Template:Did you know nominations/Don't Shit Your Pants

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:21, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Don't Shit Your Pants

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... that co-developer Kenny Lee tried to keep Don't Shit Your Pants "as clean as possible"?

ALT1: ... that the art style of Don't Shit Your Pants was inspired by adventure games in the EGA format?
ALT2: ... that Deluxe Paint was used to make Don't Shit Your Pants?
Reviewed: Des pas sur la neige
Comment: Willing to wait until April Fools if it's more appropriate then.

Moved to mainspace by 23W (talk). Self nominated at 07:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC).

I have a better idea. Right now we've got nominations on the dog fart rollercoaster and toilet habits of Chinese toddlers. Let's have an all-excretion hook set! EEng (talk) 02:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I love it. 23W 02:13, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, no copyvios found and QPQ done. I love ALT1 - it is sourced and short enough. This would make a good April Fool's hook, but it could easily be run now - your call.--Laun chba ller 19:46, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
New (21st), long enough, neutral, some close paraphrasing found via spot check (guybrush threepwood from the monkey island series as an overlay since, please check Dup Detector before proceeding), QPQ done. Hooks two and three need immediate refs in the article (see 3b). (Three alts and no main?) "EGA format" should be explained, as jargon. Not 100% sold on the game's independent notability, but looks good enough for now. Please ping me if I don't respond. czar ♔ 00:37, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Rephrased the jargon and close paraphrasing. Don't take this personally, but the whole "having to cite the hook fact in the article immediately after it appears" is kind of stupid. I mean, it may have been convenient for those who clicked on it for the eight or so hours it appeared on the main page, but afterwards it becomes unnecessary and is sort of like a blemish. I'll probably raise this at WT:DYK, though; I've cited them anyways. 23 W 01:06, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Maybe, but think of it this way: hundreds if not thousands of people will be clicking through to read more about the hook's fact, and common practice is to have courtesy refs for any statement that readers would potentially find controversial or want to click through for more evidence.

main and ALT1 gtg. Struck ALT2 as not verifiable in the source—needs to be checked and revised in article, perhaps with its ref updated czar ♔ 04:32, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

The source states "a DOS graphics editor made by EA in 1994", and the only graphics editor released for DOS machines in 1994 by EA is Deluxe Paint. Should I make it a footnote instead? 23 W 04:38, 30 August 2014 (UTC)