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Black Twitter

 * ALT1 ... that Black Twitter has become influential in the United States and is becoming popular in South Africa?
 * ALT2 ... that Black Twitter is not the "white and boring" Twitter that happens during the day?
 * ALT3 ... that Black Twitter has been compared to signifyin' and the dozens?
 * Reviewed: Nelle Richmond Eberhart
 * Comment: The sentences and sources supporting the hook are in the lead. There are also supportive sources in the "Influence" section.

Created by SlimVirgin (talk). Self nominated at 23:59, 22 July 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg  Minor stuff: Two wikilinks need disambiguating, everything else looks fine, just waiting on a QPQ.  A fascinating article but, to me, a really dull hook.  Maybe we can pull something more interesting out of it?  Like "...that Black Twitter is not the "white and boring" Twitter that happens during the day?"  Or  "...that Black Twitter has been compared to signifyin' and the dozens"?   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:52, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, I did originally have an alternative hook. It was: ... that academics see Black Twitter discourse as an example of signifyin'? But I like your suggestions too, particularly: ... that Black Twitter has been compared to signifyin' and the dozens? Maybe "and the game, the dozens?" Also, should the game name be capitalized?


 * But I don't mind your first suggestion either. Which do you prefer? SlimVirgin (talk) 22:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Personally, I prefer the first one, but think either one would work. Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:13, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added them as alternative hooks. I don't know what the procedure is when there's a choice like this. I'd be fine with any of them. SlimVirgin (talk) 22:25, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I'm not sure either, so I just struck the original hook to make sure that one doesn't get used. I also checked the citations and either hook is ready to go once the other minor things are addressed.  Gamaliel  ( talk ) 22:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the dabs (I think), but will check once more. As for the QPQ, I'm in the middle of copy-editing an article that needs to be in good shape because the topic is in the news. But I'll do a review once I've finished that. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:43, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've started a review and added the link above. SlimVirgin (talk) 02:51, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

I fixed the last undisambiguated link. Now that you've started a review, this is ready to go. Gamaliel ( talk ) 17:32, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the review, fixes and suggestions. SlimVirgin (talk) 22:58, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Just noting here that, having thought about this some more, I think I prefer ALT3 ... that Black Twitter has been compared to signifyin' and the dozens? ALT2 is a bit cheeky, and the advantage of ALT3 is that it links to the other two interesting articles. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:07, 26 July 2013 (UTC)