Talk:2 Cheap Cars

A fact from 2 Cheap Cars appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a television advertisement in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which they sometimes pronounced "asshole"?

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 18:58, 30 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that 2 Cheap Cars pulled a TV ad in New Zealand because children were copying the "Ah so" phrase that was used in it, which they often made sound like "asshole"? Source: Stuff.nz

Reviewed: George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign
Comment: Excluding the bullets that don't count under DYK rules

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 07:36, 1 May 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited:
Interesting: - n See comments

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I did an extensive copyedit of the article to remove duplicate information, merge sections into the history subheading and removing WP:PROMO text. The C of E please doublecheck the article to ensure the new text accurately reflects the sources. I didn't approve the hook because the text is convaluted. I have proposed ALTs below. Z1720 (talk) 00:59, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

ALT1:... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a TV ad in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which the children sometimes pronounced as "asshole"?
ALT2:... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a TV ad in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase and mispronouncing it as "asshole"?
ALT3:... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a TV ad in New Zealand because children were mispronouncing the main character's catchphrase as "asshole"?

Let me know which you prefer, or if you have another ALT suggestion. Z1720 (talk) 00:59, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

- @Z1720: Thank you for reviewing. ALT1 is my preference there because it contains all the information in the original so I would be happy to go with that. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 04:48, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
  - Apporved all hooks, with a preference for ALT1. ~~Unfortunately, I requested a revdel of plagiarised material that was added into the article in 2019. Promoters, please ensure that the revdel is resolved before promoting. Thanks!~~ Revdel is complete. Z1720 (talk) 21:52, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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