Talk:Zombie Plane

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: promoted by TheSandDoctor talk 00:15, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that Zombie Plane takes flight from Chuck Norris?

• Source: "We're all familiar with jokes about movie tough guy Chuck Norris (...) Norris and Ice are both playing themselves in an action-comedy titled Zombie Plane - Entertainment Weekly

• ALT1: ... that Chuck Norris, Vanilla Ice, and Sophie Monk board Zombie Plane? Source: Chuck Norris, Vanilla Ice, Sophie Monk Board 'Zombie Plane' (...) Norris, Ice and Monk play themselves - The Hollywood Reporter
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Exdeath
• Comment: I use Chuck Norris facts in ALT0 as my quirky way of telling readers that he plays himself in the film, while ALT1 is merely a word-for-word hook derived from the THR source's title indicating that all three principal actors have joined the cast and are playing themselves

Created by Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 07:59, 13 May 2024 (UTC).

• Reviewing... (I haven't heard a Chuck Norris meme in years) ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 17:29, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
• Passed criteria: The article is new enough, long enough, not affected by DYK-eligibility problems, verifiable and NOR, copyvio-free with correctly attributed quotes. The hook is cited to RS, interesting, concise.
• Remarks, @Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: (1) I think the Premise section should be rewritten to not give undue weight to THR. (2) William Strong did not directly tell THR of the biohazard threads but rather told Mier who forwarded the story. (3) This might be a language issue from my part, but should the hook not be

  ALT0b: ... that Zombie Plane cannot take flight from Chuck Norris? Source: "We're all familiar with jokes about movie tough guy Chuck Norris (...) Norris and Ice are both playing themselves in an action-comedy titled Zombie Plane - Entertainment Weekly

• as in the movie cannot flee/escape from Chuck Norris? Also, I removed the link to the Chuck Norris facts article to add a little IYKYK. You are welcome to retain the original link. Best wishes, ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 18:15, 14 May 2024 (UTC); 18:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
  • @Lol1VNIO: Thanks for taking this review. Your concerns have been addressed. I also welcome your minor revision on ALT0, which is more clear than the previous version, tho I think the decision whether to include that Norris fact wikilink is probably best left for a DYK prepper to decide. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
    • @Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: Thank you! I'm pleased with your revisions. Passed ALT0b either as is or with similar linking scheme to Chuck Norris facts like with ALT0, prepper decides. Best wishes, ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 05:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)