Template:Did you know nominations/Skibidi Toilet

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The result was: promoted by DirtyHarry991 talk 00:24, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Skibidi Toilet

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• ... that Skibidi Toilet inspired the Generation Alpha slang "skibidi"? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/style/gen-alpha-slang.html
  • ALT1: ... that The Washington Post called Skibidi Toilet "the biggest online phenomenon of the year"? Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/10/skibidi-toilets-you-tube-children-internet/
  • ALT2: ... that News.com.au once said Skibidi Toilet "is a timely reminder that Gen Alpha are on the horizon"? Source: https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/new-viral-gen-alpha-meme-is-making-gen-z-feel-old/news-story/f0dc21e26ca4a7b5f3f882609746fa5b
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Improved to Good Article status by Ca (talk). Self-nominated at 02:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Skibidi Toilet; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Brr skibidi dom dom I'll take this. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 02:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ:

Overall: Ca, looks good to me. NYT and WaPo are paywalled, so AGF. Pending QPQ unless this is your 5th or earlier nomination. No preference between ALTs, but if ALT0 is picked I'd change "Gen Alpha" to "Generation Alpha". This is clearer and bypasses a redirect (see WP:MPNOREDIRECT). Please forgive my inability to wax poetic Gen Alpha slang here. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 05:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks User:Queen of Hearts, this is my first DYK nom. Ca ^{talk to me!} 06:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 06:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
    • Noting here that the AGF isn't needed, I've checked the references (losing several braincells from the NYT article) and they verify the hooks. @Queen of Hearts: noting here for future reviews that you can use archive.today to bypass these paywalls :) Schminnte ^{[talk to me]} 20:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

      I'll donate you some braincells to make up for this. No guarantee they're high quality...

      • Totally forgot about that website. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 20:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)