Template:Did you know nominations/Candidate for a Pullet Surprise

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:47, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Candidate for a Pullet Surprise, A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer

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... that "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" and "A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer" are among the most-plagiarized English-language poems? Sources: Open Writing magazine "[Pullet Surprise] may have been read more often than any of Shakespeare's poems ... a favourite on the internet" ... "It's a classic example of intellectual property being stolen on the Internet" ... "[A Grandchild's Guide] recirculated under the title 'If Dr. Seuss were a Technical Writer', attributed to 'Anonymous.'" "Writing programs and teachers' groups around the world often quote the two poems to teach internet publishing ethics."
- ALT1:... that the frequently plagiarized poems "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" and "A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer" are often cited in discussions of internet publishing ethics?
- ALT2:... that the poems "Candidate for a Pullet Surprise" and "A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer" went viral via e-mail in the mid-1990s?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Opon Ifá, Template:Did you know nominations/Birjis Qadr
Comment: I like the first hook but I'm not sure that the sources are really adequate to support it. The two alts should be good.

Moved to mainspace by Reidgreg (talk). Self-nominated at 22:49, 14 July 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - Only ALT1 and ALT2 are cited. I can't find a source in either article to support the original.

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Either ALT1 or ALT2 is fine, but I personally like ALT1. Epicgenius (talk) 18:53, 19 July 2021 (UTC)