Template:Did you know nominations/Dick Megugorac
- 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) 07:01, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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Dick Megugorac
[edit]... that customizer Dick Megugorac was known simply by his nickname, "Magoo"?
Created/expanded by Trekphiler (talk). Self-nominated at 10:31, 16 September 2018 (UTC).
- "the subject may not be notable" You really are clueless, aren't you? Magoo was doing custom jobs before Boyd was even born, & he has a page. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 13:01, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
- I would like to remind you of the no personal attacks policy. Calling other editors "clueless" is not kosher, and the reason you cited above is actually not a valid argument for the notability of an article. If sufficient sources are added to the article to demonstrate notability, I would be happy to withdraw my nomination. Catrìona (talk) 22:12, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- The AfD has closed as "no consensus", but a new hook will be needed, as the one proposed is indeed not interesting, and has been struck. Trekphiler, can you please propose an alternate hook, so the review can proceed? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:46, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
- As this is your 6th nomination at WP:DYKN, please provide a QPQ. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:33, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
- Since I'm getting complaints about not doing formal reviews, go ahead & withdraw this. I won't be nominating any other pages. Ever. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 02:13, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Trekphiler: Please reconsider your withdrawal. WP:QPQ is not a punishment, it's merely a practice that's intended to help lessen the backlog here at DYK. It's not difficult to do a DYK review; all you need to do is to check if a nominated article folows the rules and the supplementary guidelines. If you're having trouble with reviewing, you can always ask for help from other editors who can mentor you on such things. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:28, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
- Since I'm getting complaints about not doing formal reviews, go ahead & withdraw this. I won't be nominating any other pages. Ever. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 02:13, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
- As this is your 6th nomination at WP:DYKN, please provide a QPQ. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:33, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
- The AfD has closed as "no consensus", but a new hook will be needed, as the one proposed is indeed not interesting, and has been struck. Trekphiler, can you please propose an alternate hook, so the review can proceed? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:46, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
- I would like to remind you of the no personal attacks policy. Calling other editors "clueless" is not kosher, and the reason you cited above is actually not a valid argument for the notability of an article. If sufficient sources are added to the article to demonstrate notability, I would be happy to withdraw my nomination. Catrìona (talk) 22:12, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
It has been twelve days without a response, and this cannot proceed without a valid hook. Since the nominator asked for this to be withdrawn over two weeks ago, if nothing further is supplied before someone comes to close this, it should be closed as withdrawn rather than rejected outright. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:04, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
@BlueMoonset: How about these hook proposals? Can they work?
- ALT1
... that Dick Megugorac and his brother-in-law Carl Riggen founded Riggen Slot Cars, which would become one of the largest slot car manufacturers in the United States? - ALT2
... that the custom cars of Dick Megugorac were described as "bulletproof" on reliability and "could be driven anywhere"? - ALT3
... that customizer Dick Megugorac's project cars were featured on magazines such as Hot Rod, and he has been inducted in the National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame?
- ALT1
- Granted, I'm not particularly fond of any of these proposals, these are just ideas to see if any could work as hooks. The article is pretty interesting and it would be sad to see the nomination fail. If none of these work, you are free to close this. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 21:24, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
- Courtesy ping to the original reviewer Catrìona. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 21:26, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
- I am not interested in reviewing this nomination, I was just pointing out above that it had been nominated for deletion so that editors could respond appropriately. Catrìona (talk) 00:12, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
- I added the Los Angeles Times reference, though there is certainly more than could be culled from the biographies listed under External Links. But since we're on our own here, let's move this along. Article is new enough, long enough, neutrally written, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. The ALT2 hook is most interesting, though the source says "bomb-proof", not "bulletproof"; I made that change in the article and am making it here:
- ALT2a: ... that the custom cars built by Dick Megugorac were described as "bomb-proof" on reliability and "could be driven anywhere, anytime"?
- I'll donate one of my own QPQs to help this along: Template:Did you know nominations/Avis Crocombe.
ALT2a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 01:54, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
- I am not interested in reviewing this nomination, I was just pointing out above that it had been nominated for deletion so that editors could respond appropriately. Catrìona (talk) 00:12, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
