Template:Did you know nominations/Edge of the Knife


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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:23, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Edge of the Knife

 * ... that none of the lead actors in Edge of the Knife, the first feature film in Haida, could hold a conversation in Haida before joining the cast? Source: The New York Times: "Ms. Jones spoke nothing but English, until recently, when she began learning her lines in the country's first Haida-language feature film, Edge of the Knife. [...] None of the stars are conversant in either dialect."
 * ALT1:... that Edge of the Knife will be the first feature film in Haida, an endangered language? Source: CBC.ca: "Nor do they speak Haida, a gravely endangered indigenous language that is now getting exposure on the big screen in an attempt to help revive it. [...] Moraes said the idea of producing the first feature-length Haida film came when community organizers were looking for ways to encourage more residents to learn the local language."
 * Reviewed: Over and Over and Over

5x expanded by Hameltion (talk). Self-nominated at 16:43, 12 May 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Fascinating topic, thanks for bringing it here. New enough, long enough, and verifiable, as far as I can tell. The use of quotations is a little high, and in particular I would suggest you rephrase the quote from the NYT, which is very long. Earwig's tool only highlights quotations. I see no neutrality issues with the article, though a slight tendency to use terminology which isn't quite mainstream; "fluent elders" jumped out at me. I'm also confused by the sentence beginning "Some backers of the film are reconciliation efforts in Canada for the residential school system..." which seems to have something missing. Finally, the hook, though fascinating, is not in the body of the article, where it needs to be present and cited, per the DYK rules. QPQ has been completed. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 12:19, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments. I seem to always get carried away with quotations – I've cut back on them in the prose and removed one box quote. I've changed elders to "speakers" (most if not all Haida speakers are over 60 years old, too). Also reworded a line so the hook jumps out a little more. Hameltion (talk, contribs) 13:13, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you; those edits look good. My apologies for not being clearer about the hook. What I should have said was; the ALT hook, and specifically the factoid about this being the first feature film in that language, seems to me to be far more interesting, but that's the one I cannot find in the body. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 13:19, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * That's a pretty odd thing for me to overlook citing. I've added it to the "Release" section now. Hameltion (talk, contribs) 13:24, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg That should cover it. GTG, with a strong preference on my part for ALT1. Vanamonde (talk) 13:58, 13 May 2018 (UTC)