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Did you know nomination

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: rejected by reviewer, closed by AirshipJungleman29 talk 09:26, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that champion sprint musher George Attla spent years of his childhood hospitalized with tuberculosis?

• Source: https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/attla-pbs-documentary-review/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chalandriani

5x expanded by Annwfwn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Annwfwn (talk) 01:01, 9 May 2025 (UTC).

• Comment — Uninteresting as written when it's well known that his leg was fused as a result of the tuberculosis and he still went on win tons of competitions in spite of the disability. Also, using a paid obituary for the source when there's seemingly no end to actual reliable sources discussing his life? Similarly, using a non-free image scavenged off the web when there are numerous publications with expired copyrights containing photos of Attla? To the latter point, as we continue to claim to be a collaborative environment, all you had to do was ask. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:30, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

I added a different source, there are plenty. Perhaps you can find an image? This is, as you pointed out, a collaborative project. I did not find numerous publications where the copyright had expired and so left the image placed by a previous editor. Annwfwn (talk) 10:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

• • • Almost a month since the last work on this nom and there has been no improvement to the image or to the hook. @Annwfwn: Please have both matters remedied in the next 48 hours or I think we should pass on this for DYK. Consider RadioKAOS's suggestion for an ALT hook. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:33, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

I have been unable to locate a free image, perhaps one exists but not one I can undoubtedly prove is no longer protected by copywrite. Per WP:DYKIMG, fair use images are not permitted on the main page, but I do not see anywhere that they cannot be used in the article itself - if this is the case, I can remove it. As far as the hook, I can rewrite the hook, but frankly I'm surprised that anyone outside of Alaska or the dog mushing world would be familiar with this. I'm also surprised to have a vote for decline as this DYK has never been formally reviewed. Annwfwn (talk) 18:11, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

There seems to be a disconnect on the two issues here. The first is that you're correct about fair use images being permitted in articles, but that fair use is only for when we don't have access to images that are outside of copyright. I'm not sure why RadioKAOS is certain there are images of the subject outside of copyright, but I'll let them explain if they'd like. The second issue is that the hook, as is, is uninteresting. A more interesting detail of this subject is that which RadioKAOS highlighted above regarding overcoming a significant childhood disease. If you require further explanation, please ping me! ~ Pbritti (talk)

@Annwfwn: Are there any ALT hooks you would like to propose? Z1720 (talk) 15:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

This is a weird case. On the one hand, I disagree with the concerns about hook interest. I actually do think the hook is interesting to a broad audience, although I can sort of see where the concerns are coming from (overcoming adversity stories are arguably a dime-a-dozen these days). On the other hand, the real issue is that the nominator hasn't edited in weeks and has not responded to the above ping. As such, the nomination is marked for closure due to a lack of activity, although it may resume if the nominator returns or another editor adopts this. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:19, 29 June 2025 (UTC)