Talk:Diana Armstrong (world record holder)
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... that Diana Armstrong has 42 foot fingernails?
~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:15, 22 May 2026 (UTC).
Hi WikiOriginal-9, I'll review this. New enough, long enough. Earwig not showing any issues. QPQ done. Per RS/PS, the Guinness and New York Post (for entertainment) refs have no consensus for reliability, but personal details are largely sourced to the Star Tribune so I'm happy to pass reliability. Hook is interesting, but I'm concerned this could be confused as each fingernail being 42 feet in length, when the measurement refers to combined length. Would suggest "42 feet of fingernails" or a suitable alternative. Pahunkat (talk) 18:49, 22 May 2026 (UTC)- ALT1: ... that Diana Armstrong has 42 feet (13 m) of fingernails?
~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:53, 22 May 2026 (UTC)
Approve ALT1. Nice work on the article. Pahunkat (talk) 18:58, 22 May 2026 (UTC)- WikiOriginal-9 I removed the New York Post source to ensure the piece could be promoted without a concern over reliable sourcing; the zipper fact and her age are in the Star-Tribune article and I replaced the soda can fact with the shoelace fact from the Strib. I think the GWR is fine since it's being relied on not for the length of the nails or other potentially contentious facts but to validate that it has certified records in certain categories. The problem is that the piece is now at 1582 characters, and subtracting the 192-character quote from the Strib leaves just 1380 characters of original prose. Is there material you can add? Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:35, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- WP:DYKPROSE only references block quotes, which are 40 words or more. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:48, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Prose size is what is countable by the DYKCheck tool. I think WP:DYKLEN applies regardless of whether the quoted material is in a block quote:
Text that is not original does not count
. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:08, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
- Prose size is what is countable by the DYKCheck tool. I think WP:DYKLEN applies regardless of whether the quoted material is in a block quote:
- WP:DYKPROSE only references block quotes, which are 40 words or more. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:48, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
