Template:Did you know nominations/Natalie Simanowski
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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Natalie Simanowski
- ... that Natalie Simanowski began her "second life" as a Paralympian cyclist after a knife attack by a psychopath in Munich?Source: "I knew immediately that it was something bad. I'm a specialist." It was the beginning of what Simanowski calls her second life."
- ALT1:... that Natalie Simanowski began her "second life" as a Paralympian cyclist after being attacked by someone described as a "psychopath"?
- Reviewed: Mary V. Ahern
- Comment: Women in Red ==> Paralympics pls
Created by SarahTHunter (talk) and Victuallers (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 16:26, 16 July 2021 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
- Interesting:
- Other problems:
| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced and has no copyvio. The hook is cited and interesting, but I'm not sure if describing her attacker as a "psychopath" is politically correct enough for Wikipedia. I can see that it's the term used in the original source, but since I'm not knowledgable about German I can't tell if that's a diagnosis or a turn of speech (ie "He's such a psychopath"). Not a problem that would prevent this nom from passing, I just want another opinion. BuySomeApples (talk) 06:34, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
- I had that problem too, I though about "by a stranger" or "random attack", but its not made clear whether he was known to her and I wanted to avoid being so politically correct that we failed to report the facts. Leaving "by a psychopath" out of the hook side steps the issue and we can put "described as" in the article. I'm not sure we will find an authoritative opinion here. Victuallers (talk) 12:15, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- True, I'm not sure how to verify whether the "psychopath" bit is factually accurate or journalistic color (I also don't know much about German news media, whether its more likely to be accurate or not). From what I know, the popular use of the term psychopath is inaccurate but without understanding nuance I don't know if that's the case here. I think I'll err on the side of trusting the sources to be strictly factual and approve ALT0 and ALT1 @Victuallers:. BuySomeApples (talk) 18:03, 2 August 2021 (UTC)