Template:Did you know nominations/Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:15, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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• ... that contrary to public opinion Illinois wasn't the first state to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as Connecticut recognized a holiday in his honor on June 14, 1973 although it fell on a Sunday?

Created by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:11, 12 February 2020 (UTC).

• Looks good to me, but the second half seems a tad long on the hook. I can understand if you don't want to remove it. Mitch32^{(Fame is a four letter word.)} 04:37, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

• Yeah it seems long to me and I have been working on making it shorter, but I think it needs the Sunday not Monday part since there might be some "achsualy" people. I am going to try and shorten it again so tell me if it is better. - Jon698 (talk) 4:50, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

• My question is on the Sunday part. There's something bothering me on the way it's written both ways. "although it fell on a Sunday" will pique interest, but it just reads awkwardly.Mitch32^{(Fame is a four letter word.)} 06:02, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Since it's been alerted to me that I have to sign off on all of it, there is also apparently no source for the public opinion. Length is quite clearly fine, sourcing is insanely fine for a new article (makes me jealous, as I have some 400+ citation articles in sandboxes), and it was new on the 30th of January. That may be an issue. I would probably think it would help both my original complaint and my current one to remove the contrary to public opinion. Mitch32^{(Fame is a four letter word.)} 06:11, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

• @Mitchazenia: Yeah I agree. How does this sound? "that Illinois wasn't the first state to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as Connecticut recognized a holiday in his honor on June 14, 1973 although it fell on a Sunday?" - Jon698 (talk) 2:39, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

• Long as it's properly cited should be fine. Mitch32^{(Fame is a four letter word.)} 17:38, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

• Reviewer needed to do a final check (including copyvio/close paraphrasing) including the latest hook in the above comment (making sure it is properly cited), and give the appropriate review icon. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

  I'll approve the new hook. Everything else about the article checks out, I want to do a copyvio/plagiarism check but apparently Earwig's tool is broken - is there an alternative tool available? If the article passes that check it's all set.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 02:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

• 3family6, thanks for taking up the review. You can always use the WMFLabs Dup detector, the link to which is in the DYK toolbox at the top of this edit page. It can only compare two pages/URLs—the article and a single source—but it's more flexible in its comparison, though the reports are not as easy to read. It will find similarities in the references as well as the text, so be aware of that. A spotcheck of the more frequently used sources, plus ones that cover an entire paragraph or section, should be sufficient. I'd recommend requesting minimum strings of at least 2 words and 15 characters to avoid getting flooded; you can also have it ignore quoted sections, which cuts down on false positives. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:44, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. I should be able to get to this within the next two days.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 03:10, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

• Spot check through Dup Detector found nothing. Everything else checks out - length, age at time of nom, hookiness of the alt hook, length of hook, all checks out.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 20:08, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

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