Talk:Mr. Monster

A fact from Mr. Monster appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in order to write his novel Mr. Monster, Dan Wells researched the offender profiling and embalming processes?

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request. Looked it up on Amazon—has the period; author is an American so it's consistent (in British English they generally do not use the period for Mr).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Monster → Mr. Monster — The new page it would be moved to is the proper punctuation for the novel. The new page is currently just a redirect and a see also tag could be placed at the top of the page once this move is completed. --Spidey104 17:40, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 07:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in order to write his novel Mr. Monster, Dan Wells researched the offender profiling and embalming processes? Source: "I do a ton of research: in the John Cleaver books, for example, I needed a solid grasp of serial killers, criminal profiling, embalming, and so on." (https://web.archive.org/web/20100605190333/http://hortorian.com/2010/06/questions-and-answers-session-with-dan-wells/)
- ALT1:... that the title of Dan Wells's horror novel Mr. Monster is also one of the aliases that was used by serial killer David Berkowitz? Source: "For a year, David Berkowitz terrorized New York ... he called himself 'Mr. Monster,' the 'Son of Sam.'" (https://www.citynews1130.com/2017/08/09/son-of-sam-killer-was-arrested-40-years-ago-this-week/)
- ALT2:... that the title of Dan Wells's horror novel Mr. Monster is also one of the aliases used by serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam"? Source: "For a year, David Berkowitz terrorized New York ... he called himself 'Mr. Monster,' the 'Son of Sam.'" (https://www.citynews1130.com/2017/08/09/son-of-sam-killer-was-arrested-40-years-ago-this-week/)

Reviewed: Great Vancouver Fire (Template:Did you know nominations/Great Vancouver Fire)
Comment: I just expanded the article, so my DYK check tool says it's still classified as a stub. I think I need another editor to come along and change this, so if someone could do that, I'd be grateful.

5x expanded by Cstickel(byu) (talk). Self-nominated at 16:12, 2 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Note for Cstickel(byu): DYKcheck will flag a stub if the project assessment templates on the talk page still assess it as Stub-Class. It's clearly not, so I've changed it to C-Class. Raymie (t • c) 20:30, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Raymie! Cstickel(byu) (talk) 15:45, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a fivefold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and any of the hooks could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:31, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]