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  • ALT1: ... that the house of Walter White (pictured) now serves as a suite?
  • ALT2: ... that Walter White (pictured) came in third place while running for his sixth mayoral term?
    • 5x expanded by B3251 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

    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 see what you mean now. I made a couple of ALT hooks, if a reviewer/promoter doesn't want the middle name being omitted that's okay. Thanks, B3251(talk) 17:20, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
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