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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 SL93 talk 18:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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The Alchemist Code

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Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 09:29, 26 March 2025 (UTC).

@Launchballer: Should I move this to WP:DYKAPRIL or should I just let it get approved here first and move it? Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 04:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
I'd move it there. Even if it isn't selected, it will at least get extra eyes on it.--Launchballer 08:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Honestly I don't see this as a good April Fools Day hook, though it could work as a quirky. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:25, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Given that April Fools Day has long since passed, emphasizing that this is still in need of a full review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:38, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
  • New enough, long enough, doesn't appear to be a copyvio.
  • The hook is cited (albeit in a list). I'm not 100% sure that casual readers will understand "collaborated" in this context, but oh well. The hook is amusing enough. That said, I think saying that the game is "about" the seven deadly sins seems like too much dramatic license. It was a tactical RPG, not the Pilgrim's Progress. More generally, I'm not sure the equivalent line in the article is properly cited. It says "follows seven characters, each representing one of the seven deadly sins", but it sounds like the countries are the ones that have names related to the seven deadly sins, not the characters. ANN writes "The game is a tactical role-playing game centered on seven characters and themed around the seven deadly sins" but that sounds like the game being themed around the sins, not the characters. I think we need either a better source, or to rephrase this.
  • I'm also not a huge fan of just linking "a game" and leaving it a mysterious link. Would you be opposed to an equivalent hook that said something like "that The Alchemist Code, a game themed around the seven deadly sins, collaborated..."? SnowFire (talk) 03:15, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
@SnowFire: Thanks for the review, though I slightly rephrase it in a misleading way as this was meant to be an April Fool's Day Hook. I agree with your alt hook now that April Fool's Day is over. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 11:59, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
Just to be more direct for promoter:
ALT1: ... that The Alchemist Code, a game themed around the seven deadly sins, collaborated with The Seven Deadly Sins?
@Miminity: However, the issue I raised above isn't fixed in the article. So are the seven characters themed after the sins, or not? The prose of the article still says so, but the linked reference (and another one I checked) doesn't indicate this (although maybe it's just clumsily phrased?). SnowFire (talk) 16:35, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
@SnowFire: I've rephrase it much closer to the ANN source. I might've misinterpret it. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 01:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
  • Looks good. ALT1 is approved. SnowFire (talk) 04:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
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