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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 Yoninah (talk) 00:12, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Blessings in Disguise", 1865.
"Blessings in Disguise", 1865.

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 12:32, 21 August 2019 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, hook is interesting, most citations check, (AGF on subscription source), images are in the Public Domain, and, other than quotations and titles, there is no close paraphrasing, while the QPQ is pending. However, the citations need work, per url links. There are just too many bare url addresses mixed in with the text and in the references section. Some of the url addresses link to books. The url for citations [9] and [10] should use templates as was done in citation [11]. Also, page numbers should appear in the reference section when books are used as sources. As an alternative, you could use the open url with a label, enclosed in [brackets]. For example, Citation [10], using the existing url, could look like this: Chinese-English Classical Idiom Stories, pp.165-166 -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:19, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I will fix them shortly. I didn't want to miss the deadline. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:32, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Gwillhickers: Everything should be OK now. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:56, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Looks much better. Mind you, the DYK criteria doesn't say anything about citation and source formatting, but in this case I thought a little organization was called for. All criteria check. QPQ now satisfied. Nice article. Good to go. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 01:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese tale, and other languages

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I asked at User talk:Nlu about the translation and they've never heard that particular story, but have heard another about a lost horse for which that phrase is actually the second half of a complete saying, and what I can see of the source seems to be possibly a source for this lost horse story? I'm wondering if that sentence might need attention from someone familiar with Chinese folktales/sayings.

I know this saying/concept must be present in other languages/regions, too. It almost defies credibility that it wouldn't be. --valereee (talk) 14:17, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it's likely to have developed independently in many cultures. Philafrenzy (talk) 17:49, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 28 November 2019

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 15:46, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Blessing in disguise (idiom)Blessing in disguise – Disambiguation unnecessary per WP:DIFFCAPS. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 16:05, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]


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Merger of burnt toast theory??

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There was a thundering hue and cry to merge the burnt toast theory article into this one, and it passed, but no one has actually put anything about the burnt toast theory in this article? I am trying to understand how Wikipedia works. When will one or more of the people that wanted it merged, actually do it??? Personally I voted for deletion, but the decision was merge, what's up with that??

Dr.gregory.retzlaff (talk) 06:05, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the full comments Owenx made while closing. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:15, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also voted for deletion, but it looks like it's been long enough, I could take a stab at it. Clarinetguy097 (talk) 15:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]