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A fact from Cocklakes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Cocklakes is considered one of the rudest place names in the United Kingdom?
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.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:56, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 08:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC).[reply]
Article is new enough and long enough. #2 does not use the term "cocklakes". I am not sure that #3 should be interpreted as "served by the A6 road". Regarding #4, I am not sure that the "cockpit" blurb applies to this Cocklakes. #5 and #6 do not appear to clearly say "rudest places". I am not sure that either the Eastern Europe or the "separating plaster from paper" aspects are supported by #7. Neither #8 nor #9 explicitly say "sold". AGFing on #10 and #11. Hook is interesting but shares the issue mentioned with #5 and #6. No copyvio or plagiarism that I can see. QPQ is fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:38, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: #3 mentions the Cocklakes junction, which means it serves Cocklakes. #4, it does in the book. I've added an extra source that says it is one of the rudest place names. #7 says "slavs, poles and ukranians", which last time I checked was Eastern Europe. For the paper, I forgot to add that source which I have added now. I have changed the word sold. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:52, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but it seems like the issue with #2 isn't resolved yet and the additional source only says that it was visited as part of a trip to rude place names, not that it is one of the rudest. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:58, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The source is clearly titled "UK's rudest place names". Given this is included in that list, that would make it one of the "UK's rudest place names". The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That only leaves the problem with #2. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:55, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
then. AGFing on the book sources and also on the reliability of the sourcing in general, as it isn't very strong. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Article is new enough and long enough. #2 does not use the term "cocklakes". I am not sure that #3 should be interpreted as "served by the A6 road". Regarding #4, I am not sure that the "cockpit" blurb applies to this Cocklakes. #5 and #6 do not appear to clearly say "rudest places". I am not sure that either the Eastern Europe or the "separating plaster from paper" aspects are supported by #7. Neither #8 nor #9 explicitly say "sold". AGFing on #10 and #11. Hook is interesting but shares the issue mentioned with #5 and #6. No copyvio or plagiarism that I can see. QPQ is fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:38, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
then. AGFing on the book sources and also on the reliability of the sourcing in general, as it isn't very strong. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)