- 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) 06:54, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Starweb
- ... that Starweb, published in 1976 and still available for play, "is arguably the best-loved, most widely known play-by-mail game in history" according to author and game designer Timothy B. Brown? Source: Challenge magazine No. 42., February–March 1990, page 76, in an article titled "StarWeb".
Improved to Good Article status by Airborne84 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:56, 3 September 2021 (UTC).
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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This is all good outside the nominator needing to do their QPQ. @Airborne84: ping me when that's complete. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:34, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review @Favre1fan93:! I did a QPQ review of the Green Guerillas nomination. Airborne84 (talk) 00:34, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Airborne84: Great. Hook is cited with an offline source so passing in good faith. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 02:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- This hook is a bit too promotional for my taste—it just feels like a good review, even if it is more in hindsight. How about:
- ALT2: ... that the play-by-mail game Starweb was made by Flying Buffalo, Inc.?
- ALT3: ... that the play-by-mail game Starweb inspired the first independent magazine about play-by-mail games? this one's a bit more of a stretch
- either of those catch your eye? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 09:37, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- I would suggest maybe this for ALT4. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
- ALT4: ... that the play-by-mail game Starweb, first published in 1976, is still available today through postal mail or email?
- I support ALT4. Play-by-mail and Flying Buffalo by themselves are topics that may not hook the average reader. ALT4 offers a bit more and seems interesting overall. Thanks. Airborne84 (talk) 00:37, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
- Great. Theleekycauldron if you're going to promote, can we go with ALT4? Thanks. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 01:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
ALT4 to
T:DYK/P6
This is all good outside the nominator needing to do their QPQ. @Airborne84: ping me when that's complete. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:34, 3 September 2021 (UTC)