Template:Did you know nominations/Mr. X (Resident Evil)

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 10:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Mr. X (Resident Evil)

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• ... that Resident Evil's Mr. X is a humanoid monster in a trench coat? Source: Resident Evil Archives: Umbrella's Virus Uncovered. Indianapolis, Ind.: BradyGames Pub. 2006. p. 216. ISBN 0-7440-0655-4. OCLC 65433140.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rabbit Keen

Improved to Good Article status by GlatorNator (talk) and Zxcvbnm (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 01:40, 14 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mr. X (Resident Evil); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Alternate hook suggestion:
• ALT1: ... that in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Mr. X walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him?" Source: Yin-Poole, Wesley (2019-03-07). "How the Resident Evil 2 remake's Mr. X actually works". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-04-06. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:01, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

@Zxcvbnm: Thanks for that alternative hook! I formatted it. Bruxton (talk) 12:07, 14 April 2023 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Bruxton: Good article. To be honest, the first hook is not interesting but i'm fine with ZXCVBNM's hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:29, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @Onegreatjoke: Bruxton (talk) 18:23, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

IMO the first hook also fails the requirement that "If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way." ALT1 looks fine to me too though. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 21:02, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Struck Bruxton (talk) 15:29, 18 April 2023 (UTC)