Template:Did you know nominations/On Eagle's Wings

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 13:02, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

On Eagle's Wings

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... that "On Eagle's Wings" is a Christian hymn that begins with "yoo-hoo"?

Source: Gibeau, Dawn (May 12, 1995). "Liturgical Music: If played in church, it may be Twin Cities sound". National Catholic Reporter. p. 10.

ALT1: ... that Joe Biden said the hymn "On Eagle's Wings" captures the faith that sustains him? Source: Wiering, Maria (November 19, 2020). "Local priest-composer 'honored and humbled' by Biden quoting his 'On Eagle's Wings'" (PDF). The Catholic Spirit. p. 14. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
ALT2: ... that "On Eagle's Wings" was featured in Joe Biden's presidential victory speech and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Source: Mattingly, Terry (February 10, 2024). "Yes, Joe Biden is an 'On Eagle's Wings' American Catholic". The Republican. pp. B5. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com., Borja, Melissa (November 16, 2012). "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: "Charlie's Mom Has Cancer"". AV Club. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vin Burnham
Comment: I rewrote the entire article. You can see the previous version, with uncited material removed, at User:Darth Stabro/OEW for 5X reckoning. ALT0 or ALT2 could be good bottom hooks in a set.

5x expanded by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 02:56, 26 March 2025 (UTC).

@Darth Stabro: No fun comment: In general, it does not really matter how crap the previous content was, it still "counts" for 5x expansion - see WP:DYK5X. The sole exceptions are truly invalid / unusable text, like copyright violations or vandalism akin to someone pasting the script of Shrek into an unrelated article. When compared on those grounds, the article went from ~1800 / ~320 words to ~4600 bytes / ~790 words. The good news is that 5x isn't a true hard hard requirement - 4x or 4.5x can work, especially in cases where the previous content was kinda bad - but ~2.5x is too far off the wiggle room. If you think there's room for more expansion, then great, but otherwise this might be a bad fit for DYK. (Can always nom it for GA status at worst?) SnowFire (talk) 21:26, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

@SnowFire: Hm, for some reason I thought that uncited text could be removed and then wouldn't count towards the total, but it seems I'm mistaken; it's just copyvios. I guess I'll wait a few months for the Good Article nom to go through (I nommed a few days ago). ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 21:32, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

. Good luck with the GA nom! See you back in a few months perhaps... SnowFire (talk) 04:05, 29 March 2025 (UTC)