Template:Did you know nominations/M1 (İzmir Metro)

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 Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 03:38, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Several article issues remain unresolved.

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M1 (İzmir Metro)

• ... that the M1, the only active line of İzmir Metro, entered into service in 2000? Source: Consisting of 10 stations, it began service on 22 May 2000.^[1]
  • ALT1:... that the M1, the only active line of İzmir Metro, is still in the process of being extended? Source: Work on the 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long Fahrettin Altay–Kaymakamlık extension to the west began on 9 June 2018 and are planned to be finished in October 2022, at a cost of ₺1.027 billion.^[2]
  • ALT2:... that the M1, the only active line of İzmir Metro, is 19.8 km (12.3 mi) long? Source: ^[3]
  • ALT3 ... that the tenders for extension of M1, the only active line of İzmir Metro, has been cancelled several times? Source:

• ALT4 ... that the construction of M1, the only active line of İzmir Metro, has stopped because the contractor company couldn't finish the construction on time and requested 12 months more? Source: The construction was fully stopped in 2008 after the contractor could not finish the extension and requested 12 months more, which was refused.^[8]

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• Comment: This is my first nomination to DYK, so if I made any mistakes, feel free to give feedback.

Improved to Good Article status by Ahmetlii (talk). Self-nominated at 14:25, 14 July 2021 (UTC).

• Non reviewer comment Hi, I've had the page on my watchlist due to my copyedit from a while back. Just popping in to say that none of these hooks are really that interesting; they are more trivial facts about the line. Something that could be more interesting is the many cancellations and re-approval of the tenders, as that is unusual. :) — Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 15:14, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - All of the non-English sources need to have translated titles. A few seem to be blogs, so an expert in the region should double-check them for reliability.
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems: - The article is in need of a major cleanup. More below.

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - None of the hooks given are particularly suited for DYK, though the cancellations could be spun into a proper hook with some work.

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: I don't think this article is ready for DYK, and it probably shouldn't have been passed at GAN in its current state. There are a lot of grammatical issues that need to be fixed, some sources may need to be replaced with reliable versions, and quite a few essential sections (frequency, ridership, a route description, more detailed fare information, technical details only found in the infobox) are missing from the prose. SounderBruce 04:10, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

I've seen it just now, thanks for notifying me via talk page message. Anyway, here is my clarifications about some of the issues addressed above:

• About sources, I think that the sources are complying with the guidelines. If you meant the line operator's website or the municipality website by saying "A few seem to be blogs", I think it is under acceptable usage per WP:PRIMARY. I also didn't know that translation of the source titles are a primary requisite, however I am willing to translate the citation titles on the page (I guess I have missed that point before). I've asked for a reviewer for sources on WikiProject Turkey.
• On cleanup per grammar, the article has been copyedited before both by a reviewer and myself, however if I or the reviewer have missed something about the grammar, please let me know by detailing where is the issue.

I am also going to add more details about the line if the informations mentioned by you exists in the Internet, as well as trying to write a better hook; thanks for the feedback!Ahmetlii (talk) 15:44, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Ahmetlii: It's been two weeks and it doesn't look like any of the above changes have been made and no new hooks are ready. It's OK if you can't get to them right now, but we'll have to mark this nomination for closure soon if they haven't been fixed. BuySomeApples (talk) 00:40, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Marking for closure unless the nominator comes back in the next couple days or someone else adopts this one. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:53, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

@BuySomeApples:: Hello, I'm busy nowadays, and I really don't think that I am currently having the motivation to pursuing this nomination. If I will be able to re-nominate the page again by re-opening this nomination, then you can close this page.ahmetlii ^✉ _{(Please ping me on a reply!)} 14:06, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Ahmetlii, I'm afraid it's now or never for DYK. Once this nomination closes, the article cannot be renominated at DYK. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:56, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

I have done my best for @Ahmetlii: the rest is up to you. Seloloving (talk) 18:58, 31 August 2021 (UTC)