Talk:Vampire killing kit

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Did you know... that a vampire killing kit (example pictured) was donated to the Mercer Museum in the 1980s?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 19:40, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A vampire killing kit in the collection of the Royal Armouries

... that a vampire killing kit was found to contain a pewter bullet? Source: "Vampire Killing Kit". treasuresontrial.winterthur.org. Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ALT1: ... that a vampire killing kit was donated to the Mercer Museum in the 1980s? Source: Ortiz, Aimee (18 July 2020). "How to Kill a Vampire: Not With This Kit, Apparently". New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kaipokok Bay

Created by Geni (talk). Self-nominated at 22:49, 5 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Vampire killing kit; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article new enough and long enough. Some spacing and punctuation issues that ought to be resolved. What makes #2 a reliable source? Where does #3 say the case's from 1920 thereabouts? Gonna AGF on a number of sources. Where does #7 say "bun"? #6 and #8 can probably be merged. I kinda wonder about the copyright status of an UK museum exhibit, but per commons:Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Museum and interior photography it might be fine unless the arrangement of the items would be copyrightable. The proposed hooks are a bit lame, each one, however. QPQ is OK. Didn't notice any copyvio or plagiarism. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:00, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
2 is Jonathan Ferguson being published by the British Library. The 1920 date is sourced to source 8 with the words 1920 spoken at exactly 2:50. Bun should have been gun. The photo is covered by Commons:Freedom_of_panorama/Europe#United_Kingdom.©Geni (talk) 15:15, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That only leaves the hook as a problem. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:18, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The standard for hooks is "likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest". Pretty much anything about a vampire killing kit is going to qualify as intriguing (citation Ripley's Believe It or Not! has one on display). The vampires are well enough known not to count as a special knowledge or interest. Of the two hooks the pewter bullets qualify as unusual as while silver bullets are a common concept pewter is not. The donation to the Mercer Museum qualifies as intriguing as it pushes that vampire killing kits are not only a thing but the kind of thing that has been in museum collections for some decades.©Geni (talk) 16:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

for ALT1 Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:51, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Skeptical 1992 article

HARRY, L. (1992, Oct 11). SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN TRANSYLVANIA: [THIRD EDITION]. Morning Call

Rinker, H. L. (1992, Dec 13). WILKIE BUST LIGHT CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO ROOSEVELT MODEL: [THIRD EDITION]. Morning Call