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Fancy Dress Festival



 * ... that Red Cross is a masquerade group that partakes in the Fancy Dress Festival (masquerade pictured) of the people of Winneba in Ghana?
 * Reviewed: 1979 Warsaw gas explosion

Created/expanded by Crosstemplejay (talk). Self nom at 21:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Article makes heavy use of wording from the M.S. thesis "Social Conflicts in Contemporary Effutu Festivals". The article needs extensive rewriting to eliminate copyvio. The topic is very interesting, though, and there is a lot more information in the thesis that could be used in expanding the article. Hook is not as interesting as it could be, IMO. Considering that the festival is held on January 1 each year, this could be a good seasonal hook. I am particularly interested in the idea (not discussed as clearly in the article as in the abstract of the thesis) that the festival started as an adaptation of the way that European colonials in Ghana celebrated Christmas. I hope the creator/nominator will work on the article. (PS - Date and length of article qualify it for DYK.) --Orlady (talk) 16:25, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Am having a look at it now. Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:44, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg okay, I think I have rejigged it away enough from the source. Alt hook below. Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:05, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

ALT1... that dancers over seven years of age are forbidden to dress up as Robin Hood in the Fancy Dress Festival (masquerade pictured) of the people of Winneba in Ghana?

PS: We should do this on January 1, when the festival is on. Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:06, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * This definitely belongs on January 1. I have another alt hook.
 * ALT2 ... that the Fancy Dress Festival (masquerade pictured) held on the first day of January in Winneba, Ghana, started with local people parodying white Europeans' Christmas celebrations? --Orlady (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * That'll work too. I just thought the Robin Hood story was cool.... Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:51, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg The issues of closeness to the source are resolved by Casliber's edits. All three hook facts are supported, but I think both of the ALTs are more interesting than the original. --Orlady (talk) 06:15, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Citations are missing page numbers required for verification. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:34, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Page numbers have never been a requirement for DYK. Facts referenced to the MS thesis are findable by searching the online PDF. --Orlady (talk) 21:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Ambiguous page numbers removed. I believe all is right now. CrossTempleJay   →  talk 21:08, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Color me confused. I don't understand how removing all reference citations to a particular book source resolved Nikkimaria's issue about wanting page numbers in the footnotes. --Orlady (talk) 21:57, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It didn't. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I added the page range in the thesis to the reference citation in the article and am returning this to the prep area. The hook fact is astonishingly easy to find -- just search the PDF for "Robin Hood" and you'll get to the 3 pages that cover that story. --Orlady (talk) 00:38, 31 December 2011 (UTC)