Template:Did you know nominations/Twelfth Doctor

The following discussion 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: rejected by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:56, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
In ITN twice (check it out)

Twelfth Doctor

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... that Peter Capaldi (pictured) will play the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who?

Reviewed: Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer)

5x expanded by Matty.007 (talk), Mattgirling (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 08:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC).

Changed blurb. The character is called The Doctor, not Doctor Who. :) By the way, posting this as a DYK might save us folks at ITN a bit of a headache. --LukeSurl^{t c} 09:31, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

My thinking was DYK now, ITN at Christmas when he starts. Mat ty.007 09:33, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Comment: This was on ITN for half an hour; I'm not sure how strict DYK is about Criterion 1(e). -- tariqabjotu 10:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Personally, I would have said that that didn't really count, but I'm not sure how strict about it they are. Mat ty.007 10:14, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

As I noted at WP:ITN/C, the fact that the admin who posted it to the ITN template bolded the link to this article rather than Peter Capaldi is the only reason it fails 1(e). Coupled with the 30 minute appearance, I'm fairly content we can overlook that criteria per WP:IAR and WP:NOTBURO. I have no personal position on wether this makes the main page or not, but declining the DYK for a thirty minute ITN appearance only would be a bit silly.Pedro : Chat 10:17, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

In addition, the article has no ITN tag. Mat ty.007 10:24, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments: ITN controversy notwithstanding. Perhaps the blurb would be more interesting if it was changed to something like "that actor Peter Capaldi, who will play the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who, is at 55 the same age as the First Doctor William Hartnell when he was cast in 1963?" Sometimes DYKs are about specific strange facts that less people would know (at least from my experience with it). I'd also suggest combining "Background" with "Casting", as it's still about the actor rather than the character (which is what the overall article is about). The stuff about the Christmas special/Series 8 and Clara could be moved up to the lead. Otherwise, awesome job and it's going to be fun watching this article grow! Glimmer721 ^talk 15:18, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

By the way, the new addition about Colin Baker will need a source. Glimmer721 ^talk 22:08, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Comment I support posting this and now (not at Christmas) once reviewed. The action of one admin in posting this prematurely and against consensus at ITN should not weigh against it. μηδείς (talk) 19:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC)