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− | :* | + | :* [[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] 5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Regarding the hook, this doesn't really fit the description of an April Fools hook, which is that the hook could be read as a double entendre. The language you're using is also inaccurate: ''she'' didn't catch fire, her coat did. I suggest writing the hook this way: |
+ | :*'''ALT1''': ... that retired [[Gaelic football]]er '''[[Donal Reid]]''' put out the flames when an elderly woman's coat caught fire in his local church? [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 18:16, 24 March 2020 (UTC) | ||
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Donal Reid
- ... that footballer Donal Reid put out a woman who caught fire in his local church? Source: Irish Independent
- Comment: First sentence of very last paragraph. For April Fools' Day.
5x expanded by Litelad (talk). Self-nominated at 19:26, 14 March 2020 (UTC).
5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. Regarding the hook, this doesn't really fit the description of an April Fools hook, which is that the hook could be read as a double entendre. The language you're using is also inaccurate: she didn't catch fire, her coat did. I suggest writing the hook this way:
- ALT1: ... that retired Gaelic footballer Donal Reid put out the flames when an elderly woman's coat caught fire in his local church? Yoninah (talk) 18:16, 24 March 2020 (UTC)