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:* [[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Good to go, hook cited and length is ok. [[User:Darkness Shines|Darkness Shines]] ([[User talk:Darkness Shines|talk]]) 11:20, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
:* [[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Good to go, hook cited and length is ok. [[User:Darkness Shines|Darkness Shines]] ([[User talk:Darkness Shines|talk]]) 11:20, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Should the hook be "that the Fermanagh Mallards"? Otherwise it doesn't quite work.--<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 12:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Should the hook be "that the Fermanagh Mallards"? Otherwise it doesn't quite work.--<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Chat]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 12:12, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
:::*Well it is a football club so they don't usually use that. for example [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] isn't referred to as "the Arsenal" on Wikipedia. But if you think so, I won't object. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<font color="red">The C of E  </font><font color="blue"> God Save the Queen!</font>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<font color="darkblue">talk</font>]])</span> 12:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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:::*Well it is a football club so they don't usually use that. for example [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] isn't referred to as "the Arsenal" on Wikipedia. But if you think so, I won't object. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E  </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span> 12:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::*Hmm, I see your point, my concern was that since it was a plural name, it should have a the to show it is a singular entity - the example I was thinking of was to say perhaps the Wolverhampton Wanderers had been demoted, which sounds better with a the. Anyone more experienced fancy weighing in? --<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Talk]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 12:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::*Hmm, I see your point, my concern was that since it was a plural name, it should have a the to show it is a singular entity - the example I was thinking of was to say perhaps the Wolverhampton Wanderers had been demoted, which sounds better with a the. Anyone more experienced fancy weighing in? --<span style="">[[User:Gilderien|Gilderien]] <span style="font-size:70%; vertical-align:sub;">[[User talk:Gilderien|Talk]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Gilderien|List of good deeds]]</span></span> 12:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::*In that context, I did a quick Wikipedia search for "the Wolverhampton Wanderers" and in the articles it came up with, WW only had "the" in front of it when it was used as possessive (ie. the WW Academy and the WW manager) and not on its own as this is. I've put a request for another opinion on the DYK talk. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<font color="red">The C of E  </font><font color="blue"> God Save the Queen!</font>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<font color="darkblue">talk</font>]])</span> 12:38, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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:::::*In that context, I did a quick Wikipedia search for "the Wolverhampton Wanderers" and in the articles it came up with, WW only had "the" in front of it when it was used as possessive (ie. the WW Academy and the WW manager) and not on its own as this is. I've put a request for another opinion on the DYK talk. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E  </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span> 12:38, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::::*Grammarwise, it should have a "the". You wouldn't say "that [[History of the Los Angeles Rams|Los Angeles Rams]] were thrown out of their league". [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 15:42, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::::*Grammarwise, it should have a "the". You wouldn't say "that [[History of the Los Angeles Rams|Los Angeles Rams]] were thrown out of their league". [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 15:42, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
:::::::* Very well. I'll accept that. I have restored the "the", can someone please restore the green tick? <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<font color="red">The C of E  </font><font color="blue"> God Save the Queen!</font>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<font color="darkblue">talk</font>]])</span> 15:52, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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:::::::* Very well. I'll accept that. I have restored the "the", can someone please restore the green tick? <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E  </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span> 15:52, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::::::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Yep, restored – based on my AGF that the review above is accurate.  Looks good to go! —[[User:Bloom6132|Bloom6132]] ([[User talk:Bloom6132|talk]]) 17:55, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::::::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Yep, restored – based on my AGF that the review above is accurate.  Looks good to go! —[[User:Bloom6132|Bloom6132]] ([[User talk:Bloom6132|talk]]) 17:55, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
*[[File:Symbol possible vote.svg|16px]] However, it currently fails [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines|supplementary rule C2]], as it doesn't mention what sport it is talking about. '''[[User:Harrias|<font color="#00cc33">Harrias</font>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Harrias|<font color="#009900">talk</font>]]</sup> 17:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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*[[File:Symbol possible vote.svg|16px]] However, it currently fails [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines|supplementary rule C2]], as it doesn't mention what sport it is talking about. '''[[User:Harrias|<span style="color:#00cc33;">Harrias</span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Harrias|<span style="color:#009900;">talk</span>]]</sup> 17:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
::Changed it. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<font color="red">The C of E  </font><font color="blue"> God Save the Queen!</font>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<font color="darkblue">talk</font>]])</span> 18:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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::Changed it. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E  </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span> 18:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Brilliant, tick restored, following cursory review and AGF for review above. '''[[User:Harrias|<font color="#00cc33">Harrias</font>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Harrias|<font color="#009900">talk</font>]]</sup> 18:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Brilliant, tick restored, following cursory review and AGF for review above. '''[[User:Harrias|<span style="color:#00cc33;">Harrias</span>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Harrias|<span style="color:#009900;">talk</span>]]</sup> 18:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 
:::*[[File:Symbol possible vote.svg|16px]] Sorry for slowing down this nomination, but the review that everyone is accepting AGF is really scanty: "hook cited and length is ok". Really? The page is just over 1500 characters (1508, to be exact), and should be fleshed out more. There is a gap in the history from the 2005 founding until the first event mentioned in 2009. There is also close paraphrasing in several places, which I will attempt to edit out now. Otherwise, article is new enough. Hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 00:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 
:::*[[File:Symbol possible vote.svg|16px]] Sorry for slowing down this nomination, but the review that everyone is accepting AGF is really scanty: "hook cited and length is ok". Really? The page is just over 1500 characters (1508, to be exact), and should be fleshed out more. There is a gap in the history from the 2005 founding until the first event mentioned in 2009. There is also close paraphrasing in several places, which I will attempt to edit out now. Otherwise, article is new enough. Hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 00:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 
::::* [[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Excellent expansion, C of E. The rankings from 2005 to 2008 really improve the article both in quality and length. Hook ref verified and cited inline. I linked [[Women's Premier League (Northern Ireland)|Women's Premier League]] and [[Belfast]]. Good to go. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:49, 2 January 2014 (UTC){{#if:yes|</div></noinclude>|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template talk:Did you know/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:Pending DYK nominations]][[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]]|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:Did you know nominations/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]][[Category:Pending DYK nominations]]}}}}}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->
 
::::* [[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Excellent expansion, C of E. The rankings from 2005 to 2008 really improve the article both in quality and length. Hook ref verified and cited inline. I linked [[Women's Premier League (Northern Ireland)|Women's Premier League]] and [[Belfast]]. Good to go. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 22:49, 2 January 2014 (UTC){{#if:yes|</div></noinclude>|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template talk:Did you know/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:Pending DYK nominations]][[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]]|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:Did you know nominations/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]][[Category:Pending DYK nominations]]}}}}}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->

Latest revision as of 23:24, 7 March 2020

The following discussion 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 PFHLai (talk) 02:39, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Fermanagh Mallards F.C.

Created by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 00:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC).

  • Well it is a football club so they don't usually use that. for example Arsenal isn't referred to as "the Arsenal" on Wikipedia. But if you think so, I won't object. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Hmm, I see your point, my concern was that since it was a plural name, it should have a the to show it is a singular entity - the example I was thinking of was to say perhaps the Wolverhampton Wanderers had been demoted, which sounds better with a the. Anyone more experienced fancy weighing in? --Gilderien Talk|List of good deeds 12:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • In that context, I did a quick Wikipedia search for "the Wolverhampton Wanderers" and in the articles it came up with, WW only had "the" in front of it when it was used as possessive (ie. the WW Academy and the WW manager) and not on its own as this is. I've put a request for another opinion on the DYK talk. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:38, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Grammarwise, it should have a "the". You wouldn't say "that Los Angeles Rams were thrown out of their league". Yoninah (talk) 15:42, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Yep, restored – based on my AGF that the review above is accurate. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:55, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Changed it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:09, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Brilliant, tick restored, following cursory review and AGF for review above. Harrias talk 18:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol possible vote.svg Sorry for slowing down this nomination, but the review that everyone is accepting AGF is really scanty: "hook cited and length is ok". Really? The page is just over 1500 characters (1508, to be exact), and should be fleshed out more. There is a gap in the history from the 2005 founding until the first event mentioned in 2009. There is also close paraphrasing in several places, which I will attempt to edit out now. Otherwise, article is new enough. Hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 00:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Excellent expansion, C of E. The rankings from 2005 to 2008 really improve the article both in quality and length. Hook ref verified and cited inline. I linked Women's Premier League and Belfast. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:49, 2 January 2014 (UTC)