Template:Did you know nominations/Joe Nickell

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:52, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Joe Nickell[edit]

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... ~~that Joe Nickell was a key advisor in the 2007 horror film The Reaping, where actress Hilary Swank played a paranormal investigator?~~

ALT1:... ~~that Joe Nickell helped investigate and verify the authenticity of many original manuscripts, including "The Night Before Christmas" and Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative?~~
Reviewed: Quaid-e-Azam tourist lodge, Barsala

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Comment: 5X

2x expanded and sourced (BLP) by SSEEGGilbert (talk). Nominated by Khamar (talk) at 06:03, 12 July 2014 (UTC).

Original hook verified. ALT not verified as the statement appears to be partially unsourced. Passed spot check for plagiarism and is a genuine x5 expansion. Image appears to be appropropriately licensed. Gatoclass (talk) 12:57, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Hold it. He wasn't in the film, but Swank was; and Swank's character isn't paranormal (though I admit that second point is a bit of a quibble). And key advisor is hype -- how many advisors did the film have, anyway?

ALT2... that skeptic Joe Nickell was an advisor on the 2007 horror film The Reaping, in which actress Hilary Swank plays an investigator of the paranormal?

EEng (talk) 16:32, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

ALT2 looks good to me. The citation says the he was "a character consultant" which seems close enough to "advisor" in my opinion. Kyle^(talk) 19:09, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

My only problem was with the key. EEng (talk) 19:27, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

And also the in was properly clarified. He was not in the movie. Nickell was the only professional paranormal consultant for the film. Perhaps key was a stretch however. Do you think all is corrected now? Kyle^(talk) 20:20, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Tireless Gatoclass, I summon thee! EEng (talk) 20:33, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Gatoclass and EEng what can I do to help move this forward? nudge, nudge. Kyle^(talk) 05:16, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

ALT2 verified. Gatoclass (talk) 05:20, 15 July 2014 (UTC)