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A fact from Fatma Al Sharshani appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Qatari calligrapher Fatma Al Sharshani was commissioned by Paris Saint-Germain FC to design a skateboard and some Arabic lettering for their shirts?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Recent, well-sourced, interesting... but not long enough. While it consists of some 1750 characters, it is fewer than 1400 characters long when the lead is taken out. Because the lead repeats the content of the only section, it means that the article has fewer than 1400 characters of unique content. I also wonder if any effort has been made to find a photograph of the subject or of some of her work. I see a photo on Flickr. Surtsicna (talk) 09:35, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Surtsicna - I've added some more to the article, but I did look at WP:DYKLEN and I don't see it stating that the lead is excluded, rather text copied from other articles, which I interpreted as different. I've added a link to the photo, but I don't think as its an artwork the photogrpaher would have permission to openly licence it. It's a great find though. I'm away for ten days from tomorrow, in case you don't get a reposnse to a ping Lajmmoore (talk) 21:33, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is not the letter of the law, true, but it is the spirit. The article of that size does not actually need sections, and creating a lead section which repeats information to meet the character count is a sort of workaround. The coverage looks much more substantial now. You are right about the image :( It would have to be taken in public in a country with the freedom of panorama. I think the hook is good to go now. See you in 10 days! Surtsicna (talk) 22:20, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Recent, well-sourced, interesting... but not long enough. While it consists of some 1750 characters, it is fewer than 1400 characters long when the lead is taken out. Because the lead repeats the content of the only section, it means that the article has fewer than 1400 characters of unique content. I also wonder if any effort has been made to find a photograph of the subject or of some of her work. I see a photo on Flickr. Surtsicna (talk) 09:35, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
It is not the letter of the law, true, but it is the spirit. The article of that size does not actually need sections, and creating a lead section which repeats information to meet the character count is a sort of workaround. The coverage looks much more substantial now. You are right about the image :( It would have to be taken in public in a country with the freedom of panorama. I think the hook is good to go now. See you in 10 days! Surtsicna (talk) 22:20, 31 January 2025 (UTC)