Talk:Arnsberg Forest massacre

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A fact from Arnsberg Forest massacre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that after discovering the mass graves of the Arnsberg Forest massacre, American soldiers ordered the entire local population to watch the exhumation? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arnsberg Forest massacre.

• ... that after discovering the mass graves of the Arnsberg Forest massacre, American soldiers ordered the entire local population to dig them up in order to make them aware of the atrocity? Source: https://www.foxnews.com/science/hundreds-of-chilling-artifacts-discovered-at-nazi-massacre-sites
  • ALT1: ... that a study by archaeologists in 2019 found around 400 artifacts in the mass graves of 208 forced labourers killed by the Nazis in 1945? Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/400-artifacts-unearthed-site-nazi-massacre-targeting-polish-soviet-pows-180971711/

Created by Dunutubble (talk). Self-nominated at 18:09, 28 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

• @Dunutubble: Article is long enough and generally well-referenced. Could use some scholarly sources if there are any, but it's fine for now. No copyvio detected, and as this is only the user's 2nd DYK no QPQ is needed. However, an issue with the first hook: the Fox News source says that only former Nazis were made to exhume the bodies, while the local population was made to watch the reburial? ALT1 is less interesting than the original hook, but that one is good to go. Juxlos (talk) 12:46, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• • Hi Juxlos, after researching your comment I found I had read the Fox News article wrong. What about the Hook: "that after discovering the mass graves of the Arnsberg Forest massacre, American soldiers ordered the entire local population to view the exhumation to make them aware of the atrocity?" Dunutubble (talk) 15:33, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Dunutubble: That works, but a bit long. One option is to just cut the "why" and go with:
• ALT2: ... that after discovering the mass graves of the Arnsberg Forest massacre, American soldiers ordered the entire local population to watch the exhumation?
  • • Juxlos (talk) 15:38, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks, Juxlox. That sounds like a good hook.Dunutubble (talk) 15:40, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Juxlos (talk) 15:55, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Juxlos, I noticed that the "Did you know" page is missing this article's entry. Is it possible that you made it disappear by default when you strikethroughed the original hook you accidentally removed this from that section on the DYK page?Dunutubble (talk) 17:55, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• The article is still in the queue, it doesn’t just appear instantly. Juxlos (talk) 23:19, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks.Dunutubble (talk) 15:34, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• prep area, then a queue, then the Main Page. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:32, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply
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