Talk:Castello di Santa Eurasia

A fact from Castello di Santa Eurasia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a wolf reportedly ate Boris Johnson's dongle at an Italian castle owned by a Russian billionaire?

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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 Cielquiparle (talk) 15:47, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Boris Johnson chased a wolf who had eaten his dongle at an Italian castle owned by a Russian billionaire? Source: ["I have a memory of a dishevelled Boris chasing Evgeny's wolf, also named Boris, because it had eaten his computer dongle" Sarah Sands, The Interior Silence, Hachette, pg 55 in paperback https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Interior_Silence/XcICEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sands+lebedev&printsec=frontcover]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Poecilia kykesis

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 14:08, 24 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Castello di Santa Eurasia; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

ALT1 ... that a wolf ate Boris Johnson's dongle at an Italian castle owned by a Russian billionaire? Philafrenzy (talk) 21:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (not a review). If I'm at all typical, "dongle" is going to get the vast majority of hits from this hook. I'd never heard this Britism before and was compelled to click. If the goal is to draw the viewer to the new article on the Italian castle, the "dongle" link will undercut this. Cbl62 (talk) 02:25, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I chose the word 'dongle' because to British readers it would seem euphemistically reminiscent of Boris's well publicised moments of in flagrante delicto. I agree that its omission could improve brevity. No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:20, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just delinking it is another possibility. Cbl62 (talk) 17:56, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I definitely clicked on dongle rather than the castle. Then again I have in the past couple of days nominated two hooks revolving around the size of some male fish's sex organ, so my perception may be skewed. Surtsicna (talk) 17:19, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing.. new enough, long enough...will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 03:20, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

...QPQ provided. Hook is interesting, in the article and is followed by a citation to a reference containing the hook. Copyvio reveals quotes mainly. ALT1 is shorter and clearer. Whispyhistory (talk) 12:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]