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A fact from L-8 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the crew of a U.S. Navy blimp mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1942? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/L-8.

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@SebastianJFromTheBurg: This page may be a good fit for the Did you know? section of the Main Page. Although the rules call for pages to be nominated within seven days (we're now at 11 days), there is leeway for newer editors that haven't interacted with that area before. If you're interested, there are regulations at WP:DYKRULE and instructions on how to nominate it at WP:DYKNOM. Sdrqaz (talk) 01:52, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdrqaz: I have just tried to submit the article for DYK but they won't accept it citing the seven-day rule. SebastianJFromTheBurg (talk) 10:19 PM, 20 October 2021 (EST)

Sebastian, you should still be able to click the "submit" button on DYK-helper.js if you ignore the message. Sdrqaz (talk) 09:08, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The result was: promotedbyTheleekycauldron (talk) 20:14, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

L-8, unmanned and partly deflated, drifting over San Francisco on 16 August 1942.

• ... that two crewmen mysteriously disappeared from a U.S. Navy blimp (pictured) over the Pacific Ocean in 1942? Source: ^[1]
  • ALT1: ... that the missing crew of the Ghost Blimp (pictured) may have been abducted by aliens? Source: As above
  • ALT2: ... that America's previous crew went missing? Source: As above
  • ALT3: ... that America's previous crew may have been abducted by aliens? Source: As above
  • Comment: I have been advised that I might be given leeway on the seven-day rule, since I am a relatively new contributor to Wikipedia.

Created by SebastianJFromTheBurg (talk). Self-nominated at 13:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

• Noting that I was the one who suggested DYK for this article – I had intended to suggest it earlier when I came across it while on new page patrol, but forgot about it (my mistake). I've also suggested ALTs one through three, which should be hookier. "Ghost Blimp" and America (a nickname and a later name respectively) should draw more readers in, but the problem with using America is that a photo would dispel all mystery. Sdrqaz (talk) 11:31, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed: - Unsure. Stated source is "National Archives". Does that automatically mean that {{PD-USGov}} applies???
• Used in article:
• Clear at 100px:

Overall: The copyright status of the image needs to be verified (if this can't be done, then drop the image from the hook). I prefer ALT1 as the "hookiest" one. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 15:24, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• News articles which have sourced this photo have given the source as alternately the National Archives, the U.S. Navy, or NAS Moffett Field. Any which way, it's a government-sourced image. SebastianJFromTheBurg (talk) 5:53pm, 26 October 2021 (EST)

• Sorry, but that is still vague. You need to find the real/original source that shows that this image was indeed taken by an employee of the US Government as part of that person’s official duties. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 22:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment only- "Abducted by Aliens"??? - maybe on 1 April? or if it means taken by foreign nationals, but I think we should draw a line literally through not-credible possibilities. I like hooky but this reinforces some silly ideas. If we want to keep it then we should include "incredible" or even "ludicrous" in the hook? Victuallers (talk) 10:22, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed here; the aliens hooks are too WP:FRINGE for my tastes, and probably can only run on April 1. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:21, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• @P199 and SebastianJFromTheBurg: if the image's source can't be fully ascertained, I suggest the nomination be approved without it. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:26, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

for original hook without image. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 02:37, 10 November 2021 (UTC) Tweaked ALT0 to T:DYK/P5 without image[reply]

Who were the two lucky seamen chosen to take the Ghost Blimp out in its first post-accident flight? DancesWithGrues (talk) 14:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]