- 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 Yoninah (talk) 18:48, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Northern Dancer
Statue of Northern Dancer at Woodbine Racetrack
Improved to Good Article status by Jlvsclrk (talk) and Montanabw (talk). Nominated by Jlvsclrk (talk) at 01:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC).
- Review for original hook:
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook eligibility:
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- Interesting:
| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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I started this review after an initial check and thought it looked pretty good in most areas, but the DYK check tool highlighted that the article was promoted to GA back in 2001. If this is an error or there is some other reason for it to be considered promoted or expanded in the last ten days then I will happily continue the review. – It seems this must be an error as the DYK check tool also says the article was created in 2002! I'll investigate. – Talk page shows promoted to GA on April 8, 2020, so OK.
The first hook is the "hookiest".
Mid-range Earwig's Copyvio Detector value due to quotes, so OK.
The hook is sourced but only to a secondary source rather than where it actually appeared in People magazine. A check online indicates the hook is quoted by a number of secondary sources, but they may all be quoting a single (possibly incorrect) original secondary source. As the hook makes a claim specifically about People magazine which can be verified directly, I suggest a citation to People magazine itself is needed, here and in the article. (This does not conflict with Wikipedia's general preference for secondary sources as what the magazine actually said is a matter of fact that can be verified. Based on the secondary source alone, it would only be accurate to say "It is claimed that People magazine ...".)
After further investigation: Unfortunately, I cannot pass this hook after finding what is probably the original piece in People 1985, which does not support the wording of the hook (see Talk:Northern Dancer#People magazine description). I do not think a revised version of this hook based on the actual wording of the People article would be as interesting but the nominator is welcome to submit a revised version if they would prefer it to the ALT2 reviewed below.
~ RLO1729💬 09:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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The source provided with the hook is not used in the article to support the facts of the hook. It does confirm that Northern Dancer won the Derby and was Canadian-bred, but not that it was the first such to do so. The hook does not appear as a single sentence in the article so I had to check the separate citations in the article (not all of which were accessible) for the various pieces of information in the hook. Ultimately, it does appear that everything in the hook is in the article and supported by the inline citations provided there.
~ RLO1729💬 13:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. I loved the People quote", wondered how exactly it was worded, but couldn't find the original source. Hail to your google-fu. As for Alt-2, here's a better source that contains all the bits https://horsenetwork.com/2017/06/king-canada-northern-dancer/ The two minutes record is about a quarter of the way down and about half way down is "Canada’s first Kentucky Derby champion in record setting fashion". I rearranged the article to put those two bits right after each other. Jlvsclrk (talk) 17:40, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
- Great, thanks. ALT2 and new source agree with revised article - this DYK is good to go. Glad we got there in the end! ~ RLO1729💬 23:02, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
I started this review after an initial check and thought it looked pretty good in most areas, but the DYK check tool highlighted that the article was promoted to GA back in 2001. If this is an error or there is some other reason for it to be considered promoted or expanded in the last ten days then I will happily continue the review. – It seems this must be an error as the DYK check tool also says the article was created in 2002! I'll investigate. – Talk page shows promoted to GA on April 8, 2020, so OK.
The source provided with the hook is not used in the article to support the facts of the hook. It does confirm that Northern Dancer won the Derby and was Canadian-bred, but not that it was the first such to do so. The hook does not appear as a single sentence in the article so I had to check the separate citations in the article (not all of which were accessible) for the various pieces of information in the hook. Ultimately, it does appear that everything in the hook is in the article and supported by the inline citations provided there.