Talk:Saraya Awliya al-Dam

A fact from Saraya Awliya al-Dam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Iraqi paramilitary Saraya Awliya al-Dam has a Telegram account?

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Did you know nomination

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that an Iraqi paramilitary, Saraya Awliya al-Dam, uses the social media app Telegram to spread their opinions? Source: "Profile: Saraya Awliya al-Dam"
- ALT0a:... that Iraqi paramilitary Saraya Awliya al-Dam has a Telegram account? Source: See ALT0
- ALT1:... that even though the Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary Saraya Awliya al-Dam was created in August 2020, it carried out one of the largest attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq during the Biden administration a year later? Source: "Iraq's Resurgent Paramilitaries" and "Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: February"
  - ALT1a:... that only a year after being formed, paramilitary Saraya Awliya al-Dam carried out the most serious attack on U.S. forces in Iraq of Biden's presidency? Source: "Iraq's Resurgent Paramilitaries" and "'Wake up call': Deadly Iraq rocket attack puts pressure on US"

Created/expanded by Dunutubble (talk). Self-nominated at 15:03, 11 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - The article doesn't include the superlative that it's one of the largest attacks, it should do so
Interesting:
Other problems: - ALT0 seems to imply that the militia primarily markets itself through telegram, which doesn't seem to be the case.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Dunutubble: The article seems fine—the hooks need a bit of work, but we're almost there! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:27, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Duntubble? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:26, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

oops, @Dunutubble? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:28, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The nominator hasn't responded despite pings and a talk page message. I'd recommend marking the nomination for closure if they don't respond soon. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:52, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

yeah, that's unfortunate. If anyone wants to adopt the nom, we can keep working, but Dunutubble, it's been a bit of time. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 18:14, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like a shame to let this nomination die. Theleekycauldron, please give me a bit of time. Sdrqaz (talk) 16:01, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdrqaz: time you may have. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 16:08, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Theleekycauldron, I've added a citation to the claim that the attack was the largest since the Biden administration began and have proposed ALT0a and ALT1a, which should be "cleaner" versions. Thank you, Sdrqaz (talk) 16:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdrqaz:

Problems addressed and nomination approved—nice rescue! I changed ALT1a a little bit, but both ALT1a and ALT0a are approved. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 16:29, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great! ALT1a is a little long – would it be possible to remove Biden's first name? Sdrqaz (talk) 16:30, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

works for me! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 16:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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