Template:Did you know nominations/Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

ALT0: ... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971?

  • Source: "Malcolm X’s influence on Yuri extended beyond the political, and from 1971 to 1975, she practiced Sunni Islam." (Fujjino 2005, p. 209)
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: First DYK, sorry if the formatting is wrong! I tried to follow the guidelines as best I could.
Improved to Good Article status by Spookyaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Spookyaki (talk) 18:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall:

Article is new enough (promoted to GA on 18 December), long enough, sourced, neutral, and free of copyright violations. QPQ not required. The hook is cited and interesting. I'm not sure about the wording of the hook. "Sunni Islam" seems overly specific, its like specifying someone converted to Protestant Christianity rather than just Christianity. Additionally, I don't think "conversion" is a long process, so she didn't convert from 1971 to 1975; She converted in 1971, and practiced the religion until 1975. (I might be wrong in this definition of "conversion" and if so, please let me know) Just these couple of minor pedantic issues and it would be good to go. :) AmateurHi$torian (talk) 21:49, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
No, you're right, the original use of "converted" was a bit imprecise. How does it look now? Spookyaki (talk) 22:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
The new hook is good to go. If the part about her deconversion is also to be included, it could be worded as - ALT1:"... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama practiced Islam between 1971 and 1975?" and ALT2:"...that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971, and practiced it until 1975?". -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 03:43, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
I think Alt0 or Alt2 are good. Maybe Alt2 if I had to pick. Thanks! Spookyaki (talk) 06:42, 24 December 2024 (UTC)