Template:Did you know nominations/Ijeoma Oluo

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Ijeoma Oluo

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  • ... that Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo has sparked uncomfortable conversations nationwide about racism, misogynoir, intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, and the #MeToo movement?
    • ALT1: ...that many of Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo's articles about racism, misogynoir, intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, and the #MeToo movement have gone viral?
    • ALT2: ...that after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo started writing about her social concerns on a blog that she had devoted to food writing?
    • ALT3: ...that the Facebook account of Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo was temporarily suspended after she posted screenshots of racist messages directed toward her?

5x expanded by Antonioatrylia (talk), Dennis Bratland (talk), Innisfree987 (talk), Lonehexagon (talk), and Monikasj (talk). Nominated by Dennis Bratland (talk) at 18:54, 6 February 2018 (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
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 02:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC)


  • In "Accolades", you might want to reword Oluo has been named to lists of was. I don't understand what this means.
Hook interest: I'm not sure, because this isn't mentioned explicitly in the article. However, it might be a problem with this hook itself. See directly below.
The words used in this hook imply something else than what is in the article. While Oluo might definitely have "sparked" "uncomfortable" conversations, I don't think this is objective enough. The page says Her writing covers misogynoir, intersectionality, online harassment, the Black Lives Matter movement, race, economics, parenting, feminism and social justice, which is sourced. So I suggest this: (See above. epicgenius (talk) 02:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC))
  • I rewrote the Accolades section using more straightforward wording. Any of he suggested alternate hooks is fine. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:40, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the review, and for all the work that everyone has done on this page. Any of the suggested hooks would be fine, but I prefer ALT2. Shameran81 (talk) 03:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
  • @Dennis Bratland and Shameran81: OK, I have picked ALT2. I have also moved the alt hooks to the top of the page. Unless any of the other contributors have objections, this is good to go. epicgenius (talk) 14:16, 14 February 2018 (UTC)