Template:Did you know nominations/Black Destroyer


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:13, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Black Destroyer

 * ... that A.E. van Vogt's short story "Black Destroyer" was part of a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, as its plot was similar to the movie Alien?
 * Reviewed: Verkeerder Kill

Created by Andrew Davidson (talk) and Maury Markowitz (talk). Nominated by Maury Markowitz (talk) at 16:30, 23 October 2016 (UTC).


 * ALT1 ... that the Black Destroyer marked the start of science fiction's Golden Age and inspired other works including Alien?

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 * Symbol question.svg Some issues found.
 * &#x2713; This article is new and was created on 18:33, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
 * &#x2713; This article meets the DYK criteria at 5682 characters
 * &#x2717; Paragraphs [4] (The ... race.) in this article lack a citation.
 * &#x2713; This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
 * &#x2713; A copyright violation is unlikely according to automated metrics (5.7% confidence; confirm)
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 * No overall issues detected
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 138 characters
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 111 characters
 * &#x2713; Maury Markowitz has more than 5 DYK credits. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Verkeerder Kill was performed for this nomination.
 * Symbol voting keep.svg age and size ok, most segments referenced, Earwigs copyvio negative, hook cited. Source unseen but material discussed elsewhere. good to go. I didn't look at ALT1 closely as I didn't find it interesting. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:24, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The second paragraph under "Publication" needs at least one cite per Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 01:49, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I note that it has been added now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you. Restoring tick per Casliber's review. Yoninah (talk) 23:12, 12 November 2016 (UTC)