Template:Did you know nominations/Russian language in the United States
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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 08:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Russian language in the United States[edit]
- ... that most Russian-speakers in the United States are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union?
- Reviewed: List of universities in Venezuela
Created/expanded by Yerevanci (talk). Self nom at 03:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
- Hooks seems to be covered by this: "Jews constitute about 80% of all immigrants from the former Soviet states." but I am not 100% sure. I left a note to the nominator. — ΛΧΣ21™ 10:49, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, it is. What's the problem with that? That seems to be the most interesting sentence of the article, so I decided to make it the hook.--Երևանցի ասելիք կա՞ 14:09, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
- There is no problem. I just needed to verify thet it truly was it, because the wording on the article leads to confusion when compared to the hook (but it's a personal opinion). So, it is
Good to go for me. — ΛΧΣ21™ 18:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
People from Soviet states are different from Russian speakers. If that is your reference it doesn't defend your hook. Secretlondon (talk) 21:24, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Where did I say that they are the same? Instead of saying "most Russian-speakers in the United States are Jewish immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus", the hook says "the former Soviet Union". What's the problem with that? --Երևանցի ասելիք կա՞ 00:32, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
- There is no problem. I just needed to verify thet it truly was it, because the wording on the article leads to confusion when compared to the hook (but it's a personal opinion). So, it is
- Yes, it is. What's the problem with that? That seems to be the most interesting sentence of the article, so I decided to make it the hook.--Երևանցի ասելիք կա՞ 14:09, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
