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Did you know... that Romanian poet Dimitrie Stelaru said that he once traveled to Paris by truck, adding "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"?
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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 Bruxton (talk) 21:13, 12 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
... that Romanian poet Dimitrie Stelaru(pictured) claimed to have once traveled to Paris "by truck", explaining that "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"? Source: Petre Stoica, "Dimitrie Stelaru, 'îngerul vagabond'", in Viața Românească, Vol. XXXIII, Issue 11, November 1980, p. 66
ALT1: ... that Romanian poet and vagabond Dimitrie Stelaru(pictured) always carried a scalpel, which he used for self-defense, and a wooden implement for darning his socks? Source: Petre Stoica, "Dimitrie Stelaru, 'îngerul vagabond'", in Viața Românească, Vol. XXXIII, Issue 11, November 1980, p. 66.
Overall: @Dahn: Good article. But I feel as if adding the implausibly might seem a bit much for the first hook. I could be wrong though. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:07, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Onegreatjoke: Thank you so much! I have removed it from the hook. Dahn (talk) 06:24, 26 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
- opinion on first hook
@Dahn: Good article. But I feel as if adding the implausibly might seem a bit much for the first hook. I could be wrong though. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:07, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Alright, approving. Onegreatjoke (talk) 06:25, 26 December 2022 (UTC)