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A fact from Grip (raven) appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that Charles Dickens's talking raven Grip(pictured) inspired the poem "
The Raven"?
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Article new enough, submitted within 7 days. Long enough, at almost 10,000 characters. An Eagwig check reveals no copyright violations. Both hooks draw you into the article, are interesting, and sourced. Both could be fit for April 1. One of the articles I submitted for DYK is going on the Main Page this year, but I'm unfamiliar with the requirements and either hook would work, so I'm stalling passing this to DYK until others chime in about this DYK's fitness for going on the Main Page on 4-1. Image fine, QPQ done. All is good until my question is answered, thanks. What a delightfully whimsical article; great work.
Christine (Figureskatingfan) (
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04:27, 21 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Neither hook works for April Fools as neither hook is misleading. Personally I think ALT1 is the more interesting hook, as while The Raven is quite famous, I think ALT1 catches more attention (Autopsy for a bird? A talking raven?)
Narutolovehinata5 (
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contributions)
03:00, 22 February 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Narutolovehinata5:, since @
Gobonobo: is okay with this hook appearing on 4-1, does this hook work? If not, please help; I'm really bad at coming up with an appropriate 4-1 hook. ALT2: ... that even though Dicken's family pet(pictured) bit members of his family, he said, ""I love nobody here but the Raven, and I only love him because he seems to have no feeling in common with anybody". Source: "Dickens, Grip and the Corvid Family"
Christine (Figureskatingfan) (
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17:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)reply
I'll be honest here: does this need to run as an April 1st hook? The article doesn't really seem like a good fit and could probably run as a regular one. None.of the hooks proposed here are AFD caliber either.
Narutolovehinata5 (
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contributions)
07:10, 26 February 2023 (UTC)reply
None of the hooks work for April 1, or even come close; strongly suggest this be reviewed for regular pages without an attempt at April 1. ALT1 is problematic because the lead ingestion occurred the previous year and Dickens is speculating that Grip might have been poisoned by various people rather than the paint; the article doesn't mention what the results of the autopsy were.
BlueMoonset (
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04:37, 28 February 2023 (UTC)reply
That's fine; like I said, I'm really bad at coming up with good AFD hooks, which is why I asked for assistance. I'm also fine with going with a regular page. Let's go with the first hook, then.
Christine (Figureskatingfan) (
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17:26, 28 February 2023 (UTC)reply