Talk:Yuichi Kitamura

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected, closed by Dclemens1971 (talk) 04:39, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

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Kitamura in 2025

• ... that a Japanese jockey (pictured) is nicknamed "desk" for knocking down one?

• Source: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2025/11/08/articles/20251108s00041000199000c.html

https://news.netkeiba.com/?pid=column_view&cid=36564

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  • Comment: Pretty well known incident in the Japanese horse racing community. I'm not sure if it goes against Wikipedia:DYKHOOKBLP though as it does concern a jockey's suspension; even if it is something that Kitamura himself admitted as an old shame.

Created by Jnglmpera (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Jnglmpera (talk) 10:46, 13 April 2026 (UTC).

• I am proficient in Japanese, and I have verified that the sources back up the claims regarding the desk incident. I added a small clarification in the article about the suspension in terms of number of calendar days vs. race days. Someone quickly glancing over [this] source might be confused since it says a 4 day suspension. This is clarified in [another] source to be 4 race days (開催日).

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

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral: - I am not an expert on WP:DYKHOOKBLP, but it seems like this hook should be reworded
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Perhaps the hook could be reworded so that it doesn't focus on him knocking down a desk. Something like '... was nicknamed "desk" by fans because his first name and last name were already taken?' It doesn't answer why the fans chose desk over any other nickname, but maybe that's a good thing for piquing readers' interest. AdJHu 胡 21:57, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

• @Jnglmpera: In case you didn't see the above, please post if you are interested in resolving these concerns. Z1720 (talk) 17:08, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The nominator has not responded over a month after the review, despite the above ping and a talk page message. Marking this for closure unless someone is willing to adopt it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:01, 25 May 2026 (UTC)