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) 06:28, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
... that over four days in 2015, American writer Tony Ahn(pictured) hiked the Bataan Death March route, taking only one liter of water and one cup of rice per day, to raise awareness of Filipino involvement?
ALT1: ... that in just over four days in 2015, American writer Tony Ahn(pictured) hiked the Bataan Death March route, taking only one liter of water and one cup of rice per day, to raise awareness that Filipinos were also involved in the march?
ALT2: ... that in 2015 Tony Ahn(pictured) hiked the 63-mile (101 km) Bataan Death March route, consuming only one cup of rice and one liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also part of the march?
ALT3: ... that in 2015, American writer Tony Ahn(pictured) hiked the 101km Bataan Death March route, consuming only a liter of water and a cup of rice per day, to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
ALT4: ... that in 2015 Tony Ahn(pictured) hiked the 63-mile (101 km) Bataan Death March route, consuming only a cup of rice and a liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
ALT5: ... that in 2015 Tony Ahn(shadow pictured) hiked the 63-mile (101 km) Bataan Death March route, consuming only a cup of rice and liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
ALT6: ... that in 2015 Tony Ahn hiked the 63-mile (101 km) Bataan Death March route (marker pictured), consuming only a cup of rice and a liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
This is my first nomination so if I understand the rules correctly I'm exempted from QPQ? ScooterSponson (talk) 20:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
The ALT1 photo appears below the first photo, and that makes it look like it is part of the next DYK nom. I'm adding this comment to create some offset so people will notice, and I assume future comments will increase that offset so it is clear that alternate image goes with the Tony Ahn article. ScooterSponson (talk) 20:30, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
New enough and long enough, hook is interesting and referenced, no neutrality issues detected,image is licensed and QPQ not needed. Good to go. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Returned from prep per discussion at WT:DYK. The article itself is written in an overly promotional style and should be trimmed to just the facts to maintain an encyclopedic tone. Several paragraphs also lack any citations at all, per DYK Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Changed duration from four days to five days to answer concern of TRM about reported distance. Will look at other issues now. ScooterSponson (talk) 04:26, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
To explain what I meant by my comments above, I did a serious copyedit to remove the overabundance of detail and quotes from this article. I originally tagged the article for reading like a newspaper feature rather than an encyclopedic entry. IMO the section on South Korea needs to be trimmed more, and the Diaper Patrol section is rather questionable to include altogether. I'm sure I could list lots of controversies in the bio of every celebrity on Wikipedia, but what we're looking for is notability. Since it appears his main claim to notability are his controversies, I added that fact to the lead. There is also the matter of at least one citation needed in the second paragraph under "South Korea", per Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Regarding the hook, I am reprinting The Rambling Man's comments at WT:DYK:
Besides the article being a puff piece which really does a great job of advertising Mr Ahn and his career highlights, the hook says:
that over four days in 2015, American writer Tony Ahn hiked the Bataan Death March route, taking only one liter of water and one cup of rice per day, to raise awareness of Filipino involvement?
Now, I take that to mean the hike was conducted over four days, not that it took "over four days", however the article states It was sunny the entire four and a half days Ahn took to make the trek, presumably taking the extra half a day to do the last bit. But there's more confusion, one sentence says he hiked the "112km Bataan Death March" (non-breaking space and conversion required there really) but then it says ... taking four days to cover the 102km ... plus ... and a 6km march from the ... (more non-breaking spaces and conversions needed). That adds up to 108 km, not the 112km noted in the previous sentence. Finally, the hook needs to be clearer, as per the article, it was to raise awareness that Filipinos were also involved in the march, not simply "to raise awareness of Filipino involvement". The Rambling Man (talk) 08:51, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Okay, I've changed the numbers to match the Stars & Stripes Source. ScooterSponson (talk) 14:18, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
I changed the hook to "five days" over a month ago. ScooterSponson (talk) 14:18, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Doesn't "to raise awareness that Filipinos were also involved in the march" and "to raise awareness of Filipino involvement" mean the same thing? I was simply going for brevity/word economy with my wording. Besides, the title of the cited article is "American walks Bataan Death March to raise awareness of Philippine involvement" ScooterSponson (talk) 14:18, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Added a citation where the [citation needed] tag had previously appeared. ScooterSponson (talk) 17:28, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
Would "to raise awareness of Filipino participation," take care of The Rambling Man's concern? ScooterSponson (talk) 17:28, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
@ScooterSponson: thank you for your response. Firstly, it's best to add new or changed hooks in chronological order, naming them "ALT1", "ALT2", etc., so other editors can see the progress of the nomination. I restored your original hook, then struck it and added ALT1 with the corrected fact about the duration of the hike. (It's not correct to say 5 days when it was just over 4 days.)
The difference is I wrote "over five days" which is correct as the hike began on Dec. 23 and ended on Dec. 27 and you said "in just over four days" which is also correct but has a slightly different connotation. ScooterSponson (talk) 13:13, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Regarding The Rambling Man's point, if the hook is not clear to one of the DYK regulars, it's probably not going to be clear to other readers. I've gone ahead and suggested ALT2, which deletes some facts and adds others while keeping it to 200 characters. Yoninah (talk) 01:35, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for your guidance on the matter. Looks good to me! ScooterSponson (talk) 12:51, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Also I added two more ALT options, both with "were also forced to march?" because I think it clearly fixes any ambiguity over what "involvement" or being "part of the march" means. I guess some people could think that referred to villagers who gave them food or water, or helped some escape. ScooterSponson (talk) 13:19, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. Since shorter is always better for a hook, let's go with ALT4. I removed the portrait image in favor of the death march one. Since I was heavily involved in editing this article, however, I'll leave it to another reviewer to approve ALT4. Pinging @KAVEBEAR:. Yoninah (talk) 13:29, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Perhaps another reviewer would like to take a look at this other than me. I like to see another opinion on the changes because I'm still not sure about the article.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:19, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
@KAVEBEAR: what are you not sure about? You approved the nomination originally. Yoninah (talk) 19:51, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
I just feel it would better to have a second new review.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:52, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Full review needed, given the extent of the changes since the initial review, which had not been complete (no mention of checking for copyvio/close paraphrasing). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:46, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
Overall: The hook comes out to 204 characters, but only if (pictured) is included, so I'll accept that. --3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:13, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
193 characters, including spaces and ?, not including (pictured), which under the guidelines is not counted. 124.104.216.213 (talk) 15:16, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
Comment: It's probably better not to show on MainPage "... Tony Ahn(pictured) ..." when Ahn is not really in the picture. I'd suggest using the hook without the proposed pic of Ahn's shadow on a memorial for the death march. --PFHLai (talk) 01:23, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
I agree. The hook is too long to put in (shadow on memorial pictured) or something like that.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 05:07, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Comment Remember that "(pictured)" is not counted, so (shadow pictured) is only an additional 7 characters and a space to make it 200 characters/spaces plus the question mark. I don't know if the question mark is counted but if so, remove "a" from before "liter" and you save a character and a space: 199 characters/spaces total. Another way to go about it is to not concentrate on Ahn, but on the death march marker, by inserting (marker pictured) right after "Bataan Death March route" That's 199 plus the question mark. Both work. I'm going to add an ALT5 and ALT6 to represent these suggestions. I think the picture is front page worthy because it is coherent at thumbnail size, will stimulate curiosity, and is a bit different than the usual fare. ScooterSponson (talk) 19:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
New enough and long enough, hook is interesting and referenced, no neutrality issues detected,image is licensed and QPQ not needed. Good to go. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Returned from prep per discussion at WT:DYK. The article itself is written in an overly promotional style and should be trimmed to just the facts to maintain an encyclopedic tone. Several paragraphs also lack any citations at all, per DYK Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
To explain what I meant by my comments above, I did a serious copyedit to remove the overabundance of detail and quotes from this article. I originally tagged the article for reading like a newspaper feature rather than an encyclopedic entry. IMO the section on South Korea needs to be trimmed more, and the Diaper Patrol section is rather questionable to include altogether. I'm sure I could list lots of controversies in the bio of every celebrity on Wikipedia, but what we're looking for is notability. Since it appears his main claim to notability are his controversies, I added that fact to the lead. There is also the matter of at least one citation needed in the second paragraph under "South Korea", per Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. Since shorter is always better for a hook, let's go with ALT4. I removed the portrait image in favor of the death march one. Since I was heavily involved in editing this article, however, I'll leave it to another reviewer to approve ALT4. Pinging @KAVEBEAR:. Yoninah (talk) 13:29, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
The hook comes out to 204 characters, but only if (pictured) is included, so I'll accept that. --3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:13, 14 December 2016 (UTC)