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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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I Love You Colonel Sanders!

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  • Reviewed: Exempt, less than 5 DYKs in my life

Created/expanded by Akrabbim (talk). Self-nominated at 20:33, 4 February 2020 (UTC).

  • Unless I'm missing something, this was last edited on 15 December 2019, and submitted to DYK on 4 February 2020‎, so it fails the newness criteria of WP:DYKRULES. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:56, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Oh, no, wait. I was reviewing the wrong article. I was looking at Colonel Sanders, not I Love You Colonel Sanders!. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:58, 6 February 2020 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: There's a few hits on earwig for copied text, but it's mostly instances of "I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator", which is the formal name of the sim, so not a problem. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:12, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

  • This hook falls short of Rule C6. It is all plot. Please provide a new hook. Yoninah (talk) 21:34, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • I just looked over the article. While it is true that Colonel Sanders is a real-life person, the hook is written in a way that obscures that. A tweak of the hook wording would solve it. Alternately, the bolded link could be piped to say what it is (a dating sim). Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:37, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Hmm, how about this? —Aᴋʀᴀʙʙıᴍ talk 21:48, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • OK, but what about removing the repetition?
  • ALT2: ... that the young, attractive, and date-able portrayal of Colonel Sanders in a parody dating sim is part of an effort by KFC to make the Colonel a "part of pop culture"? Yoninah (talk) 21:58, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • You could also turn around the wording in ALT0:
  • ALT0a: ... that in a 2019 parody dating sim commissioned by KFC, players attempt to win the love of the young, attractive Colonel Sanders? Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't see how ALT2 is an improvement over ALT1, but I'm fine with it if you think it's better. I think it's hookier than ALT0 and 0a. —Aᴋʀᴀʙʙıᴍ talk 22:07, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Well, ALT1 has the word Colonel three times and Sanders twice. ALT2 has two Colonel and one Sanders :) Pinging @RoySmith: to review ALT2. Yoninah (talk) 22:20, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
  • I'm a newbie when it comes to DYK (and particularly DYK reviews). With that in mind, it seems kind of wordy to me. How about:
  • ALT2a: ... that the young, attractive, and date-able Colonel Sanders in a parody dating sim is part of an effort by KFC to make him a "part of pop culture"? -- RoySmith (talk) 23:38, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
It doesn't make it that much shorter and I think it loses a little clarity, so I think I prefer ALT2 to 2a. —Aᴋʀᴀʙʙıᴍ talk 14:06, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
  • I agree, ALT2 is clearer. Yoninah (talk) 15:31, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
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