Talk:Olivia Benson (cat)

A fact from Olivia Benson (cat) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:27, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"?
- ALT1: ~~... that after Matty Healy dismissed criticism of his appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, Azealia Banks said he wasn't on his then-girlfriend Taylor Swift's "level of powerful puss"?~~
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/An Taisce
- Comment: I believe at one time there was a moratorium on Taylor Swift related hooks. It didn't affect Matty Healy, so I think it's been long enough. I added the Friedland ALT later, and for that QPQ forthcoming. (Further comment: I'm probably not going to do this until it survives AfD.)

Created by Launchballer (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 15 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Olivia Benson (cat); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

This is a reach and based on original research. No citations saying "powerful puss" Banks is refering to is Olivia the cat. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/P05 — Preceding unsigned comment added by BiasedBased (talk • contribs) 04:28, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Launchballer I have to agree that it would be OR to connect the quote to the cat, although I'm not exactly hip wrt: swiftie culture. Could you please explain your revision of BiasedBased's removal, as you didn't provide an edit summary? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:03, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Might have put two and two together to make five on this one, but Olivia is the third richest cat in the world, and I was under the impression that money = power and puss = cat came under WP:BLUE.--Laun chba ller 22:31, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  I'm not sure how one can "work[] HELLA hard to build" the power of one's cat; I think a better clue to what the sentence actually means is one of the next statements: "You cannot be letting him climb the rich coochie mountain sis". theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:49, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Well, by putting her in adverts, for a start, but I have just googled the word 'coochie' (which I had genuinely never heard before), and I take your point.--Laun chba ller 22:59, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Aha :) no worries. So, we'll strike ALT1, and the review can continue as normal. I'm gonna put this on hold while P05 is at AfD, but Olivia Benson is open for review. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 23:04, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be very, very surprised if P05 was deleted, on the grounds that five months of coverage makes mincemeat of WP:GNG. I may as well suggest an alternative hook while I've got this editing window open:

ALT2: ~~... that Matty Healy dismissed criticism of his appearance on The Adam Friedland Show as virtue signalling?~~ (Which I'm pretty sure is exactly what he meant by "Oh, there’s a bad thing over there, let me get as close to it as possible so you can see how good I am").--Laun chba ller 23:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

P05 has been marked for merging, but a review can be offered for Olivia Benson. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 05:26, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This article is...interesting. However, it's long enough and nominated soon enough (and notable enough). The ALT0 hook is interesting and properly sourced, to a Huffpost article with some appropriately British wordplay. Spot checking of sources checks out. QPQ done. Good to go, and I will go cry that I will never be as rich as this cat. Longhornsg (talk) 01:58, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]