Template:Did you know nominations/Comets in fiction

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 04:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Comets in fiction

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Halley's Comet

... that comets such as Halley's (pictured) are living entities in several works of fiction? Source: See the references in the second paragraph of Comets in fiction#Cometary life.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Penelope (platypus)
- Comment: I am open to rephrasing the hook to make it more catchy.

Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Self-nominated at 21:06, 7 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Comets in fiction; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

This is a potentially great hook. I think "living entity" is slightly unclear, and I had to double check to make sure it meant what I thought it did. The article says it more clearly: "Comets themselves are alive in some works". Is there another way to write the hook, to be more clear? Shooterwalker (talk) 14:03, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Certainly.
- ALT1: ... that comets such as Halley's (pictured) are alive in several works of fiction? Source: See the references in the second paragraph of Comets in fiction#Cometary life.
TompaDompa (talk) 16:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
We are now at a good point in terms of clarity, and I'm wondering if this would be more concise and catchy:

ALT2: ... that Halley's Comet (pictured) is a living creature in several works of fiction?

I would approve ALT1 or ALT2, or even some variation. Do you have a preference? Shooterwalker (talk) 20:04, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Works for me. I added italics and boldface markup to ALT2, for the record. TompaDompa (talk) 20:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Excellent. Approved ALT2.

Shooterwalker (talk) 20:33, 10 March 2024 (UTC)