Template:Did you know nominations/Russian criminal tattoos


 * 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 sovereign°sentinel (contribs) 02:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Russian criminal tattoos

 * ... that wearing an "unearned" criminal tattoo in a Russian prison was punishable by death?


 * ALT1:... that the Soviet underworld had a complex system of tattoo signs and symbols?
 * ALT2: ... that just wearing an "unearned" criminal tattoo in a Russian prison could lead to beatings or murder by other inmates?
 * Reviewed: Akshi Upanishad.
 * Comment: Started in April in Draft space but improved and moved to mainspace on 28 July 2015‎

Created by Battleofalma (talk), Atropine (talk), Mike Peel (talk), Halibutt (talk), and Julia W (talk). Nominated by Battleofalma (talk) at 18:00, 30 July 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting DYK, interesting article, new enough, it seems to fulfil all of the criteria, as far as I can tell. Main proposition is better than Alt. SkywalkerPL (talk) 17:17, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The main hook is definitely more interesting, but it is slightly misleading. It reads as if wearing an unearned tattoo results in a legal sentence of death, but the article seems to read as if an unearned tattoo resulted in murder at the hands of other inmates. Could one of the article creators clarify this, either in the text or by proposing a new, more accurate hook? ~ RobTalk 12:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, amended slightly to be a bit clearer. That make more sense? Battleofalma (talk) 10:12, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Yes, definitely better. For the future, it's better to leave the old proposed hook there and add an alt when substantial changes are made, so that the discussion about the nomination continues to make sense to those who view it later. Restoring tick; good work on this article. ~ RobTalk 11:18, 11 August 2015 (UTC)