Template:Did you know nominations/Astrid Roemer


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The result was: promoted by  Jolly  Ω   Janner  02:52, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Astrid Roemer

 * ... that Surinam-born Dutch author Astrid Roemer was the first Caribbean writer to be given the P. C. Hooft Award, the highest Dutch literary prize?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stray Dogs (2013 film)

5x expanded by Drmies (talk) and Editør (talk). Nominated by Drmies (talk) at 17:44, 15 December 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Though technically not 5x expanded, the article is 4x+, interesting, timely and worthy candidate for DYK. It is long enough and posted by due date. Hook is interesting, cited and verifies on pchooftprijs.nl official website. Earwig's Copyvio Detector: Violation unlikely. QPQ Done. Text is well referenced, BLP compliant and neutral., [1] Should the hook be Suriname- or Surinam-? [2] In the lead, the "and will receive the P. C. Hooft Award, a literary oeuvre award, in May 2016" reads like wikipedia is making a prediction. Would a better wording be ....has been awarded or won "the P. C. Hooft Award, a literary oeuvre award, for 2016" or something consistent with the main article? [3] No image? Otherwise this is good to go. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 03:45, 30 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Future tense is OK for relatively certain events e.g. Rio will host the 2016 Olympics. But this case is perhaps borderline (and in fact it appears the Dutch government once interfered with presentation of the prize once selected). To address that, try
 * ALT1 ... that Surinam-born Dutch author Astrid Roemer is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the P. C. Hooft Award?
 * Notice I linked Caribbean to help reduce quibbling about whether Suriname fits that description, and reversed the phrasing at the end because I think it reads better. Surinam vs. Suriname I leave to others. EEng (talk) 10:49, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Nice.  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   11:48, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * "Surinam-" is in use, and image is not required. Striking out those comments. I like ALT1 better. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:24, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg. Ok. I would favor a lead that is in non-newspaper style, more encyclopedic. You are persuasive, I have changed my eval to the green DYKtick. I urge the writers to revisit the article in June 2016 and reword "will receive in May 2016" to something else. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:40, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I added the "update after" template to flag the article for update after the award is scheduled to be given. In principle this tells someone to come around and update the article, though in practice I supped there's a zillion of those unattended to. But at least the issue has been "officially logged". EEng (talk) 13:56, 10 January 2016 (UTC)


 * While we're on the topic of numbers...Ms Sarah Welch, the article had 494 characters before got on it (the bibliography doesn't count) and 3224 after I was done., "zillion" is of course a gross overstatement, sirrah, and I'll fight you for it. As for that template, you blinded me with science. That the award is announced a half a year before it's actually handed over, I can't help that. I also have no opinion on the -e in Surinam; I spell it with the -e, but that's just force of (Dutch) habit. Thank you all, Drmies (talk) 21:49, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * , if you thought I meant there's a zillion (somethings) in this article, that's not what I meant -- I meant in WP overall. (Apparently, zillion turns out to be ~100,000 -- see Category:Monthly_clean_up_category_(Articles_containing_potentially_dated_statements)_counter.) EEng (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * No, you meant me right. So this zillion is 100,000--imagine though if you had misspoken and you had said "kazillion"--you would have been a factor ka off! (Also, holy moly--we should get on that...) Drmies (talk) 22:04, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Or if I said holy mole, I'd be 6.02x10^23 off. BTW, for an arbitrator you're sure quick to offer to fight people.fbdb
 * The above illustrates use of the fbdb template I'll create soon, which will expand to Note: Friendly banter; don't block. It can be inserted at appropriate points in discussions as necessary; optional parameters would specify inclusion of links to therapy groups for the culturally impoverished or humor-impaired as necessary. EEng (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2016 (UTC)