Template:Did you know nominations/Nekomata Station

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 19:55, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Nekomata Station

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... that a train station in Japan appointed a cat as a "honorary assistant"?

Source: Sankei Shimbun

ALT1: ... that Nekomata Station is that only station in Japan that has the Japanese word for "cat" in its name? Source: Sankei Shimbun Yomiuri Shimbun
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Perfect Propose

Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 17:17, 24 February 2025 (UTC).

I'll review this nomination. Richard Nevell (talk) 23:39, 24 February 2025 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Spot-check: I checked the references to sankei.com and news.ntv.co.jp (with help from Google Translate) and did not find any copyright or plagiarism issues. I have made some copy edits for clarity; please check they they have not changed the intended meaning of the text. The hook is interesting (the first one should be preferred over the alt, in my opinion). However, the 'Etymology' section needs further attention to the way it is written. I'm not confident enough in Google Translate to accurately represent the source. Is it a local legend? Richard Nevell (talk) 20:11, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Richard Nevell: I think it's a local legend. Base on the Yahoo News story. I gonna clarify it quite a bit. If there's another problem tell me. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 22:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Miminity: That's good to include, but 'etymology' section still needs a copy edit. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:34, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

@Richard Nevell:, I rephase it to be more understandable. Tell me if there is more problem. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 08:30, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Miminity: Looks good now, so I've marked this as approved. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)