Template:Did you know nominations/Nuno Xavier
- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
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Nuno Xavier
- ... that aerospace engineer Nuno Xavier signed the treaty that made São Tomé and Príncipe an independent nation?
- Source: signed the treaty (in English);
aerospace engineer (in Portuguese)aerospace engineer
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2015–16 College Football Playoff (2/2)
- Comment: It appears I'm a day late; hoping for an eligibility extension per WP:DYKG:
The seven-day limit can be extended for a day or two upon request.
BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:51, 26 December 2024 (UTC).
- This will be only the second São Tomé and Príncipe DYK bio ever. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:57, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- See below - Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - See below
Hook eligibility:
- Cited: - See below
- Interesting:
| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Thanks for writing this page about an important figure in an under-covered country on Wikipedia! Per your request, the page passes newness, and has good length with neutral wording. With most sources being in Portuguese, I cannot accurately verify they are plagiarism free, so I am AGF. For sources one and two which are in English, however, I did cross check them, and the phrase from source one "on an official visit to Portugal", is a little long to be copied verbatim in the article without using quotation marks. Similarly in source two: the sentence "In July 2022, 47 years after independence, São Tomé's international airport was named after him." is just barely paraphrased to "In July 2022, 47 years after independence, the São Tomé International Airport was renamed after him" in the article, and should also be rewritten. Furthermore, and unless I'm missing something, the crash site in Vila Nova de Gaia does not appear to be stated at all in source one. It should either be removed or have a supporting citation. The hook is cited, but uses the wrong citation. Again, unless I'm missing something, nowhere in the Portuguese source above does it state Xavier was an aerospace engineer, just that he was an engineer. Please replace this source with source two, which does state that he was an aeronautical engineer and not just an engineer.
The number of concerns overall makes it hard for me to AGF on the non-English sources, but I'll still do so since you have a lot of DYK experience, and I have confidence you'll get the page up to DYK standards in no time 🙂 Cheers, and thank you again for your work on these under-covered countries on Wikipedia. Johnson524 04:12, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the thorough review. I'll look into the issues tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:11, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- and the phrase from source one "on an official visit to Portugal", is a little long to be copied verbatim in the article without using quotation marks
- I added quotes; not sure of a good way to rephrase it...
- Similarly in source two: the sentence "In July 2022, 47 years after independence, São Tomé's international airport was named after him." is just barely paraphrased to "In July 2022, 47 years after independence, the São Tomé International Airport was renamed after him" in the article, and should also be rewritten.
- Changed to "On the 47th anniversary of independence, in July 2022, the São Tomé International Airport was renamed in his honor"; does that work?
- Furthermore, and unless I'm missing something, the crash site in Vila Nova de Gaia does not appear to be stated at all in source one.
- Added a reference.
- The hook is cited, but uses the wrong citation. Again, unless I'm missing something, nowhere in the Portuguese source above does it state Xavier was an aerospace engineer, just that he was an engineer. Please replace this source with source two, which does state that he was an aeronautical engineer and not just an engineer.
- I added ref two in the nomination; is that all?
- @Johnson524: Sorry for being a bit late; I think I addressed everything. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
