Talk:Badminton in Singapore

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Did you know... that badminton in Singapore began in the early 19th century?

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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 RoySmith (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that badminton in Singapore started in the early 19th century? Source: "Badminton was introduced in Singapore in the early 19th century and reached the height of its success in the 1950s." [1]
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Created by Oahid (talk). Self-nominated at 08:03, 9 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi @Oahid:, welcome to DYK, hope you enjoy your stay as we can certainly use some badminton athletes in DYK. This is your first nomination, so a QPQ is not needed. Article is long and new enough. However, there are several concerns:

Your hook is not explicitly mentioned in the article (sentence 1 of the "History" section only says "British colonial era", which is much less specific than "early 19th century".), so I would recommend writing that in the article.
"aimed to promote the game as well as to select the best players from various clubs by organising games among the clubs, so as to produce local athletes to participate in the renowned tournaments among the regional and international community" - could you put an inline citation at the end of this sentence?
"As there was no suitable indoor sports hall in Malaya then, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) decided to build one in Singapore." - same as above, needs an inline citation

Once the issues have been fixed, would be glad to pass. Juxlos (talk) 11:04, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Juxlos, have made the changes based your recommendation, thanks! Oahid (talk) 11:55, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, good to go. Going forward, I'd recommend using the citations from the website you used - it's not exactly Wikipedia so you can cite it, but it's still a tertiary source encyclopedia and it's preferred that you go to the secondary sources (i.e. the ones your source cited) if accessible. Juxlos (talk) 14:23, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Oahid and Juxlos: Hi there! may I suggest an alternate hook? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 08:58, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT1: ... that badminton in Singapore took over a hundred years to spread from the affluent British residents to the local population?
- @Theleekycauldron: i'm fine with that too, thanks!