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
Yoninah (
talk) 01:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Created by
OluwaCurtis (
talk). Self-nominated at 09:25, 22 October 2015 (UTC).
Article is long enough and new enough. before reviewing it further, I want to mention that
97.7% chance of copyright violation. It seems that most of the things are copied from
this website. I will suggest nominator to work on this issue, instead of copying from other website he/she should write it in own words. --
Human3015TALK 10:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Human3015, I am surprised there is a copyvio issue with the article. The article was created on 22 October while the one on the website was posted on 24 October. Obviously it was copied from the article, not the other way. Regards!
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 11:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
It seems that website copied their content from this article. Hook is referenced so I think it is good to go. I will suggest just one improvement in hook to avoid confusion, instead of mentioning
History we can write 'History subject'. I will suggest alternative hook as per sources
ALT1: ... that Mahmood Yakubu is the first and only first class graduate of
history from Northern Nigeria?
ALT2: ... that Mahmood Yakubu is the first and only first class graduate of
history subject from Northern Nigeria?
ALT1 looks good. Thank you! —
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 12:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, but the ALTs are not grammatically correct. One "graduates with a degree in history"; he is not "a graduate of history". "Graduate of history subject" is also not grammatical. Your original hook looks fine to me, @
OluwaCurtis:. You could take out the word "certificate", that's all. I lowercased "history" in all the hooks.
Yoninah (
talk) 23:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
I just took a look at the article and did a copyedit for English grammar. Please note the "where?" tag in the first paragraph under "Career".
Yoninah (
talk) 23:23, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the clarification. It doesn't appear in the source, though, so I put it after the ref. I added a link to
first-class degree in the original hook and removed the word "certificate". The hook ref is verified and cited inline. Good to go.
Yoninah (
talk) 23:41, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Inline citation has been added to the claim. —
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 23:52, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
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edit conflict)*ok, I added "graduate of history" mainly because source says same, but it is ok with "degree in history" too. But "in history" gives perception that Yakub is the only first class graduate in entire history of Northern Nigeria. "Graduate of History" may not be grammatically wrong. For example BA means
Bachelor of Arts, not Bachelor in Arts. But current approved hook is also nice, I have no problem. Good to go. --
Human3015TALK 00:05, 28 October 2015 (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
Yoninah (
talk) 01:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Created by
OluwaCurtis (
talk). Self-nominated at 09:25, 22 October 2015 (UTC).
Article is long enough and new enough. before reviewing it further, I want to mention that
97.7% chance of copyright violation. It seems that most of the things are copied from
this website. I will suggest nominator to work on this issue, instead of copying from other website he/she should write it in own words. --
Human3015TALK 10:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Human3015, I am surprised there is a copyvio issue with the article. The article was created on 22 October while the one on the website was posted on 24 October. Obviously it was copied from the article, not the other way. Regards!
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 11:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
It seems that website copied their content from this article. Hook is referenced so I think it is good to go. I will suggest just one improvement in hook to avoid confusion, instead of mentioning
History we can write 'History subject'. I will suggest alternative hook as per sources
ALT1: ... that Mahmood Yakubu is the first and only first class graduate of
history from Northern Nigeria?
ALT2: ... that Mahmood Yakubu is the first and only first class graduate of
history subject from Northern Nigeria?
ALT1 looks good. Thank you! —
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 12:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, but the ALTs are not grammatically correct. One "graduates with a degree in history"; he is not "a graduate of history". "Graduate of history subject" is also not grammatical. Your original hook looks fine to me, @
OluwaCurtis:. You could take out the word "certificate", that's all. I lowercased "history" in all the hooks.
Yoninah (
talk) 23:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
I just took a look at the article and did a copyedit for English grammar. Please note the "where?" tag in the first paragraph under "Career".
Yoninah (
talk) 23:23, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the clarification. It doesn't appear in the source, though, so I put it after the ref. I added a link to
first-class degree in the original hook and removed the word "certificate". The hook ref is verified and cited inline. Good to go.
Yoninah (
talk) 23:41, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Inline citation has been added to the claim. —
OluwaCurtis »» (
talk to me) 23:52, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
(
edit conflict)*ok, I added "graduate of history" mainly because source says same, but it is ok with "degree in history" too. But "in history" gives perception that Yakub is the only first class graduate in entire history of Northern Nigeria. "Graduate of History" may not be grammatically wrong. For example BA means
Bachelor of Arts, not Bachelor in Arts. But current approved hook is also nice, I have no problem. Good to go. --
Human3015TALK 00:05, 28 October 2015 (UTC)