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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 23:51, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

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Wim T. Schippers, 1973

  • Reviewed: I'm on it, haha.
  • Comment: Are you ready for this? I don't know that I am. I am parking this here on the advice of Mandarax; I am working as hard as I can on bringing all of them up to DYK length and standards (the ones marked with an asterisk are done), but the five-day limit might do me in otherwise. BlueMoonset et al., let's talk logistics, maybe?

5x expanded by Drmies (talk). Self nominated at 05:20, 23 August 2013 (UTC).

  • (edit conflict) Since my name has been invoked here, I guess it's up to me to comment. It's a very interesting paragraph, with all these interconnections. The problem is that it's a mini-essay, not a hook, with 981 characters even when you exclude "(pictured)" and all bold article names after the first one (it's 1294 when all you exclude are the asterisks, extra close paren and question mark, and "pictured"). The guidelines are very clear: 200 is the maximum, excluding all but one of the article links. There might be a bit of flexibility since there are 19 articles in toto, but maybe a dozen or two additional characters, not nearly 4x extra. In its present form, it's longer than a standard seven-hook DYK section. I suspect it will be best to separate this into a number of multi-article hooks, each of which meets the 200-character max (minus exclusions for the second through Nth bold article names). Note that these numbers were computed before "(of Going to the Dogs fame, a play with six German Shepherds in the lead)" was added, which makes the number of articles 20, and the excess length even greater. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:54, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Weeeell, I disagree with the "essay" characterization, since there's no thesis to speak of. (I'm an English teacher by profession.) Mandarax suggested that FA give up its slot for the day and I agree: those good writers get all the glory, while us bad writers of bad articles have to settle for so much less. I wouldn't, of course, want to rules to be broken--without rules there's nothing but anarchy, and the dogs don't like eating bread made of anarchy, as the Dutch might say. I'm not opposed to a series of hooks run on consecutive days, for instance (at a Dutch-appropriate time slot, preferably), but I'd want some token credit for a potential 20-hook DYK, perhaps in the shape of the kind of silver goblet handed to Captain Beefheart on Van Oekel's Discohoek, with a note of appreciation from Jimbo Wales. Thanks BlueMoonset, Drmies (talk) 18:54, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
  • OK, I have a counter proposal, since I wish to honor Schippers, who may not have long to live. A series of hooks on consecutive, with his picture in every one of them, and a bit of leeway since I need to repeat his somewhat lengthy name every time. I have one below (I count 189, minus "pictured" and the other names). I'll do my best, of course, to keep it reasonable--never mind that some of the articles still need writing or expanding. I finish them and then we run them all: I'm putting this up now because I started on the 19th. The ones below, except for van der Linden, are all at appropriate length, I think. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2013 (UTC)


Wim T. Schippers, 1973

ALT1: ... that in 1967 Wim T. Schippers (pictured), with Gied Jaspars, Wim van der Linden, and Ruud van Hemert, wrote and directed Hoepla, the first Dutch TV show to display full nudity, leading to questions in parliament and censure for the broadcaster?
  • Noting that four of the five articles in ALT1 do currently meet DYK requirements for article length and newness; van der Linden does not, but is still being written. Also, ALT1 is comfortably under the maximum length, given the multi-article hook guidelines. As far as I can tell, both daily slots are Dutch-appropriate, running from 02:00 to 14:00 local time or 14:00 to 02:00. I can't guarantee consecutive days absent a special occasion for each, or even that they get pictured (lead) slots, since those are up to both reviewers and promoters. Let us know when van der Linden is ready, and the review on this one can start in earnest. If possible, it would be best if you started separate review templates for each multihook. (Good point about "essay".) BlueMoonset (talk) 21:01, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Wim van der Linden is long enough, though I will improve it more. See, I'm not just joking around. :) Drmies (talk) 01:09, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Reviewer needed: ALT1 hook and all five articles are ready for a full review. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:28, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Start! for Wim T. Schippers and Gied Jaspars Victuallers (talk) 10:46, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Reviewer still needed for Wim van der Linden, Ruud van Hemert, and Hoepla articles. Will need confirmation that each ALT1 hook fact appear in at least one of the articles, and is supported by an inline source citation. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:39, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
for Wim van der Linden and Hoepla, but for Ruud van Hemert-- the article does not mention Hoepla and so it is unclear whether there is a reference that supports the claims that he helped write it. Similarly, the Hoepla article does not mention Hemert at all, which I suppose is not strictly required, but would probably be advisable to make the connection clearer. I, JethroBT drop me a line 19:01, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Whoa. Yes. OK, let's pull him from the hook--I thought he was already on the Schippers team, but he wasn't. I'll write up a separate DYK nom, for him individually, if that's OK with BlueMoonset. Drmies (talk) 02:40, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Given the above from Drmies, I'll strike ALT1 and replace it with his suggestion:
ALT2: ... that in 1967 Wim T. Schippers (pictured), with Gied Jaspars and Wim van der Linden, wrote and directed Hoepla, the first Dutch TV show to display full nudity, leading to questions in parliament and censure for the broadcaster?
Nomination, almost two months later, is ready to go. I, JethroBT drop me a line 03:27, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Sweet. Well, the other nomination is up and running, Template:Did you know nominations/Ruud van Hemert. If you like, you can check that off. :) Drmies (talk) 04:02, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
It shouldn't be an issue to split Ruud out, since he was nominated way back when. I have edited the new nomination template; there were formatting issues with it. With the separation, I've removed the DYKmake for Ruud from this template. I do notice that there are two DYKmakes on the new Ruud template; should any other author credits be added to the DYKmakes here? BlueMoonset (talk) 05:48, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
That's Mr. van Hemert, haha. When I wrote up the new template (didn't know I screwed anything up--sorry) I realized that I owed Lugnuts a thank you for getting it started. That does not apply to any of the others. Drmies (talk) 17:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
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