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Incomplete DYK nomination

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Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander Purdie (publisher)

  • This is a new article, within 10 minutes of the time you Reviewed it. Please look at it again, a little closer. If you have any other questions if it meets the DYK requirements - let me know. Thanks!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:23, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bcp67 (talk
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Template:Did you know nominations/Linn Isobarik

Thanks for reviewing. Actually, FYI, it's a new article. Someone didn't see the reasoning and is querying the hook, but I'm sure you got it. -- Ohc ¡digame! 15:45, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK Reviews in general

For your convenience in reviewing DYK nominations.

  • Rules
  • DYK Reviewing guide

A new article has no need for expansion. How much expansion is required on older articles depends on the subject of the article. And if it's a recently promoted Good Article, that kicks it into another category also.

There are also many other items that need to be checked in a review besides date and length. Hope the above links are helpful to you. — Maile (talk) 16:33, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the stroopwafels. When I first started reviewing DYKs, only about 18 months ago, I was inept. I think my first one was eyeballing the article and posting something clueless like, "Oh, yeah, it looks good to me." I learned one mistake at a time, and by paying attention to what other editors were catching in reviews. I'm still not sure how to review a Good Article, since that is a recent addition to the process. I finally made my own checklist so the next pair of eyes would know exactly what I checked. Variation is below. You'll figure out what works best for you personally. Good luck with DYK. — Maile (talk) 22:26, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
  • QPQ done by (user name)
  • Article created by-or Article moved from user page by (user name) on (date) and has (number) characters of readable prose
Note: No matter what the DYK check says about date of article created, if it also indicates a date it was moved from User space, that is the date DYK recognizes it became an article. Date-wise, what happens in user space doesn't count.
  • (if an expansion) Size of readable prose in article on the date right before expansion is the base for measuring expansion
  • (if an expansion) 5X expansion for most articles, 2X expansion for BLP that had no sourcing
  • Every paragraph must have at least once source
  • Hook length (less than 200 characters) and must be sourced at the end of the article sentence it refers to
  • NPOV
  • Image source and license on Commons

These tools are in the upper right hand corner of the edit window of the review template

  • QPQ check (to verify if a self-nominator has more than 5 DYKs, thereby requiring they do a QPQ)
  • Copyvio check (not very thorough, but is supposed to check the entire article)
  • Duplication Detector (for checking one source at a time)
  • Disambig links tool
  • External links tool
  • Thank you so much for all these tips in general. Looking forward to review properly the next time I do so. EhthicallyYours! 08:41, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Freies Volk review

I've done what I can, but could only go so far because of the sourcing. Here's some advice I give you:

1) Wikipedia is global, and DYK accepts nominations sourced in all languages, and has reviewers who understand many languages - and in fact, several who are fluent in German. No need to suggest to an editor they provide sourcing in any particular language.
2) Stick to reviews where you understand the language of the sourcing. There will be reviewers for the other languages.
3) If the article has a minimum 1,500 characters, it's fine. No need to suggest the editor expand the article just because of length. You might want to peruse the DYK talk page debate on raising that minimum length.

Good luck in future reviews. — Maile (talk) 17:21, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for The Siege: The Attack on the Taj