Template:Did you know nominations/Zombie strip

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:44, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Zombie strip edit

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... that Blondie, B.C., and Hägar the Horrible are all zombies?

Reviewed: Russian submarine B-585 Saint Petersburg

Created/expanded by Piledhigheranddeeper (talk). Self nom at 17:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

certainly date, sourcing and size, but my query is about notability of the term - when I googled it, I got lots of zombie strip clubs and ref 2 doesn't use the term...Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:28, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

The term itself is used more in the comics business than outside it, although the phenomenon itself is well known outside (it just doesn't have a name). I can only guess that Watterson didn't use the term explicitly because he was addressing people in the know (he did refer to "stumbling around", zombie-like). This is, perhaps, more of an "Oh, THAT's what it's called!" moment. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

To be sure, googling the term gets you lots of pages about comic strips about zombies (what's with that?), and even some about zombie strippers, but two points: 1) the term does appear in a number of instances, and 2) is notability of a term really a criterion for inclusion on DYK? Some mighty obscure topics have appeared on that list recently (such as the former mayor of a suburb of San Francisco and a low-ranking white supremacist from decades ago). I'd OK this listing (

), but I'll happily read anybody else's thoughts.--JingleJim (talk) 20:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)