Talk:Did You Know

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All entries are WP:PTM. Widefox; talk 22:33, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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: rejected by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:03, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that the Did you know section of Wikipedia's Main Page has no tendency for self-referential humour? Source: It Came Out of the Sky
  • ALT1: ... that there are buildings in New York, as well as European operatics, American radio stations, and fungi? It's true! They exist.
  • ALT2: ... that Edward Long-Dead is the seventh ever person to win a cross-country match while weighing between 160 and 170 pounds?
  • ALT3: ... that you should feel free to suggest your own ALTs here, except where overshadowing my hook hurts my feelings?
  • ALT4: ... that it's astounding that a living breathing human actually let this article become a GA?
  • ALT5: ... that <interesting hook>? (violates WP:DYKSG#C6)
  • ALT7.24: ... that the next ALT someone suggests is definitely gonna be interesting this time?
  • Reviewed: see "reviewed"
  • Comment: happy holidays, everyone :D

Created by theleekycauldron (talk). Self-nominated at 00:50, 1 April 2022 (UTC).

• Comment: Striking ALT2 per WP:DYKSG#rule you'd have never found on your own in a million years; the prospect of ever making a reader upset by having any principles at all must be strictly avoided. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 01:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC)