The following is an archived discussionofSealo's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination"s (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the Did you know(talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page.See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.
The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:57, 29 March 2013 (UTC).
This might make a good April Fool's DYK. --BDD (talk) 01:08, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Now that you mention it... Maybe. Yes, maybe. If I wanted to, do I have to transfer this to a holding area or something? ☯ BonkersThe Clown\(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 04:06, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
After it's reviewed, but not until then. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:49, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Reviewer still needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Interesting article, interesting hook, long enough, (mostly) well sourced, etc. I did find one minor issue, that should be easy to fix in time for the 1st: "and was frequently exaggerated as a human with a seal body on promotional sideshow posters" is documented by a source that says this happened only two times, so this needs either rephrasing or better sourcing. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I have serious problems with this prompt. While the terminology "freak" was accepted at the time, it's inappropriate now. I would rather it run with something along the lines of "... that a seal boy broke into performance art after scouts found him selling newspapers?" It's just as weird as the first one, but with different terminology. Sven ManguardWha? 22:41, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
I suppose it's not the most respectful language. But it's in line with article titles such as freak and freak show. --BDD (talk) 22:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Agree with BDD. That was the name of his profession... and still is. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:59, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussionofSealo's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination"s (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the Did you know
(talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.
Reviewer still needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Interesting article, interesting hook, long enough, (mostly) well sourced, etc. I did find one minor issue, that should be easy to fix in time for the 1st: "and was frequently exaggerated as a human with a seal body on promotional sideshow posters" is documented by a source that says this happened only two times, so this needs either rephrasing or better sourcing. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Y Easily fixed ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 08:11, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Great, thanks, good to go (or in this case, good to be shunted off to a holding area?). —David Eppstein (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
