Talk:Winter wonderland

A fact from Winter wonderland appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that winter wonderland fairs have become a celebrated annual British tradition – but often for the wrong reasons?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:34, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that many winter wonderland fairs have become notorious as "winter blunderlands"? Source: Walking in a winter blunderland: the tradition of the rubbish British Christmas festival in The Telegraph: "Queues for miles, outrageous prices and a melting ice sculpture: it wouldn’t be Christmas without another tale of a disastrous “winter blunderland”. [...] But like the widely derided round robin Christmas missives, these Christmas disasters have become such a satisfying British tradition we could hardly let a December go past without pictures of a muddy field, sad reindeer and crying children and their irate parents." archive URL
- ALT1: ... that winter wonderland fairs have become a celebrated annual British tradition – but often for the wrong reasons? Source: (same as above, just a bit more straightforward)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac L. Rice Mansion

Moved to mainspace by Smurrayinchester (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

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Smurrayinchester 11:44, 23 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article was new enough, long enough, and free of close paraphrasing. QPQ has been done. Both hooks are interesting; ALT0 is cited inline and verified, but ALT1 is only indirectly stated in the article rather than an explicit statement. I'm not sure how to resolve the latter given that the article supports it, just not directly, but approval is withheld for now until that's sorted out. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Narutolovehinata5: Thanks, good point. Decided the easiest way to make it explicit is to include a short pull quote. Smurrayinchester 19:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that should work. Promoter's choice as to what hook to promote. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]