Template:Did you know nominations/Five Nights at Freddy's


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Five Nights at Freddy's

 * ... that the indie horror game Five Nights at Freddy's became a weekly best-seller on the digital distribution platform Desura after it was featured in playthrough videos on YouTube?
 * ALT1: ... that the antagonists of the indie horror video game Five Nights at Freddy's drew comparisons to Chuck E. Cheese's and Weeping Angels?

Created by ManicH6 (talk). Nominated by ViperSnake151 (talk) at 05:31, 27 August 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New (19th, a little over a week), long enough, neutral (though the part in the first section about fan speculation should be removed), no copyvio found via spot check, no QPQ as external nom. Hook appears to have an immediate ref in article in the lede (3b). Problem with the source though—first, it uses a name other than Yahoo in the ref. It also does not quite correlate "Let's Play" videos with increased sales, though I'm willing to be convinced on that. I also don't see an indication from the source that the game was a "weekly" best-seller. I don't know the article's time scope. And is the new Amazing Stories site a reliable source? I didn't see an editorial or quality assurance policy. Please ping me if I don't respond. czar ♔   00:54, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Look in the markup and you'll see that's listed as an agency. But yeah, I think they're addressed. ViperSnake151   Talk  03:37, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Changes look good, but the hook does not reflect the article & source. It says the game became a best-seller after it was in Let's Play videos while the article and source do not correlate the two other than they happened at once. Also the source doesn't mention that the rankings were over the period of a week. czar ♔   04:28, 30 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Shouldn't Ryulong and myself also be added for credit? I mean, i'm the one that added all the references and the entire critical reception section. Also, potential alt below. Silver  seren C 15:29, 30 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Alt2: ... that the location of indie game Five Nights at Freddy's has been compared to Chuck E. Cheese's and the animatronic characters in the game to Weeping Angels from the tv show Doctor Who?


 * TBH none of these read like particularly good bylines. Some things just do not look good on DYK.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 18:29, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 gtg. Okay, this has been up for a while now with no replies. ALT1 isn't super interesting, but it's the best of the bunch and it checks out. Struck main for not matching the article or source, and struck ALT2 as somewhat clunky in phrasing. Also the article/sources don't straight up associate Chuck E. Cheese's with the antagonists (in the current choice of phrasing/sources), but I think it's fine. czar ♔   17:21, 5 October 2014 (UTC)