Template:Did you know nominations/Oregon Mandolin Orchestra


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:49, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Oregon Mandolin Orchestra

 * ... that the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra in Hillsboro, Oregon, is the only mandolin orchestra in Oregon?
 * Reviewed: Samantha Yeo

Created by Aboutmovies (talk). Self nominated at 05:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC).


 * Article is new enough, long enough, and has adequate references with no evidence of plagiarism; hook is appropriate length with in-line reference. However, hook source is from 2011 so present tense doesn't seem appropriate. While adding "as of" date would take care of this problem, I recommend alternate hook as follows:


 * ALT: ... that the 30-member Oregon Mandolin Orchestra is modeled on the traditional mandolin orchestras that were popular in the United States during the 19th century?


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This hook is covered by the same source as original hook.  I've added appropriate text to the article (with in-line reference) to cover ALT hook.--Orygun (talk) 02:53, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * The original hook sounds like a palindrome. Let's go with ALT1. Yoninah (talk) 16:32, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg ALT1 pretty much copies the source; I changed it in the article to remove the close paraphrasing. There are quite a few other instances of phrases being lifted from sources, which may seem inconsequential one by one, but add up to a lot of close paraphrasing. Yoninah (talk) 18:08, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you give specific instances? I've never had this problem before, as where possible I change the expression, but sometimes you simply cannot express something differently. Given this a fairly dry, fact-based article, there would be few opportunities to avoid somewhat close paraphrasing. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:29, 1 :December 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I went through all the sources. While there was some close paraphrasing, it was limited to brief statements of fact that can only be said in a limited number of ways without adding unnecessary fluff to the text...just the sort of thing WP:LIMITED is designed to protect.  I think this DYK is ready to go; recommend using ALT hook.--Orygun (talk) 23:08, 6 December 2014 (UTC)