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Detailed discussion of DYK nomination: March 2022
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.
... that in the 1951 court case, Kuzych v White, on appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal, five law lords of the British Judicial Committee ruled in favour of a Communist-led trade union? Source: Mark Leier, "Dissent, Democracy, and Discipline: The Case of Kuzych v White", p. 131, in Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker, Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 2010)
ALT1: ... that in the Canadian court case, Kuzych v White, Myron Kuzych challenged a Communist-led trade union because it was not radical enough in fighting the employer for the rights of union members? Source: Mark Leier, "Dissent, Democracy, and Discipline: The Case of Kuzych v White", pp. 123, 135, in Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker, Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 2010)
ALT2: ... that in a Canadian court case, Kuzych v White, a trade union argued that its own closed shop policy was in restraint of trade, so it could not be sued for breach of contract by a union member? Source: Mark Leier, "Dissent, Democracy, and Discipline: The Case of Kuzych v White", p. 125-127, in Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker, Work on Trial: Canadian Labour Law Struggles (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 2010)
Query: do the quote marks for bold and italics count as characters in the character count? They seemed to me to do so, unlike the [[ ]] and pipes, which did not count as characters. Formatting shouldn't count as characters, I would think?
No, because the characters are not counted from the edit box. Open this nomination template and look at the tools in the upper right hand side. Click on "Character Count". Then copy and paste your hook as it looks on the DYK listing, not as it looks in the edit window. The formatting quote marks don't show in that view, so not counted. — Maile (talk) 19:44, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Compliant, well-cited, neutral and comprehensive - and scores just fine on Earwig.
Hook
Meets the criteria. I might slightly shorten to make it a bit punchier - although I acknowledge some of the detail would be lost. Perhaps something like, DYK that “in the 1951 Canadian court case K v W, five British Law Lords ruled in favour of a Communist-led trade union.”
Other
My only concern is the image of Sir John Simon. Is the licensing ok? I’m no expert but it looks a little concerning to me. User:Nikkimaria is my go-to on all matters re. images, but there may well be editors working on DYK who also understand the complexities. It’s certainly widely used on here, including in Simon’s own article.
I wonder when and where the image was first published - the source link indicates it was taken in 1931 and donated in 1974, but it's not clear to me when if ever publication fit into that. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:59, 29 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
It’s a very nice article, many congrats., and I support it for DYK. That said, I’m also a novice here, and I shall probably need help before I successfully close this review! KJP1 (talk) 17:45, 29 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank-you for the compliment! I appreciate the comment that the hook could be punchier. The reason for saying "British Columbia Court of Appeal" rather than "Canadian case" was that there could be direct appeals from the provincial appellate courts to the JCPC, bypassing the Supreme Court of Canada. I thought putting the BCCA in the hook might make some law geeks go "wait, what?" and click on it. But, I defer to the collective judgment here. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 00:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
