Template:Did you know nominations/Club Penguin Rewritten
- 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: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 23:18, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
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Club Penguin Rewritten
- ... that Soccer Mommy hosted a virtual concert through Club Penguin Rewritten? Source: The Verge
"This spring, popular artist Soccer Mommy played a live music set in Club Penguin Rewritten as part of a larger wave of in-game concerts during the pandemic." NME
- ALT1: ... that players of Club Penguin Rewritten used the game as a way of escapism from the COVID-19 pandemic? Source: New York
"The site and others like it experienced a boost in popularity in the early weeks of the pandemic, as teens and young adults who grew up with the game used it to convene from quarantine."
- Reviewed: QPQ exempt (0 credits)
- Comment: I might not respond as often in the following months.
- ALT1: ... that players of Club Penguin Rewritten used the game as a way of escapism from the COVID-19 pandemic? Source: New York
Moved to mainspace by Zxcvbnm (talk). Nominated by Sparkl (talk) at 12:27, 6 September 2022 (UTC).
Are you sure this is notable, @Zxcvbnm:? Is it not just a copyrighted version of the original game? —VersaceSpace 🌃 00:22, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- Normally, I'd say it should be merged, if it was a flash-in-the-pan thing. But, I think it got enough coverage as a social phenomenon to be its own entity, in addition to the controversy over its shutdown, despite not having a massive difference with the original. It's notable as a clone that got as many users as a real AAA MMO. If people disagree though, I will be fine to admit I am wrong. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- I do think that if the article goes to DYK, it should be focused on its unauthorized nature and high amount of users. Like "by the time the unofficial Club Penguin Rewritten was shut down due to copyright infringement, it had more than 10 million users", or something of that nature. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:03, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- I'll see what I can do to improve the article. I also don't mind Zxcvbnm's suggestion as well. Here's the source for that if you're curious: gamesradar+ This New Statesman piece goes into very great detail about the development of the game: New Statesman Sparkltalk 22:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
- I'll join the chorus and say that this does deserve its own article as an unlicensed clone that has (er, had) taken a life of its own, just like the many Mario and Sonic ROM hacks out there. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, neutral. Gave it a copyedit for grammar and sectioning. I would like to see the development section expanded in the future, as it's not clear from the article if the remake is a clone in the sense that the developers copied the original assets from working copies of the old Club Penguin or if they recreated the game from scratch (or both). But that's out of the scope for a DYK review. No close paraphrasing. QPQ exempt. Prefer ALT0, as ALT1 is kind of how all video games were used during the pandemic. DigitalIceAge (talk) 06:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
