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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

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Improved to Good Article status by Ghosts of Europa (talk). Self-nominated at 07:29, 25 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • This DYK won't have enough context to make sense to an average reader, who won't know what Mr. Stupidhead is (though it's a funny title). Was there something else we can try? Shooterwalker (talk) 15:05, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Just wanted to @Ghosts of Europa: to make sure they saw this. No hurry if you need time to think. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:10, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
    • Would it help to clarify that Mr. Stupidhead was a story and Mr. West was a film? (e.g. "...that the film The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks may have been influenced by a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" "). I don't think there is much context for readers to miss here, it's just a story with a similar title and plot. My hope is simply that the hook is entertaining because the titles are both so ridiculous but in different ways (Mr. Stupidhead is blunt while Mr. West is baroque), which I don't think requires any background. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 19:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
      • That could work. "a story called..." makes it clearer that you don't need to know what the story is, only that the title is absurd. Do you want take a shot at finalizing the language? (The person who promotes it will look for whatever is in front of ALT1 or ALT2, and I'll say something like "approved ALT1". You can look at other approved DYKs for the formatting to follow.) Shooterwalker (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" may have influenced The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks? Ghosts of Europa (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
    • I suggest adding more context to the film now. For example, "influenced the Soviet silent comedy film, The Extraordinary Adventures..." Wanna put together an ALT2? Shooterwalker (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
      • I've added two alternate wordings. Feel free to make any other wording changes you'd like. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 01:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
  • ALT2 ... that a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" may have influenced the Soviet silent comedy film The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks?
  • ALT3 ... that the Soviet silent comedy The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks may have been influenced by a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia"?
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