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Witch-hunts in Nepal

  • Reviewed: Unqualified (my first DYK). Will review others' once I know I did this one right.
  • Comment: Moved to mainspace on 29 June.

Moved to mainspace by Usedtobecool (talk). Self-nominated at 22:07, 2 July 2019 (UTC).

  • Substantial and interesting article--it might take me a bit of time to review this. Drmies (talk) 15:24, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg It's long enough, it's new enough, and so far all I've seen is well-verified--though I am waiting to hear from Template:U about the reliability of the journal cited in note 1. But here is the thing: the article needs cleanup. I suspect that the citations were done by a bot: they show all the hallmarks thereof, including, for instance, citing news sources with a "cite web" template. That means, for instance, that citations from The Kathmandu Post are rendered with "website=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com", which is ugly and useless, rather than (properly italicized automatically" "newspaper=The Kathmandu Post". So these need to be cleaned up, with "cite news" just to be on the safe side. In addition, many citations need other forms of cleaning up--there are names in all caps, organizations names need to be filled in (and again, those URLs instead of names need to be handled), dates are missing (see note 7, "Which is witch"), etc. I've done some copyediting but more needs to be done.

    Finally, the hook is mostly fine--except for the "dragged from her home" part, which isn't in the Kathmandu Post article, and the My Republica article is so poorly written that it's not clear from that as well. I wonder if it wouldn't be a stronger hook if that cop who got fired was put in there. Drmies (talk) 15:48, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

  • Hello Template:U Thank you very much for taking the time reviewing (and improving the article), and for these wonderful notes, both here and in the article. These are just the sort of insights I hoped to gain about writing/editing in Wikipedia from this exercise. I am very much curious about the reliability of that article as well. I only used it since it could do no harm regarding the content (as I already know the claims made are factual). I will consult the citation guidelines and improve them all. I will also read your comments carefully and try to follow their suggestions as best I am able to understand them. It's 2325 hours here right now. So, I'll do these things in the next couple of hours before going to bed. You are welcome to review my changes again and leave me a note after a few hours, which I will be able to see and make use of in the morning. Usedtobecool ✉️  17:48, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
  • About the hook, I just picked one I found interesting. As I said, my primary goal was to learn even by failure (although preferably by success). I will suggest a few others after I'm done addressing the primary issues you highlighted. Though I fear, I might need you to substantially modify them or even suggest new ones that you think best, if we are to actually be able to take it to the main page. Thanks again! Usedtobecool ✉️  17:48, 6 July 2019 (UTC)