Talk:Connecticut field pumpkin
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Theleekycauldron in topic Did you know nomination
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 | A fact from Connecticut field pumpkin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 04:16, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
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Connecticut field pumpkin
- ... that the Connecticut field pumpkin is the variety most often selected for carving jack-o'-lanterns and it is widely considered to be the most popular Halloween pumpkin? Source: 'Connecticut Field' is the standard general purpose or large Halloween pumpkin that is used more than any other variety for carving into a jack o'lantern. and it holds the position of the most popular large Halloween pumpkin on the market
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tre Harris
- Comment: Open to other hooks. Hoping to run on Halloween! Image is optional and may need to be cropped square.
5x expanded by Lightburst (talk). Self-nominated at 02:44, 22 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Connecticut field pumpkin; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Currently tweaking this one -- it's a little below 5x at the moment following some copyedits to the lead, but I expect it to bump back up the threshold soon. A suggested hook:
- ALT1: ... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"?
- Sourced inline to a couple different places, none of which I can access right now, so will need double-checking for verification but is a good one if it works. Vaticidalprophet 03:17, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Comment: I think that if we include an image, it should be of a Jack-o'-lantern rather than an uncarved pumpkin because 1) it's what the hook is about, and 2) because it would be more thematic for Halloween. I recommend File:Halloween-Jack-O-Lantern-551 (cropped).jpg. Di (they-them) (talk) 09:33, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- Nice @Di (they-them):. Now we just need a full review. Lightburst (talk) 14:41, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
The hook is sourced, and it checks out. It's long enough, new enough, and the hook is interesting. Overall, it's good to go in my opinion. Di (they-them) (talk) 23:32, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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