Talk:Zoo key

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:27, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Trunkey the Elephant has been teaching kids about zoo animals for over 50 years? Source: "There are 50 year old keys which still work in modern-day storybook devices." [1]
- ALT1:... that Zoo keys are commonly shaped like elephants, but also come as lions, bears, and gorillas? Source: "The new keys are available in lion, bear, and gorilla shapes" [2]
- ALT2:... that Zoo keys, often shaped like elephants, are used to activate audio recordings of storybooks in zoos? Source: "The new keys are available in lion, bear, and gorilla shapes" [3]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St. Johannes Evangelist

5x expanded by RoySmith (talk). Self-nominated at 17:31, 29 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article length and age are fine, and fact is referenced, but the hook seems confusing out of the context of the article, and should probably be clarified. Noahfgodard (talk) 20:42, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've added ALT1. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Noahfgodard, are you good with ALT1? -- RoySmith (talk) 14:02, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@RoySmith: Hi, sorry for the delay. I think my hesitation with it (and the original hook) is that it doesn't explain what a Zoo key is to someone who isn't already familiar with the concpet. Do you think you could write one that provides somewhat more background? Noahfgodard (talk) 14:23, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Noahfgodard, added ALT2. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:29, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 looks good to me. Noahfgodard (talk) 15:48, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Zoo key appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Trunkey the Elephant has been teaching kids about zoo animals for over 50 years?

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Requested move 8 October 2018[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (page mover nac) L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:41, 18 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zoo key → Talking Storybook – This seems to be the most common name for the system described here; [4] [5] [6]. I'm not sure whether it should be in titlecase or not. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:28, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The talking storybook may have been the station that you plugged the zoo key into, but people know what "zoo keys" are and I would bet you most people familiar with the subject don't know what "talking storybooks" are, not to mention that's such a generic and non-descriptive term. A talking storybook could be so many different things. Also, the article you link to uses the term zoo key, and the other link talks about the magic key. Sure, expand the article to include more information about the "talking Storybook boxes" but renaming or moving the article seems like a non-starter to me. Centerone (talk) 20:54, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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