Template:Did you know nominations/Living Books

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 Amkgp (talk) 11:32, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Living Books

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• ... that book publisher Random House and games publisher Broderbund joint ventured a series of interactive storybook software called Living Books?
  • ALT1:... that Mark Schlichting, creator of interactive storybook series Living Books, was inspired by the interactive world of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! he remembered from his childhood?
  • ALT2: ... that the Los Angeles Times criticized Disney for contracting their interactive storybooks to independent studios, deeming their series a "mere imitation of Broderbund's Living Books format". (But when it comes to delivering what the industry likes to call a quality “interactive experience,” Disney contracts the programming to independent studios--with uneven results. While The Lion King Activity Center, developed with Gryphon Software Corp., is widely admired, Disney’s Animated Storybook series, developed with Media Station, is seen as a mere imitation of Broderbund’s Living Books format.)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Brönnestad Church
• Comment: This is my first DYK nomination in a long time so please be a little patient. I am open to your suggestions and excited by the opportunity to see this article be approved.

5x expanded by Coin945 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 22 October 2020 (UTC).

• Reviewing Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:00, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• Can we move the "Games in the series" bit down? Seems odd having it as the first thing in the prose (also, are these games, or books?) Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• Moved the table down to the bottom of the page, changed title to 'Titles in the Series', and reworded first two columns to clearly differentiate source material vs Living Books programs.--Coin945 (talk) 09:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• long enough, expansion in time Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
• Copyvio brings up this, might need an investigation? The block quote in particular is too much. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• I've now reviewed the probematic sources and reworded all appropriate sections. The copyvio ranking for the top two sources are still 59.9% and 43.2% but basically all of this is names of books and titles of relevant officials (e.g. "Alberto Vitale, head of Random House Publishing" which need to be copied verbatim). I hope this will suffice.--Coin945 (talk) 11:33, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

After a major edit I'm now up to 61.3% for the top source. Let me have another crack at this once I've had some sleep.--Coin945 (talk) 17:16, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Upon investigation, I don't think I've really used too much from those top-listed sources in the copyvio ranking due to the reasons listed above. I'll do another pass soon, and would welcome your opinion.--Coin945 (talk) 17:25, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

• Issues with the hooks, these are more just facts about the subject, rather than a hook. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• A hook involving The LA Times criticized Disney for contracting their games to independent studios, deeming the series a "mere imitation of Broderbund's Living Books format. might be good, something describing it as a "mere imitation" is quite hooky for a completely different series. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• What about The Los Angeles Times criticized Disney for contracting their interactive storybooks to independent studios, deeming the series a "mere imitation of Broderbund's Living Books format. --Coin945 (talk) 09:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you for these comments @Lee Vilenski:, I'll address them asap.--Coin945 (talk) 08:57, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

• Coin945, Lee Vilenski, this nomination page hasn't been edited since late October, over three weeks ago. What is the status of this nomination? BlueMoonset (talk) 00:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

• Hi @BlueMoonset:, I'm still keen to see this nom through to the end. I haven't heard back from Lee in a while, hope their doing okay! I'm happy for you BlueMoonset to offer a DYK review. :)--Coin945 (talk) 06:46, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

• Apologies for this, I'd forgotten about this nom - happy to support. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:47, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

• Lee Vilenski, I don't see any QPQ provided, and Coin945 has far more than five prior DYK credits. Coin945, you will need to get moving on your DYK review if you wish this to pass. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:34, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

• DYK now completed with Template:Did you know nominations/Brönnestad Church. --Coin945 (talk) 01:50, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

• Repinging Lee Vilenski; if the QPQ is okay, then please add a new tick icon below. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:45, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

- with QPQ done, happy to promote. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:36, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

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