Template:Did you know nominations/The Myth of the Zodiac Killer

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: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 01:56, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
Article is to be merged into Zodiac Killer per AfD, so there will be no article left for DYK; closing nomination

The Myth of the Zodiac Killer

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Police sketch of a person purported to be the Zodiac Killer

... that, in his non-fiction book The Myth of the Zodiac Killer, Thomas Henry Horan contends that the Zodiac Killer (police sketch pictured) never really existed? [1]

Reviewed: ~~Forthcoming~~ Template:Did you know nominations/Joe the Pigeon

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 06:35, 22 December 2020 (UTC).

Article is new enough (created 12/22), long enough, and cited appropriately. Earwig detected no concerns. The hook is short enough, interesting, and accurately sourced. Photo license states it is PD. QPQ remains to be done. Cbl62 (talk) 18:26, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Cbl62, the hook wording is too repetitive, and we try not to print names with no Wikipedia article on the main page. I suggest something like:
ALT1: ... that the author of a 2014 non-fiction book contends that the Zodiac Killer (police sketch shown) never really existed? Yoninah (talk) 15:57, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

alt1 looks good. Its succinct, hooky, short enough, and sourced. Looks like the QPQ is still needed. Cbl62 (talk) 17:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Cbl62! QPQ added. Chetsford (talk) 04:53, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Article now good to go. Cbl62 (talk) 05:12, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@Chetsford: Returning this to the nominations page following it being tagged for notability. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:44, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

It's been nearly two weeks since the nomination was reopened, and although there was a discussion on notability on the article's talk page, it petered out over a week ago, though the consensus seemed to be heading toward non-notable. Since the article cannot appear on the main page (via DYK) so long as the notability tag remains, if nothing happens in the next couple of weeks to move the issue forward, the nomination should probably be marked for closure. (Should it be nominated at AfD, then this nomination will be put on hold until the AfD closes one way or the other.) BlueMoonset (talk) 21:15, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

With the nominator not having edited in several days and the notability concerns unlikely to be resolved for the foreseeable future, it appears that there is no longer a path forward for the nomination. As such, this is now regrettably marked for closure. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 16:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Submitted at AfD to get a final resolution to this issue. Hopefully we'll get an answer one way or another. Edge3 (talk) 04:04, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Link: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Myth of the Zodiac Killer. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:15, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

The article has been merged per the AFD discussion. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)