Talk:Lake Brunner

Media coverage of this article
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"Development West Coast, a charitable trust, employed Mike Dickison as Wikipedian-at-large in 2020 and in 2022. While improving the Lake Brunner Wikipedia article in July 2022, Dickison was filmed by Newshub, with the item screening during the 6 pm news. The next morning, Dickison was interviewed live on TVNZ 1 show Breakfast about this work." Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:17, 17 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, I added it as ALT2 needs the hook fact confirmed in the article. Admittedly, I struggled with where this would best go.  Schwede 66  16:39, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Since the ALT2 is a fact about the article, not Lake Brunner, it shouldn't need to be confirmed in the article itself, unless stuffy DYK rules insist on it. In a sensible world, confirmation on this Talk page would surely suffice! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 18:25, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The DYK rule book is lengthy indeed but there are just four eligibility criteria. One of those says: The fact(s) mentioned in the hook must be cited in the article. Whether that’s "stuffy" is a matter of judgment.  Schwede 66  18:46, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's definitely stuffy; it makes it hard to have a DYK about an article, rather than the subject of an article, unless the article itself gets covered in reliable sources. I don't think the fact that I was once on TV for 30 seconds standing in front of Lake Brunner editing its Wikipedia article is a sufficiently noteworthy fact to appear in that article, sadly. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Fine by me. Would you be happy to have it recorded at the Development West Coast article that they have put funding towards a Wikipedian-at-large?  Schwede 66  10:07, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes please; I definitely can't do it as I currently have a COI. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 01:04, 23 July 2022 (UTC)