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A fact from Killing of Eileen Quinn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the shooting of Eileen Quinn was referenced in the poetry of W. B. Yeats?

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The result was: promoted by Annwfwn talk 23:35, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the shooting of Eileen Quinn was referenced in the poetry of W. B. Yeats?

Source: https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/articles/other-cheated-dead-murder-and-reprisals-in-galways-gregory-yeats-country

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jon Haukeland
Comment: A fact about history and poetry of Ireland

Created by Moondragon21 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Moondragon21 (talk) 10:09, 30 March 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Not doing a full reivew, but I don't see "essentially a drive-by shooting" in the source (and it isn't in the body (MOS:INTRO), though that isn't a DYK concern). Rusalkii (talk) 20:12, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
User:Rusalkii, thanks this has been fixed. Moondragon21 (talk) 20:28, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Moondragon21: Good work on this. The image of the castle in the infobox of a bio is somewhat strange, unexpected, and out of place, given that her image is online.[1] Also, since the page was moved after the nom, would it make sense to change the hook to "... that the killing of Eileen Quinn was referenced in the poetry of W. B. Yeats?" Also, I think you could make the hook more interesting by telling the reader directly that Quinn was shot by the Black and Tans while holding her baby in her arms, leading Yeats to use the tragedy in two of his poems. Perhaps something like: "... that Eileen Quinn was seven months pregnant and holding her daughter in her arms when she was shot, inspiring W. B. Yeats to write about her tragic death in two of his poems?" Something along those lines, maybe? Viriditas (talk) 01:17, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I added the image. Viriditas (talk) 01:33, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - thank you. I think that change is appropriate now the article name is different. Moondragon21 (talk) 08:12, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Review needed. Viriditas (talk) 01:47, 30 April 2025 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ~~First sentence of lead is unreferenced. This sort of detail should be in the body, which is supposed to be independent of the lead.~~ Good to go. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:05, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies @Hawkeye7: I think I have fixed this issue. Please can it be re-reviewed? Moondragon21 (talk) 15:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good to go! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]