Template:Did you know nominations/Maipina de la Barra
- 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) 22:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
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Maipina de la Barra
A portrait of Maipina de la Barra
- ... that the Chilean travel writer Maipina de la Barra (pictured) owes her unusual given name to the Battle of Maipú? Source: "Su nombre, que puede parecernos hoy tan peculiar, debe su inspiración a la batalla de Maipú, donde combatió su padre ... " [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sam Quek
- Comment: The hook fact can also be found in some of the other sources in the article.
Created by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 21:13, 1 November 2020 (UTC).
I'm not really sure if the hook makes much sense to non-Spanish speakers. Perhaps something is lost in translation here but I'm not sure exactly how her name is considered unusual. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:37, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, thank you for pointing this out. Her name is unusual in that it has no other bearers; or at least none that I know of. It's a neologism created to honour the battle of Maipú. The English equivalent would be to name a child Trafalgarius, after the battle of Trafalgar. With that said, I understand the concern, and I'd be happy for the hook to proceed without the adjective "unusual". Modussiccandi (talk) 11:02, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
- Noted. I'll try finishing the review by tomorrow but right now I'll note that I didn't find any close paraphrasing. On the other hand, do you think you could also try proposing alternative hooks, just in case the name angle doesn't work out for whatever reason? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:23, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
- Narutolovehinata5, thank you for pointing this out. Her name is unusual in that it has no other bearers; or at least none that I know of. It's a neologism created to honour the battle of Maipú. The English equivalent would be to name a child Trafalgarius, after the battle of Trafalgar. With that said, I understand the concern, and I'd be happy for the hook to proceed without the adjective "unusual". Modussiccandi (talk) 11:02, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that Maipina de la Barra was the first Chilean woman to publish a travel journal?Source: Viajera, moderna y aventurera, fue la autora del primer diario de viajes escrito por una chilena. [2]
- That sounds okay, although the original hook is probably more unusual. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:37, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Article meets requirements, no close paraphrasing found, QPQ provided. Both hooks are cited inline to the same Spanish-language source (AGF on reliability, although Google Translate seems to confirm the information). ALT0 is probably the better option, as mentioned in my earlier comment, no real preference on if the word "unusual" is to be kept in the hook or not and will leave the decision to the promoter (though I will note that the source mentions the term "unusual" as well). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:24, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
