Talk:XCOM: Chimera Squad
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[edit]- 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 Yoninah (talk) 21:55, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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- ... that turn-based tactical game XCOM: Chimera Squad places players in control of an elite peacekeeping force working to prevent a mixed human-alien model city from destabilizing? This is a rewording of the "Setting" section and uses those four sources.
Created by Masem (talk) and The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk). Nominated by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) at 02:14, 15 April 2020 (UTC).
The article is new enough (created April 14, nominated April 15) and long enough. No copyvio or close paraphrasing detected (there is one site with a 75% score on Earwig but it is evidently a case of reverse copying, as the blog post was created after the article: [1]). Article is sourced and neutral. The hook is sourced inline to reliable sources, is interesting, and short enough. However, I think it might fail one of the WP:DYKHOOK rules: If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way.
Although the hook mentions the player, the entire appeal of the hook comes from the fictional setting. Are you able to propose another hook, perhaps based on the "Development" or "Reception" sections? Thanks, SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 21:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, not a problem. How about this instead @SpicyMilkBoy:
- ALT1 ... that the "interlaced turns" system used in XCOM: Chimera Squad was prototyped by Sid Meier using a game engine he had developed over around twenty years? Source
- The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
- The Squirrel Conspiracy, looks good, just one minor issue - the source says "...that he’s slowly built over the last twenty-or-so years" while the article text says "...that he had been building for over twenty years" - the source doesn't explicitly claim that it took over twenty years. Would you mind rephrasing? Thanks, SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 00:24, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
- @SpicyMilkBoy: Added "around". The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:48, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Good to go :) SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 02:56, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
- @SpicyMilkBoy: Added "around". The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:48, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
- The Squirrel Conspiracy, looks good, just one minor issue - the source says "...that he’s slowly built over the last twenty-or-so years" while the article text says "...that he had been building for over twenty years" - the source doesn't explicitly claim that it took over twenty years. Would you mind rephrasing? Thanks, SpicyMilkBoy (talk) 00:24, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, not a problem. How about this instead @SpicyMilkBoy:
