Talk:Walter W. White
Latest comment: 15 days ago by B3251 in topic Did you know nomination
Walter W. White is currently a Politics and government good article nominee. Nominated by B3251(talk) at 04:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC) Anyone who has not contributed significantly to (or nominated) this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and save the page. (See here for the good article instructions.) Short description: Canadian politician |
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... that in an alternate universe, Walter White (pictured) was "cooking" in the medical field instead?
- Source: https://search.canbarchives.ca/white-walter-w-colonel-1862-1952, or pretty much any source from the article given this is referring to him being a physician.
- Source: Citation 27 (https://www.proquest.com/docview/423258874/C5A27C638F0B4804PQ/4). Can additionally be verified as still being used through their website: https://chipmanhill.com/property/71-sydney-street/
- Source: Citation 27 (https://books.google.ca/books?id=EX8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false).
- Reviewed: QPQ coming soon
B3251(talk) 05:44, 9 June 2024 (UTC).
- I understand the desire to make light of his name, but directly saying 'in an alternate universe' and inventing a quote is inappropriate. "The hook should include a definite fact" (WP:DYKHOOK), not an editorialization or humor qua humor. I think there are other things that are interesting here, anyway, where we can still play with the name without it. ... that WW was a Conservative? ... that before studying other sciences, WW studied botany? Or on the political side alone, I think him falling to third place in 1932 as a relatively long-standing incumbent could be interesting. Tastes vary of course... Urve (talk) 01:59, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Urve: I apologize that it seems inappropriate, I came up with that hook as an attempt to use his name as an opportunity to make a lighthearted pun since I figured that would probably be pretty interesting to readers. I appreciate the recommendations, but I'm currently unsure of what else could be a very interesting hook at the moment– just saying that he was Conservative for example wouldn't be an adequate 'DYK fact' because that's just stating that he was a politician in a major political party. Any other suggestions? B3251(talk) 20:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- By inappropriate I just mean not the best, not that it's offensive or anything. As far as things like the conservative idea, my vision is like your original hook, where we leave out the middle initial: ... that Walter White was a Conservative? I think this would be 'interesting' in that this is about someone totally different than expected. (Whether such hooks are actually good practice or not, I'm not convinced.) Otherwise, I think something like this would be interesting, depending on the sources (which I haven't read). ... that Walter W. White, running for a sixth mayoral term, came in third place? ... that at 28 years of age, Walter W. White was deemed too old to marry his future wife? Urve (talk) 02:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Urve: I apologize that it seems inappropriate, I came up with that hook as an attempt to use his name as an opportunity to make a lighthearted pun since I figured that would probably be pretty interesting to readers. I appreciate the recommendations, but I'm currently unsure of what else could be a very interesting hook at the moment– just saying that he was Conservative for example wouldn't be an adequate 'DYK fact' because that's just stating that he was a politician in a major political party. Any other suggestions? B3251(talk) 20:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)