Template:Did you know nominations/Slime (fantasy creature)

Slime (monster)

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... that slime monsters have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?

Source: * Bradić, Marijeta (2019). "Towards a Poetics of Weird Biology: Strange Lives of Nonhuman Organisms in Literature". Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture. 6 (1): 1–22. ISSN 2416-111X.
Diaz, Ana (2022-03-22). "Which slime is the ultimate slime, according to a polymer chemist". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael S. Harrison
Comment: I would like this to be run on October 31 if possible to go with the Halloween set (Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Halloween set).

Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

Di (they-them) (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2024 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Adding a second green tick just in case the above doesn't work. Z1720 (talk) 18:42, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

IAR or I will slime all over you and your silly PAGs!

I suggest using the wondeful image for the lead hook on halloween. RoySmith (talk) 20:47, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

How do we make sure this nom can make it's saving throw vs WP:DYKFICTION? RoySmith (talk) 21:56, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

DYKFICTION is about in-universe/fictional facts, but the facts in this hook are about real-world commentary. Di (they-them) (talk) 22:08, 14 October 2024 (UTC)