: I totally understand your frustration and I'm sorry my initial comment about the article wasn't very helpful!  DYK is one of those places where a relatively small number of editors are trying to process so much information that a lot of stuff slips through the cracks.  I've had a nomination or too slip through as well, or had trouble getting a hook  but when it happens the very first time you submit to DYK it's so discouraging.  You put a huge amount of work into this, and when I saw the 17 references I thought, "Oh man, we have to use this article!"  So we'll think of something!  I'll go take another look and suggest some hooks at T:TDYK. 

 : Wikipedia often seems like a really cold and nasty place.  And there are some admins who are mean, and some who aren't but just don't realize what they sound like.  But, because it's so big, there's a lot of good users too.  So don't give up quite yet!