Template:Did you know nominations/Stray cow

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 SL93 (talk) 21:22, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Stray cattle in India

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Stray cow on a busy street in Varanasi

... that the local farmers released hundreds of cattle at the venue for an election rally in India to highlight the menace of the stray cows in the area.Source: "Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, just 40 km from Lucknow, reportedly released hundreds of cattle at an open ground near the venue of a rally by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier today to highlight the stray cattle menace in their area."NDTV
- ALT1 ... that deadly attacks by stray cows was an election issue in India? Source: "Uttar Pradesh: Why deadly cow attacks are an issue in Indian state election". BBC News. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  - ALT1a: ... that deadly attacks from stray cattle in India have become an electoral issue?
- ALT2 ... that India had spent ₹5.8 billion (US$69 million) on shelters for stray cows in between the years 2014 and 2016. Source: "India has spent 5.8 billion rupees on cow sheds since 2014" July 17, 2016, "Cow urine can sell for more than milk in India". Bloomberg.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ALT3 ... that the owner of a stray cow no longer claims ownership or its owner cannot be determined. Source: "Stray cattle means any animal of the bovine, ovine, porcine, or caprine species for which the owner is no longer claiming ownership or for which the owner cannot be determined, Lawinsider
- ALT4: ... that stray cattle in India cause road accidents frequently?
  - ALT4a: ... that stray cow in India cause fatal road accidents frequently?
- ALT5: ... that one stray cow caused chaos at an airport in Ahmedabad, India?
- ALT6: ... that a cow tax failed to address the problem of stray cattle in India?
- ALT7: ... that India has over 5 million stray cows?
- QPQ : Exempt
- Comment: Will think of more ALTs and add.

Created by Venkat TL (talk). Self-nominated at 11:59, 23 February 2022 (UTC).

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral: - It needs some copyediting
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - ?

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article is new enough, long enough and looks to be well sourced. It looks like qpq is not required, and there's no copyvio on earwig. All of the hooks are cited and interesting (I made a minor word tweak to ALT1). The pic is free and in the article, but its a bit crowded at 100px, so a different picture might be better. The only other issue is that it needs some minor copyediting for neutrality and grammar. BuySomeApples (talk) 21:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Asking for a second review since I've made significant edits to the page (mostly to work on grammar, neutrality, etc). BuySomeApples (talk) 23:01, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

BuySomeApples, I have added the pics in the order of my preference and 100px to make it easier for the reviewer to choose. Caption is in the article. I had used the pic of crowded street to show the dangerous situation, when the animal can turn on the crowd at any moment, and they do infarct turn on the people nearby, depending on mood swings. If the pic is not clear at 100px, I am fine with choosing other pics. Your copy edits have been very helpful. I hope that it has fixed the neutrality issue you had pointed. Venkat TL (talk) 08:22, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you @Venkat TL: I think either of the top 2 pics would work fine. Once a second reviewer OKs the page this should be ready to go. BuySomeApples (talk) 19:34, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

@Venkat TL: Many thanks for this interesting article. It qualifies all parameters for DYK; could you please offer other ALTs? (as per your comment). Regards RV (talk) 17:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

@RAJIVVASUDEV, Venkat TL, and BuySomeApples: given that the scope of this article is mostly focused on India (and the improbability of widening to a global perspective this late in the nom), I've changed the article title to match. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 07:53, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Okay, this article was truly a delightful read. Something about stray cows really gets me in the funny bone :) I've suggested ALT1a, as well as ALTs 4–7. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:05, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you theleekycauldron. I have added an alt 4a. As page creator, I approve all the ALTs. The reviewer can choose any of them. For all the DYK, I suggest we use "Stray cow" instead of cattle, because they are primarily cow, not sheep goat etc. Cow is holy, not cattle. Cow slaughter is banned, not cattle. Venkat TL (talk) 09:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Approved with ALT1 which is interesting and verified. Thanks RV (talk) 07:32, 22 March 2022 (UTC)