:Thank you for your note.  I do not know the background of this disagreement nor, for my purposes, is it relevant.  I know of no reason why DYK could not describe new content to exclude block quotes, for purposes of determining article eligibility.  Otherwise we could have DYKs padded with quotes to meet the minimum requirment.  We should recognize writing, not parrotting, and the greatest fault of DYK is that it still allows in too much of the latter.