Template:Did you know nominations/COVID vaccine dispute
- 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) 21:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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COVID vaccine dispute
... that during a vaccine dispute, the European Union was accused of "an absolutely incredible act of hostility" by Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's first minister?
- Reviewed: Gabriel Sterling
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Dumelow (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 07:32, 3 February 2021 (UTC).
Whether relevant or not for DYK I have concerns this article has not been expanded to cover some of the fallout from this dispute (I'm unsure if this affects DYK). This includes: fallout impact on the ramifications of threat of revoking Article 16 (e.g.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55882140) ; the impact of the threat of export controls ; where the 9m doses have been magic'd from (I think I read AZ had procured extra capacity); Questions about more UK support for Valneva vaccine rather than EU/French support; pressure on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen .... I'm too tied RL currently to try to expand article which could be controversial but it probably needs nuturing and expansion in my view. It also really needs a Template:Gs/talk notice for covid if chosen for DYK. Otherwise probably has merits for DYK but DYK is not a zone I follow or know much about. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk)
In response to Djm-leighpark's concerns, no, that is of no relevance to the DYK nomination. What is of relevance is the merge tag. That needs to be resolved before this nomination goes anywhere. Please place a {{subst:DYK?again}}tag once that's resolved. Schwede66 01:21, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
The merger suggestion has been resolved. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Schwede66: This nomination has been waiting a long time for review. Do you fancy doing it? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:18, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
The article was new enough when it got nominated. The article is plenty long enough and we checked the early edit summaries whether any prose got copied from other articles; there was no obvious evidence of this and the early version we checked from 31 Jan was quite substantial already. The article is neutral and within policy. Could "the head of Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination" perhaps be rephrased to be different to the source (is he a "chief executive", "chairperson", or "director", or something like that?)?
The reviewing guide states: "Consider very carefully whether the hook puts undue emphasis on a negative aspect of a living individual. Err on the side of caution, and when in doubt, suggest an ALT hook." As a group of Kiwi editors (sitting together in a large group in one room and no mask in sight – just saying), we are somewhat removed from the drama in Europe but wondered whether Arlene Foster would be happy to have the "absolutely incredible act of hostility" language associated to her. To that end, we wonder whether an alternative hook could be more suitable, e.g. the European Union reversing its decision the following day and admitting that they got it wrong? Please write an alternative hook for us to consider. Schwede66 23:11, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Schwede66: Things have moved on, and the original dispute between the EU and AstraZeneca has been subsumed into larger COVID-19 vaccine mismanagement issues and potential vaccine nationalism. The article has already seen several name changes and I can foresee this happening again. But let's get this DYK out of the way first. How about ALT1? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:57, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that despite the European Commission organising COVID-19 vaccine supplies for the whole bloc, a shortage of vaccine caused several member states to obtain their own supplies from Russia and China?
ALT1 is approved. The close paraphrasing outlined above (i.e. "the head of Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination") is still to be addressed. Once that's done, it's all go. Schwede66 20:30, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Schwede66: Done, he's the chairman apparently. I have changed the piping in the hook link. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:51, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
