Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Wood (comics)

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Bob Wood (comics) edit

  • ... that Bob Wood, who co-created the comic Crime Does Not Pay, served three years in prison for manslaughter? Source: "Simon, Joe; Simon, Jim (2003). The Comic Book Makers. Vanguard Productions. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9781887591355"
    • ALT1:... that Crime Does Not Pay co-creator Bob Wood served three years in prison for killing a woman in his hotel room? Source: Simon, Joe; Simon, Jim (2003). The Comic Book Makers. Vanguard Productions. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9781887591355.
  • Reviewed: Exempt. Less than 5 DYKs.

Created by Etzedek24 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:25, 13 August 2018 (UTC).

  • Not a review, but just a note that you can't say "murdering a women" in ALT1 if he was convicted of manslaughter. Saying "killing a woman" is acceptable, I think - Dumelow (talk) 09:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
  • Also not a review, but you need to disambiguate to Crime Does Not Pay (comics) Catrìona (talk) 16:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Ah yes, I noticed that but forgot to do it before I signed off last night. Appreciate it. Etzedek24 (I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record) 01:42, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
  • @Etzedek24: I'm approving ALT0. ALT1 is fine, but I think the gruesome details detract somewhat from the succinct ironic punch of the first hook's phrasing.
  • The article is new enough (first edit Aug 13 2018)
  • The article is long enough (prose section is ~2500 characters in length)
  • No neutrality, citation, or plagiarism issues (Earwig only picks up quoted, sourced passages and inconsequentially brief phrases)
  • The hook is well-formatted and brief (I italicized Crime Doesn't Pay since that how it's rendered on the article page itself; I count just over 100 characters in the hook as plain text);
  • The hook is interesting to a broad audience ("Crime Does Not Pay" is a well-known phrase, which should draw attention, and the wry irony of the hook reads loud and clear);
  • The hook is accurate, cited in the article, and neutral (per Dumelow's earlier remarks, manslaughter is not equivalent to murder, but with that correction the hook in its current form is substantively correct and neutral. It does not concern a living person.)
  • ... and finally, nominator is exempt from QPQ. Well done! —BLZ · talk 02:27, 6 September 2018 (UTC)