Talk:Yaoi paddle

A fact from Yaoi paddle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that if you went to an anime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by a yaoi paddle (example pictured)?

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Did you know nomination[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 BorgQueen (talk) 17:05, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Cosplayers holding a yaoi paddle

... that if you went to an anime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by a yaoi paddle (pictured)? Source: The Mary Sue
- ALT1: ... that by the 2010s, most anime conventions had banned yaoi paddles (pictured)? Source: The Mary Sue
- ALT2: ... that the design of the yaoi paddle (pictured) was the subject of an intellectual property dispute in 2022? Source: ANN
- Reviewed: KWCH-DT

Created by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:46, 30 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Yaoi paddle; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - waiting
Overall: @Morgan695: Looking all good, just do QPQ. I would recommend the promotion of either ALT0 or ALT1 Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:15, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schminnte: Thanks for the speedy review; QPQ has been completed. Just adding that my personal preference is for ALT0. Morgan695 (talk) 19:29, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- That's that then. Good to go. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:33, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]