Template:Did you know nominations/Campfire ash ceremony

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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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:11, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Campfire ash ceremony

Campfire ashes
Campfire ashes
  • ... that Scouting's century-old campfire ash ceremony is meant to demonstrate the history and fellowship associated with the movement? Mac Scouter
    • ALT1:... that the campfire ash ceremony is a world-wide Scouting service said to date back to Baden-Powell in 1907? "Campfire Ash Ceremony". Use Resources Wisely. 2016-09-20.

Created by Evrik (talk). Self-nominated at 18:08, 7 July 2020 (UTC).

  • Hi Evrik, here is my review. This article is new enough and just about long enough, QPQ completed. I am quite surprised at the standard of this article from an editor of 15 years. You have a long unattributed quote lifted from the Nighthawk source. Why don't you rewrite that? Although, I don't think many of the sources used are really RS. I wouldn't support leaving in the Nighthawk, Altbongo or Reddit sources, and all the others look shakily self-published. As for the proposed hooks, the first one doesn't seem to work because it says why the ceremony happens but not what it is, but ALT1 seems acceptable. Sourcing it from a blog, though... I would like a second opinion from another editor on this review before progressing. Rcsprinter123 (drone) 13:18, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
  • @Rcsprinter123: Thanks for catching that citation error. I placed a citation on the quote. As for RS, I went with the best sources I could find. I can look for others.--evrik (talk) 14:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Yes, looking for others would be helpful. I might suggest finding some offline sources for something more reliable, since this is something with a basis in history. Could books about scouting or even old contemporary reports give information about this ceremony. Rcsprinter123 (note) 14:57, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
  • @Rcsprinter123: I reordered the sourcing, using mostly the most reliable sources. There are no "news" sources. --evrik (talk) 04:47, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you, Evrik. It's time for a new reviewer to see what they make of it. Rcsprinter123 (parlez) 15:01, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Dates added. --evrik (talk) 19:27, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
  • OK. Date and length fine. I'd slightly prefer a more independent source but I am going to AGF that it is independent enough. QPQ done, no close paraphrasing. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)