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• should read citing as an example Freud (German for "joy"), who studied pleasure... —አቤል ዳዊት^?(Janweh64) (talk) 06:32, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
• Would it not be more amusing for this day to have the caption for the picture be "Judge Judge"? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:53, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

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• " ... that the white-throated honeyeater (pictured) used to be gay, but isn't any more?" - avoid contractions. And actually "but isn't any more" is redundant given the the "used to be gay" phrasing. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Do you understand that April Fools hooks are supposed to be amusing? The informal language here emphasizes the joke. Gatoclass (talk) 03:36, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

"supposed to be amusing" seems appropriate here. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:19, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

• "... that winking was forbidden at the BBC? " simply nonsense. This is like a redirect of a redirect, and not even a clever one. The "Winker's Song" was banned, not "winking". The Rambling Man (talk) 21:00, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

There was a huge kerfuffle on this at Template:Did you know nominations/The Winker's Song (Misprint), the original hook was "....that I'm a wanker" which I questioned but eventually passed since it seemed I had the minority view, then it was changed at the last minute. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:55, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

It's shite, pull it please. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:09, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Can Fram pull it, I think I've done my bit for that review. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:12, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

I didn't like the hook either, but I liked the alternative even less. And we don't have a viable substitute nom. Maybe somebody can come up with a better angle for the nom? Gatoclass (talk) 04:23, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

As the nominator, I feel that the one that is going to run was bulldozed through. The original one that I wanted was fine until about a week before today before people's personal preference came in and started interfering to change it. And now because of that, the article may not run? I don't think that's fair on me because I didn't want the "Winking is banned" hook, @Fram: please don't remove it because of this, please just change it to the hook that I had originally wanted. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:56, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Or we could merge the two and use "...that the BBC were banned from broadcasting I'm a Wanker? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

That's not very surprising or April Foolsish. I think EEng's suggestion about the song clearing dance floors was probably acceptable, but the hook fact isn't in the article. Gatoclass (talk) 07:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Here's a couple of suggestions:

• ... that The Winker's Song, a George Formby-style ballad, was banned by the BBC?
• ... that a song about "winking" was recommended by Johnny Rotten but banned by the BBC?

- not great hooks by any means, but I am really struggling to come up with a viable angle for this one. Gatoclass (talk) 08:46, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

I have substituted the Johnny Rotten hook for now as nothing better has been proposed. Gatoclass (talk) 08:56, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

• that the BBC banned Ivor Biggun's song about "winking"? (Or possibly song about "w*nking"?)

• ... that a woman can open a bottle - this would be far better as "* ... that women can open bottles? because it's not one woman and it's not one bottle. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:03, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

The "bottle" hook is perfectly fine as it is. Gatoclass (talk) 03:02, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

On reflection, you may have a point. Anyone else with an opinion on this? Gatoclass (talk) 03:41, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

I think the suggested change reads slightly better, but the original ad refers to "a woman" so it could go either way... – Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:50, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

After testing it, it somehow just doesn't seem as eye-catching as the original. And after further reflection, there's nothing wrong with the original hook, "a woman" can mean "all women" as well so there is no difference in meaning, in which case on balance I think we should stick with the original hook. Gatoclass (talk) 04:00, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

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