Template:Did you know nominations/Chi Chi DeVayne

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 22:20, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Chi Chi DeVayne

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Chi Chi DeVayne in 2018

... that the BBC described Chi Chi DeVayne's (pictured) lip sync to "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" as "iconic in Drag Race history"? Source: "Her lip sync to Dreamgirls' And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going is also considered iconic in Drag Race history." ([1])

Reviewed: Women in Print Conference
Note: DYK check will flag this article as having previously appeared on "In the News". However, this was only a non-bolded name listing under "Recent Deaths", which is permissible under eligibility criterion 1d.

Improved to Good Article status by Armadillopteryx (talk) and Another Believer (talk). Nominated by Armadillopteryx (talk) at 02:57, 1 April 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Copyvio had one high (a copy of Wikipedia data) and several middling, concerning 1-2 quotes (OK, in the nature of quotes) and 2-3 phrases (re. eighth season, for example); no full sentences or other problems, it seems. The hook is OK, but I think there might be further potential in the subject's life / public career. SeoR (talk) 11:26, 23 April 2021 (UTC)