Template:Did you know nominations/Raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid


 * The following 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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 00:53, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Withdrawn by nominator and creator; noting that the article will be eligible to be nominated again at DYK should it become a Good Article and is then nominated within seven days. Hope to see it then.

Raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid

 * ... that, during the raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid, the assailants tried to convince an attaché to defect?
 * Reviewed: Spider-Man (Insomniac Games)

Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Nominated by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) at 05:48, 2 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg While everything checks out—it is long enough, new enough and the reference for the hook is good, I'm going to suggest that maybe you hold off on this until it's passed GA, which should entail a more in-depth review. As it is I think you could reconsider the unusual formatting (i.e. the quote boxes and the references). Daniel Case (talk) 03:47, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Is this a joke? If you're not willing to review the DYK (or the GAR, for that matter), then leave it for someone else. Do you make a habit of doing this? I don't know if you've been keeping up with current events, but GARs are backlogged to months. And you want to "hold off"? And what's so unusual about "the quote boxes and the references"? ——  SerialNumber  54129  10:34, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I would take note, if I were you, of the fact that this nomination has gone over a month without anyone deciding to review it (in fact it seems like it had gone the longest without any review before I decided to look at it), so you're not in a position to be choosy about this. No, as you can see if you want to review all the other noms I've reviews, I do not make a habit of this. And yes, I'm well aware that GAs are backlogged—I've had one there myself since October. But what is more important to you: getting on the Main Page as soon as possible, or getting the article up to a certain quality standard first? Because I don't feel that, despite meeting the length/newness/referencing criteria, that this article is ready for prime time:
 * The references should be reformatted. At least put them into columns. And I've noticed that a lot of people who use the Harvard style put the bibliography section before the notes.
 * The quoteboxes ... well, I can see using one, maybe, since I've done that in a few articles, but this many? Especially for some shorter ones that could easily go inline? As it is they're setting off the copyvio detector, and while they are attributed and (mostly) cited, that suggests to most reviewers that you're overusing quotes. There are at least four sources of which this is so. The idea is to get enough original prose in the article so that this doesn't happen with any source. (and if you wanted to break up the text for readability purposes, it would work better to find pictures).
 * There's also a lot of redlinks. Either create the articles or delink them, at least for now.
 * I really feel this article has issues beyond the scope of DYK that would be better addressed in the GA process. If you disagree and you would like someone else to review this, just put DYK?again below this. Daniel Case (talk) 14:47, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * No,, not even having been the nominator of the thing I am in a position to be choosy, so I'll put something else above :) Please see WP:DGAF for further details. Your opinions are clearly based on what you like and are out of process (e.g. WP:REDYES). My style-layout-approach to this article is exactly the same as that which I have taken on five featured articles, so I suggest that it is you who is out of step with community norms. Happy editing!  ——  SerialNumber  54129  15:02, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol delete vote.svg Withdrawn as a courtesy to article creator. --- Coffee  and crumbs  16:56, 3 May 2019 (UTC)