Template:Did you know nominations/List of November 2019 Hong Kong protests

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) 06:29, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

List of November 2019 Hong Kong protests

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... that in response to police banning a rally at Victoria Park, 128 district council election candidates organised campaign meetings at the same venue? Source: RTHK "The pro-democracy candidates' plan to organise campaign meetings in the park was a bid to skirt the need for police permission to hold a mass rally. Their decision came after an appeal board on Thursday upheld a police ban on an assembly at the same venue to call for international support for Hong Kong's autonomy."
- ALT1:... that two approved rallies in Central, Hong Kong were stopped by police half an hour after they began? Source: RTHK (in Chinese)

Reviewed: Carla (singer)

Converted from a redirect by Feminist (talk) and OceanHok (talk). Self-nominated at 11:47, 2 November 2019 (UTC).

@Feminist: This is just my observation and not a full review, but I suppose the nomination may be quite hasty, since this is a quickly developing situation. Though stability is not a criterion for DYK, this is only the second day of November (third day for Hong Kong), and I think there may be further developments over the course of the month. epicgenius (talk) 00:59, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I agree, but regardless of whether an article is stable or not, a "hasty" nomination is required if I were to comply with DYK rules which dictate that an article must be nominated within 7 days of creation or expansion. feminist (talk) 02:21, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

@Feminist: OK. I suppose the recency issue is not a big problem then, so I'm going to review the article. epicgenius (talk) 03:12, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - The first paragraph of "Central" is a run-on.

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - It may just be me following the HK protests a lot (as my family's originally from that area) but I don't find the hooks to be excessively interesting. I think the mistaken re-arrest of protesters may be far more interesting, but it isn't in the article and may only be tangentially related. Let me know what you think.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 03:12, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Thanks. I've added the re-arrest to the article and split the paragraph under "Central". I'm actually surprised at this getting reviewed so quickly because I expect major additions to this article regarding future events. I nominated this article so quickly to ensure it satisfies the newness requirement, not because I expect this article to be stable. This means a new review (focusing on policy compliance) may be required in a few weeks. For a hook relating to the re-arrest:
ALT2: ... that riot police entered a court building in Hong Kong to re-arrest defendants after a spelling mistake by the justice department led to their charges being dropped? feminist (talk) 14:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- I like ALT2, but I'll leave this on hold for now in case we need another review at the end of the month. epicgenius (talk) 17:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Comment:I don't think DYK is a suitable place for drawing attention to this ongoing emotional event. WPITN deals with this sort of event usually. Sometimes it deals with little else. ~ R.T.G 01:06, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
- @RTG: I don't believe there is a restriction on having ongoing events at DYK, unless they have already been at ITN. It might not be the best place to draw attention, but it's technically still eligible.
- @Feminist: As it's now December (your time), I wonder if you can possibly propose more hooks. I will also have to do a re-review of this article.

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral: - There is not much info after 19 November.
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 23:37, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

- - I'll take a look later today. I'd note that the drop in protests after 19 November is mostly to do with the 2019 Hong Kong local elections and a desire from both camps to turn it into a city-wide referendum on the protests, leading to many protesters vowing to pause protests for a few days before the elections. feminist (talk) 01:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
  - @Epicgenius: Plenty of hooks here, but the escapes from PolyU would probably be the most dramatic for hook effect:
  - ALT3: ... that in November, protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University escaped its campus by rope? Source: RTHK
  - ALT4: ... that in November, protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University escaped its campus by rope and via underground sewers? Source: RTHK and Now News (in Chinese)
  - I welcome any other suggestions for hooks. feminist (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
    - @Feminist: Thanks for the suggestions. It's getting late where I live, so I will look at this tomorrow. epicgenius (talk)
    - @Feminist: OK, I've taken a look. ALT3 and ALT4 look good to go, though I like ALT4 better. ALT2 is also good, but I don't prefer that. epicgenius (talk) 15:19, 3 December 2019 (UTC)