Template:Did you know nominations/Ski-BASE jumping

From blackwiki
< Template:Did you know nominations
Revision as of 13:16, 8 April 2020 by imported>AnomieBOT (Substing templates: {{Unsigned2}}. See User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster for info.)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ski-BASE jumping

  • ... that the ski-BASE jump in the opening scene of the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me was filmed only once due to weather and technical restrictions? Source: Telegraph

Moved to mainspace by Snakey123 (talk). Nominated by The C of E (talk) at 09:15, 15 February 2020 (UTC).

  • Lua error: expandTemplate: template "y" does not exist.
GRuban, it's not me you should be contacting, it's Template:Ping. I just nominated it for him as he asked me to. Personally I think the original hook is fine as the Bond element will bring people in. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
I contacted you both just in case, and suggested an alternative Bond hook, that will hopefully bring in even more people. Face-smile.svg. --GRuban (talk) 16:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

The reviewer is demanding a citation for facts that they have already seen have a citation elsewhere in the article. If I may say so, that is the height of pedantic pickiness. I am tired of reminding people that Wikipedia guidelines do not require that every sentence has a little blue number (although more and more editors are demanding it). Even the GA criteria don't require it. SpinningSpark 16:20, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

The DYK criteria, however, explicitly require one inline citation per paragraph. Thus spake the template that we're recommended to use, Template:DYK checklist:

"|sourced = <!---Does the article contain at least one citation to a reliable source for each paragraph and direct quote?--->"

If you want to remind people, find either the author of this template or the person who added it to the "review a DYK page" and remind them. I don't make this stuff up, I just follow it. --GRuban (talk) 17:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
Well to be pedantic myself, that is a template, not the actual rules, and a bulleted list item does not amount to a paragraph. There is no cite per paragraph requirement in the actual rules, and even the supplementary rules only describe it as a "rule of thumb" not an actual requirment, so you are free to use your judgement. SpinningSpark 18:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
In other words, don't do what they tell you, use your own judgment and do what I tell you? Face-smile.svg Lookit. It's been a month. The missing cites is only one of two issues with the nomination. Neither one of the original nominators care to fix either, so I suspect they will also not mind if someone else does. If you are interested in fixing them, I'll be all too glad to accept, and we'll have a fine DYK; fixing both issues will likely take less time and effort than that you have expended here. But otherwise, please stop disparaging my judgment as Paris said to Agamemnon.--GRuban (talk) 19:59, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I am the original author and I’m happy for it to be changed to the Shane Mcconkey death point! I think the original stunt point is definitely hooky enough but if people do not agree then perhaps it should be changed? --— Preceding unsigned comment added by Snakey123 (talkcontribs) 01:04, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

That's great, Snakey! Thanks for writing back. So, here's what you need to do. I'll number the points for easy reference.
0: In general, not just here, when you're writing something from yourself, on a talk page or in a discussion like this one, ‎you want to sign and date your post, by adding four tildes, like this : ~~~~ I like to add a pair of dashes before them, but that's just me, many other people don't. The four tildes are definitely recommended.
1: Go to the article Filmography section, find the two bullet pointed paragraphs that don't have a citation, and add a citation to each that backs up what they say.
2: Pick the hook you want, I suggested two, but you can put the one you like in your own words or even another one, there are many possible one, write it here. Yes, I'm afraid I don't think "the stunt was only performed once" is sufficiently hooky, since plenty of stunts are only performed once; "only a few years after being performed ever it was used prominently in a major movie" seems much more rare.
2.5: Optional, but recommended: as described in Wikipedia:Citing sources#Repeated citations, add a "name=" to your ref tags, and reuse the repeated ones, to make your "References" section much neater.
When you've done all that, say so, and I'll happily put a little green check mark, and this article will be in line to get its hook on the front page for a day. Thanks for your contribution! --GRuban (talk) 12:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)