Template:Did you know nominations/Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012

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) 07:07, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 edit

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Composite image of the eclipse

... that the solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 was the first annular solar eclipse seen from the contiguous United States in 18 years? Source: The Washington Post
- ALT1:... that the solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 was able to be seen from both Asia and North America?
- ALT2:... that the solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 began on a Monday and ended on the previous Sunday? Source: The Washington Post

Improved to Good Article status by Codyorb (talk). Self-nominated at 02:55, 20 February 2018 (UTC).

fixed hook formatting Umimmak (talk) 18:27, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
Article has been promoted to GA status recently and is long enough. Looks like it meets requirements on plagiarism, sourcing, and neutrality. Image is freely-licensed and produces well at thumbnail size, but I think some of the other U.S. pictures in the gallery would look less blurry.
The hook does not appear in the article and is false. According to NASA and The Washington Post, this eclipse was the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in 18 years (which lines up with this list). It is an interesting hook and needs to be added to the article and corrected here. The Washington Post article I linked also mentions that it began on Monday and ended on Sunday, which could also be a great hook. Sounder Bruce 08:23, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Whoops! I'll correct the lead. Good idea for an alt lead. Codyorb (talk) 17:48, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

I found a better image to use in the hook (which I've put in). What do you think of this image?

@Codyorb: I think that the image you selected above (with the progression) is excellent; just make sure to add a caption to this nomination page. The other image isn't really suitable, since it was taken from Japan and the hooks are about North America.

The hook's fact (18 years since the last eclipse) still does not appear in the article, as does the ALT2 hook. This needs to be fixed before I can pass this nomination. Sounder Bruce 05:55, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: I've added the facts from the hook and Alt2 to the article. Codyorb (talk) 17:57, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

The original hook and ALT2 look good to go now; I prefer ALT2, since it is more interesting, but the original is fine too. Just make sure to add the citation to the fact (even if it is in the lead) and check to make sure the URL in your reference isn't a dead link. Sounder Bruce 21:28, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: I'll go with ALT2. The fact is in the article (and cited there) and I'll add the citation to the hook as well. Codyorb (talk) 20:31, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

The citation only needs to be in the article, where the fact matching the hook appears. Please don't strike out valid alternative hooks, for the sake of the promoter who may choose to run the other hook based on the criteria. Sounder Bruce 20:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Soo... what happens now? I haven't done a DYK before, so I'm not sure of the entire process of it. Codyorb (talk) 17:42, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Sit tight and wait for one of the DYK coordinators to promote the hook and place it in a prep area or queue; from there, it will appear on the front page and you will be notified on your talk page. If there is a problem with the nomination, typically the coordinator will place a message on here and potentially re-open it for discussion. Sounder Bruce 18:52, 26 February 2018 (UTC)