Talk:Golden Temple

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... that the Golden Temple is made of copper overlaid with gold leaves?

Source: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Punjab_Art_and_Culture/gryfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en

Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Ophyrius (talk) and MaplesyrupSushi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

_saluere, Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs^⚔ 19:50, 13 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
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Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - At least one sentence copied/closely paraphrased from bbc.co.uk; see Copyvio Detector.
Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - The proposed hook as written is not supported in the article. The article says The Temple was renovated in marble and copper in 1809, and in 1830 Ranjit Singh donated gold to overlay the sanctum with gold leaf. The article does not support the idea that the Temple is made of copper. The listed source for the hook is not accessible via Google Books, and the source for the claim in the article, pp. 28-30, also does not mention anything about the temple materials including copper. The Encyclopedia of Sikhism entry on the temple does say its upper levels and roofs are gilded copper.
Interesting: - Not very. I would recommend making it a bit more specific. It is unsurprising that a "Golden Temple" would indeed have gold leaf on it.

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - I recommend adding a picture from the article; there are several good options.
Used in article:
Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:38, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dclemens1971 (talk) Thanks for reviewing this nomination. It's hard to change the language of the sentence as it represents the the information clearly and is a translation of the the information. As a sikh myself, I can assure that the similarity is a coincidence. Still, to prevent a violation, I've fixed it to prevent the copyright violation. Also, thanks for the source & I think that it would be better to change the hook. Apologies for taking your time in this hook as this is my first nom. _saluere, Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs^⚔ 09:33, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ophyrius There's still part of that sentence that is copied word for word from the BBC source. Please ping me once you have addressed that, updated the text of the hook and added an image to the DYK. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 10:32, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]