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Mug shot publishing industry

 * ... that the mug shot publishing industry has expanded with 60 new sites in the last two years and multiple state legislatures are seeking to regulate it?
 * Comment: Article moved from personal sandbox to main space on April 23. First ever DYK nomination.
 * Comment: Article moved from personal sandbox to main space on April 23. First ever DYK nomination.

Created by TreyGeek (talk). Self nominated at 19:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg This article is interesting, long enough with good sources, but it does not appear to meet the new enough requirement. The article was created on December 30, 2012, so it is not NEW. It would also qualify if it was expanded 5-fold in the five days before the DYK nomination (from April 18-23). As of April 18, the article was 3,344 bytes. The current size is 8,582 bytes, so it has been expanded 2.6 fold.  Mgrē@sŏn  13:14, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Item (d) of the "new" eligibility criteria states that an article that has been exclusively worked on in a user's sandbox is "considered new as of the date they reach the mainspace". It was moved from my sandbox to main space on April 23 so would be considered new under that criteria.  --TreyGeek (talk) 13:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * User:PumpkinSky is an administrator who works with DYK. I have requested that he review this and provide an opinion. Mgrē@sŏn  17:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * TG is correct. See Did_you_know rule 1d " Articles that have been worked on exclusively in a user or user talk subpage or at articles for creation and then moved (or in some cases pasted) to the article mainspace are considered new as of the date they reach the mainspace." I do this all the time, work on them in a user subpage and move them to main space. It was moved on 23 Apr so is eligible but it has a merge tag and that needs to be dealt with before approval, and other items looked at. Pumpkin Sky  talk  21:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Didn't know merging another article into this one (well, redirect really since the other article's contents are already largely covered in this one) would affect a DYK nomination. I doubt the merge discussion and eventual redirection would be done in 3 more days.  Seems, to me, that would nullify the nomination/acceptance.  --TreyGeek (talk) 21:58, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The nomination can be put on hold until a merge discussion is complete. It's happened before. If the new content is merged to another article it is almost certainly not going to pass the DYK criteria as the merged content would have to bring the article to 5X... no small feat for a well-developed article. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * DYK articles must be stable and pending merges aren't stable. Pumpkin Sky  talk  01:09, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Merge has been completed, article is stable. First DYK for TreyGeek, so QPQ is not required. All other criteria were met as per my first review comment. IMHO, it is ready for DYK. Mgrē@sŏn  13:32, 26 April 2013 (UTC)