Talk:Jørgensen's law

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A fact from Jørgensen's law appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ove Jørgensen, after giving his name to a law of Homeric poetry, renounced classical studies to write about ballet?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jørgensen's law.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:57, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ove Jørgensen‎ worked out the rules that Homeric characters follow when talking about the actions of the gods? Source: Essentially a summary of the Jørgensen's law article: best citation is probably Scodel, Ruth (1998). "Bardic Performance and Oral Tradition in Homer". The American Journal of Philology. 119 (2): 179. JSTOR 1562083.
- ALT1: ... that Ove Jørgensen, after giving his name to a law of Homeric poetry, renounced classical studies to write about ballet? Source: Hartmann, Godfred (2011-07-18). "Ove Jørgensen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon [Danish Biographical Lexicon] (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dione arcuata; Template:Did you know nominations/Winchester College football
- Notes: this is meant to be a dual nomination of Ove Jørgensen‎ and Jørgensen's law.

Created by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Self-nominated at 20:57, 28 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Jørgensen's law; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Nice work on these articles. Personally, I prefer ALT1 but both hooks are good to go. Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]