Template:Did you know nominations/Horse ebooks
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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 10:26, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Horse ebooks
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that Internet spam Twitter account Horse ebooks has more than 69,000 followers?
Created by WWB (talk). Self nom at 05:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
- First off, this is awesome. Ref #5, however, is a problem. We need a reliable secondary source for the hook info, and that Twitter Counter site set off my Security Suite. Everything else here is good to go. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 00:13, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! I had fun writing it. The obvious original source is the Twitter page itself, however that's clearly a primary source, already in ELs, and will date quickly. When the Gawker story ran in February, it reported the number at 40,000, which is not unimpressive itself. Also, a bit surprising re: Twitter Counter. It's a useful and accurate tool and has been around for a few years. I did write an alternate hook, however it seems to have disappeared in transclusion. What do you recommend? WWB (talk) 01:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
- I had a similar issue trying to use kicktraq.com for a Kickstarter article. For Twitter, any link to a figure will date quickly, as the Gawker one already has. I'd recommend a different hook that can be reliably sourced in the article. Possibly something about fan or critic reaction would make an interesting hook. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 02:30, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! I had fun writing it. The obvious original source is the Twitter page itself, however that's clearly a primary source, already in ELs, and will date quickly. When the Gawker story ran in February, it reported the number at 40,000, which is not unimpressive itself. Also, a bit surprising re: Twitter Counter. It's a useful and accurate tool and has been around for a few years. I did write an alternate hook, however it seems to have disappeared in transclusion. What do you recommend? WWB (talk) 01:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
- ALT1
- ... that Horse ebooks is a Twitter spam account best known for the amusing non sequiturs it tweets to evade spam detection?
- Article meets size and date criteria. Hook is sourced to NY Times. I'd prefer if the "Twitter Counter" was simply replaced with the primary source, as it's the same info, and that site doesn't look all that secure. Assuming that's fixed by the time it gets through prep, this is good to go with ALT1. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 20:22, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
