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A fact from Ken Nightingall appeared on Wikipedia's
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check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 22:31, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply
... that Ken Nightingall became famous for wearing pink shorts, forty years after he actually did? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
ALT1:... that Ken Nightingall, an uncredited
boom operator, was not mentioned in the citation for his sound team's 1978 Academy Award, but was still invited to
Buckingham Palace with the winners? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Comment: Feel free to propose other hooks, interesting guy!
Created by
Kingsif (
talk). Self-nominated at 03:24, 25 May 2020 (UTC).reply
ALT2 ... that about four decades after Ken Nightingall wore pink shorts on the set of Star Wars, he became famous for them?
Sources and hooks check out. New enough (22 May) and long enough. I proposed ALT2 as a slightly cleaner version of the main hook proposal.
Ed[talk][majestic titan] 00:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks, Ed - someone else would need to review alt2 (which I've moved for you), but I think that it ends rather awkwardly and the original phrasing works fine.
Kingsif (
talk) 00:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi, I came by to promote ALT1 because it has a little more meat to it. But why doesn't it mention Star Wars? This should also be added to the article's lead.
Yoninah (
talk) 21:49, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Yoninah: I've added it to the lead, feel free to add it to the hook wherever it fits best :)
Kingsif (
talk) 21:52, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Ken Nightingall appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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
Yoninah (
talk) 22:31, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply
... that Ken Nightingall became famous for wearing pink shorts, forty years after he actually did? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
ALT1:... that Ken Nightingall, an uncredited
boom operator, was not mentioned in the citation for his sound team's 1978 Academy Award, but was still invited to
Buckingham Palace with the winners? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Comment: Feel free to propose other hooks, interesting guy!
Created by
Kingsif (
talk). Self-nominated at 03:24, 25 May 2020 (UTC).reply
ALT2 ... that about four decades after Ken Nightingall wore pink shorts on the set of Star Wars, he became famous for them?
Sources and hooks check out. New enough (22 May) and long enough. I proposed ALT2 as a slightly cleaner version of the main hook proposal.
Ed[talk][majestic titan] 00:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks, Ed - someone else would need to review alt2 (which I've moved for you), but I think that it ends rather awkwardly and the original phrasing works fine.
Kingsif (
talk) 00:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi, I came by to promote ALT1 because it has a little more meat to it. But why doesn't it mention Star Wars? This should also be added to the article's lead.
Yoninah (
talk) 21:49, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Yoninah: I've added it to the lead, feel free to add it to the hook wherever it fits best :)
Kingsif (
talk) 21:52, 2 June 2020 (UTC)reply