Template:Did you know nominations/274301 Wikipedia

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:06, 28 March 2013 (UTC).

274301 Wikipedia

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~~... that an asteroid was recently named after Wikipedia?~~

Comment: A little self-referential fun :)

Created/expanded by LaMa (talk), Amakuha (talk). Nominated by LukeSurl (talk) at 00:01, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Created on January 31. Text is fine, with appropriate sources, and so is the infobox and its data. Hook is short and simple. My only concern is length; text is 1632 bytes, but it includes 319 bytes of text incorporated from external sources (the official citation for the asteroid), so novel text is only 1313 bytes. Perhaps expanding the article by the extra 187 bytes to push it over 1500 should be considered. For example, did the nominator state a reason for submitting 'Wikipedia' as the name of the asteroid? Mind matrix 04:16, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I've expanded the article to take it comfortably past 1500. Can we please save this one for April Fool's Day? I'd suggest a hook along the lines of the following if the nominator is amenable. Prioryman (talk) 21:57, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Wikipedia's physical location is between the planets Mars and Jupiter?

Definitely one for April Fools! Tweaked version of ALT1:

ALT2 ... that Wikipedia was discovered in 2008, in a location between Mars and Jupiter?

Modest Genius ^talk 22:18, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

That's even better. I like! Prioryman (talk) 22:30, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Added to Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. KTC (talk) 23:18, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I think "in a location" is redundant and should be trimmed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:22, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Like this? Prioryman (talk) 23:33, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

ALT3 ... that Wikipedia was discovered in 2008 between Mars and Jupiter?

That looks great. Can't wait to see this on the main page. — Huntster (t @ c) 00:29, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Perfect! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:10, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh yes! This is awesome. StringTheory11 (t • c) 04:09, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I really like this :) --LukeSurl^{t c} 10:36, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Brilliant! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:39, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Hook verified, long enough, created on 31 Jan. Hold for April Fools - it's already on Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. Modest Genius ^talk 19:13, 2 February 2013 (UTC)