Template:Did you know nominations/Wangerooge Frisian

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The result was: promoted by Tarlby talk 04:50, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Wangerooge Frisian

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• ... that in Wangerooge Frisian, a word once used to describe loading a gun later came to be used to describe an invitation to a birthday party?

• Source: Gregersen 2024, p. 56

• ALT1: ... that a German naturalist described the dental fricative he encountered while studying Wangerooge Frisian as similar to "the English tongue-thrust th"? Source: Gregersen 2024, p. 56
• ALT2: ... that the majority of all existing Wangerooge Frisian texts were collected by just one German jurist in the early 1800s even though the dialect did not die until 1950? Source: Gregersen 2024, p. 50
• ALT3: ... that the use of an unusual copula in Wangerooge Frisian was well-attested before 1850, but occurs in none of the existing texts after that? Source: Hoekstra 2024, pp. 99–100
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ten Arches Bridge (Amman)

5x expanded by ThaesOfereode (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

ThaesOfereode (talk) 17:52, 14 March 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: @ThaesOfereode: Hello! Excellent work on the article. The current hook is already engaging, so the additional three alternatives are unnecessary. The article appears well-developed, having been expanded more than fivefold, and the information does not raise any concerns regarding plagiarism. 🐝 B33net 🐝

• @B33net: Thanks for the kind words and the review! I've moved the comment to a different section of the template since it was reading a "no go" message for the hook. If there's something wrong with the hook, just move it back and let me know. Thanks again. ThaesOfereode (talk) 14:35, 15 March 2025 (UTC)