Talk:Ride the D

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:12, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the Los Angeles Metro wants you to ride their D?

• Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/02/27/la-metro-merch-ride-the-d-shirts/88906325007/

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  • Comment: Obviously an april fool's hook, at least in my humble opinion it is quite interesting.

Created by MSK (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 04:54, 8 March 2026 (UTC).

• @MSK: Hi. I will be reviewing this. Thank you for this interesting article and the hook. Here are some quick suggestions which you can consider.

:*Using uniform date format, probably WP:MDY

• Clean up the lead section from many references, as per MOS:LEAD, because it usually does not require references as it sums up the article body

   Done

• An alternate hook just in case if it does not make to DYKAPRIL

  ALT1: ... that the LA Metro released a shirt asking people to ride their D?

• This could be a real world fact, but here is a little problem I faced in a few WP:INLINEs and therefore need your input. Reference #8 does not mention the terms "Downtown" or "Koreatown", can you please provide a better reference?

   Done swapped out for a better reference.

@MSK: Maybe consider using this reference which explicitly mentions the terms "Downtown" and "Koreatown", by noting "The route between downtown Los Angeles and Koreatown is one of Metro's most heavily used". M. Billoo 02:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

• Can you please show me the confirmation of was approved in 2012, I could not see it in reference #9?

  For ref 9(now ref 3), it says In addition, the Metro Board approved the route and station locations for the first phase of the project and it was published in 2012.

• Please change expected to be completed to scheduled to be completed, probably to generate NPOV.

   Done

• It is written that described by multiple sources as "inappropriate". Probably, see WP:WEASEL, because it has a double quote mark for a word combined with a demand of multiple sources, but no INLINE or WP:INTEXT attributions are given ahead.

   Done

The T-shirt and crop top were described by multiple sources as inappropriate. Please remove this claim because it is still acting as WEASEL due to no attributions. Rest of the article seems OK now. M. Billoo 02:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I have also done some minor touchups as per MOS. Thank you! M. Billoo 22:29, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@M.Billoo2000: these points should be addressed, thank you for the review! monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 01:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Should be actually done now. Cheers! monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 02:27, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@MSK: Thank you and all the best. ALT3 can definitely be WP:QUIRKY only if the original one could not make it to DYKAPRIL. M. Billoo 03:43, 10 March 2026 (UTC)