Template:Did you know nominations/Wild Woody
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- 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 The C of E (talk) 15:33, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
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Wild Woody
- ... that the video game Wild Woody contains an easter egg that displays a topless mermaid if certain items are collected in order? Source: "At one point in the game, during a level involving pirate treasure, there is an Easter Egg where if you collect treasure in a very specific order, you will be "rewarded" with a topless mermaid who certainly appears as though she was meant to evoke Ariel from A Little Mermaid." [1]
- ALT1:... that musician Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was given a single month to compose the full score for the video game Wild Woody? Source: "I had a 1-month deadline to write and record a title song, 16 game level songs, as well as score the 6 animated story-line and transitional sequences, and 5 different "game over" sequences." [2]
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Improved to Good Article status by Cat's Tuxedo (talk). Self-nominated at 05:02, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Definitely a GA, very much prefer the original hook, the only thing that stands out is that according to the article, it was a "sketch" of a mermaid, although the source given here doesn't say it's a sketch. I know it's a video game, but it does matter as to whether it was an actual in-game mermaid or just a picture of one... Otherwise this is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:26, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Fixed the article's wording to make it clear that the sketch mechanic creates flesh-and-blood beings in-universe, since the said mermaid is animated and not just a picture. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 19:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
lovely job, good to go! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 19:44, 27 January 2021 (UTC)