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.
Overall: Article new enough, long enough and is neutral. Earwig did not pick up anything major. Hooks are interesting and ALT0 is cited in article. ALT1 does not appear to be mentioned or cited. I also am not sure if they are accurate. If I am not mistaken, the book was based on the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, not the toyline. I've gone ahead and linked, bolded and italicized some stuff in the hooks so feel free to alter it. The article also includes a reference to Equestria Daily which will have to be removed. I am also unsure of the reliability of The Geek Church, Destructoid, TaylorFrancis.com and E-Metro. Additionally, the subject's notability is not clear so you will have to clarify how this meets WP:GNG/WP:NBOOK. Thank you. Pamzeis (talk) 11:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
I meant to cite ALT1 to the Daily Dot article and have fixed that. Destructoid is a pretty well known source for stuff like gaming and television shows and it's often used as a source on Wikipedia. Fallout: Equestria is also given pretty good coverage in Meet the Bronies: The Psychology of the Adult My Little Pony Fandom which is an academic book published by McFarland & Company. Between those and the Daily Dot article about FO:E, it seems like it meets NBOOK's requirement of 2 or more independent, reliable sources (not passing mentions or brief discussion). It might also meet GNG more broadly. I don't see a reference to TaylorFrancis.com on the page but for information purposes that's Taylor & Francis's website, they're another academic book publisher.
Then there are less great sources like the dissertation Gender in Equestria: An examination of reconstituted forms of masculinity and their consequences for gender relations in the Brony community. Even though I think a dissertation is technically a primary source I'm only using it for factual information not analysis. Some briefer coverage of FO:E in other academic articles about gender and community building in brony spaces, etc. Pretty sure the Geek Church isn't a reliable source but I'm leaving it in because it has an interview with the author (it doesn't help with notability but it helps to verify basic info). Is it really necessary to remove Equestria Daily from the page? That site is used for uncontroversial info on other MLP related pages. The only one I'm not sure about is E-Metro, because I don't know what Polish sources are good or not. I removed E-Metro since it wasn't doing much heavylifting anyway.BuySomeApples (talk) 19:35, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your lengthy explanation. I'm willing to believe that this article meets notability guidelines. However, I still have problems with the sources. I'm willing to believe Purdue University is reliable but I have concerns about The Geek Church. To pass DYK, you're going to have to either remove it or explain how it's reliable. The RSN discussion for Equestria Daily is here: the only possible reliable posts there are the interviews it has with production staff. Here, it seems to just seems to be a self-published fan post from a user-generated website. If you can prove that Shaun Scotellaro has had his work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications (emphasis in original), I don't believe Equestria Daily can be used. Also, for ALT0, I believe it should be:
ALT1 is also only has the first part mentioned in the article but it may be hookier without the second part. Thanks. Pamzeis (talk) 01:47, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Good points, I removed Equestria Daily and the Geek Church interview from the article. For ALT1, the article does say that it "has a fan-maintained wiki spanning hundreds of pages, full of facts and definitions [...] a team of bronies worked together to get the story its own hardcover edition." I do think your version of ALT0 sounds better though, it's more precise and more concise at the same time.BuySomeApples (talk) 07:04, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
The article's now fallen short of 1500 characters (it's currently at 1298). Needs expansion to pass. I also still can't find any mention of the second part of the ALT1, nor the quote you mentioned...? Pamzeis (talk) 07:54, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Whoops! I beefed it back up, so it is around 1,600-ish characters. The quote from the Daily Dot article is all the way down in the 8th paragraph, but we don't have to use it anyway. Thank you for being so patient with this btw, I appreciate all your help.BuySomeApples (talk) 09:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
OK, I think I see now where we're confused. You're referring to the Daily Dot article and I'm referring to the Wikipedia article. Per WP:DYKRULES #3a, you need to mention the fact in the article. ALT0 is good to go but I find ALT1 more interesting. For ALT1, I think it would be more hooky without the things that made the fandom:
Let me know what you think. If you think this is OK, it'll be good to go . Pamzeis (talk) 10:45, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Oh I get it! I totally misunderstood that. I really like that version of ALT1, can we go ahead with that?BuySomeApples (talk) 23:23, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Approving ALT0a and ALT1a. I find ALT1a more interesting but I'll defer to the promoter. Pamzeis (talk) 01:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Article new enough, long enough and is neutral. Earwig did not pick up anything major. Hooks are interesting and ALT0 is cited in article. ALT1 does not appear to be mentioned or cited. I also am not sure if they are accurate. If I am not mistaken, the book was based on the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, not the toyline. I've gone ahead and linked, bolded and italicized some stuff in the hooks so feel free to alter it. The article also includes a reference to Equestria Daily which will have to be removed. I am also unsure of the reliability of The Geek Church, Destructoid, TaylorFrancis.com and E-Metro. Additionally, the subject's notability is not clear so you will have to clarify how this meets WP:GNG/WP:NBOOK. Thank you. Pamzeis (talk) 11:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
The article's now fallen short of 1500 characters (it's currently at 1298). Needs expansion to pass. I also still can't find any mention of the second part of the ALT1, nor the quote you mentioned...? Pamzeis (talk) 07:54, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
. Pamzeis (talk) 10:45, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Approving ALT0a and ALT1a. I find ALT1a more interesting but I'll defer to the promoter. Pamzeis (talk) 01:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)