Template:Did you know nominations/Neepaulakating Creek

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Neepaulakating Creek

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• ... that before the name Neepaulakating Creek was approved in 2004, a New Jersey state engineer checked the internet, topographic maps, government and historical documents, to ensure the creek had not been previously named?

• Comment: hook fact cited in footnote #8. no QPQ needed, exempt as this is the second DYK nomination I've done.

Created by JackTheVicar (talk). Self-nominated at 20:04, 27 June 2015 (UTC).

• The article is new enough, long enough and meets policy regarding sourcing and paraphrasing. The hook is of appropriate length and is interesting. As noted, no QPQ is required. Alansohn (talk) 15:44, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

• The hook is 218 characters long. Yoninah (talk) 23:40, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

• So? 18 characters are not going to break the internet. DYK ran one at 240 characters two weeks ago. Feel free to slice a word or three (if you can) but I'm not going to consider this actionable. JackTheVicar (talk) 23:47, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

• That must have been a multi-article hook. Wikipedia:Did you know#The hook specifically limits one-article hooks to 200 characters. Please shorten it yourself; I'm busy building preps. Yoninah (talk) 23:56, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

• you're the same person who tried to hold up my first hook because you had some nonsensical demand that it wasn't "hooky" enough for your tastes. I think you nitpick over b.s. in that self-important smugness that comes with being a self-appointed gatekeeper. Prep it or not, it was approved, and 18 characters won't break DYK. So unless you have a suggestion, don't be an obstacle over 18 measly keystrokes. JackTheVicar (talk) 00:02, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• and the rule says "should", not "must". "Should" implies the option that something with a minor unconformity could be acceptable if it's concise. 18 characters won't break you. Apply WP:IAR. JackTheVicar (talk) 00:09, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• Please look for someone else to bully. Yoninah (talk) 00:45, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• please look for someone else to nitpick. JackTheVicar (talk) 01:52, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• Exactly 200:

ALT 1 ... that before the name Neepaulakating Creek was adopted in 2004, a New Jersey state engineer checked the internet, maps, and government and historical documents to ensure it had not already been named?

Alakzi (talk) 01:49, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• muito obrigado, Alakzi. JackTheVicar (talk) 01:54, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• ALT1 hook ref verified and cited inline. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 4 July 2015 (UTC)