The following 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
97198 (
talk) 13:52, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
ALT 1 ... that the Ice Bucket Challenge(pictured) raised over 15.6 million dollars for the
ALS Association within a 21-day period, 800% more than was raised in within the same time frame of the previous year?
At its current state, there are still quite a few uncited statements in this article, and the concerns surrounding the relevance of having the list of nominees in the article. I would pass it if these were addressed. ViperSnake151 Talk 19:54, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
The list of participants was moved to a stand-alone article, so that issue should be taken care of. I'll get on the lack of referencing.--
¿3family6contribs 21:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
9 x 1.8 = 16.2 > 15.6. Find another hook.
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 11:10, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
The article apparently has undergone a lot of revisions since I nominated it. I'm updating the hook to per the revised article. The sourcing of the article seems better now, though it needs some expansion in some areas, which I will address if no-one else does in the meantime.--
¿3family6contribs 15:55, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Article new enough (created 13 August), long enough (8,699 characters), mostly referenced (getting there). Hook verified. Image fine, appropriately licensed by Commons. Good to go.
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 21:22, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
The following 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
97198 (
talk) 13:52, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
ALT 1 ... that the Ice Bucket Challenge(pictured) raised over 15.6 million dollars for the
ALS Association within a 21-day period, 800% more than was raised in within the same time frame of the previous year?
At its current state, there are still quite a few uncited statements in this article, and the concerns surrounding the relevance of having the list of nominees in the article. I would pass it if these were addressed. ViperSnake151 Talk 19:54, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
The list of participants was moved to a stand-alone article, so that issue should be taken care of. I'll get on the lack of referencing.--
¿3family6contribs 21:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
9 x 1.8 = 16.2 > 15.6. Find another hook.
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 11:10, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
The article apparently has undergone a lot of revisions since I nominated it. I'm updating the hook to per the revised article. The sourcing of the article seems better now, though it needs some expansion in some areas, which I will address if no-one else does in the meantime.--
¿3family6contribs 15:55, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Article new enough (created 13 August), long enough (8,699 characters), mostly referenced (getting there). Hook verified. Image fine, appropriately licensed by Commons. Good to go.
Hawkeye7 (
talk) 21:22, 28 August 2014 (UTC)