Template:Did you know nominations/Burgabo


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:30, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Burgabo

 * ... that Burgabo, Somalia, was originally named for the German ruling family?
 * ALT1:Please help with a better hook
 * Reviewed: Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart

Created by AjaxSmack (talk). Self-nominated at 22:10, 2 March 2018 (UTC).

New enough, long enough, hook is cited (and explained in a footnote). The only image has a valid license template. No copyvio found, but there is one longish, but properly cited, quotation. It is unnecessarily long for my taste, but hasn't crossed the line into a breach of policy. There is also a merge template on the article. Normally, this would have to be resolved before a DYK pass, but in this case it is requesting a merge into the target article of an article about an archeological site. I stand to be corrected, but I think that is probably not against DYK rules. QPQ done. SpinningSpark 15:56, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Spinningspark, it's usually only when the nominated article is being proposed to be merged into another article that the nomination is put on hold until the merge discussion resolves. Since, as you've noted, what's being asked for it to merge additional material from the other article into this one, it shouldn't affect this DYK nomination. Please continue. Note that whenever you give a review, you should give it some sort of icon for where it stands at that moment (in the above case, the "?" icon was probably the most appropriate). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I hadn't realised I'd not put an icon on it. Done now, good to go as far as I'm concerned. SpinningSpark 16:12, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg I came to promote this, but I think the hook is unsatisfactory. If you want a variant of the present hook, I think you need to mention "Hohenzollernhafen". Alternatively, the mention of charcoal in the article is quite intriguing. Another point, the reference with the bare urls needs reformatting. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * &#8203;Fixed the refs. I was hoping for help with a better hook, but oh well.  How about


 * ALT1 ... that Burgabo, Somalia, was originally named Hohenzollernhafen for the German ruling family? or
 * ALT2 ... that the Somali port town of Burgabo is the site of forbidden exports of charcoal? —  AjaxSmack  16:45, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I have numbered your hook suggestions and I'm approving ALT2. The other two hooks are less satisfactory because they rely on the footnote rather than the main text. Other parts of the review as per Spinning Spark. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:29, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote ALT2, but the wording is a bit awkward. Could we write:
 * ALT2a: ... that the UN Security Council has banned exports of charcoal from the Somali port town of Burgabo?
 * (I'm also awaiting a response to my question at WT:DYK as to whether I can promote while a merge tag is in effect.) Yoninah (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with any hook and can remove the merge tag if required. —  AjaxSmack 00:16, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK, thanks. Per discussion at WT:DYK the merge tag can stay. Restoring tick for ALT2a per Spinningspark's review. Yoninah (talk) 10:29, 10 April 2018 (UTC)