Template:Did you know nominations/The Password Game

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 AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:30, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

The Password Game

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• ... that in The Password Game, players create a password that follows certain rules, such as feeding a chicken? Source: https://primagames.com/tips/how-to-prevent-paul-from-being-slain-in-the-password-game ; https://dotesports.com/word-games/news/the-password-game-rule-23-how-to-feed-paul
  • ALT0A: ... that to win The Password Game, players have to feed a chicken emoji inside a password?
  • ALT1: ... that in The Password Game, players create a password that follows certain rules, such as including the day's Wordle answer? Source: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/the-password-game-is-a-brilliant-mess-but-it-lost-me-at-moon-emojis ; https://www.engadget.com/i-consider-myself-a-patient-person-but-the-password-game-might-break-me-174555782.html
  • ALT2: ... that the creator of The Password Game was unsure whether winning the game was possible before releasing it? Source: https://www.polygon.com/23777561/the-password-game-browser-neal-agarwal
  • Reviewed: not needed; editor's first nom
  • Comment: First hook might be a good candidate for a quirky hook; ALT0A may be a bit less confusing but still quirky.

Moved to mainspace by ObserveOwl (talk). Self-nominated at 09:24, 10 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Password Game; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• @ObserveOwl: Great job with this article. New enough (published from draft), long enough, well written and sourced, no copyvio. Only suggestion is to consider mentioning that the rule values are randomly generated each playthrough if there's a source for that. I'm happy making an exception to C6 for ALTs 0A or 1 (or other possible alternatives in that vein – ALT0 is grammatically iffy), but ALT2 def works too. (Did small hook copyedits.) Hameltion (talk | contribs) 01:32, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

• @Hameltion: Thank you for your comment and article/hook copyedits. I've added that detail to the rules that do so using sources that better explain the randomness of the values. Do you think that ALT0A (or any other hook) is suitable for a quirky hook? ObserveOwl (talk) 10:48, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

• I'd say yes; I've approved all except ALT0, leaving it up to the promoter to choose. C6 only half applies anyway (If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way). Hameltion (talk | contribs) 13:18, 14 July 2023 (UTC)