Talk:Rap Pages

A fact from Rap Pages appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a US$6 plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. in a photograph featured on the cover of Rap Pages sold for US$594,790 at an auction?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 18:28, 24 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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... that a famous portrait of the Notorious B.I.G. was originally a cover of Rap Pages magazine, shot three days before his assassination? Source: https://www.thefader.com/2020/09/15/plastic-crown-worn-by-biggie-sells-for-594k-at-auction
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Created by AstonishingTunesAdmirer (talk). Self-nominated at 21:09, 15 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Rap Pages; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

@AstonishingTunesAdmirer: Nice work on the article! Length, date, QPQ etc. all check out and no copyvios. No QPQ needed since this is only your 2nd DYK nomination. However, I think we could have a more interesting hook here. What about....

ALT1: ... that a plastic crown which Notorious B.I.G. wore in a photo which was featured on the cover of Rap Pages sold for $594,790 at an auction?

#prodraxis ^connect 23:23, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Prodraxis: Hey! Thank you for reviewing this! I'm fine with that version. However, I think in that case it's worth adding its original price:

ALT1.5: ... that a $6 plastic crown which Notorious B.I.G. wore in a photo which was featured on the cover of Rap Pages sold for $594,790 at an auction?

as it wasn't inherently valuable (Biggie's friend and CEO of his label Puff Daddy even complained that the cheap crown made Biggie look like the Burger King). The Guardian is a source for its original price. AstonishingTunesAdmirer 連絡 00:49, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

@AstonishingTunesAdmirer:

Accepted, in that case. ALT1.5 is much better. :) #prodraxis ^connect 01:03, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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