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 Theleekycauldron ( talk) 20:14, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

United Airlines Flight 175

Flight 175 explodes after hitting the South Tower.

• ... that the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 – which was crashed into WTC South during the September 11 attacks  – did training exercises in four different countries to prepare for the attack?
  • ALT1:... that after being hijacked, United Airlines Flight 175 almost had two mid-air collisions with other aircrafts before crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center (pictured)?

• Comment: Promoted to GA today. QPQ exempt (4th DYK nom). This is for feature on 11 September 2021, the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Suggestions of alternate hooks appreciated; finding it tricky to come up with an appropriate hook.

Improved to Good Article status by ProcrastinatingReader ( talk). Self-nominated at 21:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC).

• Pinging EEng & valereee in case either of y'all got better hook ideas? ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 21:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
• – The article is new enough (promoted GA on September 4, 2021) and long enough (18,017 characters). It is well cited, appears to be neutral, and within policy. Earwig's copyvio detector detects 8.3% similarity (Violation Unlikely). The first hook is a bit long (195 characters), but within the 200 characters limit. Both the hooks are interesting, and it would be great to see this article on September 11. QPQ exempt, as it is user's fourth nomination. The hooks are not cited here, but are in the article (though I couldn't figure out the four countries where the hijackers were trained). Before approving, I'll wait to hear what EEng and valereee say regarding other hooks. You can also ask for suggestions on Wikipedia talk:Did you know. Also, I would have added the image " File:UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11 edit.jpeg" with the nomination, but its completely upto you. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 07:49, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

• The four countries appear to be the US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Malaysia, although Kavyansh.Singh and ProcrastinatingReader, those sentences need citations. PR, I'm wondering if

ALT0a: ... that the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175, which was crashed into WTC South during the September 11 attacks, trained in four different countries to prepare for the attack?

...might be a little snappier? Still uses 'attack' twice, I thought about maybe:

ALT0b: ... that the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175, which was crashed into WTC South during the September 11 attacks, trained in four different countries to prepare?

...or:

ALT2: ... that the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175, which was crashed into World Trade Center South twenty years ago today, trained in four different countries to prepare for the attack?

—valereee ( talk) 14:23, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Yup; source for the four countries is [1]. Also the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission [2] pgs 156-158. I like ALT2, maybe trim the link and I suppose both "WTC South" and "World Trade Center South" aren't too descriptive (maybe mentioning "South Tower" would be better if it can fit). RE Kavyansh.Singh: Image sounds good -- I don't know how to add it though, if someone can do that? ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 17:04, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@ ProcrastinatingReader – I'll prefer "World Trade Center's South Tower" or just "South Tower" over WTC South. And I have included the image, which is freely licenced. – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 11:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

• How about the following?
  ALT2a: ... that the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175, which was crashed into the World Trade Center's South Tower twenty years ago today (pictured), trained in four countries to prepare for the attack?
  ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 13:05, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

– Approving ALT2b and ALT1. I prefer ALT2b, bit long but within limit. – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 13:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)