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A fact from Princess Bride Reunion appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya in a 2020 virtual live dramatic reading of the Princess Bride script, he used the six-fingered sword (pictured) from the 1987 film?

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The caption is wrong. The sword in the image is not Inigo Montoya's. It's the one Count Rugen used. Inigo's sword is a lot more ornate.

https://princessbride.fandom.com/wiki/File:Domingo%27s_sword.png

Just letting you all know. I'll let someone else correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:9200:6160:D05:C4A1:7DC5:C72 (talk) 19:36, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:25, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Actor Mandy Patinkin in 2012

~~... that actors from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride got rave reviews in 2020 for a live performance of the same script?~~ Source: https://news.avclub.com/mandy-patinkin-s-six-fingered-sword-and-other-delights-1845049826 (see also rave reviews in Rolling Stone and The New Yorker
(alt) ~~... that Mandy Patinkin (pictured) got rave reviews for recreating his 1987 performance as Inigo Montoya in a 2020 live performance of the Princess Bride script?~~ Source: https://news.avclub.com/mandy-patinkin-s-six-fingered-sword-and-other-delights-1845049826 (see also rave reviews in Rolling Stone and The New Yorker

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Annette_Jahns
Comment: Tons of press beforehand (with a big boost from Ted Cruz) and tons of reviews afterward. Too much interesting stuff to fit into a section of the movie article

Created by HouseOfChange (talk). Self-nominated at 21:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

There's a shortage of perfect DYK hooks in this world; it'd be a pity to damage this one. Article passes all DYK criteria without complaint. Sceptre (talk) 22:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote ALT0, but "got rave reviews" is not exactly encyclopedic, and also doesn't appear in the article. In the article, I changed "got good reviews" to "received positive reviews". Yoninah (talk) 19:26, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Thanks for your helpful changes to the article. Based on your input, I changed the final sentence of the lead to summarize more info from the body: "More than 110,000 viewers donated a dollar or more to Wisconsin Democrats to view the livestream, which raised $4.25 million and received widely positive reviews, with special praise for the performance of Mandy Patinkin." How about

(alt1) ~~... that The A.V. Club, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone praised Mandy Patinkin (pictured) performing as Inigo Montoya in a 2020 live performance of the Princess Bride script?~~ Source: https://news.avclub.com/mandy-patinkin-s-six-fingered-sword-and-other-delights-1845049826 (see also rave reviews in Rolling Stone and The New Yorker

@HouseOfChange: thank you for the alt, but I wasn't planning on promoting this to an image slot. The alt also sounds even more fanzine-y than the original. Perhaps you could try another hook angle? Yoninah (talk) 20:12, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I chose that hook because it seemed notable to me that the same actor performing the same role 33 years later inspired wide enthusiasm from reviewers. Here is another, and it seems a shame not to use Patinkin's picture, which was taken by User:Bearian. HouseOfChange (talk) 20:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(alt2) ~~... that when Mandy Patinkin (pictured) played Inigo Montoya in a 2020 live performance of the Princess Bride script, he used the six-fingered sword from the 1987 film?~~ Source: https://news.avclub.com/mandy-patinkin-s-six-fingered-sword-and-other-delights-1845049826 (see also The New Yorker HouseOfChange (talk) 20:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds better, thanks. @Sceptre:, could you review ALT2? As much as I appreciate someone taking that picture, it's 8 years old and he's pretty hidden in hat and clothing. It would be better to show him in the film. Yoninah (talk) 20:52, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

thumb|Six-fingered glove and prop sword from the film Wait, how about this? HouseOfChange (talk) 20:59, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alt3 ... that when Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya in a 2020 live performance of the Princess Bride script, he used the six-fingered sword (pictured) from the 1987 film? Source: https://news.avclub.com/mandy-patinkin-s-six-fingered-sword-and-other-delights-1845049826 (see also The New Yorker

The image is good, but the image caption at Commons says it's a six-fingered glove and a sword. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

People (e.g. AV Club) call it the "six-fingered sword" (5,000 Google hits) because William Goldman called it that and because Inigo Montoya's father made it for the six-fingered man, the man who wore the six-fingered glove. I can easily change the caption on the image at Commons, considering that I created that image by cropping a Flickr photo somebody uploaded. Or we could change the hook to say "prop sword" instead of "six-fingered sword" -- both are correct. HouseOfChange (talk) 21:53, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, calling it a six-fingered sword makes the hook. The caption could say: Six-fingered glove and prop sword from the film. Striking unused hooks. Yoninah (talk) 22:21, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the formatted image for the main page:

Six-fingered glove and prop sword from the film

Yoninah (talk) 23:54, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Approving Alt 3 based on earlier reviews. --evrik ^(talk) 15:36, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]