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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:55, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

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Vampyr (video game)[edit]

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  • ... that the video game Vampyr can be completed without drinking the blood of the innocent? Source

Improved to Good Article status by Cognissonance (talk). Self-nominated at 10:27, 19 July 2018 (UTC).

  • This article has recently been promoted to good article status, it is long enough, and the hook is great. I do see a tiny little problem, but not enough to hold up the DYK: you cite PlayStation Blog. The content, though, seems to have multiple citations, so I think you can just remove the reference and be good. Otherwise, absolutely no problems. RileyBugz私に叫ぼう私の編集 06:10, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
  • @RileyBugz: Thanks for the review. The hook comes from the sentence "It is possible to finish the game without killing citizens", which cites VG247. Cognissonance (talk) 07:13, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
  • @Cognissonance: Do you have any alternate hook suggestions? The supplementary guidelines discourage hooks about fictional elements unless they relate to the real-world in some way. Personally I'm fine with the hook as I think it's an in-game mechanic, and I interpret in-game mechanics as not being a fictional element but a real-world one. But there might be complaints at WT:DYK and/or WP:ERRORS, so to be on the safe side, additional hook suggestions are requested. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:32, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
  • @Narutolovehinata5: ALT1 ... that the video game Vampyr, whose publisher would only consider it profitable with half a million copies sold, did so after one month of release? (ref. 69, 72) Ideally, this shouldn't be picked, but here you go. Cognissonance (talk) 12:57, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Is the original appropriate for April Fools Day? Pinging Gatoclass. Yoninah (talk) 14:31, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
Not really April Foolsy enough to justify holding it another eight months IMO. Gatoclass (talk) 14:45, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
@Yoninah and Gatoclass: I really don't see the problem though. If the Jill Valentine hook was good enough, why not this? According to its nominator Freikorp, it is a "tease hook", which is not only allowed, but used here and here. Cognissonance (talk) 16:02, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
The idea behind April Fools at DYK is that hooks are selected that sound outrageous or unbelievable but are actually factual (though the apparent outrageousness is often created through misleading wordplay). The DYK April Fools project also accepts hooks that are just plain funny. The original hook proposed above is neither outrageous, unbelievable or funny - it's at best a somewhat counterintuitive fact that might work okay as a quirky. Gatoclass (talk) 07:23, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the explanation, Gatoclass. Restoring tick for ALT0 per RileyBugz's review. Yoninah (talk) 16:53, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
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