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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. 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 Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Olympic medal

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A silver medal from the 1896 Olympic Games

  • Comment: More like a creation than an expansion.[1]

Created/expanded by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 20:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


Hook review for all except ALT1
Format Citation Neutrality Interest
Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk)


  • Comment: The gold medal pictured has an appropriate license for publication on the main page. This picture would be suitable for ALT2, ALT3a, and ALT3b. The other picture likewise has an appropriate license but could only accompany the original hook because it is from a time when the winner actually did get a silver, not a gold medal. I changed the hooks ("pictured") accordingly. --Pgallert (talk) 09:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)


Article review
Length Newness Adequate
citations
Formatted
citations
Reliable
sources
Neutrality Plagiarism
Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) ok but see discussion below Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) Pgallert (talk) ok, see spot checks: [2][3][4] --Pgallert (talk)
  • Actually, although it is a really impressive expansion it is just over the required threshold. That's how unfair DYK can be ;) The section Comparison between Summer and Winter is not supported by a reference, this still needs to be supplied. Also some other paragraphs end without a reference, leaving the impression that the last sentence(s), respectively, are not referenced. While this might not be an absolute DYK requirement it would be good to add them. I did NOT yet check for plagiarism, will do that when my Internet speed recovers. --Pgallert (talk) 13:28, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
A few citenotes do need to be added, but the Comparison between Summer and Winter section is based on looking at the table. It could use the same references as the table but given that it is not explicitly stated there it would be a little disingenuous. violet/riga [talk] 14:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Ah, thanks for making me aware of that—I looked through the paragraphs in question again and can confirm that they do not consist of original research in the spirit of WP:OR, yet are useful for pinpointing certain oddities in the content of the table. I believe that the particular DYK rule (minimum of one ref per paragraph) can be suspended for this particular submission. --Pgallert (talk) 16:27, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Good to go. I like ALT2. --Pgallert (talk) 08:40, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Attention closing editor: The picture to be chosen should depend on the hook/ALT that is promoted. See the comment under hook review table. --Pgallert (talk) 09:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)