Template:Did you know nominations/Thurgood Marshall
- 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 SL93 (talk) 00:23, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
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Thurgood Marshall
- ... that when asked by reporters why he was retiring, U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall replied, "What's wrong with me? I'm old. I'm getting old and coming apart!"? Source: Ball, Howard (1998). A Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America. New York: Crown Publishers. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-517-59931-0.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Made You Look (Meghan Trainor song)
- Comment: If anyone could help me with the punctuation in this hook, that would be great.
Improved to Good Article status by Extraordinary Writ (talk). Nominated by Unlimitedlead (talk) at 22:06, 29 October 2022 (UTC).
@Unlimitedlead: Sorry but I have to fail this. Per DYK newness rules, if an article is a bold link in the prose section of "On this day..." then it is ineligible for DYK. I don't why the newness category rules have to be so weirdly specific nor do I know why this rule was added in the first place. Which sucks too because I would've loved for this to become a DYK but I have to follow the DYK criteria. Sorry Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:24, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: Ah, that is truly a shame. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
I've posted a note at DYK – it'd be a shame to close this so soon. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:05, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: Do you know if this nomination can proceed? The discussion at DYK somehow spiraled into a full-blown argument in the past month, and frankly, I have no idea what's happening! Unlimitedlead (talk) 01:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- First time? :P it looks like the discussion is going to resolve in favour of allowing the hook (goes outside, turns around three times, and spits), so I think we just have to wait for a close. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 05:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: Do you know if this nomination can proceed? The discussion at DYK somehow spiraled into a full-blown argument in the past month, and frankly, I have no idea what's happening! Unlimitedlead (talk) 01:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: Ah, that is truly a shame. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Unlimitedlead (talk) 00:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, saying "I'm old" is not unusual or intriguing (WP:DYKCRIT). And readers with special knowledge or interest in this subject will certainly have strong opinions about the choice of quote. Joofjoof (talk) 19:33, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- I thought it would be humorous and interesting to find out that Thurgood Marshall, one of the most important figures in American history, sassed reporters. Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:59, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- I think this is a good hook, for the reason User:Unlimitedlead said. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 13:19, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- I thought it would be humorous and interesting to find out that Thurgood Marshall, one of the most important figures in American history, sassed reporters. Unlimitedlead (talk) 20:59, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
The RfC and related discussion has closed, and the rules have changed so former OTD/ITN/TFAs are now eligible for DYK at least a year after their latest appearance. Given that Marshall's article was last a bolded link in 2014, the article should now be eligible for DYK and thus the review can proceed. Courtesy ping: @Extraordinary Writ, Onegreatjoke, Theleekycauldron, Joofjoof, Unlimitedlead, and Mx. Granger:. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:10, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- Working on the review now. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:53, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks. With all the chaos at DYK over the past 3 months, I almost forgot this hook was never actually reviewed! Unlimitedlead (talk) 16:51, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- Working on the review now. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:53, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
As noted above, this is now considered DYK-eligible. No article or hook issues (I agree it's interesting enough to a broad audience), and QPQ was done. Punctuation in the hook looks fine to me. I made some small edits that then nominator/major editor might like to review in this series of revisions. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:19, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, FFF! The edits all look good to me. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:22, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
