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A fact from Babydog appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Babydog.

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Did you know nomination

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 22:51, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Babydog

~~... that Babydog (pictured), who is a "little rascal who looks like a brown watermelon that loves everybody" and loves chicken nuggets from Wendy's, is a fixture in West Virginia politics?~~
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Josef Hoop
- Comment: Late nomination as this was at afd. Alt hooks welcome!

Created by Thriley (talk), Di (they-them) (talk), and Ocarina2020 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 138 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 02:07, 27 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Personally I think the hook is too long and has too many facts. Might I suggest: ALT1: ... that Babydog (pictured) loves chicken nuggets? (Source: https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/07/17/not-to-brag-but-i-personally-know-babydog/) Di (they-them) (talk) 02:22, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given that the article was nominated late due to an AFD discussion, this will probably need to have an IAR exemption request at WT:DYK to run. For what it's worth I'd support an IAR just this once since I find the hook interesting and cute, but rules are rules. For next time, my suggestion would be that if you have an article that's been AFD'd, you should nominate it ASAP instead of waiting for the AFD to end, just to make sure it meets the 7-day requirement. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:26, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: I asked for an exemption at Wikipedia talk:Did you know and consensus seems to me that it's OK, so it should be good to go if you want to review it. Di (they-them) (talk) 04:48, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 ... that Babydog (pictured) is a fixture in West Virginia politics? Thriley (talk) 20:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hooks need sources, so this one is sourced to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/17/babydog-rnc-convention-jim-justice-west-virginia/ - Di (they-them) (talk) 04:51, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfD discussion closed as "keep". Z1720 (talk) 14:52, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:25, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A bit late but looks like there was support for allowing it in this case. Article looks good. I like the hooks ALT1/ALT2. Should be good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:38, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I like ALT2 in my opinion. 🌀 Hurricane Clyde 🌀 (talk) 05:12, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Babydog Falls?

In 2023, a waterfall in Babcock State Park was named after Babydog. See https://www.wvva.com/2023/03/30/babydog-gets-waterfall-babcock-state-park/. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 21:39, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info, I'll add it! Di (they-them) (talk) 01:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]