Template:Did you know nominations/Queen Charlotte's Ball

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:53, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Queen Charlotte's Ball

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~~... that at the Queen Charlotte's Ball, a birthday cake is the real queen?~~
- ALT1: ... that at the Queen Charlotte's Ball, debutantes curtsey to a giant birthday cake? Source: "You stand up a bit taller, which is wonderful when you have to enter a room, process in front of 250 people, and then make a deep curtsey to a cake." ([1])

Created by Willthacheerleader18 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:45, 22 March 2019 (UTC).

article is long enough, no copyvio, includes reliable sources. Awaiting for QPQ ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 13:01, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

I thought that, in order for QPQ to be a requirement, the nominator has to already have 5 DYK credits: Exception: If, at the time a nomination is promoted to the main page, its nominator has fewer than five DYK credits (whether or not self-nominated) then the nomination is exempt from QPQ. I currently have 3 DYK credits. I am more than happy to do a QPQ but I don't believe, at this time, it is a requirement. Have I misunderstood something? -- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 16:17, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

I misread QPQ check. ___CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 12:50, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I came to promote this, but I don't understand the hook at all. Why don't you just say they curtsey to a cake? That's quirky enough. Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

I thought that calling the cake, which they curtsey to, the 'queen' was a fun play on the name of the ball as well. If it would be better to change it so a more simple statement, I can. -- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 22:16, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

The hook fact must be verified by a source, which it isn't. Please provide an alt hook. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:19, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Done. -- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 22:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I restored the thread so others can follow the discussion. In future, please add new alts rather than edit the old ones.
I read the sources and fixed up the article regarding the curtseying. In the beginning they curtseyed to Queen Charlotte, afterwards they curtseyed to the reigning monarch. In the 21st-century revival, they curtsey to the cake.

Thank you! Although, the tradition of curtsying to the cake at the ball began before the 21st-century [2] -- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 23:28, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see how you edited it. That makes sense. Thank you! -- Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 23:31, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

ALT1 hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per CAPTAIN MEDUSA. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)