- 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 PrimalMustelid talk 01:52, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Nikova
Created by A09 (talk) and Prodraxis (talk). Nominated by A09 (talk) at 22:02, 7 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Nikova; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
| General: Article is new enough and long enough
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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- Cited:
 - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
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@Prodraxis:@A09: The sources look reliable to me even though I read only in English for the most part. Thus, I am also assuming good faith for the hook citation. The only problem is that I think the hook is too verbose. How about this shorter version?
- @Dugan Murphy: I disagree with tis hook, although I think a shorter hook would be good; I think ALT1 is not as interesting. What about......
ALT2: ... that historically, native mercury was extracted from rocks mined in Idrija by washing them in the stream Nikova? (source: [1])
- @A09: thoughts? #prodraxis connect 03:00, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- I like ALT2. If A09 agrees, I'll approve this nomination to proceed with ALT2. Dugan Murphy (talk) 03:12, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- First, thanks for verifying this DYK nomination and I'm looking forward to for this article to finally appear on front page. Eventhough I'm personally fan of nominated text, I understand your comments. IMHO ALT2 is better than ALT1, because every river changes direction, but that's on local level because of erosion (see meander), while Nikova changed course because of geological reasons.
I would just comment on two things about ALT2: mercury link should point to mercury (element) and I would add 'natural' as Hg appears as ore and also as a natural metal in droplets. Miners were washing droplets out of the surrounding stone (ore was handled by furnaces). Looking forward to any comments No other objections to ALT2,--A09 (talk) 16:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
- @A09: Great. Ignoring your struck-out words in your last comment above, it looks like you approve of ALT2 as it was written by Prodraxis. With that understanding, I approve this nomination to move forward with the ALT2 hook. Dugan Murphy (talk) 23:14, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
@Prodraxis:@A09: The sources look reliable to me even though I read only in English for the most part. Thus, I am also assuming good faith for the hook citation. The only problem is that I think the hook is too verbose. How about this shorter version?