Template:Did you know nominations/Gender and sexual minorities in the Ottoman Empire
- 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 Rjjiii talk 02:04, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
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Gender and sexual minorities in the Ottoman Empire
- ... that throughout its existence, gender and sexual variance in the Ottoman Empire was depicted in Ottoman literature and art? Source: Numerous throughout the article; see "Literature and art" section
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- Comment: Was not sure what would be the best hook for this article, please let me know if anyone can think of a better one.
Created by GnocchiFan (talk). Self-nominated at 18:04, 4 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gender and sexual minorities in the Ottoman Empire; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Basically, the hook is not interesting, but the article itself meets other requirements. Try thinking up some alts? ALT1 looks great, approved Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 04:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC) Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 21:55, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Just-a-can-of-beans: Thanks for reviewing this article. How about:
- ALT1 ... that due to 19th-century French views of widespread homosexuality among Ottoman Turks, Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi was offered male prostitutes by officials on a visit to Paris?
- Happy to alter or change this hook however necessary if this is too clickbaity. –GnocchiFan (talk) 23:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- @GnocchiFan: Actually, I think that sounds like an awesome hook. It's not clickbait if it's true - it's just an incredibly interesting fact! Gonna change this to an approval with ALT1 hook.Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 04:38, 15 February 2024 (UTC)