Talk:Westworld (game)

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A fact from Westworld (game) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the play-by-mail game Westworld was run from prison?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 04:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the play-by-mail game Westworld was run from prison? Source: Muir, John C. (September–October 1994). "Westworld: A Mini Review". Paper Mayhem. No. 68. p. 4.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hanging Stone
- Comment: ~~QPQ pending~~

Created by Airborne84 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Westworld (game); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Comment: Cool idea here. I was wondering if this is related to the Westworld franchise at all? BOZ (talk) 21:23, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks BOZ. None of the sources indicated or suggested that. One reviewer indicated that the designers probably drew from the Stand and Deliver PBM game. But it seems reasonable that they drew the title from the franchise, if not more. Airborne84 (talk) 01:16, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[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 eligibility:

Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: - QPQ needed
Overall: Article created and nominated on 12 Jan, currently 2671 bytes RPS and not a stub so it is new enough and long enough. Hook interesting and cited in article (AGF offline source). Earwig looks good so no plagiarism concerns. Just need a QPQ and we should be good to go. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 00:48, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review PCN02WPS, QPQ commplete. Airborne84 (talk) 02:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! All good. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

'Run from prison'

The article makes this sufficiently important that it was the reason for being in DYK.

But it doesn't say why it was run from prison - was that where the designers were? Did they contract out the GMing? Something else? Lovingboth (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]