Talk:Walter W. White

Did you know nomination

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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 00:05, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

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Walter W. White

• ... that in an alternate universe, Walter White (pictured) was "cooking" in the medical field instead?

• Source: https://search.canbarchives.ca/white-walter-w-colonel-1862-1952, or pretty much any source from the article given this is referring to him being a physician.

ALT1: ... that the house of Walter White (pictured) now serves as a suite?

• Source: Citation 27 (https://www.proquest.com/docview/423258874/C5A27C638F0B4804PQ/4). Can additionally be verified as still being used through their website: https://chipmanhill.com/property/71-sydney-street/

ALT2: ... that Walter White (pictured) came in third place while running for his sixth mayoral term?

• Source: Citation 27 (https://books.google.ca/books?id=EX8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false).

• Reviewed: QPQ coming soon

5x expanded by B3251 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

B3251_(talk) 05:44, 9 June 2024 (UTC).

• I understand the desire to make light of his name, but directly saying 'in an alternate universe' and inventing a quote is inappropriate. "The hook should include a definite fact" (WP:DYKHOOK), not an editorialization or humor qua humor.
  I think there are other things that are interesting here, anyway, where we can still play with the name without it. ... that WW was a Conservative? ... that before studying other sciences, WW studied botany? Or on the political side alone, I think him falling to third place in 1932 as a relatively long-standing incumbent could be interesting. Tastes vary of course... Urve (talk) 01:59, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

@Urve: I apologize that it seems inappropriate, I came up with that hook as an attempt to use his name as an opportunity to make a lighthearted pun since I figured that would probably be pretty interesting to readers. I appreciate the recommendations, but I'm currently unsure of what else could be a very interesting hook at the moment– just saying that he was Conservative for example wouldn't be an adequate 'DYK fact' because that's just stating that he was a politician in a major political party. Any other suggestions? B3251_(talk) 20:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

By inappropriate I just mean not the best, not that it's offensive or anything. As far as things like the conservative idea, my vision is like your original hook, where we leave out the middle initial: ... that Walter White was a Conservative? I think this would be 'interesting' in that this is about someone totally different than expected. (Whether such hooks are actually good practice or not, I'm not convinced.)

Otherwise, I think something like this would be interesting, depending on the sources (which I haven't read).

... that Walter W. White, running for a sixth mayoral term, came in third place?

... that at 28 years of age, Walter W. White was deemed too old to marry his future wife? Urve (talk) 02:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

@Urve: I see what you mean now. I made a couple of ALT hooks, if a reviewer/promoter doesn't want the middle name being omitted that's okay. Thanks, B3251_(talk) 17:20, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

• @B3251: Please provide a QPQ as soon as possible. It has been almost a month since the nomination when a QPQ should have been provided within a week. The nomination will be marked for closure if a QPQ is not provided. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:09, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: Apologies for not doing so sooner, I'll have one done within the next couple of days. B3251_(talk) 21:35, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

More than two days have passed since the last comment and a QPQ has not been provided; the nomination can continue though if one is provided before closure. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

I would like to retract this nomination. I was about to complete a review for QPQ but it had been reviewed by someone else in a shorter amount of time, and I physically cannot do one again at the moment. I apologize for not getting a QPQ filled sooner. I'll do this again with a pre-reviewed QPQ if the GA review passes, if possible. B3251_(talk) 13:56, 6 July 2024 (UTC)