Template:Did you know nominations/David Marchese

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The result was: promoted by Sohom Datta talk 01:21, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

David Marchese

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... that David Marchese accidentally posted a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?

Source: "I picked one with a cat and put it on the site ... 'Are you aware that in your cat video, there's a picture of a man fondling a cat's testicles?'"

ALT1: ... that David Marchese comes to interviews with three to five pages of questions prepared in advance? Source: "I come in with anywhere from three to five pages of questions that I’ve narrowed in advance."
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mindar

Created by Spaghettifier (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Spaghettifier (talk) 01:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC).

Article looks good -- created within the window, long enough and generally in a good state. All statements are sourced and I can see no BLP or copyvio issues: the article does err on the positive side, and there might be some relevancy questions about e.g. the volume of his notes or his high-school disciplinary record, but none which represent serious problems or should prevent a DYK appearance. I do however think that His 2018 interview with Quincy Jones, in which the subject ... revealed an affair between Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor, went viral on social media needs a rephrase: revealed means that it was absolutely factual, whereas it seems that the claim is far more contentious and a serious matter to at least one living person. It hardly needs saying that ALT0 is the stronger hook: there's a WP:SELFPUB question-mark over it that would be solved by changing it to "once claimed to have..." or similar. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 19:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- @UndercoverClassicist: Thanks for the review! In regards to the Brando/Pryor sentence, let me know if the phrasing (alluded to an alleged affair) looks more solid — I also added another reference to substantiate the whole topic a bit. Also cut the suspension sentence, I was wavering about whether to include it. To couch the hook a little bit, how's this below?

ALT2: ... that David Marchese once recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?

Cheers — Spaghettifier (talk) 01:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Approved: all of that works well. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 09:26, 2 June 2024 (UTC)