Template:Did you know nominations/Hitler-Ransomware
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:10, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
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Hitler-Ransomware
[edit]- ... that Hitler wants your mobile phone gift cards but he may have upset the other Nazis? Source: IB Times, Computer World
- Reviewed: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
- Comment: For April Fools Day
Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 09:29, 14 February 2018 (UTC).
Article is new enough, long enough, reliably sourced, no copyvios, ideal for April Fools (though look how much hot later I got into over Trump and Russia). I can't work out where "he may have upset the other Nazis" comes into it, though. :-/ Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:54, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Ritchie333: It refers to the Grammar Nazis mentioned in the article. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:59, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Ah, got it - that was in a different source. I've added that to the nomination. Might it be an idea to link "Nazi" to Grammar Nazi (which is a redirect to Linguistic prescription)? I fear somebody will complain about this on DYK talk, but as far as I'm concerned it's a fine April Fools' hook. As you were. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:06, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- In mocking up this April 1's preps I've taken the liberty of rewriting the hook as:
- ... that Hitler's demands for mobile phone gift cards may have upset some Nazis?
- Pinging Ritchie333, The C of E. Feel free to override that. EEng 04:29, 26 March 2018 (UTC)