Talk:Blood Pit

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A fact from Blood Pit appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the play-by-email game Blood Pit was so complex that even its programmer had trouble winning?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blood Pit.

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 11:13, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the play-by-email game Blood Pit was so complex that even its programmer had trouble winning? Source: Powell, Michael C. (July–August 1990). "Life (And Death) In The Pit – Blood Pit". American Gamer. No. 1. p. 44.
- ALT1: ... that the play-by-email game Blood Pit was so complex that "even the game's programmer ha[d] a losing record"? Source: Powell, Michael C. (July–August 1990). "Life (And Death) In The Pit – Blood Pit". American Gamer. No. 1. p. 44.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Librarian (version control system)
- Comment: ~~QPQ: Pending~~

Created by Airborne84 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:35, 14 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Blood Pit; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

The article is well-sourced and passes Earwig, and the hook is interesting. I prefer the first option over ALT1, but either would work. CJ-Moki (talk) 07:22, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]