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Did you know nomination

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:05, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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M Club banner, 2015

• ... that the Michigan banner (pictured) survived an attack by uniformed men from Ohio during the Ten Year War? Source: The attack is discussed in "100 Things Michigan Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die", on national television here, and in the Columbus Dispatch here.
  • Reviewed: Rube Waddell

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:09, 12 September 2022 (UTC).

• Don't know if it's too far off in the future, but it would be fun if this could run during the daytime slot on November 26 -- the day of the annual Michigan–Ohio rivalry game. Cbl62 (talk) 21:12, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - almost
• Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: - pending
Overall: I love the hook! It's a clever spin on things, but currently it's not completely supported by the article: First off, the hook implies that the attack was unsuccessful, while the article only mentions an "attempted to destroy". I would suggest to change that to unsuccessfully attempted to to destroy the banner, or something similar. I'm likewise a little hesitant about "uniformed men", although it's pretty obvious that players appear in their uniforms. Would approve that if there is no objection from other editors.

As for the requested date, that does make a lot of sense to me, but per WP:SOHA it would be a somewhat longer wait than usually allowed. You would have to make a request at WT:DYK and petition for the November 26 slot. Again, it seems a reasonable request to me and I would personally support it, but I can't guarantee other editors agree. –LordPeterII (talk) 09:55, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@LordPeterII: Thank you for the review. The video clip (here) shows that the attack was unsuccessful, as the Michigan team was able to run under it shortly after the attack. Likewise, the uniforms of the attackers (i.e., football uniforms) is clearly shown in the video. Of course, this is a somewhat light-hearted take on the Michigan-Ohio rivalry, but entirely accurate. Hopefully, this can be approved. Thanks again. Cbl62 (talk) 04:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

@Cbl62: Yes, I think it's clear enough that the attempt was unsuccessful. My issue was that this fact wasn't clearly presented in the article, but I have added a word there to clarify that. I will approve, but again, if you want this to run on November 26, you will need to make a request at WT:DYK and explain why. Otherwise, it will be run in an earlier queue.

Approve the hook, somewhat quirky but that's what makes it fun. –LordPeterII (talk) 07:46, 14 September 2022 (UTC)