1a: ... that U.S. Air Force tanker pilots were struck dumb when they radioed in to speak with the United Arab Emirates mission during airstrikes in Syria against ISIS and heard a female voice answer?
• ALT2: ... that Mariam al-Mansuri is the first female fighter pilot of the United Arab Emirates and leads UAE mission airstrikes in Syria against ISIS? Yoninah (talk) 23:48, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

• Note: The ALT2 fact about "leading" the mission needs to be sourced in the article. Yoninah (talk) 09:10, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

I still opt for my Hook, I think a pilots academic interest in the beaux arts may be of interest. Alt1 is cool and more hooky, so I would be OK with it. Serten (talk) 07:06, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

• OK, thanks. New reviewer needed to approve ALT1, and then the prep promoter can decide between the original and ALT1 hooks. Yoninah (talk) 14:30, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

• Article is new enough, long enough, and appears to be free from copyright violations. It is written neutrally and is appropriately referenced, and the QPQ review is done.

ALT1 is referenced in the article. I personally prefer it over the original hook, which I find rather uninteresting. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 19:41, 13 November 2014 (UTC)