Template:Did you know nominations/Archive of Our Own


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The result was: promoted by — Maile (talk) 22:15, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Archive of Our Own

 * ... that as of June 2015, the most popular story on the fanfiction site Archive of Our Own was "I Am Groot", described as a "masterpiece of hardcore Guardians of the Galaxy erotica"? Source: What is the most popular work fanfic on Archive of Our Own? Tumblr user Touka-Tokyo used the site's "kudos" system — basically a "like" — it's the masterpiece of hardcore Guardians of the Galaxy erotica story "I Am Groot" by sherlocksmyth."


 * Reviewed: Hot link (sausage)

Created by Bobamnertiopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 15:54, 19 September 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Date and length fine, however I do have a question about the hook. What is it that makes the source reliable? Because to me it looks like a blog post. Can you shed some light on this for me please before I can proceed with the review?  The C of E  God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 09:57, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, C of E, thanks for asking. io9 is a blog (per its own article on our site and per its own admission), but it has behind it the editorial staff of Gizmodo, its parent site, and the post was written by a staff writer. io9 has more credibility than would a self-published blog and it's cited on ~1,000 pages on this site. Hope this helps! Best, Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 16:10, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK, I am happy with that explanation. Hook is fine then. QPQ done and no close paraphrasing. Good to go.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 10:38, 24 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I have returned this from p6 because the hook is sourced to some guy on tumblr, not to io9. Gatoclass (talk) 12:04, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I can't necessarily argue with that. Here are two alts. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 16:31, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ... that Archive of Our Own hosts over two million stories and artpieces by fans of media franchises? (see ref 1)
 * ALT2: ... that the Marvel universe, Supernatural, Sherlock, and Harry Potter are among the most popular fandoms on Archive of Our Own? (ref 3)

New review needed. Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 05:49, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 and ALT2 are 97 and 125 characters, short enough. They are both in the article. They are both cited.  I can confirm ALT1 in the reference which is reliable. Reference 3 does not mention supernatural or Sherlock in this regard, so either pick another reference for that or modify the article, or give up on that ALT2 hook.  So only ALT1 is good. Considering previous review and that article is fully cited and is not biased, it is good to go with ALT1. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:51, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, ! On ALT2, the info is mentioned not in the article text but in the infographic part of the way down the page. Best, Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 02:10, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK hook ALT2 is confirmed by the image. So either ALT1 or 2 are good to go. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:45, 31 October 2016 (UTC)