Template:Did you know nominations/New California Republic

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 LunaEclipse talk 16:09, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

New California Republic

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Flag of the New California Republic

... that cosplaying as a character from the New California Republic (flag pictured) once led to someone being accidentally arrested after being mistaken for carrying a bomb? Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/grande-prairie-cosplay-1.4070387
- ALT1: ... that cosplaying as a character from the New California Republic (flag pictured) could potentially lead to accidental arrest due to mistaken suspicion of carrying a bomb? Source: per HOOK
- ALT2: ... that the timeline of events surrounding the New California Republic (flag pictured) portrayed in the Fallout television series led some fans into believing the franchise was retconned? Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/in-which-i-mostly-debunk-the-latest-fallout-controversy-that-claims-todd-howard-used-the-fallout-show-to-retcon-non-bethesda-fallout-games/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/March on Rome (88 BC)
- Comment: ALT2 if main hook & ALT1 are not able to be used

Created by B3251 (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

B3251 (talk) 13:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The version of the flag used is free as it isn't taken from the in-game version, so that should be fine. Original hook and ALT1 are the most interesting, but suffer from BLP issues, while ALT2 is more specific but still interesting, and matches with the recent premiere of the series. Waiting for the QPQ to be done for approval. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 07:15, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, @Chaotic Enby. ALT2 sounds good, I made it incase I wasn't able to use Hook & ALT1. I just added a finished QPQ. B3251 (talk) 21:31, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

After asking around, Hook & ALT1 should be fine on the BLP side (as the person isn't named or anything), so they can be used. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 22:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for checking. In that case, I would love for either the hook or ALT1 to be used for a more humorous DYK, but if the final reviewer finds issue with them ALT2 is still very open to be used. Thanks! B3251 (talk) 22:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC)