Template:Did you know nominations/The Hidden People
- 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 Vaticidalprophet (talk) 02:26, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
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The Hidden People
- ... that The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood is based on the 1895 incident in Ireland where Bridget Cleary was burnt alive by her husband who believed she was a fairy changeling? Sources: [1] "A young woman named Bridget Cleary of ... County Tipperary, who was tortured and burned to death because her husband believed the fairies had spirited her away and substituted in her place a witch changeling"; [2] "... their stories are based around true events: The Hidden People on the case of Bridget Cleary, who was burned to death by her husband in Tipperary in 1896". Note that the correct date of the incident is 1895, see [3][4].
Converted from a redirect by Bruce1ee (talk). Self-nominated at 09:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC).
- New enough, long enough, QPQ done. While Earwig picks up several things, they all appear to be attributed quotes, so that is fine. The article is neutral and has reasonable citations. I have a slight issue with the hook and the WP:LEDE: the lede is the only place where "based on the Bridget Cleary incident" is clearly stated (MOS:INTRO says "Apart from basic facts, significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article."), and the majority of the citations are about this incident, not about whether the book was based on the incident. I would prefer not to see so many citations in the lede section. Bruce1ee, could you perhaps cover the incident itself more in the Background section and just summarise it in the lede?
—Kusma (talk) 14:43, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- New enough, long enough, QPQ done. While Earwig picks up several things, they all appear to be attributed quotes, so that is fine. The article is neutral and has reasonable citations. I have a slight issue with the hook and the WP:LEDE: the lede is the only place where "based on the Bridget Cleary incident" is clearly stated (MOS:INTRO says "Apart from basic facts, significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article."), and the majority of the citations are about this incident, not about whether the book was based on the incident. I would prefer not to see so many citations in the lede section. Bruce1ee, could you perhaps cover the incident itself more in the Background section and just summarise it in the lede?
