Talk:Episode 847

A fact from Episode 847 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that an episode of Sesame Street featuring the Wicked Witch of the West only aired once because it terrified children?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 18:11, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The Wicked Witch next to Oscar the Grouch

... that an episode of Sesame Street (pictured) featuring the Wicked Witch of the West only aired once because it terrified children? Source: Looper: "But the influx of mail from unhappy parents proved otherwise. Children were frightened and refused to watch the show, and as a result, PBS decided never to air the episode again."
- ALT1: ... that an episode of Sesame Street (pictured) featuring the Wicked Witch of the West was pulled from the air following letters from angry parents? Source: Looper: "But the influx of mail from unhappy parents proved otherwise. Children were frightened and refused to watch the show, and as a result, PBS decided never to air the episode again."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wanda Wesołowska
- Comment: The image of a letter from an angry parent in the article is currently nominated for deletion at Wikimedia Commons.

Moved to mainspace by Shadowboxer2005 (talk) and Gobonobo (talk). Nominated by Gobonobo (talk) at 15:55, 22 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Episode 847 (Sesame Street); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: An excellent article! Thanks for creating and nominating it, Shadowboxer2005 and Gobonobo. Good to go. Note that I am accepting the offline sources in good faith. Michael Barera (talk) 02:52, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]