- 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 Bruxton talk 05:54, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
- ... that modern Mongolians view Genghis Khan (pictured) as the founding father of their country? Source: See "Mongolia" subsection, fourth paragraph, final sentence.
- ALT1: ... that Genghis Khan (pictured) was extremely charismatic and renowned for his generosity towards his followers? Source: See "Character and achievements" section, second paragraph, third and fifth sentences.
- ALT2: ... that Genghis Khan (pictured) discouraged flattery and encouraged his companions to criticise his mistakes? Source: See "Character and achievements" section, third paragraph, third sentence.
- ALT3: ... that Genghis Khan (pictured) hated luxury, proudly stating: "I am from the barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders"? Source: See "Character and achievements" section, quote box.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ngwa people
- Comment: A selection of surprisingly positive hooks about an extremely ruthless conqueror. Not sure about the punctuation in ALT3.
Improved to Good Article status by AirshipJungleman29 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:56, 21 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Genghis Khan; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Overall:
Nice work on this page. I prefer ALT3 and, to a lesser extent, ALT2. I'm hesitant about ALT1, given that the article also mentions that he was ruthless toward enemies—but maybe the phrase "extremely charismatic" means "extremely charismatic [...] towards his followers" (not toward the world at large), in which case ALT1 would be fine as a quirky hook. ALT0 is a pretty well-known fact, though, and might not be as interesting as the others as a result. The image is fine; it also appeared on DYK a few months ago, however, so the promoters may or may not want to run the image again. Everything else looks good to me.
Incidentally, I revised the punctuation in ALT3 a bit.
Epicgenius (
talk) 17:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Nice work on this page. I prefer ALT3 and, to a lesser extent, ALT2. I'm hesitant about ALT1, given that the article also mentions that he was ruthless toward enemies—but maybe the phrase "extremely charismatic" means "extremely charismatic [...] towards his followers" (not toward the world at large), in which case ALT1 would be fine as a quirky hook. ALT0 is a pretty well-known fact, though, and might not be as interesting as the others as a result. The image is fine; it also appeared on DYK a few months ago, however, so the promoters may or may not want to run the image again. Everything else looks good to me.Incidentally, I revised the punctuation in ALT3 a bit. Epicgenius (talk) 17:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)