Template:Did you know nominations/Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation
- 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 Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
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Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation
[edit]- ... that the CR-39 polymer, used to manufacture plastic eyeglasses lenses, was one of 200 polymers invented by Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation during the Second World War?
Created by Godsy (talk). Self-nominated at 06:07, 30 January 2016 (UTC).
This is a new article, begun January 19, 2016, and nominated for DYK January 20, so it satisfies the 7-day criterion. The title indicates it is about the Columbia Southern Chemical Corporation, a diversified company, but the text seems to focus mainly on a single product. Which do you intend? I think it is not long enough to do both well. The current word count is 260 words (1760 characters including spaces). DYK nominating criteria is a minimum of 1500 characters. Also, do you have a QPQ? If this is your first DYK nomination, the QPQ is not required.Bruin2 (talk) 22:01, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Bruin2: Firstly, to address quid pro quo: "
For every nomination you make you must review one other nomination (unrelated to you)—this is called quid pro quo or QPQ. The review must address all five criteria listed here. Exception: If, at the time a nomination is promoted to the main page, its nominator has fewer than five DYK credits (whether or not self-nominated) then the nomination is exempt from QPQ.
" per WP:DYK#Eligibility criteria; I currently have 2 DYK credits, so this nomination is exempt from QPQ. Secondly: Approximately 18% of the article (3/10 sentences, 2 of which are relatively short) are in regard to a specific product (i.e. CR-39) which is one of the more notable things the company produced (i.e. there is sourcing available about it). Personally, I don't think it detracts too much (i.e. is the main focus). If you still think it is an issue that will prevent this from passing, I can add another sentence or two unrelated to that specific product. If that wouldn't be enough, I suppose this will have to fail, as I've pretty much exhausted what I could find through freely available online sources. 07:15, 3 February 2016 (UTC): Shortened hook above to be within the character limit. Best Regards,—Godsy(TALKCONT) 00:22, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Bruin2: Firstly, to address quid pro quo: "
The hook, as of today, has 174 characters, so it satisfies the length limit. It is interesting and has an in-line citation. The overall word count is 259 (1729 characters including spaces), which meets the DYK criterion. The article meets WP policy guidelines, is neutral and has inline citations. There is no image. Bruin2 (talk) 06:07, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
