Template:Did you know nominations/Dean Thompson

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Dean Thompson

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~~... that actor Patrick O'Connor wanted his Home and Away character Dean Thompson to be different than previous River Boys that appeared in the show ...?~~ "I want to be different and make this role my own," Patrick says. "But at the same time, keep in touch with what it is to be a River Boy."
- ALT1: ... that actor Patrick O'Connor watched old episodes of Home and Away and talked to past cast members to prepare for his first ever television role as Dean Thompson? To prepare for the role, Patrick watched old episodes of H&A and sought advice from former stars Lincoln Younes and Nic Westaway.

Reviewed: Blanket exercise

Created by Raintheone (talk). Self-nominated at 22:29, 26 November 2018 (UTC).

@Raintheone: I'm not confident with either hook: the first hook might be of interest to fans of the series but not so much to the average person, while the second hook is commonplace (it's very common for actors to seek advice from peers when preparing for roles). Can something better be proposed here? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 04:02, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: - Thank you for the review. We have discussed hooks before. Can you think of a different hook better suited to our broad audience? I recall you did better than I at creating a replacement on a previous DYKN.Rain the 1 15:36, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help out this time much, sorry. I would have tried proposing a suggestion here, but some of the sources in the article are paywalled and I can't access them. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 11:46, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5:In which case would you consider striking your comments and letting someone else review this DYK? Perhaps other editors have access to the paywall sources.Rain the 1 22:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

On further reflection, I feel that ALT1 might potentially work. According to the article, it was the actor's first television role, so maybe a hook combining that fact and ALT1 might be a possible option here. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:11, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Raintheone: Thoughts? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:02, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: I think it would be okay. I have added that it was his first television role to the ALT 1 hook. Thank you for coming back to this DYKN Narutolovehinata5. I appreciate your help.Rain the 1 12:45, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 15:14, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: - Glad you like.Rain the 1 17:27, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

I think I've done what I can here, requesting a new reviewer take over here. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:12, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

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: Done.

Overall: Well-written article and properly sourced. ALT1 is OK and cited (his "first ever" claim is cited by Source #1 in the article). The 40.1% close paraphrasing match is because of the quotes used in the article. Good to go. MX (✉ • ✎) 01:28, 16 January 2019 (UTC)