Talk:Lou Novikoff

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A fact from Lou Novikoff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lou Novikoff asked if the ivy growing on the walls of Wrigley Field could be smoked?

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

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 08:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Novikoff in 1941

... that Lou Novikoff (pictured) asked if the ivy growing on the walls of Wrigley Field could be smoked? Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Lou Novikoff (pictured) asked his wife to heckle him when he batted? Source: [2]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Dakich and Template:Did you know nominations/Darius Durham
- Comment: What would you say to ALT0 as a special occasion hook for April 20?

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 04:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 527 past nominations.

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Article eligibility and condition checks out. Also looks good as far as copyvio or image licensing is concerned. I like ALT0; the hook checks out with the source, and I think it'd work okay as a special occasion hook, that's far enough out. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Generalissima, Muboshgu, I'm having a hard time with this as a special occasion request: there's no evidence that Novikoff meant this as a cannabis reference (this was Wrigley Field ivy, after all), and he'd been told originally that it was poison ivy! I think ALT0 would make a good quirky hook on any day, though. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - BlueMoonset, sounds fine to me. There's nothing specific about cannabis here, but it was just a thought that crossed my mind with the quirky hook. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]