Talk:Urinal target

A fact from Urinal target appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to a Schiphol Airport official, installing pictures of flies in urinals reduced "spillage" by 80 per cent?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:23, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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A urinal fly in Switzerland

... that according to an Schiphol Airport official, installing pictures of flies in their urinal reduced "spillage" by 80%? Source: https://worksthatwork.com/1/urinal-fly
- ALT1: ... that pictures of bees installed as targets in urinals are also a joke based on the pronunciation of their genus, Apis? Source: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121310977 or https://worksthatwork.com/1/urinal-fly
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lekin...

Created by Rhododendrites (talk). Self-nominated at 02:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC).[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: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Everything looks good to go here. The default hook is the one I'd go with. Just need that QPQ done and we'd be set. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 04:16, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cat's Tuxedo: Thanks. QPQ done. I have to admit, I was thinking about an April Fools' type hook along the lines of "some people in Victorian England took the piss out of Apis while taking a piss" but it's just felt too crass (for me and for Wikipedia). :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:25, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, good point. Anyway, that takes care of that then! Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 17:38, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]