Template:Did you know nominations/Ellaisa Marquis

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 20:56, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Ellaisa Marquis

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... that Ellaisa Marquis has been called "Saint Lucia's marquis player when it comes to women's football"? Source: St Lucia Star (29 June 2019), p. 22.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
- Comment: Article expansion began on 6 June 2022.

5x expanded by Cielquiparle (talk), David Eppstein (talk), and MonFrontieres (talk). Article created by MbahGondrong (talk). Nominated by Cielquiparle (talk) at 10:44, 8 June 2022 (UTC).

"Marquis player" doesn't even make sense...they meant "marquee" but apparently didn't know these were different words. Repeating this vocabulary error on WP would be embarrassing. JoelleJay (talk) 16:49, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! Will propose additional hooks. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:58, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Is it a vocabulary error or a deliberate pun? Good faith would suggest the latter. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:29, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Possibly differences in cross-cultural interpretation(s) as well, but I've given it some thought, and the whole point of DYK hooks is that they don't give you all the information and are often quirky. So ALT1 leans in to the word that jumps out. ("Wait...is that right? I need to find out what's going on...")

ALT1: ... that Ellaisa Marquis has been called the "marquis player" of women's football in Saint Lucia?

I personally love the play on words and the phrasing of ALT1. Long enough, newly expanded, neutral, well referenced, with no close paraphrasing seen on spotchecks. QPQ is done. I'm using the AGF tick as I had difficulty navigating the source for the hook on my browser but I trust the quote is in there. Well done. 97198 (talk) 02:44, 9 July 2022 (UTC)