Template:Did you know nominations/Ray cat
- 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 13:01, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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Ray cat
- ... that to create nuclear waste warnings that would still be understood in 10,000 years, two philosophers proposed genetically engineering cats to change appearance around radiation? Source: Beauchamp, Scott (2015-02-24). "How to Send a Message 1,000 Years to the Future". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Beeper (company); Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney asbestos crisis
- Comment: WP:PLAGIARISM (Method articles are CC-BY unless stated otherwise), and is not enough text to bring the article below 1,500 characters of prose.
Moved to mainspace by Tamzin (talk). Self-nominated at 21:20, 10 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ray cat; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
@Tamzin: Other than the already noted CC-BY content above, most of the Earwig responses are false positives. Hook is interesting and sourced. Good for length and newness. Tamzin is below the emergency QPQ threshhold and 1 QPQ has been provided. I'd be interested in seeing some variants of the hook. Currently it feels, verbose. Happy to proceed. No preference on hook. Image below looks fine as well. All good to go. Seddon talk 00:19, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Seddon: Personally, I think this is a good use case for a longer-but-still-quirky hook, but okay, how about:
- ALT1: ... that to protect people in the distant future from nuclear waste, two philosophers proposed cats that change appearance around radiation?
- -- they|xe) 01:15, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Seddon and Tamzin: note that as Tamzin has nominated more than twenty articles, two QPQs are needed as the emergency backlog mode is active. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 03:20, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Tamzin, may this be used for the April Fools' Day set, particularly for the glorious image? MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- @MyCatIsAChonk: By all means! If you want a hook that's more April-Fools-y, could do something like
- ALT-4/1: ... that color-changing cats (artist's impression pictured) could help us communicate with the future?
- -- they|xe) 19:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- @MyCatIsAChonk: By all means! If you want a hook that's more April-Fools-y, could do something like
- Absolutely amazing- it's been set! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 20:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
- I added the main page image template to the top of the nomination, image checks out CC4.0 and is in article. You may wish to modify the image caption. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)