Template:Did you know nominations/Hardcoded (video game)

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 Yoninah (talk) 21:21, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Hardcoded (video game)

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~~... that two friends from high school that wanted to make a video game together decided to make Hardcoded, a game, together?~~ Source: "Stargrifter and Royale started working on Hardcoded in 2017, but the two have wanted to develop a video game together since they met in high school." (Daily Dot)
- ALT1:... that the creator of Hardcoded wanted to create a game that would appeal to cisgendered people with a futanari fetish and that would make being a girl seem like a real possibility to them? Source: "The initial concept for Hardcoded was to make a game which would invite that cis futa-fetish crowd, but then take their feelings seriously and make being a girl seem like a real possibility, if they’re interested." (Sidequest)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of awards and nominations received by Awkwafina
Comment: This is definitely one of the weird noms I've made. I prefer ALT1, but understand that it might not be the kind of content we'd want to see in the main page, so have another one in the main hook.

Created by Nomader (talk). Self-nominated at 18:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC).

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I strongly prefer ALT1, and find the main hook boring, so the hook eligibility approval should be read as applying to ALT1 only. Wikipedia is not censored, you're not suggesting porn be placed on the main page, so IMO there's nothing wrong with ALT1. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 21:49, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but doesn't the source say that they wanted the game to appeal to those who were curious about being a girl, rather than make being a girl seem like a real possibility? Yoninah (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Edited in-line prose and hook to match the source. Nomader (talk) 19:01, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

@Nomader: thank you, but while the second footnote says what you're saying, the first footnote says: Plus, with this kind of game comes a sizeable cis audience, so maybe we can show them, like, trans people are real. I'm wondering if you could just leave off the end part:
ALT1a: ... that the creator of Hardcoded wanted to create a game that would appeal to cisgendered people with a futanari fetish? Yoninah (talk) 19:09, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

I'd be fine with this as an alternative! I think the extra part is just interesting flavor, this gets to the meat of what the hook was about. Nomader (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Restoring tick for ALT1a per Psiĥedelisto's review. Yoninah (talk) 21:19, 19 May 2020 (UTC)