Template:Did you know nominations/Gemma McCluskie

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 01:28, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Gemma McCluskie

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• ... that the body of actress Gemma McCluskie, who played Kerry Skinner in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, was found in a London canal five days after she disappeared on 1 March 2012?

• Reviewed: Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.5

Created/expanded by Zanoni (talk), BabbaQ (talk), Miyagawa (talk). Nominated by Miyagawa (talk), MayhemMario (talk), at 21:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

• Drive-by comments (not a review): [1] The proposed hook has 233 characters and is therefore too long. Please trim it to 200 or fewer characters. [2] it would be preferable that a DYK hook does not look ITN-ish. [3] As Tony is due in court today (12th March), one must assume more info about this case may be coming in. If the wikipage is not stable, it may not be a good idea to post a link on MainPage. I'm concerned that the wikipage may be drastically different than the version that was approved for DYK. Either approve and post on MainPage quickly, or hold it till the dust has settled. Not sure what is the best way to handle this. --PFHLai (talk) 13:23, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

• I've trimmed the hook back down to the original version so that its within the size requirements. The article isn't too different as I went though and updated it just prior to nominating. Only major difference between the current version is that the section on the Murder has been split into two. I've deliberately removed the reference to Tony from the lead so that even after the new information comes in, the hook will still be correct. I've just looked at the news stories from his court appearance and to be honest they appear to be a rehash of the earlier news stories with a brief bit about him appearing in court at the top. Of course a quicker apperence would mean that the numbers would be boosted by the non-DYK views - for instance yesterday there were over 48,000 article views, which if similar to the day of posting, would result in the article being the second highest non-lead hook after the Euthanasia Coaster. Miyagawa (talk) 21:52, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

A bit short at 1700 characters, but within guideline. Creation date ok, no close paraphrasing and sources are legitimate. Froggerlaura ^ribbit 04:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)