Template:Did you know nominations/Star Control 3

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 Vincent60030 (talk) 15:15, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Star Control 3

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• ... that Legend Entertainment made Star Control 3 by building a bible about the series, studying Star Control II and consulting its creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche?
  • ALT1: ... that even though its legacy is overshadowed by the award-winning Star Control II, Star Control 3 was considered a critical and commercial success when it was released in 1996?

Improved to Good Article status by Shooterwalker (talk). Self-nominated at 23:11, 26 July 2020 (UTC).

• If you nominate Star Control 3 for DYK, the article needs to be included in the hook (the main hook does not contain it) and the relevant hook text needs bold font and wikilinked. Schwede66 19:08, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

• Fixed. I hope I'm doing this right. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

The first hook is also too long and is thus unsuitable: it needs to be less than 200 characters. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:43, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

• Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:31, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

• Ready for review. Yoninah (talk) 12:04, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

• GA icon received within 7 days of nomination. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Images are fair use (2) and freely licensed (1). No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits.
• The "bible" idea is good but the hook has no active verbs, just gerunds. Would you consider writing the hook this way:
• ALT2: ... that to guide the development of Star Control 3, Legend Entertainment created a "bible" based on the series' manuals and scripts, with corrections and additions from fans? Yoninah (talk) 18:46, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks for reviewing and I'd be good with that one. I think a big hook for gamers and fans is the second game, and the influence of the original creators. So I think it might be stronger if we tried this:
• ALT3: ... that to guide the direction of Star Control 3, Legend Entertainment compiled a "bible" based on the series, and consulted its original creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche? Shooterwalker (talk) 14:44, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• That's very good. ALT3 hook refs verified and cited inline. ALT3 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 17:32, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• This is exciting. Thanks for your help and keep me posted about the next steps. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:13, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• @Shooterwalker: Keep this page on your watchlist. After the template is closed, watchlist T:DYKQ to watch it progress through the preps and queues, until it hits the main page. And nominate another article for DYK! Best, Yoninah (talk) 21:07, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• I'll be watching, and continuing to create good articles for DYK. Thanks again! Shooterwalker (talk) 21:35, 18 August 2020 (UTC)