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New enough (submitted within four days of creation), long enough (8,654 characters). Well sourced with inline citations; written neutrally. Earwig flags up a "violation possible" with a high percentage of similarity, but this turns out to be due to the large number of memorial quotes which are properly attributed; personally I think there are too many of those memorial quotes for an encyclopedia article (it's an encyclopedia article, not an obituary), but not a deal breaker for DYK. (The other copy fix I would recommend is to find alternative wording for "she was heavily involved following the 2022 Winnipeg serial killings", which doesn't sound good.) QPQ is done. The hooks are both interesting and verified by the sources provided...but a tiny gotcha is that the "first woman" part referenced in ALT1 is actually not mentioned within the actual article. Fix that issue within the article and this is a pass. Thanks for creating the article. Cielquiparle (talk) 11:37, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cielquiparle, thank you for taking the time to read through the article! I have addressed the ALT1 issue, as well as reworded the Winnipeg serial killings part of her article. I hope this can address your concerns properly. Ornithoptera (talk) 23:36, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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New enough (submitted within four days of creation), long enough (8,654 characters). Well sourced with inline citations; written neutrally. Earwig flags up a "violation possible" with a high percentage of similarity, but this turns out to be due to the large number of memorial quotes which are properly attributed; personally I think there are too many of those memorial quotes for an encyclopedia article (it's an encyclopedia article, not an obituary), but not a deal breaker for DYK. (The other copy fix I would recommend is to find alternative wording for "she was heavily involved following the 2022 Winnipeg serial killings", which doesn't sound good.) QPQ is done. The hooks are both interesting and verified by the sources provided...but a tiny gotcha is that the "first woman" part referenced in ALT1 is actually not mentioned within the actual article. Fix that issue within the article and this is a pass. Thanks for creating the article. Cielquiparle (talk) 11:37, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Approved both ALT0 and ALT1. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:16, 13 September 2024 (UTC)