Template:Did you know nominations/Matt William Knowles

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Matt William Knowles

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... that American actor Matt William Knowles hosted the 2014 Oscars virtual simulcast for Youku to China?

Reviewed: Caveira (Rainbow Six Siege)
Comment: This was a draft that was approved on August 29. I assume good faith on the Chinese reference.

Moved to mainspace by Theos1919 (talk). Nominated by SL93 (talk) at 02:40, 3 September 2019 (UTC).

Comment: There was a discussion that this might have been non-notable self-promotion (not proven), but the article was ultimately cleaned up with notability shown plus the draft was accepted with no issues. SL93 (talk) 02:48, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
@Theos1919 and SL93: I will review this. epicgenius (talk) 21:03, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - There are a few sentences copied from other sources.
Other problems: - Some MOS issues to work out. For instance:
- He stars as the mythical Demi-god, Rawa[8], - comma should be before the ref
- It was here that Knowles learned to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese[4] - needs a period

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - Surely there must be more interesting hooks? The proposed hook is not too interesting.
- ALT1 ... that American actor Matt William Knowles was the first Caucasian student to attend Beijing Film Academy?
- ALT2 ... that American actor Matt William Knowles was a rotating mayor of Danzhai Wanda Village in Guizhou, China?

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 21:03, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: I think that I fixed the issues. I'm fine with either of your alt hooks. SL93 (talk) 02:40, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- @SL93: This should be good to go now. ALT1 or ALT2 is approved. epicgenius (talk) 14:23, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
  - Someone else has to approve your alts. It's a dumb rule that makes DYK nominations last longer, but it is what it is. SL93 (talk) 17:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Approve ALT2, that seems the most interesting. Less keen on ALT1, if only because it uses the slightly dated term "Caucasian". I did have a slight concern that "rotating mayor" might be confused for a mayor who spins around on the spot, but it's probably clear enough and matches the source usage. — Amakuru (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2019 (UTC)