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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:25, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

X (The X-Files)

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• ... that all Steven Williams knows about X, he learnt from a man called Hawk?

• Reviewed: Yangshan Quarry

Created/expanded by Grapple X (talk). Self nom at 22:08, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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• Original hook is too cute. Save that kind of obscure wording for April Fool's Day. --Orlady (talk) 19:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

  Then can I? I wouldn't mind actually getting something unorthodox through this time. GRAPPLE X 19:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

• That would be decided by the crowd at Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. Candidly, I don't think this would be sufficiently outrageous for April Fool's Day. Obscure wording alone is not sufficient to make a hook suitable.... --Orlady (talk) 20:16, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

• I wouldn't use it for fish day. With proper capitalization, maybe as a quirky. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

• Hook needs to be hammered out. AGF on offline sources. Suggested ALTs: ALT1 ... that the selfish X is the opposite of the selfless Deep Throat?, ALT2: ... that after the selfless Deep Throat comes the selfish X? Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

  I guess either of those would work fine. GRAPPLE X 14:04, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

• From Orlady on my talk page: ALT3: ... that in 2009 Entertainment Weekly listed X as one of 20 "black sci-fi icons"? Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

  That'd be good too. Any of the suggested alts seem grand to me. GRAPPLE X 07:14, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

• ALT3 to prep as no third party has given feedback on the others. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:25, 30 September 2011 (UTC)