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 Evrik (talk) 16:32, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Support: Would just like to say I am definitely not a creator of the page! I did some light CE and categorization work but all credit goes to @Jesswade88. That said, this nomination looks good to me. — Mainly 12:51, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
@MainlyTwelve: You helped! Still if you are unwilling to take the credit offered, then can you complete the review? Victuallers (talk) 15:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks to newbie Henrifdrake who has negotiated an image as we had the wrong one. Victuallers (talk) 07:16, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Comment: I think kilometers is much too big of a measurement to use here, why not use meters instead? 0.2 km is a bit of a weird measurement to compare with feet in my mind. Ornithoptera (talk) 06:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
@Ornithoptera: "Feel free to fix any errors you find ... and thank you." ... change it, if you prefer it differently, and you think its important. (I never added the conversion but someone else thought it important). thanks Victuallers (talk) 11:17, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Changed it back to how it was. A wave you measure in km is unusual. Victuallers (talk) 15:22, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Overall: I assume good faith on the subscription references. SL93 (talk) 03:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
@Victuallers and SL93: You need a conversion template for countries not on the metric system, such as the United States. Not sure if I'm using the right template, but something like below. — Maile (talk) 13:34, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg has studied the South China Sea where waves can be bigger than .2 kilometres (660 ft)?
Well I think thats very silly in a hook. Could we change it "six hundred feet" as I'm sure the rest of the world could cope. Surely the few people who use DYK hooks who have never heard of a kilometre (both of them?) might be intrigued to find out if the wave is made up of four or five atoms or is of a size that may collapse a nearby galaxy with its gravitational pull. Anyone who has never even heard of a mile, a cubit or a span could work out that the hook means "very big waves". Oh and guess where Sonya works? America! Victuallers (talk) 14:19, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Maile66 I personally think that conversion templates are not needed for hooks, but I think that a good compromise is Victualler's suggestion although as "bigger than 600 feet". SL93 (talk) 19:30, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
@Maile66 and SL93: Surprising "compromise" giving 25.4mm to close this, (Maile66 thats an inch). Lets go with that - I think the majority who dont use feet and furlongs can cope. Victuallers (talk) 09:01, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
ALT2 ... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg has studied the South China Sea where waves can be bigger than six hundred feet?
Conversion templates aside, the hook doesn't do a great job of conveying Legg's role in the waves. For all I know reading ALT2, it could just be that Legg is one of many scholars who happens to study this interesting sea. With that in mind: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:25, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
ALT3: ... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg reports that waves in the South China Sea can be bigger than six hundred feet?
Pinging Victuallers for their thoughts on the new hook. I honestly just want to move this nomination along with a hook that we already have. SL93 (talk) 22:17, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
I assume good faith on the subscription references. SL93 (talk) 03:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)