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A fact from Beyond the Stellar Empire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the play-by-mail gameBeyond the Stellar Empire was part of the "stomping ground" of the genre's top players, allowing them to govern a space colony or join a space pirate band?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Beyond the Stellar Empire was an open-endedplay-by-mail game where players could join corporations, alien races, or a space pirate band called Raiders of the Imperial Periphery (RIP)? Source: Stephen Marte, (1987). "Beyond the Stellar Empire". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. March/April 1987 (#23), p. 6.
ALT1:... that the play-by-mail gameBeyond the Stellar Empire was part of the "stomping grounds" of the genre's top players, allowing them to govern a space colony or join a space pirate band? Source: Stephen Marte, (1987). "Beyond the Stellar Empire". Paper Mayhem: The Informative Play By Mail Magazine. March/April 1987 (#23), p. 6.
Reviewed: This is my second DYK nomination so I believe I have a grace period of a few nominations before required reviews.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: None required.
Overall: The article was new enough when nominated and is easily long enough (~5000 characters). The content is cited to reputable published sources, though most are offline only, so I'm AGF. It keeps a suitably neutral tone toward the topic, not e.g. puffing up the game's importance or qualities. I see no signs of plagiarism from online sources, though I can't check the offline magazine sources. I prefer ALT1, which is short enough and interesting enough and cited to an offline source, so AGF. This is only the nominator's third DYK nom, so no QPQ required. This appears ready to go, a very strong nomination. Good work! Bryan Rutherford (talk) 01:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Right now the article doesn't say anything about this beyond it winning the Origins Award. Is there any more info about this version? BOZ (talk) 04:44, 8 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
The article was new enough when nominated and is easily long enough (~5000 characters). The content is cited to reputable published sources, though most are offline only, so I'm AGF. It keeps a suitably neutral tone toward the topic, not e.g. puffing up the game's importance or qualities. I see no signs of plagiarism from online sources, though I can't check the offline magazine sources. I prefer ALT1, which is short enough and interesting enough and cited to an offline source, so AGF. This is only the nominator's third DYK nom, so no QPQ required. This appears ready to go, a very strong nomination. Good work! Bryan Rutherford (talk) 01:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)