Template:Did you know nominations/Gook (headgear)

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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 14:59, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Gook (headgear)

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... that gooks protected bal maidens (pictured) from sunlight, noise and flying debris?

Comment: For obvious reasons, this one is potentially delicate; while in British English a gook is a type of protective bonnet, in US English gook is a deeply offensive racial slur. Hopefully, this has the right level of "I wonder what a gook and a bal maiden are, I think I'll click on these links to find out", without giving the impression that we're trying to find an excuse to put a "bad word" on the main page. The image is a slightly different version to that used in the article, as the one in the article has an extreme aspect ratio that will look oddly distorted on at mainpage size. The image shows bal maidens wearing gooks, so the (pictured) can go after either; I've put it after 'bal maiden' rather than 'gook' to make it clear that we're not saying "these women are gooks". Mogism (talk) 12:35, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
Reviewed Liverpool Exchange by-election, 1897

Created/expanded by Mogism (talk). Self nom at 12:35, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

As an FYI to Mogism's above comment, Gook is the Wikipedia article about the racial slur. Maile66 (talk) 23:57, 10 September 2012 (UTC)