Template:DYK top/sandbox
- 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: by
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Template is used to archive successful and unsuccessful DYK nominations when the discussion is closed.
Usage
[edit]The template has three variable choices for closing a nomination (input under the "passed" variable). y or yes will result in the nomination being archived as promoted, n or no will result in the nomination being archived as not promoted, and w or withdrawn will result in the nomination being archived as not promoted due to the nominator withdrawing the nomination.
Successful nominations will be closed with syntax similar to {{subst:DYK top|passed=yes|monthyear=January 2013}} placed at the top of the nomination.
Which produces the following top archive statement and tag:
The following is an archived discussion of Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination's (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the DYK WikiProject's (talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.
The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:11, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy
[edit]
- ... that West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (pictured) also served three terms as mayor of Romney, West Virginia?
- Reviewed: It’s Too Bad
Created by Caponer (talk). Self nom at 17:44, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hook: Looks good (short enough, cited, and interesting).
- Article: Long enough, new enough and is well referenced.
Great work on this one. Looks good! Patriarca12 (talk) 18:05, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
With syntax similar to {{subst:DYK bottom|passed=yes}} placed at the bottom. If the nomination is unsuccessful, the top syntax will be similar to {{subst:DYK top|passed=no|monthyear=January 2013}} with {{subst:DYK bottom|passed=yes}} placed at the bottom.
It produces:
The following is an archived discussion of One Crazy Ride's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination's (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the DYK WikiProject's (talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.
The result was: rejected by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:25, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Length
One Crazy Ride
[edit]- ... that the 2009 documentary One Crazy Ride is based on a real-life route-charting expedition in 2002, led by the film's director, Gaurav Jani?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/NeocoreGames
- Comment: Recently expanded fivefold
Created/expanded by Bonkers The Clown (talk), Deepadeepa (talk). Nominated by Bonkers The Clown (talk) at 04:35, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Article currently at AFD and clearly has basic sourcing and content problems.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:22, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
AfD appears headed in the direction of "keep", and the article is being improved along the way; once the AfD closes one way or the other, it would be appropriate to re-review it to see if it then fulfills DYK requirements. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:18, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
- Article has exited AfD, but still has only about 1100 characters of prose. Chris857 (talk) 04:20, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
- Problem fixed. Bonkers The Clown (Nonsensical Babble) 13:04, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
- Article still only contains 1385 characters of prose. The hook isn't necessarily "hooky" and can use some reworking to deliver the same message in an easier way. The article is lacking in a large number of refs and is in general not fit for the main page as it stands. Ryan Vesey 09:32, 20 December 2012 (UTC)