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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: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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Water bottle flipping[edit]

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Water bottle flipping
Water bottle flipping

Created/expanded by LittleT889 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:40, 9 October 2016 (UTC).

  • new enough, long enough, inline citations and sources are good and checks out. Interesting subject and the animated photo (or whatever you call it) is great. Overall everything checks out and is free. Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 17:50, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
Sorry, which source says "banned around the world"? Quote, please. EEng 08:31, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
  • What EEng said. I've just taken a bottle of water and flipped it upside down, but I don't see Plod turning up with his handcuffs. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:07, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
SLOWLY PUT THE WATER BOTTLE DOWN AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP! EEng 17:51, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
flippin DYK should be flippin banned. so there. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Since the first hook is questionable in truth how about
  • ALT1 ... that water bottle flipping (flip pictured) craze originator Mike Senatore first developed the skill in chemistry class?
  • By the way the image has a suitable license, and is used. I have shrunk the image to make sure it looks OK at the required size. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:29, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Can we please have the source quotes and link? EEng 04:02, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
Quote:The bottle-flipping started last year during a chemistry class. Bored, Senatore flipped a bottle and landed it upright. He didn’t know he could actually do that. source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/weird/article79848532.html currently reference 12. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:59, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Again, this sounds like WP:OR. Please, can you quote exactly what the source says? Even if this exact hook doesn't work, I'm sure we can find something else, but we need to know what the source says. EEng 08:24, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
(a) That says 'schools', not 'around the world' and (b) even if it did, you're quoting a headline -- headlines are never reliable sources because they often misrepresent the stories' content. All the story says is that one school enacted a ban. EEng 08:56, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Source 1 quote: "The viral trend from the US has been infuriating teachers across Britain, leading many schools to ban water bottles." [1]
  • Source 2 quote: "Parents report that many of their children's schools are banning the water bottle flip." [2]
  • Reviewer needed for ALT3 hook. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:25, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Also ALT1 hook. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:58, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
      • I can't get excited by ALT1. ALT3 cited and faithful to source. other criteria noted above. Can add earwigs copyvio detector clear. good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:13, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Bottle-flipping craze has teachers in a spin". The Times & The Sunday Times. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  2. ^ Tate, Allison Slater (2016-10-06). "Why water bottle flipping craze is getting on parents' last nerves". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but do not see the claim "schools around the world" verified in the article. Several citations to U.S. schools and several to British schools are listed. I suggest paring down the hook fact here and in the article to:
  • ALT3a: ... that flipping water bottles has been banned in some U.S. and British schools? Yoninah (talk) 22:14, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
I added some because otherwise it sounds, to the naive, like all schools are involved. (I don't know about UK, but there's no mechanism for doing that in the US). EEng 00:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
@Casliber: could you sign off on ALT3a? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 12:45, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
Yep, "some" is how I'd qualify it in Australian English too. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:19, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
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