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... that slime monsters have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?

Source: * Bradić, Marijeta (2019). "Towards a Poetics of Weird Biology: Strange Lives of Nonhuman Organisms in Literature". Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture. 6 (1): 1–22. ISSN 2416-111X.
Diaz, Ana (2022-03-22). "Which slime is the ultimate slime, according to a polymer chemist". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Michael S. Harrison
Comment: I would like this to be run on October 31 if possible to go with the Halloween set (Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Halloween set).

Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

Di (they-them) (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Slimes in video games also influenced tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons

Maybe? But green slime in particular has been in D&D since it began in 1974, so it's probably the other way around, although more and more slime creatures were introduced over time so I could see it being reciprocal. BOZ (talk) 07:17, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth noting that the attached citation says the opposite, that D&D Slime inspired video game Slimes. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 09:35, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I would expect. :) BOZ (talk) 12:56, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out this mistake, I must have misread. I’ve fixed it. Di (they-them) (talk) 13:33, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notability issue

Not sure this should be separate from Slime (Dragon Quest) or Gelatinous cube. Specifically, if most fantasy anime and video game slimes were based directly on the Gelatinous cube, then it should just be added to that article. Most of the article is content farms or about the substance rather than the creature besides the one Polygon article. What exactly are the WP:THREE sources (besides Polygon) about slimes as a fictional monster? (Speaking of which, Slime (monster) would likely be a better DAB. They are not just in fantasy, as the mention of Lovecraft in this very article proves). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:THREE best sources would be Polygon, the Marijeta Bradić journal article, and the Literary Hub article (which as far as I can tell is content from the book Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich). As far as the title, I agree that "monster" is probably a better DAB, and I'll move the page. Di (they-them) (talk) 22:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]