Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Gapes

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Mike Gapes

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British MP Michael John Gapes. Baileys not included.

... ~~that British MP Mike Gapes (pictured) became a source of left-wing mockery after a 2017 anti-Brexit speech he gave explaining how Baileys was made went viral?~~ Source: “I’ve been through a divorce. I know what divorces are like”: Mike Gapes on the pain of leaving Labour
ALT1 ... that a pro-Brexit explanation of how Baileys is made given by British MP Mike Gapes (pictured) was described as being "infinitely memeable" and giving him a "bizarre online infamy"? Source: “I’ve been through a divorce. I know what divorces are like”: Mike Gapes on the pain of leaving Labour

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Harriet Amelia Folsom

Improved to Good Article status by AFreshStart (talk). Self-nominated at 18:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC).

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Gog the Mild (talk) 18:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi AFreshStart. I don't see that the article states that he "became a source of left-wing mockery" because of the Baileys speech, nor that it "went viral". Could you either tweak the article - assuming the sources support this - or tweak the hook? (Eg 'that British MP Mike Gapes' (pictured) pro-Brexit explanation of how Baileys is made was described as being "infinitely memeable" and giving him "bizarre online infamy"' or similar.) Gog the Mild (talk) 18:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

The hook is true, but you're right; it isn't fully supported by the source. I'd definitely support your tweaked hook wording as an alternative, thank you! 🙂 —AFreshStart (talk) 09:42, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

OK. I have tweaked it a bit and listed it as ALT1, and tweaked the article to explicitly match it. I believe that having become so involved in producing the hook I now need to step back and allow another editor to review it. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:37, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Comment: please remember that hooks must be accurate, neutral, and not unduly focused on negative aspects of living people. DYK is not the place to mock, tease, or shame living people, even if reliable sources have done so. --Animalparty! (talk) 04:20, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

New reviewer needed to check ALT1 and recent article changes. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:10, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
- I see no problem with ALT1 (interesting, cited, and neutral), and the article improvements since Dec. 1 check out. Good to go with ALT1! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 22:55, 29 December 2021 (UTC)