Talk:Johann Peries

A fact from Johann Peries appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2018, hair stylist Johann Peries became the first Sri Lankan man to summit Mount Everest?

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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 97198 (talk) 11:31, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Johann Peries is the first Sri Lankan man to summit Mount Everest? Source: "Daily FT~~

ALT1: ~~that Johann Peries is the first male from Sri Lanka and second Sri Lankan to summit the Mount Everest?~~
ALT2: ~~Johann Peries who climbed the Mount Everest in 2018 initially failed to summit the Mount Everest during his first attempt in 2016?~~

Converted from a redirect by Abishe (talk). Self-nominated at 08:13, 30 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

The article replaces a redirect and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. It seems like a lost opportunity not to mention that he is the first Sri Lankan man but not the first Sri Lankan person, a woman having achieved the feat first. This is Abishe's fifth DYK, so a QPQ will be needed next time. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook is extremely similar to the one for Template:Did you know nominations/Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, and in fact I had to do a double take, because I thought the latter hook was also about a man. Could you offer an alt suggestion here? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:44, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have added alt blurbs as suggested by you. I hope that the one of the alt blurbs could suit well. Abishe (talk) 15:13, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Abishe: I have gone over the article and added a little more from the sources. ALT1 has too many details, and ALT2 is something that happens to many, many climbers. What do you think about this idea:
ALT3: ~~... that Johann Peries parlayed his youthful interest in rock climbing to becoming the first man from Sri Lanka to summit Mount Everest?~~ Yoninah (talk) 20:41, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Your idea is perfect and I agree with it. Abishe (talk) 14:25, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. @Cwmhiraeth: would you mind reviewing ALT3? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:28, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything in the source about rock climbing although it does mention him exploring the Knuckles Mountain Range in central Sri Lanka with his father when he was young. How about

ALT4: ... that in 2018, hair stylist Johann Peries became the first Sri Lankan man to summit Mount Everest? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:35, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cute. @Abishe: if you'd like the rock climbing hook, please add another source for rock climbing. Otherwise, what do you think about ALT4? Yoninah (talk) 17:45, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: I prefer the ALT4 which might be interesting to the readers. Abishe (talk) 11:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT4 is verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Cwmhiraeth. ALT4 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 12:34, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]