Template:Did you know nominations/The Goat Puzzle
- The following discussion 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 PumpkinSky talk 22:05, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
The Goat Puzzle
[edit]... that the puzzle featured in the 1996 classic adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars called The Goat Puzzle is considered by many gamers and publications to be one of the hardest video game puzzles of all time?
- Comment: Brand new article with reliable sources.
Created/expanded by Khanassassin (talk). Self nom at 11:59, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- Article is appropriately new (same day as DYK nom) and long enough, and appears to fall within policy with sourcing.
- The hook is too long by just a few characters. "Point and click" doesn't help much here, so I would take that out to get it under. Fact is good and sourced (in that many sources state this as a renowed difficult puzzle).
- Nom only has 2 DYK's, no QPQ needed. No image to worry about. --MASEM (t) 16:10, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review! I removed point and click so, is it good now? :) All the best, --Khanassassin ☪ 17:24, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hook is still overlong at 226 characters: 200 is the absolute maximum, and shorter and snappier is always best, so details should be jettisoned wherever possible. I've struck it, and am suggesting the following ALT1, which clocks in at 167 characters:
- ALT1: ... that The Goat Puzzle in the 1996 adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is considered by many to be one of the hardest video game puzzles of all time?
- An ALT2 can certainly be suggested if you're not fond of my attempt. I'm not entirely sure I like "by many"... —BlueMoonset (talk) 17:53, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- Your's very nice. :) No need for ALT2. :) --Khanassassin ☪ 18:04, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- new ALT is fine now; the removal would have been my second choice to cut down characters (and the article does support "by many" in terms of sourcing). --MASEM (t) 18:56, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
