Template:Did you know nominations/John Kent (Police Officer)


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The result was: promoted by  Jolly  Ω   Janner  06:07, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

John Kent (Police Officer)

 * ... that John Kent was the first Black police officer in Britain?


 * ALT1: ... that John Kent was the first-ever black police officer in the United Kingdom?

Created by Factorylad (talk). Self-nominated at 15:26, 4 January 2016 (UTC).



Thanks for taking a look. I've changed the ALT0 hook to read similar to the first line of the article, as well as bolding the subject. I think that's fixed that, let me know if otherwise! Paraphrasing is another matter, I've gone through he article a few times myself and I'm struggling to see any. I've used a couple of article rewriting tools and they just throw up gibberish. Any pointers? Thanks for the suggesting that the article would be good for Black History Month, I'll be certain to nominate it during that period.Factorylad (talk) 10:31, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I did a proper job of bolding the subject as an example for you.
 * You might want to look at WP:LEAD. The present lead is unsupported by the body of the article, instead of being a summary of the body. Also, WP:HOOK could be helpful for correcting your hooks. A DYK hook is required to have a cite following the fact(s) in the article.
 * Lastly, if you click on Review or comment at the top of this nomination, the DYK Toolbox will appear in the upper right corner. One of those tools is Earwig's Copyvio Detector. Open it, and enter this article's title to be checked. In a minute or so, Earwig's tool will highlight paraphrases in your article. Swap in a few synonyms, do a bit of rearranging, and you are home free.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes, Black History Month. As the nominator, it is your choice to designate this article for running then. Once the nomination passed, it would be held until February.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the guidance. I've expanded the lead and used the (vey useful) Earwig tool to eliminate as much paraphrasing as I could. It's now down to 6.5% now.Factorylad (talk) 11:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I moved the article to John Kent (police officer) to remove the capitalisation from Police Officer. --Canley (talk) 01:56, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * The new lead is a great one, giving the reader the reasons Kent is notable. However, because the lead is a summary of the article's body, the same information should be given in the body, preferably with more detail or explanation. Then the info in the body has to be cited to be eligible for for a hook. This change is all you need to pass the review.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:29, 12 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I've made some further adjustments to the lead and inserted a source citation at the end of the first sentence that supports the hook facts. There is no requirement that the source citation must be in the body of the article; indeed, many DYK submissions are all lead and no body. WP:LEAD, while part of the Wikipedia Manual of Style, is not a requirement for DYK. It is, however, a requirement for GA status, should the authors ever wish to pursue that. However, I'm troubled by the use of the Guardian source, which is a letter to the editor by Robin Smith. Even though the paper printed it, I don't think it can be considered sufficiently reliable, since there's no guarantee that it was fact-checked. Indeed, it contains a significant error: it was Kent's father that arrived as a seaman; Kent was born in Britain. The Ramshaw source, or one of the others, may be able to fill the gap. Also, as Britain and the UK are not synonymous, the UK fact would need to be added to the article and sourced for ALT1 to be adequately supported. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:44, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've just removed the Guardian source, and struck ALT1 due to the UK vs. Britain issue noted above. That satisfies the issues I had, and I believe that, as WP:LEAD is not a DYK requirement, Georgejdorner's issues are all settled as well. Georgejdorner, can you please continue (or conclude) your review? I think this should definitely be moved to the special occasion section for Black History Month, which should help insure a reasonably prompt promotion, since that month has already begun. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:06, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg My apologies for drifting out of touch with this nomination. It is obviously GTG.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:39, 3 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Any opinion on what to link in the hook? Britain is a disambiguation page. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the country at the time of John Kent. Honestly, removing the link all together may be the best option here, since countries aren't normally linked and the Independent doesn't do a great job of clarifying this important fact.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  04:28, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed, unlinking Britain is the right way to go here, so I have been bold and done it. Edwardx (talk) 10:10, 12 February 2016 (UTC)