Template:Did you know nominations/Roberta Leighton (drag racer)


 * 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: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Roberta Leighton (drag racer)

 * ... that drag racer Roberta Leighton was the first woman licenced by the National Hot Rod Association to race in a Gas class?
 * ALT1:... that drag racer Roberta Leighton shares her name with an actress?

Created/expanded by Trekphiler (talk). Self-nominated at 20:11, 16 September 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Article is new enough at the time of the nomination, and meets the length requirements. The hook is interesting and cited inline. No copyright violations were found. However, I have several concerns about the article. Firstly, the article appears to only use a single source, which is repeated 16 times (multiple uses of one source are allowed, but there are better ways to do it, such as with named references to prevent redundancy). Secondly, the article's paragraphs are too short; I'd suggest combining several of the paragraphs into just a few, perhaps grouping them according to periods in her life. Finally, as the nominator already had more than 5 DYK credits at the time of this nomination, a QPQ is required. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:43, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Paragraphs are short because they have to be, by the rule of paragraphs: if you change the subject, you need a new paragraph. I used one source because there aren't many articles online about 40yr old drag racing events, & I don't have 40yr old back issues of National Dragster, or I'd have used them in the first place. I'd merge the footnotes, but I am so bad at it, I'm bound to screw it up. And I have looked at a couple of nominated DYKs, & commented; if that doesn't qualify as a formal review, or meet the QPQ standard, do what you want with this; if it doesn't make the Main Page, I won't miss it.  TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  11:05, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Doing a QPQ is really easy; all you have to do is link one of those reviews you commented here. That's pretty much it. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:17, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I have cleaned up the citation issue and added a couple more. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:19, 17 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Based on comments left by the nominator here and another nomination, they appear to be unwilling to continue the nomination themselves. As you helped in improving the article issues, are you willing to adopt the nomination to help it move forward? If the response is favorable, I will donate one of my unused QPQs to solve the incomplete QPQ issue. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:22, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've now addressed the paragraphing issue by regrouping some of the material. Thanks for offering to donate a QPQ! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk)
 * Thanks. I've taken the liberty of adding a co-nominaton credit to Mary for the work she's done, and the sourcing and structuring issues have been addressed. Although Earwigs gives a high score, it's due to the quote that's cited inline. Otherwise, there no longer appear to be any remaining issues. In the interest of this moving forward, I'm donating a QPQ here (Template:Did you know nominations/Cima volcanic field). The hook is cited inline, and though I feel the hook content is somewhat niche and people might not be familiar with what a Gas class is, being the first woman to do something usually makes for a good hook, as is the case here. This is good to go. Symbol confirmed.svg Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:10, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * You're right, there's room for ignorance; I was hoping "first woman licenced by NHRA" would do it, for most people, & those who know a bit more might think of Shirley Muldowney or Shirley Shahan or Carol Cox. (There are also those younger who might not even know Muldowney. Til I created the page, I thought it was Shahan.)  TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  03:01, 31 October 2018 (UTC)