- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 01:06, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Free Comic Book Day
- ... that Free Comic Book Day (attendee pictured) was inspired by Free Scoop Night at an ice cream parlor beside a comic book shop? Source: LoudPoet.com Interview: "when I saw another successful Baskin-Robbins Free Scoop Night going on next door to Flying Colors, I thought, 'why not Free Comics Night?' "
Improved to Good Article status by Reidgreg (talk) and Spidey104 (talk). Nominated by Reidgreg (talk) at 22:09, 1 May 2022 (UTC).
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Earwig flagged a couple of close paraphrasing items. --evrik (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Evrik: Some reverse copyvios (websites copying from wikipedia) are noted on the article's talk page. I'll check through the Earwig report but I'm quite certain the article is okay. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:57, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Check of Earwig:
- Opentran is just copying from Wikipedia and translating
- Bleeding Cool – "Acme – Arizona Mini Expo" is used as a source and has proper names and common phrasing.
- Okay, this is one of the reverse copyvios mentioned on the talk page. The source is dated 30 April 2018 but if you look at this version of the article from 27 April, it already contains the parts flagged by Earwig. The source is used for the 2-day convention in Mesa, Arizona, and it copies from Wikipedia for background on FCBD. So it's oddly symbiotic. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:05, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is used as a source and has titles only
- Wired is used as a source and has common phrasing and a quotation.
- primary source used as a source for titles of the first edition of the event.
- Others with "Free Comic Book Day" and "first Saturday in May" is enough to get 5.7% on Earwig. – Reidgreg (talk) 14:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Either hook. --evrik (talk) 19:05, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Earwig flagged a couple of close paraphrasing items. --evrik (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
