Template:Did you know nominations/John von Neumann


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The result was: promoted by Intelligent  sium  21:20, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

John von Neumann

 * ... that John von Neumann (pictured) once noted that "anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin"?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Archie vs. Predator

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:31, 29 May 2016 (UTC).

Question - Are quotations normally used as DYK hooks? I admit I'm relatively new to the DYK process, but I don't recall ever seeing DYKs involving quotations. If possible, could you supply alternative hooks? The article is well-written and I would have passed this immediately, but I need this question to be answered first. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:04, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It is a fairly common practice. Scanning the current nomination queue I quickly spotted some, including Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Ewing (composer) and Template:Did you know nominations/Birgit Jürgenssen. Hawkeye7 (talk) 13:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If that's the case then Symbol confirmed.svg. The quote is in the article, it is cited properly and, it is quite interesting for a hook. Article has no problems so this is good to go. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:51, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

He didn't "note" this since pseudorandomization isn't actually a sin -- he was speaking in jest. Try:  E Eng  05:56, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that John von Neumann (pictured) wrote that "anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin"?